Chapter 165: Strong accumulation of strength leads to another breakthrough of million!

Because it maintained box office revenue of over 10 million US dollars for three consecutive weeks and was nominated for five Oscars.

Warner continues to expand the screening range of "Million Dollar Baby"!

Gradually increased from 2010 theaters to 2375 theaters!
During this period, Chen An read some comics sent by Jerry and introduced them to him.

Chen An was overwhelmed by the original version, the most classic version and various universe versions.

The superhero comics that have appeared since 39 are numerous and complex, and even if Jerry has taken charge of a large number of them, it is far from all of them.

These are just some of the more classic and excellent ones.

Chen An naturally thinks some of the comics from the past seem old-fashioned when looking at them from today's perspective, but it has to be said that except for the strange actions of some supporting villains in the comics that are sometimes not seen.

The overall feeling is still good, and it can be considered a general understanding.

Zhao Xiong also took a look at it. Although he couldn't understand the dialogue, he found the pictures quite interesting.

There is a PR gala almost every two days, and each one is all about lobbying and spending money.

Not only should you spread more, but you should also exercise restraint.

You spend tens of millions on public relations, and these judges are delighted, but they take your advice and still do nothing.

Since you are so rich and willing to spend money, you should come more often. Such opportunities are rare.

Moreover, the public relations expenses are not just borne by Warner. Some actors also spend their own money, but the wealthy crews don't want to spend it.

Like Sean wasn't nominated, Clint didn't really care.

Although nominated, Charlize Theron doesn't have much money now and is not the top star she will be in the future.

Warner’s main public relations focus is on the Best Picture, and Chen An also spent some time on public relations for the Best Director. As for the others, it’s up to you.

"Huh~" Chen An breathed a sigh of relief after returning to his residence.

I drank a lot every time and was exhausted when I got back to my residence.

It's different from filming a movie, where you have to smile and talk to these white guys.

"Director Chen, is it so tiring to deal with this? I remember it wasn't like this last year and in Europe before." Zhao Xiong saw that Chen An could smell the strong smell of alcohol every time he spoke, so he lay on the sofa and didn't want to move.

Chen An lay on the sofa and shook his head. "Last year is different from this year. Last year was just an experiment. Things in Europe are different from here."

Although the Big Three also have some connections, they are nothing compared to the Oscars.

Thousands of judges are much more impressive than the ten or so judges at each of the three major European judges.

After lying down for a while and resting enough, Chen An went to take a shower. He couldn't sleep without a shower because of the smell on his body.

As the theater improves, time moves on, and the Oscar nominations are announced.

After three consecutive weeks of box office revenue exceeding 10 million, Warner expanded the number of theaters to keep the box office above 10 million.

For the next four consecutive weeks, the film set box office records of US$1124 million, US$1109 million, US$1135 million, and US$1023 million respectively.

It has been occupying the top five positions in the North American weekly box office chart!

In its thirteenth week, the North American box office successfully exceeded 100 million!
The Los Angeles Daily News commented:
'The Oscar statuette is really the "guardian angel" of the box office. Just the nomination allowed the movie "Million Dollar Baby", which was released 13 weeks ago, to make over 10 million US dollars in the next seven weeks. So far, the North American box office has successfully exceeded 100 million!'

In the fourteenth week after that, the box office finally fell below the 901 million level. Even with the addition of another hundred theaters, it only grossed million US dollars.

However, Warner did not reduce the number of theater screenings because the next week is the Oscars award ceremony. If it wins an award, the box office will continue to rise!
Take the example of Schindler's List. It was unknown in the early stages, but its box office quickly soared by 30 million US dollars after it won the Oscar for Best Picture.

This is the influence of the Oscars in the United States, the world's largest voting base!

And the same is true for next year's "Chicago."

Even though Chen An was very curious about this, he remembered that even the version shot by Clint himself in his previous life, the box office performance was not as good as his own?

Can you guys earn so much box office revenue just by eating a melon?
And its fellow sufferer "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which was released a week earlier than Chen An's film, continued to earn 540 million US dollars this week, and together with Chen An's film, both exceeded million!
Although it is slightly inferior to Chen Anchong's two-week top spot in the weekly box office charts, the box office stability is equally excellent.

After a long period of release, both films successfully grossed over 100 million in North America!
Although Sony's previous film "The Wedding Planner" starring Jennifer Lopez seemed to be smashed to pieces by Chen An and lost money, but with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" it has once again won the day!

"A Million Dollar Baby" grossed over 50 million in North America, with the producers taking over % of the profits. This movie will also become Chen An's most profitable movie to date!
"We still have to make US dollars~" Chen An did a quick calculation on the box office revenue sharing this time.

After deducting costs, the pre-tax share is as high as 20 million US dollars!

As for the overseas box office, according to the conventional prediction of a 1:1 ratio between North America and overseas, it will not be less.

And when you are in the United States, you must avoid the taxes that should be avoided and pay less to the other party.

Combined with the tens of millions in dividends from "District 9", Chen An's overseas funds are now much larger than his domestic funds.

'Both Taiwanese directors Li An and Chen An's Hollywood films grossed over US$100 million in the same week. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon broke the current record for Chinese-language films. The two Chinese directors are competing for this year's Oscars together!'

The news was promptly transmitted back to China, but this time the protagonist was no longer Chen An. Most people's attention was focused on Li An's movie.

"I'm used to Chen An's movies. They win awards and have high box office. They have already made their way into Hollywood. But I didn't expect Li An's movie to be so great."

"The previous record for Chinese-language films was Chen An's My Sassy Girl, which unfortunately only opened in East Asia and grossed US$8500 million. Now it has been broken by Li An, with the North American market alone grossing over US$ million."

"Didn't Chen An and Wu Baige both have movies that grossed hundreds of millions of dollars worldwide?"

"Those are all English movies. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a serious Chinese movie. It was also released in China and had a good box office of 1500 million."

"I watched it at the time and thought it was not that great. It was weird, but I didn't expect it to be so popular abroad."

"That's because you don't understand. This movie has been nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and it may very well become the first Chinese-language film to win this award!"

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This news made more people begin to understand the Oscar award.

Before that, the three major European film studios that the fifth generation of directors had worked on were more well-known.

In fact, China has applied for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film before, and has been nominated several times but has never won the award.

"Farewell My Concubine" had a chance to become the first film to win the award, but unfortunately Chen Kaige didn't take it seriously and just waited for the other party to give him the award.

The judges were still waiting for him to come for public relations, but when they didn't see him, they thought he didn't want it anymore.

Before, it was the same as applying for the three major applications, they just sent it and didn’t care about it anymore.

I don’t know whether Chen An’s senior brother Zhang felt that the top three were no longer meaningful after offending the Cannes director.

It was probably inspired by Li An, who also won a lot of three major awards, that he began his journey to win an Oscar.

Although it had been declared before, it really seemed blatant after this.

It was considered a competition for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and I started to focus on winning the award.

(End of this chapter)