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In the headquarters of Marvel Comics, the air conditioner was opened earlier than in previous years, and it was refreshing, as if you were in another world.

But these refreshing feelings did not dispel the boredom in the minds of Avi Arad, Kevin Feige, and Stan Lee, who sat in a break room, their eyes glued to the television in front of them, as if the last thing they wanted to see happen, and what they were widely publicized.

"The news that this station has just gotten is that the Warner/DC superhero masterpiece "Man of Steel", produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Murphy Stanton, has been high at the box office since its release last Thursday, surprisingly surprisingly surpassing "Spider-Man 3" and "Shrek 3", which were released two weeks ago, and ranking first in the North American box office charts."

Hearing the sentence "Spider-Man 3", Avi Arad and Kevin Feige, although their faces are not too good-looking, can always maintain a normal heart, after all, this is a film produced and distributed by Sony Columbia, strictly speaking, the relationship with Marvel Comics is not very deep.

Compared to these two, Stan Lee's face was much more ugly, and despite his age, the wrinkled old face had become extremely dark.

It's an indescribable feeling, no one wants to see DC bad luck more than he does, Stan Lee has never said it to anyone else, but he knows it quite well.

He is known as the father of the amazest superhero, but he knows how many of the characters in it borrow from the DC superhero setting?

In recent years, Stan Lee's children have conquered the big screen and beaten DC superhero movies all over the place, and he is quite intoxicated by the sense of accomplishment of the once criticized students who beat their teachers in the areas they do best.

Since the decline of DC superhero movies and the rise of amazing superheroes on the big screen, fewer and fewer people or media have mentioned those things at the beginning.

As long as the marvel superheroes continue to succeed on the screen, and the DC superhero movies continue to fail, these criticisms will eventually become the dust of history, and the world will remember the Avengers in the future, and he, the father of the marvel superheroes, who cares how much of them are based on the evolution of DC superheroes?

Things are also moving in the direction that Stan Lee would most like to see, until this Man of Steel is released.

Even though Stan Lee was reluctant, he was staring at the TV.

As the foundation work and the most critical part of Warner's entire "Justice League" plan, "Man of Steel" was jointly completed by Warner Bros. and DC Comics in collaboration with the famous young director Murphy Stanton, with a production cost of up to $200 million. Man of Steel has a crucial strategic place in Warner's film plans for years to come, and it can almost be said that it can only succeed and not fail. ”

The film began to be released in 4,250 theaters in North America on Friday, and Murphy Stanton, who was regarded as the savior by Warner Bros., really lived up to expectations, leading "Man of Steel" to $46.2 million on the same day, and then with the help of excellent audience and media word-of-mouth, it drew a beautiful curve at the box office on Saturday, collecting $51.45 million in a single day, plus $43.55 million on Sunday, slashing $143.2 million in the first three days of the week, easily crushing "Spider-Man 3", which was released for three weeks 's $29.21 million and $47.66 million for "Shrek 3", which was released for two weeks, topped the North American box office! ”

With the opening weekend box office, Man of Steel is now the highest-opening work by director Murphy Stanton and a group of leading actors. It is also worth mentioning that, according to the statistics of Wall Street professional institutions, about 31% of the $144.2 million North American opening weekend box office came from Murphy Stanton's supporters! ”

"Judging from the audience composition of "Man of Steel", 41% of the audience is female, and 64% of the audience is over 25 years old, which basically indicates that the stamina is healthy and stable. In addition, judging from the 'A+' of the cinema audience rating, the film undoubtedly meets the standard of a high-quality commercial production, and with a good audience reputation and a good start, it is expected that the final North American box office of the film will easily reach more than $300 million. ”

Stan Lee's face became even more ugly when he heard the number on the TV, and the $300 million box office of "Man of Steel" was bound to rekindle the interest of fans and comic fans in DC superheroes......

"Let's look at the media evaluation of "Man of Steel", the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is as high as 83%, and it has almost won unanimous praise from film critics, with an average score of 7.9 points, while the comprehensive score of 87 media on Metacritic, which represents authoritative media, has a comprehensive score of 77, and the professional reputation can be described as bursting."

Stan Lee suddenly closed his eyes, and never before has a surprise superhero movie achieved such a high reputation.

