Chapter 257: Freedom Island Running Naked
This score is slightly worse than the beginning of Chen Tian's previous films.
And when you open the Rotten Tomatoes website, the freshness of "The Queen Wears Prada" is only 73% under the evaluation of 886 people.
Chen Tian, who is accustomed to getting a super high reputation as soon as the film is released, looked at the numbers on the two web pages with some surprise.
David Ellison on the side was also stunned for a moment: "Justin, such a score already represents word of mouth, but not everyone can get this score." β
When Chen Tian was a little surprised, Matthew Ronte, who was originally in a somewhat depressed mood, looked at IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes and showed a bright smile at this moment.
The numbers in front of him are already excellent for other films, but he knows that compared to Chen Tian's past, such a rating is already a failure at this moment.
Matthew Ront glanced at the time, and it was less than five minutes before Boxoffice announced yesterday's box office at 10 o'clock.
His expectations for the box office on the opening day of "The Queen Wears Prada" are even much greater than his expectations for his own movie "Crazy Dodgeball".
It is getting closer and closer to ten o'clock, and Chen Tian feels even more nervous than when "Buried Alive" was released.
At that time, it was already a victory for "Buried Alive" to get a good reputation, and the box office did not have much impact.
But today, it's a completely different situation.
"Justin, rest assured, we won't fail!" David Ellison said confidently.
1500 screens are released, although the scale of such a screening is not small, but it is much worse than a real blockbuster.
"Harry Potter 3", "Shrek 2", and "The Day After Tomorrow", three films with a good reputation at the box office, and Twentieth Century Fox's low-budget comedy "Crazy Dodgeball".
There is also DreamWorks, which spent 60 million dollars and was directed by the great director Spielberg. Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones starred in the romantic film "Happiness Terminal".
Thinking of this, Chen Tian couldn't help but rejoice. Disney's $110 million production of "80 Days in Universal World" was released two days ago and failed at both the box office and word of mouth. If the box office doesn't fail, then the pressure on Miramax will be even greater.
At ten o'clock, Chen Tian refreshed the boxofficemojo page again.
Not only was Chen Tian nervous, but the Ellison siblings and Anne Hathaway, who was standing aside, were nervous.
Anne Hathaway clasped her hands tightly together, hoping that the next second she would see success rather than failure.
She is confident in her performance in the film, and she has also seen the good reviews given to her on the Internet, but she hopes to win good box office while winning word of mouth.
Nervous, she subconsciously approached Chen Tian, her eyes staring at the computer screen.
The next second. At the top of the page, yesterday's box office number jΓΉ appeared.
The first place is not "The Queen Wears Prada", nor Spielberg's "Happiness Terminal", but "Crazy Dodgeball", the lowest-cost new film.
"Crazy Dodgeball", which was released in nearly 2,700 theaters in North America, won a box office score of 11.32 million on yesterday's premiere day, and such a premiere result also means that "Crazy Dodgeball" will make Fox a lot of money.
"We didn't do a bad job, we almost broke 10 million on the first day, and we had the least number of screens compared to them. David Ellison pouted.
"The Queen Wears Prada", which premiered yesterday, got a box office of 9.83 million, which was 1.05 million less than Crazy Dodgeball, ranking second at yesterday's box office.
Megan Ellison, who was standing behind Chen Tian, laughed: "We have received better news, look at the third place "Happiness Terminal". β
Chen Tian and David Ellison all set their eyes on "Happiness Terminal" under "The Queen Wears Prada", and Chen Tian did not have much memory of this film.
He also doesn't know how much this romantic film that brings together big directors and superstars and big production zuΓ² has won at the box office in later generations. However, at the moment, the numbers in front of them are telling them that DreamWorks will lose money.
Although "Happiness Terminal", which cost 60 million, ranked third, it only won a box office result of 6.15 million in a single day.
Such a premiere box office. If you want to rely on the North American market to recover your costs, it is impossible to do so without accidents.
At this time, Miramax was negotiating with DreamWorks to acquire the DreamWorks animation division, and the loss of the film was undoubtedly a favorable factor.
Chen Tian didn't know that this loss-making romance film in North America reached 140 million overseas box office in later generations.
"Happiness Terminal" will have to wait for two months to be released overseas at the earliest, and DreamWorks never imagined that this North American blockbuster film would achieve such dazzling results overseas.
