Starting from December 1st, "Transformers" has been going through an extremely crazy viewing frenzy in North America!
The enthusiastic pursuit of fans, the lavish praise of movie fans, and the fanatical publicity of the media have all contributed to its brilliant achievements!!
On the first day, the attendance rate was 100%, 5,400 screens were used, and the total box office revenue on that day was US$65 million.
On the second day, the attendance rate was 100%, 7,200 screens were used, and the total box office revenue that day was US$86 million.
On the third day, the fourth day, the fifth day... the theaters were still full, and the daily box office revenue was estimated to be 86 million US dollars every day.
Then it slowly dropped to 80% starting on the sixth day...
70% on the seventh day...
In just seven days, the box office has reached a peak of 470 million US dollars!!
At this time, it is meaningless to talk about the daily box office champion and the weekly box office champion.
At this time, "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings" seemed to have become outdated movies, and the one that most North American movie fans talked about the most was "Transformers".
On the imbd website, its score is directly at 9.2 points. Although it is lower than before, 9.2 points are still among the super high scores!! At this time, "Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter" were only 91
point.
With the expansion of North American theaters, other unreleased regions have also begun to gradually roll out release plans, such as India, Australia, South America, Russia...
At this time, the box office performance of the three 3D movies also attracted the attention of filmmakers and fans around the world.
"The Lord of the Rings" has now completed its movie screenings in most regions across the country, and the global box office has been pushed to 1.98 billion US dollars. There is still a big gap between the number one "Titanic" of 2.185 billion US dollars.
At this time, "Transformers" was released in the two major markets of the EU and North America, and the box office skyrocketed. It has directly exceeded 1.75 billion US dollars. Unfortunately, due to the problem of being released later than "The Lord of the Rings", the box office harvest
His abilities are gradually weakening, and it is very difficult to catch up with "The Lord of the Rings".
Because "Harry Potter" was released last and did not occupy the advantageous release area, and because it was released in the same genre as "Lord of the Rings", the box office only rose to 1.62 billion US dollars. It is even more impossible to catch up with "Transformers"
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However, this is already very scary. At that time, the media and movie fans set the box office line for this 3D movie at 1.5 billion US dollars. But now, before it has been released globally, every movie has exceeded this line.
The total box office of the three movies was US$5.4 billion, accounting for 18% of the total global box office last year. It’s crazy.
Many international entertainment media have exclaimed that the movie market will be dominated by 3D. If it were not for the fact that there are countless companies that have mastered 3D technology now. Those movie companies stimulated by 3D would have long wished that all their movies were
Let’s do a 3D production.
There were even newspapers with oversized holes in their heads clamoring for the realization of 3D in most film productions in the future. After Wang Shang saw this, he couldn't help but laugh at the corner of his mouth.
And theaters in North America, the European Union, Asia...the world have also been stimulated by the terrifying box office of these 3 movies, and they can't wait to transform all their theaters into 3D theaters. China, which has always been crazy, has shown this even more.
Most obviously, efforts have been made to purchase 3D projectors and high-quality large screens to renovate the cinema.
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On December 12, Wang Shang received an invitation from the organizer of the American Film and Golden Globe Awards, inviting Wang Shang to Hollywood to participate in the 67th (2010) American TV and Movie Golden Globe Awards. In addition to Wang Shang, there are also "
The production team and actors of "Transformers".
"Transformers" has five nominations at this Golden Globe Awards, namely Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Original Film Score, and Best Film Song.
The Golden Globe Awards are American television and movie awards. They have always been regarded as the vane of the Oscars. However, the taste is more unique than the Oscars, and sometimes it happens that the box office is not based on the acting skills.
Wang Shang took the newspaper "Variety" that he got back from outside today, which listed in detail the nominations for this Golden Globe Award. The most eye-catching ones were obviously "Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter", almost including
It won all the film awards at the Golden Globe Awards. As for "Transformers", I don't know if it was because of foreign films, but "Transformers" didn't get the same acting awards as "Transformers". However, the Best Director nomination made Wang Shang very happy.
Until now, no Chinese director has appeared in the nominations for this award (except Ang Lee). Now Wang Shang has finally succeeded. I believe that if it is spread back to China, it will stimulate many domestic filmmakers.
