Thus, although Serie A was glorious, it eventually declined.
But the downward trend isn’t obvious in the short term.
Even though La Liga captured attention and market share, Serie A’s market hasn’t decreased much. This has indirectly expanded the football market, making many who used to watch just one match a week now watch two, following two teams and leagues for their data.
This has led to the surprising fact that, despite the season just ending, spectators’ expectations for the new season show Serie A and La Liga running neck and neck, pushing last year’s fierce Premier League to third place.
Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
Young ones wanting to rise must wait a bit longer!
June 17th.
Lu Yang, arm in a sling, appears in the United States.
Sofia’s new movie "Gone Girl," which she directed and starred in, with Lu Yang as the screenwriter and the promotional song provider, and a joint investment by the two, officially premieres in North America!
Although Sofia is making waves in the film industry, this is after all her first foray into Hollywood, so screenings for this movie aren’t many. Hollywood skeptics doubt foreign productions, believing outsiders don’t understand the Hollywood formula.
But actually... Hollywood commercial films have no real formula; the truly great films can’t even be copied by the Hollywood model.
Popcorn is the same, regardless of the country it comes from.
The true classics of Hollywood are nurtured from the essence of various nations.
But this doesn’t belong solely to Hollywood; it’s a worldwide phenomenon, merely snatched by Americans due to their "geographic advantage."
Interestingly, before the movie’s premiere, it was the NBA fan clubs in the United States that were most fired up.
The reason? Old Curry’s son, Canon Curry.
Canon Curry exploded with amazing data in his league team this year, pulling off an incredible average of 28.6 points per game with his extraordinary three-point shots to lead his team to the weekly championship.
At the beginning of summer, Curry received invitations from over ten basketball elite schools but unexpectedly chose Davidson College, which isn’t comparable to the major basketball schools.
Regarding this, Curry explained that the head coach of the basketball team promised him he could continue playing basketball in the freestyle way he played in high school, he could shoot wildly!
This led many basketball experts to criticize Curry as being too arrogant, indulgent, claiming he’ll ruin himself, and his basketball approach has no future.
Of course, that’s not the point.
The key is that Curry took his father’s bench-warming championship ring in the summer to openly exchange it for a front-row invitation ticket to the "Gone Girl" premiere!
He’s going star-chasing!
Old Curry was almost furious.
This incident exploded on American social media as everyone found it interesting and hilarious.
In the end, the film company promptly mailed Curry a VIP ticket and invited him on stage to talk with his basketball idol, the famous football player Lu Yang, during the premiere.
The host politely asked Lu Yang if he knew about Curry’s accomplishments this year and if he was surprised.
Lu Yang said he knew but wasn’t surprised.
He then remarked that he believes Curry is destined to be an MVP basketball player in the future.
This caused quite a stir in the entire basketball community in the United States.
But it brought unparalleled attention to this premiere.
Aside from basketball movies, this was the movie premiere with the highest attendance of American fans.
The next day, the movie officially premiered.
On the third day, first-day box office results were released, shaking the world film industry.
This small-budget film, "Gone Girl," with a total investment of less than Twenty Million dollars, grossed Thirty-Eight Million dollars on its North American first-day release, reaching the top and becoming the single-day box office champion of the preseason summer warm-up period!
The following three-day weekend brought in a cumulative Thirty Million!
Ten days after release, cumulative box office revenue exceeded Nine Million!
Success!
Sofia’s new movie has achieved success once again!
If the previous film "The Invisible Guest" didn’t premiere in North America, so its box office wasn’t considered, while American insiders didn’t recognize evaluations from other places.
Then this "Gone Girl" leaves them with no argument.
It’s expected to break box office records for small-budget films, and rather than just being a hit, the movie is quite a sensation! Online ratings have reached an impressive 9.3.
Even if ratings fall slightly over time, it’s very likely to remain above 9.
Such a film doesn’t come out even once in two or three years!
Subsequently, screenings for "Gone Girl" will gradually increase.
According to evaluations by professional box office prediction teams, the movie’s North American total box office is likely to reach a staggering Two Hundred Million dollars!
This result is very likely to enter the top ten of this year’s North American total box office list!
Among all movies currently expected to make this list, the one with the lowest production cost is a film with Six Million dollars, and the highest cost film even spent close to Three Hundred Million!
This shows how strong the box office competitiveness of "Gone Girl" truly is.
Based on predictions from that same team, they estimate that Lu Yang and Sofia will earn close to One Hundred Million dollars from North American box office revenue alone!
Considering this film will also be released in Europe, China, and other parts of the world, with Sofia’s box office appeal in Europe and Lu Yang’s fame in China, these locations are likely to add significant box office revenue.