“If the time is right, I will accept your invitation.”

Duke did not make any promises, but just gave a vague answer.

The other party's market is indeed very attractive, but it was ten years later. Now it is worth more than nothing. Even if the box office can be sold at $100 million, the share of the share is completely negligible for his videos.

Unlike the traditional Hollywood director, he knows where the psychological bottom line of the public opposite is. Although he has been filming standard politically correct Great American films over the years, he will not touch the places he should not touch, and will definitely not touch the future.

Of course, after 9/11, Sino-US relations have been greatly improved. If the two sides have official film and cultural exchange activities and send him a formal invitation, Duke would be happy to go over and take a look.

However, it was just a look. Duke knew very well that not to mention that he was a ghost, even if he was a Chinese American, he would still be an outsider if he really wanted to do anything.

This is just a small episode of the trip to Europe. After spending the weekend in Cannes, Duke and others flew to London, and the latest weekend box office data was also passed to him by Lord of the Rings Studio.

In its first weekend overseas, the UK was still the highest-grossing market. "Twin Towers Shock" won $27.85 million in its first three days, setting the highest weekend box office record in British film history.

In the entire European region, "Two Towers" almost without exception reached the throne of the box office rankings of various countries. Duke led the crew through France, second only to the United Kingdom and Germany, with a score of 18.52 million US dollars, which is impressive enough.

In Germany, the second largest European box office market, "Twin Towers" won the top of the box office list that week without any suspense, with a box office of up to 24.55 million US dollars!

Although the film will not enter other regions such as Asia and Latin America until next weekend, "The Twin Towers" won an overseas box office of US$124.57 million in Europe alone!

At the same time, the film continues to make rapid progress in North America.

Among the newly released films in North America this week, only Universal Pictures' "Single Parents" started painting at a scale of more than 1,500 theaters, but this low-cost film was influenced by "Two Towers Shock". The screening rate was not ideal. Even if popular movie stars such as Hugh Grant and Rachel Vizi help, it was difficult to pose a threat to "Two Towers Shock".

Universal Pictures is also very low-key in the promotion and distribution of this film, and obviously lacks enough confidence. Otherwise, it would not have been scheduled to be released on the next weekend of "Two Towers". The performance of "Single Parents" also meets market expectations, with only $7.8 million in the first weekend.

On the one hand, the quality of the film is indeed not up to standard, and on the other hand, it is affected by "Twin Towers Shock".

"Two Towers"'s second weekend in North America was very strong. Compared with the box office in the first weekend, the drop was only 38%, and it cut tempting data of up to 63.87 million US dollars!

Even now that it is 2000, many commercial masterpieces have been able to break the $50 million mark in their first week, but $63.87 million can not only crush the first week of most films, but also set the highest next weekend box office record in North American film history!

"In ten days of release, the North American box office has accumulated a total of US$249.62 million and the global box office is 374.19 million."

In Warner's office, Doug Walter and Jamie Johnson smiled extremely brightly. The latter continued, "Do you dare to imagine such achievements?"

"I dare!" Doug Walter said seriously. "Because its director is Duke Rosenberg!"

Jamie Johnson's eyes rolled, "Doug, how about we bet?"

"What are you betting on?" Doug Walter asked curiously.

"Just block your new villa for a week." Jamie Johnson threw out how to bet, "If the box office of "Twin Towers Shock" in North America is less than $500 million, I will lose; if it exceeds $500 million, I will lose, what about it?"

Doug Walter pointed to his head and said in a joke, "Do you think I have a problem here? I'll make such a bet with you. If I switched over, I'll agree."

"Switch it over? No. No..." Jamie Johnson shook his finger, "Then you might as well say that "Twin Towers" cannot exceed one billion dollars in the world!"

"Do you know. Jamie." Doug Walter changed into a serious tone, "Billion dollars are just my lowest global expectations for "Twin Towers".

“Duke has never disappointed, hasn’t it?”

The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

The laughter gradually stopped, Jamie Johnson asked again, "How is the sales in the surrounding area?"

"Very good!" Doug Walter directly found a piece of information and handed it to him. "In ten days, the sales in North America's surrounding areas reached $187 million, which is still a conservative statistics!"

