"See you on the weekend!"

The San Francisco Chronicle had a clear headline that directly encapsulated Brad Pitt's words and was published on the front page of the next day, with two posters of "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Troy" on the left and right, and the tense smell of gunpowder came to the face.

This report detonated all the focus in an instant. Although it is said that the blockbusters released in the summer every year are in head-to-head competition; However, it is rare for the two works to collide head-on and-for-tat, and public figures always deliberately whitewash the peace and maintain a happy face.

However, this year is very special, and the major film companies are very happy to see the noisy scenes in May, and they don't even mind fanning the flames and fueling the flames behind the scenes. From the "day after tomorrow" was pushed to the first week of May, the media released rumors that Twentieth Century Fox had become cannon fodder; to the strong attack of "Troy", the violent impact on the follow-up box office of "The Day After Tomorrow"; and then to the rivalry between "Shrek 2", "Van Helsing", "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban...... Tension and competition can be felt almost every week.

This is also the pattern created by Hollywood: although the summer season of 2004 was advanced by a month, the wonderful Cheng dù not only did not decline, but also increased.

In such a situation, the rivalry between "acquired" and "Troy" is exaggerated. Logically speaking, the "day after tomorrow" is not capable of challenging "Troy" in almost every way, but before the first week of May, the confrontation relationship was already hyped up. Now, the box office of the premiere of "The Day After Tomorrow" has unexpectedly detonated the box office market, and the 80 million-level number jù has the ability to confront "Troy" head-on, and the enthusiasm of the media is almost unstoppable.

Now, Lance and Brad, two topical characters, are still so cooperative. How can the media let it go!

The San Francisco Chronicle wrote that Lance was quite dismissive of the hubris of the "Troy" crew, before the box office results came out. No one can speak of victory lightly, and apparently Lance is confident enough at the box office of the "day after tomorrow"; Brad was full of contempt for the provocation of the "day after tomorrow". He didn't think that the box office momentum of "Troy" would be affected in any way, in fact, Brad also had such self-confidence - the cast of the "Troy" golden crew was even considered a box office bomb enough to compete with "Harry Potter".

Now, Lance's confidence has been confirmed, and the premiere box office of "The Day After Tomorrow" gave Lance the capital to straighten his back; So, what kind of response will the box office numbers of "Troy" make?

"Mars hits the earth, 'Troy' vs 'the day after tomorrow', the summer file detonates enthusiasm!"

"Scheduled for the second 100 million premiere weekend in film history." Troy is attacking strongly, and the day after tomorrow is afraid of an avalanche the next week. ”

"All eyes on it, shining debut, 'Troy' attacking strongly, Brad Pitt full of confidence!"

"'See you on the weekend', Brad sends a battle message to Lancelot!"

"Pitt vs Strello, Ancient Greek Epic vs Future Disaster Epic, 'Troy' vs 'The Day After Tomorrow'!"

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Almost all of the media flocked to the showdown in ecstasy. Of course, it's not about who will win the North American box office in the second week of May - it's almost a foregone conclusion that "Troy" will win the second week by an absolute margin. People are curious about:

Can the premiere box office of "Troy" exceed the 84 million of "The Day After Tomorrow"? Or will "Troy" step on the shoulders of the "day after tomorrow" and follow in the footsteps of "Spider-Man". The history of zào kicked off with a weekend box office of 100 million? On the other hand, the "day after tomorrow" will usher in a collapse collapse in the face of the strong squeeze of "Troy"? Can the "day after tomorrow" weekly decline be controlled within 50 percent -- or even within 60 percent? If not, the ultimate goal of hitting the North American box office of 200 million "the day after tomorrow" will be directly shattered - because both of these works will usher in the violent impact of "Shrek 2", and the prospects will be even bleaker.

As you can imagine, the box office showdown in the second week of May was already exciting, and the summer boom really came ahead of May 2004.

The Acquired Day After Tomorrow crew took part in the recording of "The Tonight Show", led by Dennis Quaid, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Alba in attendance. Jay Leno also inevitably mentioned the much-anticipated box office battle in the interview. The young and immature Jack and Jessica just laughed dryly and handed it to Dennis to answer. "To be able to keep the suspense alive shows that we're doing a good job. Isn't it? Perhaps, that's the good news. ”

Dennis's answer alluded to people's previous disapproval of the "day after tomorrow" box office, and he was finally able to raise his eyebrows at this time. However, for the box office showdown, Dennis avoided the edge, and almost put the "acquired day" in the position of the impactor in a modest and low-key manner.