"Happiness Terminal" is followed by "Harry Potter 3" with 5.3 million, "Shrek 2" with 4.1 million and "Garfield" from Fox with 3.7 million.
The disaster blockbuster "The Day After Tomorrow" failed to continue to be as firm as "Shrek 2" and "Harry Potter 3", and only won 2.35 million yesterday, ranking ninth in the single-day box office list.
followed by "The Day After Tomorrow" is the 2.15 million of the 110 million blockbuster "Around the World in 80 Days" starring Jackie Chan.
"But we're not bad, at least we are in first place at the box office and we have left them behind.
This shows that we can look forward to the box office today and tomorrow, and I think it is no surprise that we will easily increase the box office to 35 million in three days this week. Chen Tian looked at the computer page with some relief and said.
"The Queen Wears Prada" reached $8,234 at the single-theater box office, which is almost double the second-place single-theater box office "Dodgeball Madness".
Such a single-hall box office result means that today's completely large-scale release of "The Queen Wears Prada" has a single-day box office of more than 10 million, which is almost a certainty.
In this way, it is still expected to rely on the North American market to recover costs.
As for whether it can reach the outstanding results of 120 million in the North American market of "The Queen Wears Prada" in the later generations, Chen Tian doesn't know, but it is still very possible to reach a box office of 100 million.
Call!
Anne Hathaway breathed a sigh of relief. She knew she had succeeded this time.
"Thank you. Justin!" Anne Hathaway hugged Chen Tian excitedly. When Chen Tian didn't react, his lips made negative contact with Chen Tian's cheek.
Chen Tian, who was also relieved, didn't expect Anne Hathaway to come to this show, and the whole person was stunned for a moment.
And Anne Hathaway also realized that there was something wrong with her, and let go of Chen Tian in the wide eyes of the Ellison siblings.
"Sorry, Justin, I was just too excited.
Really, I thought I was getting farther away from Hollywood, not closer.
Everyone is saying that I'm just a vase, that I'm just the kind of person that Hollywood doesn't lack the most.
If not you. I don't know how much longer I'll last.
I want to go down in Hollywood, get better and better, and get more recognition like Scarlett like Natalie, not just because I'm good-looking.
"The Queen Wears Prada" is the opportunity you give me, if not you. β
"Annie, this is what you should be, you worked hard enough and you got their approval.
I don't have the ability to make you good at acting all of a sudden, it's the result of your own efforts.
And you have to thank David too, if not for him. I'm not going to get the film, and of course you probably won't get the chance to be there. Chen Tian said with a smile.
David Ellison shrugged: "Justin. Would you like to ask Anne to kiss me as a reward? If you can, I want you to kiss me, how about you?"
βFβ¦β¦ UCK, I don't like men!" Chen Tian gestured at David Ellison with a middle finger.
The somewhat oppressive atmosphere that had been made by Anne Hathaway suddenly became lively, and Eric Lomis, who was far away in Los Angeles, also smiled.
However, Matthew Runt was in a bad mood in front of the computer, and he didn't have much expectations for the box office of "Dodgeball".
However, when he saw that the number one was "Crazy Dodgeball", he was still happy in his heart, after all, the company did not have much expectations for this low-budget comedy with a cost of only 20 million.
But when he saw that "The Queen Wears Prada", which was ranked second, was still nearly 10 million, the good mood he had just had suddenly disappeared.
He naturally knew that this premiere box office result meant that "The Queen Wears Prada" would recoup its costs for sure, and that it was not a fantasy to reach $100 million in the best of his words.
The box office failure of "The Queen Wears Prada" he wanted to see was doomed to be impossible, and Matthew Runte closed the website in a somewhat depressed manner.
If the stupid reporter of the New York Post has a big impact on the naked running of the New York Post at one o'clock this afternoon, then there will be a significant boost to the box office of "The Queen Wears Prada", which he does not want to see.
At 11 a.m., Chen Tian, the Ellison siblings, and Anne Hathaway had lunch as they waited for Ivanka Trump.
When Ivanka Trump arrives, the five of them will travel to Liberty Island together.
At Liberty Island, Miramax employees will be waiting there, and they will prepare for George Edgar's naked run in advance.
"Ivanka is here! more beautiful than yesterday!" David Ellison said, looking at Ivanka Trump as she walked through the hotel door.
Chen Tian turned his head to look over, Ivanka Trump is wearing a long white dress today.
The white color is particularly bright and eye-catching, and it goes well with Ivanka Trump.
