Chapter 440 Box Office Champion from the East
There are many hidden homosexuality/loves in Hollywood. Whether Tom Cruise is one of them, Pat Kingsley is not sure, and there is even no evidence.
I had this idea just because I thought of one thing. In the mid-1990s, Tom Cruise had a close relationship with a male friend. Nicole Kidman had several fierce quarrels with Tom Cruise over this incident, and the two even reached the point of taking action.
Later, Tom Cruise made a concession and took the initiative to alienate the male friend.
Although there is no solid evidence, what evidence is needed for this kind of revelation? Then let's think that there is something wrong with Tom Cruise's orientation.
Pat Jinsli had another question, who should Tom Cruise choose to have a homosexual/love partner?
The one before is definitely not suitable, so I can only make a note appropriately. After all, it is too far away and cannot bring actual harm to Tom Cruise.
Then find the right person among Tom Cruise's current friends.
Thinking of this, a person's name Ronan Anderson immediately appeared in Pat Jinsili's mind!
This is Tom Cruise's friend, and she is tall and handsome, with an extraordinary temperament. She is undoubtedly an excellent candidate.
"Ronan Anderson..."
Pat Jinsli read the name and shook her head quickly. Ronan Anderson looked very suitable, but in fact it was not suitable at all.
Ronan Anderson is not an actor, not a star, nor an ordinary person! He is a famous Hollywood producer, the boss of Relativity Entertainment Group, and a veritable billionaire!
Can such a person be afforded by her agent?
Even when the founder of Caa was at its heyday, he did not dare to easily offend people like Ronan Anderson.
Although Tom Cruise is also a billionaire, a star billionaire like him is incomparable to a physical billionaire like Ronan Anderson.
It is not scary to start a war with a billionaire like Tom Cruise. After all, he has too much of the other party's black material, but it would be too unwise to provoke Ronan Anderson at the same time.
There is another candidate, Tom Cruise's other close friend Will Smith.
Pat Kinsley also took the initiative to veto it. If black people in Hollywood get involved, they will collectively slap their nests. The social trend in the past two years has been very clear. It is better to lessen black celebrities.
Just find one of Tom Cruise's male assistants.
Anyway, many news in small and medium-sized media are all about starting a picture, and the content depends entirely on editing.
Pat-Jinsili confirmed the content, made plans based on the content, and contacted the media later, all of which took time.
Anyway, I can't cooperate anymore, so I'll handle Tom Cruise's brokerage business as soon as possible.
In the morning, Pat Jinsili completed a simple plan. Then she began to find the media and the corresponding contact number, and had to meet them in person, and then formulate a more detailed plan based on the results of the negotiations.
She needs some time to plan and find a suitable opportunity to explode.
Pat Kinsley has been in Hollywood for more than 20 years, and has only served as the agent of two popular stars, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, and has accumulated a lot of media resources for more than 10 years.
Some of them may not work with her, but more media are still happy to report on a superstar scandal.
Isn’t the media’s favorite routine to create stars and then destroy them?
The weekend soon came. After the full preparations of the Embassy Film Industry, "Hero" successfully expanded to the North American screening scale of 2,420 cinemas.
Because many films that are interested in winning Oscars are still controlling the scale of screenings to continue to do word-of-mouth marketing, among the many films on the Oscar nomination list, the famous films are still maintaining the pre-screening scale of dozens of theaters. The films that want to expand the promotion and distribution capabilities of the released films are not as good as those of the Embassy Films.
For a time, "Hero" became the largest film that week.
Although the 2,420 theaters are released with Chinese society and Asian settlements as the core distribution, a large number of Western audiences have also entered the theaters.
On the first day of the expanded screening, "Hero" won 8.95 million US dollars in North America and landed on the North American box office championship on the same day!
At the same time, this video has also won a lot of media praise in North America.
"This is the power of kung fu! "Hero" topped the box office list on Friday, proving that every point of relativity entertainment invests in it is worth the money!"
The New York Times
"It's obvious that this is a powerful blow from the East. It's not easy for a foreign language film to top the list. Oriental Kung Fu is well-deserved."
The Hollywood Reporter
Some North American media even compare "Hero" with "Dream of Red Mansions".
Just like in the East, "Hero" has a lot of negative reputation.
