Chapter 558

With a reserved smile on her face, Natalie Portman walked all the way into the interview area. As the Oscar queen and the most famous star in the whole cast, she was naturally the focus of media reporters. Before she could stand firm, countless reporters gathered around her, flashing lights and throwing questions one after another.

Looking at these crazy reporters, Natalie Portman was quite complacent. Although she couldn't hear what these guys were saying because of the chaos, she kept a consistent smile on her face.

Soon the staff came to maintain order, and the agitation of the reporters gradually subsided. They also knew that they could not interview at all.

"Please ask questions one by one." Natalie Portman said with grace.

As the best actress of the new Academy Award, her attraction is self-evident, and reporters have reached a tacit understanding, asking questions one by one.

Accompanied by William Morris's agent, Natalie Portman patiently answers questions.

"Miss Portman, why are you in such a film?"

"I'm a fan of marvel. I like Marvel's superhero comics very much. Jane foster is very charming."

This is Natalie Portman's answer. She won't tell reporters that if she gets an Oscar for best actress, of course, she has to earn a lot of money in this popcorn movie.

In the past, she was very famous. Except for the prequel trilogy of Star Wars halo blessing, there was no film that could really sell well, and the film pay was not high. Now that she won the best actress, she must find a way to get back the high cost.

On this occasion, most of the questions asked by reporters are polite, but there are also sharp people.

"Natalie, do you think Thor will be a great success?"

A reporter from the New York Post crowded in front of Natalie Portman and yelled, "will it sell at the box office?"

There's no need to think about it at all, Natalie Portman replied directly, "of course! It's a great movie. It will be a success at the box office and word of mouth! "

The reporter of the New York Post laughed. The first question was just a foreshadowing, and the other person's answer could only be this way. Then he asked the second question, "this week's mass release of Murphy Stanton's" city of chaos "..."

Hearing this name, Natalie Portman's smile suddenly stagnated, but after all, she is a character who brings her own acting skills of Oscar best actress level in her life, and instantly returns to normal. If ordinary people don't observe carefully, they can't see the change in her expression at all.

"What do you think of the box office and reputation of Raytheon..." The New York Post reporter suddenly accentuated, "will it beat Murphy Stanton's city of chaos?"

As soon as this problem came out, all the reporters raised their ears. Many people even looked at the tape recorder and camera to make sure there was no problem.

Everyone knows that Natalie Portman and Murphy had a conflict, and now their films collide head-on

Natalie Portman was accompanied by William Reese, an agent in charge of public relations. He immediately realized that there might be a trap in the problem and coughed in the back.

Natalie Portman just said, "Thor must be the box office champion this week."

"The New York Post reporter's keen sense of Natalie Portman's change, quickly asked," so, you think your film can beat Murphy Stanton's film? "

"That's right!" Since Natalie Portman said the first sentence, she would not change her words again

The agent of William Morris saw that the reporter still had to ask questions. He stepped forward, stopped between Natalie Portman and the reporter, and said in a loud voice, "ladies and gentlemen, Miss Portman is going to take a picture with her. That's all for the interview."

Natalie Portman took a look at her agent, said nothing and left in his company.

Just went to the poster of NAT's agent to remind them of the problem area

"Is there a problem with my answer?" Natalie Portman is now a new Academy Award winner, full of air, "or do you have no confidence in me?"

"Er..."

The agent opens her mouth and doesn't say anything. From the standpoint of the heroine, Natalie Portman has no question about her answer. The only question is, can the film "Thor" really compete with Murphy Stanton's new work?

Compared with Natalie Portman, the agent has no confidence at all.

But he can only represent one person's view. It's not only Natalie Portman who has full confidence in Raytheon, but also some senior executives of Marvel comics.

"We have a very good reputation for the trial of this film!"

In the foyer of the Chinese Grand Theater in Hollywood, Stan Lee, wearing his trademark pair of sunglasses, confidently said, "it's inevitable that the film will sell well."

