Vol 2 Chapter 597: Benefits from disputes

The third weekend of "Iron Man" released in North America, finally ushered in a film that Duke had an impression of. Paramount Pictures produced "Charlotte", voiced by Julia Roberts, the Oscar queen who has just given birth to twins. Special Net.
The film is adapted from the famous American writer e?b? White's famous book "Charlotte's Net", which is a story about friendship and suffering.
This is a movie aimed at audiences under the age of 17, and there is a huge overlap with the audience of "Iron Man".
There is no doubt that the style of "Iron Man" tends to be happy, and the pg-13 rating is enough to ensure that teenagers can enter the theater without hindrance.
"Charlotte's Web" has a very good audience reputation, and Julia Roberts also made a voice, starring Dakota Fanning, a very popular child star, but these are not enough to guarantee that it can beat "Iron Man." .
This film, which cost as much as 85 million US dollars to produce, landed in North America with 3,566 theaters. On the first three days, it did not win at least 25 million US dollars in box office as the producer estimated, and only received 11.12 million US dollars. Ramon Pictures’ expectations.
In contrast, "Iron Man", which has entered its third weekend screening, has too much box office data.
The movie's ≧, the weekend box office dropped only 40% compared to last weekend, and it gained 35.1 million US dollars in three days, easily achieving three consecutive titles in the North American box office rankings.
In addition to the 17.26 million U.S. dollars received in the previous four working days, the North American box office of "Iron Man" has reached 295.35 million U.S. dollars, and the North American box office has exceeded 300 million U.S. dollars.
At the same time, the film has landed in more overseas markets. Although the overall performance of the overseas box office is not as strong as North America due to Tony Stark's popularity and other reasons, it was released two weekends overseas. The cumulative overseas box office also reached US$175.6 million.
When "Iron Man" was released in North America three weeks later, the film's global box office totaled 470.95 million US dollars!
Not to mention that the screening is far from over, just this number is enough for Marvel Studios to start future plans.
As we all know, the box office only accounts for a part of Hollywood movie revenue, and in superhero movies. The revenue ratio of the box office is even smaller. "Iron Man" has too many profit points. It is only a comic item. Because of the heat and attention brought by the movie, after entering May, Marvel Comics' "Iron Man" Manga sold millions of copies, with sales reaching nearly 20 million U.S. dollars.
As for traditional peripheral products such as dolls, dolls, and stationery, the sales are equally astonishing. Statistics have been made. The sales of various peripheral products in North America easily exceeded $100 million, and movie fans and comic fans wearing Iron Man masks can be seen everywhere in the United States.
After the start of the new week, the weekday box office of "Iron Man" began to drastically. Next week, the North American weekly reported a receipt of 3.85 million U.S. dollars. By Tuesday, the North American box office of the film officially exceeded the 300 million U.S. dollar mark.
This is also Hollywood's first North American film with a box office of over US$300 million in 2006.
After two North American films, "Hurricane Rescue" and "Batman: Hour of War", which remained at the 200 million+ box office, Duke once again returned to the $300 million club.
but. This is a summer vacation, although most of the films avoid Duke and "Iron Man." But it does not mean that the film can continue to be hot.
The popcorn attribute of the film is one aspect; the release of powerful new films on weekends is another aspect.
Produced and distributed by Sony Columbia Pictures, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, the film of the same name adapted from the novel "The Da Vinci Code" that has caused a sensation and controversy in North America is about to land on the big screen and is officially released in North America .
Duke also accepted Tom Hanks' invitation to participate in the North American premiere of the film in Los Angeles.
"Hello, Tom."
Walk to the premiere theater. Duke hugged Tom Hanks, who came forward to greet him, and deliberately joked, "You look much fatter than in the movie."
"No way." Tom Hanks showed a little helplessness, "I have reached the age to be blessed."
In recent years, Tom Hanks has begun to transform behind the scenes. Participated in the investment and production of "Brothers", the film company under his name also has a small investment and large output such as "My Grand Greek Wedding" and other successful works, life and business are extremely smooth, a wide heart will inevitably lead to fat.
After greeted Tom Hanks and Ron Howard, a tall young woman came over, "Hi, Duke, it's been a long time."
"Hello, Dallas." Duke gently shook the hand she extended.
This woman has natural long red hair and emerald green eyes. A delicate face is quite like Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco.
Although they are not familiar with each other, they have seen them on many occasions, and Duke also chatted with her.
