Chapter 1088: Stick to the dark wind

In the eyes of a favorite audience, "Watchmen" is definitely not inferior to the existence of "The Dark Knight."
In terms of popularity, the former is far inferior to the latter.
"Watchmen" can be regarded as the most stylish of all superhero comics, and the film that it shoots also appears tall in content and theme, not as vulgar as ordinary superhero movies.
Even the depth of the theme surpasses Christopher Nolan's two "Batman".
But there is a fact recognized by the entire film industry that cannot be ignored. Once a film rises up, it will face the situation of high music and few.
Especially superhero movies with a strong commercial flavor.
The opening results of "Watchmen" were good, above the expectations of Warner Bros., but the magnitude of the drop next weekend was also unexpected by Warner Bros.
The drop of nearly 70% is not unthrilling.
At the box office of 17.81 million US dollars the following weekend, it was also announced that there would be no miracle behind "Watchmen". There was no chance that the North American box office would exceed US$200 million. Even if it exceeded US$150 million, it was a small probability event.
The production cost of the film alone is as high as 130 million US dollars.
Faced with such a situation, the leaders of Warner Bros. could not help discussing Zach Schneider again.
"Based on the analysis of the current situation, there is no possibility for "Watchmen" to recover the cost through the box office." DC Comics CEO Diego Harris said: "Strictly speaking, this film is not a success. Regarding director Zac- Schneider, we..."
Zach Schneider was the person recommended by Charles Rowan. The most experienced and successful Warner Bros. producer said: "But "Watchmen" has not failed! In addition to the online box office, there are also DVD and other markets. In terms of film reputation, it is not difficult to make a profit."
He glanced at Kevin Tesukhara and said: "Look at the various word-of-mouth statistics of "Watchmen". IMDB has a score of 8.2. The comprehensive evaluation of the media is very high. The evaluation of film critics is biased towards positive. Roger Albert even said that this is the best science fiction movie he has ever seen."
Diego Harris’ doubts have not been dispelled:
The reputation of many movies is not necessarily linked to the market.

Charles Rowan said again: "It's a small number of movies! Art films with a good reputation may not be at the box office, and they can also get chatting offline. From the time of release and even the establishment of the project, they are destined to lose money. But commercial movies with good reputation, Even if the box office is not good, offline will be successful."
He knows who can really make the decision, and said to Kevin Tesuhara: "The Watchmen has also been affected by objective factors. Because of the copyright disputes in 20th Century Fox, we have A lot of the publicity and marketing initiated by the release have gone into nothing, and the negative impact of postponing the release is objective."
Diego Harris can't deny this, and it was also expected by Warner Bros. and DC Comics before the "Watchmen" was released.
Changing the release schedule of a movie, especially before it is released, is a taboo for movie distribution.
When Kevin Tesohala heard the name of Twentieth Century Fox, he couldn't help but frowned slightly. Combined with News Corp's acquisition of the entire Warner siege, he only felt that the Murdoch family was a bunch of bad people.
Originally, he belonged to the faction of Time Warner that resolutely resisted the acquisition of News Corp. Now there is the "Watchmen". Not only does he have no good feelings for the Murdoch family and its News Corp. and 20th Century Fox, but also A strong sense of disgust was born.
"Charles makes sense." Kevin Tesuhara is still inclined to Zach Schneider: "The positive reviews of "Watchmen" far outweigh the negatives, and the image style is similar to that of "The Dark Knight." In Christopher- When Nolan refuses to cooperate with us, Zach Schneider is still our first choice."
Diego Harris still said: "But the box office trend of "Watchmen"..."
Kevin Tesuhara asked: "Diego, the global box office of "The Dark Knight" exceeds one billion US dollars. Which superhero movie has achieved this score in the past?"
"Only "The Dark Knight"." Thinking of the success of this movie, Diego Harris said from the heart: "This is a great success. The future Justice League movie universe, as well as the entire DC comics, are indeed It should follow this pattern and style."
Kevin Tesuhara said: "Doesn't your doubts be resolved? As far as Hollywood is concerned, besides Christopher Nolan and Zach Schneider, which director has this style?"
Diego Harris finally nodded. It is too early to talk about the success or failure of "Watchmen". Moreover, the comic itself has the problem of high music and lack of music. The film has the current situation and it is not the responsibility of the director alone.
And Zach Schneider also admired one thing in the filming and production of "Watchmen". Zach Schneider respected the creation of DC comics and made the adaptation of the movie as close to the original as possible.
