"Got up so early? Don't get more sleep? Doesn't you usually wake up until 8 or even 9 o'clock on weekends? Galen, who was busy in the kitchen, glanced at Sean who came in through the door with some surprise, and then looked at the time on the table, and the number clearly indicated that it was only 7 o'clock.

"Then I need to be able to sleep......" Sean yawned as he picked up Polke, who was gnawing on the hem of his shoe, with a visibly sleepy look.

"So, you're really worried?" Galen laughed.

"Well, I'm a little worried, it's my first time as a producer after all," Sean sighed, "I didn't do much of my duty as a producer, but it's my work, isn't it?" ”

"Didn't you sleep soundly when "The Talented Ripley" was released?" Galen then teased, "And don't you often say that your intuition tells you that this movie will be a hit?" ”

"Intuition doesn't mean 100 percent right," Sean shrugged, "and it wasn't the same then as it is now, when no matter what the outcome was, it didn't make me worse, and now, as you know, my career has been a small success, and any loss should be avoided, which will inevitably lead to gains and losses." Like Pock, if you let him go back to his cramped apartment and eat all that bad dog food, he's not going to do it—right? Look at you, you little fat dog, you're almost as fat as Lucy now. ”

As he spoke, he scratched the chin of the puppy in his arms, and Poke immediately barked twice, as if cooperating with his master.

"That's it? Or do you feel fed up with those pesky buzzing flies and worried that you can't shut them up? Sanders' voice came from behind.

"Well, it's all - you're up too?" Sean turned his head in surprise.

"You're all up, can't I get up?" Sanders spread his hands.

"Instead of worrying about this, you should go outside and see if the newspaper has arrived." Galen chimed in.

"I'm not going to go, I'm tired of watching it for the past two days, although everyone thinks that "My Grand Greek Wedding" is very sincere, quite distinctive, and a good movie, but this can't represent everyone's opinion." Sean grumbled.

"Didn't Miramax say it, according to the feedback from the theater, the number of shows is not bad, and there are a lot of viewers." Sanders said.

"yes, but what I want to know is, what the hell is going to be at the box office this weekend," Sean sighed, "Damn, it takes three days for Weishenme to count the weekend box office?" ”

"Because the definition of the weekend box office is three days, from Friday to Sunday." Galen, who continued to be busy with breakfast, rolled his eyes and said, then muttered in a low voice: "You asked for it, and you won't notify yourself until the box office comes out on the weekend." ”

"I'll go out and get the newspaper." Sanders patted his ass and ran.

Sean grinned, and was about to say something, but the phone rang at this time, he picked it up and looked at it, then put Poke on the ground and walked outside to the garden to connect.

"Hey, Sean, how's it going, any news?" Soon Katie's cheerful voice could be heard.

"Not yet, it won't be so early, but it will be about two or three hours before we get the news." Listening to those words of encouragement, Sean couldn't help but smile a little.

"Don't worry, you'll be able to do it." Katie swears.

If there is any benefit to being besieged by the tabloids, it is that several women are almost one-sided on his side, whether it is Jordana, who is showing off in front of him, and Michelle, or Naomi, who is full of worries, they either call or encourage him in person, let alone Katie, who currently knows nothing.

And even Camilla's little girl cheered him on the phone: "I'll go to the cinema to support you, Sean, that must be a great movie!" ”

As for Kate, who has not been in contact with much at the moment, although there is no phone call or meeting, Sean has received an email signed by CB, which does not contain much content, just one sentence: Don't care about that.

Even, Jennifer also said when she was warm that she would go back to watch the aiqing comedy he produced when the time came.

"Those tabloids like sensationalism, and the more they say that, the more it means that your movie is interesting." Jennifer said this from the bed, biting his ear.

As a victim of tabloid harassment, especially during the time when she broke up with Pete and was pushed to blame, the tabloids were unexpectedly rampant and almost climbed over the wall to her house, so Jennifer knows this feeling very well. So Sean also took this opportunity to coax her and let her wear the OL uniform that she had left in "Friends" before, and let her climb on the table and enter from behind him.

Well, that's a bit of consolation in misfortune, and for the time being, after Sanders got the newspaper back, Sean ate breakfast while reading, and as before, the comments about "My Grand Greek Wedding" were good.

