Time passed quietly, and the second half of the film had been played.

Not far from Jerry, on the right side of the fourth row, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman sat side by side.

When she saw Maguire and Dorothy getting married, Nicole snuggled up in her husband's arms and muttered softly, "It's so well acted, what a warm picture." ”

Tom listened to the eyelid twitching twice, glanced at Jerry Donn's back more than ten meters away, and nodded: "This will be a popular movie that will hit the major awards!"

The story is positive and inspirational, covering three generations of the old, middle and young, even children, the plot is meticulous, the lines and actions are seamless, and the eye contact and expression changes of the two actors are realistic, so that people can't find a trace of fault. ”

Nicole looked up at him in surprise, as if she had known him for the first day, and her eyes were full of scrutiny.

has been married for seven years, and in Nicole's impression, Tom rarely praises others, especially fellow actors, because Tom himself is very confident, has a strong desire to control, and has a very high self-esteem, and he looks down on most actors, let alone praises others in private.

Thinking of these, Nicole looked at the presidents and CEOs of the seven major film companies sitting in the front row with a complicated expression, as well as several famous directors such as George Lucas not far away, and as her eyes moved, an unexpected scene appeared, and the eyes of the husband and wife suddenly met, looking at each other, looking at each other, and the scene was a little weird.

In an instant, both husband and wife knew each other's thoughts.

Jerry Donn is so big that Tom Cruise, who never praises easily, has to admit the facts in front of him, and Nicole is thoughtful and knows Tom even better than herself, so there is an embarrassing scene.

"Gwyneth's acting skills have improved so much!"

The atmosphere was weird, and Nicole immediately changed the topic: "I have collaborated with her in a film before, although her acting skills are very good, her acting skills can only be said to be above the standard line, but she is not outstanding, and she is still a little young in many emotional scenes."

But in this movie, she acted very well, gentle and considerate, delicate and realistic interpretation of the feelings between her children and husband, and her overall performance was impeccable. ”

Cruise shrugged his shoulders and said in a low voice: "I guess she fell in love with Done Jr., and the relationship between the two in reality is likely to be the same as the characters on the screen, otherwise they wouldn't have cooperated so tacitly." ”

"Oh?

Nicole raised her eyebrows, her eyes naturally glanced at Little Don in the front row, and said while thinking: "Although Gwyneth's image on the screen is sweet and beautiful, she is actually not beautiful, especially her figure is criticized, and people in the circle privately call her 'Texas Airport'." And Xiao Tangen was born in a wealthy family, her own conditions are very good, and her acting skills are first-class, shouldn't she fall in love with her?"

Cruise snorted, "Is he handsome, do you have such a good impression of him?" He glanced at her with a gloomy face, and then held his head high, pretending to be calm and staring at the big screen.

Nicole stroked his chest and said softly: "You think too much, how old is he, he was still a child when we debuted, are you angry with him?"

Cruise's brows twitched, and his tone softened: "I conclude that there is something between them, maybe it's not just me who can see it, I'm afraid many people can see that these two people are in love on the screen, and they are a couple in real life." ”

Nicole frowned, and subconsciously said, "I've encountered a lot of similar things, this is your experience, right?" After saying that, she straightened up and sat back in her seat, her face cloudy, and her eyes were full of anger and confusion.

Cruise's body stiffened, his face changed greatly, and he said angrily, "You...... Unreasonable!"

The two of them, who were still snuggling together just now, suddenly became cold, holding their arms without squinting, and the huge screen became the sustenance for their thoughts to fly.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the film was quietly screened until the end, Maguire confessed his affectionate confession to Dorothy, and the tactful background soundtrack combined with Jerry's emotional performance touched all the audience at the scene, and many people moistened their eyes with empathy.

When Dorothy threw herself into Maguire's arms with open arms, the film reached its climax, and many of the more emotional audience members burst into tears of excitement, and choked sobs rang out from all corners of the theater.

This is tears of joy, and it is also the greatest affirmation of the film and the main creative team of the crew.

A quarter of an hour later, the end music sounds, and the subtitles take over the screen.

