~： Eighty-two - Week Champion

Haywood automatically filtered his words and asked another question. "Then do you think this movie is good? How do you feel after watching it?"

"Yeah, it's very enjoyable, especially after flipping through a bunch of white guys, it's very cool." Schroeder recalled the picture he just saw, and imitated the action of the male protagonist killing his prospective father-in-law with his hands.

"Ok, thank you!"

Heywood turned around and left when he heard the answer. He had already got what he wanted, so there was no need to continue to waste time here.

Schroeder looked at this strange white man and walked out of the theater with his girlfriend in his arms. Their lives had just begun, and midnight in Los Angeles was equivalent to noon for normal people.

On the early morning of Monday, May 17, 1992, the door of the Wayne Hotel was knocked at high speed, and Nina, who was confused, opened the door.

"Why so early, the boss hasn't got up yet." Nina covered her mouth and yawned, pointing to her boss's door.

"A local TV station in Phoenix last night recorded the boss until two o'clock in the night. He was still asleep. Do you want me to wake him up?"

Jimmy had an anxious look on his face, but he kept grinning. "I'll wait for him in the living room. Is there any coffee here?"

After he finished speaking, he ignored Nina, who was confused and obviously hadn't woken up yet, and sat down on the sofa by herself.

"Coffee, yes."

Nina walked over to the coffee machine. Gave him a drink, and she didn't react until Jimmy took it and took a couple of sips. "Ah! Jimmy, aren't you supposed to be in Los Angeles? How did you get here so early?"

Jimmy opened his briefcase and yawned as if infected by Nina.

"Come here? Of course! I left at two in the morning, and ran over as soon as I got off the plane."

Just as he was talking, the door of the master bedroom opened with a "click", and Wayne was also tired and walked out in his pajamas.

Jimmy selectively ignored the beautiful woman on his client's bed, standing up and grinning uncontrollably. "Wayne, I have to come. Warner wants to fax you, and I stopped him."

He took out the information he got from Warner Bros. and handed it to his most important client.

"Sober up, Director Greenberg, today's media will go crazy for you."

Taking the printer paper handed over by the manager, he glanced at his exhaustion and instantly swept away.

Beginning on Saturday morning, "Get Out" showed a huge increase in attendance in 2,088 theaters, and earned $19.5 million at the box office in one day on Saturday.

This is not the most surprising thing. The most surprising thing is that on Sunday, the box office number actually exceeded that of Saturday, and it won more than 20 million US dollars in the United States, reaching as high as 20.35 million US dollars.

And "Get Out" grossed $49.64 million in its first week, which is nothing short of a miracle!

This is a bit outrageous. The box office trend is not in line with market rules at all. Normally, Monday is a working day, and the box office on Sunday is definitely lower than that on Saturday.

In the North American theater market, if a newly released film is not an adaptation of a novel, or has a successful sequel to its predecessor, Saturday will be the highest box-office peak for this newly released film.

Because the Friday when the film is released is still a working day, and Sunday is because the next day is also a working day, Saturday is the benchmark for measuring the box office of a film.

But obviously "Get Out" did not follow this market rule, and the box office on Sunday actually grew in reverse!

"Aha, are you also taken aback!" Jimmy was like a child eager to take credit, his tone was full of pride. "You've done a little miracle, Wayne."

Resisting his thumping heartbeat, Wayne sat down and watched these sets of numbers repeatedly. He thought that the box office of the film would not be low, but the film needs to adapt to the market slowly, and the box office will gradually increase.

Unexpectedly, the box office of the film exploded in the first weekend!

"Jimmy, do you have detailed statistics and analysis? There are some things I don't understand." Wayne took a few deep breaths, forced himself to calm down, and turned to ask his agent.

"Of course there is."

Jimmy took out two more sheets of printer paper from his bag and handed them to him.

Wayne is very clear that according to all types of films, his "Get Out" should be defined as a genre film, although he tried hard to make the film not small.

But such a large-scale R-rated film in a broad sense, even if the box office is good, it will only grow slowly through word of mouth because of the film's audience reputation.

Sure enough, he found the answer from the Warner Bros. investigation report.

According to the feedback from investigators randomly dispatched by Warner Bros., most of the surrounding theaters in African-American communities were full.

There were actually many gang members who put down their hatred and walked into the theater together to watch a movie.

