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However, among the movie fans, there are almost no negative reviews from the film. Now, "The Walker of the Infernal Affairs" can only be said to have not met their highest expectations at most, but it cannot be said to be bad.

"Since entering the 1990s, Wayne's video has been surprising to young North American movie fans. Just observe carefully and you can find out that his progress over the years is a big step forward. It can be said that every video has never disappointed us. It can always bring you fresh enough surprises.

But this "Walker" did not give people such a big surprise. The main reason is that Wayne is already powerful enough, and the huge progress that everyone is looking forward to has disappeared. He is now a top director, and all he can do is pay more attention to the details of the film and avoid the appearance of the immature techniques as in "Happy Death Day".

So, we have reason to believe Wayne, and believe that after the accumulation of this film, the next movie will inevitably bring more surprises to everyone. Wayne needs time, so we should go to the theater to support him so that he can shoot better works."

Daisy saw that the limelight was a little wrong, and immediately expressed her own opinions on IMDB, so that more fans who had not seen the video chose to give up watching this movie. She would never allow this situation.

Her reaction was very timely. What’s important is that she has a relatively high reputation among the fan group. In the subsequent messages, more and more fans said that they would go to the theater the next day to support Wayne and watch his last R-level film with their own eyes.

However, the film has not met the expectations of the public movie fans, and it depends on whom it is with. Compared with the popcorn "Ranstorm" which is more suitable for this period, "The Walker of the Insular" has always been the best. Whether it is the attendance rate or the fans, the media's discussion has always been far ahead.

The relatively unrestrained box office of this film is only compared with other Wayne's previous films. After receiving $6.54 million in advance on Thursday, the box office was closed again on Friday. According to the box office calculation rules of the North American theater market, the box office achieved in the two days was added to the total box office of "The Walker of the Stop" in North America's first-day box office revenue of $15.22 million.

This digital film is high enough to completely ensure that the film will win the North American box office championship on the first day of its release.

The second day of the film's massive release, that is, Saturday, the official holiday, the increase was not large compared to Friday, and the attendance rate increased, with a single day of $15.74 million in box office.

On the last day of the holiday, under the rules of the theater market, "The Walker of the Insular" only earned 7.45 million US dollars. With a relatively good reputation, the film showed a form of being neither swelling nor popular at the box office.

Compared with Wayne's other works in the first few years, the box office trend of this obviously niche film is not as good as Greenberg, and there is no sign of a big hit at all. This has become the focus of countless media reports for a time.

"The Walker of the Insular" was released for three days and won $38.41 million in the first weekend."

At the headquarters of Burbank, when he just started working on Monday morning, Michael Orwitz and Michael Eisner, two childhood friends, sat down together and talked about work issues in recent times.

Disney Emperor Michael Eisner looked at his childhood friend, but there was no friendship in his eyes. On the contrary, if you observe carefully, it was still a bit of a disgust that was not easy to detect. "The box office of the big project "Ranstorm" that you led did not meet the company's expectations.

This is Wayne Greenberg's worst start in recent years, and you didn't seize the opportunity. The box office of "Ranstorm" in the first weekend was less than $19.47 million, with less than $20 million in the first weekend. Now there are probably many shareholders who are seriously dissatisfied with your ability to work."

Michael Orwitz remained silent. Facing the accusations of his childhood friends, he had no intention of defending him. There was a crack in their relationship and was destined to be unable to stand on the same position unless he was willing to be the other party's rights puppet.

It took about two minutes before he spoke, breaking the silence in the office. "We still have a chance. The box office of "The Infinite Walker" is much higher than our "Ranstorm" because of the scale of the screening.

If our film had a scale of more than 3,200 theaters in North America, the box office gap would not be as big as it is now. Although Michael and Wayne's professional reputation is very high, the reputation of the movie fans is obviously polarized, and this start also shows many problems. We are not without the chance to surpass each other."

His meaning is very obvious. The scale of the two films' openings is huge. In addition to the factors of Wayne's performance in the past few years, the fact that Disney really has the ability to fight for is not trying its best, which is the main factor that causes the low box office of "Ranstorm".

