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The first weekend box office of Phone Booth was 50.25 million, which directly broke the North American box office record for the first week of February and also shocked everyone in Hollywood.

The first weekend box office is very important for a movie. There is a concept in movie marketing called the first week effect or the one-week effect. A high first weekend box office can attract passersby to buy tickets, and they will be curious even if it is a bad movie.

For most commercial movies, success or failure is basically determined by the first weekend. The first weekend box office can basically tell the subsequent box office trend of the movie. And if your reputation is not ruined despite the high box office in the first weekend, it will definitely become a hit.

It’s not like there are no movies in North America that have exceeded 50 million in opening weekend box office. In fact, they have happened every year in the past few years, such as “Batman Forever” in 1995, “Independence Day” in 1996, and “Jurassic Park 2” in 1997. was an instant hit upon opening, earning a first-weekend box office of 72 million, and setting a current North American first-weekend box office record.

But what kind of movies are these?

Either a big IP or a big production. Among them, Jurassic Park 2, which had the lowest production cost, also cost 73 million. But why did you spend tens of millions of dollars on Sniper Phone Booth?

Just because you have Leonardo?

Oh, and also add Stallone...

But you can’t be so outrageous!

The first weekend box office was 50.25 million, and there is no doubt that the total North American box office can exceed 100 million!

Good Morning America ​​has always been one of the most popular morning shows in the United States, mainly talking about news, gossip, weather, interesting stories, etc.

At this time, the two hosts talked about entertainment. The male host said:

This past weekend, Titanic's 10-week box office championship was finally ended. What's interesting is that the person who overturned the ship from the top spot was none other than its leading actor, Lionel many!

Leonardo DiCaprio's new movie Phone Booth received a first-weekend box office of 50.25 million, breaking the North American box office record for February. An amazing figure!

The beautiful host next to him answered:

Although this opening weekend box office is a bit unbelievable, I am not surprised that no woman can say no to Leonardo now!

Seeing the exaggerated expression of his partner, the male host showed a slightly helpless smile, then shrugged and said:

Okay, I admit that Leon is now the most popular star. What's surprising is that the cost of this movie is only about 10 million, which means that it made 5 times the box office in just the first weekend! Hollywood is really A place where miracles are born~

The female host retorted:

Oh no, I don't think you should calculate it that way. After Titanic, Leonardo's salary will skyrocket to 20 million. If Sniper Phone Booth is produced now, the cost will be at least 30 million. If you think about it this way, wouldn’t you be less surprised? I can only say that the producers are very lucky to have Leonardo!”

What you say seems to make sense. But I think Stallone and director Wu also have some credit. They just collaborated on a hit Black Hole Frequency. Now add Leonardo, a successful person and a successful person. When people cooperate, it is always easier to achieve success~

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There are also many reports in newspapers and magazines that have been published:

“‘Phone Booth’ ends ‘Titanic’’s box office winning streak, setting a February box office record of 50.25 million in its first weekend!”

Leonardo successfully sniped the Titanic!

Leonardo fights left and right to dominate the first quarter of North America!

The peak showdown between Leonardo and Stallone, Sniper Phone Booth detonated North America!

After Black Hole Frequency, Chinese director Wu Yuchen's Sniper Phone Booth has once again achieved great success!

Nowadays, Leonardo DiCaprio is the most popular person in the world. As long as he is mentioned in the topic, everyone is willing to read about it, so the reports basically all revolve around him.

However, Wu Yuchen had already had the hit movie Black Hole Frequency before. He was not a Hollywood transparent person, and his name was mentioned in many articles.

When the famous film critic Roger Ebert walked out of the cinema, he happened to meet the reporter who was interviewing him:

As far as the movie itself is concerned, it is a pretty good movie. Tension, excitement, conflict, and various elements are brought together in a small phone booth. It shows that director Wu has profound skills. Compared with his previous film Black Hole Frequency , this Sniper Phone Booth actually made my eyes shine even more.

