Chapter 282

"But Murphy Stanton is working with marvel."

Diego Harris still has a lot of doubts about this. Marvel and DC Comics have always been competitors.

Bruce Rosenblum laughed. "I've learned that he doesn't have a good relationship with marvel, and he refuses Stan Lee's request to be a guest star in the dead man."

"If death watch hits the box office all over the world," says Diego Harris, who knows what to do, "I support working with Murphy Stanton."

"I think so, too." Bruce Rosenblum added, "it's not too late to make a decision until we see what's going on in the market."

The film market development in the following weekend, just like the past Friday, has no suspense at all. No matter the attendance and audience number, or the word-of-mouth and film arrangement rate, "dead maid" has exploded in several streets of "cat girl".

In the office of Warner Building in Burbank, Bruce Berman's face was grim, and the back of his hand holding the phone was blue. It seemed that blood vessels would burst at any time.

"Inform our production department," he said in a cold voice, "to cross out Halle Berry from the list of first-line partners. All the leading actresses of Warner Bros. A-level productions will not be allowed to use Halle Berry in the future."

He added, "and the director, pitiful, Warner Bros. is not allowed to work with him in the future."

The failure of "cat girl" can not be reversed. Someone must be responsible for it. The actor and director are the best targets.

Bruce Berman never thought that the failure of this film had something to do with his promoter. Of course, the failure was the responsibility of others.

Almost at the same time, the six major Hollywood companies have reached a consensus that they can no longer take the risk of using Halle Berry as the heroine of A-class production.

"That's the reality of Hollywood."

Murphy got the relevant news that it was Monday morning. He looked at Gail gado, who packed his backpack and was ready to go back to school today, and said, "even after the Oscar, it's hard to withstand such a painful blow."

"But that's not the case with other Oscars?" Gail gado has doubts.

"Because they're not black." Murphy said, "they have more opportunities."

Gail gado went to the water fountain and took a glass of water for himself. "Can't Halle Berry really play the heroine of super production anymore?"

Murphy shook his head, "very difficult, in addition to the image of the storm has been solidified, not to mention the heroine, she will be very difficult to appear in A-class production."

Halle Berry's pay can't be reduced casually. Now that "cat girl" is screwed up, no one will ask her to be the heroine of A-level production, not the role of the heroine, and few drama groups are willing to spend such a high pay.

Turning to look at the wall clock, Gail gado cautioned, "time's up. It's time for you to go."

Murphy nods, goes over and kisses Gail gado on the face, mentions the suitcase that had been put in the porch, pushes the door open, and Gail gado follows him all the way to the garage.

Helping Murphy pack, Gail gado grabs him and reminds him, "remember to call me every day. In addition, eat on time every day, don't use busy work as an excuse, be careful of those crazy fans, don't be too aggressive, and don't be too tough when it's time to be gentle... "

"Don't worry." Murphy hugged her, gave her a deep kiss, and then got on the bus. "Goodbye, honey."

"Goodbye."

Watching Murphy drive away to Los Angeles Airport for this overseas publicity trip, Gail gado stood in front of the garage for a while, until the black Cadillac completely disappeared, then closed the garage door and went back to the main building.

There was no class in the morning, and she was not in a hurry to go. She sat on the sofa, picked up the newspaper on the tea table, turned to the entertainment section, and read it again.

It's full of good news about Murphy and the dead man, and she's never tired of it.

"The dead maid easily won the North American box office list, and the poor opening of the cat girl turned into cannon fodder!"

Although he told Murphy not to be aggressive, Gail gado saw the title, but his heart was filled with a sense of happiness. Those who blocked his boyfriend's way would be swept away like garbage!

"Due to the weak firepower of the newly painted cat girl, the champion of this week's list is still dominated by old films. The R-class superhero action film" death attendants ", directed by Murphy Stanton, won another $45 million at the end of the next weekend and won the weekend champion relatively easily. The cumulative revenue of the film in two weeks is as high as $186.3 million, temporarily ranking the first in this year's box office list!"

