Despite his confident gesture in front of Mintzberg, Jude was actually a little worried.

"Two Big Smoking Guns" can be said to be a product of the "super era", Jude has made a lot of changes on the basis of the original film, such as the two-minute long-shot shootout scene, and the visual style of the whole film is no longer yellow and dark, but whether these can be accepted by the current audience depends on the results of today's premiere.

After the premiere began, Jude had no intention of going into the theater to watch it again, and went straight back to his residence to wait for news.

Jude didn't get much rest that night, and as soon as he heard the phone ring in the morning, he immediately jumped out of bed.

"Hello, I'm Jude Locke."

"It's me." Kate's voice came from the other end of the line.

"Sorry, I'm waiting for news from the theater line, so ...... Can you come and stay with me today? Jude's language was a little confused, but his thinking was quite clear, he hadn't seen each other for more than a week, and he missed his girlfriend a little.

"Not today."

Kate's refusal makes Jude's mood a little bad.

"Why?"

"Pull back the curtains and look down, and you'll know why."

At Kate's prompting, Jude went to the window and found that there were already a lot of reporters gathered on the street downstairs.

"Damn, the movies have already been released, what are they doing here?"

"I think that only says one thing, last night's premiere was a great success, otherwise there wouldn't be so many journalists who wanted to interview you."

"Don't say that, the box office statistics and CinemaScore scores haven't come out yet, so I'm a little worried......"

Jodra closed the curtains and retreated to the living room, only to be interrupted by Kate before she could finish speaking.

"Honey, you should have faith in yourself."

"If you could be by my side at this time, I would definitely be more confident than I am now"

Jude sat gloomily on the armrest of the couch and glanced at the wall clock on the wall, which was exactly eight o'clock.

"Well, to compensate you and tell you a little secret, I secretly went to see your movie last night and want to know what was going on in the screening room at that time?"

"Of course." Jude immediately cheered up and urged Kate to speak quickly.

"Half an hour before the movie, there are a lot of story clues, but the dialogue is very interesting, I really didn't expect Jason Statham's performance to be so natural, especially the opening part of selling fakes on the street, which is very interesting."

Hearing Kate mention this, Jude couldn't help but laugh.

"Jason did this on the streets of London before he was thirteen, and this time he did it back to his old job in the movie, proving that his previous skills are not rusty."

Now that Jason Statham is mentioned, the conversation inevitably turns to Pooh Jones.

"Winnie Jones is also doing well, and I know a lot of people go to the movies because of him."

"What do you think of him?"

"It's really suitable for him to play a villain, and he looks very fierce at first glance." Kate had never understood why Jude wanted Winnie Jones to play the role, and it was only after watching the movie that she understood Jude's intentions, "But I think the biggest highlight is that he brings his son with him every time he appears, and the interaction between father and son is very interesting." ”

Jude then asked the audience about their reactions during the viewing process, judging from Kate's feedback, the movie should have been a success, but before he got the box office statistics, he couldn't completely put his mind at ease.

At this time, the phone in the room rang suddenly.

Jude said sorry to Kate on his phone and walked over to pick up the microphone.

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It's morning in London, and it's just midnight in Los Angeles across the ocean.

The lights are still on in Shay-White's office, and this time he's not the only one working overtime, and the entire project department responsible for the release of Two Smoking Guns is staying at the company, waiting for news from the UK.

There was a clatter of high heels on the ground, and the office door slammed open.

Assistant Lisa walked in with a fax, and before she could knock on the door, she said excitedly: "Mr. White, the UK premiere box office has been counted,

275 theaters were released simultaneously, with an average attendance of 36 people and an average box office of £288 per show, and the average number of theaters was 4, with an average box office of £1,152 and a total box office of £316,800. ”

Shay snatched the box office statistics table from Lisa's hand and looked at it himself.

Sure enough, it was close to 320,000 pounds at the premiere box office, which can definitely be squeezed into the top ten in the history of the British box office.

"Sir, we succeeded!" Lisa's tone couldn't hide the excitement.

"Yes, we did succeed!" Shay muttered the phrase repeating, "But now is not the time to celebrate!" You call CinemaScore right away and ask them when the box office estimate will come out. ”

Lisa immediately went to call, and Shay clenched the fax of box office statistics in her hand.

On the premiere day, because it was the evening film, the number of theater screenings only reached 4, and the next two days met the weekend, and the number of screenings throughout the day should reach more than 8, considering that there are not many people watching movies during the day, so it is conservatively estimated that the box office will fluctuate around 450,000 pounds in the next two days, so counting word-of-mouth fermentation to attract more audiences, the box office on the day is likely to exceed 500,000 pounds, and the box office should reach 1.3 million pounds in the first weekend.

If the scale of screenings is further expanded, this number will continue to increase.

I don't know if this movie will really hit the top 10 at the domestic box office in the UK.

The thought crossed Shay's mind, and he felt like he was destined to lose sleep tonight.

At the same time, the British media has exploded.

The most important page of almost all newspapers was given to the film "Two Smoking Guns", and the box office of nearly 320,000 pounds on the opening day stifled the nerves of countless Britons.

Although Britain and the United States have always been inseparable, Hollywood has a large number of actors and directors from the United Kingdom, but "Two Big Smoking Guns" was filmed in London, and the actors in the film opened and closed their mouths to speak in a London accent, which feels completely like a British film work, and it is actually from an American director, which makes many people a little unacceptable.

Some newspapers turned Jude's grandfather out to prove Jude's British ancestry, but this statement was quickly ridiculed by other media as a fig leaf, Jude's grandfather was British, yes, but the other party was a Chinese, and later immigrated to the United States, as for Jude himself, he was completely an American, and had nothing to do with Britain at all.

The American media, which have always liked to go against the British media, soon joined in, but this time they gave the British media a comforting "gift".

Jude's girlfriend is British!