Vol 2 Chapter 730: Dreamland

After spending its first weekend in North America, "Furious Road" ushered in its first working day. On Monday, the box office fell 53% compared to yesterday, earning 11.34 million US dollars. "Adventures" slipped a bit lower, but the film's box office was not high, and it only collected $2.65 million on Monday. √∟,
The two sides are not at all equal.
Even the most optimistic market forecasting agency would not believe that the North American box office of The Adventures of Tintin could exceed $100 million.
"Don't say 100 million dollars."
On the plane, Tina Fei said to Scarlett Johansson, "More than 50 million dollars is very, very difficult."
Scarlett rubbed her chin and muttered, "I don't know where I can meet David Ellison. The person I want to see most now is him."
Duke looked at the two women, but said nothing.
The production cost of films like "The Adventures of Tintin" must be more than 100 million U.S. dollars, and the promotion costs are almost the same as the production costs. The poor box office in North America, apart from the reputation of the audience, may also be one of the reasons why foreign cultural products are not suitable in North America. Maybe the film's overseas box office will be slightly better, but it is very difficult for David Ellison to recover the cost.
David Ellison doesn't like him, and he doesn't like David Ellison either. This is something that everyone in Hollywood knows.
After the economic crisis, David Ellison used huge liquidity to win the favor of companies such as Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks, but he was destined to be an outsider who would be rejected by traditional forces in Hollywood.
In fact, what Duke wants is very simple. It is enough to kick David Ellison out of this circle.
The Ellison family has strong funds, and Larry Ellison has a net worth as much as his on the card. This does not mean that David Ellison can mobilize these resources. And as long as he fails, Larry Ellison will also lose patience. If he messes up some big investments one after another, it will be very difficult to get family support and external financing.
Without the support of Larry Ellison, David Ellison is nothing more than a hairless vulture.
The four projects that David Ellison took over. Each one must invest a huge amount of money. Even if he does not need to take too much of his own money, he can raise funds for investment, but if he fails, the consequences are still quite serious.
Those who are far away can’t see it. The situation in the recent "The Adventures of Tintin" is very unoptimistic. In the four working days including Monday, this family movie only got a little more than 9 million US dollars in the box office. The box office pushed over 20 million US dollars. But in the extremely fierce summer vacation, there is basically not much competitiveness at all.
In the same four working days, Fury Road received $42.68 million, and the North American box office easily crossed the threshold of $100 million, reaching as much as $117.51 ​​million.
At the same time, nearly 70 million US dollars were collected overseas, and the global box office exceeded 300 million US dollars.
A new weekend is here, and North America has ushered in an important Memorial Day schedule. "Alvin and the Chipmunks" also landed in North American theaters.
This is a pg-level animated film, which is very different from the audience of Fury Road. Otherwise, the publisher, Twentieth Century Fox, will not be released on the next weekend of Fury Road.
"Furious Road" will not suffer much impact, "The Adventures of Tintin" is different, the same film type caused its box office to plummet the next weekend, and only received $4.52 million in three days.
Without any surprises, "Alvin and the Chipmunks" took the North American box office champion this weekend, with a box office figure of 48.8 million US dollars. Behind this animated film is "Furious Road". As expected by the outside world, the good reputation of the audience made this r-rated film extremely stable, and the North American box office fell only 42% the following weekend. Reported to receive 43.4 million US dollars.
Within ten days of its release, Fury Road’s North American box office totaled 160.91 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office earned 412.06 million U.S. dollars.
Outstanding announcements, overwhelming public praise, coupled with the huge appeal of Duke, Charlize Theron and Tom Cruise, together made this R-rated film a big seller.
Because the crew’s publicity journey was divided into three parts, when Duke arrived in New York, it happened to meet Charlize Theron and Tom Cruise here, and the three also accepted an exclusive interview with nb TV.
There is nothing special about this interview. It is just a part of the entire publicity plan. The only special thing is that Duke revealed that Fury Road will be serialized, and there may also be a separate story about Ferrosa later. Movies, and he will cooperate with d comics to launch a series of comics for "Further Road", especially the high-profile rock warrior. The comics will detail his origins.
Of course, there are plans for new works.
"I already have ideas for new works."
Facing the camera lens, Duke said frankly, "This will still be a science fiction film, the theme is about dreams and how to use dreams!"