As for Leonardo, his performance is also very good, allowing people to see a completely different character from Jack.

box office?

If it's a 20 million opening weekend box office, I'd say it's more than worthy of it.

If the opening weekend box office is 30 million, I will give it a thumbs up.

But 50.25 million? Oh my God, has the world gone crazy?

Well, after Titanic, the world has gone crazy for Leonardo.

And I can predict now that all Hollywood film producers are waving their money to invite Leonardo. He is now undoubtedly the star of the 20 million club!

That's right, when the first weekend box office results of Phone Booth were released, various Hollywood film producers began to frantically send out invitations to DiCaprio, with an unquestionable salary of 20 million.

Everyone has a consensus that although Sniper Phone Booth is wonderful, it will definitely not reach the box office of 50 million in the first weekend. With another actor, 20 to 30 million would be good. But the male lead, Xiao Li Zi, has brought the box office to 50 million in the first weekend. Isn't this enough to make them crazy?

Not to mention Leonardo DiCaprio, now even Wu Yuchen's side is flooded with calls. The two movies Black Hole Frequency and Sniper Phone Booth have become big hits in succession. This is obviously a hot topic, right?

To put it bluntly, Wu Yuchen is now considered to be among the first-line commercial directors in Hollywood.

Although many people think that this time he relied on Leonardo to achieve such a high box office, but the numbers are real, and Hollywood has always spoken with its box office results!

Moreover, Wu Yuchen is only 20 years old, and he definitely has a bright future, so several blockbuster producers have called him to get in touch with him, and are concerned about his next move.

At this time, Wu Yuchen had just hung up a phone call, and then explained to his agent Carl:

When talking about cooperation, just say that I am still busy with the promotion of Sniper Phone Booth and all cooperation will be postponed to a month later. If you want to buy my script, please don't negotiate. In the short term, my script will only be Film yourself!”

Agent Carl nodded in agreement and showed great respect to Wu Yuchen. Now with Wu Yuchen's continuous success, he has become his biggest client.

With these two movies, Wu Yuchen's director's salary increased to 8-10 million, of course in U.S. dollars!

In fact, if his previous director's salary of 5 million in Sniper Phone Booth is included, the production cost should have reached 17 million. It was just that he only signed the contract and chose to defer payment.

The company belongs to the company and the individual belongs to the individual. It is still clear to distinguish, although the company also belongs to him. By the way, the company he registered in the United States is also called Miracle Film and Television.

In fact, Wu Yuchen doesn't pay much attention to what many outsiders say about himself as a lucky director. This time, he was just riding on the popularity of Leonardo DiCaprio, and he was doing so confidently.

Big stars play a big role in the movie's box office. If it weren't for Leonardo DiCaprio and Stallone, to be honest, it's hard to say whether the movie would have had a box office of 20 million in the first weekend. It could only rely on word of mouth.

At this time, Wu Yuchen saw DiCaprio walking over in high spirits, and couldn't help but smiled and asked: Leon, I think the whole of Hollywood is surrounding you now~

Xiao Lizi laughed and said: Wu, the same goes for you. I heard that the scripts you have filed now have been targeted by major companies, and they all want to cooperate with you.

Then Xiao Lizi asked: Wu, are you still interested in working together in the future?

Wu Yuchen joked: Oh, Leon, I can't afford your salary now!

Xiao Lizi came closer and said:

What I mean is, we can bring together major companies and let them foot the bill. Do you want to continue to produce independently? The risk is very high.

Wu Yuchen pondered for a moment, then smiled and said: If there is a suitable opportunity, of course I am willing to cooperate with you. But now we should work harder to push the box office of Sniper Phone Booth as high as possible. I think You'd better screen the items sent here carefully.

DiCaprio chuckled and said: It's natural. I haven't accepted any of the ones that have come to me so far. Fox told me that Titanic is likely to have a lot of rewards at the Oscars next month, so I plan to do it after the Oscars. Say it again.

Wu Yuchen gave a thumbs up and praised: Wise decision!

