Made in Hollywood

Drying the water droplets on her body and putting on her bathrobe, Kate Winslet went out of the bathroom and walked into the dining room. As he passed by Duke, he leaned over and kissed him gently on the face, and then walked around the oak dining table. , I sat lazily on the opposite chair, picked up the knife and fork, and skillfully cut the breakfast on the plate.

"Honey." She swallowed a piece of diced fruit and asked Duke, "Is there any good news?"

Last night, the two of them showed their greatest enthusiasm. She also wanted to relieve all the pressure. She has been crazy for half the night and got up late in the morning. At the current time, yesterday midnight The box office must be out.

As one of the investors, Duke received the notice early in the morning, got the relevant data, took a sip of oatmeal, and said, "Midnight is okay, $5.2 million."

$5.2 million? Kate Winslet frowned. Compared to investment, this number was too small.

"Don't worry, Kate."

In Duke's view, the box office at this midnight show is a huge improvement over the past. The two films of James Cameron's God of God have not really hit the box office in a single day or a week.

To be precise, from now on, it is not from popular comics or novel adaptations, but original non-sequel films. The box office of the first weekend has gone from ♀, and there will be no examples of breaking through 100 million US dollars.

"What about the evaluation?" Kate Winslet continued. "Professional evaluation."

"Unfortunately, the professional evaluation is very poor." Duke picked up a tissue and wiped his mouth, and said, "Except for Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times and Ann Hornadi of the Washington Post who gave ten points. Including Roger Albert of the Chicago Sun, Todd McCarthy of the Hollywood Reporter, Mike Lasseler of the San Francisco Chronicle, David Denby of the New Yorker, and others. Only five points that failed the film."

Unlike Duke's indifferent attitude, the laziness on Kate Winslet's face disappeared, and it seemed that she was not in a good mood.

Shaking his head, Duke said again. "Don't worry, Kate. They have a very good evaluation of you. The targets of attack are basically on James Cameron and Leonardo DiCaprio."

"Really?" She didn't seem to believe it.

Duke opened his hands, "Do I have to lie to you? The awards season is about to begin. Let your agent and agency cooperate with the crew. Maybe you can get nominations for several performance awards."

Hear here. Kate Winslet's eyes lit up immediately.

Poor little Li...

Perhaps it was his mixed relationship, and the film critics couldn’t directly target him as an investor. They simply regarded Leonardo and James Cameron as punching bags. These two men have suffered far more than the previous film. More vicious attacks at the beginning of the show.

After breakfast, Kate Winslet went to the balcony to call his agent and soon returned to the bedroom. In fact, Duke and she knew very well that this was destined to only be a good memory, since such. That naturally wants to make the memories more profound and beautiful.

Soon, their clothes turned into debris on the ground again. Duke firmly pressed Kate Winslet's hands on top of his head and charged in the wildest way. Kate Winslet's endurance and Sensitivity is extremely good, fully matching his movements in the activities, the two people also found a certain degree of understanding after the continuous battle last night. While enjoying the joy brought by each other, it also gives each other the greatest pleasure.

Noon. Duke and Kate Winslet had lunch in the restaurant below, and then left separately by car. This short relationship is destined to only become memories.

After a short break in the afternoon, Duke reinvested in the post-production of "The Matrix" and the preliminary preparations for the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, which he continued to communicate with New Zealand, but he had a huge amount in "Titanic" Investment, proper attention is also essential.

As Duke expected. "Titanic" did not set off a movie-watching frenzy in the first week, and even the performance of many summer popcorn movies this summer was worse. However, due to enough work done in the promotion and distribution of the film, it was not Will be as cold as before.

On Friday, when it was released on a large scale in North America, the response and attendance of the film were only mediocre. Even at midnight, I only got $13.81 million a day, but on Saturday, the word-of-mouth of "Titanic" began to spread, and this was not a word-of-mouth hype reported by the media, but word of mouth. In the main theater of "Nick", the number of viewers has increased significantly. When the day is over, the box office of the film has increased significantly from yesterday-15.95 million US dollars!

"Titanic" is not without competitors, but like Sony Columbia Pictures’ Galaxy Team, which was released the previous week, and Disney’s Bowei Film’s "Flying Magic", which was released the same weekend, are not competitive at all. This film can barely be regarded as a commercial appealing film, but it is not enough to watch in front of the ship.

