Hollywood Starts with Animation

Wald Cinemas Main Store.

Located in downtown Los Angeles, it is one of the few movie theaters owned by Wald Pictures. It is a state-of-the-art multifunctional movie theater with more than 10 independent movie theaters; Popular with moviegoers.

What?

You said that the United States implements a system of separation of film studios and theater chains!

If you own a film production company, you cannot put into operation a cinema;

If you own a movie theater, you cannot own a production company;

It has to be said that this film separation system exists.

Moreover, when it appeared in the 1950s, it did make the film market maintain a strong competitiveness, and avoided the emergence of monopoly giants, which also allowed Hollywood to lay a valuable foundation for conquering the global market in the later period.

However, that was the past...

Even though the separation system of film studios and theater chains is still proudly preserved, it is not very strict. Looking at the Big Six Hollywood, Wald Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, etc., there are only powerful film companies, more or less. Few places have movie theaters.

There are as few as 3 to 4;

There are more than 40 to 50;

Among them, Wald Pictures under Zucker's name has more than 32 movie theaters in North America.

The most to be counted - Warner Bros. Pictures.

It has more than 99 movie theaters in the United States, a lot more than the movie theaters owned by some smaller theater chains. However, Warner Bros. has maintained 99 theaters for many years and has not added any more.

Any more...you're going to hit some bottom lines!

At this moment, thanks to Zucker's decision, 32 movie theaters under Wald Pictures are showing the "Lord of the Rings" movie on a large scale, attracting many moviegoers to buy tickets and enter.

"Pete, can't you tell?"

The black boy Killian looked at his partner with interest.

The white boy Pete is not to be outdone: "When can't I say it? Don't forget, I'm a big Tolkien fan. I've been in touch with the "Lord of the Rings" novels since I was 12 years old. Now that the movie is out, of course I want to A quick glimpse."

heard,

Killian laughed. "Come on, man."

Pete was instantly embarrassed.

Why?

In 1999, when New Line Pictures announced the "Lord of the Rings" movie project, Pitt, a white boy, was very disdainful. He believed that the film company was desecrating Tolkien's works and could never truly and perfectly restore the grandeur of Middle-earth Century.

Humans, goblins, dwarves, elves, hobbits...

Undoubtedly, the "Lord of the Rings" books with a broad background are very attractive to readers. But because of this, readers and fans are worried that the film company will not shoot well.

It is not uncommon for Hollywood to destroy the original work of bullshit.

"Pete, a group of people from the book club was demonstrating at the gate of New Line Cinema. I remember that you participated in the demonstration at the beginning, and you went there for three consecutive days; not only that, but later the "Lord of the Rings" movie was completed, When it comes to publicity, join the group of people in the book club to frantically belittle and slander it on the Internet."

Killian unceremoniously revealed the past.

"you!"

Pete's face immediately flushed red.

Killian sneered again: "You were the one who said you wouldn't see it, and now it's you who will see it again. Tsk tsk tsk~"

"Humph!"

Pete snorted coldly: "I'm looking at it critically. After watching the movie, I'll still scold me."

Hearing this, the black boy Pete was even more happy, pointed at him and smiled: "Critically look at it? You fooled the ghost~ Didn't you come here after hearing other people praise the "Lord of the Rings" movie?! "

This kind of thing has appeared many times in the cinemas of Wald Pictures today.

The waiter who bought the popcorn couldn't help laughing in a low voice: "How much I resisted, the more I love it after watching the movie."

"Um!"

The studio manager nodded and said, "Because the splendidness of the "Lord of the Rings" movie completely surpassed the Middle-earth in their hearts. This is word of mouth, and this is the charm of the novel after being filmed..."

......

3 hours later.

The black boy Killian and the white boy Pete both walked out of the movie theater.

The faces of the two are a burst of excitement!

"awesome!"

“Incomparably wonderful!”

"From the hometown of The Hobbit, from Gandalf in the white robe, from actors to costumes and props, and the fairy princess Yawen, etc., the movie is completely beyond my imagination, and everything is a surprise!"

"It's more exciting than fiction..."

The white boy Pete, how much contempt he used to talk about, how praised it is now.

The black guy Killian curled his lips and said, "Man, will you be scolding on the Internet later? In the future, will you continue to contradict and belittle the "Lord of the Rings" movie with the gang of book clubs?"

Hearing this, Pitt shook his head sharply, and said emotionally, "Such a wonderful movie, I desperately want to watch the second one now!"

Pete is a poster child for today's movie!

The hard power of the "Lord of the Rings" movie completely conquered him.

......

the next day.

The results of the North American movie box office data on December 19 were released.

The box office of "The Lord of the Rings" on its premiere day, outrageously won 11 million US dollars, and successfully countered Warner's work "Crossing the Sky" and became the North American box office champion on December 19.

The results of the data were released, which made many very lively colleagues drop their jaws.

"Nice job!"

Kevin Feige, president of Wald Pictures: "Although I far underestimated the strength of "The Lord of the Rings", the boss guessed right. If I guessed wrong, the result is not important, the important thing is that New Line Pictures ruthlessly Face Warner, this is good news for us at Wald Pictures."

Strong Qin and weak Chu!

Strong Qin weak Chu is a proverb in the pre-Qin period. It tells the story of Zhang Yi, the descendant of Guiguzi and the representative of the Zongheng family.

In Zhu Ke's eyes, Warner is like the state of Chu during the Warring States Period, which was extremely powerful;

New Line Cinema is Zhang Yi;

Wald Pictures is the country of Qin. Of course, Wald Pictures is not so strong now, but New Line Pictures really slapped Warner in the face this time, and effectively caused the Warner situation to become more turbulent. Undoubtedly a favorable outcome for Wald Pictures.

......

On Saturday, thanks to the overwhelming reputation of the "Lord of the Rings" movie and a lot of tap water, even though New Line Pictures, as the distributor, was not very strong, the movie box office still achieved a reverse growth!

No, it is inverse growth!

Not only did it not decline, it was even more than the box office on the first day!

The "Lord of the Rings" movie grossed over $15 million today!

That's more than $4 million more than the $11 million it grossed on the first day.

Gusta, the owner of Shimen Pictures, sighed: "It's incredible, this time New Line Pictures is really going to rise, maybe it really has a chance to get out of Warner's control."

......

On Sunday, "The Lord of the Rings" made another $21 million at the box office.

The three-day box office in the first weekend was 11 million, 15 million, and 21 million US dollars respectively, and the three-day box office totaled more than 47 million US dollars!

A well-deserved box-office champion, and it's still a hit in the Christmas season this year!

As the production company of the film, New Line Pictures ruthlessly showed its face in front of the American audience;

Director Peter Jackson, a fledgling director from New Zealand, is totally in demand right now.

Many film critics are even more blunt: "The Lord of the Rings movie alone, Peter Jackson is enough to be a god!"

In recent days, Zucker has also been mentioned many times by the media.

Why?

Because moviegoers who love "The Lord of the Rings" are shocked by the special effects in the movie, after they deliberately got to know the special effects production company, they found that the special effects company is not Industrial Light and Magic, but Weta Digital.

"Oh, God!"

"That guy, Zucker Wald, he turned out to be the major shareholder of Weta Digital?!"

"This, this, this...he's going to make a lot of money again!"

Many viewers expressed shock and disbelief.

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