"A very funny and sincere aiqing comedy, Tula was born in Greece and is over thirty years old and unmarried, everyone in the family is worried about her life, and Tula wants to change this life, and then meets and falls in love with Ian, a high school teacher. So the problem arose, Tula's family wanted her to be united with a Greek rather than a non-Greek like Ian, and the conservative father especially emphasized this, so Tula wanted to marry Ian, so he had to get his own group of eccentric relatives and be baptized in a Greek Orthodox church.

From this point of view, it seems that there is no difference from some ordinary high-laugh movies where daughters-in-law and father-in-law and mother-in-law conflict, and then there will be all kinds of exaggerated and sensational techniques to show the contradictions between each other, and then finally the parents understand the woman and agree to their marriage. But this movie didn't choose to do so, probably because this is the heroine Nia? Vadalas's semi-autobiographical story, so although there is conflict, it is not very intense, although it is sensational, it is not very intense. The film actually shows a kind of life, showing the normal life of a Greek family or an immigrant family in the United States, and if there is any charm that this film can't ignore, it's this authentic, completely life that happens around us. ”

After reading it in one breath, Sean threw the newspaper on the table, and then sighed: "Okay, today is a bit new, and the real reason for the popularity of this movie is just ...... I still prefer to know the box office figures. ”

"My Grand Greek Wedding" was released on Thursday, April 19, and the reason why this day was chosen was to warm up for the weekend. It's interesting to say that when a movie is put down for a week, the box office for three days on the weekend is often several times higher than the box office for the previous four days, so the weekend box office data is very important.

Since that day, some of the film critics who have been following since the beginning have written film reviews, and they have all seen them at the Sundance Film Festival, so they are mainly praised. Then soon someone came out to contradict it, thinking that the movie was too bland, and there was not much romance and no laughs, and it was unqualified as an aiqing comedy.

But as more critics join in, after all, it's a small-budget independent film, so critics, especially famous ones, rarely watch it in the first place. Then, the word-of-mouth that had fallen back climbed again, just like what happened at the Sundance Film Festival, many viewers who watched it thought the movie was interesting, which aroused more people's curiosity, so there was the one above, which belongs to Melanie? Haas's article.

That's right, that Melanie? Haas, who compared Sean to a second Rivan on the release of "The Genius Ripley"? Female film critic in Phoenix. She is also very concerned about "My Grand Greek Wedding", to a certain extent, if she denies Sean, it is equivalent to denying her, after all, it has only been more than a year since the sensation caused by "The Genius Ripley", so even if she wants to deny it, she has to deny it.

But Nia? Vadalas's semi-autobiographical film obviously moved her, otherwise she would not have been so praised and praised, and being so commented on by a famous film critic like her, the film's reputation would inevitably be higher.

It's just that it's basically impossible to use word-of-mouth to shut up some annoying flies, so Sean is still eagerly looking forward to the weekend box office data.

Finally, two or three hours later, Vladimir arrived at his dacha.

"Did you tell me on the phone that it would be okay soon?" Sean was amazed that he had come in person.

"And what do you think I'm here for?" Vladimir asked rhetorically.

Sean couldn't help but choke, and then his face changed, as if he thought of something unpleasant, and waited for the other party to sit down before swallowing his saliva and asking, "So, what's wrong?" ”

"Hmm......" The other party hesitated, as if he didn't know what to say, but quickly took a deep breath: "Well, to put it simply, 700 theaters got $11 million at the box office in three days over the weekend." ”

The room was silent for about a dozen seconds, and then he took a breath of cool air, and both Galen and Sanders looked shocked.

"Wait, is 11 million a lot?" Sean, who is usually quick-witted, became extremely sluggish at this time, "Compared with 700 theaters, this number is not much." ”

"And it's at the top of the North American box office." Without waiting for Galen and Sanders to give him popular science, Vladimir immediately said so.

The sound of inhaling cool air sounded again, and then, Sean finally reacted, and immediately grew his mouth, the ratio of 11 million weekend box office to 700 theaters is indeed not high, and many medium-budget movies can also do this.

But don't forget, first of all, it's the off-season for movies, and the box office of 11 million in three days over the weekend is almost a pretty high number, so it directly topped the North American box office charts; Secondly, don't forget that the actual cost of "My Grand Greek Wedding" is only a little more than 3 million, and with the first week of production and distribution taking 90% of the share, even if the book cost is more than 5 million, there is still money to be made.

Sean suddenly burst out with a daxiao, then took a deep breath and looked at Vladimir, the strong confident momentum from before returned: "This is just the beginning, right?" ”

"This is really just the beginning." Vladimir nodded, taking the same deep breath.