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As the screening ended the day, the number of people who watched "Horror Planet" increased, and the trend of polarizing the film's audience reputation became more and more obvious.

This film is definitely a masterpiece in the eyes of B-movie lovers.

"It's so cool that it's stupid, it's bloody it's funny, it's beautiful it's dirty, it's so miserable it's sad. The cult is so beautiful, and Murphy is the most troublesome! ”

"It's so cool, this is the coolest film I watched this year!"

"The incomparable cult film, wonderful, it's cool to watch!"

Without exception, these people gave the film an A+ live audience rating.

But for non-B-movie lovers, especially those who are attracted to the theater by the unique beauties, most of them don't have a very good impression of "Horror Planet".

"Playing a zombie shooter for more than an hour is more interesting than this film."

"The film is rough enough, and it's disgusting."

In contrast, the evaluations of these people B- and C, are also their true feelings.

But unlike the audience's polarized word-of-mouth, "Terror Planet" appeared on the review pages of many media the next day, and the negative reviews were far less than Murphy imagined, as if the North American media and professional film critics who had already seen it were very much buying the film.

Among the 37 North American film reviews collected on Rotten Tomatoes, there are 30 positive reviews, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is as high as 84%.

In terms of more authoritative media scores, Metac Daily Ti included 35 media scores, with an average score of 77 points.

Obviously, the media and critics alike consider Planet Terror to be a masterpiece.

But the media and film critics can only influence the market in a certain way, but cannot decide the future of a film, and it is the market that really determines the future fate of "Planet Terror".

On Friday, "Planet of Terror" was released in 2,000 theaters in North America, and finally received $6.85 million!

It also gave Murphy and Bill Rothes a temporary sigh of relief.

Especially the latter, "Planet of Terror" is the first project he is responsible for, and if the North American box office does not meet expectations, it will definitely have a lot of negative effects on the future.

"Miramax expects to box office $12 million to $14 million in the first week."

In the CAA's independent office, Bill Rothes looked at Mike opposite, "The film has now received half of the minimum expected box office, and the box office pressure in the next two days will be much less, as long as there is no cliff diving today, it will definitely exceed expectations!" ”

"yes!" Mike also seemed to be in a good mood, "I finally have a client who starred in a film that grossed more than $10 million in North America. ”

He looked at Bill Rothes with a somewhat complicated look in his eyes, and his feelings in his heart were even more complicated, on the one hand, he hoped to see this film meet expectations, so that his Jessica Chastain's status in the industry would soar, and at the same time, his agent would also rise.

On the other hand, I don't want to see the success of the film, if the film is successful, Murphy Stanton will inevitably climb to a higher directorial position, and Bill Rossis's weight in the CAA will naturally become more and more important.

Now that Bill Rothes has fallen behind him by a large margin, Murphy Stando's continued success will keep the two further and further apart, and may eventually be too far away to catch up......

Bill Rothes looked at the time, stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go to the Santa Monica event site." ”

Santa Monica Commercial Plaza is one of the famous commercial centers in the Los Angeles area, and many media or film promotions will be placed here.

Robert Downey Jr., in particular, is the center point around which media reporters surround.

In Miramax's publicity and marketing planning, Robert Downey Jr. is an extremely important publicity point, since a few days ago, some media and websites have begun to appear like "Robert Downey Jr.'s prodigal son turned back", "That talented Downey is back to quit drug addiction Robert Downey's latest masterpiece" and many other news.

The star standing in front of the screen is always the focus of media attention, although Robert Downey Jr. was out of breath before, but with the planning of Miramax, and the support of Robert Downey Sr.'s various relationships secretly launched, coupled with the previous screening of "Planet of Terror" at the Cannes Film Festival to create a certain momentum, the rising star of the year seems to be really back.

"Yes, I was able to appear in the film because of Murphy."

In the interview area demarcated above the square, Robert Downey Jr. stood in the middle of the reporters and talked eloquently, compared to Murphy, who was also being interviewed on the left, he was more suitable to play in this kind of situation, "On the day I was released from prison, Murphy personally took me back from prison to Los Angeles and gave me this opportunity. ”

"Are you grateful to Director Stanton?" A reporter reached for the microphone.

