"I Am Legend" is also a hit in the North American film market.

If the box office of this drama did not soar as before, on the contrary, it dropped slightly three days after its premiere, but this does not stop its good reputation in major media and film review networks.

To be honest, a fast-food-style zombie movie can surpass a classic like "Resident Evil" and be "touted", which in itself is a kind of progress.

On the famous Rotten Tomatoes website in the United States, more than 100 reviews were included on the 15th and 16th, of which 103 were fresh and only 1 was rotten, and the freshness reached a terrifying 99 percent. The freshness of well-known film critics is also more than 95 percent, the audience likes it 100 percent, and the public score is 4.8 points.

Such a rating is terrifying, and it can be said that it has never been seen before or even for a long time.

The score on the TOP250 is also stable at more than 9 points.

The two most used words about "I Am Legend" on the entire Internet are shock and amazing!

"So lonely, so helpless, so lonely! The first half of the film seems boring and bland, but it gives people a shock, a good experience, a careful evaluation, and it seems to have another indescribable taste. The protagonist Julie's coldness of the last days, the enthusiasm for saving the world, and the perseverance against zombies, the softness of nostalgia for the past, and the painful urging of Lassy, the most stubborn sheepdog, are all vividly portrayed! So much so that it is unclear whether Angelina Jolie has made this legend or the legend has made Julie! ”

"There are so many amazing things in the film, whether it is the touching of the death of the Savior of Lassi, or the innovation of zombies with emotions. Or the dazzling zombie spectacle. "I Am Legend" gives a perfect feel. ”

"There is so much love expressed in "I Am Legend". Too much love. A horror movie, a zombie movie, but it can express so many things, maybe only China Yi can do it! ”

"Who can imagine how many people are complaining and how many people are insulting at the front of the movie? However, when the film ended, how many people couldn't help but stand up and shout excitedly. China Yi is really a great filmmaker. ”

"China Yi seems to have reached its peak every time, but every time it will bring excitement and shock. Bringing innovation, you must know that China Yi is only twenty-six this year! Where are his limits? ”

"The plot is twisty but full of positive energy, seemingly hopeless but always a glimmer of hope. "I Am Legend", a movie worth recalling. ”

……

There are so many reviews about the film that thousands of people are constantly refreshing the praise of "I Am Legend" on the Internet.

The national "legend" is definitely not an exaggeration, these two days, from the streets and alleys to the city square. Without exception, the most talked about is the word I am a legend.

"I Am Legend" is too strong. So much so that "Terminator 3", which played against it, was suppressed from beginning to end.

Of course, if the movie is suppressed, then the most unhappy is of course the film company, and Warner is very unhappy.

At the beginning, Warner made plans and pondered left and right, so he decided to start filming "Terminator 3". I hope to use the sharpness of the first two parts of this series to create a new classic movie and achieve a new box office miracle. As a result, Warners had high expectations for the play from top to bottom. In terms of investment, it can be said that there is strong support, in the words of the president of Warner, "we want to use the most dollars to build the best terminator!" ”

But as a result, his own movies were suppressed by the movies of Dream Entertainment and couldn't raise his head.

No!

Absolutely not!

For Warners, the question now is no longer whether the box office is high, but a matter of face!

That's right, it's a matter of face!

If you mix in Hollywood, you must have a good face! Especially as a veteran Hollywood company, Warner is a banner, but now, its glorious banner has been smeared, how can this work?!

Therefore, in response to this movie war, Warner executives felt that they had to do something!

First of all, Warner arranged for people to spend a lot of money to hire an online water army, and used the online water army to give their "Terminator 3" a high rating.

As a result, on major movie websites in the United States, including the most authoritative websites, including Rotten Tomatoes, there have been all kinds of complaints.

