The day passed quickly, and after 12 o'clock in the evening, the attendance and box office collected by movie theaters in major cities in the United States.

Under Li Changheng's strong and eager request, they were quickly collected and presented to him.

Looking at the box office of only 7.2 million US dollars, Li Changheng couldn't help but frown, which was quite different from his expected 10 million debut box office.

Fortunately, the average attendance rate of 80% throughout the day was not bad, but Taylor and the people from United Artists' faces flushed with excitement.

According to the average ticket price of 3 US dollars, 2.4 million people entered the movie to watch "Roman Holiday" in one day.

No, the actual number must be far more than 2.4 million.

In the past few years, due to inflation, the average movie ticket price in the United States last year was 2.38 US dollars, and this year the ticket price has directly increased by 20% to 30%.

In New York, Philadelphia and other places with the largest increase, due to the skyrocketing expenses such as rent and labor, the ticket price in some prosperous areas has exceeded 9 US dollars.

But to the surprise of many laymen and even film practitioners, the number of movie viewers has also increased as the ticket price has risen.

But Li Changheng is very clear that in the period of inflation and bad economy, watching movies can be said to be a very low-cost entertainment activity compared to other entertainment items.

Moreover, the per capita annual income in New York exceeds 10,000 US dollars, with a monthly income of 800 US dollars, spending 6 to 9 US dollars to watch movies is only a few percent of the income ratio.

Otherwise, in the mid-to-late 1970s, the United States would not have broken box office records one after another, and several films had box office breaks of 100 million each year.

It can be said that the entire 1970s was definitely a golden period for Hollywood to make money.

Moreover, movies in this era are basically three-to-five-month, or even one-year long-run models.

What is even more surprising is that as long as the box office is good, some movies will wait a year and a half to be released again after they are released.

The famous Exorcist in film history, premiered 66 million, but after the re-screening, it also received 62 million US dollars, and the global box office exceeded 400 million.

From the perspective of Li Changheng's modern eyes, the plot of the movie is not scary at all. The main reason for the success of the movie is that apart from creating a precedent, there are prototypes in reality.

And it is very famous among Christians.

But Li Changheng believes that because of the existence of himself and Annie, and the sudden robbery and bombing, the popularity of "Roman Holiday" will never be less than that of "The Exorcist".

Even worse than that.

With so many favorable circumstances, according to the estimates of United Artists, there is a high probability that the United States will directly exceed 200 million.

As long as there are always topics and attention, 300 million is not impossible.

As for the world, after getting the press release from United Artists, some media have predicted that 500 million should not be a big problem.

Annie was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night, and the people at United Artists were also looking forward to a big hit at the box office, and then some people started thinking about the script for the second film.

It's a pity, no matter what the people of United Artists expect, whether there will be a second part depends entirely on Li Changheng.

And how the script is written depends entirely on Li Changheng.

After all, no matter how good the screenwriter of United Artists is, there is no way to know what Li Changheng and Annie have experienced after they separated from Rome.

And let the screenwriters write casually, I believe that no screenwriter from United Artists, or other screenwriters from the outside world dare to do that.

Just Li Changheng's legal team will sue that person for bankruptcy, and he can't even change his name or metaphor.

Not to mention that with the backing of Li Changheng and the media group's investment in United Artists Pictures, after obtaining 20% ​​of the shares, the company has already escaped the crisis of being the bottom of the list, and has become the most profitable film company in Hollywood.

United Artists itself can make screenwriters and directors who do not belong to the company go around without food, and even have no jobs and no movies to shoot.

The only person who can really influence and change Li Changheng's thoughts is probably Anne.

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One night passed again, and the next day, the media in the United States began to report heavily on the box office of "Roman Holiday" on the first day of 7.2 million US dollars.

This figure was beyond Li Changheng's expectations, but the media reported that because of the New York bombing, the number of viewers in major cities should be much lower than normal.

Otherwise, there should be no problem with more than 89 million.

However, as the fear of the public gradually decreases, there should be a wave of rebound in the number of moviegoers.

Countries other than the United States were also officially released, and the box office on the day of the premiere exceeded everyone's expectations.

15.9 million US dollars is equivalent to 2.2 times the box office of the premiere in the United States.

This start is definitely a dream level.

Even for future Hollywood blockbusters, it is rare for a movie to have an overseas box office that doubles its domestic box office.

And once it appears, it will be a box office bomb.

It is no surprise that the countries where "Roman Holiday" had a big box office hit were the island countries, England and Italy.

The island country has just passed 2 million viewers, and countless film practitioners have to re-examine the box office potential of the island country.

But the experienced practitioners and the executives of the top eight Hollywood companies knew very well that the island country's box office explosion on the first day was absolutely inseparable from Li Changheng helping Aoki Group to recapture the 600 million US dollars in bonds.

Although the 600 million bonds were taken back, they were safely stored in the vault of Citigroup headquarters.

However, if Aoki Group wants to take it back, it not only needs to negotiate with Citigroup, but the biggest resistance is the US government.

Because even if everyone knew that the bonds belonged to the Aoki Group, it was not enough, and there was no doubt that the bonds belonged to them.

Citigroup does not plan to sell bonds black, which does not mean that the US government and some politicians will not have other thoughts.

If Citigroup hadn't made it clear that it would return it to the Qingmu Group, UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com might have been secretly blackmailed by some US government agencies on the grounds that the owner of the funds was unknown, or that the bombing and robbery had not been solved. If you put it down or delay it, you won't pay it back.

Therefore, in order to get back the 600 million US dollars in bonds as soon as possible, as well as the rich people in the island country who handed over the money to the Aoki Group, they spared no effort to help in offline channels such as enterprises, communities, streets, etc. in the island country for free. Promote the movie.

They even contacted their friends and partners overtly and secretly, lobbying and coercing local movies to switch gears, and some theaters gave "Roman Holiday" all the screens and screenings.

In addition, under the propaganda of the island country media, the island people are grateful to Li Changheng and worship the strong.

As a result, movie theaters in Tokyo and other major cities not only played "Roman Holiday" basically, but there were also long queues outside movie theaters in downtown areas.

And to the surprise of the islanders, the number of female viewers far exceeded anyone's expectations.

No need to guess, these young girls from the island country must be here for Li Changheng.

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