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With all sorts of stats and stats on Batman v Superman on Bruce Rosenblum's desk just after getting to work on Monday morning, the Warner Bros. CEO looked at the opening weekend box office statistics in North America and around the world, and quickly shifted his eyes to some market reactions and predictions. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"The cinemascore of 'Batman v Superman' is 'B-', which is far less than the 'A+' of 'Man of Steel'; The popcorn index of the film is 63%, and the audience's reputation is average. The film was also badly praised by most media and critics, with only 24 percent of the 263 media outlets included on the Rotten Tomatoes website giving the film a positive rating, with a freshness rating of only 24 and an average rating of only 4.3. Authoritative media reviews Metacritic included an average score of 41 points from 50 media outlets, which is far lower than the 85 points of "Man of Steel". ”

Seeing this, Bruce Rosenblum grabbed his hair hard, because the good mood brought by seeing the good first-week box office numbers disappeared without a trace.

Subsequently, he saw Cinemascore's box office forecast for "Batman v Superman".

"The audience reputation of this film is average, and the box office shows an obvious trend of opening high and going low, and the North American box office will fall between $300 million and $310 million, and it is difficult for the global box office to exceed $800 million!"

Bruce Rosenbrum's face was instantly gloomy, with the expectations of Warner Bros. and DC Comics, even if the box office of "Batman v Superman" will not exceed "Man of Steel", which is praised as a superhero film masterpiece by countless people, but it should not be difficult for North America to exceed $400 million and the world to exceed $1 billion.

After all, this is the first time that Batman and Superman have appeared in the same film, and under the name of the sequel to "Man of Steel", "Man of Steel" has created such a good situation for the entire series, such expectations are not too much at all.

But Cinemascore's forecast was much lower than expected......

Bruce Rosenblum suddenly felt his heart beat faster and his chest was uncomfortable, and he quickly adjusted the pace of his breathing, while suggesting to himself that Cinemascore's prediction might not be accurate......

It's just that such a hint has just appeared, and he has rejected it himself, and Cinemascore's prediction does miss sometimes, but it was a small production with a limited audience, and there was no precedent for a super-big production to predict a difference of $10 million from the final box office.

Pacing his breathing, Bruce Rosenblum looked at the negative stats again.

"Because Warner Bros. interrupted its cooperation with Murphy Stanton, DC could only choose to squeeze in both Superman and Batman in the important layout work "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", which was released after "Man of Steel", and also led to Aquaman, Flash, and Cyborg, so many characters were introduced in the second work of the cinematic universe, which was very risky for film creation and a helpless move to lose Murphy Stanton."

It can be seen that Warner Bros. and DC Comics want to try to get rid of the influence of Murphy Stanton, so "Superman v Batman" does not try to dig deep into the various social and political issues in the story, focusing on comprehensive layout and establishing a world view, but it is undeniable that the image created by Murphy Stanton's "Man of Steel" in the hearts of fans has become a kind of subconscious, that is, to be deep, and some ordinary viewers will look at "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" with the entertainment standards of Marvel's "Iron Man" , and the film is obviously not as entertaining as Marvel, this really becomes a movie that lacks depth and entertainment at the same time. ”

"For the sake of the future, Warner Bros. and DC Comics should bring Murphy Stanton back again and continue with the previous plan!"

Murphy Stanton, please? Bruce Rosenblum just had a smooth breathing rhythm that picked up again, and it was he who chose to cut off his collaboration with Murphy Stanton because he was unwilling to pay more, and now invited him back, isn't that a slap in the face?

This poor word-of-mouth and reviews, as well as the box office numbers that are likely to fall short of expectations, have embarrassed him, and is it even more embarrassing?

From his own emotional point of view, Bruce Rosenblum said that he didn't want to ask Murphy Stanton back again, and besides, he may not be indispensable in the DC superhero series.

There was a knock on the door, and after Bruce Rosenblum said please come in, Diego Harris, the CEO of DC Comics, walked in.

"Sit casually."

Bruce Rosenblum pointed to the chair across from the desk, and Diego Harris sat down and said directly, "Things aren't going well with Batman v Superman. ”

"Hmm." Bruce Rosenblum nodded.

Although the film's first weekend box office performance is good, anyone who knows a little about the industry can see that the future will inevitably be a situation of serious lack of box office stamina, and even the North American box office will plummet in the second weekend.

