Jason's worried, unspeakable expression came to mind, and Ryan's expression froze.

Just a week ago, the grand premiere of the year's masterpiece "Alexander the Great" took place, and Warner Bros. invested 155 million dollars in the most high-profile production of the year, personally inviting Oliver-Stone to write the script and direct the director, and then bringing together actors such as Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Fong Kilmer, Anthony Hopkins, Jared-Leto, etc. It can be said that it is ambitious.

Such a work is a giant crocodile even if it is placed in the summer file, but now it is placed in the holiday file, and almost everyone thinks that it will easily complete the sweep and completely detonate the box office.

However, after the film was released, it fell through everyone's glasses, and the box office of "Alexander the Great" in its opening weekend was only a measly $13 million - a figure that only ranked sixth in the fourth week of November, and the media evaluation was only a terrible 34 points!

This is not only a fiasco, but also an earth-shattering avalanche fiasco, even more terrible than the "Troy" and "King Arthur" who lost all their money this summer. Although the film is only in its first week of screening, Warner Bros. is basically in a state of abandonment internally, and the media review and audience feedback are a nightmare, even if the overseas box office is difficult to come back to life, according to predictions, this work may lead to a loss of between 120 million and 150 million.

Objectively speaking, the quality of the work of "Alexander the Great" itself was violently attacked by the media, even more bleak than the fifty-one points of "Troy", and it was also a year of complete collapse of epic films; However, the media in the circle generally believe that Angelina, who is riddled with negative news, is an important reason why the film suffered a heavy blow.

"Alexander the Great" originally planned to hit the summer file, but because he was not very confident in the quality of the finished film, Warner Bros. withdrew from the fierce competition in the summer file, this decision was understandable, but I didn't expect Brad and Angelina's "derailment door" to explode immediately afterward, which detonated everyone's anger in an instant, and "Operation Smith" faced severe boycott actions, which overwhelmed the crew who were filming closely.

Now it seems that the audience's rejection has not had time to affect "Operation Smith" before it has already affected "Alexander the Great" - the theater scheduling rate is far lower than expected, and the audience attendance is a disaster, even more terrible than the end of the world described in "The Day After Tomorrow". Coupled with the terrifying word-of-mouth and feedback of the work, the "13 million" opening weekend box office was born.

The sky is falling apart!

Within a year, Warner Bros. had faced the collapse of "Troy" and then "Alexander the Great", with losses of more than $200 million - and this was only a preliminary prediction, and Barry Meyer was a little at a loss. So, after the recent confrontation, Warner Bros. hardly hesitated and began to push with all their might - because the "Ocean's Twelve" could no longer afford to lose.

Although it is an exaggeration to say that Angelina is an actor who directs such a situation; But no one can deny that "derailment" did have a negative impact on the box office. Now, it's Brad's turn, will "Ocean's Twelve" be able to avoid such a situation?

This was Jason's concern.

Jason thinks they shouldn't spend too much energy on publicity, or should they return to the work itself, not just "Ocean's Twelve", but more importantly "Sahara Cavalry" - the work has been in post-production, and the current half-finished product is far from what many producers expected, especially about the use of special effects and the use of actual bomb explosion footage on set.

This worries Jason.

Ryan understands Jason's concerns, but he doesn't think that there is such a strict approach, post-production and film promotion are both pronged, this is the right way, not to mention, the pattern and routine of commercial films have formed a fixed pattern - so this is called a genre film, and he believes that as long as the quality of the final product is guaranteed to be average in the Hollywood assembly line, the film will not fail. What's more, if the quality of the finished film does not meet expectations, then publicity is even more needed to make up for it, so Ryan believes that not only can not compress the publicity, but on the contrary, the plan should be adjusted and continue to pave the way in an orderly manner.

This led to a heated internal dispute.

The smile on the corner of Ryan's mouth stiffened, and he glanced at Brad out of the corner of his eyes, and then looked at George after raising his head, George cast a puzzled inquiring look, calm and calm, calm and confident, mature and steady, not only did not have the slightest panic, but also showed confidence in his chest. This reminded Ryan of Lance - even a loser can be so confident, shouldn't he, the winner, be even more confident? It's like George.

