hollywood draw

The beginning of this summer season is definitely the least competitive year since the 1990s. The main reason for this situation is that in this golden period in May, the first time "The Dark Knight" was announced to be released, which directly made most of the films choose to avoid it. Then the sudden release of "Jurassic Park 2" completely dispelled all the ambitions of other production companies for May.

In recent years, Wayne and Steven Spielberg are definitely one of the most popular directors in Hollywood. In particular, although the films of these two have different types, they have one common feature, that is, as long as the box office explodes, the hot trend will completely fail to abide by market rules. Like a wild horse, no one knows how far it can go.

You can't expect to use external force to intercept the Mustang. You can only wait for it to run away and stop slowly after it is tired and has no physical strength. Just like the current "Dark Knight", it is the time when the energy is most abundant, so most production companies in the circle are watching the excitement, and everyone is waiting for "Jurassic Park 2". Can you stop these Mustangs?

On Sunday night, Wayne and George Lucas were interviewed by reporters on "Something Just Like This", especially when they both said to the camera that they would not earn a cent from this song, and all the money they earned would be used for charity. This has won the favor of countless North American publics.

Countless people are ready to wait for a single early the next morning to snatch a single, but Warner Bros.'s purpose is quite simple. They are not prepared to make much money with this song now. What they want is to ensure the popularity of "The Dark Knight" after the weekdays arrive and attract more passers-by to the theater to contribute to the box office.

The sky gradually darkened, but the lights in the study were on. The bell ringing at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night meant that this weekend was over and a new weekday had come again after the hustle and bustle. Steven Spielberg leaned against the chair in front of the study desk, with a bunch of newspapers and magazines in front of him.

The smoke of the cigar continued to rise. Looking at the dark night sky outside the window, the old Jewish man did not feel sleepy at all. He turned his head again and turned his eyes to the movie magazine that was opening in front of him.

"Clang, Clang, Clang."

A few loud knocks were heard, and a blond middle-aged woman in pajamas pushed open the study door and walked in with a cup of still steaming coffee in her hand. "Dear, don't be too late."

The woman put the coffee on the desk and took another cup that was already cold. She originally wanted to leave the study and go to bed first, but when her eyes swept over the newspapers and magazines, her steps stopped involuntarily.

"Kate, go to bed first, don't worry about me." Steven Spielberg picked up the coffee and took a sip, crossed his hands in front of his chest, leaned against the chair and returned to his silent waiting.

"Okay." The woman nodded, and before leaving, she looked at the magazines that were opened on the table. There was only one photo on it. A young man in a dark suit was wearing a huge bat shadow behind her.

Of course, Wayne Greenberg knew her. What surprised her was that her husband would have performed abnormally due to pressure. You should know that over the years, as long as this Jewish good-looking man was released, no matter what opponent he met in the same period, he had never had such a solemn expression like this now. It was obvious that he felt tremendous pressure.

The media, which has almost appeared in people's sight these days, are singing praises for "The Dark Knight" in a hurry. The film's publicity is overwhelming. In this regard, Warner Bros. is obviously much better than Universal Pictures.

The result is also quite obvious. "The Dark Knight" successfully cast $150 million from the North American theater market in just two days. When the box office figures were constantly reported by the media, the sensation caused became even greater. All of this shows that Steven Spielberg is very likely to fall a big shot this time.

Looking at the silent old man in the study again, the woman sighed slightly and prepared to close the door and go to rest first.

At this moment, the fax machine in the study room rang, and the movement of the fax machine attracted the attention of both people at the same time. The woman walked to the desk without any hesitation, reached out to pick up the fax she had just received, and handed it to her husband. She knew that the other party had been waiting all night for the simple sets of numbers on it.

"Huh, interesting..."

Unlike the scene that women imagined, when Steven Spielberg picked up the fax and swept it carefully, he smiled abnormally.

I don’t know if it was an illusion. In her husband’s whisper, she not only did not hear the pressure that should have appeared, but she felt the seemingly depressing excitement, which was difficult to understand. She also looked at the fax paper and read it softly:

"The early box office of Thursday was $17.2 million, and the first day of the release on Friday, if the box office of the early box office was not calculated, the day was closed at $67.16 million, and the Saturday result was even higher than Friday, and it won $68.8 million again, and the Sunday day was $47.65 million. Then the total box office of the weekend just ended by "The Dark Knight" has reached......"