He didn't want to watch it anymore, but the sound of the TV still reached his ears.

"The New York Times commented that unlike the massive escapism of the Spider-Man and X-Men franchises, Murphy Stanton's Man of Iron is an artist-level introduction to a screen hero we think we know"

"The famous "" commented on "Man of Steel", which has effectively redefined the word 'epic' that has been used in the summer files in recent years."

"Empire magazine thinks Man of Steel may not have focused on depth, warmth and humor, but it's already a spectacular sci-fi blockbuster — big, sentimental, operatic, memorable, Murphy Stanton's superhuman origin story of our time and the start of a popular superseries."

"USA Today highly praised the film's storytelling, which is sometimes soaring, dark and thought-provoking, and director Murphy Stanton not only brings the burly and handsome appearance that Superman needs, but also the human side that matches his superpowers!"

The show finally stops, and Avi Aradd, who is holding the remote control, turns off the TV and seems to be talking to Kevin Feige about Man of Steel, but Stan Lee doesn't listen at all, just thinking about the thoughts that suddenly jump into his head.

Even if he is not a Hollywood professional, Stan Lee knows that at this point, "Man of Steel" can be said to have achieved a double harvest at the box office and word of mouth.

He counted forward, looked back, and found that no movie of superheroes could do what Man of Steel did.

"Why was Man of Steel so successful?" Stan Lee asked himself in his mind.

"Superman Returns" a few years ago made Warner Bros. and DC Comics vomit blood directly, how many years has the DC superhero movie not been successful? Far away Stan Lee can't even remember the year the last successful DC Comics hero movie was released.

"Why did a DC superhero movie that had sunk to the point of falling off a cliff suddenly get a new lease of life?"

This is the main concern of Stan Lee, who is definitely one of the people in the world who does not want to see the success of a DC superhero movie.

But it has happened, and it is not that he pretends not to see it, it does not exist.

So, just like when DC Comics had an absolute advantage and Marvel Comics fell into a trough, Stan Lee began to think carefully again, but compared to back then, the answers to these two questions are not complicated, and even relatively simple.

In fact, there is only one answer to two questions!

Stan Lee's mouth opened, and the name didn't come out, but it swirled back and forth between his lips and tongue - Murphy Stanton!

Yes! It's Murphy Stanton! This young Hollywood director, with his own efforts, perfectly integrated Superman into his dark style, leading the DC superhero movie to complete a turn!

"A commercial blockbuster with such a strong personal style, it's okay if it doesn't work......" Kevin Feige's words reached Stan Lee's ears at this time, "Once it succeeds, it will definitely be a big success." ”

Avi Arad agrees with him, "Murphy Stanton has led Hollywood to another successful model of commercial films with "Man of Steel", and the summer commercial blockbuster is not just popcorn, dark, deep, and heavy...... You can be successful, too. ”

"What Murphy Stanton brought to Man of Steel is not the box office, but the style and word of mouth." Kevin Feige, CEO of Marvel Pictures, knows more about the film industry than Avi Arad, "DC superhero movies can get rid of the previous confusion and be made according to the model created by Murphy Stanton, and the entire Justice League series can also be built on the basis of a unified style." ”

Speaking of which, Kevin Feige suddenly regretted it very much, maybe his side should not have refused Murphy Stanton's hand of cooperation, otherwise where would there be the success of "Man of Steel".

There is also word of mouth, as far as he knows, Sony Columbia Pictures has completely canceled the sequel because of the poor reputation of "Spider-Man 3", so as not to exhaust the potential and popularity of this series.

On the other hand, "Man of Steel", the explosive word-of-mouth brought by Murphy Stanton will inevitably lay a good audience base and generate quite a lot of supporters, and when other movies in the DC series are released, the basic audience group will be guaranteed, if Murphy Stanton continues to work with Warner Bros., each film will have a certain quality assurance, step by step, and when it reaches "Justice League", I am afraid it will burst out with incredible energy, right?

"Kevin, Avi......"

Stan Lee, who had been silent, suddenly interrupted Kevin Firth's thoughts, "I have some new ideas for 'Iron Man' in the pipeline. (To be continued.) )