On the first day of its release in North America, including the box office in advance, "Spy 2" won $29.8 million in 3,560 theaters, easily beating the $11.27 million of "X-Men 2" released in the second week, and became the top box office in North America on the day.

This also set the best single-day box office record of all the films under Relativity Entertainment, which can be called the most opened.

The revenue capacity of the sequels of big-selling movies can be seen from this.

And the unanimous word-of-mouth from the media to the audience to the film critics also makes the industry extremely optimistic about the prospects of "Spy Shadow 2".

There are many institutions that have announced relevant predictions, among which the most authoritative Cinema Score data shows that the average score of the live audience survey of "Spy Shadow 2" is "A+", and the North American box office will be more than 200 million US dollars.

Authoritative media comprehensive evaluationMetaCritic included 35 media reviews and scores, and "Spy 2" scored an average of 83 points.

Even film critics, who have never been reluctant to see commercial movies, have mostly given praise this time, and on the Rotten Tomatoes website, "Spy 2" is not only marked as fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, but also has a freshness of 88%, and the audience popcorn index is as high as 97%.

Almost everything indicates that "Spy 2" will have an extremely good box office success.

The film did not disappoint, with a $30.2 million single-day box office on Saturday, the day after its opening day, after earning $29.8 million on its first day.

This also means that the good reputation of the film is changing towards high commercial income.

At the same time that "Spy 2" was a big hit, more viewers also saw the patch ads for "Pirates of the Caribbean", and many people have asked about the sissy pirate captain on the Internet.

The online publicity department of Embassy Pictures is also mobilizing efforts to build online momentum for "Pirates of the Caribbean" in order to get more attention to the film.

Shahai Entertainment and Embassy Pictures also took advantage of the situation to release more material about "Pirates of the Caribbean".

At the same time, Shahai Entertainment specially convened a press conference to announce that "Spy 3" will continue filming and production, and will be released in 2005, and the actor Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass will all return.

This news also greatly stimulated fans who paid attention to "Spy Shadow 2", and even made some people who have already watched the film have the idea of watching it again.

Some movies are big enough to attract avid fans to the theater once, twice, or even three times.

It is said that there was an old aunt who brushed "Titanic" twenty or thirty times for Leonardo DiCaprio......

In terms of appearance and charm alone, the cuteness is still a little worse than Xiao Lizi.

Having said that, since Leonardo DiCaprio has starred in films that are not very commercial, but the results of each film are not bad.

On the one hand, Leonardo and his team have an excellent eye for film selection.

On the other hand, Leonardo completely got rid of the swelling and overconfidence during the "Titanic" period, and completely matured, and non-well-known big directors did not cooperate.

The works of big directors are often more likely to succeed.

The newly debuted director couldn't match Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.

I have to say that the "wayward child" in the mouth of Leonardo and James Cameron, who woke up, has completely become two people.

It's just that he was carried away by fame and fortune in a short period of time, and he soon woke up, this alone is not easy, and Hollywood can not do much at Leonardo's age.

Think of the so-called super-genius Ryan Phoenix, whose achievements are much smaller than Leonardo's, but who is addicted to drugs and can't extricate himself, and uses his own experience to perform a million ways to die in Hollywood.

If Leonardo is gorgeous, Matt Damon is a representative of the simple school, or the simple character is very successful, and it is maintained relatively well, even in the era when the network information was extremely developed, in addition to the entangled relationship with Harvey Weinstein, it did not expose too much black material.

Hollywood stars like Matt Damon are also relatively few.

Of course, looking from outside the circle, no one can see clearly behind the stars, and the collapse of the once colorful personality has proved this time and again.

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Relativity Entertainment, Ronan's office.

Robert Lee flipped through the report in his hand and said: "Seeing the box office data of "Spy 2" in the past two days, I think all the bargaining and negotiation with the copyright owner is worth it, and it is worth every one of our efforts. ”

Ronan nodded lightly: "So, your work is the foundation, without copyright, there would be no these big-selling movies." ”

"By the way, you asked you to collect and coordinate the relevant copyrights of "Dawn of the Living Dead", and I already have news here. Robert Lee said directly: "Someone who moves faster than us has unified the remake rights of "Dawn of the Living Dead" in the late nineties. ”

Ronan frowned slightly and interjected, "Who is it?"