Diego Harris looked serious, "The marketing department has just made a prediction that the box office in North America will fall by more than 70% in the next weekend!" ”

"What?" Bruce Rosenblum stood up, seemingly unable to believe Diego Harris's words, "More than seventy percent? ”

"Yes, more than seventy percent!" Diego Harris said with certainty.

Bruce Rosenblum was silent and sat down slowly, seemingly unsure of what to say.

"The film's box office is an overdraft of the brand that Man of Steel has built and the appeal of Superman and Batman." Diego Harris said very seriously, ""Batman v Superman" not only lost its reputation, but also affected the brand of the entire series, if there is a ...... next time"

He shook his head vigorously, "The consequences are unimaginable. ”

Bruce Rosenblum didn't understand what he was saying, thought for a moment, and asked, "Diego, do you have any ideas?" ”

"That's right." Diego Harrison was very straightforward, "I think we should bring back Murphy Stanton!" ”

Bruce Rosenblum was silent, and his face wasn't very good-looking.

As if he hadn't seen it, Diego Harris continued, "Zack Snyder is completely incapable of replacing Murphy Stanton, and his dark style is still on the surface compared to Murphy Stanton. ”

"Hmm." Bruce Rosenblum nodded slightly, which was evident in Batman v Superman, but he didn't want to bring back Murphy Stanton, and said, "Zach did okay, and comic book fans spoke highly of him." ”

"But, Bruce, have you thought about it?" Diego Harris could vaguely guess what Bruce Rosenblum was thinking, saying, "How many comic book fans are there in DC?" Do we shoot and make DC comic book superhero movies just for comic book fans? If the film can't attract those ordinary audiences, how can such a huge investment be recovered? We invest in these films to attract fans, not to separate comic fans from the general audience! ”

Bruce Rosenblum was silent again, how could he not understand such a truth.

"Zack Schneider is a big DC Comics fan, that's great!" Diego Harris didn't stop, "His films are completely comic-based and don't abandon the original comics like Murphy Stanton, but the wide circulation of Murphy Stanton's films is something he can't do!" ”

Hearing these words, Bruce Rosenblum remained silent.

Diego Harrison finally couldn't help it, stood up and propped up the table, and said in a low voice, "Bruce, is your face more important, or is your current position more important?" ”

Bruce Rosenblum was stunned, as if he had been woken up: yes, if the DC superhero series rots, he can only step down, this is Warner Bros., which has a complex shareholding composition, not his family business!

It's just that those self-defeating words are really hard to say.

"Bruce, what the hell are you thinking?" There was a hint of anxiety in Diego Harrison's voice, "Do you want to wait for DC's superhero series to completely overdraw your credibility?" What's in it for you and me? We will only be ousted by Warner Group from where we are now! ”

Bruce Rosenblum slowly stood up, walked back and forth behind his desk for a few steps, pondered the pros and cons, and finally figured out one thing, compared to the benefits that can be obtained by sitting in this position, his own face can be appropriately given up.

He turned back to his desk, sat down in his chair again, looked at Diego Harris across from him, and said lightly, "You represent me and Warner to approach Murphy Stanton and his agent, Bill Rothes, and if he can compromise a little bit on pay, we can work with him again." ”

"Bruce!" Diego Harris reminded, "In that case, we still don't want to work with Murphy Stanton!" ”

"That's good!" Bruce Rosenblum gritted his teeth and said, "Murphy Stanton's secondary price code last time is our bottom line!" ”

Diego Harris nodded, "Don't worry, I know what to do." ”

Bruce Rosenblum waved his hand at Diego Harris, "This matter is up to you, as long as you can come to an agreement with Murphy Stanton, I will push to work with him again on the company's board of directors." ”

Diego Harris stood up, "I'm going to reach out to CAA and Bill Rothes right now, we work with CAA a lot, and presumably they'd love to see us continue to work with Murphy Stanton." ”

Bruce Rosenblum waved his hand again, Diego Harris turned and walked out of the office, he didn't go to DC Comics, but went downstairs and got in the car to let the driver leave Burbank for Century City, then dialed Bill Rosies, made an appointment for a time and place to meet, and rushed straight over.

Diego Harris is well aware that it is not easy to move Murphy Stanton, and that requires real money. (To be continued.) )