hollywood draw

When it was Saturday night, the video began to have a few different sounds with super high attendance. Especially for fans who just finished watching the movie in the theater, there will always be different opinions.

"College-workers and friends around me are constantly recommending this video to me, so I chose to lead my family to the theater to buy tickets to watch the movies as soon as possible." A middle-aged white uncle with a beard followed by three children fiddling with Batman's equipment, talking in the face of reporters' interviews.

"You know, I hope to bring the children to the theater and see movies that make us happy. We come to the theater to relax, not to fall into deeper thinking. This "Dark Knight" is too depressing, and the things described in it are too deep. The movie does not bring me the joy I imagined, but makes me feel the imperfection of this society."

"Hey, Dad, you can't comment on "The Dark Knight" like this."

A child standing behind the middle-aged man, before the reporter could say anything, was the first to stand up and refute his father. "Dad, don't you think this is a movie worth watching repeatedly? My brothers and I have the same opinions. Watching "The Dark Knight" is much cooler than watching those popcorn."

"Okay, as long as you like it..." The middle-aged man waved his hand to the reporter and walked out of the theater with his three children.

There are not many voices, but they do exist. Even disappointed fans did not say that the movie "The Dark Knight" was bad, but instead admitted that it was a very outstanding movie. The reason they were disappointed was almost the same because this movie did not bring their weekend the joy they deserved.

In fact, there is no movie in the world that satisfies everyone, and it is normal for different opinions to appear. Warner Bros. and Wayne had long expected similar situations. After all, his previous films have always had polarized audience reputations.

The large number of family fans this time has been considered an amazing gain compared to Wayne's previous works, so even when Warner Bros. learned about it immediately, he didn't take it seriously.

The crew of "The Dark Knight" was led by Wayne and Charles Rowan and carried out publicity roadshows in major cities across North America. Warner Bros. is also maintaining intensive publicity. After the scene of the film being even more popular than expected, they wished they could drive all potential audiences into the theater on the first weekend.

Especially in the past two years, after the release of Hollywood's new films, the box office in the first weekend has accounted for a larger and larger proportion of the total box office, while the screening cycle of the film has become shorter and shorter. Now there is rarely a film. With a high screening rate in theaters, it has been continuously screened for half a year, or even a year.

This is basically the development trend of Hollywood movies. Other overseas film markets are also the same development trend, and no one can change this.

Another point is that in fact, in the minds of most Warner Bros. executives, the popularity of "The Dark Knight" can only last for one week. After all, it will face the head-on collision with Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park 2" the next weekend. From the perspective of interests, they also want to reap potential market potential as soon as possible.

Under large-scale and high-intensive publicity and marketing methods, theater companies are also trying their best to cooperate with Warner Bros. The result is not disappointing everyone. In the early morning, when the rough box office statistics were released, Warner Bros. and the executives of the theater alliance both showed the same proud smile.

"Since the official release of "The Dark Knight" on Friday, the North American theater market has continued to rise, changing the sluggish start of the summer season. After winning the Oscar for Best Director Xiao Jinren, Wayne Greenberg is still constantly proving his position as the king of the summer season.

"The Dark Knight" won $84.36 million in the theater market on Friday, and the attendance rate on Saturday did not decline as experts expected, but was gradually rising. According to the latest information released by Warner Bros., "The Dark Knight" once again closed at $68.8 million in the theater market on Saturday!

If the early box office of Sunday's movie premiere is not calculated, this number is higher than Friday's results. Two days after the movie was released, the total box office has exceeded 150 million US dollars. This is also the fastest movie to exceed 150 million US dollars since Hollywood's record. Wayne Greenberg once again set a record of his own.

The 1503.16 million North American box office made "Dark Knight" announced in advance the title of this weekend's box office champion on the second day of its release. Batman is crazily impacting the North American theater market with a market trend of crushing everything. At least this weekend, no video can threaten the market position of "Dark Knight".

