Made in Hollywood

After finalizing the filming in the Pentagon, Duke deliberately took a day off after returning to Los Angeles. When he was bored at home, Scarlett Johansson paid special attention to the release of "This Man From Earth".

Sitting in front of the computer in the lounge, sipping juice, she said to Duke, "I have to sympathize with David Ellison for this dismal statistic."

Sitting on the high-back sofa, Duke was flipping through a "Transformers" comic. Hearing Scarlett say this, he couldn't help but raised his head and asked, "Tell me the specific data."

It was a movie David Ellison snatched from him after all, and it would be a lie if Duke wanted to see The Man From Earth sell.

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

Speaking of which, Scarlett Johansson shook her head and said again, "The IMDB rating is very high, with 8.4 points. Unfortunately, it is because there are too few people who have rated it, and only less than 500 people have rated it."

For a movie, the fewer people who score it, the higher the IMDB score. This is a very simple truth, and it is also the main reason for the high IMDB score of "This Man From Earth".

Duke couldn't help but be a little curious, "With such a low single-house box office, the theaters haven't forced them down yet?"

"I'll ask someone to ask." Scarlett picked up her mobile phone, dialed a number, and after saying a few words, hung up the phone and said to Duke, "People from Warner's distribution department said, 'This Man From Earth' If there is no major improvement at the box office this weekend, the theater will be withdrawn."

She put on an expert tone. "There's no way it's going to pick up, and there's not a few days until the weekend when 'This Man From Earth' won't make more than $50,000 at the North American box office."

"Um..." Duke nodded, his eyes falling back to the comic book.

"The box office is so bad..."

This time the curious person was Scarlett, who turned off the computer and dragged a chair. Sitting next to Duke, he asked, "Why did you like him in the first place?"

"I've read his novels, the setting is absurd, but it's also interesting." Duke thought for a while, then said, "I think if it is pushed to the disc and rental market, this film may have a certain market. You should know that some cut films will find their own audience in the rental market and often bring in a lot of money.”

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

Duke turned a new page, and said without looking up, "Almost so. Some films don't fit the atmosphere of the theater. Many of Quentin's films, discs and videotapes often far exceed the North American box office revenue, and perhaps there are also reasons.”

If you only look at the box office of Quentin Tastino, it must be very strange why he can always pull in investment. Why the Weinstein Brothers are so supportive of him, but look at the offline earnings of his films. will understand that this is normal.

Just like what Scarlett Johansson had heard, two full weeks after the release of "This Man From Earth", it was forced to go offline by various theater companies in North America, ending its short screening tour.

Staying in front of David Ellison. It is the dismal data of 32,567 US dollars for 126 theaters, of which at least half of them must be withheld by the theater party. Compared with his investment, it is really better than nothing.

Putting down the data report, David Ellison frowned. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. The thoughts in his head unconsciously moved towards the direction of the conspiracy, and he felt as if he had fallen for Duke Rosenberg's When, bought a film of no value back.

He thumped the table heavily and let out a few traces of depression in his chest. He didn't take this loss too seriously. After all, the North American box office of "I Am Legend" is about to cross the $200 million mark, and the global box office has already exceeded $400 million in revenue far outweighs these losses.

Just the thought of losing to Duke Rosenberg again inexplicably made him uncomfortable.

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

Seeming to understand David Ellison's mind very well, the head 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 Cut off the offline copyright of "This Man From Earth"."

"Oh?" David Ellison asked, looking up, looking across the street, "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 for a high price, "I think this price is okay, and it can restore part of our losses. ."

From a few days ago, David Ellison didn't want to see this movie that was destined to bring him shame. He just thought about it for less than ten seconds, then waved his hand and said, "Sell them to them. All right."

"I'll deal with it now."

A few days later, Duke heard new news from Scarlett Johansson that "The Man From Earth" was bought out by Netflix from David Ellison for $300,000. copyright……

Although some sighed that Netflix might have picked up a big bargain, Duke didn't care too much. While he was busy preparing for "Transformers", he paid more attention to the movie market, and put it on the unfinished gear. on The Dark Knight.

Since July, both the size of the theater chain and the box office numbers, "The Dark Knight" has been gradually shrinking in North America. The cumulative North American box office figures for the entire July were 14.19 million US dollars, and in August it was reduced to 7.65 million US dollars, and now At the beginning of September, the North American box office of the film reached 567.66 million US dollars. Although it is getting closer to the 600 million US dollar mark, the growth rate is also getting weaker and weaker.

In the end, before the downgrade, whether the North American box office can surpass "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", which ranks second in the North American box office, even Duke and Warner Bros. are not sure.

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

The overseas response of this darkened film has not been as good as that of North America, and it is still the case in September. The overseas box office of the film surpasses "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King", can it reach the 600 million of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" The box office figure of 36.4 million US dollars is a very big question.

Today, "The Dark Knight" has accumulated a total of 561.22 million US dollars at the overseas box office, still not exceeding the North American box office, but the two combined are as high as 1.12888 billion US dollars, enough to satisfy Duke and Warner Bros.

On the other hand, the film's reputation has remained high, and the audience's praise rate has always remained above 90%, and it continues to rank first in IMDB's TOP250 ranking.

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that the IMDB website has not released the ratings and comments of the two films so far.

The war between fans of "The Dark Knight" and fans of "The Godfather" has long spread from IMDB to every corner of the Internet. As long as there are websites related to film and television, you can see the two factions of fans fighting, and the war shows The trend continues to expand, and as time goes on, more and more Duke fans who are not "Dark Knight" have also joined it.

It has to be said that the number of Duke fans is huge. Facing the fans of "The Godfather", it is an overwhelming advantage.

Often there is a post or comment attacking Duke and "The Dark Knight" on the Internet, which is quickly followed by more than a dozen comments attacking him.

"Duke Blowing" gradually spread from North America to movie 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 fans as Duke as a director.

This is a unique phenomenon in the history of cinema.

Even among the fans on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, Duke gradually gained a nickname of "Du Shen".

Of course, there are fans and there are blacks. The war caused by "The Dark Knight" inevitably spread to the Internet over there.

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

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

The post-80s generation has risen and is becoming an intermediate force in this society. The "Transformers" cartoon, which was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s, is undoubtedly an indelible memory in these people's hearts. Coupled with the special global The premiere and two of its own cast members immediately aroused the enthusiasm of countless people.

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

Duke's films are undoubtedly the trademark of Warner Bros.

On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, no one knows the power and appeal of "Transformers" better than Duke. To put it an exaggeration, as long as the special effects are guaranteed, Optimus Prime and Megatron can play, countless post-80s generation A generation will buy into the Transformers movie.

The introduction of Chinese actors is not only Warner's suggestion, but also the market demand of the film. Duke will not object. However, although the two actors who participated in "Transformers" will not play soy sauce, the weight of the roles is not important. Time is quite limited.

In fact, it is more of a symbolic meaning.

As for the selection of actors, Duke's requirements are very simple, the male actors must be handsome, the actresses must be beautiful, and at the same time, there should not be too many scandals, and it is best to speak English fluently.

In this regard, he just made a request, and the specific responsibility is still by China Film Group and Warner Greater China. (To be continued ~^~)