And the one who can really change his mind through Walt Disney's entire life is Michael Eisner, who is sitting opposite him.

The Disney chairman frowned and did not continue to talk about this topic. Now there are various struggles against him within the company. In fact, he did not take this "Ranstorm" seriously at all. The failure of the film is also the ending he wanted, which gave him an excuse to let his childhood friends get out quickly.

"The project failure requires someone to be responsible." Michael Eisner said without any tactfulness: "Listen, if the subsequent box office of "Ranstorm" still does not meet the company's expectations, once the film causes huge losses, I will not help you explain to the board of directors!"

Michael Orwitz chuckled, nodded and said nothing, and stood up and left the chairman's office. He didn't know what to do next, but he had to do something, otherwise his time at this giant would have really entered the countdown.

Meanwhile, within the Fox Building in Century City, Los Angeles, the theme of another conversation is also surrounding the box office of "The Walker".

"The $38.41 million box office in North America last weekend may be a rare success for other directors, but for Wayne Greenberg, this number is obviously not enough."

Terry, who is already one of the important directors of the distribution department, held a copy of "Premiere" magazine in his hand and said to Townsend Rossman, who was sitting opposite his desk: "The first weekend box office of less than $40 million has set the worst performance in Wayne Greenberg in recent years. Judging from the polarized audience reputation of "The Walker", there should not be a big hit in the future."

Seeing that his old boss kept smoking a cigar and was silent, Terry did not hesitate and continued: "Many media outlets this morning were speculating whether Wayne Greenberg had already left the peak of creation and began to enter his own trough. You know, the credibility of this statement is quite high. Even the great director will go through such a process."

"When those self-righteous media are farting!"

Townsend Rossman shook his head and showed a obviously sarcastic smile. Even if the outside world was arguing about the box office figures, he would not believe that the young man would enter the so-called low point.

Terry wanted to continue saying something obviously stagnated, but after thinking about it, he continued: "I think it's better to be more cautious about our cooperation with Wayne Greenberg. Zach Schneider has rejected all olive branches and will start the preparations for the second part of the "Matrix" in a short time. Everything seems to be back to the starting point..."

Townsend Rossman pondered for a moment and said, "Terry, unless Wayne misses more than twice in a row in superheroes, he is the best producer for "X-Men" in Hollywood, and that's indisputable."

No matter what the reason was that the media started early on Monday morning, and the media hyped Wayne's box office speculation on various speculations, but he knew very well that this "Walker", which appeared for the Oscars, would definitely not lose money, and might even make a big profit.

When the media and insiders discussed the box office of "The Walker" on the first weekend, they all ignored a very important point, that is, the cost of this film.

Warner Bros. has never deliberately promoted this point, but it has never concealed it. The production cost of "The Walker of the Insular" is only about 40 million US dollars. Even with the promotional investment, the maximum is not more than 70 million US dollars. Judging from the box office this first weekend, this film will not only not cause any losses, but also make a big profit.

That's right, this film has no strong commercial attributes, and its gimmicks are not as strong as Wayne's previous works. But for such an Olympic-winning film, the current start cannot be said to be a failure. In Townsend Roseman's eyes, it is so good that it cannot be better.

The reason why 20th Century Fox has not signed an agreement with the other party for a long time is that before the summer season, he was waiting for the performance of Universal Pictures' "Hulk", without any accident. Now, this film is still being released in remote areas, and the mainstream theaters have long disappeared.

Later, because of the unexpected box office of "The Matrix", they wanted to win over Zach Schneider. Now the director, who is known as learning Wayne's successful experience, also rejected all the olive branches extended by the outside world and decided to continue to stay in the Warner Bros. system.

Therefore, negotiations with Wayne's producer were once again put on the agenda by Twentieth Century Fox. The board of directors and senior management have made preliminary decisions to start negotiations with agent Jimmy again, striving to reach an agreement as soon as possible to avoid other uncontrollable accidents.

But at this moment, the media began to hype Wayne's various speculations on the unsatisfactory box office. Will this shake the hearts of some shareholders? Now even Townsend Rossman is not sure.