After finalizing the live shooting of the crew at the Pentagon, Duke returned to Los Angeles and took a day off. When he was bored at home, Scarlett Johnson paid special attention to the release of "This Man from Earth".

She sat in front of the computer in the lounge, drinking juice, and said to Duke, "This data is so bleak that I even want to sympathize with David Ellison."

Sitting on a high-back sofa chair, Duke was flipping through a "Transformers" comic. When he heard Scarlett say this, he couldn't help but look up and asked, "Tell me about the specific data."

This is a movie that David Ellison snatched from him, and if Duke wants to see "This Man from Earth" sell out, it must be fake.

"This Man from Earth" has been released for ten days, and has accumulated a total of US$28,521 in 126 theaters in North America. The box office of a single museum in ten days has not exceeded US$3,000..."

Speaking of this, Scarlett Johnson shook his head and spoke again, "Imdb score is very high, with 8.4 points. Unfortunately, because there are too few people rated, there are less than 500 people rated it."

In a movie, the fewer people score, the higher the IDC score. This is a very simple truth and is also the main reason for the high IDC score of "This Man from Earth".

Duke couldn't help but be curious, "With such a low single-stage box office, the theater company has not forced the theater to be removed yet?"

"I'll ask someone to ask." Scarlett picked up her cell phone, dialed a number, said a few words, and hung up the phone and said to Duke. "The Warner Distribution Department said that if the box office of "This Man from Earth" did not improve significantly this weekend, it will be withdrawn by the theaters."

She changed into an expert tone, "It is impossible to improve. By the weekend, the box office of "This Man from Earth" will not exceed $50,000 in North America."

"Well..." Duke nodded, his eyes fell back to the comic book.

“The box office is so bad…”

This time the curious person was replaced by Scarlett. She turned off the computer, dragged over a chair, sat next to Duke, and asked, "Why did you like him at the beginning?"

"I've read his novels. The setting is absurd, but it's also interesting." Duke thought for a while and said, "I think if you push into the disc and rental markets, this film may have a certain market. You should know that some UT films will find their own audience in the rental market, which can often bring a lot of revenue."

"Like Quentin Tastino's film?" Scarlett immediately thought of the famous UT film director.

Duke turned a new page and said without raising his head, "It's almost the same. Some videos are not suitable for the atmosphere of the theater. Many of Quentin's films, discs and videotapes often have far exceeded the box office in North America, and there may be reasons for this."

If you only look at Quentin? Tastino's box office will definitely be very strange why he always gets investment. Why are the Weinstein brothers so supportive of him, but if you look at his offline income, you will understand that this is too normal.

Just like the news Scarlett Johnson learned. Two weeks after the release of "This Man from Earth", it was forced to be offline by various theater companies in North America, ending a short screening journey.

What stayed in front of David Ellison was the bleak data of 126 theaters of $32,567, of which at least half would be intercepted by the theaters. Compared with his investment, it was really better than nothing.

After putting down the data report, David Ellison frowned. The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. The thoughts in his mind unconsciously moved closer to the direction of the conspiracy. He felt that he had been fooled by Duke Rosenberg and bought a video with no value.

He pounded the table heavily and vented a few traces of depression in his chest. He didn't value this loss very much. After all, the North American box office of "I Am a Legend" is about to cross the 200 million US dollars mark, and the global box office has exceeded 400 million US dollars, which far exceeds these losses.

Just thinking of losing to Duke again for no reason, Rosenberg once, he couldn't feel comfortable.

Even when he saw the film "This Man from Earth", he felt so angry.

He seemed to know David Ellison's mind very well. The person in charge of the distribution department sitting opposite him said in a timely manner, "Mr. Ellison, a disc distribution company has contacted Sky Film Studio and wants to buy out the offline copyright of "This Man from Earth."

"Oh?" David Ellison raised his head, looked across from the other side, and asked, "How much did they bid?"

“$300,000.”

In the opinion of the person in charge, this is a very reasonable price. After all, the box office of "This Man from Earth" is here, and it is impossible to sell at a high price. "I think this price is OK and can also recover part of our losses."

Since a few days ago, David Ellison has no desire to see this video destined to bring shame to himself. He just thought for less than ten seconds before waved his hand and said, "Sell it to them."

"I'll deal with it now."