After watching "Hero", the famous film critic Todd McCarthy gave a formula: well-made war scenes + beautiful Chinese swordsmanship + Jet Li - low-end storylines - improper moral codes - slow film rhythm.
But overall, the reputation of "Hero" in North America, especially the audience, is more positive.
Since films such as "City of God" and "Chicago" have not yet been expanded, "Pianist", which has been expanded, lacks competitiveness, and "Hero" has the strongest commercial attributes among the other films of Olympic rush. The other expanded films have not posed much threat to "Hero".
In order to maintain reputation, even if "Pianist" has expanded its screening scale, there are less than 500 theaters.
On Saturday, the single-day box office of "Hero" rose by another half, earning $9.14 million.
Seeing the box office data for two consecutive days, Ronan was completely sure that Embassy Film only relies on North American box office revenue, not only could it reap the copyright fees and publicity and public relations expenses invested in "Heroes", but it was not difficult to achieve a large amount of profit.
There is no doubt that with the expansion of "Heroes", the film has achieved great success in North America.
Ronan briefly analyzed that the first thing he has to thank for is Ang Lee and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" set off a martial arts trend all over the world, and Director Zhang saw this opportunity and decisively followed the trend and filmed "Hero". The success of "Hero" was also borrowed from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
Director Zhang's production is of course very important, and "Hero" has a shocking color and picture sense.
The color control of the movie is very well controlled. The colors with oriental characteristics in the movie give people a strong visual impact, and the picture feels even more beautiful.
The oriental martial arts fighting scenes and colors intertwined and impacted each other, forming a strong sense of artistic presentation.
Among ordinary North American audiences, this film has a good reputation. Two days after its release, the imdb score is still as high as 8.5 points.
"Hero is the most surprising movie I have seen so far, whether it is the director, shooting, screenwriter, special effects or film technology. The colors used in the movie are breathtakingly beautiful, the martial arts scenes are exquisite and flawless, the actors perform well, the stunts, the lighting, and the influence are exquisite. This movie is amazing."
Most ordinary movie fans praise the film at the same time, and it turns out that the magical publicity of Embassy Films is also extremely well-established and successful.
"I like movies of this style because they transcend the gravitational control, break through the limits of the human body, and subvert the stylized camera position. Some people may think that this martial arts scene hanging in the air is a bit silly or unrealistic, but to me it is really creative beauty. Compared with the action scenes of the movies I watched before, this movie is like a fresh air, full of new ideas."
Some fans also point directly at the flaws of the film.
"Unfortunately, this movie was a bit overdo. There were so many exquisite movements made by computers that forced the audience to watch the actors fly around the sky over and over again with wire ropes hanging on them. Although the movements in the movie require technical support, the film production should not be overwhelming because of this."
This is actually a side view of the reputation of "Hero" in North American audiences. According to data obtained by cinemasore Cinema audience survey, all the praises are given a+ score, while those criticized are almost all low scores of d or f, and there are even fewer fences in the middle.
It is not difficult for Ronan to find that the effect of "Hero" being launched in North America is surprisingly similar to the situation when it set off a box office whirlwind in the Eastern market last month.
Successful publicity strategies attracted a large number of Americans to enter the theater, and the excellent picture effect satisfies them, but the thin plot, the "syllogism" narrative method, and the political sentiment of "sacrificing the ego" have still caused great controversy among mainstream American audiences.
However, one thing is certain that even the most picky American audiences will definitely applaud the color picture and Mr. Zhang's photography skills.
This is also a major reason why "Hero" has a good box office after its expanded screening.
Some critics even called Qu Qu for "Hero" not being nominated for Best Photography by Oscar.
After the first weekend of the expanded screening in North America, when statistics were released, "Hero" stood on the throne of the North American box office rankings, winning $25.88 million in 2,420 theaters.
As soon as the box office data was released, Ronan asked the Embassy Film Company to report good news to Dongfang's new picture company as agreed.
No matter what, this should be notified to the producer.
They can't make a profit, they can always get fame.
At the same time, Ronan also received interviews from Oriental Media for winning the box office list of "Heroes".
"The success of "Hero" does indeed give some reference to Oriental films entering the North American market."
Faced with the Eastern media, Ronan still reminded very honestly: "This film can be accepted by North American audiences. I think it is very important to highlight the picture and downplay the plot and meaning."
Chapter completed!