Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 186 Box Office Miracle Money War
When the North American box office figures for the opening day, July 7, were released yesterday, it wasn't just Michael Slan who was shocked.

The next day, the whole world was stunned by the box office miracle created by "The Dark Knight".

In Michael Slan's report, the smallest number was $2178 million, which was the midnight box office of The Dark Knight on its North American premiere.

How could Michael Slan not tremble with fear? How could everyone who learned of this number not be dumbfounded?

This number may not be outstanding after more than 10 years.

But in 2007, it crushed the $3 million midnight box office record of "Star Wars: Episode 05: Revenge of the Sith" in 1650 with an absolute advantage, and became the new midnight box office champion in history.

Skipping the 2178 million, the second number comes to the staggering 7141 million US dollars.

That was the opening day box office for The Dark Knight!
Michael Slan did not expect this result, nor did Barry Meyer who was on vacation in the Caribbean. Even Jesse Bruner, who was the first person within Warner to propose using the Joker as the core of marketing, did not expect this result.

Yes, everyone worked very hard.

Everyone at Warner Bros., especially those in the marketing department, have been working tirelessly for this movie over the past month or two.

The fact that The Dark Knight opened in a record 4367 theaters was the result of their hard work.

However, as HBO box office analyst Rafi Clausen said in an entertainment program on the evening of the 15th, "Only on the first day, the Dark Knight's box office has already declared its determination to create a box office miracle with the attitude of a winner. It's incredible. Perhaps it proves the unlimited potential of comic book movies.

Yes, it is indeed incredible, but incredible things actually happened!
On the opening day, "The Dark Knight" sold 7141 million US dollars!
The Star Wars series has countless fanatical fans. Star Wars Episode 3, as the final chapter of the prequel trilogy, was ranked first on various most anticipated movie lists for a long time.

On the day when Star Wars Episode 3 was released, almost all media in the world were crazy about it.

It set an opening day box office record of $5001 million and $13661 per theater (Thursday, 3661 theaters), which was called by countless professional box office experts at the time "unbeatable within a decade."

As a result, only two years passed.

It was directly surpassed by "The Dark Knight" with a total box office of 7141 million US dollars and 16352 US dollars per theater (Friday, 4367 theaters).

The Dark Knight's total box office surpassed it by a full $2140 million, and its single-theater box office surpassed it by $2691.

It can be said that it was an all-round crush, leaving no trace at all.

At the same time, compared with Spider-Man 2, which has now slipped to third place (4152 theaters on Wednesday), the gap between The Dark Knight and it is as high as $6611 per theater and $3100 million in box office! The gap is so big that it is really scary.

The difference between the single-day box office is enough for Chen Nuo to shoot "The Sound of Wind" three more times.

In fact, this is precisely the source of Hollywood's current number one position in the world and the confidence of Hollywood filmmakers.

When the difference between the single-day box office of two other movies is enough to cover the production costs of three so-called big productions.
How can you fight with others?

But there's really nothing that can be done about it. In 2007, Americans were fucking rich, their movies were the fucking biggest box office hits in the world, and their national strength made them the undisputed world hegemon.

It will take at least 10 years for this dominant position to be partially ended by a rising superpower in the East.

This is why today, movie actors and directors around the world are scrambling to get into Hollywood.

That's why Lori Eisner sees the country's big and small stars as dishes on the menu.

This is the fundamental reason why she didn't think about whether Gao Yuanyuan would refuse.

Two words: fame and fortune!

Under the guidance of the Disney tyrant since childhood, Lori Eisner has a thorough understanding of human nature.

She knew that people who drove Mercedes-Benz would serve as dogs for people who drove Rolls-Royce.

I also know that there is so much inequality between every class in this world.

Likewise, she knew that human desires were a bottomless abyss.

When you see the box office of "The Dark Knight", don't think that it took advantage of opening on Friday, because it is also the new Friday movie champion in history!
面对第二位02年5月的《蜘蛛侠》3940万，和第三位04年6月的《哈利·波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒》3826万，《黑暗骑士》各赢了它们3201万、3305万。

It can be said that it is still not on the same level.

The key point is, this $7141 million is just for one day, the entire weekend starting from Friday, July 7th, which is three days!
How high can The Dark Knight reach? Will it reach 1 million dollars at the earliest? Or 2 million? 3 million?
Can it become the new weekend box office champion in movie history? Or can it break the new weekly box office record?
Watching this comic-adapted movie that has been praised by authoritative media and more than 1977% of film critics and is almost on the verge of becoming a god, many people felt as if they were back in the summer of .

At that time, young people across America were also excited about an unprecedented movie called "Star Wars."

In this case, how do we predict the box office performance of "The Dark Knight"?

This not only caused headaches for Rafe Clausen, who was screaming in disbelief, but also for all the box office analysts who make a living from this.

After making a fuss, Rafi Clausen finally made a professional analysis on the show as a professional box office analyst should.

"In fact, no one could have predicted the current box office performance of The Dark Knight. Its success comes from many factors. The director, actors, producers, distributors, past reputation, etc. are all indispensable. Nolan's directing style and the unexpected performance of the Joker have added huge topicality to the whole movie. But I think it is too early to say that The Dark Knight can break the 10 billion box office."