At this time, the person in charge of publicity came over and said to the two of them: Leon, Wu, I will arrange an interview for you next...

At this time, DiCaprio interrupted her and asked directly: Hey, Helen, how much do you think the final box office of our movie will be?

Oh, Leon, it's hard to say~ Helen spread her hands.

Helen, you are a professional, and we all trust your professional abilities~ Xiao Lizi praised.

Helen laughed when she heard this, and then asked:

Leon, the box office of Independence Day also exceeded 50 million in the first weekend, and the total box office in North America finally reached 306 million US dollars. Do you think we can achieve such a high number?

Why not? Leonardo asked excitedly.

During this period of time, he has experienced the miracle of Titanic and the success of Sniper Phone Booth one after another. Everyone is praising him, which obviously makes him a little drifting. Now he feels that he can do anything.

Helen shook her head slightly, and then said: You can understand many reasons as soon as you think about it. First of all, we don't have a big scene, so it is a miracle that we can achieve such a high first weekend box office. Secondly, our schedule is not good enough...

Speaking of this, Helen also glanced at Wu Yuchen. After all, the other party strongly demanded that it be released as quickly as possible. Of course, so far, it has indeed achieved a very impressive first weekend box office.

You should know that the following March is the off-season for North American movies. There is the NCAA March Madness, the Oscars, and students have to prepare for the exam week before spring break.

And Independence Day, it was in the summer...

But she changed her tone again: Of course, according to the survey, Sniper Phone Booth currently has a good reputation among the audience, and it will not collapse at the box office after the first weekend. It is no problem to break 100 million, and there is a big possibility of 150 million. , this is already a huge success for a small-budget production~

Wu Yuchen also nodded after hearing this. Helen's analysis was very reasonable. The movie schedule in March is obviously not as good as November and December when Black Hole Frequency was released. During that period, there is Thanksgiving and Christmas. Festival.

But he doesn't regret it, because only at this moment can the effect of Li Zizi be maximized. After a few months, when the film is released in the summer, many people will have to return to their cooling-off period. It is impossible to say that the number of people who walked into the theater for him would have been reduced by one-third or even half.

When DiCaprio heard this, he took a long breath and gave up the illusion of catching up with Independence Day at the box office. Although he was drifting, it didn't mean that his brain was really lame.

Then he returned to smiling. As Helen said, reaching 150 million is also a huge success for him.

After entering the working day, the box office naturally experienced a sharp drop, with an average of about 7 million per day. It rose again to 10.5 million on Friday, 13.26 million on Saturday, and 8.84 million on Sunday.

Sniper Phone Booth has a total box office of 112 million in 10 days!

For this result, basically neither the media nor the crew are surprised. After all, the first weekend's score of 50.25 million was the base, and this result is now expected.

At the end of this week, March has entered. Sure enough, as soon as March entered, the box office was cut in half again. In the first week of March, the box office was about 3 million, and the total box office in the seven days this week was 26.32 million. In the second week, many schools ushered in exam week, and the weekly box office dropped to 13.65 million. On the contrary, in the third week, when schools began to have spring break, the weekly box office decline slowed down, with a revenue of 9.67 million.

By this time, Sniper Phone Booth had been released in North America for more than a month, and its total box office exceeded 160 million!

This box office is undoubtedly a hit!

Although it is far inferior to Titanic, which has exceeded 500 million in North America, it is already very explosive for a small-budget production!

Leonardo soared into the sky with such ferocious momentum that he forced Liangtang to evade the reporter's microphone!

Wu Yuchen, two consecutive films have exceeded 150 million, and he is the fastest rising director in Hollywood!

Stallone threatens to charge 10 million for dubbing his next movie!

There was a lot of commotion outside, but at this time, a lively banquet was being held in a large and luxurious house. Naturally, it was the Sniper Phone Booth celebration banquet!

Not only the crew of Phone Booth were present, but also senior executives from major studios such as Warner, Paramount, and Disney were present.

