Made in Hollywood

""One Hundred Thousand Fires"? Yes, this is the movie I just watched."

In front of the theater, Shearer was being interviewed by reporters, and he felt a little complicated about the film he just saw, "In my opinion, this is a very interesting film, the final shooting scene and the big reunion are all done. Excellent, but rhythm is an issue."

He paused for a moment, as if to organize the language, "If 'Hundred Thousand Fires' is the work of another director, I would say that he made a very successful film, but for a director at Duke's level, "100,000 Fires" is the work of another director. "It's a bit mediocre."

"In short, in my own opinion, "One Hundred Thousand Fires" is the most mediocre of Duke's works."

After thinking about it, Shearer said, "We are all looking forward to the second part of "The Matrix", and movies like "One Hundred Thousand Fires" really can't satisfy us."

The words of this hardcore fan of "The Matrix" undoubtedly represent the voice of many fans. "One Hundred Thousand Fires" is not bad, and it is even very far away from the bad reviews, but the hardcore supporters of Duke and Duke have been lifted up by "The Matrix". Compared with the appetite, it is difficult to say that it is too good.

"The 100,000 Fire is very important to watch - wonderful shootout, and the shortcomings are obvious - the slow pace, the film did not disappoint, but it did not bring us as many surprises as "The Matrix", and from the scale of investment When it comes to production time, it's like a movie that Duke didn't put a lot of effort into."

On Duke's personal website, the fan's message was pushed to the top by countless replies, which undoubtedly represents the voice of many people.

However, it may be that there are no outstanding films released this off-season, or it may be that the highlights are really outstanding. Although the film does not show a relatively hot trend, it does not lack audiences.

Just compared to the hot summer movies. The attendance rate and box office acquisition speed of "One Hundred Thousand Fire Urgent" are somewhat dull.

After getting $4.21 million on the first day on Friday, the film ushered in a short-lived peak on the following Saturday, with a single-day box office increase of 27% and a harvest of $5.34 million.

On Sunday, "One Hundred Thousand Fires" could not escape the normal market rules. The box office fell 21 percent to $4.41 million a day.

"It won $13.96 million in three days in the first weekend, and the box office in a single hall was $6,345."

Michael Ovitz and Martin Bob sat next to Shelley Lansing at Paramount Pictures, the former said to the CEO of Paramount Pictures, "In this off-season, this kind of box office is great for other directors. It could be considered a success. But this is Duke Rosenberg's work, and it's a very mediocre result. Shelly, no one succeeds forever, and no one ever fails."

Just like the earliest at CAA, Martin? Bob and Ovitz cooperated tacitly. At this time, he said, "The professional rating of "One Hundred Thousand Fires" is only 5.2 points, and the audience's favorable rating has dropped to 75%. Such word-of-mouth is a failure for Duke Rosenberg. "One Hundred Thousand Fires" has set a new record. All new lows in his directorial career!"

"Sheryl, you must know that. Every director has highs and lows, even greats like Steven Spielberg."

Looking at Shelley Lansing next to him, Michael Ovitz was still full of confidence, "Obviously. Duke Rosenberg is entering a low point, and I... oh, no, the industry A lot of professionals, including Roger Ebert, think that Duke's next few films are likely to keep going down."

Shelly Lansing frowned slightly, her eyes flashing with thinking, but she didn't answer the words of the two brokerage giants from the artist management company.

Yes, after leaving CAA, after a period of thinking, Martin Bob became Michael Ovitz's right-hand man again.

"So, Shelly, there's a huge risk in what you're offering to us." Michael Ovitz continued his persuasive work, which was bound to last a long time, "you insisted on inviting Duke Rosenberg to offer the Star Trek: The Enterprise is to me to pack..."

Shelly Lansing nodded insistently. The "Star Trek" series is undoubtedly the signature series of Paramount Pictures, but the last "Star Trek: First Strike" even counted all the income in the past few years. It just barely recovered the cost, and the audience's reputation was a mess. Paramount Pictures naturally wanted to save the series, not make it a complete mess.

Therefore, their original plan would rather wait for Duke to talk about it when he has a schedule, rather than hand it over to others at will.

But Michael Ovitz was extremely well informed, and Shelly Lansing didn't know how he got the relevant information. Recently, he took the trouble to appear in front of the top executives of Paramount Pictures.

"Shelly, if you hand over "Star Trek: Enterprise" to me, I will re-select the appropriate actors and directors, and do my best to create a new team." Michael Ovitz also knew that Shelly Lansing had no brains. I will not make a decision immediately, but I will try my best to strengthen the weight of my own words, "I can also sign a new sharing agreement with Paramount Pictures, if the profitability of "Star Trek: Enterprise" is not enough To the bottom line of Paramount's expectations, the artist management company will have no power to take any revenue share."

