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When the first ray of sunshine in Los Angeles spread, Jeff Robinoff walked into the Warner Building with a happy smile on his face.

On the way, facing the Warner employee who greeted him from time to time, today's film and television supervisor was also very patient and easy-going. After returning to the office, he simply sorted out the information and went straight to the conference room on the seventh floor.

Today is a weekly executive meeting. The past weekend made every Warner Bros. executive look jealous and said that Jeff was so lucky to scold this fat man in his heart.

"The Joker" not only made an unexpected box office hit, but also triggered social hot spots throughout North America. Not only are the film critics from various media have been discussing the film, but even movie fans spontaneously formed a trend of watching movies.

Once this trend is formed, it will become unstoppable. If your friends, colleagues and family around you have watched the video and are still discussing the plot anytime and anywhere, will you be curious? Even if you want to follow the trend, you will go to the cinema to watch it.

ceo Kevin Teshura looked at the group of executives with satisfaction. The first thing he said after the meeting began was this. "Jeff, let's talk about the various performances of "The Joker"."

This is something that everyone had expected long ago. Everyone knows that the box office numbers will definitely not be low, but Jeff Robinoff asked the secretary to send the statistics, but the numbers he said were still shocked.

"Due to the promotion of the Super Bowl in the early stage of the film's release and various promotional activities, the movie aroused enough expectations from the public before it was released, so as soon as the theaters opened on Friday, it triggered a spontaneous viewing craze among the public.

On Friday, the first day of "The Joker"'s painting, the box office in North America closed at $39.35 million, and the box office in a single museum exceeded $11,000. The popularity of Saturday slowed down, and the day closed at $32.47 million. Sunday, because the next day was a working day, the film collected another $24.37 million."

Speaking of this, Jeff Robinoff paused for a moment and looked at Ceo. He waited until everyone digested the amazing news and continued:

"The film was released for three days, and it won $96.19 million in the North American theater market in the first weekend! This number is known to have broken the first weekend box office record of film history, the first weekend box office record of R-rated films and the single-day box office record of R-rated films."

After he finished speaking, the conference room was in a strange silence. The number was too amazing and it broke many records neatly.

Everyone was ready for a box office explosion, but they didn't expect that the number would soar to such a high.

"Have you notified Wayne?" Kevin Teshura's words made everyone slowly come back to their senses and looked at the proud fat man with even more jealous eyes.

"Of course, I called him this morning, and it was his assistant Nina who answered it." Jeff's voice was not anxious. "Wayne was interviewed until three o'clock in the evening yesterday, and the assistant lady should tell him after that."

As one of the makers of this promotional plan, Jeff understands how close their itinerary is, but these are all things that can’t be done. As the director of the film, except for Nicholas Cage, Wayne is obliged to lead the team to promote the film.

Thinking of this, he suddenly spoke: "It should be noted that the box office of "Jueling Xiongfeng" is also very strong. He was able to get $21 million in the first weekend under such circumstances. Will this become a threat to us?"

While "The Joker" crushed the North American box office, it maintained a good box office in the first weekend. Sylvester Stallone definitely played a major role.

The influence of an action superstar cannot be ignored in the summer market, and the fans who have watched this video have unexpectedly received a lot of praise. This time, the rare one did not scold Stallone.

At this moment, Thomas Mendes, head of the distribution department, said: "The Legend of the Condor Heroes will not be a threat to us. After predictions from our subordinate departments, the final box office of this film is up to about 80 million US dollars, and it still requires a relatively long screening time. This is an inspirational film."

He hesitated for a moment, glanced at Jeff, and said, "But we need to pay attention to one thing. I have news. George Lucas sent an invitation to Wayne Greenberg on the day of the premiere, hoping that he could direct a Star Wars movie."

"impossible!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jeff subconsciously retorted. "Wayne's production style does not match Star Wars at all, and Lucas can't leave this series to such a young man with confidence! Could it be that he could shoot a dark twisted version of Star Wars 4?"

It's hard to say. No matter how reasonable what Jeff said, everyone in the conference room still thinks it's hard to say. This is Star Wars. How many people can refuse such a film? As long as the shooting effect is basically qualified, you will never worry about the number of viewers and box office issues.

