Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 560 - 430: Face to Face with Two Women

In June, the movies related to Link, besides "Bridesmaids" and "Mr. Tree," included his lead role in "Midnight in Paris."

This movie was produced and distributed by Sony Pictures and has been showing in limited release since May 20th. In its first week at 8 theaters in the United States, it earned $1.12 million at the box office, with an average occupancy rate of 82% per theater per day—very impressive data, and the word-of-mouth was also very good.

The media gave it an average score of 76%, while Rotten Tomatoes rated it fresh with 86%, supported by 32 people and opposed by 12; on Yahoo, film critics gave it an A-.

The New York Times called the film a love letter to Paris by director Woody Allen, and praised Link's performance for adding much luster to the movie, not to mention the romantic scenes between Link, Marion Cotillard, and Jennifer Lawrence in the film, which the media thoroughly enjoyed discussing.

In its second week, "Midnight in Paris" earned $4.74 million at 72 theaters in the United States.

With its solid early limited release, the number of theaters showing the film expanded to 1,274 in the third week.

Over the three-day weekend, the box office took in $16.56 million, ranking fourth for the period.

The box office champion was the science fiction blockbuster "Super 8," with a weekend gross of $35.48 million; the runner-up, in its second week, was "Transformers 3" with $25.81 million; the third place was "X-Men: First Class," with $23.19 million in ten days.

For a dramatic film like "Midnight in Paris" to break through the summer blockbuster noise, including "Kung Fu Panda 2," "The Hangover Part 3," and "Pirates of the Caribbean 4," and to reach fourth place, the media heralded it as a refreshing change of pace for the summer season.

This week also marked the fifth week of release for "Bridesmaids," and following the ticket sales controversy, the box office performance of "Bridesmaids" became the focus of much media attention.

This week, it brought in $14.45 million in the North American region, with cumulative earnings of $85.15 million. What surprised the media even more was that the movie's weekly box office decline stayed within 20% for five consecutive weeks, indicating the movie's exceptional quality.

At the current rate, it is expected that within ten days, North American earnings will break through the $100 million mark.

Meanwhile, the overseas box office for "Bridesmaids" has already accumulated $182 million.

The global box office has reached $267 million.

Also, due to "Bridesmaids" earning significantly more overseas than in North America, the rumor spreading online about Warner Bros. Pictures "stealing box office revenue" has been accepted by many people.

Many discussions online question how much revenue Warner Bros. Pictures might have stolen, with some guessing it could be close to $100 million, given that the domestic and international revenues were not far apart; others speculate around $60 to $70 million or $40 to $50 million.

No matter how much was stolen, the actual box office figures for "Bridesmaids" would be higher than they currently are.

Some people also recalled what Link had said during a promotional interview.

At the time, Link predicted that the global box office for "Bridesmaids" could reach four to five hundred million U.S. dollars.

After the show aired, many people mocked him, calling him "Mr. Mouth Cannon," but now it seems reaching over $300 million globally for "Bridesmaids" is just a matter of time, and Hollywood Reporter predicts the total box office to be around $350 million.

Considering the portion of the revenue that might have been taken, it is highly possible for the film's global earnings to surpass $400 million.

"Link Wasn't All Talk" became the title of an article in Complete Movie magazine.

The editor of the magazine thoroughly discussed Link's claim of "four to five hundred million" on the show, the reaction of the many American media outlets, and even featured reports from multiple major media companies.

At the time, almost all media did not believe that the movie could garner that much in box office earnings and thought that Link was making wild claims to create hype for the movie's promotion.

Now, with the movie already reaching $267 million worldwide, it is not too far from $400 million, and it's not impossible that it may achieve this figure.

Complete Movie magazine's editor dubbed Link a box office prophet, as almost every prediction he made came to fruition; if it didn't, it would be "only a problem with the distribution company," alluding to the rumors of Warner Bros. Pictures stealing box office revenues.

At the end of the article, the magazine raised a question about the next Marvel blockbuster "Captain America," in which Link stars, which is set to meet the global audience on July 22nd. What was Link's prediction this time?

"Captain America?"

After finishing his workout in the afternoon, Link returned to Lionsgate Films from Muscle Beach and encountered a reporter with a microphone running up to him as he reached the company's building, asking him to predict the global box office for "Captain America."

Link smiled slightly and turned to look back at the sweating reporter.

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"Sorry! Up until now, I haven't seen the finished film of Captain America, so I can't make a judgment. I think it should at least match the box office of 'Bridesmaids.'"

"Mr. Baker, do you think 'Captain America' can break through the $1 billion mark worldwide?" the reporter asked again.

"I hope so," Link answered.

Link waved his hand and entered the Lionsgate Films building.

The Lionsgate building is located on 12th Street in the Santa Monica district, not far from the famous Santa Monica Square and shopping center.

The neighborhood houses many film companies, including Relativity Media, the animation division of Sony, the Los Angeles branch of 20th Century Fox, as well as offices from Netflix, Google, and others.

The building, with five floors above and below ground, covering a total area of 120,000 square feet, was designed by the top US architectural firm Gensler. Originally the headquarters of Trimark Pictures, it became an asset of Lionsgate Films following that company's acquisition.

In 2000, Lionsgate Films also relocated its headquarters here from Canada.

As Link entered the building, he heard that Andrew Kramer, the head of the International Operations department, along with four employees, had been fired—in the wake of the change in ownership, Andrew was the first high-ranking executive to be "optimized" out of the company.

"Heard Andrew Kramer was let go?" Link asked as he walked into Eva's office.

Eva was standing next to a bookshelf, leafing through a film magazine.

Dressed in a light-colored straight skirt, her silhouette was curvy, with a bottom like a ripe peach. In the office, she preferred to wear flat shoes, but with her height of 181 centimeters and long, shapely legs, she still maintained an appearance of grace and tallness, even in flats.