Chapter 320

In the 20th century, fox had great expectations for the kingdom of heaven, far more than last year's dead attendants, which can be seen from the schedule arrangement. The kingdom of heaven was not only put on the traditional strong commercial summer program, but also released on the first weekend of the summer program at the strong request of devcola.

"This schedule can't be better."

Standing in front of the Chinese Grand Theater in Hollywood, kalafes looked at devkla in the interview area, "there are no films of the same class on the weekends before and after. It will be until May 19 that he will be an opponent in the sense of integrity."

Murphy beside her looks relaxed, "you mean George Lucas's Star Wars prequel 3: Revenge of the Sith"

in this era, there are not a lot of blockbusters. After the release, few two films with an investment of more than 100 million dollars will directly collide on the same weekend, and even many big films have moved to June and July in order to avoid George Lucas's last star wars For example, Warner Bros.'s Superman return moved from the end of May to the end of July.

Carafes suddenly changed the subject, "it is said that the heroine Natalie Portman once again refused to attend the premiere."

"Well, I heard." Murphy light said, "with the excuse of studying in Jerusalem to refuse, very smart choice."

"Why do you say that?" carafes was a little puzzled. "She was not afraid to offend George Lucas by doing this"

"she didn't care. I heard that Padme Amidala would die in this movie. She couldn't play star wars in the future." Because of the past, Murphy can see more clearly than carafes, "George Lucas is not a member of the directors' Union, and he is not liked by the old men of Oscar, and he will not be an obstacle to her future impact on Oscar."

"A woman as realistic as we are." Carafes seemed to have a little admiration. "If she hadn't been so dazed and had come with you, I would have known her."

She turned the topic back, "how do you feel after watching the audition of the kingdom of heaven"

"it's very bad." Although the film is different from the one in memory, it's no better than the previous version. Coupled with the big environment faced by the epic war film, it's not hard for Murphy to come to the conclusion, "I don't think we should talk about cost recovery in the short term."

He pointed to the interview area, where Orlando Bloom and Eva Green were being interviewed. "The two actors that devcola insisted on using were terrible."

Murphy heard from carafes that Redley Scott's original favorite actor and heroine were other candidates, but with the strong insistence of devcola, he was forced to use Orlando Bloom and Eva Green.

"Orlando Bloom in any commercial film, will be a very good embellishment, but let him prop up a hero." Murphy shook his head, even if many actors can rely on their faces to eat, but the role is so thin as a little blacksmith, it will affect the audience's perception, "and Eva Green, her appearance" uu1;

It seems that she can't find the right adjective. After thinking for a while, Murphy said, "it's very distinctive. It's unforgettable. It's great for her to play some weird roles, but the heroine of this film is too different from her appearance and temperament."

"The hero and heroine I chose is so worthless"

a loud voice suddenly rang out behind me. Before Murphy turned back, Dave corra, who was still in the interview area before, did not know when he came over. "Director Stanton is not optimistic about my film"

Murphy did not talk behind his back about the embarrassment of others being heard Awkwardly, shrugged slightly and said calmly, "it's just my personal point of view. I'm also on the matter."

Dave corra snorted.

"I don't know what your first weekend expectation is." Murphy didn't realize it.

Hearing this, devcola wanted to say 100 million dollars directly, but he still said a conservative figure, "50 million dollars."

Murphy nodded, no longer speak, with the current environment, coupled with the film really general quality, want to get this number, need a miracle.

"How about we make a bet, Dave?" carrafes won't let him go easily. "If the box office of the kingdom of heaven in North America can meet your expectations at the first weekend, I'll quit all the positions of 20th century fox. If it can't meet your expectations, how about you quit your present position"

after 20th Century Fox invested a lot of money in the kingdom of heaven, she certainly won't Stupid enough to do things again, but believe Murphy's judgment.

"I" Dave corra looked at the smiling and confident carafes and swallowed the second half of the speech.

He's not a kid in kindergarten. How can he agree to such a stupid bet.

Looking at Murphy, then at kalafes, devcola nods and turns away.

