The first week of the fiercely competitive Thanksgiving ended on November 19th, and the box office data of the next day was released.

The leading "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" won the box office championship of the week without any suspense. However, the film was also predicted, with the box office of the first seven days of the first week finally reaching US$93.27 million, which failed to achieve the expectation of exceeding 100 million in the first week.

Of course, this achievement is still not something that other films of the same period can achieve.

The second-ranked "The New York Gangster", compared to "The Collision of Heaven and Earth", which had a box office of only $31.46 million in the first seven days. Old Martin's long-cherished wish has been fulfilled for many years, and Li Zi, who is at its peak, only proves once again that gangster films no longer have too many markets in Hollywood.

The third place is Denzel Washington's new film "Total Siege" produced by Warner Bros., earning $23.67 million in seven days in the first week.

Denzel Washington is a popular first-line black movie star in recent years. However, compared to being promoted to another black movie star with "Training Day" in 2002, it is still a little worse now.

Moreover, because history has changed, Denzel Washington is not the direct descendant of Daenerys Entertainment, so it is hard to say whether he can be promoted to the best actor this time.

In any case, the "Total Siege" co-starred by Warner and Denzel Washington was $23.67 million in the first week, even if it didn't meet expectations, it was not a failure. In the end, it still proved Denzel Washington's box office appeal.

In fact, the results of "The New York Gangster" and "The Siege" are normal in Hollywood. The only problem is that "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" that ranked first has really put the tone too high.

Later, the fourth place is "Annabelle 2".

The box office performance of this series of branches of the Soul-Congying Cinema Universe is stable. In the third week of release, facing the impact of a new film such as "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth", it still held the fourth place, continued to earn US$13.73 million, and the cumulative box office also reached US$77.29 million.

It's about to break 80 million.

Even if the competition will be even more intense in the future, there is no suspense for "Annabelle 2" to earn another 20 million yuan in box office clubs.

Then came another new film "Love in This Life" which started on November 13. The love film starring "Superman" Brad Pitt produced by Disney was finally $13.54 million in the first seven days, which was only less than 200,000 yuan from the previous one's "Annabelle 2".

But in the end, it was still behind.

What's more, "Annabelle 2" is already in its third week of release, but "Love in This Life" is its first week.

Disney can only be glad that the cost of this project is not high. The budget of $35 million, plus promotion and promotion, is only about 50 million. The film's first week is 13.54 million, and the total local box office is expected to be between 25 million and 30 million. In addition to Shanghai, the global box office is very promising to be the same as the total investment. Including subsequent channels, there is no big problem in recovering costs.

Therefore it is not a failure.

I can only say that Disney has been busy for nothing and wasted a good schedule.

While the first week of the gratitude period was unfolding, during the weekdays, several new films from another box office week have been premiered and other last wave of promotions.

On November 20, a new box office week covering Thanksgiving will begin.

If calculated based on cost, there are two pillars this week, namely the collaboration project "Mummy 2" produced by Fox and Daenerys, and the heavyweight action thriller blockbuster "American Police Officer" co-starred by Bai Ge Wu and Paramount. Coincidentally, the budget for both movies is $100 million.

Therefore, during the promotional stage, the two movies were tit-for-tat, and even held a grand premiere in Los Angeles on the same day on November 18.

It was a coincidence that after the premiere, the reputation was lifted, and the media reviews of the two movies were almost the same. "Mummy 2" got a comprehensive media score of 7.5 points, while "American Police Officer" was still slightly higher than 7.6.

Finally, the scale of painting is opened.

As Fox's most important project this year, coupled with Daenerys' cooperation, "Mummy 2" won 3,543 screens. For "American Police Officer", Paramount also did his best to raise 3,465 screens.

In addition, between two blockbusters, there is a new film "Tea Boy", starring Hollywood comedy actor Adam Sandler, produced by Daenerys's New World Films. Compared with the other two blockbusters, "Tea Boy" has tried its best to promote it, but it has almost not paid much attention.

The reputation of the film is even a bit messy.

The premiered Thursday the day before, according to statistics on the day of release, the comprehensive media score was only 4.3, far less than Sandler's popular Wedding Singer last year. Variety magazine criticized the film as "the worst popcorn film pieced together by a stiff and funny plot."

Although compared with the memory of the past, the two versions of the film are almost the same, and this time it is even better, even Simon does not have much expectations for "Tea Boy". However, based on the success of "Wedding Singer" last year, the New World Pictures team still gave 2,654 screens to open.

...

The film market is fierce, and Simon also spent a busy week.

After handling the affairs in New York in a row, Simon flew to Boston on Thursday evening to visit two Ukrainian women and their little guys. He stayed in Boston for one night, stayed for another morning, and returned to New York in the afternoon.

Meanwhile, two Jenny flew from Los Angeles to the East Coast with a bunch of little guys.

On this afternoon of November 20, Westeros and the family officially moved into the super mansion on the top floor of Westeros.

In 1987, the first idea of ​​imitating the idea of ​​building a Westeros building in the memory of the "Avengers Building". It was planned for five years. In early 1992, the super building with a height of 622 meters was officially started, with a budget of US$1 billion. It was topped off at the end of 1996 and now it is officially moved in in 1998, with a span of 11 years.

In the past 11 years, Simon has allowed the whole world to see the rise of a miracle of wealth. Similarly, 11 years later, Simon has also contributed an architectural miracle to the world.

Not counting the top antenna equipment and lightning protection measures, the Westeros Tower, which is barely high, is nearly 200 meters taller than the world's tallest building, the 443-meter Empire State Building. Moreover, in terms of architectural connotation, the already dilapidated Empire State Building is far from comparable to the Westeros Tower, which has all the details from top to bottom, from inside to outside, exceeding the current world's highest building level.

