"Unstoppable" won 2.23 million box office in the first week, and the total box office accumulated to 16.96 million, which is in line with the usual trajectory, and it seems that 60 million should be the highest ceiling of the total box office.

At the same time, to add insult to injury, the foreign box office is also quite bleak, which is in stark contrast to "Casino Royale", which is rising at the box office because of word-of-mouth fermentation.

Daniel's move on Monday morning found a new entry point for the media.

"Unstoppable is still underperforming and doesn't see any signs of a turnaround, and even the most confident forecasters in Daniel have had to lower their box office expectations for the film. It seems that "Unstoppable" has no doubt that it has become Daniel's first 'failed work'.

However, Daniel himself does not seem to admit this defeat. Daniel, who has not responded positively to the film's poor box office, suspected of responding to the remarks on MB that he had failed, saying that he had a dream on Sunday night that the actor of "Unstoppable", the legendary country singer John . Cash, John tells him in a dream that "Unstoppable" will not fail. We don't know if Daniel actually dreamed of John at this extremely coincidental moment. Cash, and whether John will really show that this legendary film of his own still has hope of success.

But at present, it seems that the excited female fans who are stimulated by his 'bed photos' can't seem to change the fate of this movie.

But it's safe to say that "Unstoppable" still has the approval of serious critics, whether it's Daniel's John, or Witherspoon's Joan. Carter, all got good reviews. Daniel will continue his Oscar nomination journey, which is a probable event, so he may just lose his magic at the commercial box office. But there is still an unshakable competitiveness against the Oscars. ”

The follow-up report of the Washington Post can be said to be a landmark ~ event in which the media has a comprehensive "pessimistic" tone.

Bright. When Meyer attended the release ceremony of the first trailer of the movie "Black Swan", he only gave a simple answer to the media's questions.

"I've seen that movie and Daniel's performance was the best performance of the year, and I don't think I have any regrets about not saying anything to him."

However, Meyer's brief, apparently non-positive response was also seen as a sign of a loss of confidence within MGM and DD Pictures — in this case, in the atmosphere of public opinion created by the media. It seems that only Daniel himself is still "stubbornly" expecting a miracle to happen.

……

Berkeley's campus.

Stiller. Ross and Lola sit together for lunch rather unexpectedly.

After Daniel left Berkeley, Lola also coincidentally reduced the number of chance encounters with Stiller to this day.

"Oh, Daniel is back at school?"

"Really?"

Lola looked natural, not ashamed of Stiller's sarcasm at all, in fact, she didn't do anything bad, "I just want to talk to you, now searching for Daniel's news." It's all about the failure of "Unstoppable", Daniel is not ...... Not feeling good? ”

Stiller was a careless lad who had no interest in the film itself, and had been busy with his own projects all this time - sports were also relatively foreign territory to him. Although he also plays basketball, he spends most of his spare time on the former event.

"I don't know."

"You don't know very well? Didn't you communicate? ”

"You expect Daniel, who makes thousands of dollars a minute, to be able to chat with me from time to time?"

Stiller looked at the Berkeley beauty with disdain, "Don't worry." Daniel wouldn't have a problem, he never lost, did he? ”

"Isn't 'Unstoppable'?"

"How much investment is made in this film. How much box office? ”

Lola was stunned, "It's only the fourth day of release, and now it's 17 million, and the investment is said to be about 40 million." ”

"You know pretty well," Stiller let out a comfortable sigh as he put the last piece of meat in his mouth, swallowing it, "and since it's only been on its fourth day, why assert that it failed?" ”

"You don't know anything about the box office, and if you only get that little on your first weekend, you don't want to have a better box office, unless something miracle happens."

"Isn't there less of a miracle that happened to Daniel? Why won't this be a new miracle? ”

"......" Lola opened her mouth, unable to refute it, although in her opinion, it was ridiculous to expect a miracle to happen in "Unstoppable". But it is true that she could not speak in the face of Stiller's question. Daniel's achievement is a greatest miracle in itself, and since that is the case, nothing is impossible.

There was silence for a moment, and it wasn't until Stiller tapped on his empty plate to signal that he had finished eating that Lola reacted.

"But simply waiting for a miracle is not a positive way."

Spreading his hands, Stiller said he agreed with the remark, but had no positive suggestions.

……

On the fifth day of the release of "Unstoppable", the total box office accumulated to 19.5 million, and the single-day box office on Tuesday fell by 14.7% compared with Monday.

Daniel received a rare message from his roommate, F2F's amazing online desktop instant messaging system, which poses a bit of a challenge to instant systems such as MSN, although it is not so significant, and the gap between the two sides is still very large.

"Hey, Daniel, see."

Stiller sent a few photos over.

The photo shows a lawn in Berkeley, with stereos, keyboards, bass, guitar and, of course, a microphone stand — a live band performance.

The band members are special, though.

The home game is Lola, and the rest of the team is full of Berkeley beauties.

On the billboard next to it, it is written with a highlighter.

"John. Cash and Joan. Carter's Classics Concert! ”

"Let's go watch "Unstoppable"!"

"Love comes first!"

It turned out to be promoting "Unstoppable", although the effect was certainly not very good, but Daniel was surprised and still very moved.

"Help me thank Lola and them, those pretty girls."

"No problem!"

Stiller sent an "OK" emoji, which is a gesture, which belongs to a set of emojis developed by this chat system itself, which is simple and expressive, and uses a lot.

……

"Unstoppable" had the first reversal, which caused some changes, the most direct is the number of screens vacated by the theater chain for old films, adding 150 pieces to "Unstoppable", from 2961 to 3116 pieces - of course, there is the strength of the staff, and there is also direct communication between David and the theater boss.

But public opinion has not changed its opinion easily, and the box office on Monday is lower than on Tuesday, which is not new.

Returning to work from the holidays, many people lose the interest of watching a movie on Monday.

Most of the industry peers think so, at least Robert. Egger: Yes.

"Pirates of the Caribbean 2" ushered in the last account period of the release period in North America - the North American box office approached 460 million "Pirates", and the producer received a share of about 220 million - which basically flattens the cost. So DD Pictures has received the investment spent on "Pirate 2" - 75 million. The global box office, as well as the profitability of other window periods, will be calculated separately, but there is no doubt that the net profit is high. (To be continued.) )

PS: Congratulations to everyone in advance on a happy new year, grades and wages have risen wildly.