"But comparing the two local films, 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'Harry Potter,' the disadvantages of 'Transformers' are obvious, but this is also an improvement.
Just when Wang Shang was thinking about whether to attend, Liu Xi came in with a cup of milk tea with a strong fragrance and put it on Wang Shang's table.
Wang Shang leaned over and sniffed, the fragrance was overflowing, and he couldn't help but take a sip. A refreshing and astringent flavor of milk filled the entire mouth. Wang Shang couldn't help but give Liu Xi a thumbs up.
: "Well, not bad! How to do it?"
Liu Xi suddenly beamed, and then spoke with familiarity: "I boiled the black tea first, then added fresh milk to it, and then put the rock sugar..."
Seeing Liu Xi's high-spirited look, Wang Shang couldn't help but hold her hand and flatter her: "My wife is so kind!!"
"Of course!!" Liu Xi said arrogantly. "By the way, I heard that in just three days, a world-class magic master, Chris Angel, will come to Los Angeles to hold a large-scale magic show. I want to go and see it.
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"Magic show??"
"Honey~~~~ Let's go~~~~ It's a rare opportunity." Once the wife started giggling, no one could stop her. And while she was giggling, Liu Xi kept holding Wang Shang's hand and shaking it to Grandma Bridge...
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Wang Shang surrendered immediately.
On December 14, Wang Shang and Liu Xi came to the venue of a large-scale magic performance. It was full of people and very lively. The tickets were front-seat tickets bought at a high price from scalpers. They had a good view and were very similar to the performance stage.
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The so-called magic is a trick that can produce special phantoms, but in Wang Shang's heart, he does not rule out that there are people with supernatural powers who can perform real magic through supernatural powers.
The world's master magician is really different, such as moving heads, chainsaw maniacs, bazooka escape, death bed of nails... Thrilling magic tricks keep passing by, making people feel exciting and novel all the time...
On the way back, Liu Xi held Wang Shang's hand and kept chattering excitedly. Then she asked Wang Shang what the magic was about, why those people who were cut by electric saws were okay, and why their heads moved but they didn't die.
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Regarding this, Wang Shang said he didn’t understand either...
However, Wang Shang suddenly felt that he had new ideas for new movies.
"Magic, this might be a good subject." Wang Shang thought while touching his chin.
The next day, Wang Shang attended the opening ceremony of "Iron Man".
The director of "Iron Man" is Shane Black, the former director of "Iron Man 3", not Jon Favreau. Regarding such a result, Wang Shang estimates that Jon Favreau will definitely regret it.
An opportunity for a turning point in life, and I don’t know when the next opportunity will appear.
And therefore, it is definitely impossible for Jon Favreau to be the on-screen father of Iron Man.
On the day of the opening ceremony, naturally a lot of reporters came. This is another movie with a huge fan base, and the 3D special effects will be produced by Tianwang Special Effects Company, a team with the strongest 3D technology. It must be able to achieve a high box office.
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After the release of "Transformers", most media had to admit that the 3D level of King's special effects is higher than the current Weta Data and digital fields, not to mention other 3D technology companies.
During this period, Wang Shang became popular in the Hollywood circle because of "Transformers", and his reputation increased rapidly. Wang Shang appeared at the opening ceremony and was quickly recognized by many media. Several media came over
Interview.
"Hello Mr. Wang, I heard that you acquired the film copyright of "Iron~Man" 7 years ago. Why are you so confident in it?"
"I heard that "Iron~man" has more than one script and a sequel. Are they all scripts written by you personally?"
"I also heard that you have a mysterious movie script for "Thor". Is this true?"
"I heard that the actor for "Thor" was determined by you, and he is a newcomer. Do you have confidence in him? Or have you received any benefits?"
More and more reporters were attracted by Wang Shang, and they kept asking questions, and some even found fault with him. Fortunately, it did not affect the opening ceremony and press conference.
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(Author's note: There are currently two figures for the total global box office online. One is 1.8 billion and the other is 2.1 billion for "Titanic". One is 900 million and the other is 700 million for "The Lion King". So,
I’m at a loss, I’ll count the words according to the high number.)