January 15th.

The Christmas holiday has ended for a long time, and countless people have begun a new round of labor. However, the North American box office market has not been depressed due to working days, but has shown an increasingly intense form.

University of Southern California School of Film and Television.

As a film and television school that is well-known throughout the United States and even around the world, it has always been the first choice for countless people who want to enter the entertainment industry. Whether it is directors, actors, producers, dubbing, soundtracks, photography, etc., you can see many theoretical talents engaged in film theory research and film history research.

Among them, the most well-known alumni are director Spielberg, and the director of "Star Wars" and the boss of Industrial Light and Magic Special Effects Company - George Lucas!

Especially George Lucas!

In 2006, George Lucas donated $175 million to his alma mater, the highest donation received by the University of Southern California School of Film and Arts and the fifth single donation of more than $100 million.

(Note: The University of Southern California School of Film and Television will change its name to the University of Southern California School of Film and Arts in 2006.)

In one of the classrooms.

At this moment, Monica, a professor in the Department of Performance, is teaching 28 students in her class.

The students also listened carefully.

After all, Professor Monica is very beautiful. She is only 30 years old, with red hair, and her whole body shows a different mature charm than a girl, full of intellectual glory.

In the words of the students, "It is because this is a small class in the class, otherwise, if it is replaced by a large class in a stepped classroom, the boys in the whole school will flock to you. Well, who made our Professor Monica so beautiful and charming?"

In teaching ~

"First of all, let's talk about the just-passed Christmas schedule of 2000."

Professor Monica faced 28 performance students and said loudly: "When we mention the just-passed Christmas schedule, we must not mention the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone movie. This movie is produced by Wald Pictures and directed by Chris Columbus, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and other young actors."

"As of now, the Harry Potter movie has been released in North America for a month."

"So, what about the box office? I wonder if any classmates can tell me?"

As soon as the words were finished, more than a dozen students were rushing to answer questions.

Of course, this is because it was a question from the beautiful professor Monica, otherwise there would have been no such many students.

"Irene, you answer." Professor Monica called out.

“Yes, professor.”

A girl named Erin stood up confidently and replied: "As of now, the one-month-long movie "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" has now achieved box office results of more than $265 million; the movie markets in various countries and regions have also achieved box office results of more than $350 million."

"At the same time, according to the analysis data provided by Comcast Data Center, the final North American box office results of the Harry Potter movie should exceed US$300 million; the global cumulative box office data exceeds US$800 million, or even exceed the 900 million mark."

The answer is completed.

Suddenly, Professor Monica was the first to applaud, and the other students also applauded and applauded.

As a part of the Performance Department of the Film Academy, if you can’t learn about the situation of popular films in time, then you are unqualified, let alone a movie like Harry Potter that dominates the Christmas schedule!

In the following time, Professor Monica kept analyzing the movies during the Christmas period.

"Harry Potter", "100% Men", "Transformation of Kings", "Love Chocolate"......

These movies are constantly mentioned.

Of course, the focus of this class is to discuss a series of Olympic films released at the end of December 2000.

Movies such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Drug Network", "Don't Go Way", "Looking for Forrest" have been repeatedly mentioned.

So far, the most outstanding movie among a series of Olympic films is the "Drug Network" movie released on December 27.

At the beginning of the release of the movie, the movie also adopted a small-scale release model, with only 285 cinemas opening theaters.

The first three-day box office was only $2.5 million.

However, it is undoubtedly the most box office movie among a series of Olympic-winning films. So far, it has recently expanded the number of screening theaters to 890 cinemas, and the box office in North America has exceeded $35 million.

Secondly, the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is more prominent.

On December 27, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released in 210 cinemas in North America.

Without expanding the release range, it has now achieved box office results of more than $9 million, and its performance is quite strong.

As for the other series of Olympic films.

"hehe!"

Professor Monica smiled and said, "It's not that I look down on these Olympic films, but that they find it difficult to get good box office data before the nomination for the Academy Awards is announced. For example, the movie "Don't Go Way" comes from the Czech Republic. It is mainly to compete for the 73rd Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film to hit higher box office data."

"But, I'm not optimistic about its results."

"In comparison, I think the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee has a high probability of winning the 73rd Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film."

"Of course, this is my own judgment."

Hearing this, many students couldn't help laughing.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"?

Many people also shook their heads. Obviously, they had not seen the film in the theater. After all, many people are difficult to attract interest in movies starring non-European and American actors.

"Oh, I forgot to say that the investor and publisher of the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" movie is Wald Pictures!" Professor Monica reminded.

When many people heard this, they immediately lit up.

Looking at the entire Hollywood, the film company that is most popular among young actors is undoubtedly Wald Pictures, which is promoted in an unconventional manner and boldly appoints newcomers.

What's more, movies such as "Spartan 300 Warriors", "Spider-Man", and "Harry Potter" are all produced and published by Wald Pictures.

"Maybe, I'm going to find some time to go to the cinema and watch the so-called "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" video." A student muttered.

This is the brand effect of the film company!

Although the Walder Film, which has frequently appeared in good films, has not been established for a long time, it still has a correct brand effect in the impression of countless people with high reputation, high standards and high box office movies.
Chapter completed!