Vol 2 Chapter 554: Overseas and farewell

The big-selling films in the North American market can basically get the attention of the whole world. Due to the good response in North America, "Batman: Hour of War" has attracted the attention of many overseas movie fans early on. The distribution of major overseas markets and theater companies, They have also invested a lot of resources in this film one after another.
Correspondingly, because of the loss of North American box office and audience reputation, "Air Combat Heroes" has been blacklisted by overseas audiences and theater companies. Many companies continue to promote the release of this film in their home countries. Industry that paper contract.
"There are 95 overseas countries that have confirmed the introduction of "Batman: Hour of War", while "Air Combat Heroes" has only 42..."
Looking at the data on the report, David Ellison changed to a more comfortable sitting position, his slightly confused eyes fell on Cook Dick of Disney Pictures, "Why is the gap so big? I remember a week ago There are more than 60 countries that want to introduce "Air Combat Heroes."
"No way." Cook Dick's face was a bit helpless. "There are more than a dozen overseas marketers who were originally talking about. After seeing the box office in North America in the first week, they directly withdrew from the negotiation. Companies that have signed a distribution contract would rather pay liquidated damages in breach of the contract than release "Air Combat Heroes."
Some], then, Cook? Dick did not say it face-to-face, or gave David Ellison a bit of face. Those publishers who breached the contract thought that they paid a small amount of liquidated damages and the loss was definitely more than the investment in the issue of "Air Combat "Heroes" is a bargain.
David Ellison’s face is rather ugly. The fewer overseas markets the film enters, the lower the box office that can be earned. Although he doesn’t care much about the money, it represents a face. If "The final global box office can't even catch up with the production cost. How will he face Duke Rosenberg in the future?
Also, will the father recover some of the management rights of the funds? These are all things he has to consider.
It is only now that David Ellison discovered that the film industry is far more complicated than he thought. Originally, he thought he had a huge amount of money as a backing, and he had studied Hollywood in depth. Coupled with the highly experienced Michael Ovitz and Walt Disney as partners, how could it not be successful?
Facts have proved that what he thought was too simple, except that he caused some troubles for Duke Rosenborg in the Anne Hathaway incident, he was beaten to the ground by the opponent, and he had no ability to parry.
Despite his unwillingness, David Ellison understood that the decline of "Heroes of Air Combat" was irreversible and he wanted to succeed. Can only start from scratch.
But for someone like him, accepting failure is definitely a very difficult thing.
Before leaving Disney Pictures, David Ellison couldn’t help asking,
Cook, I remember that
Batman: Hour of War
signed formal contracts with more than 80 overseas marketers before May. Why do we so little……"
He is not questioning Walt Disney's ability, but if "Air Combat Heroes" has a broader channel, the final box office numbers will also make him a little better.
Cook Dick sighed. Speaking directly, "Who made "Batman: Hour of War" the director Duke Rosenberg?"
Heard this sentence. David Ellison suddenly understood something. When he got in his car, he couldn't help but put a helpless smile on his mouth.
Yeah, who made the director Duke Rosenberg? Who made the other party a super director with a global box office of nearly 9 billion dollars? Who allowed the other party to build a reputation in the past? Who made Duke? The name Rosenborg has already become the golden sign of Hollywood and even the world's commercial film industry?
Think about it from another angle, if he wasn't Duke Rosenberg, at first. Would I still go to him and want to invest in his movies?
The opponent is indeed very powerful, but as long as he learns from experience and lessons, he can eventually defeat him!
Just like Larry Ellison, David Ellison won't be let down because of a setback. Nor will he leave the Hollywood he has chosen.
It's just that the bleak box office numbers of "Air Combat Heroes" really make David Ellison somewhat speechless.
Not to mention the overseas market that will only enter on weekends, starting from this Monday, "Air Combat Heroes" ushered in the test of the first working day. The film’s single-day box office dropped to below seven figures without any suspense, with only a poor 620,000 In US dollars, this achievement was only a fraction of the box office results achieved by "Batman: Hour of War" that day. Although the latter was also declining, it continued to maintain a relatively stable box office trend, earning $5.21 million in a single day.
In the following three working days, "Heroes of Air Combat" was like sitting on a slide, falling all the way down, with $530,000 on Tuesday, $450,000 on Wednesday, and $410,000 on Thursday...
The film's box office during the same period was the same as Monday, but a fraction of "Batman: Hour of War".