Just kidding, this crew includes Wu Yuchen, Leonardo and Stallone!

Needless to say, Leonardo is red to purple, and now everyone wants to sign him for the next movie.

Wu Yuchen has proved that he can make money with two high-grossing films. In Hollywood, as long as you can make enough money, big studios will take the initiative to lick you.

Stallone also made a comeback through these two consecutive films, letting everyone see that the appeal of the old guy cannot be underestimated.

At this time, there were several Chinese people standing in front of Wu Yuchen.

Director Wu, I really admire you! Only you and Brother Sen can achieve such brilliant results in Hollywood! A man with a big nose held Wu Yuchen's hand and congratulated him, speaking not in English, but with a Hong Kong accent. of Mandarin.

Haha, Brother Long, I grew up watching your movies!

Wu Yuchen looked at Cheng Long in front of him and couldn't help but sigh. He had never met him before when he went to Hong Kong Island, but he didn't expect that he would bump into him in Hollywood.

And it wasn’t just Cheng Long, the other guy who was thinner than Cheng Long but had a tall and straight figure also said with a smile:

Director Wu, you are able to achieve such great results in the United States, which really makes us Chinese proud!

Next to him stood a woman with beautiful appearance and graceful figure. She also held a red wine glass and congratulated Wu Yuchen: Director Wu, congratulations!

These two people are also famous, one is the kung fu emperor Jet Li, and the other is his wife Lizhi.

Brother Jie, I didn't expect to meet these two in Hollywood. It's fate! Wu Yuchen said with a smile, looking at the two of them.

Although Li Lianjie is not tall, he is full of energy. And his wife Lizhi is worthy of being called angel face, devil figure, she is indeed a rare beauty, a woman among women, no wonder she is so obsessed with him that she openly said that she would die for her wife.

Li Lianjie smiled and said: We are new to Hollywood, and we don't understand many things. We may need Director Wu to take care of us in the future.

Everyone is on their own, and in Hollywood we should help each other.

At this time, Cheng Long shook his head and said:

Director Wu, many ghosts in Hollywood look down on us. I just shot a movie, and I was also fighting with people on the crew. Even a photographer dared to yell at me, and there were too many rules. I didn't want to come back in the future. But if Director Wu has a suitable role, please call me anytime! We Chinese people help our own people!

Wu Yuchen's heart moved. It seems that Cheng Long's Rush Hour has been filmed. After it is released and the movie becomes a big hit, you will not say that you don't want to come back. By then, your career focus will completely shift to Hollywood and you will make a lot of money. If you are so happy, you shouldn’t want to go back to Hong Kong Island, right?

Li Lianjie then said angrily: I recently went to audition for a small role in Lethal Weapon 4. I originally negotiated for 1 million US dollars, but a few days later they told me that it would be reduced to 750,000 US dollars. I hesitated for a long time and gritted my teeth and agreed. . But three days later, they told me that it would be reduced to US$500,000. It was really deceiving!

Brother Jie, actually you shouldn't agree in the first place. The other party is just testing your bottom line. Your kung fu movies have a certain audience in the North American video tape market. If you bite them to death, they will probably agree.

At this time, Lizhi next to her spoke for Jet Li: It was the agent who persuaded Brother Jie to agree, saying that the first step in Hollywood is the most difficult, and opportunities for big productions like Lethal Weapon 4 are rare.

Wu Yuchen nodded when he heard this. Since the other party had agreed, he said: It makes sense. This is indeed a good opportunity to show off your skills.

In his previous life, Jet Li indeed relied on this opportunity to leave a deep impression on the audience in just one minute of the scene, and opened up a career in Hollywood for himself.

Li Lianjie also smiled again: Director Wu, if you have a suitable role here, you can also come to me in the future. I will be there at any time~

Don't worry, both of you are the best among our Chinese actors. I would also like to work with you if I have the opportunity!

Cheng Long smiled boldly and said: Haha, Director Wu, when you come to Hong Kong Island from now on, I will definitely receive you well!