Jamie Johnson sighed, "Warner Bros. can't lose Duke."

"He is the largest individual shareholder of Warner Bros.," said Doug Walter. "Warner's interests are often his personal interests."

Nodding, Jamie Johnson whispered, "Do you have any clues about your affairs?"

"Don't mention it to anyone else."

First, he reminded Doug Walter and said, "The revenue of the two projects "The Rings Expedition" and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" which I was responsible for last year accounted for 37% of Warner Bros. The group company has basically confirmed that starting from July, I will take over Jeff's position."

"Congratulations on becoming the new eO."

Speaking of this, Jamie Johnson reminded, "Doug, I think it's necessary to notify Duke in advance."

"I wouldn't have been able to get this position without his support." Doug Walter gave him a reassuring look, "I asked someone to inform Duke yesterday."

In fact, in this eO battle without gunpowder, Doug Walter felt that he had won easily. His biggest strategy was to choose the thickest thigh inside Warner Bros., and then hug it without hesitation.

To the outside, this is simply too technical.

Even there is a rumor in Hollywood that spreads the person who can really determine the Warner Bros. EO is called Duke Rosenberg!

Duke has heard of these rumors, but he doesn't care much. Doug Walter's new EO can be said to be very in line with his needs. The two sides have worked together for many years and understand each other's habits and patterns, which will also help him and Warner Bros continue to cooperate.

After spending nearly a week in Europe, Duke led the crew to the Far East, starting from Tokyo in Japan, passing through Seoul in South Korea, Hong Kong in China and Taipei in the Philippines, and finally arrived in Sydney in Australia to promote the release of "The Twin Towers" in the Far East.

Even if it was apart from Australia, this trip was far away from the Western world where the Lord of the Rings novels were popular, Duke and his group would set off a wave of craze every time they arrived. Even when they were doing publicity in Tokyo, Orlando Bloom was recognized, and was surrounded by thousands of young Japanese men and women. Even if it alarmed the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, it took a long time to rescue Legolas.

Among the two most popular vases in the two plots of the Lord of the Rings, Duke has always brought Orlando Bloom, not Alessandra Ambroshew, which is why he prevents problems before it happens.

Since I promised Ivanka and Trump's official date, Duke planned to manage this relationship seriously. If it was still like before, even if Ivanka could forgive him generously once, it would never be possible to endure it without limit, and no woman would have unlimited tolerance in this regard.

When he was single, he could do his best. Now that he has a girlfriend, Duke has decided to calm down.

He knew that his restraint was sometimes lower, and reducing the relationship was undoubtedly a good way.

Duke led the crew's trip to the Far East was a great success, and it caused a strong response every time he went. After the hot first week in Europe, the popularity inevitably declined. The Far East and Latin America took over the task of supporting overseas markets and performed extremely well.

On the second weekend of "The Twin Towers" released overseas, it won $1.89 million, with a cumulative overseas box office of $372.57 million!

There is no suspense in North America. On the third weekend of the release of "Twin Towers", the number of theaters screened not only did not shrink, but also increased again, reaching an unprecedented 3,977 companies in North America. The average screening rate of theaters is still close to 80%. These ensure that the box office continues to maintain a strong trend this weekend, with a decline of 40%, and a US$38.32 million.

Including the $32.11 million won in the previous four working days, the box office of "Twin Towers" successfully exceeded the $300 million mark, reaching $320.05 million.

In less than twenty days, the global box office of "Twin Towers" has reached 692.62 million US dollars!

At this point, even outsiders can see that the global billions of dollars are just a barrier for "Twin Towers", and it is definitely not the end!

Duke knew very well that the film could achieve such a result and reap wealth at the box office and surrounding areas faster than "The Rings Expedition".

First of all, although "The Twin Towers" is not a sequel in the traditional sense, it enjoys the same treatment as all the sequels of big-selling movies.

Secondly, the quality of the film, promotion and theaters are equally good, and the director, he has built his own well-known signature in ten years.

Finally, in May, when it should have been hot, "Twin Towers" did not have enough competitors, and easily achieved three consecutive box office championships.
Chapter completed!