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The performance of "The Matrix" was still fierce the following weekend. It scored $127 million in North America ten days after its release, successfully reaching the 1996 annual box office champion.

Although everyone knows that "The Matrix" can't be done in this position for too long, it is now the most competitive summer season in North America in annually, but this still cannot erase the greatness of this film and also gives Warner Bros. great confidence.

Since the video performed well and was unexpectedly well, coupled with the violent peripheral sales, Warner Bros. certainly would not miss this opportunity, so there was a life-long promotional video.

On the afternoon of Monday, Bruce Rosenblum was interviewed by reporters in a rare manner, claiming that "The Matrix" became a hit product at the beginning of the summer season, which was completely unexpected by Warner Bros. At the beginning of the film preparation, their biggest expectation was that the North American box office could reach the production cost line.

This film, which invested only 80 million US dollars, has no big name in the film, except for Lee's reputation as a result of "The Joker", and no one would have thought that the box office results achieved in just ten days of release exceeded the earliest estimates of Warner Bros.

When the reporter cooperated and asked him what the biggest success factor of the film was, Bruce Rosenblum did not hesitate at all, and sang praises to Wayne without hesitation, throwing almost all the credit on the producer's head.

There is no way, who made Wayne famous and popular? Since in order to hype the film, he would inevitably bring the topic to him. Even before the interview ended, the head of the distribution department of Warner Bros. spoke without any politeness, claiming that it was Wayne's philosophical script that gave the film a qualitative change.

Large-scale and high-density reports from the media, coupled with the fact that the film has always been strong, and Warner Bros. executives personally came to increase the topic. For a time, even on weekdays, many fans who had never watched the video walked into the theater with curiosity because of the large amount of video information that appeared around them.

The main reason why Warner Bros. was willing to invest such huge resources to promote the film in the second week of the film's release was the grading of the film.

No matter what, this is an R-level film after all, and the scale of viewing is naturally greatly limited. The result is that the screening cycle will not last too long, so I want to finally burst out all the energy before this weekend and drive as many fans as possible into the theater.

Also, two popular productions will be released this weekend, and "The Matrix" has no possibility to continue to dominate the theater market.

On May 28th, just this Friday, Steven Spielberg will be the producer, and Warner Bros.'s big production "Tornado" will be launched in the theater market. Before this film was released, countless fans are looking forward to it.

Warner Bros.'s original intention is to hope that "Tornado" can take over "The Matrix" and allow the videos released by Warner Bros. to completely dominate the North American theater market where the summer season begins.

You know, what Bruce Rosenblum said to the media was not entirely for hype. Warner Bros. really didn't have too high expectations for "The Matrix" at the beginning. The source of their confidence in the summer season from beginning to end is this "Tornado".

For ordinary North American movie fans, this weekend is also a boat camp feast. Not only is Warner Bros.'s forehead production "Tornado" this year, but there is another more heavyweight work, which is "Mission: Impossible" starring Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise.

There is no need to say much about Tom Ge's popularity and appeal. In this era, as long as he does not commit suicide and appears in the same film on the big screen in the same film, he will be the greatest guarantee of the box office.

This upcoming "Mission: Impossible" was adapted from a popular TV series on the CBS channel from 1968 to 1973. The film has a very low popularity and popularity. The two films collided on the same weekend and were no less popular than Mars hitting the Earth.

"Director Greenberg, after "The Matrix" landed in Europe, it was boycotted by a large number of European film practitioners." A white-haired female reporter held up a microphone and followed the camera, asking without hesitation. "Have you read the report yesterday by the French authoritative media Assad? They claimed that you once again want to use large-scale R-level films, which are strong fans of the world. What do you think of the statements of these European film practitioners?"

"I bet they have never watched The Matrix. As for how I watch it..." Wayne was wearing a straight black suit, smiling at the camera behind the female reporter, and said to the microphone without hesitation: "I never care about the views of losers. If you have learned it carefully, you should be clear that "The Matrix" has landed in more than one region of France, and even all theater markets in Europe. At this time, it is the number one movie at the box office."

