Hollywood Starts with Animation

Time is fleeting~

In the blink of an eye, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was released in North America on December 15, 2000.

More than 2,700 theaters opened for the film, ranking fourth in the United States that day.

On that day, the film with the largest number of films and broadcasts was the film "One Hundred Percent of Men" released at the same time. With the production and distribution company behind it being Paramount Pictures, it has won more than 3,300 open theaters;

It is about 100 less than the estimated number of 3,400 opening theaters.

But, what's the matter?

No. 1 in the number of films, who else? !

The second-highest number of films on the day was the film "Family Man" produced by Universal Pictures released three days ago. It currently has a cumulative box office of 15 million US dollars and 2,850 theaters on that day.

The third-ranked film is the film "Vertical Limit" produced by Sony Columbia, which was released on the 8th of this month, with a cumulative box office of 30 million US dollars, and the number of theaters showing 2,760 that day.

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," which cost as much as $125 million to produce and $100 million to announce, only ranked fourth in terms of the number of films that day.

It's not that Wald Pictures is not strong, but the strength of the opponent is too strong!

Dude, the top three companies in the day's film rankings are Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Sony Columbia, which one is not the top six in Hollywood?

Excluding "Man 100%", which topped the list, the remaining "Family Man" and "Vertical Limit" are not much higher than Wald Pictures' "Harry Potter". Even, from the perspective of the movie's box office potential, Zucker is confident that the two movies "Family Man" and "Vertical Limit" will be finished.

The "Man 100%" produced by Paramount, which was released in the same period, must not be underestimated.

"Although I don't remember the final box office data of the movie, I vaguely remember that in the original time and space, it was the top 5 existence of this year's North American movie box office."

"That said, it won't make less than $160 million at the North American box office."

Zucker thought to himself.

But... will Zucker be afraid?

of course not!

man,

This is the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone movie! Moreover, the film has already completed the proof in the UK film market, proving that it has the potential to be a big hit!

Hard bar, Zucker is not cowardly!

......

"Not cowardly? Then let's compete for hard power!"

Redstone said with a smile: "A mere "Harry Potter" movie, even if it can win the annual box office championship in the UK, that doesn't mean anything? Don't forget, this is America! And we are Paramount. !"

In his words, Lei Shidong was full of domineering.

Now in his 70s, Lei Shidong is always so energetic.

Let alone a movie, in his rich life experience, he went bankrupt three times and had nothing, but he never got discouraged. He started a new business at the age of 50 and worked hard to achieve such a wealth. He would not know why he was afraid. thing.

"Yes, boss." Everyone nodded and said yes.

At the same time, Shirley Lansing, president of Paramount Pictures, was not afraid.

She, a woman, can become the master of one of Hollywood's six big, with what?

——It must be a strong heart, far exceeding the hearts of most men!

"Mel, do you have confidence in your movie?" Shirley Lansing turned her attention to a man sitting on the sofa.

"Of course! I never lack confidence," the man replied.

His name is Mel Gibson, and he is one of the few men who can carry the box office alone. At the same time, he is also the male protagonist of the film "One Hundred Percent of Men".

The movie "One Hundred Percent of Men" has another name, which is "Who Knows the Heart of a Woman".

Well, perhaps the translation of "Who Knows a Woman's Heart" is more familiar to Asian audiences.

The film mainly tells the story of the male protagonist Nick (Mel Gibson), the manager of an advertising agency in Chicago. Special role) but it makes him hard to resist.

Suddenly one day, he awakened a special ability.

Read minds!

Nick can easily see through the mind of a woman, so a wonderful story happens.

In the original time and space, the film achieved box office results of 182 million US dollars in North America and 370 million US dollars in the world, and broke the box office record of Hollywood comedy romance movies.

The production company Paramount is making a lot of money.

The most important thing is the remake rights of the film, which were bought by 27 countries and regions around the world.

The Chinese version of "One Hundred Percent of Men", starring Andy Lau and Gong Li, also achieved good box office results.

There is no doubt that Paramount's "100% Man" movie, which is also released on December 15, is one of Wald's biggest competitors to "Harry Potter".

What's more, there are 3,300 theaters for "100% Man", ranking first in the number of films that day.

........

Disney Group.

"The Harry Potter movie? I know, it's a good movie, but what about it?"

Michael Eisner, chairman of Disney, known as the "Tyrant of Disney", sneered: "There are so many excellent movies in Hollywood every year, but not all of them can achieve high box office!"

In recent years, Michael Eisner has been busy with Disney's internal struggles and has made many stupid and almost absurd wrong decisions, but Disney's stock price has continued to climb.

He has been in Hollywood for decades and has a wealth of fighting experience.

"The opponent's good movie, as long as we plan it properly, can also black out it."

"Zuke Wald?"

"Haha, since my previous wrong decision has already offended him, then I simply offend him to the end and directly press Harry Potter to death~"

On December 15th, in addition to "Harry Potter" and "One Hundred Percent of Men", Disney also has a new work released.

Becoming a King is an animated movie!

It took Disney Animation three years to build, more than 300 staff participated in the whole process, and the production cost alone is as high as 100 million US dollars. Moreover, it is also the first computer-produced movie opened by Disney Animation after letting go of its former glory of hand-painted animation. feature-length animated film.

At the same time, the completion of this animated film, its much technical support, comes from Pixar animation.

For Disney animation, it is definitely a movie with a special meaning and mission.

"It will announce the return of the Disney King of Animation!"

This is Michael Eisner's promotional slogan for the animated film Becoming a King.

......

The three companies of Wald Pictures, Paramount Pictures, and Disney Group, in today's wrestling, in a sense, will determine the overlord of the 2000 Christmas schedule.

Well, the vast majority of people in the industry think: "Paramount Pictures' 100% Man will be the biggest winner!"

But.... the result surprised everyone!

On the 15th, just after noon, "Harry Potter" achieved the first-highest box office result of the day with the fourth-ranked film volume.

The two films "100% Man" and "Becoming a King" released in the same period were all trampled on by "Harry Potter".

Films such as "Vertical Limit" by Sony Columbia and "Family Man" by Universal Pictures, which were released a few days ago, were also left far behind.

"what?"

"God! Is this true?"

Many people saw that "Harry Potter" achieved No. 1 at the box office just after noon, and they were full of disbelief.

"" There is only one update today. The author's cold is not only bad, but also aggravated. Now he is in the hospital for drips, woohoo~