Heads Up Hollywood

In the end, in the sixth game of the 2000 NBA Finals, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the visiting team Indiana Pacers with a score of 116:111. After twelve years, they became the championship again. This is also the 12th championship in the history of the Lakers. champion.

"Shark" O'Neal averaged 38 points, 16.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.7 blocks in the 6 finals games.

Among them, 3 games scored 40+ points, especially after Kobe was injured at the beginning of the second game, he carried the team by himself and scored 40 points, 24 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocked shots.

With his stunning performance, O'Neal was elected the Finals MVP.

Looking at the picture of Kobe and O'Neal embracing affectionately after the game, Tang En felt a little emotional: Memories are forever.

Natalie is very calm. She has no interest in basketball, but likes the frenzied atmosphere after the Lakers won the championship.

"Zen Master" Jackson stood on the sidelines like a sculpture, with a calm expression and a bit of domineering pointing out the country, allowing the reporters to take pictures; Ron Harper squatted on the floor, covering his face and crying; Glen Rice wore The cape of the Lakers, excited like a child...

She is most interesting, or Oscar winner Jack Nicholson.

The old man's activity was obviously not weaker than anyone else's. He stood on the sidelines of the court and had a "difficult dance", which set off an unprecedented climax in the atmosphere of the Staples Arena.

When celebrating the championship, it is also the time when fans are most likely to lose their minds.

The two cold-faced men who had been sitting silently behind Tang En were his personal bodyguards and warned Tang En to leave immediately. Because the celebration ceremony will be even crazier after a while.

Tang En took Natalie's little hand and walked in front of Jack Nicholson, "I'm sorry, but my security team is asking me to leave."

"Huh? Oh, well, goodbye!"

Jack Nicholson was obviously still immersed in the joy of his team winning the championship, but he quickly realized that this was Dunn Walker!

He was a little dull and hesitated, "By the way, the movie you mentioned... who is the director? Are you?"

Tang En smiled and said, "I'm the producer, and the director is Tim Burton."

"Tim... oh, it's him. I've worked with him twice, and he's an excellent director with great ideas." Jack Nicholson praised casually, "Send a copy to my agent later. The script, if the character isn't bad, I'll try it."

After finishing speaking, he ignored Tang En's surprised expression, turned around again, embraced warmly with the owner of the Lakers team, and went to celebrate passionately.

Under the protection of personal bodyguards and on-site security, Tang En pulled Natalie and finally walked out of the Staples Arena. Natalie let out a long sigh of relief, "Tang En, I don't want to watch basketball games anymore Already!"

"Huh? Why?"

"It's too depressing! I mean...it's too urgent, especially the audience's uninterrupted cheering, which makes people almost breathless." Natalie complained very dissatisfied.

"I think it's good."

Tang En laughed loudly, "At least Jack Nicholson's attitude is satisfactory!"

...

By the third week, the North American box office of "Spider-Man" had fallen sharply, with a drop of nearly 50%. However, the box office of the week was still as high as 78.6 million US dollars, continuing to occupy the top of the weekly list.

Three weeks have passed, and the North American box office of "Spider-Man" has reached a staggering $350 million!

What is this concept?

Now that the box office is $5.4, "Spider-Man" has been screened for less than 20 days, and the number of viewers in North America has exceeded 63 million!

The first movie with the highest number of viewers in the history of Hollywood is the first "Star Wars", 167 million people is an unsurpassable record! It is equivalent to half of the people in North America at that time, all watched this movie.

Then, there was the illustrious "Titanic" with 128 million viewers; followed by "E.T." with 122 million viewers; The number of moviegoers also reached 118 million.

Now, the overall box office trend of "Spider-Man" is plummeting. But don't forget that "Spider-Man" has only been released for less than 20 days, and the box office has declined, which is also a normal market change.

According to the normal scale of screenings, "Spiderman"...is likely to become Twain's third North American movie with a total audience of over 100 million!

You know, the current total population of North America is only 350 million!

In the history of Hollywood, there are only two directors with two films whose North American audiences exceeded 100 million. Apart from Twain, there is only Steven Spielberg. His "Jaws" and "E.T." They're all epoch-making films.

If Twain's "Spider-Man" successfully surpasses 100 million viewers in the first round in North America, then he will surpass Steven Spielberg in all aspects. The real number one director of commercial films in Hollywood!

"Spider-Man" dominates the screen and breaks a series of records. It is inevitable that Hollywood will exclaim - "Wolf is coming!"

If "Titanic" is James Cameron's painstaking effort, "Star Wars Episode 1" is the promotion of George Lucas, then "Spider-Man"... really portrays Dunn Walker imprint!

