hollywood draw

"In the second half of 1997, Wayne Greenberg, who had just won the Oscar Little Golden Man, held the 200 million US dollars given by Warner Bros., and finally made up his mind to give up the strong dark style that had made him worshipped by hundreds of millions of people around the world, and decided to stand from the perspective of all movie fans and shoot a top-notch commercial audio-visual feast.

However, when the film officially began last weekend, no one expected that this special effects blockbuster, which stood at the pinnacle of the times, would suddenly be criticized by critics. It was precisely behind the lowest professional score in Wayne Greenberg's career, but it quietly gained the firm support of all North American fans. Some senior movie fans even compared "The Flash" to the first part of "Star Wars" that year.

If we only look at the situation encountered when the movie was released, Wayne Greenberg's "The Flash" is indeed very similar to his friend George Lucas' "Star Wars". As soon as the movie was released, it encountered resistance from the entire film critics industry. Its professional ratings were incredibly low, but it also gained the recognition of countless ordinary movie fans and achieved great success in the box office.

On the first day of its release on Friday, the North American theater market closed at nearly 40 million US dollars, and it even won more than 95 million US dollars in the first weekend. After entering the working day, the popularity of this film did not weaken at all, and it won more than 36 million US dollars from Monday to Thursday!

The film officially landed in the North American theater market for a week. Although it was controversial in a short period of time, it still strongly suppressed all works released at the same time, and achieved a good result of 131.42 million US dollars. Next, "The Flash" will usher in its next week, but there are no competitors of the same level appearing this week. This is definitely a good thing to celebrate for "The Flash"..."

"The New Yorker" spent a lot of time singing praises to Wayne and the Flash, as if they had previously published a column review of "The Flash", but they had forgotten about it in just a few days.

Naomi Watts likes this moment. She glanced at the calm expression and lowered her head to deal with the men who scrambled eggs. The power of those film critics was ultimately in the face of huge box office numbers. The promotional expenses invested by Warner Bros., regardless of the cost, and his voice gradually became pitiful.

Especially this morning, there were basically no comments from film reviewers in mainstream media newspapers. Almost all mainstream media and entertainment sections were filled with news related to "The Flash".

Just as this report from "The New Yorker" says, "The Flash" is like a copy of the path George Lucas has walked back then. In a short period of time, with the support of countless ordinary movie fans, it simply slapped all the critics in the face. Is there anything more satisfying than this?

The Australian actress, who was in a very happy mood, had no idea of ​​dealing with breakfast on the table. She continued to look through the newspaper in front of her and specially picked out a professional film authoritative newspaper "Holly Door Reporter" and started reading with relish.

"The Flash is just one of the countless superheroes in the DC series, but Wayne Greenberg gave Barry Allen a completely different interpretation from the previous DC series movies. Especially after watching the premiere of "The Flash", countless fans' hearts were all relieved. Wayne Greenberg once again did not disappoint everyone's expectations!

He gave "The Flash" a more exciting picture, especially under the huge style change, he did not give movie fans the illusion of getting rid of the DC series. I believe most people did not realize that the simple and relaxed "The Flash" has no sense of incongruity after being put together with the previous work. This is a film master's talent for controlling his own works!

Since the DC series started filming, the great success of each movie is inseparable from the comic masters who created superheroes. Their existence ensures that every superhero has a trace of appearance. But the success of the movie relies more on Wayne Greenberg's unique directorial talent. He used the camera in his hand to shoot the fantasies in comic books like a dream.

This director, who led the dark tide to rage the world, was like telling fans around the world that even if he abandoned the most favorable weapon in the past, the films he shot were equally good and could also gain their worship.

A few years ago, when people still had more impressions of him as niche directors, he filmed "The Joker" with his unparalleled talent. A niche horror film that instantly touched the ceiling in his hands.

A few years later, with the release of "The Flash", more and more fans have said that Wayne Greenberg's "The Flash" is the ultimate commercial special effects film of this era.

Among the many film critics, Wayne Greenberg, whose talent has been exhausted, once again proved to them in just a few days that he is still the film master who either does not do it or reaches its peak if he wants to do it. In this sense, all the movie fans born in this era are lucky, and they are witnessing the advancement of a legendary director of Hollywood time and time again.