Finally, Rafe Clausen still made some evaluation and prediction. He expected that The Dark Knight's North American box office is expected to reach 4 million, and the global box office is expected to reach 9 million, completely crushing the previous film, The Dark Knight Begins.

At the same time, in the statistical reports in Michael Slan's hands, whether it is Yahoo Entertainment or other box office statistics agencies.

它们虽然对《黑暗骑士》是否可以继97年18.43亿的《泰坦尼克号》、03年11.67亿的《指环王3》之后，成为影史上第三部超过10亿美金全球票房的电影持谨慎态度了。

However, the title of the highest-grossing comic-based movie in history has undoubtedly been given to it.

In fact, it’s only been one day since the North American premiere!
Warner's marketing staff not only brought Michael Slan box office installment data, but also reports from market research companies.

Mr. Michael Slan stroked the buttocks of his long-legged blonde secretary while listening to the delicate report: "... a sampling report from 50 viewers in 1000 theaters was provided. 42.3% of the people thought that the biggest highlight of the film was JOKER, 31.7% thought it was the director's style, 10.9% thought it was Christian Bale's Batman, and 15.8% chose other aspects. People who were willing to go to the theater a second time accounted for 11.2% of the audience. Among them, 81.9% of the audience chose the reason that attracted them to watch it again, and they wanted to watch JOKER's performance again."

Michael Slan touched his chin with his left hand, pulled his right hand out, pressed the call button on the landline phone on the table with his slightly moist fingertips, and said, "Emma, ​​notify Jessie in the marketing department and ask her to come to my office."

After a while, a dark-haired woman in her 40s came in, "Michael, you called me?"

"Yes, tell me about your contact with Asia."

The woman said, "Lori Eisner told me that Chen's attitude is very firm. He seems determined to have us work on his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor."

Michael Slan cursed: "Doesn't that little Chinese boy know that he also has a share of every penny we earn?"

Speaking of this, Michael Slan's heart was bleeding, thinking back to when he negotiated the commission with the other party. He could imagine that someone would raise objections to this at the end of the year's board meeting. At present, he had caused Warner to lose at least a million dollars.

Jesse shrugged and said, "Mike, you should know that the other party has the initiative now. As long as he doesn't come to the United States to show up, even if our movie sells for 100 billion US dollars, the people on the board will eventually ask if Chen came to sell for 101 billion."

Michael Slan certainly understood this principle.

Not only that, he's worked in Hollywood his whole life, so of course he knows what the fuck the American people are like.

After thinking for a while, Michael Slan said, "BJ, it should be 8 o'clock in the morning, right? Well, give me Chen's private cell phone number. I'll call him."

Chen Nuo was still dreaming when the cell phone rang.

I was really exhausted last night. I arrived at the hotel after 3 o'clock, and chatted with Gao Yuanyuan until almost 6 o'clock. It was almost 7 o'clock when I finally closed my eyes.

In other words, he had only slept for more than an hour when he was woken up by the ringing of the phone. How could his tone be good?
Without even looking at the number, he turned on the hands-free mode and said with his eyes closed: "Which one?"

Michael Slan certainly couldn't understand Sichuan dialect, but he seemed to have figured out what Chen Nuo meant and said with a smile: "Hello Chen, I'm Michael Slan. We haven't contacted each other for a long time. Did I disturb your rest?"

Anyone who has pulled an all-nighter knows what it feels like to be woken up after just an hour of sleep. Chen Nuo mumbled in response and said, "What's wrong? Tell me." Fortunately, he still remembered to speak English.

But after listening for a long time, he felt that the other party was talking nonsense for a long time without getting to the point, and he really lost his patience, "Michael, wait until you think about it."

After hanging up the phone, he turned over and put his hand on the woman in the bed. He held the warm and fragrant jade in his arms, soft and elastic, very comfortable.

He turned around and fell asleep again. He didn't know how long he slept in this dark sleep. It was not until he felt someone touching some part of his body that he opened his eyes in a daze.

Before he could wipe away the eye boogers, he saw a pair of big watery eyes staring at him, perhaps only five centimeters away from him.

Fortunately, Chen the scumbag was also well-informed. He rubbed his eyes calmly and said, "What are you doing? What time is it? Why don't you get some more sleep?"

Gao Yuanyuan wanted to sleep, but couldn't.

When Chen Nuo called before, he woke her up.

For several hours, she had been in a daze, sleeping and waking up at times. Partly because she was thinking about something, and partly because she was being pressed from behind and felt uncomfortable.

She woke up completely five minutes ago.

The air conditioning in the master suite was on high. She didn't know if the other party was using her as a hand warmer, but he was hugging her very tightly.

Her long legs unconsciously pressed on the other person, and her hand reached down.

After Chen Nuo woke up, she didn't panic. She just stared at him, her hands moving at a steady pace, and she replied without delay: "It's 11 o'clock, you haven't slept enough?"

Chen Nuo said: "I usually sleep 8 hours, and only sleep 5 hours under special circumstances."

