v2 Chapter 407： Unusual weekend

"From now on, people in the world will be divided into two types... One is those who have watched "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", and the other is those who are about to watch "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellow of the Expedition" people."

The praise from the latest issue of "The New York Times" has become the best footnote to the movie-watching trend triggered by "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" in North America.

"The fantasy epic of "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings Expedition" came out with unprecedented momentum, transcending the restrictions of race, language and age, and attracting every imaginative audience in the United States."

Even the "Washington Post", which has never dealt with Duke very much, praised the film.

"There is a movie that is creating miracles called "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings". There is a group of people who can get eyeballs anywhere is called the Fellowship of the Rings!"

Since the film was released, the "Los Angeles Times" has not been stingy with praise.

These are all boosters for the film to attract audiences. In the following days, Duke led the entire crew to run announcements in North America. From the time when "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring Expedition" got 200 more premiere theaters, he The network naval forces stopped their attacks on "Pearl Harbor" and transferred all their energy to building momentum for their own films.

In the same way, certain protests against film ∟♀ have gradually come to an end.

At Nokia Plaza in Los Angeles, Clichy looked listlessly at the few people behind him. He didn't bother to raise the sign in his hand. With such a small number of people, even if he raises the protest sign, how many people can attract attention?

After Brad Miller withdrew from Brad Miller, the number of protest groups he led has been shrinking, and because of the curiosity of its members, there are not a few people who walk into the theater to watch movies. For those who have watched a movie, more than 90% Jiudu withdrew from the protest. In less than a week, the number of people standing behind him has shrunk from more than 500 people to less than 40 people now.

"Boss, shall we protest?"

The black boy came over, looked at the listless members of the protest group behind him, and barked his teeth. Said, "Now people's hearts are scattered..."

Clichy did not speak, he was not leading a spontaneous protest.

Although it has not yet reached the sweltering heat, the sunshine in Los Angeles is venomous enough. The black boy covered his head with newspaper, but he still couldn't stop the dripping sweat of Dou Da.

Thinking of the movie that I secretly watched last night, it was so magnificent. It was so exciting that he just wanted to shout a few ‘’, and then look at the current treatment under the scorching sun. does it worth?

Is it worth it to initiate such unnecessary protests for such a wonderful movie?

Heizi's head is indeed simpler, but that doesn't mean he can't think.

"Boss..." He put down the newspaper covering his head and said to Clichy, "I'm not doing it!"

Upon hearing this, Clichy cast an incredible look, "Why?"

"Why are we protesting?" Black boy's thinking was straight forward. "Because we like The Lord of the Rings! Worried about random film adaptations! But Duke Rosenberg's film is obviously very good, better than the novel. Why should we protest?"

His voice was a little high, which attracted the attention of the few remaining protesters.

"You went to see that movie!" Clichy had a deep feeling of betrayal.

"I'm going to see it!" The black boy did not deny it, "and I watched it twice in a row, and I plan to watch it a third time tonight!"

He turned his head to look at all the protesters, "Sorry, everyone. I'm going to quit!"

Finished. He left Nokia Plaza without looking back.

Seeing the black boy going away, there was a lot of discussion among the few remaining protesters.

"We have fewer and fewer people."

"I think what he said is reasonable. Our protests are not necessary to continue."

"You also went to the movies?"

"I advise everyone to go and see if the movie really fails. Let's continue to protest..."

During the discussion, many people gave up the signs and banners they were protesting against, greeted Clichy casually, and left the group.

By sunset, only three people remained behind Clichy.

Dismissed the three people, he took out a bottle of mineral water from his backpack, drank half of it in one breath, looked around carefully, and then walked towards the amg theater on the left. After entering the theater, he got it at the reservation desk. With his ticket, it was too early to see, put on the baseball cap he had prepared, and hid in the corner of the hall.

Sitting on a lounge chair bored, Clichy took out the movie ticket he had just received and took a look at it, which read "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"!

He pulled down the brim of his hat again and muttered to himself, "Even if God comes, it can't stop me from going to watch "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship Expedition" for the fourth time!"

To be precise, the audience of "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" is not as wide as "Titanic" bursts with all its energy, but there are many people like Klichy who have different opinions and repeat watching.

This also caused the box office drop of "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings Expedition" to not be particularly large even on weekdays.