Robert Downey Jr. didn't answer, instead made a gesture for the reporter on the left to get out of the way, and then walked towards Murphy's side, came to Murphy's side, and immediately grabbed his shoulder.

"Hey, bro!"

Hearing this, Murphy stopped his words, turned to look at Robert Downey Jr., and smiled at him.

A large number of reporters surrounded the two people, pressed the shutter of the camera in their hands, and filmed Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., who looked extremely intimate.

At this time, another reporter asked loudly, "I heard that you used to serve a sentence in the same prison?" ”

Murphy didn't speak, and there were some things that Robert Downey Jr. said better.

"Not only are we in the same prison, we've lived in the same cell." Robert Downey Jr. let go of the hand that was holding Murphy's shoulder, pointed at him, and said, "Do you know how much Murphy helped me?" I can't quit my addiction without him! I wouldn't have stood up again without him! I wouldn't be here without him! ”

He was very emotional, with an excited face, "He is the dawn I met when I fell into darkness!" He is the angel who saved me from Hell! He is my God......"

The surrounding reporters all looked at Robert Downey Jr., Robert Downey Jr. withdrew his hand and took a step forward, "He's still my brother!" ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his arms and hugged Murphy tightly, although Murphy was not an actor, he also knew what to do at this time, and also reached out to hug Robert Downey Jr.

The sound of the shutter sounded in one piece, and the bright light of the flashing lights seemed to obscure even the June sun of Los Angeles, this picture of brotherly love, instantly murdered countless media reporters.

This is another promotional point set by Miramax, brotherhood!

Murphy let go of Robert Downey Jr. and beckoned to the other side, "Jim, Seth, Jonah, come here!" ”

James Franco, Seth Rogen, and Jonah Hill all came to this side, and Robert Downey Jr. pointed to them and said, "Since I was released from prison, they have given me countless helps, made me feel family and friendship, and they are also my brothers!" ”

"Stand in a row." Murphy whispered to James Franco next to him.

The five of them each held the people around them and stood in front of the cameras of media reporters, as if they were brothers.

They attracted the attention of almost all the reporters present, but Jessica Chastain, as the heroine, received little attention under this touching picture of brotherhood.

Standing in the corner of the interview area, Jessica Chastain turned her head to look at her agent, Mike, who really looked at the five people and frowned.

Jessica Chastain sighed, but didn't say anything, anyway, through guò this movie, her road to Hollywood has opened.

The difference is that Murphy Stanton's Hollywood road is leading to high places, and there is chaos ahead of her.

Although this kind of publicity can't make the film a box office hit like "Spider-Man", which opened last weekend, it can still attract some people's attention, and Robert Downey Sr. is also mobilizing his own network to help his son.

Robert Downey Jr. is obviously not the Robert Downey Jr. before, and there is a film that has received a good response at the Cannes Film Festival, and there are still people who are willing to give Robert Downey Sr. face without effort.

Miramax's North American marketing budget for "Terror Planet" was only $4 million, but it created a lot of momentum in the first week of release, and even faintly followed "007: Die Another Day", which also opened in North America this weekend.

Of course, both Murphy and Miramax are sane and know that this kind of B-movie with a limited audience is no match for James Bond, who has spent decades building a golden signature.

Friday's box office proved it, with the day's top box office being "Spider-Man," which came to its second week of release, with nearly $20 million; the second place is "007: Die Again", which received more than $16 million in a single day; "Terror Planet" came in third place after the two films at $6.85 million.

The ranking in the second two days of the weekend also maintained this ranking, the difference is that "Spider-Man" has a strong reputation, and the single-day box office continues to climb; The audience word-of-mouth polarization of "Horror Planet" has become more and more obvious, and the single-day box office has declined one after another.

However, this is also the normal law of B-grade films, and the decline is not large, especially without a cliff-like dive, and in one day on Saturday, the single-day box office only decreased by less than $1 million, and was reported at $5.92 million.

By Sunday, all the films were set to shrink at the box office, and "Planet of Terror" continued to see attendance decline, albeit a healthy decline.

When Sunday passed and a new week arrived, the latest North American box office statistics were released, and "Planet of Terror" also got box office numbers that exceeded Miramax's expectations. (To be continued.) )