At half past six, the landmark cinema chain began to release people, because it did not take into account the grand occasion of the "death row stroll", DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox did not hold a pre-sale - the pre-sale is basically a special case of summer commercial blockbusters, so the landmark cinema chain must let the audience enter in advance and buy movie tickets, so as to ensure the official screening at seven o'clock.

Hulala, the surging crowd at the door rushed to the inside of the movie theater, like a dam that opened the floodgates, and the galloping momentum of thousands of horses made the entire movie theater begin to vibrate.

As an art theater chain, the scale of the landmark cinema chain is not large, on average, there are only six or seven screens in each cinema, and the entire space is relatively narrow. But even so, the space of the landmark cinema line usually seems very empty, you know, in North America, except for the landmark cinema chain, almost all other art theaters are not well managed, either the government or the film association sponsors the operation.

But today, the landmark cinema line also presents a completely different scene, the whole scene is like a flood, countless people flock into the cinema, the cinema ticket hall is crowded, even if each team is lined up in a regular manner, but the crowd is still very terrifying, full of excitement and discussion is to make the December weather show a midsummer restlessness and excitement.

Such a scene still frightened the psychologically prepared conductors, which is an unprecedented scene for the landmark cinema chain!

Joshua entered the cinema as soon as he could, and before the conductor could speak, he said eagerly, "'Death row walk,' a ticket for the first show." After the movie ticket arrived, Joshua jumped up and down in the same place excitedly, beckoning his friends who had stayed up all night last night to buy popcorn and prepare to go directly to the movie.

From Burbank to Beverly Hills to College Town, the landmark cinema chain has become almost the liveliest center of Los Angeles today. The crazy crowd almost made people mistake it for the scene on the premiere day of a certain commercial blockbuster in the summer file, which is staggering.

At the same time, the AMC cinema line is also methodically kicking off the whole day, although AMC does not have the abnormal lively scene of the landmark cinema, but as the second largest cinema chain in North America, AMC's passenger flow is already very large, even in the early morning, it is not too deserted. Friday was supposed to be a crowded time for moviegoers.

Derek Bentley (Drake) Bently) finished the handover, skillfully walked to his post, saw the customer in front of him, and said with a smile, "Good morning, welcome to AMC, is there anything I can help you with?" ”

The customer standing in front of Derek held a wallet in his hand, looked at the schedule next to him, and hesitated, "Hello...... Uh, I don't really know what works are good...... Can you recommend this? ”

"What type of work do you like?" Derek asked politely, gesturing to the promotional poster on the billboard next to him, "The reboot of the '007' series of action movies is currently in theaters, and the reputation is very good, and the family animation 'Toy Story' is our best-selling work recently." Of course, if you like new titles, Jumanji has its premiere today to see if you're interested. ”

This is AMC, this is a commercial theater, and they must recommend works that can drive sales, which is the unshakable essence of businessmen. This is also the difference between AMC and Landmark, most of AMC's screens are given to the "Jumanji", which also premiered on the 15th, and the "Jumanji" with a grand premiere is the most important thing than the "Twelve Monkeys" screened on the www.biquge.info of Biquge.

"I'm not interested in commercial films, I've heard that Hugo Lancaster has a movie that has been released recently." The customer's gaze wandered around the many movie posters, and finally retracted his gaze in anticipation, "Why didn't I see it here?" ”

Derek was secretly silent in his heart, Hugo's strong appeal is indeed difficult to match, but his job is to keep customers, not let him go to landmark theaters, "Today's work will be screened, and then our theater will arrange screenings, and today there will also be screenings of 'Twelve Monkeys', starring Brad Pitt and Bruce Verus, I don't know if you are interested?" ”

The customer thought silently, "Give me two tickets to Jumanji." ”

"Two 'Jumanji' ......," Derek shouted the slogan skillfully, quickly issuing tickets in his hand, and then smiled and handed over the movie tickets with both hands, "I hope you enjoy watching the movie today." Then Derek raised his right hand and smiled brightly at the customer behind him, "Good morning and welcome to AMC ......"