But obviously, Jie Ke would not let Dennis go so lightly, and then asked, "But what if the other party officially launches an invitation to a decisive battle?" Jay is really cunning, he only uses the word "other party" to refer to Brad, and he also uses a hypothetical tone, avoiding the most sensitive parts, but the questions are aggressive.

Dennis has been in Hollywood for more than a decade, but eloquence is really not his forte, he spread his hands and said a little helplessly, "So we showed up here and worked hard to promote the movie." Instead of saying "leave it to the audience to decide" or say anything in response, Dennis changed direction and avoided the edge again, and after saying that, Dennis also looked at the audience and said with a smile, "I hope you can all be in the cinema this week." "What about after showing up in the cinema? Whether to watch "Troy" or "The Day After Tomorrow", Dennis didn't mention it, but he succeeded in making the audience laugh, and finally defused Jay's attack.

It was undoubtedly disappointing, as Dennis was never able to get his way, dodging and successfully defusing the attack, but failing to detonate more focus. The media was naturally disappointed.

The unwilling media then began to track Lance's traces, and unexpectedly, Lance was absent from most of the publicity of "the day after tomorrow", and spent almost all of his time hiding at home and busy. At the beginning, all the publicity of the "City of God" Lance was willing to go out in person, because the crew had no publicity points other than him, and he had to come forward; But the actors are responsible for the promotion of "the day after tomorrow", and he naturally doesn't need to be too much of a director to show up, and his influence is not necessarily comparable to that of the likes of Dennis, Jack and Jessica - Twentieth Century Fox also thinks so.

So, Lance has been busy writing the script for "Killing with a Knife" at home - Paramount and Tom Cruise have both read the script, and they are very satisfied with the script, but Lance thinks that the script still can't stand up to scrutiny, and he tries to continue to refine the lines, which requires a lot of energy and brain power. Lance spent a whole week in the library, looking through countless philosophical and music-related materials, before he began to refine the script.

By the time the media mobbed Reims, he had just finished afternoon tea with George Clooney and was about to head to the library to return his books. Looking at the tight crowd of reporters around him, apparently in the double digits, Lance looked in the direction George had left, thoughtfully. However, the reporters did not give Lance more time to think, and directly said, "Lance, Brad thinks that the box office of 'The Day After Tomorrow' is vulnerable, and after the release of 'Troy' this weekend, the 'Day After Tomorrow' will usher in a box office avalanche, what do you think about this?" ”

With all the reporters surrounded, Lance couldn't see the person asking the question clearly, but from the voice, he could vaguely detect that it was probably Brian Barlow. Langston understood their intentions, and instead of being angry, he smiled, and the corners of his mouth outlined a smile, "Oh? Are you sure? Did Brad really say that? Lance knew that Brad would definitely not say this, but he deliberately asked it this way, instead of directly avoiding it or retorting righteously, Lance only used one question to take the initiative into his hands.

Sure enough, the question immediately panicked the reporters, and if Lance didn't buy it, they would be unsustainable, and in the end, Cliff Robinson, who was hiding in the crowd, was in a hurry," Brad said, see you over the weekend! ”

Ginger is still old and spicy, and Cliff dodges Lance's question, instead emphasizing that Brad sent out the battle post, which is far more sophisticated than Brian. In fact, the "Los Angeles Times" did not miss the excitement in the past two days, but Cliff's article was more clever, always only analyzing the story background, plot line, characters, etc. of "Troy", in this way to emphasize that "Troy" is an excellent work, and this week's weekend box office is still optimistic. Compared with those media who tear/force for the sake of tearing/coercing, the "Los Angeles Times" quietly completed the canvassing for "Troy".

Lance followed the sound and looked over, but unfortunately only saw a bunch of faces crowded together, and then he pulled his lips and laughed, calmly and calmly, "Well, I'll see you this weekend." The concise, crisp and neat answer was full of surging confidence, and he responded to Brad's battle post by hitting the wall without showing weakness, and announced the beginning of the battle with high momentum, and the smell of gunpowder was truly detonated at this moment.

In an instant, all the journalists exploded! This was the answer they were expecting compared to Dennis, and even if Lance was not provocative, such a positive response was already a statement. In particular, Lance's confident and unflinching posture definitely gave "Troy" an arrogant and fierce blow!

In the second week of May, "The Day After Tomorrow" vs "Troy", the first round of strong encounters in the summer file debuted! (To be continued.) )

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