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"Duke? Rosenberg creates new heights in box office myths and superhero films. ”

"Darkness covers North America, Batman captures the ...... of the North American box office charts"

Also on Monday, other media outlets were also hyping the news, although "The Dark Knight" was a super hit in the first weekend, and it was inseparable from the increase in ticket prices, but the film's nearly 28 million viewers in the first weekend also set a new North American weekend viewing record.

Even, quite a lot of media began to talk about "The Dark Knight" can challenge the box office myth created by "Titanic" in North America.

Duke was well aware that this was just a fantasy, and that the publicity and distribution strategy of The Dark Knight alone, as well as the number of IMAX theaters and 3D screens, meant that it was an impossible task.

Especially the former, the pre-screening campaign drove too many audiences into the theater in the first week.

This is a good thing in more ways, but it also affects the long-term screening of the film.

In fact, Duke and Warner predicted that "The Dark Knight" would have created a box office myth that had been unbeatable to date in the first few weeks, after all, this particular superhero movie brought a whole new thrill, but when audiences got used to the style, it was hard for people to return to the theater to watch it again and again.

Another point that cannot be ignored is that this is an extremely competitive summer season.

Therefore, when the hottest weeks pass, the box office trend of the film will definitely have a big decline.

And this situation showed some signs on Monday, but it was very inconspicuous.

Compared to $59.23 million on Sunday, the box office of "The Dark Knight" plummeted by 54 percent on its first working day, closing at $27.25 million on Monday, and the following Tuesday, the box office continued to decline, earning $24.49 million in a single day.

The base created in the first week of the film is too high, and even if the decline is a little bigger, the box office numbers achieved are still staggering.

It's Wednesday. The North American box office of "The Dark Knight" successfully exceeded $250 million, and the outside world began to widely expect that the North American box office is bound to exceed $300 million this week.

Due to the new weekend, "I Am Legend", produced by Sky Movie Studios and distributed by Disney's Beauwell Pictures, will be released. And the film's test screening reputation is quite good, and Duke and Warner Bros. have also increased their promotion of "The Dark Knight".

Especially in North America, where the top priority is the case, the crew led by Duke has been constantly appearing on the Internet, television, newspapers and other media, doing everything possible to continue to attract public attention.

When he came to New York on Wednesday, Duke and his crew were interviewed by NBC TV. IMAX took Heath? Ledger and the class of the charity show have become a new publicity point.

"The Dark Knight is an ambitious story, and I needed a big, majestic dimension to represent it. So, the IMAX format is my best, if not the only, option. ”

In the face of the camera lens, Duke naturally praised IMAX, "The film area of IMAX is 10 times the area of the general 35mm film, and the capacity of the visual information it carries is much greater than that of the 35mm film, and the film of this scale makes the image extremely sharp and bright, and more majestic." ”

He looked at the camera and said seriously. "It's a replica of the experience of watching a movie for the first time as a child?—the curiosity and tremor of the big screen. It's a very difficult experience to recreate in the future, so I needed the biggest screen. ”

However, the reporter asked John? At the time of Schwartzman, Duke's director of photography made a little complaint.

"Because of the unimaginable size of the screen, the audience will ignore the cinematography of the film, but they should be able to feel it, and good cinematography is the essence of the picture."

He explains, "Duke used a lot of long shots and sharp editing, and he wanted to use that to draw the viewer's attention to the details on IMAX — which was a subversion of action movie editing." on IMAX. You can even see below the horizon. You can see the flickering of the outside light in Batman's eyes, and you can't see that detail in a regular theater or at home."

"If you want to shoot a movie in IMAX format, it's difficult just to prepare and use the equipment. An IMAX camera weighs 135 pounds, and its sheer size makes it difficult to move. ”

As the only female member of the post-production team, or the film's first assistant director, Anna? Prinz is also the focus of the show, "Sometimes when you shoot downwards, you can't pull the machine at all. IMAX is three times more expensive to produce than regular 35mm film. The high cost also made the crew dare not slack off in the slightest. ”

"There is only one lab in the world that has produced IMAX recording and playback equipment."

It's a morning show, with a limited duration, and at the end of the interview, Duke added, "Imax can only shoot three minutes per disc, and these three minutes can't be filled, and you have to keep rich, and this feeling of changing film every three minutes is like shooting a super8 format movie when you were a kid, and every time you change the film, it takes a week to do post-processing." ”

Looking at the trio being interviewed on TV, Stephen? Carragher frowned, the box office and word-of-mouth of this film were simply amazing, especially the latter, which made him, a die-hard fan of "The Godfather", feel a huge threat.

