"Legolas! Legolas! Legolas..."

No matter how crazy the movie fans are, they can't compare to a group of infatuated female fans. The crew's motorcade is completely surrounded by them, and they can't move at all in front of Temple Square. At this time, no matter what, you can't get out of the car or open the window, otherwise the situation will change. It was uncontrollable.

Duke turned his head and looked back. Orlando Bloom's car was tightly surrounded, and it was impossible to stand out from the tight encirclement.

Fortunately, the police were always at the scene to maintain order, and the situation did not turn to the worst direction. However, the cars of other members of the Fellowship of the Ring Expedition were also surrounded one after another.

"Don't think about leaving in a short time."

Looking ahead through the windshield, the road was completely blocked by movie fans.

The only good thing is that the car he and Tina Fey were riding in didn't attract many people's attention.

Compared to the frowning bodyguard on the co-pilot, Duke was in a good mood, and since he really had nothing to do at this meeting, he simply discussed work with Tina Fey.

He has obtained the box office data a long time ago. The unprecedented number of openings in theaters has brought about an unprecedented first-week box office. The impressive data of "The Fellowship of the Ring" also proves that strong marketing can promote the film's market prospects. It also proves from the side that Duke's tossing so many boos back and forth was not in vain.

For the sake of subsequent box office considerations, he will lead the entire crew to continue to toss.

After talking about the box office, Duke asked, "Tina, do you have the sales data for the first weekend?"

"I just received it when you made the announcement." Tina Fey took the briefcase, flipped through it a little, and found a document, "Do you want to see it now?"

The road outside was almost impenetrable, Duke looked back, "Just tell me."

"This is just a rough report from Warner Bros." Tina Fey ignored the crowd of fans outside the car window.He said directly, "In the past three days, not counting our licensing commissions for McDonald's and Pepsi, the peripheral products of "The Fellowship of the Ring" have sold a total of about 3100 million US dollars in North America!"

Duke's eyes lit up immediately, and he asked, "Which products sell the most?"

"The Lord of the Rings pendant sold about $540 million. It was the best-selling product; in second place was the Evening Star pendant with about $380 million; and then the men of Legolas Dolls and dolls, about $350 million, and Arwen’s dolls and dolls in the back, about $260 million..."

Having said that, she raised her head and glanced at Duke, "The Troll you acted in. Model sales also ranked in the top ten."

"It seems that I am also very popular." Duke was in a good mood.

What Tina Fey mentioned is only a very small part of the huge peripheral product group of the film. There are too many products that can be operated in this magical epic. A single is a product that is directly related to the film.There are more than 500 kinds.

"There is another situation." Tina Fey said again, "The supply of the most popular products is a bit tight, and Warner Bros. is already fully engaged in production and distribution."

Just like the box office, no one can guarantee whether a film will be a big hit.The same is true around, the major companies in Hollywood.If you can't see enough profit prospects, you will never invest a large sum of money to operate peripheral products, and no one can predict which peripherals are the most popular.

Therefore, when any film is released.The peripheral products prepared by the production and distribution party are actually limited.

With the strength of Warner Bros., as long as they see the prospect of profitability, the problem of tight supply will be resolved soon.

After being surrounded here for nearly four and ten minutes, the convoy finally started slowly, left the crowded Temple Square, and returned to the hotel where they were staying.

But the Fellowship of the Ring had no time to relax. After a brief rest, they rushed to a studio of NBC TV in Salt Lake City to participate in a program facing the whole United States.

Fortunately, Duke doesn't need to participate, but he is also paying attention to the other side. Fox TV's family channel will have a special episode on the Lord of the Rings tonight. According to the prior communication between the two parties, they will break the news to the public again.

After dinner, Duke made a phone call with Ivanka Trump who returned to New York. The other party seemed to be very concerned about the situation of the movie. Duke gave a brief introduction, hung up the phone and waited for a while. The show on the Fox Family Channel kicked off.

In fact, there is nothing too novel about the program, and the novel content is not suitable for appearing on the four major TV networks. Most of the content released are the highlights of the filming and interviews with the audience.

In short, it is to tell people in North America or even any country and region where this program can be seen, how excellent and popular "The Fellowship of the Ring" is.

"A great movie may not have a chic and domineering idol protagonist, may not have jaw-dropping investment, or may not have overwhelming media publicity, but it will never be without a hard-working, innovative and dedicated crew. "The Fellowship of the Ring" The success of "Team" is the common victory of a team."

Cooperating with the behind-the-scenes images of various parts of the film, the program uses narration to introduce a series of data to continue to stimulate the audience's interest in the film.

