Seeing that Jon Berg seemed to be battered, MacDonald didn't dare to say more, quietly waiting for the president's latest instructions.

Jon Berg said: "It's okay, the advance box office is directly related to sequels and adaptations, we are non-sequel films, and we are not very popular commercial adaptations, and it is normal for the early box office to be low. ”

McDonald wasn't sure if he was saying this to himself, or if the president was talking to himself, so he simply didn't answer.

Jon Berg waved his hand: "Okay, that's all for today, let's all go back and rest early." ”

McDonald leaves the president's office and informs the assistant team that they are off duty.

Jon Berg sat on the couch and didn't move.

He had a bad premonition.

But as soon as this thought flashed through his head, he stood up strongly, the North American release of "Giant Catcher Jack" has just begun, and the box office in advance is average, and there are not many blockbuster films in the first week.

It's too early to draw conclusions, and it's not too late to wait for tomorrow's box office to come out and decide whether the film will succeed or fail.

Jon Berg automatically isolated those bad thoughts, and it seemed very easy to leave the office and drive home to rest.

With the official release of the film in North America, the ratings and word-of-mouth that Warner Bros. has been banned by major media and websites, and all broke out the next morning.

"With the film's dazzling special effects, fairy tales, and teenage fantasy, what more can viewers expect from the movie in May?"

In the Chicago Sun-Times, the original "Roger Albert Watching Movies" column gave the film 88 points.

"An exciting, original, and entertaining adventure story movie."

Warner's "Variety" film review column also gave the film a score of 80.

Just looking at the comments of film critics in the media, it seems that this is a good movie with quality and quantity in the summer.

In an era when film reviews have long been commercialized, these can naturally be marketed.

But "Jack the Giant Catcher" has a very poor reputation among the audience.

On the Internet, where young viewers gather today, IMDB's opening score is only 5.5 points, and by noon it has dropped to 5.3 points.

On Twitter, it's almost all swearing.

As a result, in the traditional media, many film review columns are applauding "Giant Catcher Jack", while on the Internet, most ordinary fans are scolding bad movies.

Although Warner Bros.'s trolls are desperately trying to bring the rhythm online, there are too many scoldings to be reversed.

Warner Pictures responded immediately.

Jon Berg stood up for an interview and responded to the bad reviews on the Internet: "It is impossible for a movie to be liked by everyone, "Jack the Giant Catcher" has received some negative reviews on the Internet, but it has also been praised by a large number of media, which does not mean that the quality of the film is not good, it is just that the word-of-mouth is polarized. ”

Perhaps under too much pressure, Jon Berg also lashed out at the people who gave the bad reviews, as well as some people who had ulterior motives to see his jokes: "Some people may not like this film, and reasonable criticism is acceptable, but the way you criticize this film is too brutal!" ”

The effect of this interview is full, because there are so many people who criticize "Jack the Giant Catcher".

Ordinary fans exploded in an instant.

I didn't spend money to buy a ticket to watch this movie, and I really wasn't qualified to comment and rate it.

The problem is that I spent money to watch it, and I can't say that a bad movie is bad? And admit that you don't appreciate it enough?

Fans flocked to the official Twitter account of "Giant Catcher Jack" and left crazy messages.

"Is that word-of-mouth polarizing? It's clear that the reviews that you paid for are given high scores, and everyone else is all given low scores! ”

"What kind of bad movie did Warner make, don't you know it in your heart?"

"I understand why the actor of the film is schizophrenic, because the president of Warner is a paranoid!"

As for sites like IMDB, all kinds of bad reviews fall like raindrops on a rainy day.

On the other hand, Cinemascore announced the live score of theater audiences, with an average of only C!

Warner Bros. previously failed three high-budget film projects, "Pharaoh and the Gods", "Green Lantern" and "Dark Land", also scored C on the spot.

In the years that Cinemascore was founded, films with audience ratings of C were almost the only exception to box office failures.

"Giant Catcher Jack" was no exception on its first day of release in North America, with $5.59 million at the box office in 3,855 theaters.

Nolan got the data and called Martin as soon as possible: "Do you see the box office figures?" This film will produce extremely terrible losses. ”

Martin smiled and said, "Chris, are you ready?" “

Nolan said: "When the North American box office comes out on the first weekend, we will launch it." ”

"Yes." Martin said, "I'll wait for your whistle." ”

He reminded: "Brian Singer's side? ”

"I've been contacted." "He's waiting for an opportunity," Nolan said. ”

Martin understood: "I will help Brian Singh create a suitable opportunity.

