Made in Hollywood

After the report passed through the hands of Martin Bob and Sean Connery, the living room fell into a cold silence. They didn't want to see that number appear, but they knew yesterday that this number cannot be avoided, even if it is mixed with it. Sniped by so many competitors.

For two consecutive days, the single-day box office has exceeded 20 million US dollars. Although it is far from breaking the single-day box office record of 31.32 million US dollars set by "Jurassic Park", the weekend box office is significantly more sustainable.

$22.54 million on Friday, $24.29 million on Saturday, $16.25 million on Sunday, and $63.08 million over the three weekends!

Sean Connery's hand trembled with the statistical report. What does this number show? It shows that even if his actions affected "Independence Day", the three million dollars that were actually thrown on the film critics was equivalent to nothing! What he did can't stop the young director's progress!

Slightly lowered his eyelids to block his unwilling gaze, Martin Bob was expressionless. Originally belonged to "Jurassic Park", belonged to Spielberg, and belonged to CAA's North American weekend box office record, so he handed it over to Duke? Rosenberg and Independence Day?

He didn't want to admit it, but the $63.08 million in the first weekend of "Independence Day" broke the $47.02 million that CAA's top director Spielberg made on "Jurassic Park"!

Lovett the idiot!

Suddenly, Martin? Bob felt angry, CAA lost more than just a director, I am afraid it is a treasure that can be side by side with Spielberg in the future!

"If I can control CAA, the first thing I have to do is to find a way to get rid of this idiot's partner status!"

Martin Bob couldn't hold back this thought at all, and regardless of the ugly face of Sean Connery on the opposite side, he said goodbye and left and returned to Century City.

"boom!"

The back of the agent just disappeared from the door, and a delicate ashtray slammed heavily on the floor, and then the two big hands slammed, and the statistical report turned into countless pieces between Sean Connery's fingers... …

"Why is this happening? Why is this happening?"

Sean Connery roared like a lion in the living room, "Jack, I'm going to kill him! I'm going to kill that bastard!"

"Whoa..."

The whole coffee table was overturned by him.

The publicist, Jack, just stood aside, naturally, he wouldn't take Connery's angry words seriously. He let Connery vent, and only spoke when he calmed down a little.

"Sean, calm down!" he persuaded.

"Prepare more money, Jack, I want you to get through with the media." Sean Connery's anger swept his head, obviously still not clear, "I want all the media to attack Duke Rosenberg. Greg and his movies!"

"Wake up, Sean!" Jack finally roared, and then said, "You are rich, but can you buy the media of Time Warner and News Corporation? "Independence Day" is a movie invested by their subsidiary! Judging from the box office in the first week, the benefits it can bring far exceed your net worth!"

There is one more sentence, Jack resisted to say, compared to Duke Rosenberg, who is soaring, what is the outdated character like Sean Connery? In this commercial country, from the media to the public, from individuals to companies, they are all chasing winners and stepping on lows!

"What should I do?" Sean Connery calmed down. "Tell me, Jack, what should I do?"

"Sean, we made a mistake." Jack sighed, "We obviously overestimated the influence of film critics on the audience. They didn't even reach one-third of our estimate, three million dollars..."

With another long sigh, he continued, "Don't continue fighting for now, unless you want to retire."

"Retirement?" Sean Connery shook his head directly.

"Then accept Mel Gibson's invitation. Only by showing your value can you regain the respect of Hollywood and have the capital to attack."

These words apply to everyone in Hollywood, including Duke. This is a very realistic circle, and people who have no value are destined to be eliminated.

On Monday morning, as agreed in advance, Duke walked into the Warner Building for an exclusive interview with Time Magazine.

"Hi Duke..."

"Director Rosenberg..."

"Mr. Rosenberg..."

"Congratulations, Duke..."

From the moment he walked into the building, the people he met, whether he knew or not, greeted him one after another. The smiles of these people were definitely brighter than the sun on the Malibu beach and warmer than the air in July. It was all heartfelt congratulations, at least on the surface.

Duke nodded or waved to these people, which is not too different from the past. If he really wanted to find a difference, it would be the pressure brought by huge investment, which completely disappeared with the release of the box office in the first week.

"Independence Day" has fought a bloody path from the fierce competition!