At this time, no matter how much is redundant, when the first week's box office results of the kingdom of heaven come out, he will smash the box office report in the face of this pair of dogs and men. "You just believe me," Murphy said, leaving devcolla alone, "not afraid to lose in the end.""Will you lose?" carafes didn't care much. "Even if you lose, you won't see me wandering on the street"

she looked at her watch. "I won't tell you. I'll talk to Alan Harris."

Murphy waved her hand, indicating that she was free to take care of herself.

Most of the people who attended the premiere began to walk into the China Grand Theater in Hollywood, and Murphy was also mixed in. As he walked forward, a reporter suddenly came over.

This is a female reporter who has interviewed her before. Her name is Murphy. I only remember that she is a reporter from Hollywood.

"I met you at the audition of this film before." The female reporter was not polite at all and asked directly, "I think there is something wrong with this film, director Stanton. What do you think of it"

"there is no doubt about the ability of director Redley Scott. He has proved himself countless times in the past." Murphy has never been a good person in the standard sense. Speaking of this, he stopped for a moment and suddenly said, "as long as it is not interfered by external factors, Redley Scott's works are the guarantee of quality and box office."

Hearing this, the female reporter was stunned, her pace slowed down unconsciously, and the distance between her and Murphy was getting farther and farther.

"Don't be interfered by external factors" she said to herself, as if she had grasped something, "is there any inside story about this film that the media don't know"

the female reporter came to the spirit immediately, so that she could dig up some materials.

If the film is successful, of course everything is good. If it fails, it's still interesting to believe in the things behind the scenes.

Because of the release of the Heavenly Kingdom, Murphy has long been concerned about this weekend. Although he came to attend the premiere of this film, he is still concerned about another film, which is also the seed of this year's Oscar.

The crash, directed by Paul Haggis, was also released this weekend. If he remembers correctly, the film reflecting American social and ethnic issues won the best picture at next year's Oscars. Uu3;

this is another film released in the first half of the year after Gladiator, which can win the best picture Oscar.

Schedule is very important to the impact of Oscars, but whether the content of the film is good for many white middle-aged and elderly judges is more important.

The lost lover will not be placed in the Thanksgiving Christmas season near the awards season, but in August. At this time, the summer season in North America has entered the end, and there is no super commercial competition, which is more favorable for the film market.

This weekend, in addition to the car crash, there is a film showing Paris Hilton in the horror wax museum.

Because of the widespread video, Murphy and galgado went to the cinema to watch the film. There were not too many surprises and disappointments. This is a typical American horror film.

Compared with the busy post production period in May, Murphy is doomed to disappear.

In the three days of the weekend, the kingdom of heaven beat the car crash and horror wax museum, which was released at the same time, and won the top of the North American box office. This was originally good news, but the cumulative box office of the three days of the weekend was only a pitiful $18 million, not to mention reaching the $50 million expected by Fox in the 20th century, not even half of it.

If the box office fails at the end of the first weekend and the word-of-mouth is enough, we can still count on the long term, but the reputation of the media and the audience of the kingdom of heaven is also in a mess.

"In the two-hour film, there is one battle after another, and these battles are mixed together. Apart from old clothes and long dirty hair, the audience can't expect anything else in the film."

This is the most representative comment.

According to the consensus of the outside world, many professional forecasters, even the most optimistic one, believe that the box office of the film in North America is unlikely to exceed 50 million US dollars, and the global box office is up to 200 million US dollars.

This means that the kingdom of heaven is not only far from meeting expectations, but also will become a film that will cause huge losses to fox in the 20th century.

For such a huge failure, someone must take responsibility.

After several times of additional investment, the total production cost of such a work reached 150 million US dollars, and the cost of publicity and marketing exceeded 70 million US dollars. As a result, the first shot of this year's summer program in North America went to a standstill. Of course, it also attracted wide attention from the outside media.

In particular, the female reporter, who was vaguely reminded by Murphy, has been looking for the truth through the surface, and has obtained quite a lot of inside information. It's not finished yet. Making friends in the city, 5 minutes, do not make any circles, meet the city quickly, make the appointment easier. Please pay attention to WeChat official account {the same city love search tcay2016, hold 3 seconds to copy}

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