In the previous life, although Sony Columbia has not been doing well, but with the life-saving straw of "Spider-Man", it can always turn the corner at a critical moment, and in this life, "Spider-Man" only has the copyright of the TV series, and their income in this area must have shrunk significantly.

Among the traditional forces in Hollywood today, the worst situation is undoubtedly MGM, if you look at it again, you can see the figure of Sony Columbia Pictures.

Although they also heard the news that "King Arthur" was vetoed by Ryan at Disney, the script was favored by many industry insiders, including Jerry? Bruckheimer is a gold-medal man.

In recent years, epic films have been in full swing and Sony Colombia has finally decided to invest in this film, having other ideas than confidence in the script.

"Do you know what they think?" Taylor blinked curiously and looked at Ryan on the other side.

In the garden of Jenkins Manor, Ryan was helplessly accompanying her to press the seesaw and send the girl into the air, saying, "If King Arthur is successful, Sony Pictures can not only make a sequel, but also split the Knights of the Round Table and make a separate series, so that they can have a series of films that guarantee stable revenue." ”

"The premise is that the movie that premieres in the evening can be successful." Taylor reminded him to tap the armrest of the seat, and Ryan shrugged his shoulders and made the girl press herself into the air, continuing, "There are so many epic movies released this year that it's easy to cause aesthetic fatigue. ”

"Especially since 'Troy' has only been released for a short time." Taylor was clever enough to think of another not-so-successful epic, she looked at the time and said, "Let's go back, Charlie should be back soon, I brought a gift from Australia." ”

"Okay."

After getting off the seesaw, the two walked towards the villa. Ryan asked, "You've been in Australia for so long, where have you gone?" ”

"East coast, west coast, also to New Zealand and New Guinea." Taylor turned his head to look at the sun moving to the west, "Sony's premiere is about to start, right?" ”

"Honey, you care too much."

Hearing Ryan's words, Taylor wrinkled his nose disapprovingly, "Don't forget the words of those film critics, don't forget that they are targeting "Superman Family". Don't forget that I'm still part of the crew, although only for the voice of Stealth Woman......"

"I'm waiting for tomorrow's review."

Without answering Taylor's words, Ryan finished speaking and walked towards the villa.

All the predictions in advance do not represent the actual results of the film after its release, and the success or failure of this super blockbuster production with a cost of up to $120 million depends on the box office.

Just like "Superman Family", as of the release of "King Arthur", it has won nearly $95 million at the North American box office, although the reputation is not as good as "Looking for Nemo". But no one would say that it was a failure.

The film's first-week box office may have to wait, but shortly after the premiere, many veteran film critics immediately updated their reviews of "King Arthur" on their blogs.

"The film is well-made, and the actors' performances are commendable. Stories resonate with audiences. ”

Is this Roger? Albert's review, he not only gave the film a thumbs up, but also gave a high score of nine.

"Fate and loyalty, heroism and duty. "King Arthur" can evoke ancient and gloomy medieval pictures and bloody and magnificent war scenes, as well as the indispensable moving romance. ”

David? Denby almost praised the film to the sky, and he directly gave it a perfect score of 10.

However. The average audience who attended the premiere, but had a diametrically opposite opinion to them, quickly had an opinion on the epic blockbuster on the websites and forums where ordinary fans gathered.

"The director's lack of control of the rhythm of the film makes the war scenes dull and mediocre; King Arthur's sketching is flippant and mediocre, and you even feel that this movie is not about King Arthur at all. ”

"Lacking convincing performances and even less convincing plots, the movie really lacks enough charm to attract people to watch."

"The overall feeling is very awkward, and the scene is not grand enough, like a small-budget movie."

"An epic blockbuster that is more incomprehensible than 'Troy'."

"Childish, stupid, verbose, a bad movie!"

While some people say the movie is good, the general perception of the general audience is that it is a very average movie.

As a result, in the first two days after the premiere of "King Arthur", there was a very strange situation, the old and well-known film critics unanimously applauded, while most of the audience thought that the movie was really not good, and even a very small number of people who watched professional film reviews and walked into the theater thought that they had been fooled.

"Their tastes are just too far from the average audience."

