Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion Chapter 592

Chapter 592 Boxing Championship Finals

In mid-October, Lionsgate Pictures' fourth fall film “The Big Short” was released.

The film is set against the backdrop of the 2008 U.S. subprime mortgage crisis. It tells the story of several investment wizards on Wall Street who made huge profits by shorting subprime mortgage CDS, becoming one of the few who made huge profits in the financial disaster.

　　Starring Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and others, with Link guest starring.

"The Big Short" was released on the third weekend of October, with a box office of 10.92 million in the first three days, and exceeded 60 million US dollars in 21 days of release. For a documentary film, this box office data is not bad.

Overseas, after three weeks of release, it has grossed US$50.3 million in more than 80 countries and regions.

The total box office exceeded 100 million.

The production cost is 28 million US dollars, which is a blockbuster movie.

Mainstream media also gave the film good reviews, and it has a good chance of being nominated for next year's Oscars.

At the end of October, just before Halloween, Lionsgate's fifth fall film “Split” was released.

"Split" is a horror film directed by the famous director M. Night Shyamalan. Director Shyamalan took a two-year break after the "Return to Earth" project he directed in 2013 suffered a huge loss. Last year, he signed a contract with Lionsgate Films Cooperated with the industry to produce this low-budget film.

"Split" was produced with a cost of only US$9 million. It tells the story of a schizophrenic patient who was diagnosed by a psychiatrist as having 23 multiple personality identities.

The movie stars James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy and others.

It earned a box office of US$40.01 million in 3,038 theaters in North America in its first three days, ranking first at the box office for the week.

Halloween falls on a Sunday. "Split" grossed US$34.63 million at the box office in 3,299 theaters. Although it failed to set a new record, it ranked among the top ten box office movies released on Halloween.

It is also considered to be one of the best horror movies in the North American film market this year.

14 days after its release, the North American box office of "Split" reached 101 million US dollars.

Becomes the tenth Lionsgate film to gross over 100 million in North American box office.

Since the beginning of November, the film has also been released in more than 50 countries and regions overseas, with a cumulative box office of US$120 million in three weeks.

The total box office is expected to be around US$300 million.

Compared to the production cost of 9 million, the revenue ratio is more than 30 times, and it is also considered the most profitable dark horse movie this year.

Director Shyamalan, who has "trapped all six major Hollywood studios", regained the attention of major Hollywood studios through this film.

After the success of "The Big Short" and "Split", Lionsgate's total movie box office this year has reached a total of 2.12 billion US dollars, more than 300 million US dollars higher than the second-ranked Disney.

This figure has exceeded the North American box office record of US$2.105 billion created by Warner Pictures in 2009, becoming the highest single-year box office record among North American film distribution companies. Lionsgate has also become the second company in history to have annual revenue exceeding US$2 billion. film company.

Considering that Lionsgate Pictures still has four movies including "The Hunger Games 4" and "The Revenant" that have not yet been released, the media predicts that the total box office of movies released by Lionsgate Pictures this year will exceed 2.5 billion, setting an unprecedented new record.

In November, Link continued to practice boxing and led the team to the Las Vegas-MGM Grand Hotel on the 5th to participate in the heavyweight title merger fight with Klitschko.

Before this competition, more than 100 companies from around the world wanted to get the right to host this competition. Large companies from Berlin, London, Tokyo, Warsaw and other places participated in the bidding.

After three rounds of bidding, the hosting rights were snatched up by many sports companies and hotel alliances in the United States.

Link's appearance fee for this game reached an unprecedented US$250 million. As long as he plays the game, he can get this money even if he loses, while his opponent's appearance fee is 15 million.

This is the basic bonus, plus PPV revenue sharing, ticket sharing, advertising sponsorship, etc., if Link wins this game, the game bonus is expected to reach 400 million US dollars.

Since this game has a relatively large influence and has received a lot of attention, Link and Klitschko came to Las Vegas three days before the game to promote and create topics to increase the popularity of the game.