May has reached the last few days. "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings Expedition" ushered in its first working day after its release on Tuesday. Compared to Monday’s Memorial Day’s $24.26 million, it only received 14.55 million. The US dollar, but the decline was only 40%, for summer films, it is definitely a super stable trend.

All the films screened at the same time, even "Shrek", which has the same stable trend, cannot be compared with "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring".

On this day, "Shrek" received $3.93 million, "The Mummy Returns" received $2.05 million, and "Pearl Harbor" reported $2.15 million...

"Lord of the Rings: Fellowship Expedition" is completely exclusive.

On Wednesday, "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring Expedition" fell again slightly, gaining USD 13.52 million in a single day. However, there was a small increase on Thursday, and the single-day box office once again returned more than 14 million US dollars, winning 14.09 million US dollars!

So far, the film has been released in North America for a week, and the box office has accumulated $150.99 million!

This also set a record, which is the highest grossing film in the history of North American cinema in seven days!

""The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring Expedition" broke all records that could be broken. This new film by Duke Rosenberg once again proves that he is worthy of the title of King of Summer Files!"

Of course, Warner Bros. will not let go of the opportunity to build momentum, and its various media continue to hype movies.

"Film fans have given praise to "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring". On the famous fan rating website imdb, the score of the film has been maintained at 9.4 points, and the audience's reputation is super popular!

On Thursday, there is another reason why Warner Bros. has launched such a fierce publicity offensive. "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" will usher in the impact of a huge investment opponent in the second weekend, by Paramount Pictures Released, directed by Simon West, starring Angelina Jolie, and produced $115 million in "Tomb Raider" is coming.

This is the largest investment in a live-action film adaptation of a game ever.

"Nancy and I went to see a preview of Paramount."

Sitting in the suite of the Holiday Inn Metropolitan Hotel in Chicago, Duke watched the TV program recorded on Monday by the crew and chatted with Tina Fei, who was flipping through computer emails. "A very impressive film. "

Tina Fei couldn't help turning her head to look at Duke curiously. The two had been together for so many years, and there were few films that made him say impressive.

"The movie is wonderful?" she asked.

Duke shook his head, "All the storylines and action scenes combined, are not as attractive as Angelina Jolie."

Opened Google, Tina Fei entered the name Laura Crawford in the search bar, and tapped Enter. A hot girl in a tight-fitting shirt immediately appeared on the display.

A woman’s gossip heart is endless. Tina Fei suddenly thought of something about the actress, and couldn’t help asking, “Is it true that Julie and her brother have an affair?”

The news was widely circulated in the circle, and Duke had also heard of it. As for the true and false, then I don’t know.

"Tina..." He directly suggested, "You can ask Angelina Jolie if you have a chance."

Although I don't remember the specific box office trends of "Tomb Raider", Duke knows very well that even if this is the most successful game movie in history, it still can't sell super, and game movies have never been the mainstream of the market.

On Friday morning, when Duke led the crew to leave Illinois for Pittsburgh, the numbers he received in the box office letter yesterday were somewhat unexpected.

Thanks to a large number of game fans and the promotion of the female version of Indian Jones, the box office of "Tomb Raider" completely surpassed the media estimate of 12 million US dollars. Among the 3308 theaters in North America, the first day Received 18.06 million US dollars.

However, in front of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Expedition", there is still not enough to watch. With the coming of the weekend, this magical blockbuster rebounded strongly at the box office and returned to the ranks of 20 million US dollars on Friday, winning 20.97 million US dollars in one fell swoop!

This is an unusual weekend. It is also an extremely rare weekend in the past summer that the market has maintained a strong run. Although "The Mummy Returns" and "Pearl Harbor" continue to be sluggish, the third week of "Shrek" also Maintained a strong weekend box office trend.

Also on Friday, the masterpiece of DreamWorks Animation Studios took $12.65 million!

The three films are in fierce competition this weekend.

For "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring Expedition", "Tomb Raider" is completely different from "Shrek". The audience of the latter is obviously different. The magical adventure of the former determines the part of the audience. coincide.

"Lord of the Rings: Fellowship Expedition" and "Tomb Raider" inevitably have a competitive relationship.

In the fiercely contested summer vacation market, as long as competition is formed and no one needs to provoke and mobilize, a series of targeted operations will begin. (To be continued...)