On the other hand, Jason Sean (Jason. Sean) has been standing at the front desk of the landmark cinema line for half an hour, and his reply has gradually formed a standardized mode, "Good morning, welcome to Landmark." The customers in front of him basically gave the same answer in a concise manner, and then Jason would smile and look down to check, "Sorry, the 9 o'clock show is all sold out, is there no problem with the tickets for the 11 o'clock show?" ”

"Death Row Walk" is basically the only work that has sold tickets since the start of work this morning. AMC Cinemas has more than 15 films screened at the same time this week, and while Landmark Cinemas is not as good as AMC, there are three other productions being screened this week: "Othello" from the United Kingdom and the United States, and "City" from France. of。 lost。 children), and the British film "Sense," which was screened in 70 theaters two weeks ago. and。 sensibility）”。

Obviously, however, the audience who had come this morning was not interested, and when it was a quarter past eight, it was finally Kayla's turn, and she hurried forward, and without waiting for Jason to speak, she directly asked, "The latest one of 'Death Row Walk'." ”

"The 'Death Row Walk' is now only available after 1 p.m., so is that okay?" Jason politely asked, but Kayla was startled by the answer, and she came to line up early in the morning, and the tickets were already sold after one o'clock in the afternoon. It's just that Kayla forgot about it, and the landmark cinema in Burbank only has three screens showing "Death Row Walk."

Seeing Kayla's surprised expression, Jason still kept a smile and said, "We still have tickets for the other three works we screened at eight o'clock, if you need it......" But Jason's words were directly interrupted, Kayla immediately shook her head, "No, just give me a few tickets for that show, two, thank you." "There is also one for Melerine Dixon, Melerin has recently had a bad cold and must go to the hospital this morning, so I asked Kayla to buy a ticket, and it is estimated that Melerin will be over soon.

At nine o'clock, the audience who finished watching the first movie left the cinema, looking at the heavy expressions on their faces, many viewers who were queuing up to buy tickets stepped forward and asked, "Isn't this movie good?" Couldn't the movie live up to the high expectations and make people disappointed? ”

But they got a very vague answer, "I don't know, I need to think about it, I think, you should go in and see for yourself." "What does it mean that the audience is looking at each other? Is the movie good or not? This also made the audience's curiosity even stronger, and among those who had not yet entered the theater to watch, all kinds of remarks began to ferment.

Some people think that the movie will be a disaster, some people think that the movie is worth remembering, and some people even think that the movie must be bad, and the events of the previous months are completely a big conspiracy, absolutely malicious hype.

But even so, it still couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the audience, before the shift change at noon, all the tickets for the "Death Row Walk" on the 15th had been completely announced, facing the customers in front of him, Jason pulled a stiff smile, "I'm very sorry, today's tickets have been sold out." If you're looking to watch a movie today, 'Sense & Sensibility' is a good choice, and the other two films have also earned a good reputation. What might you consider checking out? ”

The customer standing in front of him looked confused, as if he was seriously thinking about Jason's opinion, but after hesitating, he still asked, "Then can't I buy tomorrow's ticket now?" ”

"Is it still a 'death row stroll'?" Jason reconfirmed.

"Yes, I waited in line for two hours just to see this work for the first time." The customer's face was depressed, obviously annoyed that he was late, and when he arrived at nine o'clock, the scene was already crowded, and the scene was no less than the premiere of "Jumanji" last night.

"We now have tickets for tomorrow's midnight show, starting at one o'clock in the morning, is that okay?" In fact, in the art theater, the midnight show usually shows old movies, so that people can enjoy the classic works of the previous era, but today the situation is more special, the landmark theater line took into account the pomp and circumstance of the scene, and temporarily decided that the screens allocated to the "Death Row Walk" will be shown on a loop all night, and the rest of the screens will be shown at the midnight show as planned.

Although the landmark is the art theater chain, profit is still an important goal for them. It would be unwise to miss the Death Row Walk.

"No problem! Of course there is no problem! The crispness of the customer in front of him, without even the slightest hesitation, made Jason feel the firmness of the other party again.

This is the difference between AMC and landmarks, although AMC has a large brand, many theaters, and rich crowds, the competition within the theater chain is also more intense, and their audience tends to face more choices, "Twelve Monkeys" and "Jumanji" collide head-on, and it is not easy to gain the upper hand.

The landmark brands are small, the cinemas are few, and the crowds are sparse, but the audience who is willing to come to the art cinema has a clear goal and firm thinking, and they are very sure of their choice, and the "Death Row Walk" occupies an absolute advantage. In just one morning, all tickets for the screening of "Death Row Walk" in three theaters on the 15th were announced to be sold out, and tickets for the midnight and matinee sessions of the next day began early.