Jerry quietly left the third row, walked to the front row and sat down, and then led the main creative team of the crew to the stage with Director James Sr., bowing to the audience and thanking the audience.

The applause in the theater of more than 500 people was thunderous and enduring, so that more than 20 people such as Jerry and Old James took three consecutive curtain calls, and the audience in the back row slowly left their seats, turned back one step at a time, and walked out of the theater one after another.

It was 6:40 p.m. when Jerry and James Sr. left the theater, and it took more than an hour to persuade the reluctant loyal fans away.

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On August 9, "Maguire" officially landed in theaters and was released in 600 theaters across the United States at midnight.

At this time, most of the films released in the summer have not yet been painted, including many popular commercial films, such as "Professional Special Team", "Onslaught/Brave Island", "Fat Professor", "Evaporation Order", "Clock Tower Stranger" and other films.

In addition, there are two popular movies that directly affect the number of films scheduled for "Maguire".

One of them is Fox's special effects commercial blockbuster "Independence Day", which has been in theaters for five weeks, and is now in its sixth week, and although it has been released for a month, it is still doing well at the box office, grossing $26.13 million last week, still ranking first in the charts for the week.

The other is Warner Bros.'s "Time to Kill", which was released on July 24, with a premiere box office of $14.82 million and a cumulative box office of more than 40 million, which is in its second week.

The summer hit films have not yet been released, and popular commercial films have been released one after another, so that the comedy film "Maguire" can't get too many screens, and 600 screens are already pulling teeth.

Even so, it was Paramount's signature that played a key role, and if Towne Pictures had released the film independently, the number of screens would have been even smaller.

However, Paramount President Shirley Lansing privately revealed to Jerry Downe that as long as the premiere box office meets expectations, theatrical exhibitors will continue to increase the number of films.

There is not only one movie released at the tail of the summer file, but also the comedy "Jack/Jack at Home" produced and distributed by Bowei Film and Television Company and directed by Francis Coppola, and Bowei Film and Television also held its premiere yesterday.

At the same time, several independent films were released at the same time, but these films had smaller schedules and less publicity, and did not pose a threat to the two films, "Maguire" and "Jack in the Family."

Compared with "Maguire", "Jack in the Family" released by Bowei has a slightly larger film schedule, with 750 screens on the first day of release.

Although Jerry doesn't want to admit it, he can't deny that the film he starred in is indeed inferior to the other party in terms of box office appeal.

First of all, he himself is a newcomer, although he has been hyped for two months in the early stage, it is useless to hype without works, and he still does not have box office appeal.

In addition to him, the female lead Gwyneth and the male number two Cooper Martin Jr., although they are more famous than him, but their box office appeal is very limited, fortunately, they have participated in many works, and the hype is still effective.

On Friday, Jerry just woke up and received the real-time box office data of the midnight show sent by Paul Sr., and he glanced at it, six figures, which is completely incomparable with the big data of commercial films.

After breakfast, Jerry called Brian and James Sr. respectively, entrusting them with full responsibility for the promotion of the premiere three days, and then he participated in the promotion of the film after the premiere box office came out.

Brian understands his character and doesn't say much, Director James Sr. is different, the current publicity work is the busiest time, and the impact of the actor's absence is too bad, so he reacted violently, and he almost scolded.

Fortunately, old James also knew that Jerry was under great pressure for this film, and this was the first work he participated in, before the premiere box office came out, even if it was promoted by the group, it didn't play much role, there was no work to refer to, and no matter how much publicity was unconvincing, at best, it was a number of people and became the background of Gwyneth and Cooper Martin Jr.

After thinking about it, Director James Sr. agreed to Jerry's request.

The crew temporarily changed the publicity strategy, and the initial publicity was mainly based on Wilder Sr. and himself, with Gwyneth and other actors assisting, and continued to maintain the popularity of publicity.

When the box office crosses the threshold of 10 million US dollars, Jerry Towne can stand in the foreground and promote the film to a new level as the main force of publicity.

………… (To be continued)