Made in Hollywood

In the past ten years, the three lovely children have also grown into handsome teenagers and young girls. The release of the final chapter also heralds the end of the decade-long magical journey accompanied by Harry Potter fans all over the world. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows The release of the movie was described as broken love in the hearts of Ha fans.

With constant tears in the finale, coupled with the emotion of farewell, many viewers walked out of the theater with red eyes from crying.

Moreover, it took ten years for the whole series to accumulate countless fans and extremely high popularity. When the final chapter of the series came, all of them exploded.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has also become a record-breaking machine, breaking a series of previous North American box office records one after another.

These records previously belonged to the super fan film Twilight: New Moon. Many people are complaining about this film, but it does not prevent it from using the power of fans to let Duke use the Dark Knight to create a series of box office records. .

In this day and age, fan movies are getting harder and harder to ignore, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is no different.

The original North American midnight gross was The Twilight Saga: New Moon at $30 million, but Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows improved that mark with $43.5 million. A full $13.5 million!

The North American premiere box office record also belongs to The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Fans of the Harry Potter series are more crazy than it, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows easily surpassed it with $92.1 million.

The biggest problem with fan movies is that they don't last, as evidenced by the box office performance of The Twilight Saga: New Moon, but the quality of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is good enough. The box office is far more stable than that of The Twilight Saga: New Moon, but compared to the stable and rising box office trend in the first week of The Dark Knight, the first weekend of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows can only be defeated in North America .

Harry Potter and the Part of the Deathly Hallows grossed $169.15 million in its first three days in North America, making it the second-highest first-week box office ever after The Dark Knight.

That was enough to make Duke and Warner Bros. grinning from ear to ear, and the film's box-office take was a close second. The revenue from derivative products is the big one. Since the large-scale publicity of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, various Harry Potter-related products have sold like crazy.

According to estimates by Warner Bros., sales of Harry Potter derivatives this year will be at least no less than $3 billion.

For example, the Harry Potter series can shoot eight films in a row, which is rare in the history of global film in terms of investment and influence, as the final chapter of the series. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the most popular one in the whole series, both in terms of storyline and visual effects, and overseas media unanimously praised it as the best film of the year.

There are also British media reports that Warner Bros. Pictures, the distribution company of the Harry Potter series, will once again hit the Oscars with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Strive to push the finale of this series to the throne of best picture.

The first seven films in the Harry Potter series have won a total of nine Oscar nominations, including Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was shortlisted for the last Oscar for best visual effects and best art direction . But so far, no glory has been won.

Warner Bros. did claim various Oscar nominations for the film.

but. Like Duke, they are very clear that it is not difficult for this film to be nominated for best picture. After all, the nominations for best picture have been expanded to nine, but they want to get the best picture statuette. Unless Joanna Rowling had an accident before the final Oscar voting and died like Tolkien, it is basically impossible.

As Duke said and Hollywood proved, no one can ignore the sensational effect and sympathy points brought by death.

The purpose of Warner Bros. is actually very simple. When the new awards season arrives, it will borrow the wind from the Oscars to increase the film's box office and peripheral sales.

Fan movies and sequels are far more popular than other original genres, which is why Hollywood values ​​adaptations and sequels more than originals.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is also proving this rule. With the advantage of the final chapter of the series, this film has only been released for 24 days, and it has surpassed Duke's film that has been screened for half a year in the global box office. There are many Inception, as of mid-December, the global box office of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has reached more than 1.133 billion US dollars, while Duke's Inception has not yet Touching the threshold of 1.1 billion US dollars, the figure stagnated at 1.0766 billion.

In the end, it is very difficult for the box office to break through 1.1 billion US dollars, because the film has already been released from North America.

The North American box office of Inception finally stopped at $368.97 million.

Originally, Warner Bros. planned to keep the film showing until the last Oscar vote, but it was rejected by Duke. He believed that Warner Bros. should focus its resources on the upcoming Gravity , this film is the focus of the next operation.

These operations are not only theater screenings, but also Oscars.

Duke has a very clear goal for the Oscars, and there is actually only one goal—Best Actress.

To win the award, the post-production of the film must first be completed. Before the arrival of late December, Duke basically completed the film, and then held a small trial screening inside Warner Bros. What Duke did not expect was that James ? After hearing about it, Cameron came to watch the preview.

In fact, this is not difficult to understand. Duke once stood for Avatar and worked very hard in publicity and promotion. James Cameron didn't want to owe him favors.

Just as he thought, in an interview two days after the test screening ended, James Cameron specifically mentioned Duke's new film.

James Cameron said that during the 90 minutes of watching Gravity, he kept his hand over his mouth, and he had to remind himself from time to time not to forget to breathe.

Especially for the 3D effect of the film, Cameron crazily praised it, thinking that the film has raised the film shooting technology to a new level, and also created a precedent in terms of visual effects and 3D technology. flaw.

In this TV interview, James Cameron even felt that his description was far from enough. He mentioned from time to time that if this film is described as an exciting thriller movie, it would be an underestimation of it. , This is not enough to say how good this movie is, This movie is much more than that...

Obviously, James? Cameron is not only Duke's favor, but also really attracted by the film itself.

For this reason, he wrote a related article on his instant sharing, which was instantly reposted by hundreds of thousands of fans, becoming one of the most interesting online news before Christmas.

I think 'Gravity' is the best space movie ever made. I grew up watching space movies, it was my big love, I was on the advisory board for NASA, and continue to For 3 years, I have longed to go to outer space, and after watching Gravity, I feel that my wish has come true.

The most successful thing that director Duke Rosenberg has done is to truly express the state of weightlessness. He will take you to outer space. You will feel the magnificence of space and see the beauty of the earth. That feeling of floating in space without gravity, and the loneliness, the fear, the beauty, I feel like I've been in outer space. If you go to this movie, it's hard not to feel that reality as I did .”

Another thing I love about this film is that it takes cinematography to a new level. I know it's difficult to shoot when actors are in constant motion, but they did it, and it's great. I know they use A lot of robots, and the latest lighting equipment, these are brand new attempts, the effect is very good. It's not like the people who used to see people flying with wires hanging, this video is more real, you can feel the weightlessness , and the astronauts are well trained physically, you can relate to that.

The film Gravity also created a precedent in terms of visual effects and 3D technology. It perfectly uses CG and live-action shooting without flaws. If this film is described as an exciting thriller movie Well, that's an understatement. I watched it for 90 minutes with my hand over my mouth, and I had to keep reminding myself to breathe, and that doesn't say enough about how good it is.

It's really a powerful, human, deeply moving film.

One could argue that Duke Rosenberg made a space thriller, but it's much more than that. It's about survival, about how a woman faces herself and manages to survive. Carrie Johnson's performance is impeccable, if I were you, I would definitely go to the theater to see this movie, don't miss it.

Although James Cameron has the nature of reciprocating favors, these can really help the film. Duke also had a special phone call with him. Warner Bros. will also use these with the consent of James Cameron himself. During the actual promotion of the film.

scarlett johansson's performance in 'gravity' was unquestionably good, james cameron's praise isn't too much, duke agrees with him but wants an oscar nomination for next year's ceremony It is far from enough to rely solely on roles and performances.

In addition to Scarlett Johansson's frequent attendance at various events to increase her exposure, Duke, Panny Kellys, and Warner Bros. have already done their work ahead of time. (to be continued ~^~)

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