Two Hundred and Eighty-Two-Advance Box Office

It wasn't until everyone entered the theater that Daisy nodded to the theater manager and prepared to show the movie at the same time.

Fortunately, this is a newly built cinema. Most old cinemas do not have a multi-hall design, and large theaters with hundreds of people are even more common. However, multi-hall design is a trend and has gradually become popular.

Seeing that the movie was about to start showing, Ector Henry rushed over with a few friends. Daisy was already looking anxiously towards the theater.

"Hurry, hurry, the movie is about to start."

Daisy grabbed a few friends and her boyfriend, ran into the prepared theater while complaining, and walked to her seat in the dark with her head down. "What are you doing? If it hadn't been for the accident that delayed the screening, you would have been late!"

The few of them had just sat in the last row when the lights in the theater began to go out, and the projector light appeared on the curtain, starting to show the opening advertisement.

Ector Henry shrugged, leaned into his girlfriend's ear and whispered: "The company is crazy busy today. This film will be officially released tomorrow. The complete set of film peripherals needs to be deployed by our department and sent to various cinemas and theaters. Peripheral stores.”

"Periphery?"

This sentence reminded Daisy and made her think about whether she could get a batch. She had a large number of potential consumers in her hands. But then she drove this idea out of her mind. It was better not to make such money. It was tantamount to killing the goose that lays the egg.

You must know that the event she organized this time is equivalent to a test. If she can achieve good results, she can get in touch with Wayne's agent Jimmy and cooperate in running Wayne's fan organization.

This relatively advanced approach has appeared for the first time in this Hollywood circle. Running your own fan group and allowing them to support their idols through various methods has exceeded the standards of directors in this era.

Even among the directors who will take the stage in the future, I am afraid that few will have such a fan organization.

Another relatively advanced approach was the petition that Daisy came up with to organize movie fans to book a movie theater. If this practice were done twenty years later, netizens on the other side of the Pacific would be very familiar with it. After almost every movie is released, there will be movie fans doing this.

In fact, it's not just a fan organization. When Jimmy told Wayne about this matter, his first thought was to give it a try. If Daisy, the discussion leader, did a good enough job, Wayne also wanted to wait until the organization matured to come up with blackmail in advance. powder organization.

It is estimated that no one can imagine how influential the Internet trolls are now, but he is very aware of the power of a group of black fan leaders in the early Internet era.

Whether they are used to promote their own movies or to discredit competitors, these anti-fans can show strong fighting power.

During the whole movie screening, Daisy couldn't concentrate on watching it. She would leave her seat from time to time and go to other theaters to check the situation. These movie fans who came to watch the movie were all young and enthusiastic. After that, no one can guarantee what will happen.

It wasn't until ten minutes before midnight that violent applause erupted from several movie theaters at almost the same time. It lasted for several minutes. Daisy breathed a sigh of relief. She knew that if there were no accidents, today's test was over.

As for the hundreds of thousands of annual salary offered to her by her agent Jimmy, she can definitely get it, but she must not tell these things to the team members. This is her only secret.

"What a shame, Daisy."

After the fans left the theater one after another, and even the police who were on duty nervously left, Ector Henry held his girlfriend's hand and walked out together, with a proud look on his face and said:

"You actually missed this great movie. Listen, if I were you, I would watch it again to make up for this regret. You don't know how exciting the movie is."

"I want to watch it too, damn it!" Daisy was also very upset, but she couldn't let go. She was always afraid of something unexpected happening, so she barely watched what the movie was about.

"You can come with me again tomorrow. I hope I can get tickets then. Ector, this is my career. Running Wayne's fan organization well will be the focus of my future work. I must take it seriously!"

Opening the car door for his girlfriend, Ector Henry turned to the driver's seat, started the car engine, and drove towards the apartment they rented. "I understand, dear, I will always support your work. To be honest, I always feel that your job has more future than mine."

What the two of them didn't notice was that among the movie fans who walked into the theater today, there was one person who was not from the discussion group at all, but accidentally watched a movie together.

That is the black security guard Schroeder, but he is now one of them. Through chatting with a group of like-minded photo fans, he discovered the most important thing. During the movie, several movie fans he chatted with did not Discriminating against his skin color.

This situation is so rare. When discussing Wayne's previous works and the plot of this movie, those people did not look down on him, but put him on an equal footing, making Schroeder feel respected for the first time.

Through Wayne's movie "Joker", this black boy realized the value of life. After giving up everything, he became a building security guard in Burbank.