A few days later, Duke heard new news from Scarlett Johnson that "This Man from Earth" was bought out of offline copyright from David Ellison for $300,000...

Although some sighs that Netflix may have taken a big advantage, Duke didn't care too much. While busy preparing for "Transformers", he focused more on the film market and focused on "The Dark Knight", which has not yet been lowered.

Since July, "The Dark Knight" has gradually shrunk in North America, whether in terms of theater scale or box office numbers. The cumulative North American box office figure in July was US$14.19 million, and in August it dropped to US$7.65 million. By early September, the film's North American box office has reached US$567.66 million. Although it is getting closer to the 600 million mark, the growth rate is becoming increasingly weak.

Even Duke and Warner Bros. can't tell whether the box office in North America can surpass the second place in the North American box office list. Even Duke and Warner Bros. can't tell me whether the box office in North America can surpass the second place in the North American box office list.

However, in terms of global box office, "The Dark Knight" certainly cannot surpass "The Lord of the Rings 3: Return of the King".

This darkened film has always received less overseas response than North America, and it is still the case until September. It is a very big question whether the film's overseas box office exceeds "The Lord of the Rings 3: Return of the King", whether it can reach the box office of $636.4 million in "The Lord of the Rings 1: The Rings Expedition".

To this day, the overseas box office of "The Dark Knight" has accumulated a total of US$561.22 million, which still does not exceed the North American box office. However, the combined two are as high as US$1.128.88 million, which is enough to satisfy Duke and Warner Bros.

On the other hand, the reputation of the film has always remained high, and the audience praise rate has always remained above 90%, and it continues to rank first in the top 250 ranking of imdb.

Of course, this has to do with the fact that the imdb website has not yet released the scoring and comments of the two videos.

The war between fans of "Dark Knight" and "The Godfather" has long spread from imdb to every corner of the Internet. As long as websites related to film and television, you can see the war between the two groups of fans. Moreover, the war is showing a trend of increasing. As time goes by, more and more Duke fans who are not "Dark Knight" have joined in it.

It has to be said that the number of Duke fans is huge, and it is a completely overwhelming advantage in the fans of "The Godfather".

Often there is a post or message on the Internet that criticizes Duke and "The Dark Knight", and soon there will be more than a dozen comments attacking him.

‘Duke’ gradually spread from North America and spread to film audiences around the world.

It can be said that no director, including James Cameron and Steven Spielberg, has ever won the heartfelt support of so many movie fans as a director like Duke.

This is a unique phenomenon in the history of film.

Even in the mouths of movie fans across the Pacific Ocean, Duke gradually added the elegant name of "Du Shen".

Of course, there are fans and there are black people. The war triggered by "The Dark Knight" inevitably spread to the Internet there.

However, a piece of news released by China Film Group quickly attracted the attention of all movie fans.

In mid-September, China Film Group officially announced that Duke's new film "Transformers" live-action film will hold its global premiere in Shanghai in June next year, and China Film Group has reached an agreement with Warner Bros. and Duke himself that two Chinese actors will appear in this super production.

The post-80s generation has risen and is becoming the middle force of this society. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the "Transformers" cartoon was undoubtedly an indelible memory in the hearts of these people. Coupled with the special global premiere and the performances of two of their own actors, it immediately aroused the enthusiasm of countless people.

This is just the first step in the promotion of China Film Group and Warner Bros. Greater China. Since we value this market, Warner will naturally spare no effort to promote its flagship products.

Duke's video is undoubtedly the Warner Bros.

On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, no one knows better than Duke's what power and appeal "Transformers" have. To put it more exaggeratedly, as long as the special effects are guaranteed, Optimus Prime and Megatron can appear, countless generations born after the 1980s will buy it for the "Transformers" movie.

The introduction of Chinese actors is not only Warner's suggestion, but also the market demand for the film. Duke will not object. However, although the two actors participating in "Transformers" are not as good as the so-called, the role weight is not important, and the time to appear is quite limited.

In fact, it is more symbolic.

As for the candidates for actors, Duke's requirements are very simple. The male actors should be handsome and the actresses should be beautiful. At the same time, there should be no too many scandals. It is best to speak English fluently.

In this regard, he only made a request, and the specific responsibility of China Film Group and Warner Greater China is still to be carried out. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!