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In this day and age, it is basically not too difficult for a film with a large investment and production to earn more than 200 million U.S. dollars in the North American box office, as long as the box office hits the box office in the first weekend. It is not enough to have a big explosion on the weekend, but also to draw a relatively healthy and stable trend in the next two to three weeks at least.

In the 1990s, for Hollywood movies, a box office of 100 million U.S. dollars was basically a watershed, but since "Titanic", large investment and large productions have become the norm for mainstream Hollywood commercial films. Not to mention a large number of films with more than 100 million US dollars are caught, but there are not a few of them. The standard of box office hit is undoubtedly raised accordingly.

Whether it is Murphy, or Warner Bros. and DC Comics, they all have high expectations for the box office performance of "Man of Steel".

Just like the box office explosion in the first weekend, the box office of "Man of Steel" did not disappoint them in the second weekend. Although the attendance rate continued to decline due to the huge consumption of fans, the box office decline in the second weekend was still controlled. Within 60%, compared with the US$143.2 million in the first weekend, the drop was only 56%, and it closed at US$63 million in three days.

So far, "Man of Steel" has been released in North America for ten days, and with an almost crazy momentum, it has taken away 287.4 million US dollars from 4,250 theaters!

There is hardly any suspense. The North American box office of this film has surpassed "Spider-Man 3", which was released two weeks earlier, and temporarily stands at the number one position in the North American total box office list in 2007!

In the first four days of the following week, "Man of Steel" slowed down its money-making speed, but it also brought in $24.5 million in four working days.

On the third weekend of "Man of Steel", North America ushered in the Memorial Day schedule, and Walt Disney's heavily invested masterpiece "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End" was officially released.

This series has many fans and has brought considerable impact to the films that have already been released. "Man of Steel" is no exception. This weekend fell as much as 60%, and finally closed at $25.2 million.

Combined with the $24.5 million earned in the previous four working days, "Man of Steel" has a cumulative North American box office of $337.1 million.

There is no doubt that "Man of Steel" will inevitably become Murphy's most commercially successful film.

After more than ten days of busy work, Murphy also ended the North American promotion of the film and returned to Los Angeles.

Originally, he and Gal Gadot wanted to hold a party at home and invite friends such as James Franco, Robert Downey Jr., Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill and Kara Firth. But the other members of the Stanton Party, because Seth Rogen found a deficiency during post-production, and had to make up some shots for "The Hangover", they all went to Las Vegas to be busy, and Murphy only invited Kara Firth alone.

In addition, Gal Gadot also invited her little follower Margot Robbie.

After having lunch together, Murphy invited a few people to the back garden, had afternoon tea and chatted.

"I watched the first two episodes of the second season that have aired."

After pouring black tea for the three women, Murphy poured himself another cup of coffee, and said to Margot Robbie, "You are doing very well, and you have improved a lot from the first season."

"Thank you." As she grew older, it was hard to see the Australian cowgirl temperament in Margot Robbie. She first replied politely, and then sighed, "Sansa - Stark is still a fool, when will this character be smarter."

Hearing this, Murphy and Kara Firth, who was sitting across from each other, couldn't help laughing.

Gal Gadot shook his head and reminded, "Maggie, in such a complicated environment in King's Landing, can Sansa Stark survive without pretending to be a fool?"

Margot Robbie immediately replied, "Of course not."

"so,

Did Gal Gadot also laugh, "She's not stupid at all. "

Margot Robbie thought for a while, and finally nodded slightly, agreeing with Gal Gadot's statement.

After taking a sip of coffee, Murphy turned to ask Kara Firth, "How are the ratings of these two episodes?"

"It's not bad, the first broadcast has exceeded 5 million viewers." Kara Firth is obviously very satisfied with the ratings, "Although there are a few critical voices, Paul Wilson has done a good job, better than I expected. .”

"His ability is not a problem." Since Murphy chose Paul Wilson, he certainly recognized him. "The main reason is lack of experience."

Kara Feith nodded, "Experience is accumulated, I believe he will do better in the third season."

For this, Murphy has enough confidence.

After a year of filming and production, the second season of "Game of Thrones" aired again on the Fox cable network two weeks ago. Due to the busy "Man of Steel" publicity work, Murphy has not been involved in the work of this project. , but the results of the second season are quite good, and more and more fans have been accumulated.

This fantasy TV series is bound to become a long-term profit tool for Stanton Studios.

As for Paul Wilson, it’s probably the first time he’s in charge of a project independently. He’s been very happy in the second season and has decided to continue directing the third and fourth seasons. Murphy doesn’t have to worry about this for the time being. The director of the series worries.