"Under the impact of" dead man ", Warner Bros.'s" cat girl "had a very poor performance in the first weekend, and only got 14.8 million US dollars which was seriously lower than expected in three days. The box office in North America is bound to be unable to exceed 50 million US dollars, which is far from the production cost line of 100 million US dollars. We can only rely on overseas box office performance to try to recover the cost.""In addition, different from the box office and word-of-mouth outburst of" dead man ", the movie" cat girl "failed at the box office, but its word-of-mouth was also terrible. The audience rating of the movie was D, and the popcorn index dropped to 22%, which meant that the audience's word-of-mouth was extremely poor. The media evaluation of the film is all occupied, and only 10% of the 78 media included in the rotten tomato website gave good comments on the film, with an average score of 1 point.... "

Even a layman, Gail gado can see that "cat girl" will no longer pose any threat to "dead waiter". This is not a film of the same level.

Although Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. went to London to prepare for the upcoming European premiere of "the dead man", the publicity and marketing of fox in North America in the 20th century are still going on. The topic of the film is hot enough. They are still creating topics to attract more passers-by.

"The cumulative box office of" dead man "in North America is close to 200 million US dollars, and the cheap hero dominates the North American April film market!"

"The dead man is the big box office winner in North America this year!"

Similar news and topics are constantly thrown out by 20th Century Fox through its huge media platform and group company.

Carla Firth, who stayed in North America, also accepted the interview and continued to throw out strong materials, saying that "the dead man" has become a big box office winner, which is completely beyond the expectation of fox in the 20th century. They originally estimated that the box office of the film was only $60-65 million, but what Murphy Stanton did made the film have a qualitative change!

However, the film's R-rating, high-density yellow jokes and all kinds of fancy banter have also brought some troubles. When Murphy arrived in Britain, he got the latest news from fox in the 20th century. This film is not in the Chinese market that Hollywood is vigorously developing.

It's no surprise that "the dead man" can pass the censorship of the scissors. Even if fox stepped up its public relations in the 20th century, there is no hope that the film will appear on the Chinese screen. With all the pornographic elements of the plot, how can the scissors start? Can't you really cut a ninety minute movie into ten minutes?

Of course, it's just Murphy's wishful thinking when he was bored. He didn't expect "dead man" to enter the market on the other side of the Pacific Ocean through the cinema channel, and so far, all his films can't be shown in the cinema there.

Every country has its own situation. Murphy doesn't feel much about the existence of scissors. Film and cultural censorship are common all over the world, and it's not exclusive to a company on the other side of the Pacific.

These are not in Murphy's consideration for the moment. Since he came to Europe to promote films, he inevitably had to be interviewed.

The next day in London, Murphy was interviewed by the times.

Fleet Street guys are not easy to deal with. Their first problem is very sharp.

"Director Stanton, some people have commented before," the young British journalist is not polite, "that the success of" dead man "depends not on the film itself, but on some indecent elements such as sex, vulgar language and yellow jokes."

"It's insulting to say that deadman makes money by being dirty." Murphy knows what British journalists are, and is not as reserved as when facing the media in the United States. "The dead man" is a completely different type of hero story. These stories only happen to the dead man, which are different from Superman, spider man, Wolverine and so on. "

He organized the language a little bit. "These people are born to be bright, but death attendants are born to die. To put it bluntly, not every superhero is suitable to pull down his trousers and trample on his integrity. "

The reporter said, "can you tell me more about it?"

"Take Wolverine in the world of X-Men as an example. He is violent and has been transformed into a killing machine, but Wolverine has and only rebellious. In movies and comics, most of the time, Wolverine's expression is..."

Murphy crossed his hands and made a classic Wolverine fury gesture, "burst, burst, burst of all kinds of body, the same is to destroy the world, wolverine is to go after a fight, handsome, pull the wind.". And the dead waiter will kill himself and leave a middle finger for the world before he dies. "

"This kind of humor that tears itself and sprinkles salt on the wound is the key to win popularity." Murphy shrugged. "You know, for today's movie stars, self blackening is the most economical way to save powder."

The reporter didn't seem to think that Murphy could come up with such a theory. He was a little stunned.

It's not over yet. Murphy needs more material on Fleet Street the next day. He says, "most of the mainstream commercial movies in Hollywood can be classified as hero movies. There is always a hero who can save the world or other heroes, but there are too many such movies in Hollywood, and the audience is tired of the hero's routine The appearance of the dead man opens a new world for the audience. As a director, I can responsibly say that from the first minute, spoof to the last minute, the whole film is not positive, which is just the favorite of the audience now. "

Whether this kind of love can expand from North America to Europe depends on the performance of "dead man" after it is released overseas. (to be continued). ）For mobile phone users, please browse and read for better reading experience.