Hollywood superstars: Start as a child star

The development potential of overseas markets

Claire and Roxy both got box office analysis reports. Well, colleagues in the industry also got the daily box office data almost at the same time.

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Los Angeles, 20th Century Fox Studios headquarters.

“This kid Claire is really beyond my expectations!”

Roxy’s father, President Ferguson, was in the office looking at the box office data report sent by his secretary in the morning. The reason why I am paying attention to this Valentine’s Day schedule war is precisely because “Moulin Rouge” directed by Baz Luhrmann is produced by 20th Century Fox.

Unexpectedly, Claire and a new director, Cassavetes, actually beat “Moulin Rouge” and topped the box office on the first day, with box office figures almost twice that of “Moulin Rouge”.

“Claire’s ability to handle the box office is indeed beyond my imagination!” Director Luhrmann, sitting across from his desk, said with a complex expression: “From ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to ‘The Notebook,’ his growth rate is shocking!”

“Indeed! I didn’t expect this kid to be able to resist the box office so much.” President Ferguson nodded and said: “Although the previous “Spider-Man” exploded at the box office, we can’t directly see Claire’s box office appeal. It is more influenced by the original comic IP. In other words, anyone can play Spider-Man, the difference between a good performance and a poor performance is at most. It just so happens that Claire is the one who performs particularly well. The Spider-Man IP is the icing on the cake.”

“…” Director Luhrmann nodded silently, agreeing with President Ferguson’s point of view.

“But a movie like “The Notebook” is different. There is no original IP to support it, no big investment, big special effects and other visual spectacles. It relies purely on the personal charm of the actors to attract the audience. It is no exaggeration to say that Claire and Jesse This couple’s slot is responsible for 80% of the box office of this movie! And the remaining 20% of the box office is simply because some people just want to watch a romance movie, so they randomly enter a theater and choose a ticket that suits them. ”

Speaking of which, I really like Jessica’s appearance. She is completely different from Nicole Kidman’s aggressive beauty. It would be great if there is a chance to collaborate!” Director Luhrmann’s eyes lit up and he suggested enthusiastically.

“Haha, what? Don’t you want to work with Claire again?” Ferguson joked with a smile.

“His current salary must be sky-high! Haha, I work in a small production, so I can’t afford him!” Director Luhrmann laughed at himself.

“Hahahaha~~” Ferguson’s devilish laughter echoed in the office for a long time… According to the

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office data on the second day of release, “Mission: Impossible 2” surpassed “The Notebook”. However, Claire and the others were not nervous because the difference between the two movies was only 10 million, which can be said to be in the middle. Sure enough, on the third day, “The Notebook” regained the crown of the day.

From the end of 1999 to February 2000, spanning two centuries, Claire played on the big screen successively from “Spider-Man” to “The Notebook”, which fully pushed Claire’s popularity to the position of the number one niche actor in Hollywood.

On imdb’s star artist search popularity list, it has reached the first position. Although there have been ups and downs later, it has been stable in the top five.

As happy as Claire is probably the Omega brand. Although they thought that Claire’s popularity would increase significantly after the release of “Spider-Man”, they did not expect that this increase would be so huge! Earn it! Totally earned!

Omega’s North American executives also urgently contacted Claire Fang, hoping to help pull a string and sign Jessica Alba as well. Jessica and her agent Yalman welcomed the high-quality endorsement that came to their doorstep.

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Claire’s sister, Lena Dillon, is busy but also happy during this time. With the popularity of “The Notebook”, the promotional song “Baby One More Time” also appeared on the music billboard charts. With this song taking the lead, other songs in Lina’s album also began to emerge.

All of a sudden, various commercial performances came one after another. Lina had been dreaming of this day for a long time!

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The box office in other regions around the world is also being counted. However, the distribution company of “The Notebook” is New Line, not Columbia Pictures of “Spider-Man”, and its strength and distribution capabilities are not as good as those of the Big Six in Hollywood.

“The Notebook” was released in only one-sixth of the countries where “Spider-Man” was released, and the mainland of China was still won by Claire personally going to Beijing.

“26 million in the UK, 18 million in France, 9 million in Germany, 10 million in Italy…” ”

12 million in Brazil, 6 million in Mexico…” ”

16 million in Japan, 9 million in South Korea, and 21 million in mainland China! ”

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Claire listened to Roxy reporting the numbers, “Wait a minute, the box office in mainland China is 21 million US dollars? Is it so high?”

21 million, according to the millennium exchange rate, is converted into RMB 170 million. The box office. “Titanic” set a record in film history in China with a box office of 360 million yuan, and “Spider-Man” finally took home a box office of 250 million yuan in the mainland.

It has to be said that “The Notebook” can achieve such impressive results with a small production, which is a big surprise!

“Look, we made the right decision to go to Beijing from the beginning! Inland China is really a huge market with great potential, and we must not ignore it or neglect it. Otherwise, we will definitely regret it until our intestines turn blue afterwards. !”

Claire turned over and became the master and began to teach Roxy!

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adding up the various domestic and foreign box office receipts, the global box office total of “The Notebook” has reached US$260 million since its release almost one month ago!

This calculation doesn’t matter, the calculated figures shocked Hollywood industry insiders.

The production cost was less than US$30 million, and the box office revenue was 8.6 times the cost. This return on investment can be said to make everyone cry with envy.

There is no superstar blessing, no cool special effects, and no famous comic IP endorsement. It has achieved such a high box office purely due to the popularity of the two leading actors and exquisite production.

Moreover, the data analysis behind this 260 million box office also made major film studios wide-eyed.

60% of the box office results are contributed by cinemas outside North America!

“Titanic” is like this, you can say it is an isolated case, accidental, not universal;

“Spider-Man” is like this, you can say it is a big production, with the support of a top production company;