Chapter 278

Sitting in the car, looking at the eye-catching headlines in the entertainment section of the newspaper, C comic's CEO, Diego Harris, immediately flashed a young face in front of him, who had taken the initiative to find C comic and Warner Brothers to save Batman Bruce Wayne Young director.

As the car left the International Airport and approached Burbank, Diego Harris sat back in the car seat, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a long time, he sighed and said to himself, "maybe comic C and Warner Brothers really missed a good opportunity."

The success of death watch is completely beyond his expectation. It's incredible that Murphy Stanton has brought such a bold but interesting superhero movie.

What makes him feel incredible is not only the unexpected box office figure of the film, but also the adverse word-of-mouth that will soon be praised by the audience, media and professional critics.

The young director seems to be holding Harry Potter's magic wand in his hand. Just a little bit, he can turn decay into magic.

Then he thought of Catwoman, who worked with Warner Bros. in C comics, and immediately began to look sad. "Do I really push a person who can save the heroic movie of C comics into the arms of surprise"

no wonder he thinks so. It's really Catwoman's reputation is so bad after several auditions. Now the freshness of rotten tomatoes after several auditions is only 13%< After all, the film critics are far away from the audience, but the popcorn index on the rotten tomatoes is only over 50%

before the film was released, this happened

he bowed his head and put his eyes on the newspaper in his hand.

Murphy Stanton, a 24-year-old director with a unique dark style, is the first person after Quentin Tarantino. In the 20th century, fox chose a director with strong personal style as the director of a mainstream commercial film Unexpected. "

"However, Murphy Stanton perfectly integrates his own style with the characteristics of the dead waiter. The film has scenes with black style such as cyan, violence and blood, and also has the playful and cheap features of the dead waiter given by comics. It brings a superhero film with peculiar style to the homogenized Hollywood and North American film markets."

"Let's talk about the box office of the film. On Thursday night, he landed in some cinemas in North America ahead of schedule. That night, he made $7.52 million and performed well. In R-rated films, this achievement is only inferior to that of matrix 2: reloading. The film began to be released across the United States on Friday with a revenue of US $2008 million that day. It easily won the one-day championship and broke the record of the first day of April for R-rated films and the one-day box office record on Friday in April. "

"On Saturday, the box office rose 16% to close at US $32 million, which was quite excellent in R-rated films. On Sunday, the inevitable decline was US $24.2 million, which made its opening weekend performance reach US $83.8 million and won the weekend championship by an overwhelming majority."

"The opening performance of death watch has greatly exceeded the expected value before the release, and compared with the box office of the first weekend of X-Men 2 released last year, it is only 2 million US dollars. However, it has a better reputation and is bound to draw a stronger trend. It is likely to become the highest box office X-Men series. Considering the excellent reputation evaluation of this film, its box office in North America is expected to hit 250 million Ten thousand dollars. "

"Cinema audience ratings for films cinea.score With a popcorn index of 98%, the audience has a high reputation. Most of the media reviews were positive. 86% of the 98 media reviews included in the rotten tomato website praised the film, with an average score of 7.8. The authoritative review media, etactic, has scored 47 media, with an average score of 75, which is the highest of the three X-Men films

"Driven by the dead waiter, the North American market recorded $180 million this weekend, up 215% from the previous week when Hellboy won the title"

"due to the unexpected performance of the dead waiter, Hellboy, also adapted from comic books, suffered a serious impact, and the box office diving rate reached 68% at the end of this week"

seeing here, the car stopped In front of Warner Building, Diego Harris put down his newspaper, got out of the car and went straight to Bruce Berman's office.

In the office, Bruce Berman, who had been on the phone before, was also waiting for him.

"I suggest contacting Murphy Stanton immediately." This is the first sentence Diego Harris said when he sat down, "he's very, very capable"

Bruce Berman looked at him and said nothing.

"A film with an investment of only 60 million dollars," said Diego Harris, who really wanted to save the C comic film. "In just one weekend, the box office in North America exceeded the production cost, and the high reputation was rare in commercial films."

