Hollywood Starts with Animation

At noon, it should be a time for many people to eat and rest.

Well, the employees of Hollywood studios are no exception. However, when the WB TV network under the Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group broadcasted the "Daily Entertainment" news program at noon, it reported the box office revenue on December 15th.

$8.24 million!

That's right, in just one morning, the movie "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" made more than $8 million at the box office from more than 2,700 movie theaters.

Deserved 1st place!

Do you watch other movies?

As of noon, the film that temporarily ranked second at the box office on that day was Paramount Pictures' "100% Man", which earned $3.27 million at the box office;

No. 3, Disney's "Becoming a King", currently raking in $1.79 million at the box office;

No. 4, Universal Pictures' "Family Man", the protagonist of this film is the current popular star Nicolas Cage, which received $1.58 million at the box office that day;

The fifth place is "Chocolate" by Miramax Films.

The film was also just released today, but compared with "Harry Potter", "100% Man" and "Becoming a King" released in the same period, it is much weaker. Well, it's not just the contest of the movie itself, but more of a game between the distribution company and the theater chain.

The results are obvious....

The 2nd to 5th place, the cumulative box office harvest of the day, is completely inferior to the strong performance of "Harry Potter".

It exploded!

Hollywood studios, who cares whether it's lunchtime and rest time now? One is counted as one, and they have been bombed out.

"It's unbelievable!"

Warner's Barry Mayer: "I knew it would do quite well in the American domestic box-office market, but I was still in shock when the results were revealed. "

......

"You can only use words like shock, shock, surprise, etc.,

To express my mood at the moment! "

Rupert Murdoch, owner of 20th Century Fox Films and News Corp, was surprised: "Although its lead at this moment only represents its lead until noon, I dare say that even in the golden period of evening movie viewing, 'Harry Potter' will definitely outperform any film released at the same time."

In Murdoch's words, praise for the "Harry Potter" movie has been slow.

But!

His heart was still unavoidable for a while.

Too Nima perverted!

He had guessed earlier that "Harry Potter" would be a huge hit in North America, but he never expected it to be so explosive.

"One Hundred Percent of Men" opened in 3,300 theaters;

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" has only 2,700 theaters;

The former has more than 400 movie theaters, but the box office between the two has doubled, and the difference is not small.

"It's amazing!"

Murdoch sighed: "The champion of the North American box office chart this year is Wald Pictures again. First, "Spider-Man" has a global box office of more than 800 million US dollars, and now "Harry Potter" is riding the wind and waves, tsk. Tsk tsk~ That's amazing!"

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Paramount Pictures.

At this moment, the crew of "100% Man", which is promoting the film on the TV station of Paramount Pictures, is also shocked.

From the director to the producer, from the producer to the actor, all faces are extremely ugly.

In particular, Mel Gibson, the actor of the film, was even more blushing.

"Damn!"

"Why does it surpass my movie?"

"The "100% Man" starring me is the best romantic comedy movie this year, but it can't compare to a fantasy fairy tale starring a bunch of children!"

"Extremely nasty!"

Mel Gibson immediately cursed.

The whole of Hollywood admits that he Mel Gibson is a very good actor, starring in "Lethal Weapon", "Braveheart", "Mad Max" and other movies, all of which have exploded both word of mouth and box office. movie, but his hot temper is well known.

Moody!

This is also a label given to him by the outside world.

However, until 2004, before his drunken rant about Jews, these shortcomings were overshadowed by his high popularity.

At this moment, his furious performance made many people on the scene upset, but no one would offend him.

"The "Harry Potter" movie, a bunch of kid's bullshit movies, can get such a high box office, it's just a joke!"

"Are movie audiences so bad now?"

Mel Gibson scolded the audience again.

Hearing this, the director of the show immediately changed his expression and said solemnly: "Mel, pay attention to your words. And everyone, I don't want what you hear and see here today to appear in front of the world. "

Everyone was stunned, but nodded.

Mel Gibson also changed his face, but he remained stubborn.

Abuse the audience?

Hehe, as long as the matter is exposed, let alone a Hollywood actor, even those well-known directors can’t bear it. Even the boss of a film company, absolutely no one dares to scold the audience in public.

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Touchstone Pictures, Dimen Entertainment, Artisan Entertainment, New Line Pictures ......

The bosses of these film companies were also bombed out.

Lionsgate boss Gusta sighed: "We all guessed wrong, this year's Christmas season, it does not belong to the Hollywood Six, but belongs to Wald Pictures!"

Shay, the boss of New Line Pictures, said sourly: "This year is lucky for that guy, Zucker, you look at next year, wait until my "Lord of the Rings" is released~"

Patrick, one of the top three entertainment giants, was horrified: "No matter what the outcome is, the Christmas season, which is dominated by Hollywood's six big companies, is almost monopolized by big companies. This is definitely good news for our small and medium-sized film companies."

Compared with the reactions of film festival counterparts, American moviegoers are much purer.

"Isn't that what a good movie should do with a high box office?"

A 20-year-old boy, when interviewed by reporters at the entrance of the cinema, said: "Since I read the book "Harry Potter" in 1999, I have been a fan of Harry Potter. Now that the movie is released, I naturally I will buy a ticket to enter the venue. I have to say that the movie is more exciting. When I saw the scenes in the book restored to the big screen, my heart was full of emotions. "

There are even more moviegoers who are not alone. After watching the movie, they leave messages on the Internet one after another.

Little Hairy Boy: "Good movie, no explanation!"

Meng Qi's family: "The little wizard is awesome!"

Long live Lewis: "I can watch the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone three times! No! Ten times!"

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The discussions and comments of many moviegoers on major forums have attracted a large number of audiences who originally had the desire to buy tickets in a very short period of time.

For a time, the box office of "Harry Potter" is like a snowball.

As time passed, the time came to evening, and the box office growth of "Harry Potter" as a prime time for movie viewing was to further shrug off all the movies released in the same period.

A perfect ride!

three days~

In the first three days of the first weekend, the "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" movie has achieved box office results of more than 80 million US dollars in more than 2,700 theaters in North America.

The United States is sensational again!

" "The first more sent.