Made in Hollywood

"Just yesterday, the 2005 summer season in North America ended the second weekend. Due to the poor performance of the only large-scale release film "Air Combat Heroes", the overall market fell. : War Hour has held steady, avoiding last weekend's second week of the lowest-grossing summer season on record."

Just started on Monday, last weekend's box office charts were sent to countless readers with commentary and coverage from various media such as "Premier" and "The New York Times".

The media also used basically similar titles - "Batman: War Hour" easily won the championship last weekend, "Air Combat Heroes" failed to start, and "Kingdom of Heaven" slipped out of the top five box office charts.

The box office briefing was also sent to Duke's manor. Scarlett Johansson, who stayed here last night, was drinking morning tea while reading the morning paper, feeling quite comfortable.

The fact that Duke had allowed Mrs. Leah to live here without Mrs. Leah there was a big step forward in the relationship.

Of course, seeing her side of the film win the competition and those two nasty rivals lose, also makes her happy.

"On the second weekend of the summer season, new films and expanded films failed to make a big splash, and the market was still dominated by old films. The Batman series rebooted by renowned director Duke Rosenberg, "Batman" Xia: Time for War had an excellent second weekend, down only 43% from the opening weekend, and raked in another $39.24 million, easily winning the weekend championship."

"Air Combat Heroes, invested by David Ellison, son of the famous IT giant Larry Ellison, only received $8.86 million in the first weekend, which was seriously lower than outside expectations and only a quarter of its huge production cost. , although it ranked second at the box office, it is difficult to say that it makes the producers and investors satisfied."

""Air Fighter" chose to be released on the weekend of "Batman: War Hour", which was originally viewed by many people in the industry. But David Ellison, who has just taken over the trust fund, has enough money in his hands. In the end, the film chose this very bad schedule."

"The film about the air combat during World War I was released in North America on Friday, and it only received $2.02 million in midnight, which was a poor performance, and then the film began to be fully released in North America on a scale of nearly 3,300 theaters. It earned $4.12 million that day, There's a huge gap from Walt Disney's $12 million estimate."

"On Saturday, Air Combat Heroes was affected by extremely poor audience reputation, and the box office dropped significantly, only raking in 2.62 million US dollars, and the film continued to decline on Sunday. It only received 2.12 million US dollars that day, and currently according to the film's poor reputation It is predicted that its final North American box office may not exceed 30 million US dollars."

"The proportion of women in the first weekend of this film is relatively high, accounting for 55%. After the first three days, the word of mouth in all aspects has dropped significantly. The CinemaScore is C, and the Popcorn Index is only 53%. , the freshness given by 111 media included in Rotten Tomatoes has dropped to 23%. The average is only 4.5 points; the right media MetaCritic 43 media scored 34 points.

"In addition, "Air Combat Heroes" also encountered a large number of negative reviews from the media."

"The St. Louis Post criticized the director for seeming overwhelmed by the script. He failed to arouse any interest in the characters in the film. The Portland Oregonian doesn't think the film isn't entertaining. , the film is rich in color, there is no shortage of action scenes and brilliant special effects, James Franco's performance is sometimes bright and sometimes bad. But they are all catchy, but the whole film is nothing exciting at all. "Variety" criticized the whole All the characters in the movie don't seem to be funny for a moment, which is a fatal flaw for the movie."

"Compared to "Air Combat Heroes", "Batman: War Hour" has performed strongly. It continues the continuous and stable trend of Duke Rosenberg films. After taking another $39.24 million in the next weekend, the film's North American box office accumulation has reached 1 $443.31 million, and the final North American box office is expected to hit $250 million."

Seeing this, Scarlett Johansson closed the newspaper and fell out of the top five "Kingdom of Heaven" in the box office, which could not make her have any interest at all.

She picked up the fork and put a few pieces of fruit on the plate into her mouth. After swallowing it, she drank the lipstick tea again, and turned her eyes to Duke, who was sitting opposite. Since breakfast, he has been answering the phone non-stop. There seems to be something very important.

In fact, Scarlett really wanted to read to him what was in the newspaper, but she had known Duke for more than ten years, and she was definitely one of the people who knew him best. She knew that Duke, who was in the working state, hated being interrupted.

"Is there anything urgent?"

Seeing Duke turn off his phone, Scarlett couldn't help asking, driven by curiosity, "So busy early in the morning."

"Tina's phone."

Putting his phone aside, Duke picked up his coffee cup and said, "Something about business negotiations."

