Hollywood Starts with Animation

After a few days.

After the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was expanded to show theaters, it immediately received a good response from the North American box office market, and the box office surged!

Before the extended screening, the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released in North America for more than 20 days, and it only achieved a box office score of more than 10 million US dollars.

But!

On the first day after the extended screening of the film, even if it was a weekday instead of a weekend, it brazenly won a single-day box office of 6.7 million US dollars, ranking first in the box office list of North American movies that day.

Previously, the movie "Drug Network", which won multiple single-day box office champions in a row, ranked second unfortunately with a daily daily income of 5.2 million US dollars.

As soon as the news came out, colleagues in Hollywood immediately became restless.

"Look, take a good look!"

"Let me just say, before the Oscar nomination list is announced, the outcome of "Drug Network" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is still unknown!"

"Oh my God! It's really amazing! I thought Wald Films' trip to the Olympics was about to come to an end, but I never expected that it would suppress "Drugs" in one fell swoop just on the first day after expanding the number of screenings. Internet". Tsk tsk tsk ~ there is a good show to watch!"

"Say no?!"

"In 2000, Wald Pictures really rose!"

"Not much else to say, "Butterfly Effect", "Spider-Man", "Fatal Turn 3", "Human Purge 2", "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"...not counting I don’t know, but after all the calculations, Wald Films made absolutely crazy money last year!”

Most of the peers who discussed the hot box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" came from second- and third-tier Hollywood film companies.

In contrast, the Big Six in Hollywood, as well as DreamWorks and MGM, are somewhat silent.

They rarely have executives in private, discussing it.

No way, I can't hold back my old face!

Shortly after.......

On January 22, 2001, the well-known American media "Hollywood Weekly" released the 2000 North American movie box office rankings.

As soon as this report came out, entertainment industry companies across the United States, as well as movie fan groups who love and pay attention to movies very much, bought this issue of "Hollywood Weekly" immediately.

Everything is for this 2000 annual North American film box office list.

The result is as follows:

1. "Spider-Man 1", North American box office 330 million US dollars;

2. "Harry Potter", with a North American box office of 271 million US dollars, is still in hot theaters, and the box office will further increase;

3. "The Grinch", with a North American box office of 247 million US dollars;

 …

19. "Human Purge 2", North American box office 107 million US dollars;

 …

43. "Butterfly Effect", North American box office of 60.75 million US dollars;

 …

50. "Fatal Turn 3", North American box office 49.3 million US dollars;

 …

On the top 50 list of the annual box office list in 2000, Wald Films was very conspicuous, occupying 5 places in one fell swoop. At the same time, what attracts the most attention is the existence of the top two!

"Spider-Man" and "Harry Potter" respectively occupied the top two of the list, which directly caused a major earthquake in the integrated industry.

"Very unbelievable!"

Harvey Weinstein, president of Miramax Films, said bluntly in an interview with reporters: "Since the reform of Hollywood film and television companies and theaters in 1988, films produced by the same film company, It is unheard of for them to occupy the top two of the North American annual box office charts respectively."

"So far, this is the first time!"

"Undoubtedly, Wald Films was the craziest film company in Hollywood in 2000!"

shock!

Extremely shocking!

New Line Films.

Boss Shay also said: "Many films made by a film company have all entered the top 50 events in the annual box office rankings, not for nothing,

But there are 5 movies in the top 50 all at once, which is very amazing! What's more, the first and second place are also from Wald Films! "

Dimens Entertainment.

Patrick, one of the Big Three, sighed: "You are all talking about the first list, let's take a look at the second list. The list of the 51st to 100th North American movie box office rankings in 2000, Wolverhampton German Films is also amazing enough to occupy multiple places in one fell swoop, and the works of other film companies released by it also have as many as 3 films, which have entered the list."

"Tsk tsk tsk ~ awesome!"

DreamWorks Animation.

Jeffrey Katzenberg said very seriously: "Don't forget the "Finding Nemo" animated film. The "Finding Nemo" animated film released in 1999, launched by Water World Animation, won the first place in the world in one fell swoop. grossed over $900 million at the box office."

"That is to say, in 2000, there was no new animation film released by Water World Animation, otherwise the top three on the list might be rounded up by that fellow Zhuke Wald."

For a moment, the entire industry was shocked.

Especially in the big six Hollywood companies, many executives are gnashing their teeth.

How embarrassing!

If Wald Films only occupied one seat in the top 3 rankings, they would complain at most, not necessarily how angry they would be. However... Wald Films directly occupied the first and second places, which made it very difficult for them, the high-ranking guys, to accept it.

"What do you want me to say? What else can I say?"

"shame!"

"Shame!"

"I'm glad that the "Finding Nemo" movie of Water World Animation was released in 1999, not in 2000, so the top three are all his?"

Of the six major Hollywood companies, apart from Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox, which have good relations with Zhu Ke, the other four do not have so many scruples. In addition, DreamWorks and MGM are originally aimed at Zhu Ke himself. He was quite dissatisfied with Zhu Ke's film company and was jealous.

Now?

He was so angry that he stomped his feet, wishing to kill Wald Pictures with a stick!

The listing of this list, although there are a few more jealous guys who have made enemies of Zhu Ke himself and Wald Films, but there are also positive aspects.

No, the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was directly and beneficially affected.

January 29.

The Organizing Committee of the 73rd Academy Awards announced the list of Oscar nominees for the 2000 annual release films.

The movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", directed by Ang Lee, invested and distributed by World Pictures, won 10 nominations in one fell swoop.

Best Picture, Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Theme Song, Best Score and Best Makeup... ..

Absolutely amazing enough!

"Even if it can't win so many awards in the end, Wald Pictures' trip to the Olympics this year is enough to be awe-inspiring." Warner Bros. Pictures CEO Barry Meyer said.

With 10 nominations, Wald Films is very happy.

At the same time, the box office made Zhu Ke very happy!

Up to now, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is the only film in North America, and has earned more than 60 million US dollars at the box office, and broke the highest box office of a North American foreign language film released in 1998, which was created by "Life is Beautiful" with more than 57 million US dollars. record.

shock!

As one of Zhu Ke's most important things, the "Los Angeles Entertainment News" immediately wrote: "The movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is expected to become the first foreign-language film with a North American box office of over 100 million US dollars!"

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