Chapter 654： impossible

The premiere is over, but none of the senior leaders of Warner Bros. rests. Batman is an important asset of the entire Time Warner Group. This time the restart of the "Batman" movie really matters.

Kevin Tesohara walked around the meeting room anxiously, Stephen Keys seemed to be refreshing with a coffee, but there was a trace of worry between his brows.

Although the pre-sales are good and the internal preview is unanimously praised, no one can guarantee that "Batman: Hour of War" will be accepted by the widest group of fans.

In their eyes, even if the producer is called Ronan Anderson.

With the sound of footsteps, Charles Rowan pushed in and said: "Got it, first-hand information."

Kevin Tesuhara quickly asked, "How was the response?"

Stephen Keyes also paid attention.

Charles Rowan’s facial expression was relaxed and smiling: “A total of 125 general audiences were sampled, of which 73% gave an A or above rating, and 89% of the audience With a score above B, less than 4% of the audience gave a score below B-."

Kevin Tesuhara breathed a sigh of relief and said to Stephen Keys: "The audience has a good reputation."

Charles Rowan gave the relevant statistics and comments from the audience to Kevin Tesohara and Stephen Case.

Most of them are well received.

"The director groundbreakingly described Batman as a mortal, and also deeply explored the relationship between human fear, anger and power, and explained the origin of Batman, why he became a Batman and how he became a Batman. Man, this is very interesting."

"I think this is the best Batman movie. The visual and spiritual impact are so exciting. It can be regarded as a model of action movies, giving Batman a new life on the big screen!"

"It's amazing! Although it is a lot more depressing in terms of general superhero movies, this is where the film shines. This is a completely different superhero movie."

Kevin Tesuhara glanced a few times, put it aside, and said, "The remaining suspense is the box office number."

Charles Rowan said: "It should not be bad. Ronan Anderson is best at business and market control."

The two chatted a few words about "War Hour" and Ronan Anderson. Stephen Keys, who hadn't spoken much, suddenly said: "What do you think of Ronan Anderson and Marvel Entertainment's superhero movie?"

Kevin Tesukhara and Charles Rowan looked over at the same time.

Stephen Keys said: "Marvel is DC's biggest competitor, right?"

Kevin Tesuhara said: "Charles, you deal with Ronan a lot, what do you think?"

"Throughout the history of superhero movies, we don't mention it as far away as Christopher Reeve starred in "Superman"." Charles Rowan has been working in the forefront of film production all year round, and has considerable research on the film market. : "The superheroes that can sell hot in the movie market and have a strong response are all the first-line and even the top comic superheroes, DC’s Superman and Batman, Marvel’s X-Men and Spiderman, in the comics There is a huge influence in the heroic period."

Stephen Case thought about it carefully and nodded slowly: "It seems like this."

Charles Ronan continued: "Among the many comic superheroes, Iron Man is not so famous, not even comparable to DC's Catwoman."

Kevin Tesohara asked: "Do you think Marvel Entertainment's "Iron Man" will fail?"

"Probably not." Charles Rowan analyzed very rationally: "With Ronan Anderson, "Iron Man" is still guaranteed. This movie should not fail, but it wants to be as big as "Spiderman." Selling is basically impossible. The popularity of Iron Man in the comics determines his movie ceiling, which is difficult to break."

He thought for a while and said: "I personally feel that "Iron Man" may become a high-end version of "Blade Warrior". The film will be commercially successful, but it will not bring much profit."

"It makes sense." Kevin Tesohala agrees completely: "Iron Man is not a famous comic superhero after all."

Stephen Keith asked: "I heard Ronan Anderson had a movie plan for Marvel Entertainment, but I couldn't find out the specific content."

Charles Rowan couldn't help laughing: "Iron Man is basically the most famous among the superheroes that Marvel Entertainment still holds copyright. Don't worry too much about their plans. We are basically certain that we will succeed. Batman: Hour of War, and the next two sequels, as well as the new Superman movie "Superman Returns."

He is confident: "DC occupies two of the three most famous cartoon characters in the United States. We have already worked **** adapting movies. Marvel's plan is nothing to worry about."