Of course, Duke will not be arrogant enough to think that this is a personal success for granted, teamwork is the guarantee of the quality of the film, and Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox are the key to the promotion of the film!

The latter in particular, their huge platform unlocks the full potential of the product if there is enough quality and market-compliant content.

Even Duke has to admit that even if it is a standard summer commercial masterpiece like "Independence Day", if it is replaced by a second- and third-tier company for publicity, it will not be completely out of stock, but if you want to achieve such success, it will only exist. in fantasy.

"Hi Duke..."

Just as he walked to Warner's press room, Duke saw Jeff Robinoff. The other party was obviously waiting for him. Without waiting for Duke to say anything, the Warner Bros. executive gave it to him directly. a hug.

"Our record-breaking director is here!" he told those around him.

There was a crisp laughter all around, and Duke walked into the press hall surrounded by Duke, and words of admiration kept appearing during this period.

"Independence Day helped Warners regain its first weekend box office record!"

"Jurassic Park's $47.02 million only raised the record for Batman Returns by $1.5 million, while Duke pulled the record gap to $16 million!"

"The first film in film history to break 50 million and 60 million at the weekend box office..."

Although it has created a film history record, Duke is not very happy. Now the number of screens in North America is growing rapidly, and it will not be long before "Independence Day" will be trampled on by latecomers.

Here Duke is being interviewed by Time Magazine, and the column of professional film critics over there has almost turned upside down.

Critics are extremely annoyed by the fact that crowds still flock to movie theaters to see Duke's film, and "Independence Day" has a record weekend box-office despite the critics' slam , ignored by most fans.

This ironclad thing proves one thing, professional film critics are far less influential than they think they are, and much less directing the development of the film industry as they clamor.

Perhaps these are more terrifying than being ignored by the audience. These will directly affect their future earnings, especially Duke's exclusive interview in the "Los Angeles Times", which directly exposes the film critics' false claims...

So, when the first week of box office was released, the critics' attack finally went beyond the scope of the film.

"The worst movie ever made, go to the cinema and you'll want to scold someone, what did Duke Rosenberg make!"

"Two hours of self-portrait in the mirror is better than any Duke Rosenberger movie."

"Don't have any expectations for the plot, don't have any brains, don't have any illusions about the action direction and the setting design, so you have a certain chance of sticking to the Duke Rosenberg-style garbage movie."

The film critics are like a group of cats whose tails have been stepped on by Duke. All of them are blown up, and there are endless sneering and sarcastic column comments. They can't wait to label him the worst director in history.

These comments are flooded in many media, and it is difficult for people to ignore them. As long as they make good use of them, it is not a problem to cause social hotspots. Warner and Fox are leaders in the media industry. Since Warner can clearly see the benefits of detonating topics, Fox also Don't miss the key to it.

Using all available conditions to promote its products and bring more benefits is the most basic ability of any commercial company.

"Did the interview go well?"

As soon as he left the press room, Duke saw Nancy Josephson, shrugged, and said, "I can't be bothered."

The two rejected Warner's retention, and while talking about some of the content of the interview, they left the Warner Building. After getting into Duke's Bentley, Nancy brought up another matter.

"Have you read today's paper?" she asked.

"I feel like I've become the public enemy of film critics," Duke said indifferently.

Hearing Duke's relaxed tone, Nancy felt relieved and said, "Fox also sent an invitation to invite you to participate in Fox TV's evening talk show."

"What's your opinion?" Duke looked at the co-pilot.

"Since it is inevitable, then it will be completely intensified. The bigger this dispute is, the better it will be for us." Nancy thought for a while, "The film critics' anger has nothing to do with your remarks in the "Los Angeles Times", they Personal attacks have been involved, and a counterattack is necessary."

Duke nodded.

Nancy continued, "Time's exclusive interview will not come out until next month at the earliest. Judging from the box office drop yesterday, film critics still have some influence on Independence Day. The sooner we fight back, the better."

Yes, Time Warner prepared the cover of Time Magazine for Duke, and this kind of interview will not be published in the same month!

"It's not just Fox's talk show," Nancy handed over two invitations. "I just got Oprah's invitation."

Duke doesn't know much about talk shows, but he knows that Oprah's talk show seems to be world-famous.

"I suggest choosing Fox and giving up Oprah." Nancy's words were beyond his expectations.

"Why?" Duke wondered.