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During the entire movie screening, Wayne has been observing the reactions of these ordinary movie fans, and at least one thing he confirmed, that is, the film did not have any unacceptable conditions.

As long as there is no big problem, he believes that success has begun to wave to him again.

"You won't go to the press conference?" John suddenly remembered that Wayne, the director of the film, also had to undertake the task of promoting the film.

"No need to do it today. The media stage is made up of Will Smith and other actors, but I will be with the team to participate in the promotion starting tomorrow. If you have any problems, please call me."

After the film is released, he will quickly lead the crew and devote himself to the promotional activities of the film according to the plan designated by Warner Bros.

As the second producer and director of the film, Wayne also signed a ladder share agreement with Warner Bros. He must do his best to promote it. The higher the North American box office of the film, the more profit he can get.

He sat in the lounge with John for a while and went out to find Harry Berry. Wayne wanted to go back early to rest. Now, except for waiting for box office statistics, he only had to consider the promotion of the film.

"Director Greenberg, don't you think the scale is very large?"

Before he and Harry Berry got on the bus, two reporters ran over and asked loudly. "Will such large-scale bloody scenes have unnecessary impacts on young people and students?"

He ignored the reporter, opened the car door and let Black Pearl sit in before turning back to answer.

"This is a thriller, and the film does have large-scale shots, so the rating of MPAA is R-rated!"

After that, he got into the car and asked Sergei to leave immediately. This reporter was obviously a gossip tabloid sent to find trouble, otherwise he would not have asked these questions. Larger media newspapers would generally give Warner Bros. a little face.

"Are we going back now?" Harry Berry looked back at the theater, and her eyes were filled with jealousy when the media reporters went to interview the actors.

"Yes, you can go with me to participate in the publicity event tomorrow, and go back today to have a breakfast break."

After saying that, he closed his eyes and leaned on the wide sofa to rest.

Also resting with his eyes closed, Tom Cruise was resting on the sofa. After yesterday's grand premiere, "The Ambition of Earth" has been screened in the theater for a whole day.

But Pat told him that the news was not very good. The attendance rate during the day on Friday was not high, and it might be due to the weekdays. But he heard that even after dark, the attendance rate of theaters did not increase much.

Tom Cruise opened his eyes and glanced at the time. It was just past ten o'clock and he had to wait for a while.

"Pate, how is the matter going?" He picked up the phone and called his agent.

"The 2 million US dollars have been spent!" Pat Kingsley's voice came from the receiver. "But Tom, based on the observation of the Global Investigators in the theater, the 2 million US dollars will not play much. I suggest stopping the subsequent investment."

"Let's take a look at the first day's box office first!"

Tom Cruise hung up the phone, lowered his head and began to think about whether he should continue to invest. He was afraid that no matter how much box office he bought, it would not be able to bring the enthusiasm of the fans!

That's right, the moment he realized that the attendance rate of the film was not right, he began to find ways to change this situation and buy the box office of the movie he starred in. This is not the first time. This is an expensive and fast-acting method.

The public has a herd mentality. He feels that as long as "The Ambition of Earth" can win the box office championship, this film is still quite helpful.

Time passed in ticking, and just as Tom Cruise leaned against the sofa and fell asleep, Nicole Kidman walked over with a fax.

"Tom! The rough box office statistics are out!" She pushed her husband, watched him break his eyes, and put the fax in his hand on the coffee table.

"How is the box office? Please read it for me, you know..." Tom Cruise rubbed his face hard and pointed to the fax sent by Universal Pictures.

"The Ambition of Earth" opens paintings with 2,538 theaters today, with an average of each theater...

"Talk the box office, Nicole!!"

Hearing her husband's impatient voice, she turned her eyes directly to the end. "Ambition of Earth" roughly counted, the first day's box office was 9.98 million US dollars."

This number can only be said to be very average, less than Tom Cruise and Universal expected. Don't forget that he invested $2 million himself.

In Hollywood in the early 1990s, the screening cycle of each film was relatively long, and the box office figures grew slowly. It was not like thirty years later, and the box office in the first week was more than half of the total box office of the film.

So this number is acceptable. If the box office can grow steadily on Saturday and Sunday, it will not be difficult to reach the $30 million expected by Universal Pictures.