The screen name "Amazon's Crocodile" posted: "After watching "Terminator 3", it is definitely a super sci-fi blockbuster of the year, whether it is the story plot and character setting, it basically inherits the core content of the first two parts, the most important thing is that Schwarzenegger is not old, he is still so sharp, let us see the excitement of his action scenes!" Therefore, for this play, I like it! ”

"There is no sea in the Mediterranean" posted: "How to describe the shock of "Terminator 3"? The extremely strong visual effects, the familiar story index, and the explosive power of the actors' muscles, all this made me go back to the eighties, so to speak, this Terminator, only transcendence, no regression! ”

"Love Died in Las Vegas" posted: "Why do you have to compare a mentally handicapped movie like "I Am Legend" with the great "Terminator 3"? China's easy-to-use film design makes people feel extremely dull and depressing, even if there are elements like zombies in the back, it can't save the flaws of this play; On the contrary, let's take a look at "Terminator 3", the whole drama only has highlights, and there are no urine points! Definitely let you see the end from the beginning to the end in one go! Trust me, you can't go wrong with Terminator 3! ”

……

I have to say that the power of the Internet water army is beyond people's imagination, and just like the famous psychologist Sigmund Freud said, people are easy to swing animals, and the herd psychology is serious, especially people who don't like to think, they are even softer, and it is easy to believe those wind-like remarks.

Therefore, after "Terminator 3" was hyped up by the water army, some viewers also began to choose to watch this drama purposefully, in contrast, the audience of "I Am Legend" was diverted away a large number at once.

"Oh, you asked me why I chose to watch Terminator 3. Didn't you say it on the Internet? This drama is great! "In front of a movie theater. So said one of the black viewers interviewed.

"Yes, we believe that good movies will be praised, and "Terminator 3" should be good, after all, there are so many people who like it on the Internet!"

"Watching "Terminator 3", what are you for? Because I've heard that it's better than "I Am Legend"! ”

For a time, Warner used a huge network water army to flood more than N movie forums and hold the originally suppressed "Terminator 3" high. It was completely used to fight against the morale-boosting "I Am Legend".

In addition to hiring online trolls to give themselves points on the Internet, like, and win a good reputation, Warner also used a sharper trick, that is, to push up its box office data, how to do it? That's cheating!

There are many tricks to box office fraud, including chartering their own company's films, and stealing ticket stubs. In fact, the American film industry cracks down on movie box office fraud very severely, and it is definitely not as tolerant as the early Celestial Empire, which makes box office fraud extremely rampant. But there is a policy. There are countermeasures, especially for those big film companies that control a large number of theaters. Box office fraud is definitely a breeze.

Therefore, Warner easily arranged such a false box office reversal picture, and at the door of N more movie theaters, the ticket office of "Terminator 3" began to become troubled and unpopular.

The box office data that Warner Studios began to release also soared from 30 to 40 million to 50 or 60 million, in the words of Warner's foreign spokesman: "Miracle, just like that!" ”

……

The box office battle between "Terminator 3" and "I Am Legend" has officially become inseparable, especially Warner's performance for three consecutive days, which makes the box office results vaguely overwhelming Dream Entertainment.

At this point, the whole situation is not good for Dream Entertainment.

In fact, from a commercial point of view, from an entertainment point of view, "Terminator 3" is better than the "humanistic zombie" "I Am Legend". But Yi Feiyang cleverly exploited the loophole of "novelty", and when traditional zombie films such as "Resident Evil" were popular, he created his own zombie style with the help of "The Walking Dead", and carried it forward in this "I Am Legend".

In a sense, Yi Feiyang took advantage of people's curiosity to complete the wave-like release of this play, first suppressing and then rising, and then the earth-shattering waves...... This can be seen from Spielberg's endless talk about his play in Xi'an.

But now, Warner's efforts make it difficult for Yi Feiyang's drama to continue to maintain a good momentum, especially under the suppression of the "Terminator 3" water army, word-of-mouth publicity is even more precarious.

In the face of such a situation, even Yi Feiyang couldn't sit still, not that he was worried about the box office, but because if "I Am Legend" was suppressed by "Terminator 3", the movies to be released by Dream Entertainment in the future would be surrounded and suppressed by other film companies taking advantage of the momentum.

But how to break through?

Standing at the floor-to-ceiling window of the Dream Entertainment Building, Yi Feiyang crossed his arms and touched his chin, thinking carefully.

