[A wonderful action movie of "Concealing the Sky"!]

[Christopher Chalek, director of "The World" said: "The box office of the movie is directly worth $200 million, and he will definitely win the Oscars for the coming year."]

[The movie "Lord of the Rings" recreates the magical epic of Middle-earth!]

......

Burbank Villa.

"Zuke, how do you read the newspaper? Is there such interesting content?" asked Lima, who had just come down from the upstairs.

“What’s the fun of newspapers?”

Zhuke shook his head: "However, the battle between "Lord of the Rings" and "The Legend of the World" and the battle between New Line Film and Warner, this is the most interesting thing."

Lima flipped through the newspapers, but was still confused.

Zhu Ke explained with a smile: "Look, there are 11 newspapers in front of me, namely "Time" Entertainment Edition, "American Online New Weekly", "TC Entertainment News", "Observer", etc. Among them, there are more than 9 companies mentioning the movie "Discovering the World" and reporting separately. In contrast, "The Lord of the Rings" of New Line Films, in terms of media promotion and distribution, it is a pity..."

Lima said in shock: "I remember that Xinyi Film is not a subsidiary of Warner?!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ke laughed and said, "This is the difference between a biological son and a step-son. Do you think it's interesting or not?"

There are few things that can make Zhuke cheer up now, but the struggle between Warner and the New Line can actually make Zhuke interested.

Moreover, Wald Pictures, under Zucker's name, has signed an agreement with Xinyi Pictures and Goldman Sachs Group, to jointly produce the "Legend of Narnia" movie series.

Of course, Zhuke was very happy to see Warner defeated.

Disney, Columbia, 20th Century Fox, Paramount...

There are Hollywood movie companies that count on one, and I hope Xinyi Film and Warner can play the trick!

"Zuke, are you paying attention to the Lord of the Rings movie?"

Lima asked.

"certainly!"

Zhuke said without hesitation: "I am quite optimistic about the future of "Lord of the Rings". Similarly, I am also very optimistic about the copyrights of "Song of Ice and Fire" and "Spy Shadows", but the copyright of "Lord of the Rings" belongs to the new line, and the film and television adaptation rights of "Song of Ice and Fire" belong to Warner's HBO, and the copyright of "Song of the Spy Shadows" belongs to Universal Pictures... I haven't gotten any of them."

While speaking, Zucker spread his hands and looked regretful.

Ding Ding Ding ~

At this moment, Zucker's phone rang.

Caller: Kevin Feige.

"Whatever you say, Kevin called at this time, probably because he got the current box office status of "The Legend of the World" and "The Lord of the Rings".

Zucker said to Lima.

After saying that, Zucker answered the phone.

Sure enough...Zuke guessed it right.

As of noon on December 19: The movie "Crossing the World" closed again for $4.3 million in half a day today, a slight drop of 3% from yesterday's first half, continuing its strong box office performance.

The movie "Lord of the Rings" is just a little bit...

In half a day, more than 3,300 cinemas only received a box office of US$3.7 million, with an attendance rate of less than 30%.

In contrast, Xinyi Film is in a weak position.

"Zuke, I remember Tolkien's novel "Lord of the Rings" is very famous. Shouldn't it attract a large number of fans of the original work? How could the attendance rate be so low?"

Many doubts emerged in Lima.

Zhuke curled his lips and said, "The novel "Lord of the Rings" is very famous and has many fans of the original work, but because of this, many fans of the original work dare not read it!"

As early as the end of 1999, when Xinyi Film announced the launch of the film "Lord of the Rings", it was opposed by a large number of fans of the original work, and even small-scale demonstrations.

Not only that, even the son and grandson of Tolkien, the original author of the novel "Lord of the Rings", had disputes with Xinyi Film because of copyright income and dividends, and they also publicly stood up to oppose it.

The most important thing is that the movie is not very good!

"If this movie was promoted and distributed by Warner, then the box office of the paintings was not so big, it would never be so miserable. Who asked Xinyi Film to publish it on its own?"

Zucker said lightly.

Under various negative factors, the movie "Lord of the Rings" naturally started with a bad start!

......

Warner Bros. Pictures.

“The publicity and distribution department is doing a beautiful job!”

"As of noon, even though our Warner "Cross the World" has been released for 12 days, it can still suppress "Lord of the Rings". This has to be said to be a beautiful job!"

CEO Barry Meyer was very excited when he saw the box office data.

Xinyi Film is a subsidiary of Warner, so what about it?

The stepson is disobedient...

As a stepmother, can’t we rectify it?!

The assistant also smiled and said, "In fact, we have already shown mercy, otherwise the box office of "Lord of the Rings" would be even worse."

"Um!"

Barry Mayer nodded in agreement and said, "New Line Film is a subsidiary of our Warner. If we change to other film companies, we will use the power of the media to criticize "Lord of the Rings". Now we are not criticizing it, at most it will greatly reduce its exposure."

soon.

The box office status of the two movies "Lord of the Rings" and "Cross the World" reached the ears of Time Warner Chairman Steve Ross.

"While I was fighting with those people on American Online, Shay was really a little dishonest. It's great to teach a lesson."

Steve Rose said in a plain tone.

He was very satisfied with Barry Meyer's approach.

.........

Which major Hollywood film companies are not well-informed?

The box office data of the two movies, they thought they would be able to direct them, but it was just a waste of effort.

The film "Crossing the World" had a box office of US$4.3 million this morning;

The film "Lord of the Rings" had a box office of $3.7 million this morning;

"Shay still lost!"

Lionsgate owner Gusta looked at the report in his hand and couldn't help but sigh: "I've said a long time ago that the cakes thrown by Hollywood's six majors are not that delicious. Now, do you see it? He wants to break away from Warner's control. Judging from the box office results this time, it's hard~"

DreamWorks Spielberg: "Overbial power! I, DreamWorks, have given up surpassing Hollywood's six majors. Can its new Line Film win this time? What a joke!"

Touchstone Pictures, Miramax, Searchlight, Dimen Pictures...

After seeing the data, these film companies all expressed their disappointment.

Even Kevin Feige said: "Boss, you overestimated the Lord of the Rings movie this time!"

But......

They all underestimated the hard power of the Lord of the Rings work itself!

As the reputation of "Lord of the Rings" spread, fans of the original work changed from black to fans, and they bought tickets to enter the venue. By around 8 o'clock in the evening, the box office of the "Lord of the Rings" movie had already surpassed the "Talk of the World"!

As soon as the news came out, everyone was stunned!
Chapter completed!