"Data is the best explanation, let's look at some numbers."

“影片在拍摄中，总计耗费了240五万英尺胶片、1600双霍比特人的大脚、750多匹特训马、2900多套手工打造的盔甲、30000多个手工打造的日常生活用具、4800多套剑斧子盾牌等兵器、15000多套戏服、26600多个演员、2400多名幕后工作人员、380名电脑特技人员、125个有台词的角色、82个裁缝和皮匠、400多处新西兰的实景拍摄、10000名板球比赛场的观众吼出了强兽人的声音效果，仅仅第一部曲就使用了创纪录的1600多个特效镜头！”

Of course, that includes all of the trilogy, and even then, it's the largest single shoot in movie history!

It is conceivable that the shooting and production of a film is cumbersome.

Without a team that has been established for many years and cooperates tacitly, coupled with Duke's own full dedication, how could it be possible to complete such a huge production as the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

Success never comes from fluke.For this moment of success, Duke has spent nearly five years leading the entire team!

So, when Memorial Day passed on Monday and the North American box office of "Fellowship of the Ring" broke through $[-] million without any suspense, no one was surprised.

Even Michael Bay took it for granted.

He was standing on the office building of the artist management company.Looking down at Los Angeles through the glass window, his long face looked extremely calm, as if he didn't care about the numbers Michael Ovitz said behind him.

$2426 million, this is the box office figure that "The Fellowship of the Ring" got on Memorial Day.

312 million US dollars, which is the North American box office of his "Pearl Harbor" on the same day.

Although there are many reasons for the two sides, such as the release time and the number of theaters, the gap between the two figures is huge.So big that all external factors can be completely ignored!

"It's not that bad."

Martin Bob's voice came from the sofa, ""Pearl Harbor" has already exceeded 1 million US dollars, and the cost line of more than 2000 million US dollars at the North American box office should not be a problem. In terms of overseas markets, according to several According to the forecast of an authoritative organization, the overseas box office will be around 1 million US dollars, so even if the total investment of 4000 million US dollars cannot be recovered through the box office, the follow-up cost pressure will be reduced, and the film can completely achieve profitability through peripherals.”

Michael Ovitz sat there.But he didn't say anything, but his face was not very good-looking.

The situation is very obvious. "Pearl Harbor" is just another "Godzilla". Even if it can make Touchstone Films profitable, it will not meet expectations at all. For him who is ambitious and wants to create another CAA.Not much help either.

Perhaps the only help was signing the long-faced director standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Today's Hollywood is more and more commercial, and only commercial giants that can bring large profits can make artist management stand out from the fierce competition.

Michael Bay's grasp of commercial elements is indeed excellent, but compared with Duke Rosenberg, just like the word-of-mouth and box office of the films they produced, the gap is really big.

Looking at Michael Bay's back, Michael Ovitz suddenly remembered what someone said in front of him - the little explosive maniac can never compare with the real explosive maniac!

Ovitz closed his eyes slightly. In fact, as long as Duke Rosenberg is dug in, the artist management company can immediately get out of the quagmire and stand shoulder to shoulder with companies such as ICM, CAA and William Morris.

The problem is, he can get the little explosive maniac, but what to get Duke? Rosenberg?If the recruited is Duke Rosenberg who refuses to implement an all-in-one package service, what use is it for the entire artist management company?

And what does he need to impress him?

Pretty actress?Not to mention those second- and third-tier actresses who want to reach the sky in one step, even the top actresses in Hollywood, I am afraid they will not reject him.

money?Who doesn't know that Duke Rosenberg is worth billions, even richer than the entire artist management company.

that power?He is already the most powerful person in Hollywood, willing to bow his head to a hardliner like himself?

Michael? Ovitz can not help but have some headaches, Duke? Rosenberg seems to be his unsolvable problem.

"Martin..." He turned his head and told his deputy, "Don't put our new packaged project in the same schedule as his work! If his film is released in the summer, our project will be moved to the Christmas file! He wants Christmas If the film is released, we will postpone it until next year's summer film!"

Martin Bob nodded mechanically.

Michael Ovitz doesn't plan to go head-to-head with that summer lunatic until he finds a suitable project.

Michael Bay turned around, "Let's stop here today, I'm going back."

He didn't go home. After leaving the artist management company, he went directly to the nearest theater and planned to watch "The Fellowship of the Ring" again. Now he is indeed not as good as Duke Rosenberg, so he must continue to work hard. There is a day when you surpass each other! (to be continued~^~)

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