Chapter 467 The first-day box office
When the scorching sun sets during the day, the heat in the air dissipates, Los Angeles, New York and other North American cities are brightly lit at night, and countless people come out of their homes to enjoy the weekend leisure time with their families and friends.
Alvis and six or seven friends on Long Island walked out of their homes and came to the Imperial Cinema on Long Island.
A Chinese couple in Chinatown also took their son to the AMC Cinema on the side of Chinatown.
A group of young people who had just gotten off work in downtown Los Angeles also walked into the Cinemark Cinema at the Grove Shopping Plaza after having dinner together.
"Give me 3 tickets to Independence Day, thank you!"
"I want 2 copies of Independence Day, thank you!"
"Please give me 5 copies of Independence Day!"
The collective attack of professional film critics did not affect "Independence Day", and the hot sales of tickets in major theaters once again proved what John said, the influence of film critics in this era is not as good as before, on the contrary, they are so impactful of John, but it will make more people pay attention to "Independence Day", with curiosity, with a thick gossip into the theater, to see why film critics will collectively attack a world famous director because of a movie.
The venue is very lively, and the undercurrent outside the venue is surging, just when the audience is crowding the theater and frantically buying tickets for "Independence Day", at the entrance of some prime theaters, NBC TV has already parked its OB truck here, and since the major film companies have pushed the flames to support the critics to attack "Independence Day", the new line company will naturally not sit still, Warner, 20th Century Fox...... and other first-tier distribution companies, relying on the support of huge media groups behind them, can easily speak to North America, and do not take any second-tier distribution companies in their eyes, but the new line is different, there are also media companies behind the new line, NBC, as the three major radio and television companies in North America, is not weaker than the media group behind these first-line distribution companies.
And this war has been led out of the film by Devin Morgan, The Walt Disney Company is currently negotiating with ABC Radio and Television Company to buy it, in order to respond to Disney Pictures' attack on the new line, Devin Morgan has sent someone to contact ABC Radio and Television Company to disrupt the negotiations between Walt Disney and ABC.
As for 20th Century Fox, Devon Morgan only had to make a phone call to the UK and ask a parliamentarian to suspect News Corp of illegal wiretapping in the UK.
Yes, suspicion is enough, there is no need for conclusive evidence at all, no matter what country, for the theft of intelligence, it is unbearable, as long as there is a little suspicion, then it is absolutely necessary to investigate the bottom of the peace of mind, as long as the investigation department comes to the door, Devin Morgan's goal has been achieved, she does not need to bring down the News Corporation, she just needs to make the News Corporation.
As for Time Warner, Devin Morgan will definitely not let it go, Time Warner is acquiring Turner Broadcasting, and now it has reached a critical point, Devin Morgan naturally wants to let General Electric Company disrupt the situation.
Paramount Pictures Davin Morgan did not let go, she has already asked Universal and Sony to withdraw the authorization of the copyright of Pepsida, I believe that Lei Shidong will have a headache after receiving the withdrawal of the film copyright from Universal, Sony, and New Line.
Devon Morgan has done so many things and fought back so hard, just to show his muscles and send a signal to Hollywood's first-line distribution companies that the new line is not something that can be slaughtered by others, nor is it easy to provoke, if you dare to do the first year of junior high school, I will dare to do fifteen, my life is not good, and everyone will be uncomfortable together.
From now on, if these issuing companies want to deal with the new line, they must consider the counterattack of the new line, and they will not dare to act so unscrupulously.
"I'll go, this war is too exciting!"
In the cinema, Jarves watched the scene of the alien spacecraft and the aircraft carrier battle group bombarding, and his heart was like a chicken blood, the big screen was full of fire, the explosion was deafening, the battleships were sunk, and the planes were knocked down, such a hot war scene was not in the previous movies, and for those who saw it for the first time, there was no other feeling except shock.
As for the final counterattack, hundreds of planes lifted into the air, ground-based missile salvos, and the climactic scene of Armageddon with aliens were even more hearty and enjoyable to watch, as if every cell in the body had soaked in a hot spring, until the movie came out of the theater at the end of the movie, the audience was still excited.
