At Boston's Logan International Airport, as soon as the crew led by Murphy and James Franco walked out of the airport hall, they were surrounded by media reporters, hundreds of reporters were almost crazy, first interspersed with running, and then divided and surrounded, and soon surrounded every well-known person in the crew. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The tightest encirclement is still around Murphy and James Franco.

These reporters didn't care whether Murphy wanted to open his mouth or not, and threw the questions one after another, and the scene was extremely chaotic and difficult to answer.

"Director Stanton, 'Dark City' has set a new North American box office record for the second weekend and the fastest record to break $400 million, how many more records do you think will be broken in the future?"

"Are you happy that 'Dark City' became the second film in North American film history to grossing $100 million in its second weekend?"

"It's said that your next goal is to aim for next year's Oscars, is that true?"

"Are you going to use this film to hit the Oscar for Best Director?"

The questions were asked one by one, even if Murphy wanted to answer, he had no choice, so he had to fight his way out of the encirclement and get into the car under the escort of the bodyguards.

But after the car started, the reporters still refused to leave, blocking the road, as if they had taken hormones.

Murphy certainly knows why these reporters are so excited, and some of them are chasing from New York to Boston, all because this past weekend, "The Dark City" once again wrote a record-breaking box office performance in North America.

For three days last weekend, "Dark City" easily topped the day's box office, earning $44.6 million on Friday, rebounding again on Saturday with $45.2 million, and also receiving $36.8 million on Sunday, although it declined.

In this way, the three-day box office of the weekend combined to $126.6 million, which easily pushed down the $30.2 million of "The Great Gatsby", and won the top box office in North America for a long time, while also breaking the North American box office record of $103 million set by "The Avengers" in the same period last year.

At the same time, "Dark City" also broke $400 million in eight days of release, breaking the record of "The Avengers" breaking $400 million in 14 days.

It is no exaggeration to say that this film has broken almost all the box office records in North American film history since its release.

In ten days of release, the North American box office of "Dark City" has accumulated $466.84 million, which has touched the threshold of $500 million in North America, according to CinemaScore's prediction, as late as this Thursday, as soon as this Wednesday, "Dark City" will enter the ranks of the North American $500 million club.

In the face of this crazy box office trend, more and more people are beginning to believe that "Dark City" can completely challenge the position of "Avatar" and "Titanic" in the North American box office list, and Murphy is very hopeful to break James Cameron's monopoly on the top two box office lists in North America.

All of this is the direct cause of the madness of media journalists.

Murphy led the crew to Boston, not to the hotel, but to an IMAX theater near Boston's Central Square to participate in the live fan interaction activities jointly hosted by IMAX and Twentieth Century Fox.

After participating in the fan interaction, Murphy and the crew went to the Hilton Hotel in Boston, and it was already noon, and an assistant of the crew gave him a fax from Twentieth Century Fox, and the latest overseas box office statistics had come out.

"Dark City" was a super box office hit in North America on the first weekend, affecting many countries and regions, and now there is an obvious situation in the world film market, all the films that hit the box office in North America are generally quite good at the box office in other regions, at least not badly.

Last week, the film's overseas screening scale expanded to more than 90 countries and regions, and in more than 85% of the markets where it was previously released, such as Brazil, Mexico, Australia, the United Kingdom, France and Germany, all of them won the weekly box office champion, and in more than 30 new markets, they all won the first place in the weekly box office list without exception!

In this week, "Dark City" collected another $372.6 million overseas!

Combined with the $126.6 million harvested in North America, the global box office has accumulated a total of $1,110.28 million!

Whether it is the media in North America or the mainstream media overseas, in the face of the movie-watching frenzy created by "Dark City", they all agree that the global box office of the film is very promising to reach two billion US dollars!

But it's not all good news about the film, and Twentieth Century Fox also brought the not-so-good news from Carla Fez, that "The Dark City" has been slow to pass the review of a certain big scissors on the other side of the Pacific.

If it had been placed five years ago, Twentieth Century Fox would not have cared too much, after all, even if a Hollywood film could be a super hit over there and get tens of millions of dollars at the box office, Hollywood could only get 13% of the box office share, which can be said to be relatively meagre profits.