The thoughts in his mind flickered like light, and then disappeared, the smile on Ryan's lips re-outlined, and he shook his head at George, "Just thinking, now that I'm watching today's premiere, are you ready to fight?" ”

George's smile lifted slightly, then calmly retracted, "Of course." ”

Ryan's nervousness was completely relieved, and Brad was a member of the "Ocean's Twelve", but only one of them. Even if Brad is riddled with negative press, so what? "Twelve Arhats" has twelve stars, which is the biggest confidence and capital of the movie.

What's more, now that movies have become internet hits, barely making the spotlight in December, and even stealing the limelight from the awards season, a task that would be almost impossible during the holiday season — but they did. One qiē and one qiē are all setting conditions for the "Twelve Arhats" to achieve good results, and some people are even speculating whether "The Twelve Arhats" can replicate the 70 million anti-sky premieres of "The Incredibles" four weeks ago, which is undoubtedly the best affirmation for the work.

Therefore, with "Ocean's Twelve" against "Killing with a Knife", facing Lance again, whether it is Tucker or George, the mood is very relaxed, even if Lance joins forces with Tom, there is no comparison in front of "Ocean's Twelve". He shouldn't be an exception, don't let Jason's words distract your thoughts, and don't let Jason distract from your focus!

Ryan straightened his chest and straightened his spine, and his calm and confident feelings were released from the inside out. They have unprecedented confidence in this victory!

"Whew, it's time to come, right? I think the red carpet audience can't wait. Tucker looked at his watch, and for the first time, he was looking forward to fighting Lance again - the feeling he had found again since sweeping Lance out of the house three years earlier, and it reminded him of the thrill of stepping Lance into the dust.

George stood up, straightened his suit, carefully smoothed out all the folds, and his upright posture invisibly showed a strong confidence, although he didn't say anything, but his actual actions already showed his mood at the moment. George looked back at Brad, who was still fiddling with his bow tie, Brad saw George's eyes from the mirror refraction, and rolled his eyes, "Okay, okay, I'm ready, let me vent this depressed mood on Lance, who made him unlucky?" This sentence made George laugh dumbly, and the calmness in the light breeze was eye-catching.

Brad walked to the center of the room, looked left and right at the other three people, and said with bright eyes, "Who is looking forward to a hot premiere and a hearty weekend box office success?" ”

With the premiere of "Ocean's Twelve" just around the corner, the Chinese/Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard is already bustling with people. At the same time, the premiere of "Murder with a Knife" was about to be unveiled, and at the same time on the same day, the two films were premiered in two different theaters, pushing the tension of the confrontation to the peak.

Fighting on the same stage, which also means that victory and defeat are clear at a glance, and there is almost no room for maneuver: choose "Twelve Arhats" or "kill people with a knife"? It's an incredibly difficult choice, not to mention that both of these works are commercial crime films, and similar themes also target similar audiences, which means that the diversion of audiences will be maximized - there is no possibility of win-win, either you live or die, or you lose both, which can be described as a life-and-death struggle.

Warner Bros. and Paramount can't be unaware of this, but both seem to have tacitly embraced the pattern — with the former hoping to make a last-ditch effort in the festive mood and the latter keeping their true intentions behind a commercial mask, with the result that they not only did not avoid the limelight, but also deliberately began to fan the flames and raise the tension of the confrontation.

This qiē made the whole of Los Angeles boil, and it was rare to forget the chaos of the awards season for a while, and turn all attention to the showdown that continued from the "vampire at night". It's a ridiculous situation.

Compared with the fighting spirit of the Chinese/Chinese Theater, the atmosphere of the "Murder by Knife" crew seems a little casual, although the film is always promoted from the perspective of commercial films, but the main members of the crew know that the box office is important, but the real important thing about this work is word-of-mouth, but also the performance. It can be said that the main battlefield of "killing people with a knife" is in another field entirely.

Even so, Tom seemed a little nervous - if it was just a commercial film, he might be more relaxed, but his expectations for the work were clearly more than that. Sitting on the couch, Tom leaned forward, rubbing his knees restlessly, looking up at the door, and finally, a figure strode over, and it was Cole Greid.

Tom let out a long breath and looked behind Cole, but found that there was an empty space behind Cole, and the muscles that had just relaxed a little tightened again, and he stood up suddenly, and said with tense muscles, "Where's Lance?" "To be continued.