Nolan added: "I'm going to DreamWorks and Paramount right now, and I'm going to talk to Spielberg and Bob in person, because the Star Rescue project has dragged on for too long. ”

Martin said, "Good luck. ”

Nolan hung up the phone.

Martin put down his phone.

Louise, who was next to her, lifted the quilt, put on black-rimmed glasses, wore nothing, and walked towards the table.

Martin leaned back on the soft pillow, admiring it all: "You're tempting me." ”

Louise picked up the address book, faced Martin, and said solemnly: "Warner Bros., and even the entire Time Warner, has never lacked the genes of infighting, just like Kevin Tsujihara and his Warner group came to power, which was the result of infighting, and there are many people within Warner Bros. who covet the position of president of Warner Pictures. “

She lifted her legs, stepped on the chair, and said something serious in a strange manner: "Our old friend Daniel is a typical example of this, according to the information I have received, Warner Pictures' previous major productions failed, and Jon Berg put the blame on Daniel every time, and Daniel is extremely dissatisfied with Jon Berg. ”

Martin said: "Daniel's chance has come. ”

Louise said, "I'll call Daniel personally. ”

Martin laughed, "Fantastic. ”

"You need to pay for this call!" Louise pushed her black-rimmed glasses up.

Martin immediately took action and recharged the bill.

…………

With the release of the first day box office of "Giant Catcher Jack" in North America, Jon Berg invested a lot of resources to maintain the word-of-mouth and could no longer hold on.

The so-called "polarized word-of-mouth" has completely collapsed.

Kenneth Turran, a film critic for the Los Angeles Times, slammed the film in his column.

"The film just takes the most well-known parts of the two fairy tales, and then uses some gorgeous shots to piece together a very mediocre work! Brian Singer is a very mature director, and it's incredible that this film is so subpar and makes so many low-level mistakes. ”

After Brian Singh saw it, he said that I resolutely do not carry this black cauldron!

At the suggestion of a friend, he reached out to TMZ for a video interview and told the behind-the-scenes story of the filming and production of Jack the Giant Catcher.

The video soon appeared prominently on the TMZ homepage.

"Those who have followed the promotion of "Jack the Giant Catcher" should know that I have never participated in any promotional announcements for the film from beginning to end, because this film is not my work at all!"

The movie is so bad that the actor is schizophrenic, and Brian Singer says that he will not carry this black pot for anything: "I hereby solemnly declare that "Giant Catcher Jack" is not my work! ”

He elaborated: "Most of the footage of this film was indeed directed by me on the spot, but a lot of it was not what I wanted to shoot at all, and the film went very well in Atlanta in the early days, and then I don't know why, Warner Pictures president Jon Berg sent a new producer, and agreed that the other investors would send a producer each. ”

"In a crew, there are six powerful producers who dictate to the director's shooting, and before every scene and every shot is taken, they will carefully review and express their opinions, and their opinions are different, so the constant quarrels on the set lead to the filming of each scene, and they must first reach an agreement in the quarrel before I can shout to start......"

"Do you know what it's like? I was tortured alive for a month, a month! ”

Brian Singer in the video said this, and everyone gritted their teeth: "When I returned to Los Angeles after filming, I had severe psychological and mental trauma, and I had heart problems and had to be hospitalized, and Jon Berg took the opportunity to deprive me of the right to participate in post-production. ”

"I'd like to say thank you to him for not letting me do post-production, or I'd have gone crazy. Jon Berg, the president of Warner Pictures, has developed a madman's production model in post-production. ”

"He first asked the six producers to edit a finished film each, and then organized a group of experts to watch the film, and they reviewed the film to select the best parts of the six edited films, and then personally directed the editors to edit it into a released version, perhaps this is why many fans feel that the characters, plot and style are always changing back and forth."

Brian Singer explained the situation and threw the pot back again: "So 'Jack the Giant Catcher' is the work of Jon Berg and his producers, not Brian Singh, and I'm not even the head conductor of the set." ”

Not only did TMZ release a clarification video, but Brian Singer then had his agent contact Warner Pictures, the Directors Guild and the Producers Union to request that his name be removed from the directorial column of "Jack the Giant Catcher."

How bad does a film have to be for the directors involved in the filming to refuse to admit that it is their own work?

Brian Singh's statement completely collapsed the reputation of "Giant Catcher Jack".

On Saturday, the film's box office had already begun to decline, earning only $5.24 million that day.

Three days after the opening weekend in North America, "Giant Catcher Jack" received $14.22 million at the box office in the midst of bad reviews.

This is an even more terrifying box office tragedy than "Pharaoh and the Gods" and "Green Lantern".

(End of chapter)