"I just finished shooting "Spider-Man 3"," she said.
Duke asked with interest, "Which character are you playing?"
"Gwen Stacey, Peter Parker's first love girlfriend in the comics." She shrugged, "However, Sam Remy told me that he is going to quit the series, and my role basically does not continue. Maybe, I will be unemployed again."
"Are you missing a role, Dallas?" Duke shook his head and smiled.
If Ron Howard’s daughter will lack roles, then Hollywood is really not Hollywood.
This woman is called Bryce Howard, born in a real acting family, her father is Oscar best director Ron Howard, her mother is an actor, and her uncle is the famous Clint Eastwood!
Although his reputation is not obvious now, Duke is very clear that his image is more popular with American audiences, and his acting skills are not particularly bad. With the support of various resources such as his family, it will not take too long. Bryce Howard will Can rank among the popular Hollywood stars.
Even, she didn't need to put in too much effort.
Of course, this is also a very smart woman, as can be seen from the fact that she has always been with Duke in place of her father Ron Howard.
Duke also remembers that after the "Jurassic World" went viral, a conversation between her and the producer Spielberg circulated. She took the other side of Spielberg as a junior and in a ridiculous tone. It's coming out-if "Jurassic World" is a big hit, it's because of your good eyes. If you are on the street, you are still a master who never misses, and the director will disappear from the world directly.
As the popularity of "Iron Man" is gradually dissipating, the competitive relationship between the two films is not obvious. Duke has read the original, but has not seen Tom Hanks's commentary and the movie with very poor audience reputation. I went to the theater and chatted with Bryce Howard. After the film began, my energy shifted to the big screen.
"The Da Vinci Code" was written by American writer Dan Brown. It broke the sales record of American novels with 7.5 million copies, and its cumulative global sales have exceeded 65 million copies. The New York Times bestseller list is No. 1 It has been translated into 42 languages ​​for 76 weeks and has become the best-selling American novel of all time. Its sales are even comparable to the popular British bestseller "Harry Potter" series.
These are enough to ensure that the film has sufficient attention and audience base.
In fact, Ron Howard’s film basically follows the original.
Like the original work, the film has a "subversive" interpretation of Leonardo’s artistic works-such as "Mona Lisa", "Da Vinci Self Portrait" and "The Last Supper".
First, through the mouth of each character, questioned the gender of the characters in "Mona Lisa", and then pointed out that Mona Lisa is actually Leonardo da Vinci himself, and the painter portrait in "Da Vinci Self Portrait" is actually Shang is also a "hermaphrodite".
These two paintings are no longer simply independent, but two interrelated individuals with mutual referential significance. The most interesting is the commentary on "The Last Supper", not to mention that people traditionally think that they are all in the painting. The 13 males are said to be twelve men and one woman. Even Christ, who has always worshipped the world without eating the fireworks, was reduced from "God" to "Man" and claimed that he was married. The offspring were left behind.
And Jesus' wife is Mary Magdalene who was redeemed by him.
These unequivocal interpretations are undoubtedly challenging, tampering and subverting history and traditional culture, and have played a role in "confusing audiovisual" to some extent.
Of course, the controversy caused by such works is also huge.
From Catholic and other Christian groups, historians, art historians, and many audiences, the film and the novel have been violently criticized. Many people even think that Dan Brown and the film "The Da Vinci Code" are distorted-sometimes even Fabricated-history.
However, in many cases, disputes are not a bad thing for a movie, and even disputes represent attractiveness.
Like Duke said, it's better to be argued than no one.
"The Da Vinci Code" has caused controversy and has attracted fierce criticism from many religious conservatives, but the original author and filmmakers are smart enough that these controversies will not touch the bottom line of mainstream society. Can attract quite a lot of people into the theater.
Especially the huge sales volume of the original works is enough to guarantee the film's box office.
In fact, it is not the first creation of "The Da Vinci Code" that Christ is not a but a man. Human beings have entered the age of science and have already begun to break the legend of gods, and have long begun to pursue the truthfulness of "man". It is not very strange that the "divine" nature is completely eliminated by humans.
It is completely unnecessary to discuss how much the "Da Vinci Code" is true. From the author to the film, using such content to cause controversy is obviously to gain attention.
In the subsequent North American box office rankings, the "Da Vinci Code" ended the "Iron Man" consecutive championship, which also proved that the debate can indeed bring benefits. (To be continued...)
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