According to the general situation, as long as it is not a fan-favored movie such as Batman, the box office of a film on Friday is still a working day, and it is impossible to really break out. On Saturday, if the quality and publicity of the film are sufficient, There will be a small peak in the first weekend, and then it will start to fall on Sunday.

This is particularly evident in the reaction of non-fans to original movies, especially original movies.

However, "Titanic" did not follow this rule at all. After the single-day box office increase on Saturday, the film's box office continued to rise on Sunday, earning $16.88 million in one day.

On the first three days of the week, "Titanic" won US$46.64 million in North America!

If it is an ordinary commercial film, this is completely a first week achievement worth celebrating, but in front of the total production cost of "Titanic" of 200 million US dollars, it is not enough to watch.

"According to the box office trend of the first week, the final North American box office of "Titanic" may be between US$200 million and US$250 million.

In the rest room of the Duke’s studio, the editing work had just come to an end. Tina Fei brought a few of the latest newspapers and read them to Duke. “This film still cannot avoid failure. This is a ship destined to sink. The big ship, perhaps Paramount Pictures on board can survive, but 20th Century Fox, Duke Studios and James Cameron are bound to die. I wonder if Duke Rosenberg is ready for bankruptcy. ?"

Zach Schneider put down the coffee cup in his hand and said with a smile, "Duke, if you go bankrupt, we will all be unemployed."

"Is this a film review of The New Yorker, Tina?" Anna Prinz asked Tina Fei.

"David Denby." Tina Fei shrugged to several people here, "His usual style."

The others seemed to be completely disregarded, and looked confident in Duke.

Only the veteran Robin Grande frowned. He has worked hard in Hollywood for more than 20 years, knowing that no one in this circle can guarantee permanent success, not to mention Duke has never participated in "Titanic" from beginning to end. Shooting production.

"Duke, there is no problem, right?" he asked worriedly.

"I'm not sure." Duke shook his head, and then said, "How the box office of "Titanic" will develop depends on the box office trends of today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, the three working days before Thanksgiving. ."

Several other people nodded one after another. If the box office of "Titanic" follows the normal film screening curve, I am afraid that the cost will not be recovered.

Under normal circumstances, after a large-scale release of a movie on the first weekend, the box office of the next week will quickly dive, and the dive rate can be maintained below 30%, which is definitely a very eye-catching performance.

And after the box office of "Titanic" was released on the first working day, it gave everyone who watched bad movies a headshot. The box office on Monday was only 12% smaller than that of last Sunday. 14.85 million US dollars!

The vicious attack sound gradually decreased. After several days of fermentation, the film’s audience reputation quickly spread. Starting from Tuesday, even if it is not a holiday or weekend, all chain commercial theaters have discovered that in the cinema The number of movie viewers has more than doubled over the previous working day!

"We are here to watch "Titanic"!"

This is the answer of many viewers when they are receiving surveys and consultations, and there are quite a few girls who are committing nympho, "We love Leonardo DiCaprio!"

On Tuesday, the North American box office of "Titanic" not only showed a reverse increase, but also increased by as much as 11%, with a single-day box office of 16.48 million US dollars!

Some people's glasses have already begun to fall to the ground.

When the box office on Wednesday was released, the glasses of these people had broken all over!

It seems that "Titanic" has only shown its true power until now. Its unstoppable and completely inability to measure with normal market laws have begun to be exposed to everyone, using numbers and accumulating box office as weapons. , Slammed to those professionals who had viciously attacked it!

The film reversed again on Wednesday. Although the growth rate has declined, it is still 8%, and it earned $17.8 million in a single day!

Landing in North America across the board for six days, "Titanic" North American box office totaled 95.77 million U.S. dollars, which is about to exceed the 100 million U.S. dollar mark.

Thursday is a festival with unique North American characteristics. Thanksgiving is also a national holiday in the United States. On this day, the number of "Titanic" originally 3,200 North American theaters expanded to 3358, which is a major commercial chain theater. The film arranging rate has even risen to 68%, and the film has launched an assault on a vast and ocean-like market with a more rapid momentum.

On Thanksgiving Day, Duke left Los Angeles and flew to New York, preparing to spend the holiday with his mother.

The later work of "The Matrix" is proceeding smoothly, and the market performance of "Titanic" has never been out of his sight. (To be continued...)