The trend of Duke's masterpiece is stable and it maintains a healthy enough decline. It earned a total of 17.21 million US dollars in four working days, which pushed the North American box office past the 150 million US dollars mark to 160.52 million US dollars!
Then, at the beginning of a new weekend, Duke left North America, splitting up with the main actors of the crew, rushing to London and Berlin respectively to participate in the promotion of "Batman: Hour of War" in Europe.
Compared to East Asia, which is deeply influenced by Japanese comics, Europe is more affected by DC and Marvel comics. Batman, like Superman and Spiderman, is a well-known superhero. Previously, "Batman: Start of War" "Moment" is a big hit in North America. Although the audience's reputation is not as good as Duke's previous Lord of the Rings trilogy, it is also very well received. All these have driven the film's overseas attendance.
Duke first stayed in Berlin for a day, participated in two promotional activities, and then rushed to Munich, specially to watch the Bundesliga classmate Bayern Munich in the newly completed Allianz Arena in the first Bundesliga league, the camera lens frequently during the game When he was found, during the intermission, the big screen of the stadium also specially played the commercial clip of "Batman: Hour of War".
Of course, this must be a paid advertisement. Even Duke, accompanied by Rummenigge, appeared on the stadium to watch the game, which was also planned by Warner Germany.
Duke doesn’t know much about football. Most of the games he sees occasionally are also in the Premier League. Now this Bayern Munich is relatively unfamiliar. The only player he can recognize is Ballack. This is also due to the fact that the opponent went to the Premier League to mix. Over.
"Duke, are you interested in cooperating with Bayern in a football movie?"
Because Duke did not understand German, Rummenigge spoke with him in English, "We have been planning to shoot an influential football movie."
"Sorry, Carl." Duke declined quite politely. "I don't know much about football, so I'm not suitable for directing movies on this subject."
What he said is only one of the reasons. Football is the world's most deserved sport. Globally, it completely kills American football and basketball and other sports, but football movies are truly niche movies.
Besides, he really doesn't know much about football.
Even if he wants to shoot sports-themed movies in the future, the American football he once engaged in is undoubtedly more suitable.
During the three-day weekend, Duke spent two days in Germany, and on the last day he went to Vienna to participate in the premiere of "Batman: Hour of War" in Austria.
After a short weekend, this overseas promotion came to an end. Duke left Europe and returned to Los Angeles. As an overseas market with a more similar culture, the results of "Batman: Hour of War" in Europe were satisfactory. .
The UK’s first weekend was US$12.65 million, Germany was US$14.32 million, France was US$10.35 million, Spain was US$9.21 million, and Italy was US$8.55 million...
Although in the East Asian markets led by Japan and South Korea, "Batman: Hour of War" received a certain degree of cold reception, but in Australia, it also made a good result of 11.78 million US dollars in the first weekend.
"Batman: Hour of War" was released in 77 overseas countries and regions, and this weekend totaled $122.17 million!
At the same time, the overseas box office of "Batman: Hour of War" is still only a fraction of "Batman: Hour of War". This fraction is not in tens of millions, but $2.17 million!
"Air Combat Heroes" was the first to be released in 41 countries and regions, and the box office numbers obtained can only be said to be better than nothing.
It was the last time Duke cared about the situation of this competitor. After seeing that it could be described as a complete failure, he threw it aside. He didn't even bother to watch the opponent's second week of box office in North America because there was no such need. Up.
Even the presence of God cannot save this movie.
In North America, "Batman: Hour of War" passed its third weekend. As there was no major production film released this week, "Batman: Hour of War" won the box office chart for US$21.2 million, which was easily achieved. Won three consecutive championships.
So far, the North American box office of "Batman: Hour of War" has accumulated a total of US$180.64 million, and the global box office totaled US$32.81 million!
At this time, saying that Batman has gained a new life on the big screen, I am afraid that no one will refute it.
However, the rampage of this film is about to come to an end. Memorial Day is approaching, and a film that has become a cultural symbol in North America and the entire world is about to be released.
George Lucas brought his "Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith" to a strong attack.
And in the promotion of the film, George Lucas clearly stated that this will be the last part of his Star Wars series. In the understanding of Star Wars fans, this is naturally the last part of Star Wars.
The last one, Star Wars, is self-evident for Star Wars fans. Even those who are not fans of Star Wars are eager to move and plan to bid farewell to this great series by watching it live. (To be continued...)
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