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After the release of "Save Private Ryan", he won more than 6 million US dollars in box office in advance. This result is already very outstanding in R-level films.

The extremely good audience reputation, Steven Spielberg plus Tom Hanks's big star attraction, and Warner Bros.'s spared no effort in publicity and marketing, made the screening of "Save Private Ryan" appear in the first weekend, which was difficult to get tickets from the beginning.

Although this is an R-level film known as the "Eighteen Forbiddens", it only took a large-scale screening on Friday day. The bloody and real war scenes in the film are extremely in line with the theme of mainstream North American values, which not only won extremely high professional scores, but also spreading the reputation of fans.

"War films are not always bloody and cruel. Before Steven Spielberg's latest masterpiece "Save Private Ryan", Hollywood war films generally reserved the cruel war scenes. The appearance of "Save Private Ryan" is to clearly tell the audience that when we watch these war films, we really should not just use your eyes!"

After three days of screening on the first weekend, the media was optimistic about the performance of "Save Private Ryan". This is the special column critic of "Holly Door Reporter", Todd McKinsey's evaluation of the film.

Not just "The Hollywood Reporter", but almost all media have reported on the film three days after "Save Private Ryan" was released in North America.

Kenneth Tulan, a film critic for the Los Angeles Times, said in his column. "Some movies can only be used as pastimes before and after meals, while some movies are destined to be milestones of the times."

If most authoritative entertainment media reports are not too innovative, then an exclusive interview with Steven Spielberg in "Hollywood Daily Entertainment" attracted the attention of countless movie fans and media as soon as it appeared.

"Everyone knows that I'm not really good at such cruel, realistic, and bloody scenes, so I didn't plan to direct the movie myself at the beginning of the preparations for this World War II epic. As early as when I had plans to shoot this film, the first thing that came to my mind was Wayne, yes, Wayne Greenberg.

The director I knew about Hollywood several times, Wayne was undoubtedly the one who was best at performing such films. Unfortunately, I invited him no less than ten times, and all of them were ruthlessly rejected by him. At that time, I did think about it, damn, I really should break up with Wayne..."

This seemingly self-taught exclusive interview with Steven Spielberg immediately attracted the attention of countless ordinary people. Many people only know that the first director to be named "Save Soldier Ryan" was Wayne Greenberg.

However, after thinking about it carefully, most people nodded secretly, thinking that Steven Spielberg's invitation was not wrong. Because only watching the opening scenes of "Saving Private Ryan", Wayne is indeed the most suitable director, even no one.

Although Steven Spielberg is doing great now and the film has been widely recognized, many movie fans and film critics have said that if the film is really directed by Wayne, it will definitely be more bold and cruel in the description of the scale of the war.

When this interview was just less than half a day after it appeared, a large number of people rushed to Beverly Hills and surrounded the gates of Greenberg Manor. They wanted to know Wayne's opinion on this matter, after all, the hot news is very high now.

It was very rare. Wayne did not disappoint the reporters this time. Before lunch time, he took the initiative to walk out of the manor gate and simply accepted the reporter's interview.

And his answer was quickly seen on the pages of various entertainment media. "Life is so fragile, so fragile that it is so frightening that when the bullet hits the head, blood has not yet splashed on the ground. When the sharp blade is inserted into the chest, the heart is thrown to relax and twitch.

Life has passed away, and the traces left behind easily evaporated like the residual water stains on our hands after rain passed through their fingers. Steven only took only twenty-five minutes to make us living in peaceful times feel deeply shocked.

Many people are curious about the directorial question of "Save Private Ryan". What I want to tell movie fans is that Steven is doing better than me in his expression of reflection on war. This film is excellent enough. Even if I were to shoot it, it would not be as good as it is now. Everyone should go to the theater to watch this film. I believe that you will be as shocked as me and cherish the preciousness of life even more."

The media's extensive reports, the big discussions of fans, and even interviews Wayne's evaluation of the film. The reason why the current situation is actually all the box office performances of "Save Private Ryan" in the first weekend.

"Save Private Ryan" was officially released on July 24 in 2,463 mainstream commercial theaters in North America. Due to Warner Bros. and its intensive publicity, the box office was 56.53 million US dollars in three days of the first weekend!

You know, this is an R-rated film. Due to the movie rating, it naturally rejected the mainstream viewing group of summer movies: family fans.

In fact, regardless of whether the intention of this film is a reflection on the war or not, those cruel and bloody scenes invisibly reject most of the parents of children.

But even so, "Save Private Ryan" won a box office of more than 56 million US dollars on the first weekend, which not only gave Warner Bros. and DreamWorks a huge surprise, but also gave countless topics to the media to hype.

