In December, only two movies in Hollywood were released, namely "Doctor Zhivago" by MGM Films on December 22 and "007 Thunderbolt Bomb" by United Films.

After the 20th Century Fox launched the movie "Sound of Music" in March, the movie "Doctor Zhivago" launched by MGM Films achieved a good reputation and a high box office record of $1.8 million per day.

Regarding the high box office results of the single-day movie "Doctor Zhivago", Terry Semer did not adjust the schedule of "007: Thunderbolt" but instead continued to remain unchanged.

With basic popular fans and the promotion brought by the American drama "Mission: Impossible", "007: Thunderbolt" coincides with MGM's "Doctor Zhivago" movie. Which one is stronger depends on the audience's choice.

On the evening of December 28, after the first ceremony of "007: Thunderbolt" began to be launched in North America the next day, with the promotion of "007 Series" and the American drama "Mission: Impossible" with basic popular fans.

The single-day box office on the first day of the year was $1.28 million, and its single-day box office result exceeded Terry Semer's expected $1.1 million, which is much higher than the single-day box office of the previous film "007: Goldfinger".

On the second day, when the high reputation of "007: Thunderbolt" was published in newspapers and magazines, the single-day box office earned $1.36 million, becoming the box office in the movie market at the end of December 1956. "007: Thunderbolt" and MGM's "Doctor Zhivago" movies shared the box office of the movie market, but it was not squeezed by the high single-day box office of "Doctor Zhivago", and even the box office continued to rise steadily.

As long as this phenomenon does not change much with the box office, "007: Thunderbolt" may surpass the first three movies of "007 Series" and break the box office record of 007 movies.

As the ratings of the American drama "Mission: Impossible" continue to rise, "007: Thunderbolt" has attracted widespread attention from other viewers in its basic fans.

The two films were promoted by Terry Semer from the beginning. The American drama "Mission: Impossible" that started was driven by the popularity of "007: Thunderbolt Bomb". However, after two weeks of broadcasting, the same fans as "007 Series" have gathered, and the number of fans exceeded that of "007 Series".

After all, in the 1960s, 70% of people watching TV at home were more than those who went to cinemas to watch movies. Only the "Sound of Music" movie launched by Twentieth Century Fox in March this year increased the number of people watching movies, and its box office data of more than $100 million shocked other film companies.

Using the promotion of TV series to attract audiences to enter the cinema to watch "007: Thunderbolt Bomb", this is a very rare publicity model for film companies in the 1960s. If you want to carry out this publicity model, there must be a TV series with a hot rating to drive audiences to enter the cinema. The two must have similarities, so this is a rare situation.

Herac could foresee that the box office results may be a little higher than the box office of "007: Thunderbolt Bomb" in the original time and space. After all, the original time and space did not adopt this promotional model, and the two belong to different companies.

Herac did not interfere too much about what Terry Semer did, and even agreed with his arrangement. At this moment, he was with Kim Jan-fu, a family with a short-haired French middle-aged man in the American National Zoo in the northwest of the HSD District.

Next to the middle-aged French man, he followed his sister Madeleine and niece Françoise, while Herak and Jin Jianfu took their family to the National Zoo as tour guides.

You can see lions, tigers, etc. or rare animals here. It is a famous tourist area, and a large number of people come in and out every day.

The name of a middle-aged French man is Pierre Bourle. He is a famous French novel author. His novel "The Bridge of the River Kwai" was brought to the big screen by Colombia Film Company in 1957 and became a classic movie.

He may not be known in the 21st century, but his "Planet of the Apes" created in 1963 is a very classic novel. The original time and space "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was inspired by this novel.

Without Planet of the Apes first, there wouldn't be the emergence of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".

Several people were walking in the zoo talking and laughing. Pierre Bühler looked at Herac and Jin Jianfu, who were having a good chat with his sister and niece. He knew very well that their purpose was the adaptation of the novel "Planet of the Apes" in his hands.

The successful adaptation of "The Bridge of the River Kwai" made him famous in Hollywood, and his science fiction novel "Planet of the Apes" published in 1963 was successful as soon as it was published.

With the successful adaptation of previous film and television, "Planet of the Apes" naturally attracted the attention of Hollywood film companies. However, because it is a science fiction novel, when the special effects have not yet developed and science fiction is still in the fourth-rate position in the film industry, many film companies with ideas have returned in a miserable way, extinguishing the idea of ​​bringing him to the big screen.

Only 20th Century Fox and Herak had the courage to come to the door and demanded the right to adapt the film and television of "Planet of the Apes".

