Made in Hollywood

Beverly Hills, a well-known settlement for the rich and famous in North America, is located in the Cruise Manor on the south hillside, occupying half of the hill by itself. This is the residence of Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise, who is moving towards the super king. It is also a paparazzi. And the focus of media attention, he and his beautiful wife's every move can easily attract the attention of the American public.

The early morning sun just climbed into the sky, Tom Cruise left the gym, took a towel to wipe the sweat off his head, heard Nicole Kidman's greeting, and took all today's newspapers from the newspaper rack first , and then slowly walked into the restaurant.

"My dear, your breakfast."

Just sitting at the dining table, Nicole Kidman brought coffee and a china plate and placed it in front of him.

Taking a sip from the coffee cup, Tom Cruise did not immediately enjoy breakfast, but opened the newspaper. Nicole Kidman, who was sitting opposite, frowned, as if he wanted to say something, but finally held back.

Turning to the entertainment page, Tom Cruise only glanced at it, and the corners of his mouth turned up, looking like he was in a good mood.

"Although "Brave Island" has many characters and magnificent scenes, the story is old-fashioned and the plot design is unsatisfactory. This is the kind of movie we watch and forget soon, and it is a typical American fool entertainment film!"

Clearly, the CAA and Twentieth Century Fox campaign for Brave Island has begun.

"The action is cool, the sense of design is too strong; the plot is cliché, and the logic is too poor..."

Even if he knew that most of these were the results of his own public relations, Tom Cruise still opened the entertainment pages of the newspapers and browsed them with pleasure. It seems that with these, "Brave to the Dead Island" will become a super badass cast aside by the audience. piece.

However, in the next few newspapers, Tom Cruise saw a lot of negative reviews of "Interview with the Vampire".

"The film is flashy and long-winded, and Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt's performances are far from enough for their vampires!"

"A numb film, a hodgepodge of unknown..."

Seeing this, Tom Cruise understands that the publicity department of Warner Bros. is not idle either. While promoting its films, like them, it also does not hesitate to crack down on competitors.

The phone in the living room rang suddenly, Nicole Kidman hurried out, and came back ten seconds later with the cordless phone.

"Pat's phone." She handed it over.

After taking the cordless phone, Tom Cruise heard the numbers reported by his agent, and his face gradually darkened.

"Tom..." Seeing Cruise put down the phone, Nicole Kidman asked tentatively, "How much did our film get at the box office on the first day?"

"$13.89 million!"

This number sounds pretty good. If it can be maintained in the next two days, maybe the film's first-week box office can reach 40 million US dollars, and it will definitely not be a problem to win the weekend box office championship.

"What about "Brave Island"?" Nicole Kidman asked again.

"$10.13 million!"

Hearing the figure from Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman immediately understood the reason for the change in his face. Her famous husband, yesterday, contributed a whole $3 million!

That is to say, if no one else is doing the trick, the real first-day box office of "Interview with the Vampire" is 10.89 million US dollars! It is only more than 700,000 US dollars higher than "Brave to the Dead Island", while the latter has only 2,512 theaters in the first week, while the former has as many as 2,689!

Nicole Kidman knows that from the director to the actor, the other party is basically a relatively poor group of people in the circle. Presumably the first day of "Brave to the Dead Island" did not have much water at the box office, and these people's box office appeal The power is really limited, even if added together, it can't compare to Cruise on the opposite side. Could it be that the effect of the Super Bowl's halftime advertisement is so terrifying?

But she didn't know that Tom Cruise's face changed because of the other two numbers!

With the expansion of the screening scale, more and more people watched the film, and the survey and consulting firm hired by Twentieth Century Fox collected more real audience feedback. The audience reputation of "Interview with the Vampire" increased from 7% to 7% at midnight. The score of A or above from 19 quickly dropped to 68.5%, while the audience score of A or above for the competitor "Brave Island" only dropped by three percentage points, still as high as 89%. !

Although the first day to watch "Brave to the Dead Island" must be fans of action movies or those who are inclined, isn't "Interview with the Vampire" also a lot of book fans and his own fans?

Even as arrogant as Tom Cruise, he understands the simplest truth in the industry. For commercial films in the summer, the media ratings and professional film critics' word-of-mouth combined and multiplied by two times are not as good as the audience's word-of-mouth can reflect. The market acceptance of the film, the first two are just means of publicity, the latter represents the market response!