The fame and influence of Superman and Batman are placed here, giving Stephen Keys enough confidence. He did not say much in this regard, but asked: "The success of "Batman: Hour of War" can already be predicted. Yes, director Christopher Nolan planned a trilogy. Can Warner Bros. operate independently?"

Kevin Tesuhara said: "It's difficult."

Stephen Keys frowned: "Also let Relativity Entertainment participate in investment and share income?"

Although Warner Bros. owns the distribution rights of the film, it has taken the initiative, but once the Batman movie succeeds, its online and offline market can bring huge revenue. According to the forecasted North American box office in the first week, Relativity Entertainment’s investment , It is possible to achieve an investment return of more than 60%.

More than 50 million US dollars of profits will all fall into the pockets of Relativity Entertainment.

Kevin Tesohala was equally clear, saying: "It is basically impossible. Ronan Anderson seems to have expected the success of this film. When signing the first agreement, he signed an agreement with us for two sequels. He himself is the top group of people in Hollywood. He is very clear about the rules of the industry. The terms of the contract prevent us from kicking Relativity Entertainment. Once we violate the agreement, Relativity Entertainment will appeal to the Producers League, other guilds in the industry, and appeal to the law. If so, Warner Bros. will be in big trouble. At least all related movie projects in the "Batman" series will be stopped."

Charles Rowan added: "I didn't think anything at the time. Let's see now. Ronan Anderson is very wary of us Warner Bros."

Stephen Keys has no other choice for a while, but he can only tell: "What we are discussing today should not be spread out."

The head office cannot directly intervene in the normal operations of Warner Bros. Kevin Tesohala didn’t want to ask for trouble, and on the "Batman" movie project that he managed to save, he suffered both losses with Relativity Entertainment. "Moment" is released at the box office, and it is determined whether it will continue to promote the trilogy series with Ronan Anderson.

Director Christopher Nolan himself did not attract their attention.

Like the response at the premiere, "Batman: Hour of War" officially landed in North American theaters on the first day, and it aroused a lot of praise.

After just one day of screening in North America, the theater audience scored an average of "A". The 18,775 users on IMDB's website scored 8.6, 87% of the freshness of rotten tomatoes, and 95% of the audience's popularity index for popcorn. , MetaCritic 45 media reporters scored the highest score of the Batman movie series with 82 points.

Compared to the widely acclaimed "Batman" directed by Tim Burton in 1989, the word of mouth will be much better during the same period.

Therefore, on the first day of its release in North America, Hour of War received $23.11 million in box office from 4,215 theaters.

This also created the highest single-day box office of all movies in the "Batman" series.

With this kind of audience reputation and box office numbers as the basis, even if the follow-up reputation will decline, it will never become a super bad movie like "Batman and Robin".

Such a box office, such a reputation is good enough for a restart of a failed series.

After the first day, everyone can confirm that "Batman: Hour of War" has been a success, and the Batman series can be reborn on the big screen!

At this time when the summer vacation has entered the final stage, "The Hour of War" has brought the long-lost Batman popularity.

With the coming of rest days, twice as many people as working days flocked to theaters across the United States. These people’s goals are very clear, that is, the film just released in the summer. In the highly mature film market in North America, the audience is The first choice for summer files is commercial production.

"Batman: Hour of War" is the preferred target.

In major commercial theaters in North America every fifteen to twenty minutes, there will be a new "Batman: Hour of War" screening, with enough theaters and high filming rate , Both ensure that the audience can enjoy the film at any time, which is also the basic guarantee for the film’s high box office.

"Batman: Hour of War" has a good audience reputation as a guarantee. Competitors at the same time are not very competitive at all. Saturday's single-day box office naturally jumped upwards and received 23.86 million US dollars.

It was originally a dull summer file that ended, but because of the release of "The Hour of War" is no longer dull.

Roger Albert, who has seldom spoken anymore, also stood up and praised: Christopher Nolan is completely loyal to Frank Miller’s 1986 "Dark Knight Returns" created by Frank Miller in a bold, dark and realistic style. Skilled director skills to outline his desired opera style spirit, the film raises the superhero movie to an unprecedented height, the rich dark realism style exudes powerful charm.

But this is only the beginning of Nolan's "Batman". No one knows that Nolan is planning a darker and more realistic movie.

In the first week of the North American painting, "The Hour of War" was a great success, winning $58.87 million at the box office.