"Oh..." Scarlett nodded, but she didn't continue to ask.

She knew that Duke had a lot of other jobs besides filming, and Tina Fey was undoubtedly his agent.

Duke didn't eat much, and the breakfast was over soon. He stood up and walked outside the dining room. Scarlett Johansson followed, and was a little behind, walking closely beside him. .

"Don't you need work today?"

Turning his head to look at Scarlett, Duke asked softly, "I remember your training has just begun."

"You don't have to go today."

Walking out of the eye-shaped villa, Scarlett took Duke's arm naturally, "Jimmy Carter wants to train my two stunt doubles, so he gave me a vacation."

The black Bentley drove slowly at this time, and Scarlett looked at Duke and asked, "Are you going to work?"

"Go to the studio," Duke didn't say anything after looking at Scarlett's hand tightly around his arm, "and a trip to Warner and Marvel Studios."

Scarlett immediately became interested, "Are you going to start preparing for "Iron Man"?"

She has been waiting for this movie, waiting for the third collaboration with Duke, except for the two films she played with soy sauce as a child, she has never officially appeared in a Duke film.

For Scarlett Johansson, who watched Duke from an ordinary director step by step to the position of the best directors in the world, this is the most regrettable thing for her.

In fact, she knew very well that if she really acted like a rascal as a child, she would have appeared in Duke's films a long time ago. Duke, for Mrs. Leah's sake, made her appear in the movie, and they would only turn to indifference.

That's not what Scarlett Johansson wanted.

"Can I go with you?" she asked tentatively.

Duke turned his head and glanced at the blond girl. Scarlet, who was less than twenty-one years old, had long since lost the naughty she had when she was a child. Most of the time, she was like a sheep in front of him.

However, Duke is well aware that these are all appearances, otherwise she would not have done those things on Oscar night and become the trigger for his breakup with Ivanka Trump.

Of course, as of now, Duke won't put this on Scarlett's head, as she said, the problem between him and Ivanka was not Scarlett or any other The woman's problem, even if it doesn't come out, the two will go further and further.

"I promise!" Scarlett raised a hand, "It will never cause trouble."

Speaking of this, her eyes suddenly turned, and she used the tone of more than ten years ago, "I will definitely make an egg."

Hearing this sentence, Duke remembered Scarlett when he was a child, he couldn't help shaking his head, and walked to the car that had been parked in front of the door. Scarlett Johansson immediately followed.

The two first went to the Duke Studio, and then to the Warner Building. Because of the relationship between the movie being released and the existence of Scarlett Johansson, there must be paparazzi and reporters taking pictures. Duke didn't care, and he focused his energy on it. work part.

However, Scarlett was watching carefully, especially after entering the Warner Building. Those Warner employees looked into Duke's eyes, as if they were looking at the omnipotent savior. Those who felt they could speak were scrambling to get ahead. He greeted him, and whenever Duke nodded slightly in response, those people always showed a satisfied smile. It seemed that Duke's response to them was something to be proud of.

Isn't it normal to be able to drag a failed franchise back from the cliff and be respected?

Scarlett knows Duke's weight in Warner, aside from the identity of the major shareholder, the influence of the film alone, even other directors who cooperate with Warner can't catch up with the car, and even say that he can influence The selection of Warner's CEO is not overdone at all.

After all, she grew up with Mrs. Leah, and Scarlett still has some understanding of business. She is sure that without Duke's support, any Warner CEO would not be able to sit under his buttocks.

Duke Studio, Warner Bros., Marvel Studios... Duke made continuous transitions in one day, except for the upcoming "Iron Man" that was about to be officially prepared, as well as about Walt Disney's negotiations with the other side and Pixar Studios negotiation.

Warner Bros. took Duke's advice, and the folks at the Far East branch have made formal contact with those on the opposite side.

Of course, this kind of thing will not have an immediate result, after all, the amount of investment involved is really large.

And the reputation of Warners World is nowhere near as good as Disneyland.

As for the Pixar studio negotiation, after a long period of wrangling, Duke, Steve Jobs and Time Warner have found a lot of consensus. Although no agreement has been reached, the differences between them have narrowed to the price range. .

In addition, there is also the overseas release of "Batman: Time for War", which may be specially arranged by David Ellison. Like "Batman: Time for War", "Air Combat Heroes" will be logged on a large scale from next weekend. overseas market. (To be continued ~^~)

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