An audience member in his fifties, who walked out of the theater and gave an interview to a TV reporter, said, "I don't understand what is worth bragging about about such a movie, they are completely out of this era, and I will never choose a movie based on their reviews again." ”

"What?"

Subsequently, another viewer in his twenties was interviewed, "Choosing a movie based on a critic's review? Sorry, I never watch those things, and neither do my friends around me, we like the movies we like, and we don't need some people to dictate them. ”

Sony Columbia, which invested $120 million in production costs and $80 million in promotional costs, naturally wanted to reap a huge return, and the critics praised it in unison, somewhat unexpectedly, but they gladly accepted it.

After all, with the support of these people, the movie may be more popular than expected.

However, they quickly understood that Ryan's previous words that the era of film critics who could profoundly influence movies were over, there really wasn't much water.

Because of such a popular movie by famous film critics, the box office results were miserable.

Sony Columbia's expectations for the first-week box office are not too high, and their psychological bottom line is $40 million, so it should not be difficult for such a big-budget film to get such a first-week box office result.

What's more, there were so many professional film critics who unanimously applauded before the release.

It wasn't until the box office came out in the first week that the almost desperate executives of Sony Columbia understood one thing, why Ryan drastically cut back on critics' public relations spending in the new century.

$15.19 million!

This is "King Arthur", this is the movie touted by film critics, this is what many people expect to make Ryan? The box office results of Jenkins' disgraced film in the first three days.

Hollywood people who were waiting to see the excitement instantly shifted their target, and they hurriedly checked whether their film companies were ready to invest in the projects that Ryan vetoed, and if so, then quickly throw away the project, and if they had already invested some money, then find a way to recover the money.

And those film critics, they don't seem to have seen the first-week box office of "King Arthur", and it seems that they have never made those reviews, just like when "Star Wars" came out, selectively forgot those words and turned their heads to the follow-up films.

As for the bitter fruit brought by "King Arthur", it will be slowly tasted by Sony Columbia Pictures.

At the same time, "Superman Family" is still soaring aggressively, also this weekend in three days, taking $50.35 million at the box office in North America, and the first-week box office of "King Arthur" is not even comparable to its one-day box office total.

By the next week, the box office for "King Arthur" had plummeted to $7 million, and everyone knew that the super-blockbuster was going to lose all their money.

Disney's management, especially Touchstone Pictures, felt fortunate at this time, if Ryan hadn't vetoed the project, Yan would have lost money by them.

There is a saying, I don't know where it came from, that quickly became popular in Hollywood, and was even enshrined as one of the unwritten rules of the industry.

"Ryan? Jenkins vetoed the film project, which has no value in Hollywood! ”

As a result, those film projects that Ryan canceled in recent years have been turned over by well-informed people in Hollywood and put on Hollywood's untouchable blacklist.

Of course, this situation inevitably affected some other people, such as an actor who was terminated by Ryan from two film contracts, and could not find a role in a short period of time, so he had to return to the other side of the Pacific.

Ryan didn't know any of this, and even if he did, he wouldn't care, and the things he cared about most now were undoubtedly the two invitations he had just received.

He received a call from Warner Bros. CEO Gerald inviting him to participate in the Wonder Woman audition, and Natalie sent her friend's invitation to participate in the audition.

"Don't be afraid of what I think."

Sitting in the small garden of her villa, Natalie put down the script of "The Hunger Games" in her hand and said seriously, "I'm just in charge of passing the word, you decide whether to go or not." ”

"Why not?" Ryan knew that Natalie still had some friendship with the actress from Israel.

Although she did not go to Jerusalem for further study, Natalie's position towards Israel is very obvious, and this view has been revealed in several interviews, while there are few Hollywood movie stars who are really from Israel.

He himself also wanted to see this film, there are very few films that are completely female protagonists and can be a big hit, and "The Hunger Games", which was released in August, can also make some necessary adjustments according to the market reaction.

Besides, with Wonder Woman's appeal, if you don't come up with something inexplicable, the movie is still very likely to succeed.

Well...... It depends on how the producer measures the psychological bottom line of male audiences.

"Let's go together." Ryan said to Natalie, who put down the book. (To be continued......)