Amid the heated discussions in public opinion, "The Dark Knight Rises" spent the second weekend after its release. Affected by a series of events, the film's box office fell by more than 50% over the first weekend, earning $86.57 million.

Although such a decline exceeded Warner Bros.'s expectations before its release, combined with the $135.42 million gained in the previous five working days, the North American box office of "The Dark Knight Rises" successfully exceeded the $400 million mark, reaching $427.37 million.

At the same time, the film received another $250 million overseas, and the global box office accumulation has been infinitely close to the $1 billion mark, and it only takes one to two days to break the $1 billion.

Various negative events do have an impact on "The Dark Knight Rises", but the momentum of the film is still amazing.

"If there is no negative news, how much will the Dark Knight Rises be? Could it be another Avengers?"

Some media have raised such a question: If there were no Santa Monica Commercial Plaza shooting, the Dark Knight Rises would have been stronger in North America, but Duke did not believe that the global box office would have increased significantly.

The reason is very simple. The North American market is mainly affected by negative effects. Overseas, "The Dark Knight Rises" has become more famous and attracted more passers-by to enter the theater.

Although cinemasore's prediction that the final North American box office of "The Dark Knight Rises" cannot exceed $600 million, and the global box office will remain between $1.3 billion and $1.4 billion, rather than the $1.5 billion that Warner Bros. is expected to be, no one can deny that even so, this film has achieved great success.

This fact makes many people quite annoyed.

David Ellison, who has been jumping behind the scenes and fanning the flames, was one of them. In the office of Sky Film Studio, he couldn't help but grab his hair after seeing the latest box office report, with a clear expression of anger.

Although everything he did was obviously effective, such box office numbers didn't hit Duke Rosenberg at all, and even made his behavior seem a bit ridiculous.

If there wasn't some good news at the same time today, David Ellison really wanted to tear off this box office statistics.

Along with the box office statistics report, there are several cooperation agreements reached by Sky Film Studio, Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures.

After a long period of negotiations and the economic crisis in 2008, Hollywood has been facing a shortage of money, especially with the tight capital chain of Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures. Sky Film Studio finally reached an agreement with Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures on many conditions and became a partner.

According to the agreement, Sky Film Studio has obtained the investment rights for the future three films of the "Star Trek" series under Paramount Pictures. Unlike ordinary investments, Sky Film Studio will obtain half of the investment amount and enjoy all returns corresponding to the investment share.

On the other hand, Sky Film Studio, as David Ellison wished, has obtained the investment rights for the future four films of the "Fast and Furious" series. Unlike "Fast and Furious 5", Universal Pictures, which is short of funds, basically agreed that Sky Film Studio has the same investment rights.

In addition, David Ellison will also invest in the new film of "Jurassic Park" restarted by Universal Pictures, accounting for 50%.

His investment in the new film of "Jurassic Park" also solved Universal Pictures' urgent need.

All of these made David Ellison feel better. After years of accumulation, he completely understood one thing: investing in so-called new ideas and new ideas is too risky, and the possibility of failure is far greater than success. The sequel to the successful series of movies, like "Fast and Furious 5", is obviously higher in investment returns.

David Ellison also made up his mind that Sky Film Studio would never invest in so-called creative movies in the short term.

After putting aside these thoughts for the time being, David Ellison reads the documents about "Alien Battlefield", which will be released soon. Success or failure is also related to the future development of Sky Film Studio. Although he is a little suspicious and worried that he was cheated at the beginning, after watching the video, he still believes that it is possible to make a big deal.

This film is well-made. It is adapted from a well-known novel. It does not lack a fan base and has sufficient publicity and investment, so it should be successful together...

Just as David Ellison was thinking this way, a hurried knock on the door suddenly rang out. After David Ellison said something, his assistant pushed open the door and hurried in.

"Woths!" The assistant turned on the TV in the room and switched to CNN. "There is a press conference about James Holmes, you'd better take a look."

After hearing what the assistant said, David Ellison closed the documents and turned to the TV. It was the latest case announcement from the Los Angeles police on the "Santa Monica Commercial Plaza shooting and James Holmes."