But last year, China and the United States just held a new round of negotiations on the WTO agreement, including the part about movies, and the number of account-sharing films imported from Hollywood on the other side of the Pacific rose to 34, and the box office share doubled to 25 percent!

Unlike other overseas markets, this 25% box office share is the part after deducting the cost of publicity and distribution and taxes, which means that it can basically be regarded as a profit.

This latest agreement between China and the United States has also prompted Hollywood, especially the big six companies, to pay more attention to the market on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and want to push super commercial blockbusters into that market.

can't pass the review of the big scissors, and Murphy can't do anything about this kind of thing, he can't cut the film to pieces for this, right?

This kind of thing, it is still necessary for the Twentieth Century Fox side to find a way to publicize, after all, the standard of big scissors is alive, not immutable.

Murphy's mind was still on the North American promotion of the film, and he was not distracted by these things.

At the same time, Gal Gadot left Europe with the crew and came to Australia to start a promotional tour of the Far East.

"It's a magical country."

When the Gadot flew from Brisbane to Sydney, Margot Robbie sat opposite Gal Gadot, "Wildlife is overrun, let's go hunting together, right?" ”

Gal Gadot shrugged, "This time? No, we have a tight schedule and don't have time. ”

"We can sneak out." Margot Robbie's words were full of temptation, "Don't let anyone else know, just the two of us, go out for a day alone and go hunting on my family's farm!" You don't know, this time period is the time for the Australian government to hunt kangaroos, as long as you have a special license, you can hunt kangaroos. ”

She said triumphantly, "Our family's farm happens to have such a license. ”

Hearing these words, Gal Gadot was quite surprised, "Isn't the kangaroo a symbol of Australia?" I remember that there were kangaroos on the coat of arms of Australia, and the government still allowed hunting? ”

"Of course! It's true, if you don't believe it, you can ask David. ”

Still puzzled to see Gal Gadot, Margot Robbie simply explained, "There are many experts who believe that too many kangaroos will ruin the ecological environment!" ”

"Kangaroos have few natural predators in Australia, although there used to be a large number of species at the top of the food chain, such as the Tasmanian tiger," she whispers. However, overhunting has made them extinct, and then the colonists have cleared out natural predators like the dingo. Now, the grass and trees are a granary with abundant grass and water, but there are few natural predators of kangaroos, except for cars. ”

"Forget it." Gal Gadot shook his head, "Let's wait until we get a chance." ”

After meeting Murphy, although she is no longer a strict qualityist, she is still a little reluctant to hunt.

Margot Robbie deliberately complained, "You're just like Murphy, your mind is full of work." ”

She is a little tired from continuous work, and she really wants to relax, and the film is now full of word-of-mouth, not to mention active publicity, the media are scrambling to report news related to "Dark City", and sometimes she feels a little embarrassed to read those touted comments.

For example, when they were in France, some French media touted that "Dark City" was the most successful Hollywood movie, and Murphy was the most successful young Hollywood director.

The British media believes that "Dark City" is indeed a sharp big production, ambitious, and will be a great epic masterpiece.

And the media in her hometown of Australia, not to be outdone, praised "Dark City" as strong, persuasive, intoxicating, and completely conquered the audience, and Murphy Stanton is a talented and talented director!

Margot Robbie admits that there is some truth to the media hype, but it is also slightly overdone......

The plane soon arrived in Sydney, and when it came time to get to the hotel, Margot Robbie and Gal Gadot made a car, and as soon as they got into the car, they raised the fender of the nanny car, separating the front and rear compartments.

"You really have no interest in hunting?" Margot Robbie asked again.

Gal Gadot shook his head, "Not at all. ”

"My dear......" said Margot Robbie, leaning closer to Gal Gadot and leaning into her ear, "I think you're used to being prey, that's why you don't like hunters." ”

"What?" Gal Gadot turned his head to look at her, "What are you kidding again?" ”

Margot Robbie stared at Gal Gadot, "Isn't it?" You've always been Murphy's prey, and you've forgotten how to be a hunter, right? ”

Gal Gadot instantly understood what she meant, and couldn't help but roll her eyes, she didn't mind talking to Margot Robbie about this, after all, it had been discussed many times before.

"Do you think Murphy's kind ......," she shrugged, "would you be my prey?" ”

Margot Robbie didn't answer, but said, "You can find the right prey for you!" ”