"What is their purpose?" Andy was a little puzzled, "This does cause us a little trouble, but it won't have any fundamental impact, DreamWorks and Universal's public relations skills can't be weaker than Tracy or Philip, once we react, their actions will be useless." ”

"Fox led this matter and laid the groundwork for the box office of "X-Men" in the third week, which is just a matter of benefiting and not costing, and the PR of their film continues, and it is incidental to suppress Danny. DreamWorks and Universal can't do it because of a supporting role. "Melissa understands a level, this is Fox's idea, staggered two weeks, it is true that there will be no more swords, but there will definitely be basic competition.

Johnny Depp and Matt Damon, and of course their agents, it's not incomprehensible that they're disgusting Daniel with this hitchhiker.

"I think it's more than that." Daniel obviously thought more, "You can think about it, before the release of "Gladiator", I had some energy in store, and if Commodius was successful, then the CAA could use this east wind to propel me to the status of a first-class star, I mean, with just an Oscar nomination and a contract for "Spy", I was basically able to get this status, at least quasi-first-class." But if Commerdius is controversial, then CAA will definitely hesitate, Kevin's attitude makes this very clear, as long as I can suppress my upward trend, maybe I will enter the A ranks, I will have to watch later. It's a key moment for me, and any action will have the effect of pleasantly surprising them. ”

Melissa and Andy's faces also became stern.

"So what do we need to do?"

"I don't need to do anything more this time." Daniel smiled, but his tone was full of confidence, the character of Commodius did condense his talent, honing and talent, as long as DreamWorks and Universal did not give up on him, he believed that the brilliance of this character would not be overshadowed by some little tricks, and this time, his enemies would lose on his performance.

……

"People around the world are starting to exert themselves." Philip answered the phone twice, turned to Matt Damon and said, his expression a little indifferent, "It looks like they have a lot of affection for Daniel." ”

Matt Damon's expression is a little dignified, in fact, from the beginning of Joaquin Phoenix's defeat to Daniel, and even later his own defeat in "Spy", Damon still doesn't have much of a different love for Daniel, Hollywood opportunities are rare and good, but Daniel, a person with outstanding talent and extraordinary opportunities, someone will always give him a chance, not "Gladiator" and "Spy" There are others, the important thing is that not every opportunity is effective, in fact, the probability of opportunity turning into success is very low, After all, there are only so many A-level stars in Hollywood, and hundreds or thousands of films every year always need so many roles.

He didn't think Daniel would be able to monetize the opportunity so easily.

You must know that before "Soul Catcher" got the Oscar statuette, he and Ben were down.

But when the premiere of "Gladiator" ended, they received the first feedback - almost one-sided praise.

A-grade blockbusters, Oscar-winning films, brilliant characters and outstanding acting skills - this is almost a skyrocketing standard.

This is an important reason why Matt Damon and Philip are determined to encourage Fox to use Daniel as a breakthrough, and they can't let him soar into the sky and go straight to the ranks of A-class, the energy of an A-class star, Matt himself absolutely understands that Philip's status in Hollywood basically comes from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, the twin stars, Ben's development is not good, and whether he can be called an A-star is already a matter of two words, in other words, Matt Damon is the scepter in his hand, But that was enough to give him direct access to the production directors of major studios.

"Universal takes this movie too seriously, or we can do a little more," Philip said regretfully, implying that he was going to stop there, "but Tracy didn't know what to do." ”

Fox was driven by two forces, and Philip knew about it, and it was easy for him to know who the other party was.

Philip has not heard rumors that Daniel rejected Tracy and then joined the CAA banner.

It's a bit of a bizarre, but it seems that Johnny Depp is really not an ordinary character, and he seems to have long understood that Daniel will soon become his competitor.

"USC's very interesting game gave Depp a lot of excitement." Matt smiled.

……

The efforts of Universal Pictures' publicity staff stopped the malicious evaluation of Daniel, and the positive evaluation of Daniel's performance by several first-line publications also reversed the previous situation.

As the preview screening in Los Angeles ended, more reviews and information came out.

In Los Angeles, LAH's Jenny pointed to The New Yorker and said in a rough voice to her brother Rayler, "That's a trustworthy evaluation, those second-rate newspapers are someone else who paid to hack Daniel." ”

"This one looks more like it's spending money."

Brent's compliment does make people blush a lot.

