Chapter 76: competition

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The Warner Bros. office floor is crowded with people, although Charles Rowan is energetic, although he only rushed back to Burbank from San Francisco in the early morning, he took the latest statistics and quickly walked to Jeff Robino. In front of the husband’s office, he knocked on the door twice, pushed the door and walked in.
"Jeff..." He walked directly to the desk and said before sitting down, "Midnight box office statistics and audience word of mouth came over."
Seeing Jeff Robinoff looking up at him, Charles Rowan quickly said, "There are 2,512 cinema chains in the midnight field, and "Break in Death Island" won $3.28 million, which is nearly 80% more than we expected. Ten thousand dollars! The survey company we hired immediately consulted 5,877 viewers. Among them, the rating rate of a+ was 78%, the rating rate above a was 92%, and the rating below c was less than 1%!"
In Charles Rowan’s words, there was a faint excitement. Although it is clear that the audience of the Midnight Show is limited, most of the audiences are action movie fans, and the ratings have a natural advantage, but such an overwhelming reputation in the Midnight Show, let alone last year’s "Batman Returns" ", even the highly acclaimed "Batman" has never reached it!
"Duke didn't let us down!"
Jeff Robinoff let out a sigh of relief. He is in China. The Na Brothers are not without competitors. They fully support Duke's new work and have also endured a lot of pressure. Now they exceed the expected midnight reputation and box office. , Even if it does not fully represent the direction of the film's performance, it can always explain many problems.
"I think the 2,512 theaters we won in the first week are a bit too conservative." Charles Rowan then sat down.
"No way, Charles." Jeff Robinoff shook his head. "Caa and Twentieth Century Fox have also invested huge resources in "Interview with the Vampire". There are so many theaters and screens in North America. With their rungs in it, we can't get around 3,000 theaters like "Batman."
Charles Rowan also understands this, and at the same time knows that with Warner Bros., "Interview with the Vampire" can't even reach the scale of about 3,000 theaters.
Hollywood competition is everywhere, from scripts to roles to actors to funding to directors to theaters. It is a battlefield for film companies and projects. Those small companies with distribution rights want to be released on a large scale, and big companies Direct competition? For the theater line alone, top publishing companies can kill them.
"What about "Interview with the Vampire"?" Jeff Robinoff thought of his competitors.
"The box office is better than we expected." Charles Rowan leaned back in his chair and continued, "Midnight shows 2,689 theaters, with a box office of $3.97 million!"
"But..." His eyes flashed, "According to the feedback from the investigation company, "Interview with Vampires at Night" has a certain number of ticket purchases in major cities without admission."
Jeff Robinoff immediately understood the meaning of Charles Rowan's words, and nodded, "It must be Tom Cruise who helped the box office. This is not the first time."
It is very common for Hollywood movie stars to pay for the box office, and Tom Cruise is definitely one of the most prestigious members.
"That's the calculation." Charles Rowan added, "The midnight box office of "Interview with the Vampire" is indeed higher than that of "Breakthrough Island", but the gap is definitely not as big as the box office numbers show."
"Where is word of mouth?"
Hearing Robinoff’s question, Charles Rowan looked through the information in his hand and said, "The current professional reputation of "Interview with the Vampire" averages 8.7 points. "Only 7.6 points."
"Don't talk about it." Robinoff shook his finger. "The film critics' monument does not have much meaning for summer films. The audience's reputation."
"This is the news revealed by Fox in the 20th century." Rowan tried his best to speed up his speech. "The midnight show of "Interview with the Vampire" collected 6125 audience feedbacks, with an a+ rating rate of 63%, and a rating rate above a 100. Seventy-nine per cent, with a score of 2.1% below c."
Next, the two discussed some other things, such as theaters and publicity strategies.
At the same time, in the Fox Building in Century City, the creators and project leaders of "Interview with the Vampire" including Tom Cruise and others are also paying attention to similar statistical data. These survey data have always been not confidential. It is not difficult for companies to get them.
After discussing the subsequent publicity plan, the meeting room soon only left Tom Cruise, his agent, and Fox executives.
"We are lagging behind in terms of audience reputation."
All of you present here are senior industry insiders. Few people pay attention to professional reputation. The purpose of this film is not to win prizes. "Although the box office has an advantage, a big factor is Tom's appeal."
As soon as Pat Kingsley’s voice fell, Tom Cruise said directly to Fox’s ceo,
Townsend, I suggest that in addition to the normal publicity of "Interview with the Vampire", we must "Use your brain."
His words were recognized by most people. While promoting his own films, he tried to discredit competitors. This is a normal method of competition for major Hollywood companies.