Not to mention the terrifying budget of up to US$2.6 billion in the end, the top of the Westeros Building is definitely not a high-altitude apron, but it is definitely a stunning existence in the history of modern architecture. If the Westeros family is willing to disclose detailed architectural details and technical information, it will definitely become a classic case that no university in the world can avoid.

After an afternoon of tedious resettlement and after dinner, Jennifer continued to handle the various details after moving into the new home. Janet pulled Simon to the highest 135th floor master bedroom.

Without turning on the lights, standing in front of the transparent full-frame glass window with each other. Even if neither of them was afraid of heights, they looked at the city like an upside down like a galaxy under their feet. This feeling in the clouds still made people breathe a little short of breath.

Janet subconsciously pulled the arm of the man who was holding him from behind, raised his face, kissed the man who came over emotionally, and murmured: "Little boy, little bastard, my dear..."

Simon also agreed softly: "Yes."

Janet looked out the window again: "I suddenly realized that after being with you, for so many years, my life, and my life, and my life, can be so wonderful."

Simon smiled and joked: "Do you feel like you're making a big profit?"

"Yeah," Janet did not deny it, turned his head and kissed the man, and then said, "We are now at the top. Dear, do you think our future will be more exciting, more exciting than it is now?"

"Of course," Simon joked again without hesitation: "Only a little woman like you feel that she is already at the top. In my opinion, everything about us is just the beginning, and it will only be more exciting and more exciting in the future."

Of course Janet actually knew.

If men's grand plans can be realized, everything now is indeed just the beginning.

Thinking of this, Janet quickly laughed.

Simon cooperated and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Janet said: "I wonder, will our story gradually turn from a business miracle to a future science fiction legend?"

Simon still gave the answer quickly: "This is yes."

"Why?"

"Have you read the novel by Jules Verne?"

Jenny's head: "Of course, "Twenty Thousand Miles Under the Sea"."

Simon said: "Just talking about "Twenty Thousand Miles Under the Sea", the Nautilus was only considered a fantasy at that time, but now it has been realized by people. Therefore, if we look at it from the perspective of people 100 years ago, our current world is a science fiction picture. Similarly, the world in the next hundred years will probably be a science fiction world in the eyes of our current people."

Janet nodded slightly, and his hoarse voice suddenly sighed a little bit of emotion: "100 years."

The woman in her arms did not say it clearly. Of course, Simon understood where her sigh came from, smiled and hugged her tighter, and said confidently: "Believe me, we will definitely see the world 100 years later."

"I'm actually thinking," Janet suddenly turned around and hugged Simon face to face: "Will you still love me in 100 years?"

Simon did not hesitate again: "Of course, you know, I am a piece of ice, which is constantly melted by you. The longer the time, the more love you will be for you."

"Well..." Janet responded with satisfaction, put her face on Simon's chest, felt it for a moment, and finally said again: "Dear, let's go to bed."

"OK."

Simon agreed, gently picked up the woman in his arms and walked towards the big bed in the center of the master bedroom.

...

The next day Simon woke up with two Jenny.

This is November 21st.

Saturday.

In the small circle of Manhattan, it is basically known that the Westeros family has moved into the Westeros Building. However, at the public media level, under the strong operation of the Westeros family's media public relations team, there is no news. Even the Internet is becoming increasingly open, there is only a very small number of sporadic information spread by those who are interested.

After being discovered, it will be deleted quickly.

There is no reason.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the Internet in this life is named "Westero".

Through companies such as Igrit, Cisco, and American Online, Simon masters the Internet and also masters absolute rules. In such a virtual world, if Simon wants to, he can become the master at any time.

Therefore, the so-called open Internet is just a wishful thinking of some people.

Just like there is never absolute freedom in this world.

In order to cover the housewarming of the Westeros family to the greatest extent, today's most lively news, whether it is major mainstream media or Internet platforms, is the first launch of the International Space Station capsule yesterday.

The International Space Station, which was jointly built by 16 countries around the world, became a symbol of the official entry of mankind into the era of permanent peace after the collapse of the Cold War of the Soviet Union.

Carnival.

As for the Gulf War that has occurred over the years, as for the ongoing conflict in the Kosovo region, and the super melee with heavy casualties in Africa, of course, these are just scabies.

Even if he could see through these, Simon had no intention of pointing it out.

It is actually not easy for everyone to live in dreams.

Even Simon was just watching the International Space Station project itself.

It is said that human society jointly develops space. In fact, just like the international thermonuclear fusion experimental reactor that was aborted a few years ago, the entire project of the International Space Station is really full of too many calculations from various member countries, each with its own little thoughts.

As for countries outside the project, it is even more luxurious to want a ticket because of their lack of strength.

It’s just one thing. The world has more than 200 countries and regions, and there are only 16 countries participating in the International Space Station. How can this be considered as a joint development of space by mankind?

The same is true in fact.

When the Cold War ended, it almost announced the abrupt end of the pace of human continuous exploration of cutting-edge technology since modern times.

Without fierce competition that may be on the verge of collapse at any time, there will be no motivation to keep moving forward. Even in the information age that everyone talked about in the next twenty or thirty years, its most fundamental technical foundation was all born in the turbulent era of the 20th century.

Therefore, it seems to be thriving, but in fact it has limited progress.

This morning, with the hustle and bustle of the International Space Station liftoff, Simon and Janet hid in the mansion on the top floor of Westeros Building, and continued to sort out the various projects of their 3G plans without much impact.

Simon is very clear about the direction of the world situation in the next twenty years. Even if his big butterfly has become stronger and stronger, fundamentally, some things will basically not change if he doesn't do them himself.

Of course Simon has to do it.
Chapter completed!