The second place in the single-day box office list is Universal Pictures' dark horse movie "The King of Talks", which was produced and released by Universal Pictures. This comedy starring Jin Carrey has excellent quality. It has maintained a fairly stable box office trend since it was released in late March. It has closed again at $3.76 million in the past two days this weekend, and the total box office has officially reached $180 million. It has already booked one of the top ten box offices in the year.

And Sony is ranked third in the two days this weekend..."

Looking at the "Premiere" published this morning, Avi Adra was in a very complicated mood. One of the most authoritative film media in Hollywood, the reason why it issued an additional special issue on Saturday was to report the record box office results of "The Dark Knight". The ranking was abnormal and the large amount of space was given to this movie, and other movies were only mentioned slightly.

If we talk about it, even the old enemy of Marvel and DC Comics, even employees of the two comic companies, cannot tell whether they are competitors or should be considered partners. Perhaps in the eyes of many comic fans, this is a life-and-death opponent, but the actual situation is much more complicated. The two companies have had much more cooperation than competition before.

As long as you are careful, you can find out from the two heroes that many comics have similar settings. However, this balanced relationship has changed because DC Comics was acquired by Time Warner Group. When DC Comics had the media resources and money backed by Warner Bros., even though the comics industry had already entered a cold winter, they avoided the company's brink of life and death.

Especially since the late 1980s, Batman has achieved unprecedented success on the big screen, giving DC Comics a more stable revenue channel, and using the popularity of movies to drive the sales of comics and surrounding areas.

Compared with DC Comics, which has eaten and drunk enough, Marvel Comics here is much worse. Since the comics industry entered the cold winter, they have begun to sell their film and television copyrights for their characters more than once, more than a group of them, in exchange for hope of survival of the company again and again. Until even the second and third-tier heroes Iron Man and Black Widow were bought by Greenberg Studio, in fact, there were almost no particularly well-known characters left in their hands.

Now, the amazing superhero finally has a chance and is also released on the big screen. Avi Adra attaches great importance to Disney's conditions. What a pity is that he brought Stan Lee with him in a moment, thinking that the other party would give in to the reputation of the father of superheroes. Who knows the bad thing is his father of superheroes.

Seeing Batman's achievements and thinking about the benefits this movie can bring, Avi Adra felt a sense of sorrow in her heart.

The reason why he hopes that the superhero of Marvel will also be on the big screen is because when all characters are sold, the contract is marked very clearly. Marvel can get a movie box office of 6% to 7%. If this number is placed on Batman, which is being released in a hotly, it will make him very excited as long as he calculates it.

Besides, as long as the superheroes can be successfully filmed and television, it means that the popularity of the movie will also drive the sales of their main business comics, which can effectively alleviate the operating pressure encountered by the company.

"Clang, Clang, Clang."

After a few knocks on the door, a white man in a suit and tie walked in. The person with a smile on his face and stretched out his right hand enthusiastically. "Avi, the things you asked me to help are obvious. You owe me once."

"Hi, Kevin."

Avi Adra hurriedly stood up and shook hands with the other party. After hearing his words, his frown brows gradually smoothed down, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face. "What's the matter? Have you negotiated with Wayne's agent?"

"Well, an incredible box office achievement, isn't it?" Without rushing to answer the other party's urgent question, Kevin Feige saw the "Premiere" magazine on the table at the first glance, and obviously he had received relevant news this morning. "Wayne once again proved to everyone that the huge potential of the superhero market, and below is our "X-Men" debut."

"It's the X-Men of Twentieth Century Fox!" The bitterness in Avi Adra's voice was not concealed at all.

Shrugged awkwardly, Kevin Feige stretched out a hand, patted the other person's arm, his face turned straight, and said seriously: "After you called me, I made an appointment with Wayne's agent Jimmy through relationships. The other party said that things are not impossible to discuss, but..."

"What? But what? Can you talk about it, was it Wayne Greenberg the Lions who spoke up? Damn, he bought the copyright for millions of dollars. What does this greedy vampire want to do?"

"No, you're thinking too much." Kevin Feige shook his head, thinking of Jimmy, the agent who is comparable to an IRS official. He made a denial in his heart. This guy is more greedy than a vampire. Thinking of the solution given by the other party, he felt distressed for the old friend opposite him.