Moreover, Wayne is not only a simple director, but all his films are written by himself. This young man has the ability to change a film. It is really not difficult for him to write a new story about Star Wars.

Hearing the same news, Kevin Teshura also became serious, "Jeff, pay attention to communicating with Wayne! Always pay attention to the preparations for his new project, we cannot learn from Twentieth Century Fox!"

Warner Bros.'s two biggest revenue points in the past two years, one is the Batman series. However, the audience reputation of this Bruce Wayne is getting worse and worse. I believe that if the next movie cannot reverse its bad reputation, this series will be short of temporary storage.

The second is Wayne's "Escape from the Deadly Town". This film has created a large amount of revenue for Warner Bros. The various profits created through this film can be completely ignored.

The ultra-low production cost has won over 300 million US dollars in the world, but the profits of the box office share account for less than 15% of the total profit. Warner Bros.'s complete offline and online operation channels have made this film still generate large profits.

This is the main reason why they are willing to share Wayne's box office share. Compared with various copyright operations and peripheral derivatives, and the videos that are being released in large quantities, it is really nothing.

"No, you don't have to worry about this!"

DC President Jonathan Keller, who has been sitting in the corner and has no words, said directly. "I'm sure Wayne won't take over the Star Wars in the end, he has a better choice!"

He turned his head in confusion to Jonathan Keller, and Jeff asked, "What choice?"

"DC!" The head of the comic company is full of confidence. "When he finishes his overseas publicity work, I will find time to talk to him. Is there anything more suitable for him than DC? The characters in the entire universe can be selected by him and he can create them as much as possible!"

The box office of "The Joker" this time brought too many changes to the first week. This number could make the director do whatever he wanted in the next film, and no one would be stupid enough to oppose his choice.

Everyone is thinking about his words, no one can say such a thing, because there is a flaw in the comic-adapted movie, that is, the Oscar!

If "The Joker" is not a comic-adapted movie, but a realist crime movie, whether it is Nicholas Cage or Wayne, it will definitely make a lot of gains in the awards season, which is a pity!

The old men in the academy have never awarded that little golden man to non-realistic films. Oscars look down on science fiction films, comic adaptations, and popcorn special effects blockbusters. This is well-known.

The Warner Bros. conference room was quiet, and the small conference room in Sony Columbia was also solemn.

Distribution director Paul Turner lit his finger on the table, with the first week of the film's box office report on it. "It seems that "Jueling Xiongfeng" will not at least not lose money, it is just a matter of how much profit it is."

This is much better than they had expected before. If you don't compare it with that dark madman, the box office figures of this film are definitely qualified.

"Then will we launch a follow-up plan?" Renney Harlem did not expect that the box office dispute would be settled one weekend, and the subsequent public opinion offensive was not even necessary, because these methods could not change the major trend.

"Forget it, it's no point in hyping Nicholas Cage to suck contraband. Leave all the evidence behind and see if it can be used in the future."

Originally, after the second week began, Paul Knight was about to throw a grenade out to stop the subsequent box office trend of "The Joker", but according to this situation, God may not necessarily work, let alone the photo of the hero sucking contraband?

It may affect the choice of sporadic movie fans, but at the same time, it offended Warner Brothers to death. When the profits are obviously not in line with expectations, there is no need to smear again.

"That young man is going to be a god!" Stallone, who had been paralyzed, spoke at this time. He had no disgust towards the compatriot director, but on the contrary, he thought the other party was doing very well.

"After the accumulation of two alternative-style videos, the third film broke all the records that could be broken on the first weekend. The final box office figures of the film are now hard to predict easily by even the survey company!"

Speaking of this, he shook his head with emotion.

No one believes that this film will open high and end low. As long as this social viewing trend is formed at the beginning, it can only wait for the film to consume all its box office potential and prevent such a phenomenal work. Basically, no matter how you do it, it will be more cost-effective.

Even Paul Turner was scratching his nose at this time, considering whether Spider-Man has a possibility of darkness. If the director asked to design a new origin for Spider-Blood, what would it cost?

The storm that "The Joker" has just begun, and it is still far from truly sweeping the world. There are already many people thinking about director Wayne...