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The Warner Bros. office floor was bustling with people, and although he had only rushed back to Burbank from San Francisco in the early hours of the morning, Charles Rowan was full of energy, and he walked briskly to Jeff Robinoff's office with the latest statistics in his hand, knocked on the door twice, pushed the door and walked in.

"Jeff......" he walked directly to his desk, and without waiting to sit down, he said, "The midnight box office statistics and the audience's word of mouth have come in." ”

Seeing Jeff Robinov looking up at him, Charles Rowan said quickly, "In 2,512 theaters at midnight, "Brave Death Island" won $3.28 million, nearly $800,000 more than we expected! The survey company we hired immediately consulted 5,877 viewers, of which 78% were rated A+, 92% were above A, and less than 1% were below C! ”

Charles Rowan said with a faint excitement, although it is clear that the audience of the midnight show is limited, the audience is mostly action movie lovers, and the score has a natural advantage, but such an explosive midnight reputation, not to mention last year's "Batman Returns", even the highly acclaimed "Batman" has never been reached!

"Duke didn't let us down!"

Jeff Robinoff breathed a sigh of relief, he is not without competitors within Warner Bros., fully supporting Duke's new film, but also under a lot of pressure, and now exceeding expectations of midnight word of mouth and box office, if not fully representative of the film's results, always says a lot.

"I think the 2,512 theaters we won in the first week were a bit too conservative." Charles Rowan sat down.

"No way, Charles." Jeff Robinoff shook his head, "CAA and Twentieth Century Fox have also invested huge resources in "Interview with the Vampire", and there are so many theaters and screens in North America, with their rungs in it, we can't get about 3,000 theaters like "Batman". ”

Charles Rowan also understands this, and he also knows that with Warner Bros., "Interview with the Vampire" does not want to reach about 3,000 theaters.

Hollywood competition is everywhere, from scripts to roles to actors to funds to directors to theaters, it is a battlefield where film companies are extremely project fighting, and those films of small companies with distribution rights want to be released on a large scale and compete directly with large companies? Just the theatrical chain, the top publishing companies can play them to death.

"What about 'Interview with the Vampire'?" Jeff Robinoff thought of a competitor.

"The box office was also a little bit better than we expected." Charles Rowan leaned back in his chair and continued, "2,689 theaters at midnight, $3.97 million at the box office! ”

"However......" his eyes flashed, "according to the feedback from the investigation company, there are cases of "Night Interview with Vampires" in major cities where a certain number of tickets were purchased but not entered. ”

Jeff Robinoff immediately understood the meaning of Charles Rowan's words and nodded, "It must have been Tom Cruise who made a move to the box office, and this is not the first time." ”

It's not uncommon for Hollywood stars to spend their own money to buy box office, and Tom Cruise is definitely one of the most prestigious of them.

"That's the calculation." Charles Rowan added, "The midnight box office of "Interview with the Vampire" is indeed higher than that of "Death Island", but the gap is certainly not as big as the box office numbers suggest. ”

"What about word of mouth?"

Hearing Robinoff's question, Charles Rowan looked through the information in his hand, and then said, "At present, according to the professional reputation, "Night Interview with Vampire" has an average score of 8.7, and "Brave Death Island" has only 7.6 points. ”

"Don't talk about that." Robinov shook his finger, "The word of mouth of film critics does not have much meaning to summer films, and the word of mouth of the audience." ”

"This is the news revealed by Twentieth Century Fox inside," Rowan said as quickly as possible, "The midnight show of "Interview with the Vampire" received 6,125 audience feedback, with an A+ rating rate of 63 percent, a rating rate of 79 percent above A, and a rating rate of 2.1 percent below C. ”

Next, the two discussed some other things, such as theaters and publicity strategies.

At the same time, in the Century City Fox Building, the main creators and project leaders of "Interview with the Vampire" including Tom Cruise and others, are also paying attention to similar statistics, which have never been classified, and it is not difficult for major companies to get them.

After discussing the publicity plan for the rest of the meeting, the conference room was soon left with Tom Cruise and his agent and Fox executives.

"We're lagging behind in terms of audience word-of-mouth."

The people here are all senior industry insiders, and few people pay attention to professional word-of-mouth, and the purpose of this film is not to win awards, "Although it has an advantage at the box office, a big factor in this is Tom's appeal." ”

As soon as Pat Kingsley's words fell, Tom Cruise said directly to the CEO of Fox, "Townsend, I propose yì, in addition to the normal publicity of "Interview with the Vampire", it is necessary for us to use our brains on "Brave Island". ”

His words were recognized by most people, and while promoting his own films, he smeared competitors, which is a normal competitive method for major Hollywood companies.