Suddenly, a fragrant breeze wafted behind him, and a pair of soft hands covered his eyes. "Hey, guess who I am?" A sweet voice sounded behind him.

"Hehe, who else but the beautiful Miss Angelina?"

"Ha, it's boring, you guessed it all of a sudden." Angelina Jolie let go of her hand, "Look at the way you just looked, were you bothered by our movie?" ”

"Well, yes, you guessed it too, and we tied it." Yi Feiyang smiled and motioned for the other party to sit down.

"How's it going, flying back from New York, how do you feel?" Yi Feiyang asked.

"I feel like there are a lot of fans all of a sudden! God, when I got off the plane, I was shocked by the black pressure on a large piece of black press! Angelina patted her chest and said.

"And those film critics who didn't like me very much and called me a vase girl actually began to praise my acting skills, and even said that I had become a powerful person! It's hard to imagine, right, these changes? Zhu Li looked at Yi Feiyang with beautiful eyes.

"yes, it looks like you're quite proud, so successful!"

"Hehe, are you praising me, or are you praising yourself? Didn't you create my success? ”

"Me?" Yi Feiyang pointed at his nose cutely, "I didn't expect me to have such a big credit!" ”

"Che, do you want me to praise you?"

"Praise is it. Let's be practical. For example, a dinner treat. For example, give me a gift, for example, ......" Before Yi Feiyang finished speaking, Angelina suddenly came over and blocked his lips with her bright and fiery red lips.

Rub your lips gently against your lips.

Yi Feiyang's expression was very strange.

After a while, parting, Angelina smiled: "What's the matter, this will finally repay you!" ”

Yi Feiyang shrugged. "It's like I'm repaying you! You know, I'm very popular, and many girls dream of kissing me......"

Angelina fainted, "You're feeling good about yourself!" ”

"Of course, who makes me so charming!" Yi Feiyang smiled, and then said, "Actually, I'm struggling with this play!" ”

"Is it because of the strong reversal of "Terminator 3"?"

"yes, lo and behold, that's the data I've collected, it's too ...... It's so unexpected! ”

Angelina looked at the reports carefully and suddenly said, "There seems to be a problem here." ”

"What?" Yi Feiyang was stunned.

"I mean this data. See, no, it's basically Warner's movie theaters that have been greatly improved. Others don't. ”

"Oh, yes, I'll see." Yi Feiyang took the data and looked at it.

As the so-called authorities are obsessed with bystanders, Yi Feiyang didn't see the key to this when he watched it just now, but now when Zhu Li said this, he immediately saw the difference.

"Well, you're right, Julie, these numbers are weird." Yi Feiyang touched his chin and said. "Are they making false accounts?"

Zhu Li smiled: "Why, don't you know that big Hollywood studios are masters of fake accounts!" ”

Yi Feiyang shrugged, "It's only now that I'm enlightened!" ”

"What's your plan?"

"Of course they're going to be exposed!"

"But since they dare to do it, they must have a way back!"

"Then go straight to the scene and find evidence!" Yi Feiyang smiled weirdly.

……

Los Angeles Caesars Cinema, Box Office.

A young man and a woman are buying tickets.

The young man is fat, and the young woman is a beautiful woman.

The fat man said to the conductor, "Hello, please give two tickets to "I Am Legend". ”

The male conductor looked at them and said, "Man, are you sure you want to watch this play?" But it's terrifying. ”

"It's okay, my girlfriend and I both love horror movies."

"Why don't you watch "Terminator 3", this drama is very exciting!" The male conductor strongly recommended it.

"No, we still want to watch 'I Am Legend'."

"If you watch Terminator 3,......" the conductor whispered, "I can give you a twenty percent discount!" ”

"Is that okay?" The fat man was surprised. "But we still want to watch 'I Am Legend'!"

"God, how can someone like you be so stubborn?" The conductor was getting impatient. "It's better to do this, I give you tickets for "Terminator 3", you can take the tickets to watch "I Am a Legend" ......"

Fat man: "Why are you so troublesome?" What's in it for us? ”

"Damn it!" The conductor cursed secretly, "The good thing is that I still give you a twenty percent discount!" ”

"So, deal!" The fat man said happily.

