Chapter 700

At Boston Logan International Airport, as soon as the crew headed by Murphy and James Franco walked out of the airport hall, they were surrounded by media reporters. Hundreds of reporters were almost crazy. They first ran alternately, then divided and surrounded, and soon surrounded every celebrity in the crew.

The closest encirclement is around Murphy and James Franco.

These reporters, regardless of whether Murphy wants to speak or not, rush to throw questions one after another. The scene is extremely chaotic and difficult to answer.

"Directed by Stanton," dark city "has set a new North American next weekend box office record and the fastest breaking record of $400 million. How many records do you think it can break in the future?"

"Are you happy that" dark city "has become the second film in the history of North America that grossed more than $100 million at the weekend?"

"It's said that your next goal is next year's Oscar. Is that true?"

"Are you going to hit the best director Oscar with this film?"

One by one, Murphy asked questions disorderly. Even if Murphy wanted to answer, he had no choice but to get out of the car under the escort of the bodyguard.

But after the car started, the reporters still refused to leave, stuck in the road, just like a hormone.

Murphy certainly knows why these reporters are so excited, and some of them are chasing Boston from New York, all because of the record breaking box office performance of "dark city" in North America this past weekend.

In the three days of last weekend, "city of darkness" easily won the box office champion of that day. After gaining $44.6 million on Friday, it rebounded again on Saturday and won $45.2 million. Although it declined on Sunday, it also earned $36.8 million.

As a result, the three-day box office of the weekend was as high as $126.6 million, which easily knocked down the $30.2 million of the Great Gatsby. While winning the North American box office ranking, it also broke the North American box office record of $13 million set by Avengers in the same period last year.

At the same time, "city of darkness" also broke the record of "Avengers" breaking $400 million in 14 days by breaking $400 million in eight days.

It's no exaggeration to say that this film, with an unparalleled crazy momentum, has almost set a new box office record in North American film history since its release.

In ten days, the North American box office of "dark city" has reached 466.84 million US dollars, reaching the threshold of 500 million US dollars in North America. According to the prediction of cinemascore, the latest Thursday and the fastest Wednesday, "dark city" will enter the ranks of 500 million US dollars club in North America.

In the face of this crazy box office trend, more and more people begin to believe that "dark city" can completely challenge the positions of "Avatar" and "Titanic" in the North American box office charts. Murphy is very hopeful to break James Cameron's monopoly on the top two box office charts in North America.

All these are the direct reasons for the madness of media reporters.

Murphy led the crew to Boston. Instead of going to a hotel, Murphy first went to an IMAX cinema near Boston's central square to participate in the on-the-spot fan interaction activities jointly sponsored by IMAX company and 20th century fox. Similar to the previous publicity in other cities, the post show publicity in Boston is nothing more than media announcements, interaction with fans and participation in local activities Hot Radio and TV programs.

After participating in the fan interaction, Murphy and the crew come to the Hilton Hotel in Boston. It's noon. An assistant of the crew gives him a fax just sent by 20th century fox. The latest overseas box office statistics have come out.

The box office of "city of darkness" is booming in North America at the first weekend, which has affected many countries and regions. Now there is an obvious situation in the world film market. The box office of any film that is booming in North America is generally quite good in other regions, at least not so bad.

Last week, the film's overseas screening scale expanded to more than 90 countries and regions, and in Brazil, Mexico, Australia, the United Kingdom, France and Germany, more than 85% of the previously released markets, all won the weekly box office champion. In the newly released more than 30 markets, all of them won the weekly tickets without exception Top of the list!

This week, city of darkness collected another $372.6 million overseas!

With the $126.6 million in North America, the total global box office is as high as $1102.08 million!

No matter the media in North America or overseas mainstream media, facing the viewing frenzy created by "dark city", they all agree that the global box office of the film is very hopeful to reach 2 billion US dollars!

But not all of the news about the film is good. In the 20th century, Fox also sent a not too good news to Carla Firth. The city of darkness was unable to pass the examination of a big scissors on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

If it was five years ago, 20th Century Fox would not care too much. After all, even if a Hollywood film can be sold very well there and get tens of millions of dollars at the box office, Hollywood can only get 13% of the box office share, so it can be said that the profit is relatively meager.But last year, China and the United States just held a new round of negotiations on the world trade agreement. Among them, there was a part about movies. The number of blockbusters introduced from Hollywood across the Pacific rose to 34, and the box office share doubled to 25%!

