v2 Chapter 637： Bats and spiders

It is impossible for any movie to continue to operate in a hot state indefinitely. "The Dark Knight" is no exception. After the box office reached 375.66 million US dollars on the second weekend of North American screenings, as the new week begins , Unexpectedly, the box office on weekdays experienced a significant decline.

In the third week of its release, the single-day box office of "The Dark Knight" in North America fell below US$20 million for the first time. The box office number on Monday was US$12.36 million.

Although compared with last Sunday, the single-day box office had a decline of more than 50%, it still overwhelmed all competitors and became the film with the most box office that day.

As a direct competitor, "I Am Legend" has continued the trend since last weekend, and the market response has been good, but it has to survive under the pressure of "The Dark Knight". Its Monday box office number was 7.12 million US dollars.

In the following three working days, "The Dark Knight" and "I Am a Legend" carve up most of the market share, but the former has always firmly suppressed the latter.

In these three days, "The Dark Knight" received 11.85 million U.S. dollars, 11.01 million U.S. dollars and 10.28 million U.S. dollars in North America respectively. Not everyone's expectations were met. This film created North America with a 13-day performance of 410.88 million U.S. dollars. The new one broke the record of $400 million at the fastest.

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"I Am a Legend" is obviously inferior by more than one thing. It earned 6.23 million U.S. dollars, 5.87 million U.S. dollars and 5.66 million U.S. dollars in three days, and the North American box office reached 98.77 million U.S. dollars, breaking the 100 million U.S. dollar mark.

"The Dark Knight" before the arrival of the new weekend, with a result of 421.16 million US dollars, basically booked this summer file and even the annual North American box office championship.

And its biggest competitor is undoubtedly the "Spider-Man 3" produced and released by Sony Columbia Pictures and directed by Sam Remy.

"Spider-Man 3" is newly released, "The Dark Knight" has entered its third weekend, the situation between the two sides is clear at a glance, after the weekend has passed three days. "Spider-Man 3" unsurprisingly ended the "Dark Knight" two consecutive championships, becoming the second box office champion after the summer file began.

Only Duke knew that "Spider-Man 3" was greatly influenced by "Dark Knight" and "I Am Legend".

This superhero movie, which once set a record for the first week of drawing in North America, has reached the US$130 million expected by Sony Columbia, but the US$138.99 million in 4220 theaters in the first week is faint than Duke. I remember that the opening figure of about 150 million US dollars is even lower.

The influence is mutual. "Dark Knight" will affect "Spider-Man 3", and "Spider-Man 3" will also affect "Dark Knight."

This weekend, the box office of "The Dark Knight" saw a significant decline, with a drop of nearly 60%. It earned 36.8 million US dollars in three days, ranking second in the box office rankings.

The US$30.98 million of "I Am A Legend" pushed the film’s North American box office past the US$100 million mark.

The "Dark Knight" was released for three weeks, and 457.96 million US dollars were madly swept away from the North American theaters. This is a unique miracle in North America and the entire world's film history.

Although overseas, "Spider-Man 3" has madly harvested more than 200 million US dollars from 106 countries and regions. Ended the dominance of the "Dark Knight", but the latter continued to expand its overseas screenings and obtained 161.22 million US dollars, but the film's global box office pushed the film's global box office to a height of 84.84 million US dollars.

All Hollywood companies and investigative agencies related to the film industry and even the financial industry are aware that it is only a matter of time before "The Dark Knight" exceeds US$500 million in North America and US$1 billion globally.

Affected by this, the stock market just opened on Monday, and the shares of Warner Bros. and Time Warner soared at the same time, and the single-share price soared by more than 5% in one day.

Also rising is Sony Columbia Pictures, but the company's stock increase is far less than Warner Bros.

The biggest problem with this situation comes from the audience's reputation and market response of "Spider-Man 3". Compared with the previous two films, the reputation is fairly good, but this one can only be described as very general.

In the survey data released by cinemascore. "Spider-Man 3" has only 65 percent of the audience's praise rate in the theaters, and the audience averaged a ‘b’.

In terms of media, the treatment of "Spider-Man 3" is even more miserable. The 56 media outlets calculated by metacritic averaged only 57 points.

You know, this is only the data for three days of release!

On the other hand, "The Dark Knight" even came to the third weekend. The word-of-mouth in all aspects is still strong, not to mention that in the latest survey data of iemascore, the movie’s cinema audience praise rate is still over 90%, and the audience’s score is firmly nailed to the ‘a+’.

