"Warner Bros. has been promoting TDK on a large scale, and all kinds of viral advertisements are pervasive, but unlike all blockbusters, when TDK is shown in front of you, you really feel that the publicity is far less exciting than the movie." - Bob leaving a message on Facebook.

McKay tweeted to his friends: "Tan Zhang's TDK exceeded all my expectations, 2016's BB (Moment of War) was a successful reboot of Batman, and now TDK has given a darker, contemplative, and gripping story based on BB. ”

"Batman after Tan took over is not at the same level as other comic book hero films."

"The best comic book movie of all time."

"This is the Batman of my dreams, far more than comic book movies."

The release of TDK is in line with Zhang Tan's consistent response to making movies, and word of mouth has begun to skyrocket with the release. TDK's advanced movie reviews have exploded so cool, and now the first batch of fans have watched the movie in advance, and they have raised the movie to the best height in film history, and it is almost impossible to find a single person who says that the movie is not good.

With such a good reputation, the box office is naturally strong.

"Batman: The Dark Knight" swiped $35.1 million in advance, squeezing into the third place in the North American film history record. followed by Friday with 3 o'clock and 6 o'clock screenings, and then exploded 50.25 million US dollars, counting the early screening, the box office statistics on the first day of release were 85.35 million US dollars.

surpassed the 82.8 million of "Jurassic World" and the 84.46 million of "Avengers 2" in one fell swoop, and jumped to the third place at the box office on the opening day of North American film history. Second only to Star Wars 7's $125 million and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2) with $91.07 million.

Then it hit $71.26 million on Saturday and $60.14 million on Sunday, taking the blockbuster box office route.

The opening result of the first weekend, with 216.75 million US dollars, undoubtedly topped the North American weekend box office, and it is also the best film in North America in 2018, and it is also Zhang Tan's personal best opening record.

This result has surpassed the 207.4 million of "The Avengers" and the 208.8 million of "Jurassic World", ranking second in North American film history. In front of the list is still the $248 million of the American emotional blockbuster "Star Wars 7".

In the face of TDK's crazy results, Warner Bros. executives almost laughed until their mouths could not close.

The Warner Board of Directors immediately met and issued an appointment to Golvin the promoter of TDK: "Golvin The Board of Directors has decided to appoint you to the position of Warner Bros. Global Executive President, and at the same time, the Board of Directors wants you to invite Tan Chang to be the Chief Producer of the DC Extended Universe and, if possible, to be the Creative Director of Warner Bros. ”

The DC Extended Universe is the film adaptation series launched by DC Comics, corresponding to the Marvel Cinematic Universe of Marvel Comics.

Gorwin gladly took office, but he was not at all sure about inviting Zhang Tan.

Zhang Tan made it clear to him early on that after filming the Dark Knight trilogy, he would no longer take over superhero movies, and he would not be the creative director of Warner Bros.

"I like to shoot what I like to shoot, and I don't like to be constrained by all the big studios' plans, Gorwin, you can find someone else." This is Zhang Tan's reply.

Golvin, who knew Zhang Tan's character, was no longer reluctant, but tried his best to maintain a good personal relationship with Zhang Tan.

There are many opportunities to cooperate in the future, Zhang Tan is only in his thirties now, and he has at least 30 years left in his directorial career.

In three days, TDK exploded at the box office.

The Warner Bros. executives couldn't close their mouths with a smile, Gorwin couldn't close their mouths with a smile, and Zhang Tan was actually laughing from ear to ear.

His directing fee is sky-high.

The box office of the first "Time to Go to War" was amazing enough, with $640 million worldwide, which was a big hit, and what was even more popular was the subsequent sales of DVD and other video products and peripheral products, which can be called hot. So Warner Bros. gave Zhang Tan 20% of the total global revenue in the next two films.

Even Cameron can't get such a high director fee in the two blockbusters Big Ship and Blue Star, and the total revenue is not only box office gains, but money can be shared in all aspects.

Although Zhang Tan himself is not short of money and is not so keen on making money, why is he not happy to have money to make.

If you have more money, you can buy an airplane, a yacht, or a manor.

In life, if you want to live, you must live a wonderful life, and you should be chic.

Fame and fortune.

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A small number of reserved film critics are not so eye-catching to TDK, for whom TDK is a qualified popcorn film, with exciting scenes and tense stories, which can be voted for fresh tomatoes. But it is impossible to make them worship like ordinary people, and they may feel that TDK is too pretending.

Of course, the reserve of a small number of film critics cannot change the overall situation.

The media is undisciplined, they will report what the audience likes, and now the audience is obsessed with TDK, of course, they have to report it in a big way, and even stand in the audience's position and worship TDK.

Bo eyeballs have been crowned with "ever", "new high in film history", "superhero peak", "2018 box office champion", "incomparable", "incredible" and other high-level words.

Don't say it, the audience will eat this set, especially the audience who likes TDK.

"TDK has to be the best movie!" There are fanatical fans who call on social media, "Let's go to IMDb and fight for TDK's rightful position!" ”

Applicants gathered.

"Good!"