Gao Yuanyuan asked: "Is this a special situation?"

“It’s still relatively normal now.”

Gao Yuanyuan didn't say anything, but showed through her actions that even goddesses would watch movies, otherwise there wouldn't be so many tricks.

Chen Nuo rested his hands on his head and let Gao Yuanyuan play freely.

Speaking of which, among the several women he has experienced in his life, Xia Yehe is the most unwilling to admit defeat, Wen Yongshan is the most persistent, Fan Binbing has the most ways to play, and Gao Yuanyuan is considered to have the best skills.

His previous judgment was correct. He might have strong desires and like to explore, but he might not have many opportunities to vent them, so they accumulate in his heart.

After her serious goddess mask was torn off, she became very relaxed.

God is my witness, he didn't think too much about it yesterday. He just wanted to help Gao Yuanyuan, regardless of whether it was useful or not, and let her meet Lori Eisner.

But I never thought that things would develop to this point.

As a person who respects women and likes to erect memorial archways for them, Chen Nuo felt very guilty about it.

If you are in a bad mood, you definitely need to vent.

So, more than half an hour later, when he went out to meet Lori Eisner, Gao Yuanyuan, as the tool for venting her anger, could finally have a satisfying and comfortable sleep. Facts have proved that the 27-year-old female wolf still can't stand the 21-year-old little wolfdog.

Lori Eisner had no intention of asking about his personal affairs and said seriously, "Chen, you know that you made Michael Slan crazy."

Chen Nuo recalled the previous phone call and said, "What did he say to you?"

Lori Eisner said: "He wanted me to take the initiative to tell you that I don't want to return to the United States."

"Then what did you say?"

Lori Eisner smiled, her face glowing. "I said, America is my home. I miss it all the time."

Chen Nuo also laughed and asked curiously, "Aren't you afraid of offending him?"

Lori Eisner curled her lips in disdain, "Does he deserve it?"

Then Lori Eisner briefly explained her current situation.

Well, Chen Nuo remembered that he must have seen this kind of plot in an American TV series in his previous life. He didn't expect it to actually happen in reality.

"So, the most powerful one in the end will inherit all of your uncle's resources in Hollywood?"

"Yes. Actually." Lori Eisner hesitated, "If you exclude me, Chen, your request should be easier to pass at Warner."

Chen Nuo smiled and said, "Then I will wait for them to say to me, 'Sorry Mr. Chen, we have tried our best, but there is really no way. The people of the Actors Guild are too stubborn. Is that right?'"

Lori Eisner smiled and said, "Chen, you are really smart. I think the Chinese market is too small for you. You should go to Hollywood and become another Bruce Lee. No, I think you should be one now. And a fool like Michael Slan will realize this immediately."

Lori Eisner is right.

In the next three days, The Dark Knight was unstoppable in the North American and even global markets. The movies released at the same time as it were all in tatters.

"Transformers", which was originally expected to gross 7 million worldwide, now seems to have a bleak future, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to even break 6 million.

After two weeks of release in the North American market, it could still earn more than 1000 million US dollars in a single-day box office, but after the release of "The Dark Knight", it plummeted to only about 200 million, leaving Paramount and DreamWorks speechless.

Many people posted on movie forums saying that the saddest thing in the world is wanting to see Joker, but ended up getting a ticket to see Bumblebee.

Not to mention other movies. In the Chinese market, Jay Chou's new film "Secret" was originally expected to have a single-day box office of 600 million on the first day. This time, in the face of "The Dark Knight", it was directly discounted by %.

Even though Jay Chou's fans started giving 1 star rating on Douban, lowering The Dark Knight's score from 9.9 to 9.6, the fans who get angry at the slightest touch are not pushovers.

The original rating of "The Secret" dropped from 7.8 to 6.5 within eight hours.

In fact, it’s not that Chen Nuo has more fans than Jay Chou, but that everyone has their own expertise and people have sharp eyes.

Including in the domestic market of Taiwan, China, the opening day of "Secret" could only surpass "The Dark Knight" on the third day of its release by one-third.

It is estimated that Jay Chou can only wait until Chen Nuo becomes so powerful that there is no place for him on earth and he prepares to release an album to avenge himself.

There is a fan war going on not only on Douban, but also on imdb. The battle between the die-hard fans of the two movies is going on fiercely.

The Dark Knight's 1-point review was smashed to 4.8% by the Mafia, and the score dropped from 9.7 on the opening day to 9.4. The Godfather was not much better, its 1-point review surged to 7.5%, directly dropping to 9.0, all because people who like the Joker are all bad-tempered thugs.

It was originally ranked third on IMDb with a score of 9.2, but "The Shawshank Redemption", also produced by Warner Bros., took advantage of the situation and climbed to second place.

Finally, to the disappointment of fans of "The Shawshank Redemption", "The Dark Knight" stopped its downward trend at 9.4 points, and instead bounced back by 0.1, retaining the top spot on the IMDb-9.5 list at 250.

As the three-day weekend passed in a flash, everyone's eyes began to look forward to the release of the North American box office and global box office of "The Dark Knight" in the first three days of the weekend.

(End of this chapter)