Chapter 259： First week box office

"A love story worse than the shipwreck accident!"

"The Titanic itself is a serious historical event worthy of our reflection, but Ryan Jenkins has incorporated a vulgar love story that lacks logical thinking into it. The film lacks enough creativity and is just a copy of old Hollywood love. Full of hypocrisy!"

"The hero and the heroine are worse than the story. In the film, Ruth called Jack 80 times. That's not even the number of times he called him Mr. Dawson, and Jack called Ruth fifty times."

"These all show that the script is extremely lacking in dialogue for them to carry out. It can be seen that Ryan Jenkins's inspiration that will never dry up has reached its limit. His talent and potential are far below our estimates. "Titanic" will be a testament to his downhill and failure!"

After the film landed in North America across the board, the "Observing the Titanic" column of the "New Englander" made another offensive comment.

"Historical mistakes in the movie can be seen everywhere. This huge system that took several years and hundreds of millions of dollars will only make people feel extremely disappointed. Perhaps it is because Ryan Jenkins has never been able to find his own love, "Titanic" "Too much emphasis on romantic ideals, while ignoring the selfless virtues of credibility, responsibility and heroism that we have always mentioned and cared about!"

"In addition, there are performances by Ryan Jenkins and Kate Winslet, which are simply useless..."

These critical remarks are mixed in various praises. Although they are uncomfortable to see, they have nothing to do with the overall situation, even if they shout again. Any more criticizing remarks will not stop the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies.

Especially as time passed day by day, the film produced a huge good reputation. This power of word of mouth, the direct effect brought by it, even surpassed any propaganda.

There are no accidents and no exceptions, just this summer. There was once again a terrifying wave of queuing in front of theaters across the United States.

"I want to watch it again!"

This sentence became the most popular and common language among moviegoers, even if they were heartbroken and weeping during the movie.

In this country, monetary gains can almost overwhelm everything. Seeing "Titanic" is so hot, more theaters have joined the ranks of negotiations, including many theater companies that are deeply influenced by Disney.

When the time came to the last day of this weekend, the number of movie theaters in North America increased from about 3,500 to close to 3,900. Hundreds of theaters are still negotiating, and the number of theaters to be released next week may reach an alarming number.

The fiery rhythm has brought a lot of work. But whether it is Jenkins Pictures. It is also a film company such as Paramount and Twentieth Century Fox. All the staff involved in the release of this film are very enthusiastic.

The motivation to make history is amazing, and the motivation to get high bonuses after the movie's big sales is also amazing!

"Ryan, our copy is a bit tight."

In the lounge of the largest theater in Pittsburgh, Jon Landau was a little worried. "At present, we are still stepping up production, afraid that time will be too late."

"Allow staff to work overtime, pay is not a problem."

Sitting in the chair in front of the glass window, listening to the loud thunder and rain outside, frowned. "Jon, when does the weather forecast say the rain will stop?"

"It will last for two to three days." Speaking of rain. Jon Landau was more helpless than Ryan.

After the crew left Los Angeles, they headed straight to the east coast. The entire publicity itinerary only took a city, and encountered extremely bad weather. Thunderstorms enveloped the northeastern part of the United States, flights to Pennsylvania, New York, and other regions, and almost all flights were cancelled. , The crew is temporarily trapped here.

Opening the window, thick moisture and rumbling thunder came in at the same time. Ryan looked at the front of the theater. Hundreds of people were hurried away, but more people stayed in front of the theater, waiting. Purchase tickets to watch "Titanic" again.

Seeing these people, Ryan couldn't help thinking of the meeting of the crew just now. The horrible scene scared almost everyone.

Think about it, nearly a thousand girls chanted a person's name, waiting to rush to the stage to **** him home, the scene is absolutely shuddering.

There are even a lot of crazy women who took off their shirts on the spot and showed the words ‘r-y-a-n’ tattooed on their chests to the camera lens.

"Ryan, as long as you want, these girls will definitely wait in line to enter your room." This is what James Cameron deliberately mocked at the end of the event.

"It's not just them, there are a lot of girls waiting in Hollywood." Kate Winslet also teased.

The rain did not weaken at all. After someone came to inform, Ryan and the others got into the car from the back door of the theater. Just about to leave quietly, a large number of paparazzi poured out, and the flashing light almost illuminated the gloomy sky. , The problem that was thrown like a cascading gun, even the loud thunder was suppressed.