More importantly, according to the feedback from the survey company, there were different degrees of early exits during the screening of "Interview with the Vampire"!

Yesterday morning, Tom Cruise went to see "Brave to the Dead Island", a single round of artistic expression, "Interview with the Vampire" finished the film, but the summer and all the films, art has never been Neither is the determinant of market returns!

For a moment, he even had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Tom Cruise's new work is a complete failure..."

"Superstars can't resist the impact of new directors..."

Don't think about it, Tom Cruise also knows that the media will be ridiculed and ridiculed at that time. He has gone so smoothly these years, and countless people want him to be unlucky, good-looking jokes, and step on a few feet by the way.

Thinking of this, he picked up the cordless phone and dialed the agent's number, "Pat, I have something to discuss with you, okay! See you at CAA in half an hour!"

"Tom..."

There was a voice of exhortation on the phone, and Pat Kingsley obviously knew that Tom Cruise was not actually the kind of star that can be reassuring. Where can there be such a healthy image now, just the arrogant personality and beliefs will cause countless troubles.

""Interview with the Vampire" has just been released, there must be reporters and paparazzi around your house, don't talk nonsense!" No one around the pillow knows these stars better than their brokers.

"I see." Tom Cruise hung up the phone impatiently, stood up and said to Nicole Kidman, "I'll go out."

"Do you need me to accompany you?"

"no need!"

He strode to the garage, and a blue supercar rushed out quickly, heading straight for the gate of the manor.

When going out to turn, the speed of the car inevitably decreases. A large number of journalists and paparazzi flock to both sides of the sports car carrying cameras, video cameras and tape recorders. Even if Cruise repeatedly honks his horn, he cannot increase the speed. voice of words.

"Tom, the first-day box office and word of mouth of "Interview with the Vampire" are out, can you share your opinion?"

"Mr Cruise, did Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst actually kiss while filming? I heard there was an investigation by the Children's Protection Society?"

Hearing this question, Tom Cruise immediately thought of Warner Bros. They must be doing this kind of thing.

In an instant, his already gloomy mood turned a lot worse.

"Mr. Cruise! It was revealed that you went to see "Brave Island" yesterday. Can you comment on this movie?"

Suddenly, a louder voice sounded, even through the window glass, Tom Cruise could hear clearly, "Also, according to the data released by Warner Bros. in the media this morning, "Breakthrough" The audience reputation of "Life Island" is better than "Interview with the Vampire". Warner believes that "Brave to Death Island" will definitely be able to catch up and win this week's box office champion. If you lose the weekly box office champion, will this be a problem for you next? Movie choices make a difference?"

Subconsciously, Tom Cruise stepped on the brakes, and Ben was like a turtle-speed sports car, completely stopped. You must know that there are still two days in this week, and the subsequent box office development is still unknown. In the eyes of the reporter, it seems that his The movie has been a complete failure!

The audience reputation of "Brave the Dead Island"? Tom Cruise sneered a few times in his heart, thinking he should do something, after all, he is a superstar with super appeal!

With no PR around, no agent, no thoughtful Nicole Kidman, no one to stop Tom Cruise, if Duke was standing here, he would have guessed that this was being picked up by Pat Kingsley and CAA is packaged in layers, in fact, the behavior of the guy is arrogant and arrogant, and he will definitely not choose his words!

The window of the sports car slowly lowered, all the reporters were stunned, and then countless cameras and tape recorders were aimed at the faces in the window.

"Is Brave Island great? I don't think so, it's a movie full of mistakes!"

With a pretentious shrug, Tom Cruise suppressed his unhappiness and showed a signature smile. He didn't even need to ask the reporter, and he jumped out sentence after sentence about "Brave to the Dead Island".

"As you all know, I have worked with the military and filmed military-themed films like "Top Gun". As long as you look at it with a serious eye, you will find that "Brave to the Dead Island" is full of mistakes. The error is very low-level, which seriously affects the logic of the film and the reality of the subject matter, and even makes people wonder whether the director Duke Rosenberg is shooting a film with a realistic theme or a pure fantasy film! "

Hearing Tom Cruise's always confident words, the reporters and paparazzi were as excited as they were beaten. They could see that there was no one else on the sports car who could remind Cruise that there must be some smashing material to be dug up today!

"Tom! Tom!"

When a reporter asked questions, the others kept silent in tacit understanding, "Tom, can you point out a few low-level mistakes in "Breaking the Dead Island"?"