Michael Ovitz wasn't mentally retarded, and Shelly Lansing was a qualified studio executive, so she said, "Michael, I'll think about it."

Having said that, Michael Ovitz knew that this was the end of the day. He walked out of Paramount Pictures after shaking hands with Martin Bob and Shelley Lansing respectively.

"Don't worry, Martin."

Sitting in the car, Michael Ovitz turned his head and said, "The trend of "One Hundred Thousand Fires" will not be a big hit, which will definitely affect the original intention of Paramount Pictures."

"Well..." Martin Bob thought for a while and said, "Compared to Paramount Pictures, I'm more worried about Walt Disney. I heard that Robert Iger, who is in charge of Touchstone Pictures, intends to hand over the big project of World War II. To William Morris."

"They're not looking at William Morris, they're looking at Michael Bay."

Giving a driving gesture to the driver, Michael Ovitz added, "Robert Iger's favorite director is Duke Rosenberg, but they couldn't have hired Duke. ."

"what do you mean……"

"It's simple..." Michael Ovitz laughed. "I've reached out to Michael Bay, and everything is on the table."

"One Hundred Thousand Fires" earned $13.96 million in the first weekend and $6,345 at the box office in a single venue. Although it is not eye-catching, it is also a number that other films released in the same period can't be reached in this period when the market is generally indifferent.

Among them, the only film that can compare with "One Hundred Thousand Fires". Only Miramax, which was released the weekend before the Oscars, was only $5.28 million at the box office when the youth comedy had been in theaters for three weekends.

Therefore, by Monday, the number of North American theaters of "One Hundred Thousand Fire" expanded to 2,652, but the box office on weekdays still showed a downward trend, and it only received $4.01 million on Monday. It rebounded slightly on Tuesday, gaining $4.15 million, slipped to $4.02 million on Wednesday, and finally slipped below $4 million on Thursday, closing at $3.98 million.

The film was released in North America for a full week. The North American box office totaled $30.14 million.

On the second weekend, "One Hundred Thousand Fires" still had no heavyweight competitors, and it was also the best single-house box office among all the films released in the same period, thanks to the communication efforts of Warner Bros. Once again, expanding the size of the show is not much of a problem.

"One Hundred Thousand Fires" increased from 2,652 theaters to 2,892 in the next three days. Due to the large increase in the scale of the screening compared to the first weekend, the box office of the second weekend almost did not drop directly, ending the journey of the second weekend with 13.56 million US dollars.

Ten days after its release, "One Hundred Thousand Fires" reported $43.7 million in North America.

Production costs for the film totaled $10 million. The cost of the announcement was only $6 million, and it took ten days to actually recover the cost.

Although this film has not been a hit, it is not a failed work. Although the audience's reputation has dropped to 73% of the praise, the box office trend is still strong.

To a certain extent, it can even be said that it is a more eye-catching film in the spring.

In the next four working days, the film received a total of 11.25 million US dollars. Due to the overall weak schedule, the number of North American theaters increased to 2,966 on the third weekend of "One Hundred Thousand Fires".

There is no such thing as a spring file now. Looking at the history of Hollywood films before, it is not difficult to find that the films that can squeeze into the top ten or even the top fifteen films in North America in the past ten years are very few premiered in March and April. .

This is also the main reason why Duke and Warner Bros. chose this schedule for this relatively uncompetitive film.

On the third weekend, the overall box office trend of the film finally showed a clear downward trend, with $10.35 million in three days.

Starting from the fourth week, North America is approaching the summer season, and most of the audience's attention has been attracted to the super commercial production. The box office decline of "One Hundred Thousand Fires" has become more obvious, and it only received 7.85 million US dollars in four working days.

So far, "One Hundred Thousand Fires" has accumulated a total of 73.15 million US dollars at the North American box office.

Among them, the business appeal that Duke has built over the years must have played a lot of roles.

This result is enough to make Duke and Warner Bros. make a big profit, and the film will be released overseas later, but when it comes to the weekend, the number of theaters of "100,000 Hot" plummets, because the first weekend in May, That is, the first weekend of the summer season has arrived, and many films with more commercial flavors are about to be released.

Among them, the most famous one is called "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace"!

After a long absence, in the eagerly awaited by countless Star Wars fans, George Lucas' Star Wars series finally began a new journey.

Duke also accepted the invitation and deliberately returned to New York to attend the premiere with his mother. (To be continued ~^~)

PS:  It will be updated automatically tomorrow. After taking the photos, I have to go to the hospital to see people. I have been so busy recently, please ask for monthly and recommended tickets for support!