Chapter 846: Phenomenal Movie
As one of the first viewers lucky enough to attend the premiere to see "The Avengers", Yahoo Entertainment's reporter James? After attending the press conference, Mills didn't immediately go back to catch up on the manuscript, but rushed to the Nokia Theater to prepare to interview some midnight audience members in order to gather more material for tomorrow's draft.
The audience who can watch the midnight show is almost all the most hardcore and senior fans of the film or the stars in the film, and their opinions are much more important than any professional film critic.
Waited for more than two hours at the Nokia Theater, James? Mills waited for the audience to end, and he blocked the first fan who came out for the first time.
"Hello, I'm a reporter from Yahoo Entertainment......" he quickly introduced himself and asked succinctly, "Do you think 'The Avengers' is good?" ”
"It's innovative, it's shocking, and it's a lot of fun."
This fan, who is about twenty years old, makes no secret of his excitement, "Epic, climactic. The action scenes of the play are more than all the previous movies of Marvel combined, and they are also exciting! ”
Wait for this fan to leave, James? Mills interviewed more than a dozen people as quickly as he could.
"Very good movie, even better than expected!"
"Personally absolutely loved it, almost from start to finish."
"This is the best movie from Marvel Pictures!"
After interviewing fans, James? Mills then interviewed the night shift manager at the Nokia Theater.
"The attendance rate of the Nokia Theater's "Avengers" midnight show is 100%, and the tickets were pre-sold as early as twenty-five days ago, and in the last ten days, there are still a large number of fans who come to ask for tickets for the midnight show, we have to add three more shows, the tickets are still not enough, but we can only do so much, this will be a phenomenal movie!"
Leave the Nokia Theatre. James? After Mills entered the parking lot and got into his car, he didn't rush to leave, but took out his newly bought Apple phone and tweeted first.
"The Avengers premiere is back, and anime hero fans are ready for a feast! Director Jos? Whedon did an excellent job of a task that could be messed up, the heroes were well balanced, the lines were consistently humorous, and the final battle was even more suffocating, and Ryan couldn't stop praising the big game that he had been planning for Surprise for ten years. ”
After the post. He quickly flipped through the Twitter feeds of his peers, many of whom attended last night's premiere.
"Just watched it, a lot of action scenes, humorous jokes and surprises."
"If you like comic book movies, you'll love this one!"
"My body was still trembling with excitement when I posted this brief review, the movie is so exciting!"
"These amazing freaks were gathered together and thought they were a pot of porridge, but the division of labor is super clear, the characters are extremely distinct, coupled with the dizzying bombardment and appropriate spit and cuteness, these characters are even more endearing than when I watched a single film before."
Put down your phone, James? Mills can imagine. Ryan? Jenkins and Disney may have really made another phenomenal movie!
What is the final box office of the film?
As a veteran journalist in the industry, he knows very well that the final box office of this kind of comic film cannot be compared to James? Cameron's two masterpieces, but as a film with a huge fixed audience. "The Avengers" is very likely to create a series of box office myths in the first week.
Let's go back and pay attention to the film's midnight box office and first-day box office.
Thinking so, James? Mills started the car and went straight to the newspaper office to catch the article, for him. It's going to be a sleepless night.
There are a lot of sleepless people tonight, as the CEO of Disney, Robert? Iger is one of them. Whenever Disney's super-blockbuster is released, he always habitually suffers from insomnia, and the midnight box office that exceeds the estimate is the best hypnotic drug.
He sat in his study at home, quietly waiting for the box office to come out at midnight.
Meanwhile, the headquarters of Marvel Pictures in Burbank is brightly lit up. Fig and Stan? Lee and even many of the Marvel Pictures employees didn't sleep, they were just waiting.
Compared to Robert? Egger, the surprised people appeared more relaxed, they were confident in the plan that had lasted for almost a decade, because Ryan? Jenkins' past has been almost entirely successful for Amazement, and Amaze has led him from a bankrupt company to a Hollywood upstart.
Nowadays, who doesn't want to get the superhero adaptation rights of Marvel Comics.
If nothing else, as far as they know, the surprise superhero movie is one of the important reasons why News Corp and Walt Disney are in conflict.
Ryan hatched this big plan for them, and Ryan led them on the path to success.
Of course, they also understand that Surprise belongs to Ryan? Jenkins' surprise.
The amazed people were waiting, but the one they were grateful to was holding the graceful beauty and sleeping soundly.
