Chapter 654: A Time to Enjoy

"Director Stanton, can you talk about how it was like to win the Oscar for Best Director for the first time?"

In front of the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel, Murphy had just walked down the red carpet when more than a dozen reporters blocked him in the interview area, throwing all kinds of questions at him and Gal Gadot. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Miss Gadot, is it really what you said about social problems in the United States in your acceptance speech?"

Murphy and Gal Gadot both said it backstage at the Oscars, ignoring these reporters at all, and under the support of the organizer's staff, they directly entered the Hilton Hotel and came to the crowded No. 1 Ballroom.

It's Oscar night, which is the party that Vanity Fair throws after the Oscars.

Because when they left the Dolby Theater, they were stopped by reporters and delayed for a while, Murphy and Gal Gadot came relatively late, and at this time, many people had gathered in the banquet hall, especially the winners who were complacent tonight, and they were even more staggered and celebrated wildly.

Murphy quickly found his table and pulled Gal Gadot over, Robert Downey Jr., who won Best Actor tonight, was drinking with Margot Robbie as a frustrated, and there were already two empty glasses in front of them.

"Our protagonist is here!"

Margot Robbie saw Gal Gadot, stopped caring about Robert Downey Jr., and raised her glass towards Murphy, "Cheers to Murphy!" ”

"Well said!" Robert Downey Jr. also raised his wine glass, "We want to congratulate Murphy!" ”

Others, such as Fili Raschel and Helena Espora, also stood up and raised their glasses together, "Cheers!" ”

Murphy had already asked for two glasses of wine from the waiter, handed one to Gal Gadot first, and then raised his own, "Cheers, guys!" ”

After drinking a glass of wine, Murphy's excitement that had not yet dissipated was mobilized again, and he talked with Robert Downey Jr. and others over a drink, he had worked so hard for this moment, and now was the time to enjoy it.

Not long after staying, he already felt drunk because there were so many people who came to congratulate Murphy, he drank a few more glasses.

"Let's go back." Gal Gadot proposed, "Drink any more and you'll be drunk." ”

"Hmm." Murphy nodded, he didn't want to lose his temper in public, and beckoned to Robert Downey Jr., "You go on, I'll go first." ”

The two of them didn't care about anything else, left the Hilton Hotel, and went straight home.

It was a long night, and it was also a sleepless night for many people, such as the numerous entertainment reporters, and the Oscars were definitely the front page headlines of all the entertainment news the next day.

"The biggest surprise of Oscar night, Murphy Stanton ended his decade of running with him and won Best Director, and "Diego Rose" won Best Director, Best Picture and Best Actor, becoming the biggest winner!"

"Last night, the Oscars came out unexpectedly, and "The Artist" only won a few inconsequential technical awards, which were comprehensively suppressed by "Diego Rose"!"

Even the entertainment pages of the three major newspapers, the leaders of the national newspaper industry, are full of news about this year's Oscars.

"Diego Rose" created the biggest surprise of this Oscars, defeating the previously recognized hit "The Artist" in the last three heavyweight awards, and at the same time giving Murphy Stanton the first taste of the Oscar for Best Director, Weinstein Pictures Although Meryl Streep won a Best Actress statuette, the number of awards was far from the previous expectations, and it can be called the most disappointed group of people last night!"

-- The Washington Post

"When the winner of the Best Director Award, the young Murphy Stanton, took over the heavy little golden man from Tom Cruise, the world held its breath, and although the young director missed the record of the youngest best director, no one could deny his greatness, and Hollywood entered the era of Murphy Stanton!"

- Los Angeles Times

"It is a surprise that Diego Rose won Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture in succession among the four most important awards, but it is also expected. For director Murphy Stanton personally, the night was undoubtedly an 'incredible night of ecstasy'. This is a great personal victory for Murphy Stanton, and a victory for the rejuvenation reform of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences! “

-- The New York Times

As for the media that specializes in entertainment, most of them also praise Murphy.

"There is no doubt that Murphy Stanton is becoming a master of cinema, a true master, and the means of expression that his lens language can provide are always the most genius and the most exciting."

