Chapter 1079: Crazy Box Office
But Leila still admires Cameron.
You must know that the original production cost was more than 200 million, plus nearly 200 million publicity, and he pulled the cost of the movie to as much as 400 million. I really don't know how big a person with a heart can spend so much money, and he can eat and drink every day without worrying about the future box office.
Leila thought she couldn't do it anyway. If she didn't have the support behind her, she didn't have a big company, and a Moran group that she could rely on, she would definitely not make that level of publicity like him.
The cost is 400 million, which means that the box office of the movie must be 1 billion or more to be able to protect the capital, depending on how much the contract they sign with the distributor is shared.
Just when many people were discussing Cameron's boldness, "Avatar" was finally released!
December 16 is a day destined to leave a mark on film history.
Although the box office of the movie was not too high at the beginning, the box office at 0:00 on the first day was "only" 4 million US dollars. But I can't stand the box office in the back!
directly pulled up the box office with an exaggerated arc, and I don't know how many people's eyes were shocked. It's not that other movies don't have such a good box office, just take Leila's films as an example, there are several that have reached this height. It's just that word-of-mouth and box office are rising too fast, so those who are just about to say that the movie may be going to pounce are not psychologically prepared at all, and their faces are swollen.
It was also from that time that "Avatar" began its journey to sweep the box office.
When the second week's box office came out, people were shocked. Not because it firmly occupied the top spot at the box office with 75 million, but because it only fell by 2.6%.
Not only in North America, but also in other countries, it quickly climbed to the top of the box office charts, and it couldn't sit down.
The release of the East was a few days later than that of North America, and coincidentally, just in January, some regions ushered in the biggest snowstorm in more than 50 years.
But such a blizzard did not blow away the audience's enthusiasm for "Avatar", and almost all theaters were hard to get. Especially in the newly opened IMAX hall of Leila Cinema Line, even scalpers have popped up, and more than 100 or 200 people are willing to buy a ticket. The same is true for other theaters, and audiences who go for Cameron's name and excellent reputation are almost crowding through the doors of the theaters.
Under such enthusiastic screening, "Avatar" won more than 400 million in the East in just one month, which is twice the box office in the previous life.
However, this is still just the beginning, and Avatar will start breaking records everywhere in the days to come. The world's fastest to reach one billion took only 17 days. The fastest in North America reached 500 million, only 32 days, and the fastest to 600 million, it took only 47 days.
The same is true of Dongfang, until it was released, winning more than 2.6 billion at the box office, winning the title of box office champion for ten consecutive weeks, breaking various records since records began, and even the previous record set by Leila was also refreshed.
In the original world, "Avatar" created a box office result of 1.34 billion, which seems to be completely incomparable with North America, but don't forget that in the world where there is no Leila to build a new theater, the total box office of movies in 09 is only 1.43 billion US dollars, and a "Avatar" occupies 13.9% of the share. Needless to say, how many will be released in a year, one will account for so much, and there are really not many other movies that can be divided.
And the 1.34 billion in the previous life was 1 billion more than the second-ranked film, and this record was finally broken in "Monster Hunt" four years later, which was really a shocking figure for that person at the time.
Now because of the relationship between Leila Cinemas, the film industry in the East is developing much faster than in the previous life, and "Avatar" has won twice the box office in the previous life, which also means that it is much more difficult to break its new record than before.
Before the movie was released, many people were not optimistic about "Avatar", not that the movie was bad, but that its cost was too high. Although the technology is very new and can be called the first in the world, it is still unknown whether the audience will buy it. Except for a director like Cameron, I'm afraid no one would do such a crazy thing.
Now, in a short period of time, the movie has repeatedly broken box office records, making people begin to look forward to whether it can break the record of "Titanic" in one fell swoop.
Some critics still find this difficult. They are not without reason, mainly because the era when Titanic was released and now are very different.
The first is the way of screening, when "Titanic" was even released for one or two hundred days in some places, it is obviously impossible to do so now. In addition, now that there are more ways for people to relax, it is also a place to consider whether it will attract as many audiences to the cinema as before.
But all the doubts and doubts completely disappeared after "Avatar" broke the record of 1.8 billion.
The terrible thing is not only that the record has been broken, but the stamina of the movie is still very strong! What will happen to "Avatar", whether it is film critics or ordinary people, they don't know at all.
Just when the outside world is crazy about a movie, Leila also begins her preparation for a new show. She set it for the second half of the year, but she was still carefully considering the script, and almost every punctuation mark was carefully thought out by her, not to mention the lines in it.
When "Avatar" ended the campaign with a final box office of $3 billion, she happened to have a meeting with the heads of several departments.
After the meeting, after studying the required preparations. Everyone can't help but talk about "Avatar".
"3 billion, I think this box office may never break through. One of the directors smiled and shook his head.
For Leila, who still has ambitions to reach the top of the box office in film history, this is also a number that makes her smile wryly. In the previous life, it was only 2.7 billion, but now it has become 30. She is very sure that the extra part of the box office is contributed by the East.
Especially in the IMAX hall that she arranged in advance, she sold as many tickets as she could, and there was no time to spare.
Now the life of the Oriental people has become richer, and the spiritual pursuit has also progressed.
Many people are willing to spend dozens of dollars more to get a better enjoyment for themselves. For many of them, it's a matter of smoking two packs less.
It is because of their contributions that the global box office of "Avatar" rose to 3 billion. Leila knew that she should be proud of the development of the East, but when she thought that she was going to hit this number, even she was a little stunned.
Looking at the films that can be on the box office list in film history, there are either fantastical special effects or grand scenes, and it is basically impossible to rely on some other types of films.
If Leila wants to hit the No. 1 box office record in film history, what she can do is definitely a big special effects production. Don't say that having money doesn't necessarily make a good movie, and if you don't have money, you definitely won't be able to make a super blockbuster.