"I'll contact the media." Martin Bob said.

"Hmm......" Townsend Rothman nodded, "I'll personally call Emperor Entertainment Group and AMG Chain Group to reduce the number of theaters for Death Island next week as much as possible!" ”

The competition of the film is not a clear knife and gun, and it is directly in the front, and a lot of work is actually behind the scenes.

Warner knows this, Twentieth Century Fox knows this, and Duke knows this.

got the midnight box office and audience reputation of the two films from Robin Grande, Duke didn't have too many surprises, nor too many worries, whether it was "Interview with the Vampire" or "Brave Island", it would not be the kind of bad movie that no one cared about, if the former can maintain the level it once was, it will definitely be his strong enemy.

"If you want to succeed, you can't be afraid of competition!"

Standing in front of the dressing mirror, arranging his clothes, Duke said to Shania Towne, who seemed to walk a little awkwardly behind him, "Any successful director is a person who rushes out of competition, and if you want to stand at the top of any industry, you can't hide from your opponents!" ”

"Then why don't you wait next month to compete with Jurassic Park?"

The person who said this was certainly not Shania Donn, but the monotonous nasal voice, and Duke knew that it was Sophia Coppola sitting on the sofa.

"Because I don't have a problem here." Duke pointed to his head, then turned to glare at Sophia, "Did I have fun hitting me?" ”

"It was a lot of fun."

Sophia shrugged her shoulders, her black eyes inadvertently drifting over Shania Donn, and raised her voice slightly to remind, "It's almost time, we should hurry back to Burbank, and don't forget, you still have to go to the NBC studio with Nikola and them to rehearse tomorrow night's live show." ”

"Right away." Duke waved his hand over there.

"I'm leaving, too."

Shania Towne came up behind him, stood on tiptoe and stuck her head out, kissed Duke lightly on the ear, and deliberately blew into the ear hole, and whispered, "I'll remember you, my dear, and if we meet again next time, I'll give you back all the slaps you slapped on my ass!" ”

Duke turned his head and pinched her chin, "Hopefully we'll have another chance." ”

It's hard to say, and while there is a lot of intersection between the film and music worlds, Shania Towne is based in Nashville, the mecca of country music, and if she becomes famous, the announcements and national and global tours will drain all her time and energy.

Speaking of the original **, it has become a two-night stand today, and Duke doesn't know if there will be this kind of opportunity to communicate with his body in the future.

Shania Towne went to her agent to return to Nashville, and Duke and Sophia left the Fremont Hotel and drove straight to the highway to Burbank.

"Didn't you say that the first week of the film's release was always stressful and it was hard to sleep?"

Out of the city, the road conditions were much smoother, and Sophia also chatted with Duke, "I didn't expect to have the energy to pick up girls." ”

"Sophia, didn't you say that?" Duke could make out the hint of sarcasm in her words, but he had long since gotten used to her tone, "It's the best way to relieve stress and anxiety and forget about your worries, isn't it?" ”

"Crooked!" Sofia Coppola pursed her lips.

Shrugging his shoulders, Duke didn't say anything more, although things weren't exactly as he said, but last night's indulgence in Shania Donn's wild and sexy body, coupled with a few hearty bedtime communication exercises, actually had an excellent quality of sleep, definitely one of the most soundly slept nights since the start of "Death Island".

Or maybe it's when you slap Shania's sexy and charming buttocks, all the stress and anxiety are vented?

I don't know why, this thought suddenly jumped into Duke's mind, he quickly shook his head, and didn't continue to think about it, he didn't want to go in the direction of sadism......

The two took turns driving, and when they arrived in Burbank, it was close to dusk, so they found a random place to eat something, and Duke and the two rushed to NBC's studio in Burbank.

Tomorrow night's show is live, rehearsals are not complicated, but the minimum stepping on the stage is essential, and NBC's talk show is an important part of Warner Bros.'s promotional plan, and when Duke walks into the break room, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris and Christopher Lee and their agents are already sitting here, familiarizing themselves with the flow of the show.

Of course, Duke's agent, Nancy Josephson, was also waiting in the break room.

As with all talk shows, most of the links and questions will be communicated with the guest's agent or public relations in advance, as early as before the release of "Brave Island", except for a few routine reservation issues, several people's agents and Warner Bros. public relations coordinated the show.

It was busy until nearly nine o'clock in the evening, when the work was over, and Duke told Nancy to give him the first day box office feedback as soon as possible tomorrow, and then went straight back to his apartment in North Hollywood.