This is the premiere of the film "Tornado". Unlike before, whenever he participated in public events, today only Wayne walked on the red carpet and did not bring Naomi Watts with him. To put it bluntly, this film basically has nothing to do with him. This time, he came here purely as a guest, creating momentum for the film.

When he walked across the red carpet with great strides and signed the autograph to the interview area, the reporter's first question was quite sharp and had nothing to do with the upcoming premiere of "Tornado".

"Hello Wayne, I am Sandy, the editor-in-chief of "The Premiere". The box office of "The Matrix" in North America exceeded 150 million US dollars. Congratulations." Another Mexican journalist was friendly enough. After asking politely, he put a recorder in front of him.

"Hi, good evening, Sandy, I know you."

After so many years in the circle, Wayne naturally knows how to talk about people and talk about ghosts. When faced with media interviews that were close to him, his attitude usually performed very well. "Although we have never seen it, your name is Sandy Barrea, right? The manuscript on the previous article about me in the "Premiere" Power List, I remember it was you."

"That's right." The Mexican-born journalist was called out with a full name, and obviously had a more enthusiastic smile on his face. He could be remembered by a big figure in the circle, which made him feel quite honored. "The Matrix performed very well overseas box office results. Can you talk about how to view the slander of European film practitioners?"

"Hey, today is the premiere of Tornado. If we continue to talk about "The Matrix", I'm afraid Steven will kick us out of the premiere." Wayne shrugged at the reporter and expressed his attitude in a teasing tone. Today's absolute protagonist is undoubtedly "Tornado", Steven Spielberg, Jane De Bonter, and he is just a simple platform guest.

"Ok, this is the last question about "The Matrix". Next we can talk about the film behind me, right? I may have become accustomed to the discussions and slander of European film practitioners.

As early as 1993, when "The Joker" ignited the world viewing craze, there were many different voices in the mainland where movies were invented. But what else could they do besides barking with the help of the media? They could not stop "The Joker" from becoming popular in Europe, nor could they stop the Hollywood film industry from advancing.

In my eyes, it is a group of decadent old men who guard the last trace of face. Back then, "The Joker" broke their last luck and opened up the markets that countries were closely guarded by. When "The Joker" was released, they began to ridicule me as a big-scale movie fan.

When "Batman: The Moment of War" was released, some people even called on fans to boycott the film, but what was the result? Every time a movie with the name Greenberg was released, no matter how happy they were, they could only watch my movie and easily win the box office championship."

Wayne, standing in front of the camera, talked freely. He knew that what he said would be broadcast to countless movie fans. This country never talked about the virtue of modesty. On the contrary, his current confidence revealed from the inside out is the universal values ​​of most people here.

As for those European film colleagues who started to scold him again, I was really used to it. Although he was not the director of "The Matrix", this did not delay those people's collisions at all. It was because this film had a very good grade in Europe.

After the first weekend of overseas, "The Matrix" directly landed at the top of the box office list in most regions.

"...I don't like to discuss movies with losers, so if those people are willing to say something, let them make it clear. If they respond every time, it would be the biggest insult to me. At least one thing I have been proving is that my films can be recognized by mainland movie fans simply and neatly. And the so-called old-fashioned art films they shoot are not only impossible to be recognized by North American audiences, but also lose their own local audiences. This is very sad, right?"

Although North American entertainment media is extremely developed, those paparazzi wished Wayne would be in trouble soon to make some big news. However, these media never vague about the matter of unanimous external affairs. Today, the words he said in front of the camera will probably not be spread to the former center of the world by the media on site tomorrow morning.

"Pa", "Pa", "Pa"

A burst of applause suddenly spread in the interview area, and Steven Spielberg walked in while clapping his hands.

"Wayne, you're very right, yes, we never have to pay attention to the wailing of losers."

Click, click, click.

The old Jewish man reached out to pat Wayne's shoulder, which made the photographer on the scene fall into a high nest. These two great Jewish directors of different eras appear in the same flower face, especially the old people encourage young people. This photo will definitely be on the front page of many media newspapers tomorrow.