Chapter 180 Brotherly Love
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As the day's screening ended, more and more people watched "Saw Planet", the popularity of the film's audience became more and more obvious. In a live audience survey report received by Miramax in the early morning, there were always some bad reviews mixed with good reviews, and the number of bad reviews was significantly higher than that of "Saw", which was just released at that time.
This video is definitely a masterpiece in the eyes of B-level movie enthusiasts.
"It's so cool that I'm stupid, it's so bloody that I'm so beautiful that I'm so dirty, it's so sad. Cult is so beautiful, Murphy is the best!"
"It's so cool, this is the most exciting movie I've watched this year!"
"The unparalleled cult film is wonderful, it's so exciting to watch!"
These people without exception gave the live audience of the video a+ without exception.
But for non-B-level film enthusiasts, especially those who are attracted to the theater by beauties with unique shapes, most of them do not have a good impression of "Horror Planet".
"The zombie shooting game that takes more than an hour is more interesting than this video."
“The video is rough enough and disgusting.”
In contrast, the evaluations of these people's b- and c are also their true feelings.
But unlike the polarization of the audience's reputation, "Horror Planet" appeared on the comments page of many media on the next day, with fewer negative reviews than Murphy imagined. It seems that North American media and professional film critics who have already watched have bought the account of this video.
Among the 37 North American film reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, there are 30 positive reviews, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is as high as 84%.
In terms of more authoritative media ratings, Metac Daily included 35 media ratings, with an average score of 77 points.
Obviously, both the media and the film critics believe that "Scary Planet" is a masterpiece.
However, the media and film critics can only influence the market to a certain extent, but cannot determine the future of a film. What really determines the future fate of "Horror Planet" is the market.
On Friday, "Scary Planet" was released in 2,000 theaters in North America, and finally received a $6.85 million purchase!
This also made Murphy and Bill Roses temporarily relieved.
Especially the latter, "Scary Planet" is the first project he was responsible for. If the box office in North America cannot meet expectations, it will definitely have many negative impacts on the future.
“Millamax expects a first-week box office of $12 million to $14 million.”
In Caa's independent office, Bill Roses looked at Mike opposite him, "The video has now achieved half of the box office expected, and the box office pressure in the next two days will be much smaller. As long as there is no cliff-like diving today, it will definitely exceed expectations!"
"Yes!" Mike looked in a good mood, "I finally had a customer who had a box office of over 10 million US dollars in North America."
His eyes looked at Bill Roses a little complicated, and his feelings were even more complicated. On the one hand, he hoped to see this film meet expectations, so that his Jessica Chastain's position in the industry would rise sharply, and at the same time, he would also increase his agent.
On the other hand, I don’t want to see the film succeed. If it is successful, Murphy Stanton will definitely climb to a higher director position, and Bill Roses’s weight in the Caa will naturally become more and more important.
Now that Bill Rossis has left him for a long time, Murphy Standu continues to succeed, the distance between the two will become farther and farther, and in the end it may be so far that it will never catch up again...
Bill Roses looked at the time, stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go to the Santa Monica event site."
Santa Monica Commercial Plaza is one of the famous commercial centers in the Los Angeles area. Many media or film promotional activities will be placed here. When the crew of "Horror Planet" appeared on the square in front of the commercial center, it attracted a lot of attention.
Especially Robert Downey Jr., is the central point around media reporters.
In Miramax's promotional and marketing planning, Robert Downey Jr. is an extremely important publicity point. Since the past few days, many news such as "Robert Downey Jr. Turns back" and "That talented Downey is back, Robert Downey Jr.'s latest masterpiece who quits drug addiction" have begun to appear on some media and websites.
The stars standing in front of the screen are always the focus of media attention. Although Robert Downey Jr. was out of date before, with the support of Miramax's planning and various relationships secretly launched by Robert Downey Sr., coupled with the previous screening of "Scary Planet" at the Cannes Film Festival, the rising star of tomorrow seems to have really come back.
"Yes, I was able to star in the movie because of Murphy."
In the interview area designated on the square, Robert Downey Jr. stood among the reporters and talked happily. Compared to Murphy, who was also interviewed on the left, he was more suitable for playing in such occasions. "On the day I was released from prison, Murphy personally took me back from prison to Los Angeles and gave me this opportunity."
