Chapter 280 It's over
Please give me a monthly ticket and a recommendation ticket!
Some things must not be told openly by the media, and the media is not that stupid. At this time, the Internet navy needs to be dispatched. The current Internet management is far from being as good as the future. Moreover, the bad things in the entertainment industry are difficult to attract the attention of regulatory authorities. The navy that is everywhere has become a weapon for Murphy and Caa to fight back.
Instead of expanding the attack, it is better to target a point directly. Big movies are often a perfect fusion of various elements that audiences like. As long as a failed movie is a little disgusted by the audience, it is enough.
During the preview of "Catwoman", the character's styling, the actor's performance, unreliable plot, etc., are all the objects that were criticized by the audience and the media, but among all of these, the changes in the skin color of Catwoman were the most criticized.
Even if the Catwoman in the script is not called Selena Kyle, Halle Berry is still criticized by countless comic fans. Just like "Deadpool", comic fans are the most basic audience group of the comic adapted videos that have just appeared.
If even these people cannot please them, and the preview of "Catwoman" itself has a bad reputation, you can imagine the future screening path.
In the few days before the release of "Catwoman", there were a large number of complaints on the Internet. In summary, there was only one sentence for Catwoman being a black man!
Also accompanying him is the Catwoman style dressed in Harley Berry.
Below each online complaint, there are a large number of replies, which are guided by the navy, but more are complained by ordinary Internet users.
"Why are you looking for a black guy to play Catwoman? Is the producer's head in the head?"
"I really want to vomit after seeing this look!"
"Finding a black man is simply an insult to the catwoman's personality, and also an insult to our IQ!"
"Halley Berry's appearance is so stupid. I really want to ask how many times she did blo.jobs for Warner Bros.'s senior executives, so they chose her to play Catwoman in a brainless manner."
Almost everyone is complaining about Halle Berry's catwoman look. Even if someone agrees with it, it is not an identification with the character. It is just that Halle Berry has a good figure.
In a video, if even the most basic protagonist's look is completely rejected by the audience, the consequences will be terrible.
Warner Bros. is also working hard to reverse the negative impact of Halle Berry's styling, while using other publicity and hype to divert the attention of fans.
They are targeting Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., who have been the focus of fans since the hit "Deadpool" and attacking them can not only divert the fans' attention, but also curb the hot momentum of "Deadpool".
As a result, a lot of negative news about the two people were published on the Internet and on many paper media.
"Murphy Stanton, a drug dealer director who came out of the slum, is a loyal pair of drug friends with Robert Downey Jr...."
Below such a thrilling title is a series of descriptions that are difficult to distinguish between true and false.
Murphy, Bill Rossis and Cara Fais have predicted possible counterattacks from Warner Bros. and Halle Berry. They have 20th Century Fox as a supporter and are not afraid of the means within these rules, so they continue to fight back, and the counterattack is always held tightly at one point.
"Catwoman turned out to be a black man!"
They use this to remind the audience that while this may attract some black people to watch, it will lose more audiences.
The two sides used the Internet and entertainment newspapers as their positions, and the war of words was completely escalated during the period before the release of "Catwoman".
"Murphy Stanton has an ambiguous relationship with Jessica Alba. His current girlfriend angrily moved out of his Santa Monica's residence. This transnational love is about to break down..."
Everything that can be used to create momentum will not be easily let go.
But Murphy has always been a little bit close to this aspect.
"Catwoman turned out to be a black man!"
"Robert Downey Jr. had a drug addiction attack, and he was drinking and smoky in a nightclub..."
"Catwoman turned out to be a black man!"
"Murphy Stanton is suspected of racial discrimination..."
"Catwoman turned out to be a black man!"
"Decrypt the true relationship between Murphy Stanton and the Stanton party members, they are actually a group of homosexuals..."
"Catwoman turned out to be a black man!"
Unlike the other party's attacks that are very scattered, Murphy focuses his strength at one point and constantly passes through the Internet water army, reminding the audience not to forget that a black man actually played Catwoman.
Some female characters can bring significant help to the film through their own performance, or by amplifying their own advantages, such as Jessica Alba's Nancy in "Sin City"; while some female characters have a negative halo and are naturally able to lower a film by two levels.
If Halle Berry and Catwoman are separated, there is no problem at all. When the two are combined in this extremely strange way, they are undoubtedly very close to the latter.