First thing in the morning, Stephen? Carragher just paid attention to IMDB's rating and TOP250 ranking, which directly led to his daily unhappiness, "The Dark Knight" finally dropped to 9.7 points under the struggle of him and a group of people, but the rating of "The Godfather" dropped faster.

This morning, The Godfather's IMDB rating has been lowered to 9.1, and even a fool can see that there is something wrong with it.

Before last weekend, "The Godfather" had only 1.4 percent of the vote, but now it has risen to 3.7 percent, and it's clear that someone is doing something.

Don't think about it, Stephen? Carragher also knew who was doing it, it had to be Duke? Rosenberg and the brain-dead fans of The Dark Knight.

Turn off the TV, Stephen? Carragher turned on his computer and sent another email to his "Godfather" fan group to continue to intensify his attacks while he still had some time to leave for work. The Dark Knight must be pulled off the altar as soon as possible.

Sending emails wasn't enough, and when he walked out of the house, he didn't keep calling.

"Gibbs, be sure to mobilize the people around you to vote for The Dark Knight. Remember! You can only vote one point! ”

"Miranda, mobilize your friends......"

Meanwhile, in a company in Los Angeles, Norman? Shearer had just gotten a hint of a new email, and he opened it and read it. I couldn't help but smile and nodded.

"Norman, I've been in contact with the heads of fan associations in Chicago, Seattle, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and many other cities, and they've called on the members of the association to go to IMDB to vote."

What you have lost must be returned!

Is this Norman? Shearer's thoughts, since the day "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" lost the first place in IMDB, he has been waiting for a chance to fight back, but although Duke's films have been good in the past few years, there has been no real masterpiece, and this time "The Dark Knight" can finally bring their power together.

A fan battle around IMDB broke out completely.

With the explosive start of "The Dark Knight", the film's rating on IMDB remained high, and it once stayed at an unbelievable 10 points at the highest. Countless Duke blowers have also emerged, who don't care about the reactions of fans like "The Godfather", and while worshipping "The Dark Knight" as a masterpiece, they are also secretly belittling other works.

Fans of "The Godfather" finally snatched the top 250 position from "The Lord of the Rings 3: Return of the King", and naturally refused to give it up, they continued to use the previous method, in Stephen? Under the call of Carragher and others, all those who have the corresponding imdb authority have gone to give "The Dark Knight" a score, wanting to pull down the film as soon as possible.

He has been in the film for more than ten years. Duke has also amassed a large number of fans, like Norman? There are not a few die-hard fans like Shearer, especially in large and medium-sized cities across the United States, there are basically Duke? Rosenberg or the Exploding Maniac Fan Association. Under the tandem and mobilization of the heads of various associations, hundreds of thousands of fans rushed to "The Godfather" like a tide, with only one purpose, to lower the rating of this film, so that it can no longer pose a threat to "The Dark Knight", and even pull to the position below "The Lord of the Rings 3: Return of the King".

Although IMDB scoring seems to be the most democratic way. But even if a simple score is not used by a professional water army, there is a lot of room for maneuver in the hands of ordinary fans.

There are many reasons that affect IMDB's TOP250 score, the first of which is of course the number of voters.

It's interesting to note on IMDB that a film with only a dozen votes and a seemingly modest one tends to initially have super high scores — which, of course, usually don't last long — and it's hard not to suspect that this is a form of publicity by the producers and distributors.

Therefore, the list has added the restriction of the number of voters and the fact that only the votes of active users can be counted in the ranking, so as to ensure the fairness and relevance of the TOP250 ranking to the greatest extent.

In the face of films of the level of "The Godfather", "The Dark Knight" and "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King", this restriction actually does not play a big role.

As you can imagine, it would be difficult for a die-hard Duke fan to make a more sober and rational judgment about the quality of the film when they were surrounded by ecstasy after watching a movie as gorgeous and passionate as The Dark Knight. And most of the people who will vote on IMDB for the first time after watching a movie are the hardcore of the movie, and it is not difficult to understand that the score of "The Dark Knight" soared to 10 at the beginning.

On the other hand, there is also a deeper element of the "collective unconscious" at work, and in the midst of a frenzy of eulogy or denigration, it is difficult for most people to assert their own judgment. As far as "The Dark Knight" is concerned, it is difficult for most people to say "no" to it amid the oppression of the audience's A+ praise and IMDB's super high applause. (To be continued.) )

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