readx;?“ Just yesterday, the 2005 summer season in North America ended its second weekend, due to the poor performance of the only large-scale film "Air Combat Heroes", which led to the overall decline of the overall market, but fortunately, "Batman: Time to War", which was screened the following weekend, maintained a stable trend, avoiding the second week of last weekend as the lowest total box office in history. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Just started on Monday, and last weekend's box office charts were delivered to countless readers with reviews from many media outlets, including "The Premiere" and the "New York Times."

The media also used basically similar headlines - "Batman: Time to War" easily won the championship last weekend, "Heroes of Air Combat" got off to a losing start, and "Heavenly Dynasty" slipped out of the top five at the box office.

The box office briefing was also sent to Duke's estate, and Scarlett, who stayed here last night? Johnson was drinking morning tea and reading the morning paper, in a rather comfortable mood.

Duke was able to let her stay here in the absence of Lady Leah, indicating that the relationship between the two parties had taken a big step forward.

Of course, seeing her own side of the film win the competition, and those two nasty opponents fail, also makes her happy.

"On the second weekend of the summer season, both new films and expanded films failed to make big waves, and the market was still dominated by old films. Famous director Duke? Rosenborg's reboot of the Batman franchise "Batman: Time to War" had a very good second weekend, falling only 43 percent from its opening weekend, and earning another $39.24 million, comfortably topping the weekend. ”

"Famous IT magnate Larry? Ellison's son David? Ellison's "Air Combat Heroes" earned only $8.86 million in its first weekend, seriously below expectations and only one-quarter of its huge production costs, and although it ranked second on the box office list, it is difficult to say that it satisfied the producers and investors. ”

"Air Combat Heroes" chose to be released on the weekend after "Batman: Time to Go to War", which was originally looked down upon by many industry insiders, but David, who had just taken over the trust fund? Ellison had enough money in his hands, and he prompted the film to choose this extremely bad schedule. ”

The film, which tells the story of World War I's time and space wars, was released widely in North America on Friday and earned only $2.02 million at midnight. After a poor performance, the film began to be fully released in nearly 3,300 theaters in North America, earning $4.12 million on the same day, short of Walt Disney's $12 million expectations. There is a huge gap. ”

On Saturday, "Air Combat Heroes" suffered from poor audience word-of-mouth, and the box office fell significantly, earning only $2.62 million, and the film continued to decline on Sunday. It only received $2.12 million on the same day, and according to the film's poor word-of-mouth prediction, its final North American box office may not exceed $30 million. ”

"After the first three days of the film, the word-of-mouth dropped sharply, with a cinemascore of C, a popcorn index of only 53 percent, a freshness rating of 23 percent from 111 media outlets on Rotten Tomatoes, and a score of 34 from 43 media outlets on Metacritic."

"Other than that. "Air Combat Heroes" also suffered a large number of negative reviews from the media. ”

The St. Louis Post criticized the director for being overwhelmed by such a script and failing to arouse any interest in the characters in the film. The Portland Oregonian doesn't think it's okay to say that the film isn't entertaining, the film is colorful, and there is no shortage of action scenes and brilliant special effects. Franco's performances are sometimes bright and sometimes bad, but they are all very catchy, but the whole film is not very exciting. "Variety" slammed all the characters in the whole movie for not seeming to be interesting for a moment, which is a fatal flaw for the movie. ”

"Compared to "Heroes of Air Combat", "Batman: Time to War" has a strong performance, and it continues Duke? Rosenberg films continue to be on a steady trend. After another $39.24 million the following weekend, the film's North American box office has reached $143.31 million, and the final North American box office is expected to hit $250 million. ”

See this, Scarlett? Johnson closed the newspaper. "Heavenly Dynasty", which fell out of the top five at the box office, couldn't make her any interest at all.

She picked up her fork and put a few slices of fruit from her plate into her mouth, swallowed it, took another sip of black tea, and turned her eyes to Duke sitting across from her. Since breakfast, he has been answering the phone non-stop, as if something very important is going on.

In fact, Scarlett would love to read the newspaper to him, but she has known Duke for more than ten years, and is definitely one of the people who knows him best, and she knows that Duke hates being interrupted the most.

"Is there anything important?"

Seeing Duke turn off her phone, Scarlett, driven by curiosity, couldn't help but ask, "It's so busy early in the morning." ”

"Tina's call."

Putting his phone aside, Duke picked up his coffee cup and said before drinking, "Some business negotiation matters." ”

"Oh......" Scarlett nodded, smart enough not to continue.