"Brush down "The Godfather" and "The Shawshank Redemption", what kind of antiques, I'm embarrassed to be at the top of the list."

"Yes, TDK doesn't choose the first sorry God."

"TDK first, Matrix second, this is the last word!"

"Go together, go together."

So they went together.

Soon, IMDb's Top-250 list changed, and under Zhang Tan's avid fans, "The Godfather" and "The Shawshank Redemption" have received a lot of bad reviews, while several Zhang Tan movies such as TDK and The Matrix have been swiped with N more than ten stars.

In particular, TDK directly rushed to the opening score of 9.6 points, and Top-250 directly topped the first place in film history.

"It's just shameless, so ...... Loved it! ”

Zhang Tan, who was busy discussing the soundtrack of "Departed" with soundtrack master Hans Jimo, opened his mouth when he saw the change in IMDb's rating, and stammered.

He feels that TDK is not bad, and some people may think that TDK is too pretending, but being recognized by many people proves the quality of the movie. It's just that there is a gap between TDK's real gold content and the first in film history, it can only be said that the combination of business and literature is very good, and it is still a commercial film in essence.

Thinking so in his heart, Zhang Tan will not be too modest or too arrogant, this is something that will force him to rise.

He doesn't have any other big hobbies, but he loves to pursue qualifications.

"There are so many directors in Hollywood, and none of them have as many fans as you." Hans Jimo and Zhang Tan have worked together for a long time, in The Matrix, and this time it is also the soundtrack of the Dark Knight trilogy, "You are more attractive than those stars, but to be honest, the behavior of fans brushing IMDb may not be a good thing." ”

"It's true, it's easy to attract black fans if it's too touted, but, whatever, I don't care what rating or movie review." Zhang Tan cared very much in his heart, but on the surface, he was very indifferent.

Obviously, the hype is too much, and it is indeed black.

After TDK expanded to 32 countries and regions around the world next week, IMDb was the main battlefield and staged a tragic battle between scoring and reversing scoring.

At first, TDK scored 9.6 points under the brush score of fans, and laughed proudly at the Top-250 list. "The Godfather" and "The Shawshank Redemption" were both brushed to 9.0 points, brushed off 0.1 points, which caused the godfather fans and Shawshank fans to fight back and start to give TDK a star.

Don't underestimate the influence of these two movies more than 20 years ago, whether you have seen it or not, they will pretend to follow the trend and say that these two are classics, so the counterattack is very fast.

TDK's score plummeted, eventually dropping to 9.0, a drop of 0.6 points. The reason why it fell more fiercely is because it has just been released, and the number of ratings is not much, and the base is relatively small.

"The best movie of all time? Are you sure you're not here to be funny? ”

"Tan Chui is really disgusting, the logic of the whole film is chaotic, the editing is disorderly, the plot is exaggerated, and I am embarrassed to blow the first."

"Don't talk about the greatest movies, TDK only has a four-star level, and China Tan is a director hyped by the media, he has no real skills."

"Oh, it's crazy that I watched a movie in the cinema and got such a high score."

"Warner's sailors are dead."

"Boring, boring, not at all coherent."

"Nothing but clever hype."

This score war lasted for a long time and caused widespread media coverage, and finally Batman Christian stood up and said that everyone should score rationally before the farce ended. "The Godfather", "The Shawshank Redemption", and TDK's three movies have all received a bunch of bad reviews, and each other's scores are all fixed at 9.0.

But fortunately, as the audience of the movie grows and the rational score increases, the influence of some fanatical fans is gradually eliminated, and the score that should be obtained is basically restored.

TDK is no longer the greatest movie in the history of film history in Tan Chui's eyes, nor is it the garbage in Tan Hei's eyes. Basically, as the pinnacle of superhero movies, this title is still recognized by everyone.

IMDb's Top-250 is fixed in the fourth position in film history, behind "The Shawshank Redemption", "The Godfather", "The Godfather 2", and behind TDK is another movie "The Matrix" by Zhang Tan.

Under such word-of-mouth fermentation, TDK's box office has also been soaring.

In North America, with a decline of about 40%, it won the weekly championship for four consecutive weeks, and finally dropped $694 million in the final five-month release period (including $8 million for the IMAX re-release on the eve of the Oscar release), second only to the 936.6 million of "Star Wars 7" and the 760 million of "Blue Star Man", ranking third at the box office in North American film history.

The performance overseas is a little worse, compared to the overseas bombing of Marvel's movies, TDK belongs to North America and is slightly inferior to crazy overseas, a bit similar to "Star Wars 7", and there are more emotional points.

However, with the approval of radio and television, TDK was finally released in Chinese mainland, a global box office that is almost flush with North America. Three months late in North America, it was released in October, and the box office rushed to 1.317 billion yuan, which is not very strong. But with more than $200 million in the mainland.

This allowed TDK's overseas box office to reach $852 million, with a total box office of $1.564 billion.

surpassed the previous superhero movie, the highest-grossing "Avengers" of $1.519 billion, becoming a new peak of superhero movie box office and word-of-mouth. (To be continued.) )