The knee-length skirt showed off the perfect curve of her calf, and Ivanka Trump wore a pair of silver open-toed stiletto heels on her feet.
Holding a black wallet in his hand and long hair to the side, the whole person's temperament is fully displayed, like a goddess descending.
As soon as she walked into the hotel, Ivanka Trump attracted everyone's attention, and the hotel waiter, who was used to seeing all kinds of beautiful women, couldn't help but look twice.
Anne Hathaway glanced at Ivanka Trump enviously, and then glad she didn't choose a white dress today.
Otherwise, she will have to contrast with Ivanka Trump, and although she thinks she is just as good at the white dress, she knows that it will not be easy to surpass Ivanka Trump.
"Ivanka, here, here!" David Ellison shouted at Ivanka Trump, and several people stood up and walked towards Ivanka Trump.
"Justin, congratulations! 'The Queen Wears Prada' is a success again!" Ivanka Trump held out her hand to Chen Tian.
David Ellison immediately picked up Ivanka Trump's words: "Hey. Ivanka. A handshake is not a congratulation. How about a veneer gift?
You are the most beautiful princess, and a man as talented as Justin deserves the best of the best. β
"David!" Chen Tian slapped David Ellison hard.
"Look, Justin was right by me, that's why he's like this. David Ellison said and ran to the other side of Megan Ellison.
A few people who were already eye-catching made everyone look at it at once.
"Ivanka, let's go, it's not too early, we have to get some preparations. β
Ivanka Trump nodded at Chen Tian: "Then let's go." From here, it's only ten minutes to get to our starting point. β
Liberty Island is an island located in New York City, USA, in the Upper New York Bay.
The entire island is across the water from the southern tip of Manhattan Island, the most prosperous island in New York, and was called Whiteroad Island until 1956.
However, because the world-famous Statue of Liberty is located, it is also known as Liberty Island.
The entire island is not large, only about 4 hectares in size, but this 667-square-meter island is very famous in the world.
Today, the island has attracted countless media outlets in North America, as it will be a national streaking affair.
"Don't worry, George, we'll get you ready!" McCann Rhodes said, patting George Edgar on the shoulder.
George Edgar nodded, following the editor-in-chief's words. Although he ran naked, the New York Post would hire a group of people to block the camera of him running naked. This allows him to avoid prolonged exposure to the camera.
He gladly accepted the editor-in-chief's idea.
Yesterday, the "New York Post" had already publicized the naked running activity at one o'clock this afternoon, and Liberty Island, which was originally small but with a large number of people, suddenly became more lively.
"There are so many people today, I thought we would be enough in 10 minutes, but now it looks like it will take 20 minutes to get there. "Ivanka Trump didn't expect so many people.
Under normal circumstances, there would be no traffic jams on Liberty Island, but although there is no traffic jam now, the speed of the car is very slow.
Once there is a red light, it is conceivable that traffic jams are a certainty.
"It's okay, it's still early, we still have more than an hour to go.
It's really not good, we can get out of the car and walk. David Ellison said, glancing at the time.
Today, George Edgar's streaking will start in the southern part of Liberty Island and then loop around the Liberty Island Ring Road to the starting point.
667 square meters may not seem big, but it's not small either.
George Edgar started the campaign a week ago in response to this streaking.
Running naked is shameful enough, and if you can't finish it, it will undoubtedly be even more humiliating.
George Edgar is sitting in the company's motorhome, which is the first time he's been in a Mercedes Benz.
There are props prepared today next to him, according to the gambling agreement of the first three films of more than 100 million, his back needs to be pasted with "Justin, I love you" when running naked!"
But now this one has been canceled and changed to "The Queen Wears Prada welcomes you to the theater".
George Edgar refused to do so at one point, preferring to be labeled "Justin, I love you" rather than the label next to him at the moment.
He knew that if such a label was applied, it would undoubtedly give free publicity for "Wear Prada Queen".
Looking at the crowd of reporters outside the car, he could imagine how many newspaper pages would be on the pages of today's streaking.
Once it is on board, it means that countless readers will know about the film and then walk into theaters, thus generating a box office for the film.
This is what he didn't want to see, but how did he know that the editor-in-chief who thought about himself in his heart had made a deal with Miramax in private.
"Justin is here, Justin is here!"
I don't know who shouted, Chen Tian's car slowly arrived at the place where George Edgar was leaving. (To be continued......)