Capítulo 43: chapter 043
"Martin, what do you think? Why didn't you tell me in advance? "
After Martin publicly spoke up for "Titanic" and James Cameron, his agent Jeff called the phone as soon as possible.
"This film we have evaluated by CAA, maybe its box office will be very high, even more than 600 million global box office, but it is absolutely impossible to recover investment by box office, Twentieth Century Fox made a wrong decision, "Titanic" is destined to be a product of failure."
"Martin, I know you're trying to make a courtesy to Twentieth Century Fox and Cameron, but it's too early for you to stand up for it, really, too early."
"You know, until now, even Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, the two absolute starring actors of the movie, have not publicly spoken out for the movie!"
"You should wait until a month after the movie is released, when the people who should be targeted have already been targeted, the heat has passed, and then what you want to say will not be targeted too much, oh no, predict the box office, absolutely not." You know, even the most professional box office data forecasters can't accurately predict the box office of each movie. "
"Martin, do you know what your behavior is, you are putting yourself on the fire and roasting it!"
Jeff Balabala said a lot, Martin did not refute it, let alone reprimand, because the other party's intention was for his own good, but he didn't have his own "front and back eyes".
The outside world's ridicule of "Titanic" and James Cameron continues, and now Martin has been added.
Three days after the first weekend, the box office of "Titanic" came out, with 28.62 million US dollars, defeating "007 Tomorrow's Empire" and climbing to the second place in the North American box office list, second only to "Scream 2" with 33 million.
The taunts suddenly became louder, and many of them were aimed at Martin.
Martin predicted that the North American box office of "Titanic" would exceed 600 million US dollars, and if you calculate its decline as 30% according to the box office data of the first week (the general decline after the first weekend of the movie is about 40%), the film will have to be released for more than 120 days to achieve this goal. Haha, this is really the biggest joke of the century. "
"I think the film has failed, although Martin Jr. is a genius, but after all, he is still too young, make a joke, everyone can forgive him…"
"Martin, a talented young writer, stood up for "Titanic" and James Cameron, which greatly damaged his image, and his behavior was suspected of flattering James Cameron and Twentieth Century Fox."
"The Titanic is destined to freeze, it will sink like that huge cruise ship, this time there is a little passenger named Martin on board…"
All the mockers seem to ignore it, and Martin has also said that the film's box office in the first three days may not exceed 30 million.
But the slap in the face came quickly.
On the first Monday after the first weekend, "Titanic" fell minimally at the box office, less than ten percent, and won the first place at the box office of the day.
Countless film critics and critics collectively lost their voices, they have never seen a movie after the first three days, there is only such a small decline, and Spielberg can't do it.
The miracle continues.
On Tuesday, the box office decline of "Titanic" was still very low compared to Monday, less than five percent.
On Wednesday, the decline remained minimal.
After another weekend, the box office miraculously came to a small increase, although the increase was not high, but it still shocked the jaw.
Such a box office trend is too strange, unprecedented in the history of Hollywood films.
And the theater side is happy, such a stable box office trend, the benefits they can bring are much stronger than those movies that broke out in the first few days.
As we all know, the theater party's share is more and more time, and more than three months after the release of the movie, the theater party almost earns for nothing, and no longer needs to share the money to the distributor.
In this way, time passed day by day, and the box office of the big ship remained extremely stable, and the mockery and doubts became less and less until they disappeared.
Three months later, people were shocked to find that "Titanic" still remained at the top of the box office that day, and its two former competitors "007: Tomorrow's Empire" and "Scream 2" had long been released.
At this time, the voice that began to sing the praises of "Titanic" increased.
And Martin's prediction was once again raised, but this time it was not mockery, but praise.
"This is the vision of genius, when the box office of "Titanic" came out on the first day, who would have thought that it could reach the current box office result, 470 million US dollars, although it is still some distance from Martin's prediction of 600 million US dollars, but I believe that the theater side will definitely not release "Titanic" at this time, which is still stable at the box office."
"Titanic broke everyone's stereotype about the box office, and no one could have imagined that a movie would still maintain a daily box office of more than five million a day after more than 90 days of release. Equally incredible is our little genius, Martin Meyers, who is the only person who made bold predictions after the box office on the first day, and he has more confidence in the film than James Cameron…"
"Martin's mouth must have been opened by God, and James Cameron should thank him…"
"Genius prophecy, Martin Meyers, this time he succeeded, maybe his vision should also be taken seriously by those big companies…"
"Martin Meyers, James Cameron, this is a 'handshake' between two geniuses 30 years apart, and together they shook the world…"
Martin successfully rubbed the heat of the "big ship".
On March 23, 1998, the 70th Academy Awards of the United States were announced in Los Angeles.
The super blockbuster "Titanic", which cost more than 200 million US dollars to produce, won 11 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Original Music and other awards.
When James Cameron took the stage to accept the award, he shouted out the most famous phrase "I am the king of the world".
But unlike the original timeline, he also thanked Martin at the end of his speech, which brought Martin's popularity to another level.
The "big ship" continues to sail.
Martin knew that from late 1997 to 1998, the ship "Titanic" sailed tirelessly in the cinema line for 281 days, the highest number of release days in North America.
By then, the world was already numb to skyrocketing box office numbers.
In the end, the box office of the big ship reached 600 million US dollars in North America and 1.2 billion US dollars overseas, a staggering number of 1.8 billion US dollars in the world, breaking the box office record in film history.
This record remained until James Cameron's next epic masterpiece, Avatar.
At this time, Martin's "Born a Couple" has long been released, with a global box office of 157 million and a North American box office of 108 million.
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