The NBC TV reporter who was guarding the door of the theater saw the audience come out, took the microphone and carried the camera and ran over.
"Are you a viewer who just finished watching Independence Day?"
"Yes. ”
"How is this movie? Like it's not as bad as the critics say?"
"This movie is very good, not at all as bad as the critics say, people who have not seen it must come to the theater to watch it, and you can only feel the hot scene on the big screen. ”
"Yes, yes, you have to come to the theater to watch it, and don't drink Coke, or you'll have a hard time. ”
"Thank you!"
After the reporter interviewed the couple, he immediately found another audience to interview.
"How is the movie "Independence Day", can you talk about your impressions?"
"Out of North America, blow up the world! The demon guide is successful, I have never seen such an explosive movie, I still want to watch it, this is a movie that is completely worth watching. ”
"Director Chris Deng is worthy of being a demon director, only he can make such a popular movie. ”
"Demon products must be high-quality, no exceptions. ”
"From today onwards, directors in Hollywood are divided into enchantresses and other directors. ”
The audience who came out of the theater gave all the praise to "Independence Day" to John, which is very different from the comments of film critics, and even the reporter who interviewed him couldn't help but run into the theater to buy a ticket for "Independence Day", he wanted to see what kind of movie made the audience so excited, and when he came out of the theater, he finally knew why the audience was so excited, the hot battle scenes, the first-class special effects production, this is completely an audio-visual feast.
Just when he rushed home with excitement on his face, in the Purple Star Manor, John, Devin Morgan, and Nancy were already sitting on the sofa in the living room waiting for the box office data of the first day of "Independence Day".
And waiting for the box office data of the first day of "Independence Day" is not only John and them, but also Shirley Lansing, president of Paramount Pictures, Roger Albert, famous film critic, and Mel Gibson, famous actor and director...... and others, all waiting for the first-day box office data of "Independence Day" in their respective homes, they want to see whether "Independence Day" will fail under the one-sided attack of film critics and the assistance of four first-tier distribution companies, or be reborn in adversity.
"Ding, ding, ding......!"
A few rings rang, Nancy picked up the phone, listened to the voice on the other end of the phone with a solemn expression, and hung up the phone with a smile on her face after a few minutes.
"How much?"
Devin Morgan asked directly.
John looked up at Nancy and waited for an answer.
"$32.57 million!"
Nancy said again: "According to this result, it may not be able to break 100 million in the first week." She shook her head.
But all John saw in her eyes was Dash, yes, Dash, like a villain.
"John, you've broken the record again, the North American first-day box office record holder is the still in theaters of Batman Forever, I remember it was $20.04 million on the first day. Devon Morgan looked proud.
"Yes, they grossed $20.04 million on their first day. ”
John nodded.
For "Independence Day" to get a first-day box office of 32.57 million US dollars, which surprised John, in his previous life, "Independence Day" was also more than 10 million US dollars on the first day of the box office, which directly doubled in this life, John didn't know what went wrong, making the box office difference between the two lives so big.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, this box office is also normal.
In the first life, there were only more than 2,000 theaters showing "Independence Day", and in this life there are more than 4,000, and the number of theaters is directly proportional to the box office.
Second, John's fame bonus, although the director is not as popular as an actor, but as long as he reaches the level of a famous director, his influence is actually similar to that of a famous star.
It's just that there are very few directors who have reached this level, and there are no more than ten in the whole of North America, such as Spielberg, Cameron, George Lucas, Nolan, ...... These people, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, are also national teachers and star masters...... These few people.
These people's movies can make many fans go to the theater directly to pay for them regardless of the genre just by their names, which is a benefit brought by fame and an accumulation in the past, because everyone knows that these people basically don't have bad movies, and they are completely worthy of a movie ticket.
It's not okay to change to other directors, and the audience who is less famous may not know the name of this director, let alone go to the cinema to support it.
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