Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 520 - 410: Movie Release_3
Just casually saying a few words could become the hot news on all major media and news websites, even making it onto the trending searches. His one promotional event was worth ten from the entire crew, too impressive.
Emma asked her executive agent, Ms. Paige, if she could learn Link's hype method.
Ms. Paige said it was not possible; Link dared to speak like that because he had a net worth of over two billion, had boldly bought Lionsgate for 800 million, and earned forty to fifty million from a boxing match.
He estimated the movie box office to be four to five hundred million US Dollars; even if he was wrong, people would think he had such a big picture that he didn't care about a few tens of millions. Ordinary people couldn't do this.
After thinking it over, Emma realized that this was indeed the case.
After more than a month of promotion, on May 8th, Friday, "Bridesmaids" was released in 2520 North American theaters, ranking fifth in the same period in terms of the number of screenings, and earned a box office of 20.37 million US Dollars over the three-day weekend.
The third place in the same period's box office ranking was the champion movie "Thor," co-produced by Paramount Pictures and Marvel, which opened in 3644 theaters and grossed 66 million US Dollars in its first week.
The second place was taken by Universal's "Fast Five," with a second-week box office of 32.52 million US Dollars and a cumulative box office of 139 million US Dollars; compared to the previous week, the drop was significant. This movie had a production cost of 125 million and had already broken even, fully demonstrating its impressive box office performance.
Ranked fourth was Columbia's comedy "The Big Wedding Fight," which was the same genre as "Bridesmaids," with a box office of 13.7 million.
In fifth place and released for four weeks, the animated film "Rio" earned 8.2 million this week, with a North American cumulative box office of 115 million.
In sixth place was Weinstein Company's "Seeking Justice for Father," which achieved a first-week box office of 6.8 million US Dollars; compared to a production cost of 23 million, it was also considered a good result.
In this week's top ten box office rankings, there was also one film that caught Link's attention.
This film, "The Happy Family of the Crazy Black Lady," produced and distributed by Lionsgate Films, was in its third week of release and earned a box office of 3.9 million, ranking eighth in the same period with a North American cumulative box office of 46.81 million US Dollars, while the production cost was only 15 million.
It was estimated that the North American box office would exceed 60 million, a return ratio of more than 4:1, and could be considered a hit.
After seeing the film's big sale, the production department immediately initiated a sequel plan, which is the common practice for all hit films; it makes sense to make money while the film's popularity is still hot.
After this week's box office ranking was released, "Bridesmaids" also sparked a heated discussion in the media.
It was just a slightly innovative follow-up film, but it stood out among the many blockbusters in the summer season, ranking third.
The result was very good.
It also gave Palm Beach Films, the producer of "Bridesmaids," a big boost.
This small company had produced "Scandal Plan" last year, which cost less than 10 million US Dollars but made 160 million globally.
Only half a year later, another comedy film with good box office performance made many peers feel envious.
And having two films in the top ten related to Link also made many people secretly sigh at Link's good fortune.
If "Bridesmaids" was a big seller due to his producer's keen eye, then "The Happy Family of the Crazy Black Lady" was completely a stroke of luck, as the film had already been completed and ready for distribution before he bought Lionsgate.
It was as if Link had simply found money.
Moreover, "Seeking Justice for Father," which was originally meant to compete with "Bridesmaids" in promotion, only made 6.8 million in its first week, which disappointed many onlookers who had expected a fierce battle, but the outcome was clear in the first week, making it a bit underwhelming.
However, more people wanted to know how Harvey Weinstein felt at this time.
Harvey, a mogul in the film industry and the number one person on the power list, had previously taken the initiative to provoke Link, wanting to contend with his new film for the box office ranking.
Now he had been defeated by Link, a newcomer, in the first round, and one wondered whether he would feel embarrassed or become even more hostile towards Link.
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