Finally, I want to say that the success of "The Flash" is a good learning target for all Hollywood film companies. Hollywood has the most advanced film industry in the world. As long as you make movies from the perspective of movie fans, even a commercial film with a simple plot can still bring an unparalleled visual feast to movie fans!"

Looking at the authoritative entertainment media and the praise of Wayne from different angles, Naomi Watts found a familiar feeling. This is the real situation that has been repeated in recent years.

Although many of the hymns on the reports made her, the woman who knows Wayne the best, feel a little stingy. Even from many praise angles, Wayne herself may not think so, but everyone understands that once similar voices appear in the media, it means that this "war" has initially won.

“How much is the total box office of Godzilla?”

Wayne was full and drunk, leaned lazily on the chair and lit a cigarette, looking at the Australian actress who had been busy flipping through newspapers and didn't even bother to eat. "Why didn't you hear about other movies?"

"Because there is no newspaper on the front page."

Naomi Watts raised his eyebrows, shook off the newspaper in his hand, and replied arrogantly: "Almost all media front pages are published with news related to you and "The Flash". I haven't seen any media mention "Godzilla" yet."

"Uh... I have it." As she spoke, she opened the second page of the newspaper in her hand and said: "Four days on weekdays, plus three days on the first weekend, Godzilla achieved a total box office of $53.25 million in North America, and the single-day box office on Thursday has been reduced to over $2 million."

As a production cost, and the combined investment in promotion and promotion, the investment in large projects with a total investment of more than 200 million US dollars, this number is indeed a bit pitiful.

Especially as the reputation of movie fans becomes more and more serious, Wayne can confirm it by simply calculating it. Unless this film creates a miracle in the overseas theater market, it is basically impossible to recover the cost from the box office.

The single-day box office, which has already had a collapse trend, is destined to be the film, and it is very likely that the box office of this film will be more than 100 million in North America. Judging from the current situation, it is likely that the results will not even be as good as "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth".

"Whether it's Paramount Pictures' "Clash of Heaven and Earth" or Sony Columbia's "Godzilla".

Putting down the newspaper in his hand, Naomi Watts picked up the milk and tilted his head and took a big sip, muttering: "If you can't create miracles in the next overseas screening, you should be losing a lot of money."

“It’s hard.”

Nina, who had been silent all the time, suddenly replied: "I mean it's difficult to create miracles overseas."

She glanced at her boss, pushed the glasses on her face and continued: "As far as I know, Paramount Pictures was planning to perform better in North America's box office at "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" and then release it overseas. Now it should be planned to fail.

As for "Godzilla", it is highly likely that only the notebook can achieve good results. Our "Flash" will also be released overseas at the same time. Since "Godzilla" has not competed for "Flash" in North America, it is even more impossible overseas."

Although he thought so in his heart, Wayne said: "You can't relax your vigilance, who knows if there will be any more accidents."

"Yes, Sony Columbia has not given up on "Godzilla"," the assistant lady nodded and looked at her boss and said, "Jimmy called this morning, and the young reporter was still making trouble. He is likely to sue you in the near future."

He shook his head slightly. Wayne didn't take that young reporter too much now. What if he sued himself? If he couldn't get the support of public opinion, Sony Columbia would probably not continue to help the other party. If he wanted to fight such a lawsuit, it would be normal for a few months, years, or even more than ten years.

Perhaps it is nothing to him, but some money is spent with the other party. You should know that when the young reporter's violent accusation was reported, Nina received dozens of self-recommendation emails from the lawyer group, including many lawyer group whose first-hand director "Simpson" was acquitted.

"Warner Bros. Finance Department sent a notice."

Seeing that Wayne didn't want to continue talking about this topic, Nina simply talked about work in the restaurant. "The continued success of "The Flash" seems to have affected a lot of things. Warner Bros. Finance Department has notified Colin and the team of accountants he led to let them check the remaining box office share accounts of "Batman: The Dark Knight" after going to work on Monday."

"Ha, exciting news, isn't it?"

Upon hearing this news, Wayne whistled a rare whistle, got up from his chair and walked towards the living room with Nina.

"Batman: The Dark Knight" has long been out of the overseas market, but so far, Wayne has only received a late-stage share of 400 million US dollars in North America's box office, and the last 6.9 million US dollars in basic salary of 20 million US dollars.

The late-stage $400 million in North America's box office was divided into $80 million and the basic salary was $20 million. Although he had already received a total of 100 million US dollars in horror total compensation from "Batman: The Dark Knight", this is far from the big deal he made in this film.