"Mr. Jenkins, it's June 8th and the last day of the week. How much is "Titanic" at the box office? How much is your estimate before the premiere?"

"Ryan, the "New Englander" once again issued a criticizing comment, believing that the recent achievements of the film are entirely a victory of computer technology. It will certainly not last long. There will be a huge drop in movie box office next week. What do you think?"

"Ryan! Ryan! Mr. Gary Graham of The New York Times, thinks that your performances in "Cat and Mouse" and "Titanic" are a disaster. Do you respond?"

Listening to the sound from the outside of the car, Ryan lowered the window, and the reporters, regardless of the pouring rain, immediately squeezed dozens of small tape recorders in front of him.

"The box office of the first week of the movie will be announced tomorrow. Everyone just needs to wait a while. Patience is a virtue." Ryan started to talk again, and the reporters rolled their eyes, "Also, the movie The development of technology and the application of computer technology are just like the industrial revolution of the year, unstoppable and reversible. As for what you said... Mr. Gary, sorry, who is he?"

This last sentence gave the reporter a pause. Although Gary Graham is not a top critic, he is also well-known in the United States...

"Drive!"

In Ryan's words, the car galloped away.

After returning to the hotel and taking a shower, Ryan began to make a phone call and let people inform the staff stationed in major cities across the United States to keep an eye on the local contracted theaters.

The crew has allocated a considerable amount of money in case of use. Although according to the current momentum, it is inevitable to break the box office record of "Jurassic Park" in the first week, but if there is a sudden large-scale refund...

It's not that this kind of thing has never happened in the history of Hollywood.

As he grows older, Ryan needs to deal with more and more things. Even if 99% of them are handled by professionals, some things still need to be paid attention to.

It is not uncommon to have a controlling stake but be evasive without knowing it.

In the middle of the night, the rain is still falling, and the lightning that lights up from time to time can always illuminate half of the sky. These will have an impact on the movie theater, but Ryan is bored by the thunderstorm hindering his journey.

Pittsburgh is less than four hundred miles from New York. If you take a business jet chartered by the crew, you will arrive soon. Even if you take the highway, more than six hours is almost enough.

What if it doesn’t change after dawn? Take the highway? I'm afraid I can only move forward at a snail speed.

I promised Nat to celebrate her sixteenth birthday!

For Americans, the sixteenth birthday means too much. He can ignore his sixteenth birthday. After all, he has already had one. But Natalie is different. When she talked on the phone, she stopped talking. Ryan is still fresh in his memory.

Probably because of random thoughts at night, Ryan got up late the next day. After washing, he glanced at the still pouring rain and the lightning that lit up from time to time, and his mood was slightly depressed. He simply left the room and went to the crew. Breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

As soon as he walked into the restaurant, Ryan found that all the crew members who participated in the promotion were waiting here, staring at him with strange eyes, as if...as if he was a monster from the ancients...

"What happened?"

The crowd gradually gathered around with their hands behind their backs. Ryan was very puzzled. Could it be that he caused the anger of the crowd?

"It's now~"

Kate Winslet called out suddenly, took out his hands from behind, twisted it hard, and the sky full of color bars flew toward Ryan.

Immediately afterwards, more color bars flew onto Ryan's body, and everyone's barely suppressed expressions collapsed completely, and all they showed was ecstasy!

That's right! The crew was extremely excited, even James Cameron almost smiled and cocked his mouth, and even Jon Landau's whole body was shaking.

"Ryan! We did it! We set a record! The box office record for the first week in North America now belongs to "Titanic"! It belongs to us!"

James Cameron came over first first gave Ryan a big hug, then slapped him **** the back, almost killing him.

"Jim, you are murdering!" Ryan complained.

"And me, Ryan~"

Kate Winslet leaned forward and made a strong mark on his face.

"and many more……"

Looking at Jon Landau's fat body, Ryan hurriedly stepped aside, pulling the color bars on his head, and asked, "Who can tell me what the box office was in the first week?"

"The latest statistics are 109.53 million U.S. dollars!"

It was James Cameron who was talking. At this time, he was not only excited, but also relaxed after the huge pressure dissipated. "Ryan, "Titanic" has set a record! We have made history!" ()