Robert Lee said as soon as possible: "A producer named Eric Newman, the remake of George Romero's "Dawn of the Living Dead" is currently in his hands, he has asked a screenwriter to write a new version of the script, and has been seeking to reshoot the film since 1999, but the film that was made for half a million dollars back then is not at all ideal without tens of millions of dollars." ”

He spoke quickly: "But very few companies are willing to invest tens of millions of dollars in a zombie movie, even after the success of Resident Evil." ”

Ronan understands this, zombie culture has a profound influence in the Western world, but it is part of the CUT culture, and zombie films are almost all cult films with small investments.

And although "Resident Evil" is under the banner of zombie films, it is actually a recognized game adaptation of science fiction inside and outside the circle.

Robert Lee continued: "I found Eric Newman and invited him over for an interview. ”

Ronan asked, "Now here?"

"Wait outside. Robert Lee said, "Do you want me to invite him in?" ”

"I didn't tell him that we were interested in Dawn of the Living Dead, I heard that he was pulling investment everywhere in Hollywood, and he deliberately created a chance encounter to convince him that there might be an opportunity for relativistic entertainment," he said mysteriously. ”

Ronan smiled and said, "Well done." ”

If the production company actively contacts the producers, these producers who were originally in the sales position can immediately offer a sky-high price for the project in their hands that no one cared about.

Robert Lee stood up and said, "I'm going to ask him in." ”

Two minutes later, Ronan meets Eric Newman, a bald-headed, middle-aged male producer with little to no qualifications himself, and the only one who can do it is as an assistant producer for "The Fake Spy."

After Robert Lee gave an introduction to both sides, Ronan shook hands with Eric Newman and showed a formulaic smile: "Hello, Eric, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

Eric Newman smiled more sincerely than Ronan: "Hello, Mr. Anderson, thank you so much for giving me this opportunity to meet in your busy schedule. ”

Ronan invited Eric Newman to take a seat, looked at Robert Lee, and said, "Robert told me that you were planning a film project. ”

Eric Newman knew that he was not dealing with a producer, but an investor and a studio owner, and as long as he could impress him, a film project that would take several years could be launched. He hurriedly responded: "Yes, I plan to remake George Romero's "Dawn of the Living Dead", and I have already obtained the remake rights. ”

"A remake?" Ronan frowned, not too interested, "Frankly, I think the George Romero set is outdated." ”

Eric Newman sighed in his heart, knowing that it was not so simple to impress these capitalists, but fortunately, after moving Robert Lee, he did a lot of preparation.

"The success of "Resident Evil" proves that there is still a market for zombie films. Eric Newman still had a sincere smile on his face: "This film is produced and distributed by your company, and its success proves that there is a certain market foundation for zombie films, and your company has already produced and distributed a successful zombie film, and is fully capable of operating the second one with experience." ”

Ronan seemed unmoved: "Resident Evil is actually a soft sci-fi movie. ”

Eric Newman insists: "But its success is inseparable from the zombie genre, which has always classified itself as a zombie film when it was promoted. ”

Ronan didn't waver, and deliberately asked, "Eric, do you have a soft spot for zombie movies?"

Eric Newman said without hesitation: "I'm a fan of horror movies and zombie movies, I have always loved this genre since I was a child, and 1978's "Dawn of the Living Dead" is my favorite, although similar zombie movies are not uncommon, "Dawn of the Living Dead" has always been the most outstanding one. I feel that this genre is not getting the attention it deserves. ”

"I've always wanted to bring zombie movies into the 21st century, with great scripts, actors, and production," he said. Zombie lore is thousands of years old, they're almost like vampires, and for me, zombies are the perfect villain, they're fearless, tireless, and ubiquitous. They have only one goal, and that is to track, kill, and eat you. ”

Ronan asked, "If this project is successful, how much investment will be required?"

Eric Newman quickly opened his briefcase, put the script and plan along with other materials on the table in front of Ronan, and said, "...... needed"

He suddenly hesitated, because the number he said was a bit high compared to his status and qualifications as a producer: "It takes about $20 million." ”

Ronan didn't touch the information, didn't even look at it, as if such a large investment had made him lose interest.