Before the official game, the popularity of this competition was no less than that of the NBA Finals. Many five-star hotels had more than tripled their prices and were fully booked.

On Sunday the 8th, the combined battle for the boxing titles of the four major heavyweight organizations will begin.

More than 20,000 spectators and hundreds of celebrities came to the scene that day, including actors, singers, politicians, socialites, sports stars, etc. Even my old father-in-law came to the scene to support.

Under the lens of HBO cameras, the front row auditorium was full of familiar faces from the public. HBO on-site reporter Steve Mandanda pointed at the audience and said that this game was like an Academy Awards ceremony. The camera swept over everyone Be a star. “With so many stars coming, it would be hard to watch if Link lost.”

In the auditorium, De La Hoya turned to look at the surrounding seating area. Almost all of them were celebrities. There were more than a hundred media reporters under the stage, all of them carrying long guns and short cannons. It was even worse than the 'Game of the Century' in May. There are many more media.

“Will Link lose?”

O'Neill asked quickly with wide eyes.

“Everyone loses, and if Link doesn't perform well on stage, he will lose too.”

“I know this, and it's the same when playing basketball, but will Link perform abnormally?”

“You can pray to God.”

Hoya smiled.

O'Neal rolled his eyes and looked at Tyson, Holyfield, Chris Bird, George Foreman, Hashim Rahman and others next to him.

The reason why he is sitting here instead of sitting with LeBron James, Wade, Chris Paul and other colleagues is so that he can listen to Tyson's explanation of the game.

“Mike, will Link lose? Some netizens said that Klitschko has a high probability of winning with his older brother as his sparring partner.”

O'Neill asked.

Tyson shook his head and had no intention of saying anything more. The last time Link and Klitschko competed, they saw Link being beaten and retreated repeatedly, thinking that Link would lose.

The result was all tactics, and Link fooled everyone.

They decided to remain silent until the game was over to avoid being slapped in the face again.

O'Neill saw that several people were silent and curled his thick lips in displeasure.

In the auditorium not far from O'Neal's seat, Frank Dewar looked at Link on the ring and sighed: "It's not easy. Link has finally reached this point."

“Yes, I still remember that seven years ago I went to Miami Beach to chat with Link in person. If I knew he could reach this point, I would have signed him no matter how much it cost.”

His wife Nora Dua also looked at Link and said.

Compared with seven years ago, Link has become taller, stronger, and more handsome. He carries a powerful aura and has changed a lot, as if he is a different person.

“Haha, Link's quotation was very high at the time, and you were all scared away. Only I dared to sign.”

Frank crossed his arms and smiled proudly.

“Yes, you did a very good job and had great vision in signing Link.”

"Thanks!"

Frank smiled and shrugged.

Next to them, Eddie Hearn, president of Sports Room Sports, Greg Cohen of Top Rank Promotions, Frank Warren of Queensberry Promotions, Al Haymon of Top Champion Promotions and others couldn't help but sigh when they heard what Frank and his wife said. Secretly sighing that Frank Dewar is so lucky.

The reason is good luck rather than good vision, because in the past seven or eight years, Frank Dewar has signed more than ten boxers, and only Link has become the boxing champion. The other boxers are very ordinary, so Frank can meet Getting to Link was pure luck.

However, this kind of luck is very enviable. Originally, Frank was just an ordinary second-generation boxer with average performance in all aspects.

But after meeting Link, Frank's fortunes turned around. He first founded Dynasty Promotions, and relied on Link to earn hundreds of millions of dollars every year. The company was successfully listed in the first two years, and its current market value is as high as 1.6 billion US dollars, surpassing top promotions, major events, etc. Become the strongest promotion company in the boxing industry.

And all this is because of Link's presence.

Greg Cohen and others looked at Link in the ring. If they could turn back time and go back to the summer seven years ago, they would not hesitate to sign Link, no matter what his requirements were.

It's a pity that I can't go back.

Dang, Dang, Dang!

The game is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)

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