"Okay, take a break early!" After hearing the familiarity of the box office on the first day, Tom Cruise let go of half of his heart and asked his wife to go to rest together.

"Wait, Tom." Nicole Kidman waved the paper in his hand with an ugly face. "There are some other news, bad news!

According to Universal Pictures, the R-rated thriller "Escape from the Deadly Town" was second only to our "Ambition of Earth" on the first day, with a box office of $9.75 million!"

"Ahh?" Tom Cruise woke up instantly, took the fax from his wife, and looked carefully. "No, how could it be possible? I called Pat and asked her to find out what was going on?"

Nicole Kidman understands why he is excited. It seems that if he hadn't bought the box office by himself, "The Land Ambition" would have lost to a low-cost thriller!

Although the box office figures on this fax may not be accurate, they will not be much different, and the errors in them will not exceed 100,000 US dollars.

She was also very surprised. When she thought of her fellow Australian hometown, she might become famous in one fell swoop with this video, her mood instantly became even more unhappy!

"Nicole, the reason has been found!" Tom Cruise hung up the phone, rubbed his temples with his hands, and said helplessly.

"What? How did that video do it?" Nicole Kidman was also very confused. Logically, the first choice for movie fans is definitely "The Ambition of Earth", which has a superstar.

"African and minority." He threw the phone beside him and leaned tiredly on the sofa.

The hype effect of Warner Bros. is very obvious, and it played a significant role on Friday.

Through communication with various theater companies in advance, all theater companies in North America that released "Escape from the Deadly Town" today have scheduled additional screenings in theaters near minority communities, and Warner's film copy also specially sent some more to these theaters.

These African-American communities exist in major cities in North America, and are generally in the city center. Unlike white communities, these communities where ethnic minorities gather are basically slums.

People of color, when choosing entertainment, watching a movie is definitely the last choice.

But this video is different. Through long-term reports from Warner Bros. media and various bottomless stories of gossip tabloids, most black people have paid attention to this film.

The main actors of this film are black people, especially Will Smith. Although he has no reputation in the film industry, he is currently popular in the rap industry and has just won the Grammy.

The main entertainment of black people is rap, which cannot be shaken by any form of entertainment. Will Smith has a huge appeal among these compatriots.

These black compatriots rarely walked into the theater to buy tickets to support their idols.

There is also the director of the film. The director of this film has a black girlfriend, which is quite rare.

And this director was willing to use black people to star in the film, and used more than one, which made Wayne very popular among these black groups.

Under Warner's propaganda offensive, young people in various black communities entered the theater as soon as possible, wanting to see what kind of film it was.

And this is just the beginning. When these black people who have watched the video for the first time return to their communities, schools, and neighborhoods, they will recommend the video with their friends, family and classmates.

Just because in this famous piece, the black male protagonist finally killed all the white people!

The reason is simple, but it is very powerful, and it is enough to support these people with glass hearts to go to the cinema for a carnival together.

In fact, Warner Bros. and Wayne both underestimated the influence of publicity among the black group. It was not until the next day when Wayne led the team to New York to promote the video that he realized it.

As for the same publicity event as last time, Warner held a fan meeting on Times Square in New York.

But today's meeting with fans made the New York police feel like they were facing a great enemy. In two hours, they urgently sent three additional police forces.

Finally, amid the request for help from these policemen, the municipal government also sent a large brigade of explosion-proof special police.

Wayne was a little confused when he looked at the crowds of dark people in the audience. The square was filled with movie fans and shouted the actors' names loudly. Wayne felt that the group of black buddies were confused.

Among all the fans, the proportion of black people actually accounts for at least one-third, which is definitely a large group of time bombs.

The host was also afraid of problems, so he quickly walked to Wayne, interviewed the director in advance, asked him well, and quickly ended today's event. She could no longer bear to look at the squeezed policemen.

"Director Greenberg, fans are particularly interested in knowing when will you and Miss Harry Berry get engaged?"

The host handed him the microphone and pointed at the audience in secret.

"Harry and I have a stable relationship now. Thank you for your concern, but we have discussed it and we will focus on our careers for the time being. After all, we are all too young!"

Wayne's answer is very ordinary, and these are all communicated in advance.