"Are you very grateful to Director Stanton?" A reporter reached out to the microphone.
Robert Downey Jr. did not answer, but instead made a gesture to let the reporter on the left move away, then walked towards Murphy, came to Murphy's side, and immediately grabbed his shoulder.
"Hey, brother!"
Hearing this, Murphy stopped his words, turned to look at Robert Downey Jr., and smiled at him.
A large number of reporters surrounded the two people, pressed the camera shutter in their hands, and took pictures of Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. who looked extremely intimate.
At this time, another reporter asked loudly, "I heard that you have served your sentence in the same prison?"
Murphy didn't speak, and some words were better when Robert Downey Jr. said.
"We've lived in the same prison, but also in the same cell." Robert Downey Jr. let go of the hand holding Murphy's shoulder, pointed at him, and said, "Do you know how much Murphy has helped me? I can't quit drug addiction without him! I won't stand up again without him! I won't be here now!"
He was very moved and excited, "He is the dawn I encountered when I fell into darkness! He is the angel who saved me from hell! He is my God..."
The reporters around looked at Robert Downey Jr. Robert Downey Jr. Withdrew his hand and fell forward, "He is still my brother!"
As he said that, he stretched out his arms and hugged Murphy tightly. Although Murphy was not an actor, he knew what to do at this time, and also reached out to hug Robert Downey Jr.
The sound of shutters was connected, and the lights of the flashing lights seemed to cover up the June sun in Los Angeles. This picture of brotherly love instantly murdered countless media reporters.
This is another promotional point set by Miramax!
Murphy let go of Robert Downey Jr. and waved to the other side, "Jim, Seth, Jonah, come here!"
James Franco, Seth Logan and Jonah Hill all came here, and Robert Downey Jr. pointed at them and said, "Since I was released from prison, they have given countless help, which has made me feel the affection and friendship. They are also my brothers!"
"Stand in a row." Murphy whispered to James Franko next to him.
The five people each held the people around them and stood in front of the camera of the media reporter, like brothers.
They attracted the attention of almost all the reporters present, and Jessica Chastain, the heroine, was not paid attention to this touching picture of the deep brotherly love.
Standing in the corner of the interview area, Jessica Chastain turned to look at his agent Mike. The other party really looked at the five people and frowned.
Jessica Chastain sighed, but said nothing. Anyway, through this movie, her Hollywood road has been opened.
The difference is that Murphy Stanton's Hollywood Road is leading to a high place, and there is still chaos ahead of her road.
Although such promotions cannot make the film a big box office like "Spider-Man", which was released last weekend, it is still OK to attract some people's attention. Moreover, Robert Downey, the old man is also mobilizing his network to help his son. In the Hollywood circle, there are very few people who provide timely help, but there are many people who add icing on the cake.
Robert Downey Jr. is obviously not the same as Robert Downey Jr., and there is also a film that has received a good response at the Cannes Film Festival. Without having to work hard, some people are willing to give Robert Downey Jr.
Miramax's North American publicity and marketing expenses for "Horror Planet" were only $4 million, but it created a lot of momentum in the first week of release, and even vaguely followed "007: Die Again" which also opened in North America this weekend.
Of course, Murphy and Miramax are both very rational and know that such a B-level film with a limited audience range is not as good as James Bond, who has built a golden sign for decades.
Friday's box office also proved this. The box office champion that day was "Spider-Man" in the second week of release, with nearly 20 million US dollars; the second place was "007: Die Again on a Day", which earned more than 16 million US dollars in a single day; "Horror Planet" ranked third after these two films.
The rankings in the last two days of the weekend also maintained this ranking. The difference is that "Spider-Man" has a strong reputation and the single-day box office continues to rise; "Horror Planet" has become more and more polarized, and the single-day box office has gradually declined.
However, this is also the normal rule of B-level films, and the decline is not large, especially the cliff-like diving has not occurred. In a day on Saturday, the single-day box office only decreased by less than $1 million, closing at $5.92 million.
By Sunday, the box office of all films will shrink, and the attendance rate of "Scary Planet" continues to decline, but the decline is still healthy.
Chapter completed!