Tear up the ticket, pay!

Seeing that the matter had been completed, suddenly, crackling, a bunch of reporters appeared from there, and there was a burst of crazy shooting around them.

"What are you doing? What are you going to do? The conductor yelled.

"Sir, may I ask why you helped "Terminator 3" steal the box office?"

"Sir, don't you know that it is very immoral for you to do this?"

"Sir, may you please explain, who gave you this power?"

……

The male conductors are going crazy.

Then the fat man said, "Hello, man, I know that you are in a difficult situation right now, but I hope you can expose the people who are behind you, because I am afraid that you will not be able to bear the consequences of this incident......"

"What do you mean by that?"

"That's what I mean...... I'm Jack Black from Dream Entertainment, and our conversation has been recorded just now, and as physical evidence, I can sue you on behalf of the company, and you, most likely, wipe your ass clean and go to jail! ”

"What, God!" The male conductor went limply.

……

No one could have imagined that "Terminator 3" and "I Am Legend", which were originally inseparable, would break the shocking news at the box office.

"Terminator 3" turned out to be a box office fraud, and what is even more unforgivable is that it even stole the box office of "I Am a Legend"!

Box office fraud in Hollywood is actually nothing new, on the contrary, some companies occasionally try this "despicable" trick in order to expand the promotion of their films, but this time, like Warner, it went a little too far.

Because he broke the rules, the unspoken rule of the film industry, that is, you can praise yourself, but you can't hurt the interests of your peers!

"The evidence is overwhelming, and we regret Warner's actions!" —Motion Picture Association of North America.

"If this time it was a mistake by Warners, then we hope there will be no next time!" —American Cultural Administration.

"I hope that the relevant parties can thoroughly investigate and deal with it seriously!" - Dream Entertainment, Inc.

……

On the Internet, the sailors who were originally hired by Warner ran into trouble, and a large wave of attacks made them embarrassed.

"Look, this is the movie you guys gave good reviews, what are they doing, it's an insult to the IQ of all the audience!"

"Stealing the box office, making fake accounts, and you damn water army, don't you know how to be honest?"

"Facts speak louder than words! No amount of trolls can change the truth of the matter! ”

……

Warners executives could never have expected things to take a turn for the worse. Moving in a direction that is difficult to control.

In newspapers, magazines, and major media, Warner first issued a "statement of apology" very sincerely, and then emphatically pointed out, "The incident was committed by a small number of people, and the truth of the specific matter has yet to be ascertained!" The meaning is obvious, that is, the high-level officials do not know the way about this matter, and they did not order it to be done.

There is no doubt that they have become accustomed to this kind of trick of finding the lower class to carry the black pot, and it is easy to distract the audience's anger. But for the drama "Terminator 3", it has hit a lot hard, at least in terms of box office and word of mouth, it has begun to plummet from the previous soaring!

Two months later, the PK of "Terminator 3" and "I Am Legend" finally ended, and the result was obvious, "Terminator 3", which originally wanted to go against the sky, was embarrassed because of the box office fraud, and finally ended with a global box office of 430 million. And "I Am Legend" has a global box office of more than 800 million, achieving a miracle of 880 million!

As the big winner, Dream Entertainment once again prepared a grand celebration banquet, ready to celebrate this rare victory with everyone.

In fact, this summer vacation Fantasy Entertainment won nearly 500 million box office worldwide with the previously released "Kung Fu Panda", plus this 880 million "I Am Legend", the box office of Fantasy Entertainment in the entire summer vacation was 1.38 billion US dollars.

Today, the four major industries of Fantasy Entertainment, Google Network, Apple, Weta Digital, and Samsung Electronics, plus the Hilton Hotel, Trump Real Estate, etc., which have invested in a lot of profits, so far, the overall strength of Fantasy Entertainment, which has not yet been listed, has actually reached an astonishing 10 billion!

As the supreme president of this company, Yi Feiyang, who is only twenty-six years old, has become a veritable tycoon of tens of billions! (To be continued......)