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Engrossed in preparing for a new project, Murphy forgot that his first film had already been released in theaters, and on the way to the theater, he made a special phone call to Jones Butler to find out a little bit about it.

Miramax had previously promoted Hard Fruit Candy, with posters and commercials in some theaters, as well as late-night television commercials on two public television stations.

For the promotion of "Hard Fruit Candy", Miramax is very restrained, and the investment can be described as careful calculation, after all, the cost of the film is here, and it is impossible to invest too much in publicity, otherwise it will inevitably lose.

The car drove into the vicinity of a relatively remote theater in Santa Monica, and just entered the parking lot, the co-pilot heard Carey Mulligan's grumbling, "Are you a director?" I didn't know that my film was released last Friday! ”

Watching Murphy park, her baby face was full of indignation, "I wanted to see it in London, but I didn't have to see it there." ”

"Alright, dear." Murphy beckoned her to get out of the car, "Am I not preparing a new movie." ”

Carey Mulligan closed the passenger door and turned to stare at Murphy, "New movie? What is it? ”

"Secret." Murphy locked the car and walked first to the theater to the west, and when Carey Mulligan caught up and shook his arm, he said, "Wait a little longer, and you'll be ready to read the script when it's done." ”

Kerry Mulligan immediately grinned happily.

As soon as the two walked into the theater, Kerry Mulligan pointed to the poster bar in front of him and said, "Look, Murphy, our poster." ”

Directly in the front corner, a poster of Miramax's Hard Fruit Candy is posted, with a little girl with a red hood standing in front and a gray-clad photographer staring at her in the back.

"I'm going to buy a ticket."

Murphy bought two tickets in the past, and the two entered the screening room, although "Hard Candy" is R-rated, but with Murphy, it is not difficult for Carey Mulligan to enter, and it is not uncommon for minors in North American theaters to run into R-rated movie theaters to watch movies.

"There are so few people." Carey Mulligan kept looking around, "The seats are empty." ”

This is a small theater that can accommodate hundreds of people, including Murphy and Carey Mulligan, there are probably less than fifteen audiences.

"It's normal." Murphy reminded, "Don't forget this Monday. ”

How can such a niche film have a large audience.

In fact, during the phone call, Jones Butler mentioned to him some related screenings, "Hard Candy" is a North American theater that began to enter last Friday, Miramax contacted ten theaters for the film, and got $36,538 on Friday, and the situation on Saturday and Sunday was slightly better, and the box office accumulation in the first three days of the first weekend exceeded the $100,000 mark in one fell swoop.

In this way, the box office of "Hard Candy" exceeded $10,000 in a single theater in the first week of screening, and it also won the opportunity to expand the screening.

It has to be said that Miramax is really good at distributing independent films, and since this Monday, the number of North American theaters of "Hard Candy" has increased to 160.

As the movie began to show, Carey Mulligan was completely quiet and the whole person was immersed in the film, and when Hayley first appeared and turned around, Murphy saw that her eyes were red, two lines of tears flowed down, and the whole person seemed to be trembling.

The moment your dream comes true, you will always be so excited that you can't help yourself.

Murphy understood this sentiment and reached out and gently patted Kerry Mulligan's arm, Kerry Mulligan turned his head, wiped the tears from his face, tried to squeeze a smile out of him, and then lowered his head and pushed his shoulder.

The two looked at each other and smiled, turning back to the film.

Soon, Carey Mulligan was laughing so hard that his mouth was cracking to the base of his ear.

Because the audience is relatively small, most of them are concentrated in the middle rows, and some whispered discussions will inevitably come here.

"This girl is acting so well."

"She's so pretty, so cute, so cool!"

"I like this girl, and so do her red dress and canvas shoes."

There are also people talking about her performance later.

"The little girl's acting skills are awesome, and it's scary to watch."

Listening to this, Kerry Mulligan felt more ethereal than drinking Chivas with Murphy.

Although there are some voices in the middle who think the film is excessive, for Carey Mulligan's performance, the voices that sound from time to time in the hall are almost all praise.

And Murphy also thinks that Carey Mulligan plays very well, her almost true performance covers up her shortcomings very well, compared to the former Allen Page, her appearance has received too many pluses.

The audience is often very face-watching.

In the end, Little Red Riding Hood's counterattack against the big bad wolf caused another burst of exclamation, the woman was secretly cool, and the man was in pain......

At the end of the screening, more than a dozen audience members walked out of the theater one after another, with Murphy and Carey Mulligan at the back.

"Did I perform well?" Carey Mulligan asked impatiently.

Murphy nodded, "Very good......"

Kerry Mulligan had a look of disappointment on his face, shook his body, and snorted, "Isn't that good?" ”

"Honey, you're going to hear me out." Murphy shook his head and walked on, and Carey Mulligan followed, and he added, "You're better than James Franco." ”

Kerry Mulligan nodded his pointed chin hard, "I'll do better in the future." ”

She followed Murphy, walked out of the theater, walked towards the front hall, and when she passed by the poster billboard, she deliberately turned her head to look at it for a while, and the Little Red Riding Hood on it was so eye-catching.

The only thing that made her feel regretful was that the audience just now was really a little small.

What a wonderful feeling it would be if the audience was full and everyone was raving about her performance.

Thinking of these things, Carey Mulligan followed Murphy out of the theater, looked up at the somewhat dazzling sunlight, and suddenly a questioning voice sounded on the right.

"Excuse me......" a brown-haired girl, about twenty years old, looked at her and asked, "...... You're not Hailey. ”

"Hayley?" Carey Mulligan was stunned for a moment.

Murphy also heard the question, turned his head, and reminded, "Hayley from the movie." ”

At the same time as Kerry Mulligan suddenly realized, his eyes were crooked with a smile, and he politely stretched out a small hand, "Hello, I'm Kerry Mulligan." ”

After the brown-haired girl shook her hand, Carey Mulligan said, "I played Hayley in Hard Candy. ”

The brown-haired girl looked surprised, "Is it really you?" You've done a great job! ”