This made Wayne feel incredible!

"I was also very surprised when I first saw it." Jimmy sat beside him and pointed to the investigation report. "You know why those black people go to the movies so crazy? The reason makes people laugh and cry.

It was because at the end of the film, the black people killed all the white people, which made them very excited, and many people even bought tickets to watch the film multiple times in two days. "

It is indeed a bit confusing, but no matter what the reason is, as long as the box office is high enough, there is nothing that cannot be done.

"Also, investigators from Warner Bros. found that this film has become a trend in the African-American community. Later, many viewers who entered the theater were because someone around them had watched it. If they didn't watch it, they would be caught by their friends. Shame!"

What else can Wayne say? This is a textbook announcement from Warner Bros. They fully took into account the glass-hearted attributes of that group, and used their mentality to let these black people enter the theater again and again.

"You can actually have Warner Bros. fax it over. You don't have to run so far in person." Wayne looked at the tired agent with a look of joy on his face and felt that he was a little too excited.

"No, I don't think you have time to rest. Warner Bros. has changed your schedule, and I want to accompany you." Jimmy put away the smile on his face and started talking about business.

"What? I don't need to publicize it all over the United States?"

"Yes, take Harry Berry and come back to Los Angeles with me. Vanity Fair is going to do a special interview with you." Jimmy became excited again as he spoke, waving his arms unconsciously as he spoke.

"You know what that means? It means you're going to be more famous and no one will ever say you're a rookie director, they'll say the name Wayne Greenberg with respect The tone of voice, you are not far from the position of Hollywood's first-line director!"

Looking at Jimmy who was talking more and more outrageous, Wayne interrupted him calmly.

"Hey, hey! Don't think too much about Jimmy, the director's achievements are never blown out by the media, we must wake up, I'm still far from being a first-tier director in Hollywood!"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door again. After Nina opened the door, she saw Naomi Watts and Will Smith walking in with their agent.

"Hi, Nami, Will, aren't you sleepy so early?" When Wayne saw them, he thought of yawning while recording the show last night.

"Wayne, today is Monday, Monday!" Will Smith gave him a hug excitedly, then took the newspaper from his agent. "Look, now the whole country is talking about us, who can sleep?"

I saw the Los Angeles Times in Will Smith's hand, with the headline in large letters: Wayne Greenberg took the movie "Escape from the Dead" to bloodbath the market! ! !

"I've got the news." Wayne shrugged and called everyone to sit down. "Just to tell you, I won't go to the next city's publicity event, I'm going back to Los Angeles."

"Hey, bro, don't talk about that, don't you want to see how the media reported you?" Will Smith opened the newspaper and read it out loud.

"The director whose first full-length feature film has earned over 100 million at the global box office, Wayne Greenberg's new film "Get Out" is coming this week.

This film, which has an R-rated bad background, started on Friday with a scale of 2,088 theaters achieved a box office achievement of 49.64 million US dollars in three days on the first weekend, and was directly airborne in this week's box office ranking. No. 1 on the list, bloodbathed the North American cinema market!

Directed by Wayne Greenberg, the two debut films have created a terrifying return on investment ratio. This young director with a strong personal style is extremely good at creating small and big miracles.

The box office of "Get Out" in the first week exceeded the production cost by ten times. Warner Bros.' absolute trust in it has also created a predictable large amount of revenue for itself. "

Will Smith winked as he read this, put the newspaper under his arm, and clapped his hands first, and everyone in the room clapped to Wayne together.

"Brother, congratulations!"

"Haney, congratulations."

"Director Greenberg (Mr.), congratulations on your success!"

Seeing the smiles on the faces of the people around him, Wayne also smiled and raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

"Thank you, Will, Nami." He looked at Will Smith, who was still young, and Naomi Watts, whose face was covered in collagen. "The success of this film is not just my credit, but the hard work of all of us, so don't just praise me, think about yourself."

"Of course, we all understand that you are the core and leader of this project, Wayne, you deserve these compliments!" Will Smith pressed him on the sofa and continued to pick up the newspaper.

"Ok, I haven't read it yet, guys! Let's continue.

"Get Out" is a script written by director Wayne Greenberg himself, and the logic, sociality, and metaphors for racial issues expressed in it are worthy of deep consideration by all audiences who have watched this film..."