He disclosed some content appropriately, and then no matter how the host asked, Duke would not be willing to disclose more content.
"Is that the science fiction script you filed with the Screenwriters Guild a long time ago?"
After removing his makeup and leaving the dressing room, Tom Cruise asked Duke, "How about I play the leading actor?"
Although Leonardo DiCaprio mentioned this project a long time ago, and Xiao Li also expressed his keen interest, Duke did not directly reject Tom Cruise, but instead asked, "Are you sure there is time?"
Tom Cruise thought for a while, and had to shook his head, "I want to supervise the post-production of "Mission Impossible 4" and there is a new film to be shot. There really is no time."
When he walked to the parking lot, he looked at his watch and said, "I'm going to catch a plane back to Los Angeles. I'm leaving now."
"Wait!" Duke called him, told Tina Fei to take a big gift box from the car and hand it to Cruise, and said, "This is a gift for Suri. I will visit her when I return to Los Angeles. ."
"You are really a qualified godfather."
As a result of the gift box, Tom Cruise approached Duke and asked, "Actually, I really want to be a godfather."
Duke could understand what Tom Cruise meant, shrugged, and said helplessly, "This kind of thing can only take its course."
He and Scarlett did not take contraceptive measures too much, but Miss Johnson remained silent.
And Scarlett was only twenty-four years old, and Duke and her were not in a hurry.
Tom Cruise’s car hurried out of the parking lot. When Duke was about to leave, Charlize Theron walked out of the elevator with an assistant. Instead of going to her car, she came to Du. G here.
"Something?" Duke asked, leaning against his Bentley.
"Nothing." Charlize Theron took off his sunglasses, looked at Duke, and said, "I just want to tell you, don't forget to vote for me during the awards season."
Duke frowned. "That's it?"
In fact, Charlize Theron knew very well that even if she just said that in Duke’s manner, she would definitely vote for her then. She shrugged and said, "When you were in New Mexico, you were not right. Did I talk about your new movie? Isn’t there a female character who doesn’t make many appearances? Can you leave it to me?"
"Leo has a lot of money..." Duke shook his head, "I can't spend another 20 million dollars in budget."
Although there is no formal negotiation yet, his director and Leonardo DiCaprio must have a high salary plus share, and then join a Charlize Theron, Warner Bros. must be crazy, this is also Will compress his production budget.
Today's Charlize Theron is absolutely emboldened to call out the price of $20 million in remuneration plus a share.
"Isn't there a small number of scenes?" Charlize smiled, "Just give me a symbolic reward. Just treat me as a friendly show."
Duke glanced at her, and understood Charlize's point. She was paying back the favor in this way.
"Well..." Duke did not refuse, "I will let someone talk to Nancy after the project is approved."
"I will greet her in advance."
Charlize stared at Duke for a while, then turned around, "Goodbye then, Duke."
After that, she no longer had any hesitation or nostalgia, and strode in her direction.
She is very clear about Duke's personality. Some things are not something you can earn if you want to earn. Instead of being entangled, it is better to maintain a good relationship and a suitable distance to create a better future for yourself.
Tina Fei has been silently watching Charlize Theron. She has been with Duke for so many years. She has witnessed the changes in the relationship between these two people. Among so many women Duke has interacted with, she may not be the most. The smart one is the one who knows the best.
Correspondingly, she was able to remind Duke of the one he cared about after the end.
Watching Charlize Theron's tall back disappear into the car, Dukla opened the door and got into the Bentley. After Tina Fey got in the car from the other side, he said to the driver, "Go to Long Island."
He liked Charlize's character very much, and Duke would never deny it.
Of course, this is more like appreciation now, he will not be so stupid to think that with Charlize Theron's current status, he will maintain the same relationship with him before.
In fact, after ending the messy life before, Duke never thought of going back to the past.
When the car drove out of the parking lot, Duke turned to ask Tina Fei next to him, "Has the script been delivered to Leo?"
Tina Fei immediately replied, "Leonardo is on vacation in Mallorca, Spain. The script was handed over to his agent, Ino Martin, and he will fly to Spain to transfer it to Leonardo."
Duke mentioned this project to Xiao Li a long time ago, and the other party is also very interested. It is not a problem to take it, he is not very worried. (To be continued.)
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