According to the contract signed by Wayne and producer Warner Bros., the director's post-salary salary is 20% of the global box office of "Batman: The Dark Knight". This simple and crude share agreement just created the myth in the director's salary this time.

"Batman: The Dark Knight" has a total global box office of over 1.2 billion US dollars, and of course the calculation method can be roughly carried out. Excluding the 400 million US dollars that have been involved in the over-compensation, the rest is the 800 million US dollars, which can be distributed to him by 160 million US dollars! The total salary is added up to a terrifying $260 million!

Is the number 260 million US dollars more? Judging from the current top salary in Hollywood, it is definitely a sky-high number. Whether it is a director, a producer, or a star with more amazing money-making ability, it is difficult to reach this number.

But on the other hand, if this number is placed in front of the total revenue created by "Batman: The Dark Knight" for Warner Bros., it is not a big deal. It is just that it is terrifying in terms of individual salary. After all, for so many years, except for Steven Spielberg's first part in "Jurassic Park", no director has been able to get such a salary.

The situation in "Jurassic Park" is also relatively special. Steven Spielberg's sky-high income is not just the director's later share, but also involves a series of operations such as copyright, peripherals, etc. Therefore, if you only look at the director's income from directing a movie, this number may not be broken for many years, including Wayne himself.

However, the information about the sky-high rewards of "Batman: The Dark Knight" has not been known to the outside world yet, otherwise it will definitely become the headlines that the media once again hyped.

In fact, Wayne and others knew very well that the reason why Warner Bros. notified his accountant team to check the accounts and prepare to pay this sky-high reward was nothing more than the excellent box office results of "The Flash".

The role of the media is to attract public opinion, and then use public opinion to drive more audiences. Audiences go to the theater to watch movies to contribute to the box office. Then, due to their outstanding box office results and audience reputation, Warner Bros. continued to increase investment in public opinion, and ultimately formed a closed-loop cycle.

In this perfect closed loop, the only thing that cannot be avoided is Wayne, the leader, so when the movie becomes more and more successful and the box office achieves more and more, the first thing Warner Bros. has to consider is how to always tie him to his own chariot to avoid unnecessary cracks on both sides.

The choice to pay for the remaining share of "Batman: The Dark Knight" at this time has another meaning, which is to cover up the Black Catwoman plan that suddenly appeared some time ago and make up for the possible gap between the two parties.

There is never right or wrong in the adult world. This is the rule that Hollywood always follows. As long as the benefits obtained are large enough, even if both parties are enemies who kill their father, they can continue to cooperate happily and intimately.

After a full week of screening, "The Flash" officially entered its second week of release. As the negative reviews of the film gradually disappeared in the media, it became a praise for "The Flash". Starting from Friday night, the first movie-watching frenzy of the year began to be staged in major mainstream commercial theaters in North America.

With the sudden increase in traffic, the box office of "The Flash" has skyrocketed a lot, earning 15.12 million US dollars on Friday. It also created a new record. According to data released by an authoritative third-party statistics company, "The Flash" is the only film in North America in recent years that can bring more than 3 million fans into theaters on weekdays.

However, what is even more surprising is that Friday is just the beginning. After the second weekend of "The Flash" was released, more and more passers-by and family fans chose to go to the theater this weekend. These people have very clear weekend entertainment goals. "The Flash" is the most suitable for ordinary fans in the DC series!

With the enrichment of moviegoers of all ages, the audience of "The Flash" is no longer limited to young people. The number of viewers has not lowered the reputation of the movie. This has also created a miracle in commercial films.

Nearly teenagers, college students, and middle-aged and elderly people have given good ratings in the post-watching survey. After another Monday arrived, the movie viewing frenzy was temporarily restrained.

After the start of this year's summer season, the media has never lacked hot spots to hype, but since the beginning of "The Flash" showing a trend of crushing the box office, almost mainstream entertainment media have been reporting on this film. After the weekend passed, the film's achievements in the theater market have once again become a hot spot for discussion among all media.

"Since 1993, every DC movie has been very outstanding. Whether it is "The Joker", the two "Batman" are all classic chapters. Based on the successful predecessor of the series, "The Flash" has reduced the threshold for viewing the general public. It is one of the best commercial films since the 1990s!"

