After Mei Liang officially announced to the public that they had reached an agreement with Hongmeng, all of their computers would be equipped with the Hongmeng operating system. Mei Liang, who was on the verge of death, finally had a breather.
However, it was just a short respite. The market champion was now Xiaomi Computer. Meiliang had fallen from his supreme throne.
Now that the incident was over, Boss Jia's attention shifted away from the system for the time being. Instead, he focused on the movie.
First, there was the Golden Dragon Awards. Although Boss Jia did not pay attention to the Golden Dragon Awards because of the war between Microsoft and Hongmeng, the awards were still held as scheduled.
This time, the movie "The Matrix" came out of nowhere and won half of the Golden Dragon Awards' prize money. The total prize money was more than 160 million USD.
Even "The Lord of the Rings 2: Raiders of the Two Towers" lost to "The Matrix" and became one of the highlights of the movie.
The award winning of "The Matrix" gave the movie a new lease of life.
When "The Matrix" was first released, it was a very imaginative movie. It achieved a very good box office and earned 270 million USD worldwide.
However, it was worth mentioning that some movie markets had a tradition of screening it for six months. Since "The Matrix" was released in December, many markets delayed its release until January and February of 2000.
As a result, when "The Matrix" won the award, it was still screening in many countries.
After that, the box office of "The Matrix" went out of control.
After winning the award, the box office of "The Matrix" in the Northern American region began to grow exponentially. The day before, the box office of "The Matrix" was less than 1 million USD. However, on the day after the award, the box office exceeded 4 million USD. Everyone was shocked.
This was based on the fact that "The Matrix" had been screening for two months. Therefore, the number of showtimes had decreased significantly. Many people complained on QQ that they could not find any cinemas that would screen "The Matrix".
Many cinemas reacted quickly. On the second day, they immediately increased the number of showtimes for "The Matrix". On the second day, the box office of "The Matrix" exceeded 10 million USD. It was 16.24 million USD.
"Continue! Increase the number of showtimes! " The theater owners went crazy and raised the showtimes of the movie that had been released for two months. The box office data was also very strong and continued to rise for six consecutive days.
Finally, it reached its peak on the seventh day, when the box office reached $48.41 million, creating a mythical figure for the one-day box office. Warner Bros., the company behind The Matrix, was completely dumbfounded.
Not only in the North American market, but the movie market in all parts of the world also experienced a boom in the box office. The investment in this movie also became extremely high. Countless people and countless media outlets seemed to be discussing the strange world built by the Matrix. Some people even wrote in the newspapers that the world they were in now was actually an illusory world or something. Everything about human beings was controlled by mysterious creatures.
In the end, as of May 1st, "The Matrix" was screened in the Northern United States. The movie received an astonishing $942 million at the box office worldwide. It almost broke the 1 billion USD mark and became one of the only three movies in the world to be a member of the 1 billion USD club.
This phenomenon dumbfounded everyone in Hollywood, whether it was the actors or the bosses. They were all dumbfounded, because a movie that could reverse the trend and make a comeback after a month or two and increase the box office by three times was something that had never happened in the 100 years of movie history.
The only similar example he could think of was "The Shawshank Redemption" from back then.
When it was first released, it was also unknown. However, after it was unexpectedly nominated for six Oscars, "The Shawshank Redemption" began to become popular, and the box office also more than doubled.
In fact, this was one of the reasons why it was respected by countless actors and actresses. After a movie won an Oscar, it would indeed usher in a reversal of the box office.
Combined with the fact that the box office skyrocketed after "The Matrix" completely swept the Golden Dragon Awards, the answer was quite obvious. The miracle of "The Matrix" actually originated from the Golden Dragon Awards.
Because "The Matrix" won the Nobel Prize, it attracted a lot of attention from the audience. Then, many people who had never heard of the movie went to the cinema. Then, it directly ignited the entire movie market. After all, an excellent movie could not hide its brilliance.
In fact, "The Matrix" was not the only movie. In this year's Golden Dragon Awards, there were a total of six movies that won various awards. After the awards for these six movies, all the movies that were still in theaters experienced a reversal of the trend.
And the movies that were not in theaters began to skyrocket due to low sales.
This made the filmmakers understand one thing, which was that the Golden Dragon Awards were no longer an award supported by Boss Jia's huge funds. It was an award that could really stir the market and make good movies shine again.
For countless filmmakers, this was the most important thing. This showed that the fairness of the Golden Dragon Awards had been completely recognized by the audience all over the world. They were willing to believe that a movie awarded by the Golden Dragon Awards was a good movie.
"The Oscars are completely finished!" After understanding this, all the Hollywood filmmakers judged in their hearts.
In fact, this year's Oscars were miserable. Almost none of the top stars came, and only a few A-list stars who obviously had no chance of winning the Golden Dragon Awards appeared.
The entire Oscars had a historical situation of no live streaming. Among the 51 states in the United States, 13 states did not have live streaming of the Oscars. This was absolutely impossible in the past.
But even so, the Oscars still had their own pride. They could still claim that they were the most professional, the most fair, the most artistic, and the most recognized award by the audience.
But after the miracle of "The Matrix", the Oscars no longer had a chance to make a comeback. Their core value was firmly in the hands of the Golden Dragon Awards.
But then again, it was already May, and the Golden Dragon Awards were a thing of the past. The only big thing now was that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Yellow Turban Rebellion" had been completed and was ready to be released globally!
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