She knew that Duke had a lot of work in addition to making movies, Tina? Faye is undoubtedly his agent.

Duke didn't eat much, and the breakfast was over quickly, and he got up and walked outside the restaurant, Scarlett? Johnson followed from behind, half a step behind, and walked closely to his side.

"Don't you need to work today?"

Turning his head to look at Scarlett, Duke asked softly, "I remember your training has just begun. ”

"You don't have to go today."

Walking out of the Eye-shaped Villa, Scarlett naturally grabbed Duke's arm, "Jimmy? Carter was going to train my two stunt doubles and gave me time off. ”

The black Bentley slowly drove over, and Scarlett looked at Duke and asked, "You're going to work?" ”

"Go to the studio," Duke said after looking at Scarlett's hand holding his arm tightly, "and a trip to Warner and Marvel Studios." ”

Scarlett immediately became interested, "Are you going to start preparing for "Iron Man"? ”

She has been waiting for this film, waiting for a third collaboration with Duke, except for the two films in which she played soy sauce as a child, she has never officially starred in a Duke film.

For Scarlett, who watched Duke climb from an ordinary director step by step to the position of one of the best directors in the world? For Johnson, this is the thing she regrets the most.

In fact, she knew very well that if she really played a scoundrel like she did when she was a child, she would have appeared in Duke's films a long time ago, but at that time, the relationship between the two was not as harmonious as it is now due to chatter and other factors, even if Duke saw Mrs. Leah and let her star in the movie, they would only turn indifferent to each other.

That's not Scarlett? The result Johnson wants.

"Can I come with you?" She asked tentatively.

Duke turned his head and glanced at the blonde girl, Scarlett, who was not yet twenty-one years old, had long since lost the naughtiness of her childhood, and was honest like a sheep in front of him most of the time.

However, Duke knows very well that these are all appearances, otherwise she wouldn't have done those things on Oscar night, becoming him and Ivanka? The trigger for Trump's breakup.

Of course, until now, Duke will not press this matter on Scarlett's head, as she said, the problem between him and Ivanka is not the problem of Scarlett or any other woman, even if there is no such thing, the two will go further and further.

"I promise!" Scarlett held up a hand, "Definitely not making trouble." ”

Speaking of this, her eyes suddenly rolled, and she used the tone of more than ten years ago, "I will definitely make an egg." ”

Hearing this, Duke remembered Scarlett when he was a child, and couldn't help but shake his head and walked towards the car that had already stopped in front of the door, Scarlett? Johnson immediately followed.

The two first went to the Duke's studio, and then to the Warner Building, because the movie was being released and Scarlett? Johnson's existence is inevitably indispensable for paparazzi and reporters to take candid photos, and Duke doesn't care, and his energy is still focused on work.

However, Scarlett was carefully observing, especially after entering the Warner building, those Warner employees looked into Duke's eyes, as if they were looking at the omnipotent savior, those who felt they could speak, all rushed to greet him, whenever Duke nodded slightly in response, those people could always show a satisfied smile, as if Duke's response to them was a very proud thing.

Isn't it normal to be able to drag a failed series back from the bottom of a cliff and be respected?

Scarlett knows Duke's weight in Warner, not to mention the identity of a major shareholder, the influence of film alone, even other directors who work with Warner can't catch up with him in a car, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he can influence the choice of Warner's CEO.

After all, she grew up with Mrs. Leah, and Scarlett still knows a little about business, and she is sure that without Duke's support, no Warner CEO can sit firmly under the ass.

Duke Studios, Warner Bros., Marvel Studios...... Duke went from scene to scene in a row, not only about the upcoming official preparation of "Iron Man", but also about Walt Disney's negotiations with the other side of the strait and with Pixar Studios.

Warner Bros. accepted Duke's opinion, and the people in the Far East branch had already made formal contact with the person opposite.

Of course, this kind of thing will not be immediately fruitful, after all, the amount of investment involved is really large.

And Warner World's fame is not as good as Disneyland's over there.

As for the negotiations at Pixar Studios, after a long tussle, Duke's side, Steve? Jobs and Time Warner have found a lot of common ground, and while no agreement has been reached, the differences have narrowed down to the price range.

In addition, there is the overseas release of "Batman: Time to War", maybe David? Ellison's deliberate arrangement, "Air Combat Heroes", like "Batman: Time to War", will be widely available in overseas markets starting next weekend. (To be continued.) )

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