"I heard from Bill," Kara Firth looked at the swimming pool next to the garden, and suddenly changed the subject, "Are you planning to change your residence?"

"The lease contract here expires at the end of the year." Murphy pointed to his backyard, "I'm not going to continue to renew the lease contract."

Kara Feith asked with concern, "Have you found a suitable residence?"

"I'm looking at a manor in Beverly Hills." Murphy refilled the tea for several people, "The owner of that manor intended to sell it last year, but it has been dragging on until now. According to the information provided by Grace According to news, the second half of the year may enter the auction process, and I am ready to participate in the bidding.”

He shrugged, "Fortunately, it was delayed until this year, otherwise I wouldn't be able to spend so much money."

"Oh?" Kara Feith asked with interest, "What is the real estate agent's estimated price?"

Gal Gadot said, "The transaction price should not be less than $100 million."

Murphy nodded. If it was an ordinary real estate, it would undoubtedly be more appropriate to buy it after two years. However, the number of giant estates in Beverly Hills is limited, and they are all in high demand. There is never a shortage of buyers. Family reasons delayed until now, and he didn't even have a chance to enter the bidding.

A real estate worth 100 million dollars is undoubtedly extravagant, but Murphy turned his head and glanced at Gal Gadot. Naturally, such an estate has other uses.

"You still have to work hard to make money." Kara Firth joked him.

"I've been working hard," Murphy said with a smile.

In order to earn money, Murphy stayed in Los Angeles for a few days before flying to the other side of the Atlantic to attend the European premiere of "Man of Steel" in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Perhaps it was because "The Return of Superman" was too big of a blow, or perhaps because they had enough confidence in Murphy, "Man of Steel" was not released simultaneously on a large scale in the global market. It was not until the North American box office and word of mouth broke out that Warner Bros. Pushed the film to major overseas markets.

Due to the deep, serious, dark and heavy nature of the film, "Man of Steel" has unanimously received unanimous praise from the media and professionals in Europe as expected.

The mainstream media in Europe praised the "New Superman" for its take-off again.

The Times said: "It's hard not to admire the dimension of Murphy Stanton's huge, majestic film of detail and serious subject matter that not only headlines but advances the genre. It bows down."

France's "Le Figaro" believes that: Murphy Stanton has done a highly commendable job, and he has rewritten the entire "Superman" story. "

The famous German "Bild" commented: "The theme and story of the film have been perfectly expressed by Murphy Stanton, and the actors are also excellent, especially the Wonder Woman played by Gal Gadot, which is very impressive. dizzy."

Spain's "Marca" also praised Gal Gadot: "Gal Gadot is a very good choice, and the interpretation of Wonder Woman is convincing."

Judging from various comments, "Man of Steel" is a movie full of personal charm and unique style.

The film's box office performance in Europe is as good as the media's reviews.

"Man of Steel" recorded US$18.9 million in the first weekend in the Kingdom of Great Britain. In terms of other European markets released at the same time, France received US$14.75 million, Germany received US$16.74 million, and Spain received US$11.75 million...

At the same time, this film also appeared in theaters in many ticket warehouse markets outside of Europe. The first week of revenue in most regions was extremely impressive, with Australia earning more than 12 million US dollars, Brazil 7.8 million US dollars, and Mexico 13.71 million US dollars. More than 8 million US dollars in Russia...

This weekend, "Man of Steel" was released simultaneously in theaters in 65 overseas countries and regions, with a total box office revenue of more than 221 million US dollars.

Coupled with the more than 27 million US dollars earned in North American theaters in the new week, the global box office of "Man of Steel" is close to 600 million US dollars!

At this time, both Wall Street and Warner Bros. have raised the film's global box office forecast to one billion dollars.

These people are sharp-eyed. "Man of Steel" has not yet landed in many markets such as Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong. Overseas markets still have considerable market potential. Although North America has passed its hottest stage, the number of theaters and film screening rate are higher than other markets. The sales of big-budget films are constantly declining, but the rate of decline is extremely stable every week and every day, and they can still take a considerable amount of box office revenue in the follow-up.

In the next week, Murphy led the crew to fight in major European cities. After the new weekend, as more overseas markets joined the ranks of screenings of "Man of Steel", the global box office not only successfully exceeded 600 million US dollars The mark is still slowly approaching 700 million US dollars.

After finishing the promotional work in Europe, Murphy did not return to North America. Instead, according to the stipulations of the contract, he and a part of the crew flew towards the film market that Hollywood believed had great potential. (To be continued.)