"For surprise," Bruce Berman said coldly, "not for C.""Bruce" Diego Harris didn't expect that he would say that. His eyes widened. "Can't it tell us that a second-line non mainstream hero's film can be made as it is by Murphy Stanton? I think the plan he submitted at the beginning is feasible."

"Batman who's been knocked down may be followed by Superman who's been knocked down." Bruce Berman's face is a little gloomy. "Don't be kidding. This is not the superhero movie C and Warner Brothers want."

He denied Murphy Stanton at the beginning, and now he invites the other party back. Isn't it a slap on his face to show his CEO's dignity?

"the cat girl has already been like this." Diego Harris was distressed. "Now think about Murphy Stanton's words, I think Superman's return is also a problem. Bruce, we have to face up to the problems, not avoid the possible problems. "

"Possible problems" Bruce Berman stood up. "It was me who had been shelved for many years before Superman's return"

he pointed to his fat chest, "it was me who put Superman's return on the right track, and he also found the best superhero film director for it, which can't be changed"

Bruce Berman said firmly, without any discussion You don't have to worry about Superman's return. I'll take full responsibility. As for the cat girl, I will also think of ways in terms of publicity and marketing. "

"But" Diego Harris still wants to fight, "Murphy Stanton"

hearing the name that may affect his reputation, Bruce Berman rushes up, can't help raising his voice and interrupting Diego Harris, "enough, I'm the CEO of this company"

after looking at Bruce Berman whose face seems to be almost blue, Diego ha Reese shut up, nodded and walked out of the office.

A series of negative comments flashed through Diego Harris's mind. He had a kind of subconscious feeling that the C comic hero movie might really be hopeless.

In a hurry from New York, he got such a result that Diego Harris was somewhat resentful, especially Bruce Berman insisted on using Halle Berry on the cat girl, so he did not hesitate to offer $20 million for this, and asked the screenwriter to adjust the role to a black man, which really made him very angry.

It's not exactly what Catwoman originally planned.

Originally, Bruce Berman strongly supported Warner Bros. to restart the C comic hero movie. He thought that the time for C comic to turn over in Hollywood had come, and he also stood beside Bruce Berman from time to time and regarded him as his best ally.

Now it seems that I made the wrong decision and chose the wrong person.

With that in mind, Diego Harris went down to the lobby, ready to leave, and went back to the hotel to have a rest.

"Hi, Diego." Suddenly someone called to him, "wait a minute."

Diego Harris looked back. Bruce Rosenblum, who had just been promoted from vice director of television to director, came over from the elevator.

"Hi, Bruce." He said hello with a smile.

Although they are not friends, they are acquaintances.

"Do you have time?" Bruce Rosenblum pointed to the cafe on the side of the hall. "I want to talk to you about something."

For a moment, Diego Harris nodded and followed Bruce Rosenblum into the cafe.

"Diego, you are the most experienced person in the management of C comics. You are also recognized as the most emotional person to C comics." After a few words of gossiping, Bruce Rosenblum got to the point, "Catwoman's audition reputation is so bad, the production cost of Superman's return is more than 250 million dollars, in case of failure"

he looked at the opposite Diego Harris and thought about it.

Bruce Rosenblum was able to find him. Naturally, he made a targeted understanding, "did C think about the serious consequences there"

Diego Harris showed a wry smile, "C comic films will not be able to turn over in the next many years."

"The risks of these two projects are already very high." Bruce Rosenblum then asked, "have you made any plans in case of failure"

in the past, Diego Harris would have thought that such words were nonsense, but now some things are imminent.

The two men started a long conversation in the coffee shop. In the office upstairs, Bruce Berman first called the person in charge of the company's publicity department to urge him to step up the publicity of the cat girl, but he still felt that he could not rest assured.

He likes to do some things by himself, so that he can experience the feeling of power in his hands.

He made another call to Halle Berry and his agent, and the three parties also finalized a very targeted publicity strategy. It's not finished yet.