Before he had negotiated the copyright fee with Twentieth Century Fox, Herak took the lead by inviting Pierre Bourer and his family to visit the National Zoo.

Pierre Bouler, who had experienced World War II, paid great attention to family affection. He had no marriage or offspring, and his sister and niece were his relatives, and Herak tried his best to gain Pierre Bouler's favor.

"So far, only Twentieth Century Fox and the young man in front of him want to adapt his science fiction novel."

Pierre Bühler chatted with Herac thoughtfully, and his heart moved a lot. He came to the United States and was invited by Twentieth Century Fox to talk about the film and television adaptation rights of "Planet of the Apes", and Herac came to him beyond his expectations with his agent Eri Moven.

The four of them visited the National Zoo, then had another dinner together, and returned to the hotel where they stayed. Pierre Bühler's agent Eri Moven had been waiting for several people for more than a while.

"You guys talk, Françoise and I will go back to our room first."

Madeline took Françoise with tactfully and gave them time.

In the living room, four people sat down, and Herak spoke directly: "Mr. Pierre Bourle, I hope to get the right to adapt the film and television of "Planet of the Apes" for $300,000."

Before Pierre Bourle spoke, Eri Moven said sarcastically: "The 300,000 US dollars of film and television adaptation fee is too little, it must be 600,000 US dollars. You must know that "Planet of the Apes" is a successful novel. The accumulated fans alone can bring box office to the movie. Besides you, there are still people from Twentieth Century Fox..."

Hearing what Erimovin didn't say later, everyone here was smart people. Knowing what he meant, Pierre Bühler shut up and handed over the whole thing to his agent.

Seeing this, Jin Jianfu knew whether Pierre Bühler would reply to their words in a short time, and retorted: "Don't forget that "Planet of the Apes" is a science fiction novel. The science fiction movies in Hollywood have always been in the fourth place. Twentieth Century Fox dared not guarantee that they would succeed. Moreover, there will be people who will be dissatisfied with the novel adapted from film and television. Since they are dissatisfied, the number of fans will decrease. Then how many box office can the fans you mentioned contribute to!"

The plain tone made Eri Mowen look dark. Jin Jianfu said this very well that science fiction's status in Hollywood is at the end, and it is very difficult to shoot him. However, as an agent, he must strive for benefits for his clients. He opened his mouth and argued: "MGM's "2001 Space Odyssey" invested by him is a science fiction film. I heard that the filming has already begun."

"Yes, it's just the beginning."

Kim Jianfu interrupted Eri Mowen with a sarcastic sarcasm. "Not many people in Hollywood are optimistic about the successful shooting of "2001 Space Odyssey". Do you think they can succeed?"

"What an annoying girl."

Eri Mowen met such a difficult girl for the first time and rolled her eyes secretly. He was naturally not optimistic about MGM's investment in "2001 Space Odyssey", but it doesn't mean he will say it out.

Seeing Eri Moven getting defeated, Herak smiled softly, and before the two of them continued to argue, he said to Pierre Bühler: "Our United Film Company only paid a maximum of $400,000 in film and television buyout adaptation fee, plus a 1% share."

“Buy out copyright.”

The two stopped bargaining arguments after hearing this. Eri Mowen was about to speak to strive to improve the interests of "Planet of the Apes". Pierre Bühler shook his head and signaled him to stop speaking, and then replied: "Let me consider it, after all, we still have an appointment with Twentieth Century Fox."

Seeing that the other party moved out of the 20th Century Fox, Herak also knew that Pierre Bulle wanted to see how much the price given by Fox was, so he stood up and said goodbye to Jin Jianfu: "Then I'll wait for the good news brought by Mr. Pierre Bulle."

At this time, Erimovin stood up and said positively: "I'll give you two!"

Herac glanced at him strangely, and he followed his wishes.

The two left the hotel under Eri Mowen's greeting. Jin Jianfu suddenly came up and whispered: "It's the 20th Century Fox."

Herac followed Jin Jianfu's vision and suddenly noticed a fat middle-aged white man in a suit in the distance looking at them, and couldn't help but say, "How do you know that it's a person from Twentieth Century Fox."

Jin Jianfu said with certainty: "That was one of the top leaders of the 20th Century Fox."

Herac subconsciously looked at Eri Mowen's face. Seeing the other party's strange smile, he couldn't help but think, knowing that he was fired to 20th Century Fox by Eri Mowen as a competitor to acquire copyright."
Chapter completed!