As before, when faced with the choice of the director, the management of Warner Bros. was deeply affected by the success of "The Dark Knight". Even if the box office results of "Watchmen" were fairly average, they still chose to trust Zach Schneider who insisted on the dark wind. .
At the end of the meeting, the people who participated in the meeting left to get busy with their work.
Kevin Tesohala returned to the office and found out the settlement agreement between Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox on "Watchmen".
Twentieth Century Fox has clarified the danger this time. "Watchmen" has long been set up for shooting. It has been widely promoted since last year. Even if there is a copyright dispute, why didn't you call 20th Century Fox earlier? But I have to wait for the film to be released in less than two months!
This is simply pushing "Watchmen" to the top of the cliff, leaving Warner Bros. and DC Comics with nowhere to go. They can only accept the terms of 20th Century Fox.
In the past, the 20th Century Fox was not in this style. Since James Murdoch came to Los Angeles from England and took the helm of the 20th Century Fox himself, the company has become aggressive.
Even Kevin Tesuhara has to admit that the timing of the 20th Century Fox's shot was just right.
Warner Bros. suffered a huge economic loss this time. Maybe someone on the board of directors will attack him and ask him to explain.
Kevin Tesukhara pressed the intercom and called the assistant.
"Let people stare at the 20th Century Fox." Kevin Tesuhara is a descendant of an island nation, with a vicious side of the island nation: "The specific situation is every three days... No, it will be collected every two days and delivered in time. ."
The assistant understood what he meant, and immediately said: "Yes! I will deploy the staff now."
Beverly Hills, Century City, Fox Tower.
James Murdoch looked at the box office bulletin for the latest weekend and said: "Jim, this time I did a good job."
Jim-Pross said modestly: "The main reason is that you choose the timing too good, so that Warner Bros. has power and no time to use it."
""Terminator" originally belonged to 20th Century Fox." James Murdoch was never a person who swallowed his stomach silently after a loss: "We previously considered the cooperation with Warner Bros., based on the relationship between the two sides. I lent it to them for the time being. Not only did they not accept the affection, they also bite us in turn."
Jim Pross then said: "This is also my negligence at work."
James Murdoch waved his hand: "It has nothing to do with you. Warner Bros. violated the rules of the game."
Hearing the words of the rules of the game, Jim Prolos couldn't help but quietly glanced at James Murdoch. It seemed that the man in front of him never took the rules of the game seriously and trampled on various rules.
However, with News Corporation and the Murdoch family, it shouldn’t be a big deal, right?
After all, Jim Prolos is the Fox manager who is on the bright side, and he doesn't particularly understand what James Murdoch does, otherwise he would certainly not have such an idea.
James Murdoch added: "On the Warner Bros. side, the follow-up box office share of "Watchmen", you also have to stare, don't let them do tricks."
Warner Bros. not only vomits what he eats from 20th Century Fox, but 20th Century Fox also takes interest from Warner Bros.
Jim Prolos hurriedly said: "I will, the one in the circle is okay to deal with outsiders. Twentieth Century Fox will not give Warner Bros. a chance."
James Murdoch asked at this time: "Also, how are the arrangements for the release of summer films?"
"It has been arranged." Jim Prolos briefly introduced: "Starting in May, 20th Century Fox has new movies released every month. In May is "Robin Hood"..."
The 20th Century Fox has no hope for much of this film. In order to reduce the loss and avoid the impact of the failure of the previous epic film, the schedule of "Robin Hood" was deliberately adjusted from last year's holiday file to this year's summer file in order to use time to dilute the audience's memory .
James Murdoch asked: "What about the disaster film, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com "Super Storm"?"
Jim Prolos said: "In June, in order to avoid James Cameron's new film "Avatar", it was scheduled in mid-June."
"James Cameron." James Murdoch thought of his old rival, Relativity Entertainment: "I remember that in the propaganda of Relativity Entertainment, it claimed that "Avatar" invested 500 million US dollars."
Jim Prolos thought for a while, and said: "This is for external propaganda. The specific investment is not clear yet."
James Murdoch nodded slightly, and asked: "How many movies are there in the Relativity Entertainment Summer Archive?"
Jeep-Pros recalled, and said: "The summer file started with "Iron Man 2," followed by "Avatar", "Fast and Furious 4", "Alice in Wonderland", "Clover File", it seems And animated feature films..."
He emphasized: "There is definite news that "Avatar" is the number one movie project of Relativity Entertainment today!"
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