"200 million US dollars! To be precise, it is 200.81 million US dollars!" Steven Spielberg shook his head with a smile. This number is not only higher than his own guess, but also higher than the predictions of all professionals in the circle. I am afraid that no third-party prediction agency will dare to give such an outrageous prediction before the accurate box office comes out.

"The box office of $200 million in three days in the first weekend?!"

The woman then reacted and exclaimed in surprise. This number can be said to have broken all the records about the first weekend box office numbers. "The first day of North America's box office record has the fastest box office of over 100 million, the fastest box office of over 150 million, the fastest box office of over 200 million, and the first three days of the first weekend has exceeded 200 million! This child is creating history, Steven."

"Go to sleep."

Steven Spielberg stood up, fearing that he patted his wife on the shoulder, and with abnormal excitement on his face, he was about to leave the study and return to the bedroom to rest. "Kate, since I founded DreamWorks with David and Jeffrey, or a little longer, I don't remember how long it has been. I haven't felt this kind of anticipated pressure, don't worry..."

At this moment, he was indeed occupied by excitement. Although it was not released on the same weekend, strictly speaking, the two sides only had a week apart. He was very confident in his "Jurassic Park". Two films of the same size faced each other head-on in a period where no one could disturb him. Shouldn't this be exciting?

In recent years, although the two have a good personal relationship, as Wayne's achievements become bigger and bigger, the media has inevitably begun to frequently compare the two together, especially when the other party won the Oscar Little Golden Man, at least in terms of hard honors, both sides are no longer inferior.

If time goes back to 1993, even if Wayne and "The Joker" swept the world ahead of Steven Spielberg, everyone will recognize Wayne as a movie genius, but there will be no media that they have reached the same status, but the situation is obviously different now.

So, although the two have a good personal relationship, when it comes to business, he really wants to have a head-on collision with his young friend.

Actually, it’s not that the media started to compare frequently. There are really some similarities between the two. The emergence of "Jurassic Park" in 1993 allowed fans around the world to see the strength of the Hollywood film industry, especially the realistic special effects, just like the Tyrannosaurus Rex was about to rush out of the big screen. The emergence of this movie completely triggered the trend of Hollywood science fiction special effects blockbusters.

The emergence of "The Joker" is another situation. A character who exists in the comics has triggered a big discussion among countless people in society. Many people have seen their own shadows in the character of "The Joker", and the incitement of the film is simply unparalleled. It is precisely because of the great success of "The Joker" that it has completely opened up the trend of Hollywood comic-making superheroes.

In fact, the two of them are in a completely different way in terms of their directing style or film type, but they are exactly the two who are so different. The director's films not only succeeded continuously, but also achieved some similarities.

At the same time, it was not only Steven Spielberg who couldn't sleep and was waiting for statistics, but also a burst of cheerful laughter came from the brightly lit office of the Warner Bros. Burbank.

"Shit! What did Wayne do?! Ha, Bruce, what did he do?!" Jeff Robinoff kept swaying a piece of printing paper in his hand, and the excited expression on his face was not concealed at all. "Two million! Bruce, 200 million US dollars! He is creating his own history, creating DC's history, creating Warner Bros., and also creating the entire Hollywood history, writing the entire North American movie history!"

"f**k, 200 million! holy s***t!"

The moment he heard this number, Bruce Rosenblum seemed to have all his strength removed, and his upper body suddenly relaxed on the sofa. The smile on the corner of his mouth could no longer be suppressed. The worry and uneasiness in his eyes became completely gone. "Damn it, I want to call Wayne and tell him the news in person, damn it."

Seeing that he had picked up the mobile phone, Jeff Robinoff was stunned for a moment, subconsciously turned around and looked at the clock on the wall. Yes, it was already early morning.

"Hey, Bruce, look at the time." Seeing that the other party was about to call, he hurriedly stopped him and said, "Don't forget, we are Los Angeles time, and he should be sleeping now."

"I don't believe he can sleep now."

After muttering, Bruce Rosenblum stopped the movements in his hand and stuffed the mobile phone back into his briefcase.