Ask for commuter passes and recommended tickets!

After the party, Matthew got in Helen Herman's car and returned to Burbank together, inevitably following the paparazzi, now it is the release date of the film, plus the aftermath of the previous scandal hype is still there, he has been in the media attention recently, and the paparazzi have once again helped keep vigil outside his house.

"Just send me home. Matthew was not polite at all and said directly to Helen Herman.

Helen Herman didn't answer him, instead saying, "Why not take your rental car." ”

Matthew casually rambled, "It's not as comfortable as your car." ”

Helen Herman gave him a quick glance, and Matthew told him the truth, "That car came in and had a little engine problem, and I sent it away early." ”

He also reminded Helen Herman, "Don't forget to negotiate with them tomorrow and deduct at least half of the rental fee." ”

"You need a personal assistant. Helen Herman said lightly, "This kind of thing is left to your personal assistant." ”

Matthew almost forgot about it and said, "I know, I'll go and post a job ad when I get back." ”

Helen Herman knew that Matthew didn't want to use her people, otherwise the angel agency had a lot of suitable candidates, and said, "You have to hurry up on this matter, there are some things I can do both, but not for too long, and I can't put my energy on these trivial things." ”

Matthew nodded, "You can rest assured, I remember." ”

Indeed, to let Helen Herman deal with such a small matter is simply overkill, wasting Helen Herman's time, in some ways, reducing his chances.

The car stopped in front of Matthew's house, Matthew pushed the door and got out of the car, turned around and asked before closing the door, "Do you want to come in and sit?"

He didn't mean anything else, just a polite word.

Helen Herman also knew this, and waved her hand casually, "Don't go, I'll feel eerie when I enter your door." ”

Matthew closed the car door and waved his hand until Helen Herman started the car and left, he opened the door and went back to his house, where he sat down in front of his computer as soon as he entered, logging on to several film review related websites to see how Dawn of the Living Dead would be performing.

He returned from a party, it was nearly midnight before the premiere and early screenings were over, and in an age of rapid online growth, online reviews of "Dawn of the Living Dead" could be found almost everywhere on movie websites.

Rotten Tomatoes has long since lifted the ban on the freshness of "Dawn of the Living Dead", and the freshness is now 78%, a slight decrease from the last time he watched it.

"The only thing that has been improved in this remake of Dawn of the Living Dead is the quality of fake blood!"

This is the latest professional film review collected by the website, and it is obvious that this version shot by Zack Schneider is not very good.

But more than that, it's still good reviews.

"The remake of Dawn of the Living Dead, like the 1978 film, is a horror film full of blood, zombies and death. But Zack Snyder is not satisfied with just a remake, he jumped out of the disgusting trap of zombie movies and found another way, especially the scene where the male protagonist played by Matthew Horner played chess with his friends in the air, and finally had to kill his friends who turned into zombies, which is moving. ”

There are many similar praises.

"Good zombie movie, the rhythm is tight, in the face of zombies all over the city, a small number of uninfected people work together, the kindness and greed of human nature are suddenly amplified, Matthew Horner's interpretation is very eye-catching, recommended. ”

Although the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes does not have a particularly big impact on the box office of a commercial film in its first weekend, a good reception will be related to the trend of the film after the first weekend.

Of course, it's unrealistic to expect a zombie film to draw a super-stable trend like "Pirates of the Caribbean".

This type of film has a particularly short theatrical cycle, and the box office potential is often exhausted within a few weeks, and the box office in the first weekend is even more important.

Matthew turned off Rotten Tomatoes and looked at IMDB again, and found that the number of comments increased, and the IMDB score also came out, with a score of 7.8.

This is definitely in the category of high scores in horror movies and zombie movies.

This is also evidenced by the comments of fans in the comments column below.

"As the first film, the remake of Zack Snyder's version is more advanced, more high-end, more eye-catching, more fancy, more exciting and more enjoyable than Romero's version, in short, I just want to sigh, I haven't seen such a good zombie movie for a long time!"

"The plot is smooth, the male protagonist has a very distinct personality, Will Turner can not only fight pirates, but also kill zombies, and finally committed suicide after the break almost made me cry. ”

"The picture is good, the makeup is good, the actors are good, the scenes are good, the sound effects are good, it belongs to a very good zombie movie, and there is a scene of Matthew Horner playing chess in the middle is still very warm. ”

"This is a pretty good zombie movie, belonging to the genre of light horror and heavy action, the whole film is focusing on the male protagonist played by Matthew Horner, Matthew Horner did not disappoint, he is still strong! Matthew Horner is very manly! The male protagonist is also very man!"