On the TV screen, hundreds of reporters focused on Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Pace, and David Ellison was also staring at him, hoping that the other party could throw out more amazing content and keep the media's attention on "The Dark Knight Rises".

What Li Peis said did not disappoint David Ellison. The leaked news was absolutely shocked, and even made David Ellison's face change drastically.

"According to the police's interrogation and verification, the Van Diesel car accident that occurred last year was not an accident, but a deliberate murder. According to James Holmes's confession, he was the direct perpetrator of the incident, and the real murderer behind the scenes..."

Not only David Ellison, his assistant did not expect such content to appear at the press conference, and his mouth was so shocked that it opened slightly.

"What's going on?" David Ellison stared at the assistant with angry eyes, "What's going on?"

"I...I...I don't know either." The assistant gently wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "Boss, you said that we cannot come forward in person. I left it to others to take responsibility. It is said that he found a poor pauper who was drunk..."

In order to prevent things from getting involved with them, this kind of thing must have turned countless turns. In the ideal of being an assistant, there are countless unemployed people and homeless people in the United States, and some of them dare to do anything for money.

But I never thought that things would involve James Holmes.

And this James Holmes' mouth is too loose. Isn't he imitating a clown? Can such a person still call himself a clown?

David Ellison could no longer sit still. He stood up and walked back two times, constantly reminding himself to calm down. After all, there were too many such things. Even if the police learned that Van Diesel's car accident was not an accident, it would be impossible to find him on his head.

Also, there is room for operation for such things. As long as you are not in a mess, you don’t have to worry too much.

Taking a few deep breaths, David Ellison sat back behind the desk and told the assistant, "You put down your other work for the time being and follow up with all your efforts."

The assistant nodded vigorously.

"Look at the latest news," David Ellison said again, "I want to know where the case has progressed."

After the assistant left, David Ellison no longer had the intention to read the documents. He sat here for a while and rejected the idea of ​​notifying his father immediately. After all, things were far from being out of control.

The progress of the case released by the Los Angeles police seemed to be thrown into the oil, causing a stir. The focus of public opinion suddenly turned to the Van Diesel incident. The dead Hollywood star once again played out his remaining energy, not only became the focus of the media's unsuccessful competition, but also made "The Rise of the Dark Knight" gradually escape from the previous whirlpool of public opinion.

Any news and even gossip have its timeliness, and the media is always chasing the latest news. Compared with "James Holmes' murder of Vin Diesel", "The Dark Knight Rises" and movie violence, which are already in a recurring manner, it is difficult to attract public attention again.

"Don't relax."

In the Warner Studios office, Duke told Tina Fei, "urged Li Peisi and the police station to continue investigating."

"They have tracked down a private detective." Tina Fee told Duke about her latest nervousness. "Although she was under some pressure, the Los Angeles Police Department has no intention of stopping for the time being. They are looking for the private detective and think things will not be as simple as they seem."

Duke thought for a moment and said, "Where is Van Diesel's family?"

"No response for the time being." Tina Fee looked through the information and took a look. "Vin Diesel has a bad relationship with his parents, and his parents don't care much about his life or death."

"Where is Paroma Gimanez?" Duke said of the girlfriend who Vin Diesel had abused, "and someone find her and go to the police station to put pressure on her."

Tina Fei nodded slightly, "This is a very greedy woman, it's not difficult to talk to her."

"From now on..." Duke curled the corners of his mouth slightly, "We stand with Vin Diesel."

For the sake of interests, they once stood opposite Van Diesel and vigorously smeared his reputation after his death; for the sake of interests, they could also stand in Van Diesel's camp and urge the police to continue to investigate the incident.

"If it's really about him," Tina Fee asked with a little confusion, "Are we really going to send him to jail?"

"Sent to prison?" Duke was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "Why should I send him to prison? Don't forget that with his wealth and his father, it is enough to hire a huge team of lawyers. And what are the benefits of sending him to prison?"

How could Duke waste such great effort to do things without sufficient benefits?

After discussing a few more words, Tina Fei left the office. She wanted to follow Duke's wishes and keep a close eye on all reactions. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!