Charlize is not sleepy because of jet lag, and she has been busy with the promotion of the World Cup in South Africa recently, and finally found time to return to Los Angeles.
Feeling the steady breathing above her head, she carefully broke free from Ryan's entanglement with one hand, took the phone that lit up next to her pillow, looked at the numbers on it, showed a satisfied smile, and then leaned up and kissed Ryan's cheek, retracted into his warm embrace, trying to save her sleep.
No wonder he slept so hard, he had already expected this midnight box office number, right?
With this thought in mind, Charlize also fell asleep.
There was a soft knock on the door of the study, Robert? Egger's wife, Catherine? Susan walked in with her coffee in her eyes and an inquiring look in her eyes.
"There it is!"
Robert? Egg refreshed the email and let out a long sigh of relief.
"How much?" Catherine? Susan asked.
"2,650 theaters, $22.8 million at the box office!"
Even the CEO of Disney, who is as calm as Disney, has irrepressible excitement in his tone.
"This ......" Catherine? Susan also knows something about the film industry, "This is the new midnight box office record, right? ”
"That's right!"
Push aside the coffee that Catherine had put in front of her, Robert? Iger took a bottle of champagne and two glasses from the side, "We can celebrate." ”
Is this Robert? The Iger couple's reserved celebration program, they still have children, and the celebration can only be carried out quietly.
Compared to the Iger family, Marvel Pictures in Burbank has been in a boil, this group of usually imaginative and whimsical guys, let out bursts of excitement, and gathered in the hall of Marvel Pictures, the champagne that had been prepared for a long time was opened, and countless liquors splashed everywhere with colorful bars falling from the ceiling......
It's an exciting time for Amazement.
"$22.8 million!" Someone kept shouting excitedly, "We've set a new box office record for the midnight show!" ”
That's an insane number!
Such an excellent midnight performance almost indicates that "The Avengers" must be a super hit in the first week!
The only thing that prevents the film from being a super big seller is whether the audience will buy it.
After lunch and walking in the garden, Charlize pulled up the pages on his phone, scrolled through Twitter, Facebook, and community sites to see what viewers were saying about The Avengers, and read some to Ryan next to him.
"The Avengers has it all, but it has a lot of differences. Buy one ticket and watch six superheroes at once. If I were to watch an amazing movie that brings together the idols of all amazing worlds, this movie is the most successful and sensational in my memory. It's more interesting than Transformers, and in comparison, Michael? Bei is simply weak. ”
Hearing Charlize's words, Ryan couldn't help but shake his head and smile, "Poor Michael. ”
Charlize ignored Ryan and continued to read a new one.
"I just finished watching "The Avengers", which is better than the previous superhero movies! The characters are all outstanding, and many of the lines are very humorous. The final battle is gorgeous and bloody, Captain America's sentence - Hulk, smash hard! It sparked cheers and applause from the audience! This is a very entertaining summer masterpiece, and the 3D effect is also excellent. Guys, get ready to meet the Avengers on the big screen! ”
"It's certainly not the best movie I've ever seen, but it's definitely the coolest movie I've ever seen! Praise the technique, praise the rhythm, praise the action, praise the sound effect, each superhero has distinctive characteristics and interpretation in place! Every pore of the audience exploded! When Stark called Hawkeye 'Legolas', as a brain-dead fan of "The Lord of the Rings", I was already dead! ”
"I really didn't expect "The Avengers" to be so good! Iron Man vs. Captain America, Hulk Crazy Flat Thor God, Black Widow. Women hook up with Captain America... Honestly, these superheroes are much better looking together than together! Iron Man is responsible for playing treasure, and the captain is responsible for playing handsome, black widow. The woman is amorous, the Hulk is cute, and there is a villain who loves the bad guy, the dream combination is perfect! ”
"Do you want to continue?"
Walking over to the bench, Charlize pulled Ryan to sit down, "There's more fun." ”
"Forget it." Ryan shook his head and leaned back on the bench, "Let's wait for a new record." ”
"First-day box office record?" Charlize understood what Ryan meant.
"First day, first week......" Ryan made a gesture you understand, "this is not Avatar, the first week box office is very important for The Avengers." ”
Comic movies look very cool, but it is undeniable that its theatrical shelf life is relatively short, and it is impossible to have a miracle of reverse growth like "Avatar" or "Titanic".
Perhaps this kind of film, which always explodes in the first week, will set a new record. (To be continued......)