--- The New York Times

"The best special effects used so far is one of the best videos. The entire 100-minute film of "The Flash" is full of exciting special effects. Wayne Greenberg successfully allowed the audience to understand the origin of Barry Allen's superpowers in the extremely shocking video special effects. This is another complete interpretation of DC superheroes."

---"Premiere"

"The Flash is very likely to become a great work that best represents the Hollywood film industry in the entire 1990s. Wayne Greenberg spent seven years to make the niche noir film mainstream. Does the emergence of "The Flash" mean that he will start the era of ultimate audio and video special effects again?!"

---The Washington Post

"The Flash under Wayne Greenberg's lens is a very simple story, but the movie is not just composed of a good story. The visual shock brought to the audience by the whole film is unparalleled, especially the big scenes and the appropriate soundtrack. Barry Allen used an amazing journey of growth to explain to all audiences the responsibility brought by ability!"

---Los Angeles Times

“…”

The hymns of countless media came from the box office of "The Flash" on the weekend. Following the more than 3 million viewers on Friday night, the box office performance on Saturday surged again on this basis. On the same day, the box office of the North American theater market closed at 27.64 million US dollars, accounting for 64.6% of the box office in the entire theater market!

The performance on Sunday was also very good, and the box office was once again 19.27 million US dollars that day. The trip to "The Flash" ended in the next weekend, and it received a total of 62.03 million US dollars in the North American theater market!

The box office lasted over 60 million US dollars in three days the following weekend! This is an unattainable achievement for other films, and it also surpasses the first weekend results of 90% of the movies.

What is even more incredible is that compared to the box office of more than 95 million US dollars on the first weekend of "The Flash"'s official debut, the decline of the next weekend will be only one-third! This box office trend, when it comes to the commercial film field that starts on a large scale, is definitely strong.

The film has just been officially released for ten days, and before the overseas screening trip was started, it had already won 190 million US dollars in North America! To a certain extent, "The Flash" is creating a box office myth.

Many people know in their hearts that "The Flash" is different from "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "Titanic". This special commercial film that attracts viewers by relying on ultimate audio and video special effects will not continue to be so strong in the subsequent box office.

However, even many authoritative third-party forecasting companies have issued forecast reports of more than 300 million US dollars in North America and more than 700 million US dollars in the world for the box office of "The Flash".

Even the Las Vegas-based Spinach Company had closed the betting channel for the Flash's North American box office to reach 300 million early on Monday. No one can be more sensitive than Spinach Company. As long as they close the betting channel, there is basically no chance of another accident.

In fact, even Warner Bros. knows that as most movie fans who have movie-watching habits have watched the movie, the subsequent box office trend of "The Flash" is destined to slow down. This movie is a world apart from "Batman: The Dark Knight", and it is basically impossible to expect a large number of movie fans to watch the movie repeatedly.

So the distribution department notified the creative team of Boston's publicity early to fly to Europe before the weekend to warm up the premiere held in the UK on Saturday. At the same time, on this Sunday, Wayne will also take a Warner Bros. luxury charter flight to the East to start his second trip to the East.

After the second week of the screening of "The Flash" entered its second week, the impact of its mythical box office results continued. First of all, many celebrities accepted interviews from the media and publicly accused Vitalie Seiduke of harassment with pranks, especially the new Oscar-winning actress Helen Hunter, who was crying in the face of the media's interview, telling his experience of being harassed.

As a Hollywood star, the instinct of riding on popularity has long been deeply engraved in their blood. Even if I don’t realize it, the team of agents behind me will make a reminder. But everyone is smart, and when everything is about to settle, they all stand up one after another.

The box office results of "The Flash" after entering the working day began to slow down as everyone expected. On Monday, it suddenly dropped from $19.27 million on Sunday to $5.71 million. As the working day passed, the box office numbers were still slowly falling.

Wayne knew that this was a common problem with such films. Whether it was the 1, 2 "Iron Man" in his head, or other later works of Marvel. Making a lot of money in the early stages of the movie, then actively reducing the screening cycle and operating offline channels with greater profits as soon as possible is the most normal way for distribution companies to do.

However, just this Saturday, the day before he was about to board a special plane to the East, and it was also the day when "The Flash" officially landed in the overseas theater market. Two explosive news reported by many well-known media in North America instantly pushed "The Flash" to the public opinion craze again.

At the same time, because of these two consecutive news, all competitors took the initiative to give up resistance and put away all unnecessary struggles!