Avi Allard nodded his head. If it's just a trial run of word-of-mouth, it may not mean much, but the pre-sale result of more than 10 million US dollars is better than when iron man was released.Stan Lee is still gushing, "I think the box office of Thor in the first week should be similar to that of iron man, and the final box office in North America will be about $250 million!"

This is also the consensus reached by Marvel pictures based on the results of the first weekend's pre-sale.

Avi Allard doesn't know much about the film industry, but he knows that Raytheon is facing a huge threat if it wants to achieve the expected results.

"What about Murphy Stanton's city of chaos?" He asked.

"The pre-sale is three million dollars less than us!" Stan Lee seems to be an expert on the film market. "Considering all aspects of the situation, the box office in North America is at least $30 million less than that of Thor in the first weekend!"

He pulled up his old face and laughed twice. "If there is something wrong with the word-of-mouth of" city of chaos ", it's not surprising that the box office of the first weekend is less than 40 million US dollars. It's hard to say that the box office of North America is more than 150 million US dollars!"

Just for the trial screening, "city of chaos" had a certain proportion of bad reviews, which was significantly worse than "Thor" with zero bad reviews.

Although Walt Disney and marvel have done a lot of work in the zero difference review of Raytheon, it is impossible for fox in the 20th century not to do it. On the same basis, it is clear at a glance who is higher or lower in the two films.

On the same weekend, there were two films that attracted much attention, which was not uncommon in the extremely crowded summer camp in North America. For ordinary fans, it was not a big deal. What they did was still to take out their money, buy tickets for their favorite films, and how to watch or go to the movies.

Every audience has different preferences. They always choose the films to watch according to their first impression.

This first impression is widely influenced by external factors, such as the leading actor, director and type of the film, and the brand effect like marvel or Murphy can also play a certain role.

With the opening of the summer festival, many fans go out of their homes and enter cinemas one after another, ready to choose their own films.

After two months of dormancy in March and April, Daisy finally looks forward to the release of Murphy's film. Together with her new friends, she goes to the emperor cinema in Santa Monica business center to watch "city of chaos".

When she came to the ticket machine, Daisy entered the verification code and got the movie tickets she had reserved.

She turned to her companion and said, "it's your turn, Christine."

The girl named Christine came to the ticket machine and suddenly felt guilty. She said to Daisy, "I I may have a problem. I can't watch "city of chaos" with you

"What?" Daisy frowned and asked, "what's the matter? Are you in a hurry

"No Christine entered her verification code on the machine, and a movie ticket with the label of Thor fell down. She picked it up and said weakly, "I I think It's still Marvel's superheroes that suit me

Daisy glanced at the ticket in her hand and snorted, "traitor!"

Christine pulled her aside and explained, "you know I'm a fan of Natalie Portman."

"What's good about that woman?" Daisy's words jumped out of her mouth without thinking, "hypocrisy..."

"Daisy!" Christine was a little upset.

"Forget it." Daisy waved her hand. "You go to Raytheon. I'll go to the city of chaos myself."

Christine nodded. As soon as she was ready to leave, Daisy said, "if it's disgusting, you can come to me."

It's not difficult to change the movie hall in the projection area after the movie starts showing. The biggest trouble comes from 3D. However, since "city of chaos" is not 3D, there is no such inconvenience.

New York, Manhattan, as soon as it's time to get off work, Edmund Princeton left the company with his colleague Dirk and went directly to the nearest AMC chain cinema.

"You really don't want to see the city of chaos?"

In the theater lobby, Edmund Princeton asked Dirk, "tickets are still available."

"I'd better go tomorrow." After reading the relevant publicity materials, Dirk is also interested in "city of chaos", but the brainless popcorn like "Thor" is his first choice. "I'll go to see" Thor "first."

Edmund Princeton couldn't help saying, "well, I'll see you at 9:30."

"Well." Dirk looked at his watch. "I'll wait for you. We'll have a drink when we're done."

"Thor" has only 114 minutes, while "city of chaos" has more than 150 minutes. He must wait for Edmund Princeton for some time.

As time went by, the advance shows of the two films released at the same time almost opened at the same time. (to be continued). )