If he can still gain respect and some friends through Wayne's Batman, he feels that his life will become complete. This is something he never dared to think about before. Before, in downtown Los Angeles, he thought about everything every day. Just don't get shot in the dark.

Although the last movie "The Return of the Clown" did not suit Schroeder's taste, he couldn't find the good points in those childhood memories that made people feel good, and he couldn't like that horror movie, but this bat He likes Xia very much. Although Wayne's style has changed, he is finally back with a new film.

The clock struck midnight, and the black boy Schroeder returned to his apartment with joy, went to bed early, and prepared to be in the best condition for the next day's work.

But the seventh floor of the Fox Building, also in Burbank, was brightly lit, and some people were destined to be unable to sleep peacefully. In Townsend-Rossman's office, the main creators of "Die Hard 3" were anxiously waiting for their arrival in advance. Field statistics.

"Bruce."

The film's director and producer, John McTiernan, called out to the actor with an ugly look on his face, and said reluctantly: "After the premiere, when reporters interview you, you shouldn't attack Wayne - Greenberg, I understand how you feel, but this can easily lead to more accidents."

"Listen, John!"

In fact, Bruce Weasley also felt a little regretful afterwards, but the words had already been said and would probably be reported tomorrow. At this time, he could only hold on.

"We are competitors. Do you expect me to praise that director? Now is the time for the bayonet to see red. We have no room to retreat."

Although he said tough things, he felt uncomfortable in his heart. After the premiere party, the reporter asked him to comment on his competitors when interviewing him. He barely had a few good words to say under the influence of alcohol.

"Wayne Greenberg? That 25-year-old kid? I believe "Die Hard 3" will let him know what a real summer blockbuster should look like. Don't take his previous achievements as an excuse. In my eyes, Wayne Greenberg is a director who can only direct low-budget thrillers, and the hundreds of millions of dollars invested by Warner Bros. is destined to be his Waterloo!"

Thinking of the words he said, he felt uncomfortable for a while. He had habitually said big words, and now he just hoped not to be slapped in the face.

Just when he thought about this, the secretary knocked on the door of the office, and then walked in with a few sheets of printing paper. Everyone knew that the two films that were premiering at the same time and starting the advance screening at the same time would win or lose on the first day. It's all on these pieces of printing paper.

In accordance with the habits of large companies, both 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. tonight hired a third-party investigation company, plus some investigators from their own companies, to collect all data related to the film.

"Okay, everyone has waited long enough, I'm here to read it to you."

Townsend Roseman, who was already quite old, yawned and picked up the statistics, looked at a few people and said:

"According to the preliminary rough statistics of the theater alliance, the advance box office of "Die Hard 3" is about 7.8 million US dollars. Well, this result is very good."

The first item is the box office statistics. This number is already very good. The first two films have accumulated a large number of fans. This is the advantage of this kind of sequel film.

And this figure also made Bruce Wesley and John McTiernan smile confidently. Regardless of their competitors, the early box office of their film reached the expected level.

"A third-party survey company randomly distributed 2,200 questionnaires, and more than 2,100 were recovered. Seventy-nine percent of the fans who have watched the movie gave the film a rating of A or above. These fans generally They think this film is very exciting and a rare Hollywood blockbuster, and the rest of the fans also rated it above C!"

At this time, several people in the office completely let go of their worries. For a Hollywood commercial popcorn film to have such a high reputation among audiences, it shows that the performance of the film meets the tastes of most people, and it should not be a problem at the box office.

As for the film’s professional reputation? Since the "Shawshank Redemption" incident, Hollywood production companies have discovered that summer movies can ignore the opinions of film critics, and their influence on summer movie audiences is limited.

"Are there any statistics on Batman?" John McTiernan asked. They all knew that there were no secrets in Hollywood at this point in time, and these survey data were not confidential and would be made public in the future.

"Of course, I think there should be." Townsend-Rosman turned to the next page of the printing paper, and the smile on his face suddenly turned gloomy before it faded.

Bruce Wesley sensed something was wrong. "How much, Townsend? What's wrong?!"

"'Batman Begins' has opened a total of 2,500 advance screenings. According to rough statistics from the theater alliance, it has earned a total of about 15.8 million U.S. dollars!"

"F***f! He broke the record?!"

Everyone understands what this number means, that is, almost every advance show is almost full of spectators, and this number, without checking it, should break the box office record for advance shows!

"Maybe it's because this movie is rated PG13, or maybe it's because of something else. One thing to note is that Wayne Greenberg's die-hard fans actually booked an entire theater!"

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