The response from IMDB was generally good, and after shutting down the site, Matthew went to his blog, plugged in a USB stick, and updated a blog post.

The USB flash drive is some of the unpublished photos taken by the official of today's premiere, and he posted them all on the blog.

His blog has long become a gathering place for movie fans, and the message box is also full of voices about "Dawn of the Living Dead".

"It's so romantic for Matthew and the sharpshooter buddies to play chess on the rooftop, I want to ask why it's not Johnny Depp who plays the sharpshooter?"

"It's not a bad zombie movie, the part where Matthew plays chess in the air on the roof is really romantic, enjoy this fearless tension. Why didn't Depp play the sharpshooter?

Someone below replied, "Because the crew can't afford to pay Johnny Depp!"

After a brief flip through it, Matthew closed the blog and looked at the time, it was already past midnight, and it was estimated that the box office statistics for the advance show were about to come out.

He opened the mailbox and took a look, there was no new email, and after waiting for about ten minutes, a new email prompt popped up.

After Matthew clicked on it, he looked directly at the last number, $3.56 million!

Then Helen Herman called.

"Did you see the email I sent you?" she asked directly.

"See. Matthew replied, "Okay, $5.56 million." ”

Helen Herman on the other side of the phone added, "If nothing else, the box office on the first day will exceed $15 million, and the box office on the first weekend will definitely meet the expectations of $25 million, maybe more than $30 million." ”

Hearing the figure of $30 million, Matthew was still a little excited and asked, "$30 million in the first weekend, there is hope that the North American box office will exceed 100 million, right?"

"It's hard to say. Helen Herman's voice was as calm as ever, "In this type of film, stamina is often a problem. ”

Matthew leaned back in his chair and said, "Forget about that for now." It's not early, so let's rest. He stretched, "I'm going to sleep." ”

Hanging up the phone, Matthew stopped thinking about the movie for a while and went to wash up and sleep.

The midnight box office of "Dawn of the Living Dead" has already reassured him.

The advance performance of more than $5 million may not be anything for a summer commercial blockbuster, but it is very eye-catching for a zombie film with a production cost of less than $30 million.

Judging from the film's current word-of-mouth and midnight box office, Matthew confidently concluded that the box office of "Dawn of the Living Dead" in its first weekend would exceed the production cost line.

After the North American box office exceeds the production cost line, he will be able to take a share of the box office.

The original remuneration agreement signed between Matthew and the crew, in addition to the basic salary of $5 million, the two parties agreed to use the film's production cost line of $28 million as the trigger point of the sharing clause, if the North American box office of "Dawn of the Living Dead" reaches $28 million, he, the absolute actor, can get one percent of the North American box office as a reward, and when it reaches $50 million, it will increase to two percent, $70 million is three percent, $90 million is four percent, and $100 million is five percent.

Five percent is also the percentage of the cap.

In terms of monetary income alone, Matthew also hopes that the film's North American box office will exceed 100 million, so that the box office share alone will be 5 million US dollars.

Of course, this possibility is very small, otherwise the crew would not have signed such a box office sharing agreement.

Under normal circumstances, the North American box office of more than 100 million can only be a good hope.

Friday is coming soon, the latest situation of "Dawn of the Living Dead", constantly feedback through the crew, March is the traditional off-season of the North American film market, the film did not encounter strong competitors, and the overall attendance is not bad.

Towards the end of the evening, the North American box office was close to $10 million.

After all, Friday is a working day during the day, and Friday's box office explosion is often concentrated in the evening.

On Friday night, theater schedules and attendance rates for "Dawn of the Living Dead" increased, with some popular theaters even seeing attendance rates of more than 50 percent.

Waiting until Saturday morning, Matthew got the first-day box office statistics of "Dawn of the Living Dead", and a heart was completely put back in his stomach.

$15.2 million!

On the first day of the film's release, the North American box office reached more than half of the production cost line.

Because the film's reputation is okay, there are no very strong competitors in the same schedule, and the aftermath of the previous publicity and hype is still there, on Saturday, the attendance rate continued to rise, and the major commercial theaters also increased the scheduling rate of "Dawn of the Living Dead", and more films meant more screenings, and the most direct result was more box office revenue.

"Dawn of the Living Dead" grossed a significant increase on Saturday compared to Friday, which minus the $5.56 million advance box office, with $11.8 million.

The two-day box office combined, the North American box office of "Dawn of the Living Dead" is about to break through the cost line.

Compared with the cost, the film is already a big hit, which is something that anyone can see.