"I will contact the media." Martin Bob said.
"Um..." Townsend Rothman nodded, "I will personally call the Emperor Entertainment Group and the AMG Chain Group to reduce the number of theaters in "Brave to Death Island" next week as much as possible!"
The competition in the film is not about blatant swords and spears, but directly on the front, a lot of work is actually behind the scenes.
Warner knows this, 20th Century Fox knows this, and Duke knows this too.
To get the midnight box office and audience reputation of the two films from Robin Grande, Duke didn’t have too many surprises, and didn’t have too many worries, whether it’s "Interview with the Vampire" or "Brave to Death Island" ", it will not be the kind of bad film that is so bad that no one cares about it. If the former can maintain the previous level, it will definitely be his strong enemy.
"If you want to succeed, you can't be afraid of competition!"
Standing in front of the full-length mirror and sorting out his clothes, Duke said to Shania Dunn, who seemed a little awkward to walk behind him,
Any successful director is to fight through competition and suppression. If you want to stand at the pinnacle of any industry, Can't avoid the opponent!"
"Then why don't you wait to compete with Jurassic Park next month?"
The person who said this was definitely not Shania Dunn, only listening to the monotonous nasal sound, Duke also knew that this was Sophia Coppola sitting on the sofa.
"Because I have no problem here." Duke pointed to his head first, then turned and glared at Sophia, "Are you happy to hit me?"
"Very fun."
Sophia shrugged, her black eyes inadvertently floated over Shania Dunn, and raised her voice slightly to remind, "The time is almost up, we should hurry back to Burbank, don’t forget, you have to Go to the NBC studio to rehearse tomorrow night’s live show with Nikolai and others."
"I'll be fine soon." Duke waved his hand over there.
"I'm leaving too."
Shania Dunn came behind him, stood on tiptoe, stretched out her head, kissed Duke's ear lightly, then deliberately blew into the ear hole, and whispered, "I will remember you, dear , If I can meet again next time, I will give you all the slap you slapped on my ass!"
Duke turned his head and squeezed her chin, "I hope we have another chance."
This kind of thing is too difficult to say. Although there are many intersections between the film and music circles, Shania Dunn settled in Nashville, the country music mecca. If he becomes famous, the announcements and national and global tours will squeeze him. Do all her time and energy.
Speaking of the original has become the two-night stand now, Duke didn't know if there would be such an opportunity to communicate with the body in the future.
Shania Dunn went to find her agent and prepared to return to Nashville. Duke and Sofia left the Fermont Hotel and drove directly to the highway to Burbank.
"Aren't you saying that the first week of the movie is always nervous and difficult to fall asleep?"
Out of the city, the road conditions were much smoother, and Sophia also chatted with Duke, "I didn't expect to have the energy to pick up girls."
"Sophia, haven't you said it?" Duke could hear a little bit of sarcasm in the words, but was used to her tone for a long time. "This is the best way to relieve stress and anxiety and forget about worries, isn't it? ?"
"Sorrow!" Sophia Coppola pouted.
Shrugged, Duke didn’t say anything. Although things were not exactly what he said, he was intoxicated in Shania Dunn’s wild and body last night, plus several hearty bedtimes. The communication exercise, in fact, his sleep quality is excellent, and he is definitely one of the best nights to sleep since the launch of "Cruise to Death Island".
Or maybe the stress and anxiety were all vented when slapped Shania's butt?
I don’t know why, this thought suddenly jumped into Duke’s mind. He shook his head and didn’t continue thinking about it. He didn’t want to develop in the direction of sadism...
The two took turns driving. By the time they arrived in Burbank, it was close to dusk, and they randomly found a place to eat something. Duke and the two rushed to the NBC television studio in Burbank.
Tomorrow night’s show is live broadcast. Although the rehearsal is not complicated, the least stepping on the field is essential. The nbc talk show is also an important part of the publicity plan formulated by Warner Bros. When Duke walked to the lounge, Nicholas Cage, Ed Harris, Christopher Lee and their agent are already sitting here, familiarizing themselves with the flow of the show.
Of course, Duke's agent Nancy Josephson was also waiting in the lounge.
Like all talk shows, most of the links and questions will be communicated with the guest’s agent or public relations in advance. As early as before the release of "Break into the Dead Island", except for a few routine retention issues, a few people His agent and Warner Bros’ PR coordinated the show.
Having been busy until nearly nine o'clock in the evening, the work on the field was over. Duke told Nancy to return to his apartment in North Hollywood after reporting the first day's box office to him as soon as possible.