Moreover, the film "Catwoman" has only been previewed a few times. Before it was officially released, the reputation on the Internet has completely fallen. The freshness of rotten tomatoes has been reduced to 13%, and the popcorn index is only a pitiful fifty%. The imdb audience scored directly below the passing score of six points.
In sharp contrast, "Deadpool" has always had a strong reputation on the Internet. Even after the first weekend, the freshness of rotten tomatoes is still as high as 84%, and the imdb score is 8.4.
Especially the cinema audience ratings that directly represent market response have always stood firmly on the height of a+.
What this directly brings is the extremely steady box office trend of "Deadpool".
The box office on Monday on the first weekday was only 40% lower than Sunday, and it won $14.52 million more than most movies’ three-day weekends.
The discount day rose slightly on Tuesday, closing at $15.38 million, and fell on Wednesday, earning $13.86 million. On Thursday, when Catwoman began to land in North American theaters, it received another $13.74 million.
In four working days, Deadpool earned $57.5 million from North American theaters, and pushed the film's North American box office by the $100 million mark, up to $141.3 million.
Before entering its second weekend, Deadpool's North American box office is almost at the 20th Century Fox's expected $150 million.
The excitement of the senior executives of 20th Century Fox is imagined. This is a film of 250 million US dollars. Their attitude towards Murphy is also quietly changing, which can be seen from the strong support of the previous war of words.
Corresponding to the box office, there are peripheral products, Deadpool's hats, uniforms and double swords, which have become essential items for many movie fans when watching movies, and sales have always been rising. After the box office was released on the first weekend, Twentieth Century Fox also launched Deadpool and Vanessa's figure dolls while it was hot, which was quite popular.
In a week, Deadpool-related products have brought nearly $17 million in revenue to Twentieth Century Fox. With various authorizations, the film's peripheral revenue easily exceeded $30 million.
All these made the senior executives of 20th Century Fox see Murphy as if they saw US dollars.
In Hollywood, it can be said that there is no way to directly and effectively improve a director's status in a film company than box office revenue and revenue figures.
"Deadpool" enters its second weekend. The box office performance depends not only on itself, but also on the competitors of the newly opened painting. If the competitors are too strong, it will inevitably have an impact.
Before the sun rose on Friday, Halle Berry got up early one morning and went around the villa's small garden. He couldn't calm down. He went to the restaurant and drank a glass of milk. He returned to the living room, sat on the long sofa, and waited patiently.
At yesterday's premiere, judging from the reactions of the audience, the film did not seem as bad as expected. She also observed it specifically, and there were almost no audiences who left the show early, and the applause after the screening was also very enthusiastic enough.
This may be the polite reaction of the premiere audience, but Halle Berry wants to treat them as being attracted to the film and the characters.
If other early stages are like the premiere, "Catwoman" won't be said to be super popular in the box office, at least the numbers you get won will not be ugly.
Although the war of words was so overwhelmed by the other party's words that Harley Berry still had hope in his heart. After all, the reputation of the trial was very poor, and it was generally not favored before the screening, and the box office hit was not only films, but also created miracles in Hollywood. Isn't the situation of "Titanic" very similar to the current "Catwoman"?
She believes that Catwoman will make a comeback.
Sitting here, waiting uneasyly, Halle Berry picked up his phone several times, and half an hour later, the ringtone of the phone finally rang.
Halle Berry took a look and it was the call from the agent. He quickly pressed the phone's call button and put it in his ear, "It's me, Harley. Has the box office statistics for the game been made in advance?"
"Just got it." The sound inside the receiver was interrupted for a while, and Halle Berry's heart began to sink. Every time the agent notified something bad, she would use this method to make her mentally prepared first, "it was a little lower than expected."
Warner Bros.'s early game expectation is $3.5 million. It would be nice if he could get $3 million. Halle Berry just had this idea and was shocked by the sound inside the receiver, "About $1.7 million."
About $1.7 million! $1.7 million, this is not a little lower than expected, not even half of the expected results!
Halle Berry didn't know how she hung up the phone, sat blankly on the couch, not wanting to do anything, not wanting to say anything, and had only one thought in her head, it's over, my path to superstar is over...
Will anyone find themselves in a big A-level production in the future? Will they only be able to hang out in small investments in the future and rely on lukewarm characters like Storm Girl to show their presence?
After a long time, she gradually recovered, clasped her hands together and prayed devoutly, and the audience would go to watch this video!
Chapter completed!