Since Monday, the hottest topic of discussion is undoubtedly whether to save Ryan. Basically, every movie fan who has the habit of watching movies has participated in this big discussion.

There is no doubt that in terms of North American values, the values ​​expressed in the film are the most correct. But there are still a large number of media, and fans say that is really worth it to exchange for the soldier Ryan alone for so many lives?

Only with discussion can there be box office. This is a marketing method that has been proven countless times by Hollywood Film Company. For a time, talk shows, debate shows and talk shows on TV were discussing this topic. It is unknown whether Warner Bros. has contributed to the fire.

As time goes by, the box office of "Save Private Ryan" has also risen. After the full week has passed, the box office of the film has reached 89.07 million US dollars. After the next weekend, the film's box office in North America has successfully exceeded 100 million yuan, and the film's pace in the theater market has gradually converged.

Just when "Save Private Ryan" came the next weekend, Warner Bros. simultaneously released "Charlie's Angels" in theater markets in more than 50 countries and regions overseas. The main creative team of crew, which has been promoting in major cities in North America, also boarded a plane and set off for Europe.

"Charlie's Angels" has exceeded US$120 million since late June. This achievement is a complete success for a commercial film with an investment of US$60 million. Moreover, with the large-scale release of the film overseas, Wayne can not only recover all investment from the theater market, but also make a big profit.

You should know that the real profit of such films has always been the operation of offline copyright. The surroundings of film characters, the authorization of various products, the buyout of TV premiere rights, videotapes, DVD sales and rentals, etc. It can be said that the film has not yet been released, and the foreseeable production company Greenberg Studio will definitely make a fortune.

Throughout the late July, there was only one voice in North American theaters, that is "Save Private Ryan". However, this period is the hottest time period for North American movies, and it is the summer period.

On July 31, the 20th Century Fox, which is comparable to Warner Bros., released the film "Cinderella", and Disney's distribution label Bowei International released "Born a Couple". Even Warner Bros. released its own "Ace vs. Ace" on the same day.

It is obvious that the melee in the summer season is still going on. Even if "Save Private Ryan" has a good audience reputation, it is difficult to face at least two blockbusters that will be released every week at the same time.

Less than a week later, Paramount Pictures released "Snake Eye" on the first weekend in August and Miramax released the film "Ghost Catching Festival". It can be said that before you finish singing, I can't wait to start the show. Every weekend, there are projects with medium or above productions released, which is an absolute movie viewing carnival for every movie fan.

However, in the summer season, if there are big winners, all the pants will fall off. Until now, Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros. are undoubtedly big winners.

Sony Columbia simply changed CEO because of its investment of more than 200 million US dollars. Paramount Pictures did not meet expectations because of its leading project "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth". The subsequent releases basically all small fuss.

So far, Universal Pictures has simply not had a single film, and has won a weekly box office championship since the summer season. The most surprising thing is Disney, a fairy tale giant in the midst of civil unrest, and its distribution label Bowei International has frequently appeared in small dark horses.

However, as time goes by, a masterpiece that countless movie fans have anticipated has started a vigorous pre-screening promotion.

"X-Men", as a superhero outside the DC movie series, not only are movie fans looking forward to it, but many industry insiders in the Hollywood Circle are also watching the performance of this film.

Just as the promotion of "X-Men" became increasingly intensive, the afternoon before the premiere was about to start, a dark-black Buick business car drove into Greenberg Manor at the end of Mulholland Road in a low-key manner.

"Mr. Greenberg is waiting for you in front of the garden."

The wide Buick business car parked next to the small fountain in front of the main building. The butler Hela helped open the door and said to Bruce Rosenblum who was lifting his legs and got out of the car: "Please come with me."

“thank you.”

The Warner Bros. Distribution Supervisor looked serious and lowered his head to check his outfits. He made sure there were no mistakes. Then he followed the butler's footsteps and walked towards the pergola in front of the garden.

He knew that Wayne basically had no particularly long vacations, and his work plans after work made the young director unable to squeeze out time and went out for vacation like most practitioners in the circle. Therefore, the awning on the lawn in front of the manor became the other party’s favorite resting place.

In fact, the reason why I rushed to Greenberg Manor this time was not Bruce Rosenblum's original intention. This morning, he just wanted to test Wayne's thoughts on the opening work of "Superman" in the DC series through Nina.

Something unexpected happened. He only received a call from Ms. Nina Klein less than an hour after finishing the incident, and made it clear that Wayne hoped that he could come to the manor to talk about related matters in person.

In the eyes of Bruce Rosenblum and Jeff Robinoff, this invitation is mixed. According to the rules that everyone defaults, no matter what Wayne has, he should communicate with him through his personal assistant first.

All these two Warner Bros. executives thought about it, where, or what sentence, that condition, had touched the young man's red line.