"This film critic has a reputation, he must tell the truth, otherwise wouldn't everyone ruin his own sign when they see him?" Jenny has been an administrator at LAH for several years and knows a little bit about Hollywood, "If it was money, he couldn't be so explicit, it was simply not a way back for himself." The only explanation is that he really thinks so. ”

"Okay, when the time comes, let's go and see it together, and there will be results, how about it? I'll go see it on the 4th? I can take a day off. "Ryler is a book broker - if you put it in advanced terms, it is engaged in the operation of book IP. For example, "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy", Tolkien's book, making it into a movie is an act of agency. Of course, Ryler's grade is not so high, he just does some publishing-related, adaptation recommendations, book fairs, translations, and in general, he has a little to do with the TV and film industry, but he is not an insider.

"It's a deal."

Many Daniel's fans are starting to gear up, the time is getting closer and closer, the 4th is Friday, and how much you can win in the first three days basically determines the performance of this movie - unless it is an unexpected work like "Forrest Gump".

I have to say that there is always a commonality in the behavior of movie fans.

On Daniel's personal website and chat board, Sting, the veteran movie fan who offered to watch the movie together last time, recently joined the ranks of the admins and began to implement the plan of Cathy, the head of the site.

They posted a link to a chat version of the post below Daniel's blog, which specified the format of the reply, and there were some requirements, such as having to be over 17 years old, or accompanied by a guardian, Cathy found the person in charge of several different cities, of course, because it was the first time to do such a crazy thing, there were not many people, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington, Boston and other big cities. According to the address information left by the person who replied to the poster, the person in charge contacted the SMS tool in the guò version to finalize the itinerary.

Sting was the head of the Los Angeles area — an important position, not far from Cathy's own, who was in charge of New York.

Daniel's popularity in Los Angeles is indeed extraordinary, with the largest number of people replying to the post belonging to Los Angeles.

From the second day of the premiere to the evening of the 2nd, for about four or five days, there were more than 60 people who were able to watch the movie together.

The total number of people in the United States also exceeds 240 people.

This caught the attention of Fred and Evan.

The former is obligated to follow the online dynamics associated with Daniel, and the latter is the head of the blogger, one of the key hallmarks of his work, and he is now negotiating the survival of the blog.

Google was interested in buying them, but the price was too different from what he expected, and perhaps they just saw his death hole — and the further he went, the more Evan couldn't hold on.

Now for him to see this form of joint ticket buying, it is not a small stimulus for Evan.

"Is this going to be an opportunity?"

Evan decided to talk to the Internet master on Daniel's side, in fact, since Daniel became the banner of the blogger, Evan and Fred have more contact, Daniel needs some privileges, such as deleting ** on the blog, etc., Evan can certainly satisfy him, and the blogger also has to make sure that Daniel is always updated.

From Matt Damon to Evan Williams, Daniel is never less than that, and of course, he's better suited to the role of a dominant star these days.

"Gladiator" is officially released in the different feelings of many people, with 2,938 screens, showing that Universal has indeed contributed a lot, and nearly 3,000 screens are indeed the only treatment that this type of blockbuster can have.

Compared with the attention of the main creative staff such as the producer, director, actors, etc., to the box office on the first day, the audience obviously pays more attention to those gossip.

Russell Crowe and DiCaprio - The Changing of Hollywood Male Stars? Boys and men?

This kind of discussion is really exciting, and people who love Crow flaunt their mature view of men, and those who love Leonardo only need to bring out Jack Dawson.

This is a mutually beneficial thing, in fact, Leonardo's pressure is not small, after "Titanic", his worth rose to 20 million clubs, but the results of Titanic are almost irreproducible, from the perspective of latecomers, only Daniel may understand that when Kashen's "Avatar" comes out, he can end his record.

Russell Crowe's Maximus also got a lot of attention, and the road to heroism was full of controversy, which all contributed to the box office.

The news announced by the global side has also kept Daniel in the spotlight.

A commercial blockbuster "Spy Shadow".

Take a look at the draft of the Universal side, although it is an announcement of another collaboration, but more than half of the content is to explain how wonderful Daniel's performance in "Gladiator" is, if you don't watch it, it will make people regret it for life.

This is actually very convincing, if it weren't for Daniel's really good appearance, how could Universal have invested 60 million to invite him to be the leading actor.

On this day in early August, the entire film entertainment industry was contracted by "Gladiator", and it was full of news, box office predictions, award predictions, directors, actors, good and bad, controversy and affirmation, almost everywhere.

This kind of pervasive marketing is something Daniel didn't have the chance to see during his time in "School Blues."

After the early hours of the next morning, the box office statistics company will have the results, of course Daniel will be nervous, according to the order, he will get the news after many people, but the Universal side will call him in advance.

"I don't know what we're nervous about, isn't the global forecast about fifteen million? The pressure doesn't seem to be very great. ”

"It's coming—hey, the call is coming."