More than just scoring. As the two superhero movies, Spider-Man and Batman, the most influential in North America, are inevitably dragged out by fans and fans for comparison.

"Duke's Batman series is a model that gets better with more shots, and Sam Remy's Spiderman series is a model that gets worse with more shots."

"In "The Dark Knight", Duke perfectly combines art and business to create a classic in film history. On the other hand, Sam Remy's "Spider-Man 3" says that it is a qualified commercial film. Some are too praised."

"There is no doubt that Duke's "Dark Knight" has set a new benchmark for superhero movies. The analysis of human nature and the game between good and evil have long surpassed the superhero's own worldview setting. What about Spider-Man 3? There are too many plots and logical loopholes everywhere..."

"It is not so much that there is a huge gap between "Spider-Man 3" and "The Dark Knight", it is better to say that Sam Remy's level is not on the same level as Duke Rosenberg."

Affected by the very general audience’s word-of-mouth, after consuming the enthusiasm of fans and audiences in the first weekend, the workday has just begun. The box office of "Spider-Man 3" on Monday plummeted by 75% compared with last Sunday. 9.82 million US dollars.

The box office of "The Dark Knight" is also declining, with a decline of only 40%, with a single day of 7.66 million US dollars, and the North American box office continues to steadily move towards the 500 million US dollar mark.

Up to now, everyone can see at a glance that "Spider-Man 3" can't pose a real threat to "The Dark Knight" no matter in word of mouth or in the box office.

"It seems that all the popular characters or films were taken by Sony Columbia Pictures..."

On the side of the garden facing the sea, Scarlett Johansson sat on a white wicker chair, and said to Nancy Josephson on the opposite side, “In the end, it will turn to rot. This is the case for the 007 series, and the same is true for Spider-Man. Sony Entertainment has a magic power to make all movies rot?"

"My dear, you are affected by Duke's prejudice."

Picking up the white porcelain pot, Nancy Josephson refilled Scarlett and her teacup with black tea, and said, "Last year's "Casino Royale" box office was still OK."

"Casino Royal?" Scarlett curled her lips and said, "That new James Bond is not flattering at all. Compared with Pierce Brosnan, he is like a gangster coming out of a slum. ."

After that, she turned to Duke who was pruning the flowering branches, "My dear, am I right?"

"It makes sense." Duke inserted the scissors into the back pocket of his jeans, bent over to clean up the broken branches, and said, "I don't really like Daniel Craig's acting style."

Seeing Duke being busy, Scarlett said again, "Just leave these to the gardener."

"I have nothing to do now, and I'm on vacation again," Duke put the cleaned up snags into the trash bin next to him, "just as exercise."

Of course, the garden is taken care of by someone. Duke only occasionally showed interest and made a cameo.

Scarlett retracted her gaze, shrugged to Nancy, and said helplessly, "I should inform Emma in the evening to prepare some new plants to replace the ones that Duke trimmed."

Nancy laughed, took a cup of black tea, turned to Duke, and said, "Has the script for the new project been submitted?"

"It has been sent to the Warner Bros. Audit Committee." Duke said without looking up.

"Can you do me a little favor?" Nancy asked tentatively.

Duke put the trash can on a clearing, patted the dirt on his hands, "Go ahead, dear."

"One of my singers is very good..." Nancy Josephson was not polite, and said directly, "How about letting her sing the theme song of your new work? She will release her first album next year. I think she has a big hit. The potential of the market needs some methods to gather popularity and attract market attention."

This is not difficult. Duke didn't even think about it, so he said, "As long as the singing level is sufficient and the style is appropriate."

"Singing skills must be fine..."

Thinking of Duke full of robot masterpieces, Nancy Josephson couldn't help scratching her head, "But in terms of style, she is temporarily taking the country route..."

"Country style?" Duke turned around, looked at Nancy, thought for a while and said, "It's okay, but you have to find a song for her that matches the whole film."

For pop songs, Duke is a complete layman.

"When the script is reviewed, give me a copy of the script." Nancy Josephson said again, "she can compose lyrics and music by herself, and maybe she can write a suitable one herself."

Duke did not refuse, but told Scarlett Johansson to write down the incident.

After busying with the things at hand, Duke went to wash his hands next to him and sat at this table. Several people chatted about things in the circle, and the topic gradually turned to Duke's upcoming long vacation.

"Where are you and Scarlett going on vacation?" Nancy Josephson asked concerned.

"I plan to go to Australia and set off for Wellington the day after tomorrow. James Cameron's new film has been officially approved. Most of the scenes will be shot in the studio of Weta Studio." (To be continued...)

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