"Hi, Wayne."

After coming to the sunshade in front of the garden, the butler Hera nodded politely and turned and left quietly. Bruce Rosenblum glanced at Nina who was looking at fashion magazines. The attention of her eyes finally fell on the young Hollywood old man who was lying in the lounge chair and closing his eyes to rest.

"Well, sorry, Bruce, I'm asleep."

Hearing the hello, Wayne opened his eyes in a daze, turned to see the meticulously dressed Bruce Rosenblum. "You know, I'm a little tired of participating in the 20th Century Fox's promotion of "X-Men" these days."

"Hmm, the trouble of happiness, isn't it?"

Bruce Rosenblum waved his hand, sat down on his own, and pulled out a bottle of beer from the ice bucket beside him. "Who doesn't know, Townsend Rossman offered a unique sky-high producer salary in order to ask you to take action."

From the perspective of making money alone, this is indeed a happy worry. Wayne began to appear on major TV shows and interviews from various media a week ago under the arrangement of the 20th Century Fox distribution department.

In conjunction with the promotion and distribution plan of the "X-Men" project, it was clearly written into the producer's contract from the beginning. Since he signed the contract and received the sky-high share of the 20th Century Fox, all of these are his obligations.

In fact, most of the publicity plans formulated by 20th Century Fox revolve around him. There is no way. In this "X-Men", he is the biggest card and the biggest burst point. Just the title of "Wayne Greenberg" written and produced by himself can bring countless fans' attention to the film.

"Where is Fendi?"

Seeing Wayne yawning with his mouth covering his yawn, Bruce Rosenblum observed it around and asked curiously: "Where has our little princess Greenberg gone?"

“On my father’s farm.”

Kacha, Wayne tilted his head and lit a cigarette, and said casually: "You know, there are almost no reporters there to take a sneak shot. The farm is big, and the cowboys like Little Fendi very much. I think there are definitely no paparazzi who are willing to risk being shot by a cowboy for a little money and step into my father's private territory."

In fact, since Fendi was born, countless paparazzi have tried their best to take pictures of the face of the Greenberg princess. The reason that prompted them to do this is very simple. As long as they can take pictures of the face, countless entertainment media will spend a lot of money to buy photos.

As we all know, in North America, celebrities should not think of having too much privacy. What's more, celebrities like Wayne are interested in his privacy. After all, his daughter is born and she is in "Rome" where others can never reach the rest of her life.

"After all, she has to face the flash of the media. Since she was born in a family like yours, it means that Little Fendi has lost her normal childhood." Bruce Rosenblum shook her head slightly and took a few big sips at the beer bottle Gudong Gudong.

"It's still early, I believe she can face it well."

Of course Wayne knew that at most, in a few years, when Little Fendi started to receive education, it was necessary to always expose it under the media flash. As the director of distribution in Warner Bros. said, being born in such a family basically means losing a carefree childhood.

Born in a billionaire or a well-known billionaire family around the world, it can be said that they have everything at birth. But it also means that every step of the child's growth will be under the gaze of countless people around the world. What he can do now is to protect his daughter for a few more years and let Xiao Fendi spend a few more years of carefree childhood.

"Tell me, Bruce."

Wayne also took out a bottle of beer, raised his head and drank a few big sips. The cold liquid flowed down his throat, instantly making his mind awake, which was a little confused. Then he turned to look at the man next to the table and said seriously: "I don't agree with your plan!"

Seeing Bruce Rosenblum stunned for a moment, he continued, "Listen, I don't agree with your plan and Jeff, that's my attitude."

The result was completely unexpected by the director of Warner Bros. He didn't expect Wayne to refuse so happily and mercilessly.

"Listen to me, man."

Bruce Rosenblum hurriedly said: "What I mean with Jeff is to let "Wonder Woman" and "Superman" shoot together. I believe you know the benefits of doing this, and it can greatly promote the progress of the DC series! Hey, let me finish..."

Halfway said, he found that Wayne had frowned slightly, and quickly put down the beer bottle in his hand, sat on the plastic recliner, and straightened his upper body instantly.

"Zach came out of your team. He has fully proved his abilities in "The Matrix". And Jeff will personally serve as the producer of the opening of "Superman", and I will also join the main creative team and become one of the producers. You should believe in the abilities of Jeff and me. With our control, the opening of "Superman" will never go wrong!

As long as Wonder Woman and Superman are finished next year, you can start working on Justice League one year in advance. Don’t worry, the project center of Justice League will only be you, and only you can control this great project..."

Allowing Bruce Rosenblum to say that he was drooling, Wayne kept shaking his head. This was obviously inconsistent with his usual personality. The director of Warner Bros. distribution was also confused. Logically, he should give him and Jeff a face. The two of them came forward together, but they didn't expect that they would be more determined to refuse.