Different from other overseas markets, this 25% of the box office share is the part after deducting the cost of publicity and distribution and taxes, that is to say, it is basically a profit.

This latest agreement between China and the United States has also prompted Hollywood, especially the six major companies, to pay more attention to the market across the Pacific and to push the super commercial masterpiece into that market.

Can't pass the big scissors audit, this kind of thing Murphy also has no way, can't cut the film to pieces for these?

This kind of thing still needs to be done by Fox in the 20th century. After all, the standard of scissors is living, not unchangeable.

Murphy's mind is still on the film's North American publicity, not distracted by these things.

At the same time, Gail gado left Europe with the crew and came to Australia to start the Far East propaganda tour.

"It's a magical country."

As the gado flew from Brisbane to Sydney, Margot Robbie sat opposite Gail gado. "Wild animals are rampant. Shall we go hunting together?"

Gail gado shrugged. "This time? No, we have a tight schedule. We don't have time. "

"We can sneak out." Margot Robbie's words are full of temptation, "let no one else know, just the two of us, go out alone for a day, go hunting on my farm! You don't know, this is the time when the Australian government is hunting kangaroos. As long as it has a special license, it can hunt kangaroos. "

She said triumphantly, "our farm happens to have such a license."

Hearing these words, Gail gado was surprised. "Isn't kangaroo the symbol of Australia? I remember there are kangaroos on the national emblem of Australia, and the government allows hunting? "

"Of course! It's true. You can ask David if you don't believe it. "

Seeing Gail gado still puzzled, Margot Robbie simply explained, "there are many experts who think that too many kangaroos will damage the ecological environment!"

She said softly, "kangaroos have no natural enemies in Australia, although there were a lot of species at the top of the food chain in Australia, such as the Tasmanian tiger. However, overhunting had wiped them out, and then the colonists cleaned up natural enemies like the Australian wild dog. Now, vegetation is a granary with plenty of grass and water, but kangaroo has few natural enemies, except for cars. "

"Forget it." Gail gado shook his head. "Let's wait until we have a chance."

After meeting Murphy, although she is no longer a strict quality oriented person, she still rejects hunting.

Margot Robbie complains, "you're as busy with work as Murphy is."

After continuous work, she was a little tired and wanted to relax. Now the film has a lot of reputation, let alone active publicity. The media are scrambling to report the news related to "dark city". Sometimes she feels embarrassed after reading the flattering comments.

For example, when they were in France, some French media touted that "dark city" was the most successful Hollywood film, and Murphy was the most successful young Hollywood director. He and "dark city" made other similar films look silly and childish.

British media believe that "city of darkness" is indeed a sharp big production, ambitious, will be a great epic.

In addition, the Australian media in her hometown, unwilling to fall behind her European counterparts, praised "dark city" as strong, persuasive, intoxicating and completely conquered the audience. Murphy Stanton is a talented director!

Margot Robbie admits that there's some truth in the media hype, but it's a little too much

The plane soon arrived in Sydney. When they were on their way to the hotel, Margot Robbie and Gail gado built a car. As soon as they got on, they boarded the fender of the nanny's car, isolating the front and rear compartments.

"Are you really not interested in hunting?" Asked Margot Robbie again.

Gail gado shook his head. "No interest at all."

"Dear..." Margot Robbie got a little closer to Gail gado, leaned over her ear and said, "I think you're used to being a prey, so you don't like hunters."

"What?" Gail gado looked at her. "What are you talking about

Margot Robbie stares at Gail gado. "Isn't it? You've always been Murphy's prey. You've been hunted wantonly by him. Have you forgotten how to be a hunter? "

Gail gado instantly understood her meaning and rolled her eyes. She didn't mind talking about it with Margot Robbie. After all, she had discussed it many times before.

"What do you think of people like Murphy..." She shrugged. "Will you be my prey?"Instead of answering, Margot Robbie said, "you can find the right prey for you."