- The Hollywood Reporter

Of course, as after every Oscar in the past, there are not without doubts in the media, especially those tabloids, who like to create a topic at this time in order to attract attention.

"Shady! Murphy Stanton's award is full of shady, the film "Diego Rose" is not as good as "The Artist" in terms of artistic value and popularity, and the reason why it won the three awards of Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture is completely the result of the operation of CAA and Twentieth Century Fox, this is not a victory for the film, just a successful PR! ”

Although the tabloid nonsense is closer to the truth in some aspects, no one cares, including the frustrated Weinstein Pictures, after all, from the nineties to the present, which Oscar winner has not had a successful PR and operation behind it?

There are many voices similar to this kind of doubt, compared to other films, "Diego Rose" does not have too many advantages, and it is not completely outstanding.

However, Murphy doesn't care about this, he can't change it when he wins the best director, and the mainstream media is basically a position of praise, and those tabloids can't make waves at all.

Another point is that these Oscar statuettes can completely change the situation of "Diego Rose" in the film market.

In any case, the influence of the Oscars in North America and even the world should not be underestimated, and the three heavyweight Oscar statuettes of Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture can be directly transformed into economic benefits in addition to huge glory.

It seems particularly vulgar to talk about money in front of the Oscars, but look at the major Hollywood companies, especially Weinstein Pictures and the Weinstein brothers, why are they competing for the Oscars, is it really just for art and glory?

I believe that any normal person can easily make a judgment.

The Oscar effect is fed back to the film "Diego Rose", and the most direct thing is that the previous relatively general box office data has risen by a cut.

"Diego Rose" has not been completely removed from North American theaters until now, as the distributor of Twentieth Century Fox has made great efforts, to the Oscars, the film is only less than 400 theaters left in North America, and the scheduling rate is only a pitiful less than three percent, and on the second day of the Oscars, "Diego Rose" followed the previous on-demand expansion of screenings, and the North American theater chain and film scheduling rate of screenings have been greatly expanded again. The number of theaters in North America has reached 2,200, and the film scheduling rate has increased to nearly 25%!

The most important thing is that a considerable number of North American fans, influenced by the three heavyweight Oscar statuettes of Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture, have entered the theater one after another, or watched the film again, or watched the film for the first time, making the single-day box office of less than $50,000 exceed $3 million in one fell swoop, and in the following weekend, it reported $5.54 million, $6.46 million and $5.1 million for three consecutive days, and another $17.1 million in North America.

Coupled with the accumulation of previous working days, the North American box office of "Diego Rose" has slowly approached the $100 million mark!

In the eyes of everyone, it is inevitable that the film will eventually cross $100 million at the North American box office.

At the same time, Twentieth Century Fox, after a long period of restrictions on overseas releases, finally allowed "Diego Rose" to appear in the most important film markets in Europe, Latin America and the Far East the day after the Oscars and before the following weekend.

"Diego Rose" finally surpassed $100 million at the global box office.

In addition, in those relatively small overseas markets, Twentieth Century Fox has adopted an operational strategy of selling out the screening rights of "Diego Rose", and as the best picture at the Oscars, it is easy to call out the price, such as selling a market across the Pacific Ocean, and receiving $5 million from China Film Group for a sell-out fee.

Although this income is not particularly much, it is already quite rare for such a type of film, if "Diego Rose" didn't just get the three heavyweight Oscars for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture, and couldn't even sell one-third of this price, it is more likely that China Film Group would not have looked at this film.

The film's future revenue will increase over time, and the box office is only a part of the film's revenue, although due to many peripheral rights still being negotiated, with the addition of the Oscar halo, the TV and online rights of "Diego Rose" and DVD sales will double or even more than the average niche film.

And as long as the North American box office of the film crosses the threshold of 100 million US dollars, the sales of peripheral copyrights can be increased again.

A week after the Oscars, and the media distraction gradually came to an end, Murphy also ordered a display case to place his Oscar statuette.

But along with the showcase, arrived at the Wave Manor, and there was also bad news about Catholicism.