‘It’s because you and Jeff are going to join the creative team that I can’t nod.’

This sentence kept brewing in Wayne's heart, but unfortunately he was still embarrassed to say it in the end. There was no way, Warner Brothers' group of executives knew too much about what it was.

If only one person is responsible for a big project, they are undoubtedly good at business, and the film's performance will definitely not be bad. But judging from the current trend, maybe who will join the main creative team in the future and make mistakes in the production of the film. How could he not be afraid? After all, Warner Bros. executives have a criminal record.

It was even beyond fear. When Nina reported to him about the plans of the two executives, Wayne almost suspected that his years of work had been wasted, and Warner Bros. still had to go on the old path.

"Bruce, the only thing I have invited you to come to the manor in person is to tell you seriously and dispel this idea!"

Looking at Bruce Rosenblum's eyes, Wayne said seriously: "Give me two to three weeks, and wait until I finish the work related to "X-Men", we will call Zach and sit down and talk about it together, but now, let's dispel all your thoughts and Jeff, ok?"

It is early August, and Bruce Rosenblum secretly calculated the time and nodded helplessly. He thought that the plan he discussed with Jeff was the safest and most convincing way.

This trip to Greenberg Manor was destined to leave with disappointment. Not to mention how the two senior executives of the Warner Brothers discussed afterwards, Wayne fell into deep thought after he left.

In his memory, Warner Bros. can be regarded as the most powerful giant among the six major Hollywood movies. Whether it is the series of movies, the discovery of a series of 10 billion-scale series like the Little Wizard, it can be said that it has countless content output assets.

What's more, Warner Bros. has DC Comics in hand! That's a whole DC Comics company with all superhero copyrights!

What happened? The last one who became Hollywood's leader was Walt Disney, who turned over from chaos. Under the leadership of Smiling Mickey Mouse Robert Iger, Disney became the world's number one media group, and widely acquired companies that produced important content in Hollywood. From Pixar to integrating the copyright of Marvel Comics, every step is a textbook.

However, one thing that cannot be ignored is that Warner Bros.'s brainless executives are making the worst choice almost every step, whether in terms of content output or in the general direction of the company after the millennium, they can be called a brainless fighter.

What impressed people especially was the intervention of Warner Bros.'s executives in major projects. It can be said that this problem has run through the entire Warner Bros.'s history of prodigality.

To count the DC superhero movies, besides Christopher Nolan's Batman series, which one has a bad reputation, isn't it because there are too many executives who are in charge? It's enough to have a production center in a crew. If there are too many voices that can make decisions, it's destined to be a good movie.

Wayne knew that "Superman" had a completely different meaning for Warner Bros., because the series was popular as early as the late 1970s.

As early as 1978, Warner Bros. produced its first "Superman", and once it was released, it achieved unexpectedly good results, which can be said to be popular in North America.

What happened afterwards was quite painful. Warner Bros. executives began to use their brain-dead old traditions and began to interfere with the sequel of "Superman" that invested heavily. First, they replaced director Richard Donner. You should know that when they replaced director, most of the content of "Superman" had been filmed in the second part...

The result of the remake is inevitable. Although the second part of "Superman" has not been hit hard, it also made the reputation of fans plummet! What is even more disgusting is that although the director of "Superman 2" was replaced, due to the contract issue, the director's name is still written by Richard Donner.

This is why Richard Donald never admits that he has filmed "Superman 2" so far.

The reputation of "Superman 2" finally made Warner Bros. executives know that they had done something wrong. When they turned around, they wanted to invite Richard Donner to urgently produce "Superman 3" to restore their reputation.

Unfortunately, Richard Donner is not the one who can be wronged. He is a well-known director and directly rejected the invitation from Warner Brothers.

Therefore, "Superman 3" has changed a group of main creative teams, and the result is even more terrible. Both box office and reputation are so good. This time, the "Superman" series was directly killed. Until now, no one in Warner Bros. is willing to mention the reason why the "Superman" series died.

If Wayne hadn't appeared, the bumpy "Superman" series of movies had been sealed until after the millennium before they were restarted. Of course, the result seemed to be equally unsatisfactory.

It is worth mentioning here that director Richard Donner, although this old guy rejected the "Superman" series, helped Warner Bros. start the "Sky Cannon" (Deadly Weapon) series. And because of the lessons of the past, Warner Bros. executives did not dare to interfere in his creation, and indirectly achieved the good results of the "Sky Cannon" series from the first part to the fourth part now.

Especially in the fourth part of this year, Jet-li only took five minutes of kongfu scenes to successfully gain a foothold in Hollywood...