Chapter 206

Chapter 206

The theatre went dark for a second before the credits rolled.

The audience clapped, but didn't stand up. They already knew the routine. They remained in their seats, waiting for the post-credits scene.

The influence of Taken on the female population was quite good and the audience this time had many women, unlike John Wick and The Bourne Identity.

The Continental Cinematic Universe was heavily based on male audiences, but the effect of Taken on females gave the cinema a good male/female ratio.

If Taken 2 was well-received, then the next film in the Continental Cinematic Universe would also have a large female audience.

Well, this time Taken 2 leveled up and the audience could clearly feel the adrenaline. This film was great!

Then, a few seconds after the credits rolled, the post-credits scene appeared.

[Marcus was walking, limping as he moaned in pain. He was near the shore, where he had a yacht at the ready in case of a dangerous situation.]

[This time he realised the enemy was quite strong. Perhaps the retired agent could go head to head with his friend John Wick].

[Before Marcus could reach the shore, his feet stopped near the cliff. Beneath the cliff was a strong current of waves that could engulf anything.]

["Heh, I guess you guys have shown your true intentions." Marcus could not help but chuckle.]

[He looked at the two people, his remaining teammates for this mission. There were five, but two were killed by the retired agent.]

["Your relationship with the Fraternity is getting sour and Slone didn't like that."]

["Is it because I want to retire from this job?" Marcus grimaced. The wound in his left leg hurt.]

["That's one of the reasons."]

[The two Fraternity members raised their guns. Marcus was shot in the chest, but he could still move. Marcus, determined to survive, jumped down the treacherous cliff.]

Everything would be decided after the midnight and first day box office. On the basis of these data, the professionals would determine the film's forecast. Of course, the result might not be 70% or 80% correct.

The critics and even the industry professionals thought that Titanic was going to be a huge box office flop after the first week's data was collected.

But instead of falling, Titanic's box office went up.

Nobody knows the future.

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4 November 1999.

Two big-budget films were released at midnight. The first was Taken 2 from Grey Pictures, distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The second was The Bone Collector, distributed by Universal Pictures.

In its first 24 hours, The Bone Collector grossed $7 million. To make that amount of money in one day was impressive.

Unfortunately for The Bone Collector, it was up against a strong opponent.

The first day box office for Taken 2 was a whopping $17 million. That is how many people went to see the film on the first day alone. On top of that, the film's reputation was strong.

Based on this, they concluded that Taken 2's first-week box office would be huge, around $55-60 million. Only big movies with a lot of promotion could get the same treatment of $60 million in one week.

However, most of these big projects were released in the summer. Taken 2 did well despite the timing, even though it was not heavily promoted. It seemed that people just wanted to see the film.