When Marvel went bankrupt and everyone avoided it, Twain risked the world and bought Marvel;

When superhero movies were sluggish and even Batman disappeared, Dunn Walker went against the trend, resolutely went bankrupt with extraordinary courage and the courage to be the first in the world, and filmed a super superhero film on loan. Hero commercial blockbuster - "Spider-Man".

For this reason, Twain was criticized and denied almost unanimously by Hollywood.

The results of it?

Now that the movie has been released for three weeks, the North American box office is 350 million, the overseas box office is 430 million, and the total box office... 780 million US dollars!

Prior to this, Tom Cruise used all his strength to promote his new movie "Mission Impossible 2". As a result, the movie has been released for almost two months, and the global box office has not yet been touched. to the $500 million side.

But Twain's movie "Spider-Man" had a global box office of 780 million U.S. dollars in less than 20 days after its release. I have to say, this is a great irony!

Even more ridiculous are Fox and Disney.

"Sixty Seconds" was released at the same time as "Spider-Man", and the global box office has accumulated 50 million US dollars. According to the forecast of the evaluation agency, the global box office of 100 million US dollars is an insurmountable gap.

It's not because the movie is too bad, but because... no matter how beautifully decorated the speedboat is, it still has no eye-catching ability in front of the aircraft carrier.

Another movie "Titan A.E.", which was in the arena, made the biggest joke in Hollywood during the summer. It was released for three weeks, with a North American box office of 7.15 million US dollars and an overseas box office of 4.89 million US dollars. It was a loss!

For a movie of this quality, to challenge Twain's "Spider-Man" is simply overestimating and asking for trouble!

In short, unlike the verbal and written criticisms received when "Spider-Man" was first launched a year ago, now Hollywood, and even North America as a whole, have unlimited expectations for this movie, and even looking at the current box office growth momentum, it is very likely to break " The legendary record of Titanic!

Of course, inside Tang En Pictures, everyone's mood is fairly calm.

Universal's internal evaluators also sent faxes, thinking that the long-term screening of "Spider-Man" will not be as optimistic as "Titanic" and "Star Wars Episode 1".

Regardless of the fact that "Spider-Man" has been released for less than 20 days, the North American box office has exceeded 350 million US dollars. However, it is a difficulty to exceed 550 million US dollars.

The current movie ticket price is 5.4 US dollars a piece, that is to say, Universal is not optimistic that the number of viewers of "Spider-Man" will exceed 100 million.

The storyline of "Spider-Man" is far inferior to that of "Titanic", and its cultural heritage is also inferior to that of "Star Wars". I want to rely on a small group of fanatic fans of comics and Twain's diehard fans to keep buying tickets. It is really weak.

Under the current ticket price, it is almost impossible to reach the amazing data of "Titanic" North America 600 million and "Star Wars Episode 1" North America 580 million US dollars.

With the advent of the Internet age, and the clearer and clearer TVs and more sophisticated TV series, the American people have more entertainment methods and viewing modes, and movie theaters are no longer the only choice as they used to be.

Unless another epoch-making movie is born, just like "Star Wars", "Alien E.T.", and "Titanic", it is impossible for the number of viewers to exceed 100 million.

Tang En understood what Universal Pictures said.

In order to bring the audience back to the cinema from the computer and TV, there must be the emergence of new technologies, such as giant screen, 3D, Dolby surround... Only this double combination of "high technology + good movies" can attract movie fans. They pulled back to the cinema, the only way to replicate the legendary records of the past.

However, the marketing department of Universal Pictures sent back another piece of good news.

Although the North American box office of "Spider-Man" is difficult to set a new record, the overseas box office is likely to create surprises.

Because "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Man's Menace" is American culture, many overseas countries resist American feelings, and the overseas box office is only 600 million US dollars.

In contrast, "Spider-Man" is too much for the public.

The movie image of "Spiderman", whether it is in the United States or overseas, is the first time it has appeared in front of movie fans, and it can create the same concept for everyone at the same time.

It will not make overseas movie fans feel that they are behind the times.

According to the current healthy trend of overseas box office, it is unlikely to surpass the record of US$1.28 billion of "Titanic", but it should not be a big problem to surpass the record of US$600 million of "Star Wars Episode 1".

The original "Spider-Man" earned $820 million worldwide.

Now, Tang En discarded the dross and took the essence, and shot his own "Spider-Man", and the "mirror image possessed" was James Cameron, and there was a publicity stunt of "the richest director", and the box office increased by several hundred million Dollars, never too much.

Just like Steven Spielberg said at a party, now, the name "Dawn Walker" is worth 500 million US dollars!