Two Hundred and Sixteen - Exaggerated Box Office, Warner Fought Back!

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Saturday is a day off. After a busy week of work, it is also the day when most young people choose to go to the cinema.

The night slowly enveloped the hustle and bustle of the city. Compared to Greater Los Angeles, which is more impetuous after dark, the windy city of Chicago is much calmer.

At this time, in a villa on the outskirts of Chicago, Roger Ebert was sitting in the living room with his agent, whose agent Jon Hubble had just arrived.

"Warner Bros. paid $250,000 into the studio's account at noon today. What they mean is that they hope that you, as a leader in the film critic field, can better guide the public to watch good films!"

After the two sat down, agent Jon Hubble spoke. He knows better than anyone what kind of person his customers are. Even though he always talks about art, he still has many contacts with major film companies.

This $250,000 quotation can definitely impress his clients, not to mention that this is already the second "guidance fund" from Warner Bros.

Although Roger Ebert was indeed moved when he heard this number, he still asked in surprise. "I already wrote a review of "The Return of the Clown" in my column this morning. It's impossible that Warner Bros. didn't notice it, right?"

"No, Roger."

The agent organized his words and continued: "Warner Brothers feels that this level is not enough. They hope that you, as a guide for movie fans to watch movies, can publish a better and more detailed long-term film review in tomorrow's column, so that Only then can more movie fans enter the theater and experience the artistry of this film."

This kind of thing is quite common, at least in the circle of film critics, Roger Ebert is definitely the one with the most influence. Therefore, there will be production companies that will conduct secondary public relations, but this will only happen to films that perform well.

"The box office of "The Return of the Clown" exploded on the first day, and Warner Bros. is willing to invest more!" Roger Ebert said softly, and of course he understood these things.

"Replying to Warner Bros., film reviews play an important guiding role in the entire film industry. It is the job of film critics to guide the public to watch more artistic films, such as "The Clown", which analyzes children's growth in detail. His works need to be seen by more movie fans!”

Although the Pulitzer Prize winner said something very high-sounding, his agent Jon Hubble still understood what he meant. This means that he will do a good job in this matter, and a fully recommended film review will appear in A column in the Chicago Sun-Times.

Jon Hubble knows that no matter how nice the words from his customers are, what impresses him is the dollars that arrive. This is the reality. Roger Ebert is no different from ordinary film critics. They all rely on lying on their backs. The film company sucks life.

“There’s another offer, also from Warner Bros.!”

Seeing that he agreed, the agent began to tell the second thing that came over. "Warner Bros., I hope you will stop giving those good reviews of The Shawshank Redemption and if you can criticize that movie more harshly, there will be another "guidance money" that will hit the studio's account on Monday."

Roger Ebert didn't even think about it and directly rejected his agent. "No, Columbia's public relations efforts are very strong. Let's reject this matter from Warner Brothers."

The agent understands that Warner Bros. is just giving it a try. No matter how shameless these film critics are, they still retain the most basic "professional ethics." As long as such a thing is made once, all future income will be affected.

He just tried to say that if it works, he will get an extra commission. If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter.

Since "The Shawshank Redemption" has gone through two test screenings and has not even been released yet, it has already been well received in the market. Almost all film critics and media are singing praises for this film.

Being able to maintain high ratings for the film in various media, and the film's professional reputation has also been rising. It can be seen that a large part of Sony Columbia's publicity funds must have been invested here.

"Okay, that's it. I'll go back and communicate with Warner Bros. first." Agent Jon Hubble nodded and left this suburban mansion. This big house, including the luxurious decorations in the house, all came from That column of film reviews.

After the agent left, Roger Ebert recalled the content of the movie, returned to the study and took out a pen. Not long after, a long film review appeared on the paper. At the end, he also drew habitually A thumbs up.

Before it was too late, he sent this priceless film review to the Chicago Sun-Times, which will also appear in the latest newspaper tomorrow morning.

As the most well-known film critic, Roger Ebert's knowledge is definitely not bad, and he is definitely among the top people in his analysis of movies. Otherwise, he would not have made very few mistakes for decades.

Just based on his memories when he just wrote the film review, he compared the two films in his mind.

Although "The Return of the Clown" maintains Wayne Greenberg's special style as always, the horror elements mixed in it are all the absolute selling points of the exquisite arrangement. From this point of view alone, the film's market acceptance is not will be low.

"The Shawshank Redemption" is indeed a good movie. Anyone who has seen it must admit that whether it can be accepted by the market is another matter.

"If nothing happens next week, "Shawshank Redemption" will be in big trouble..."

Roger Ebert understands that even if it is in an absolutely dominant position, Warner Bros. will not allow its competitors to release the film safely. It can be seen from the quotation brought by the agent today that Warner Bros. has begun to take action in advance.

When the first ray of sunshine came out in Los Angeles, only a short day passed. All the major newspapers and media suddenly changed their tune. Not only were there two reports on "The Return of the Clown", but more complicated news also appeared. In major newspapers.

First of all, most reports are about the box office of "The Return of the Clown". There are also a small number of gossip tabloids that are repeatedly hyping the poisoning incident of the Canadian crew and rationally analyzing the harm to the child actors. Some tabloids simply wrote it Various dramas about how the crew exploited minors.

Needless to say, yesterday's report by CBS, a subsidiary of Sony Columbia, still had some influence.

"The new film directed by Wayne Greenberg, "The Return of the Clown," hit the theater market this Friday. Following the early screenings of 5 on Thursday, it also earned more than 20 million U.S. dollars on its first day of release. It grossed $26.32 million at the box office.

Yesterday, the second day after the film was released, the box office figures continued to rise, and once again gained 2 US dollars. Because of the box office explosion of "The Return of the Clown", it reached a new high. The second place was Sylvester Stallone's " "The Artillery Expert", the film has been released for three weeks and has also maintained considerable competitiveness..."

In front of the newsstand, Paul Knight put down the "Daily Entertainment" newspaper in his hand and frowned deeply.

He originally wanted to see how much reaction his actions would cause, but he didn't expect to see terrible news at the first glance.

Regarding the operation to discredit the crew of "The Return of the Clown" on CBS, he was really helpless. When I heard that there was no box office on the first day, it was definitely not okay, even if it could play a small role and influence some people's movie-watching choices.

Moreover, this kind of mutual slander is definitely within the competition rules of Hollywood and will not touch the bottom line. Almost every film will receive this treatment when it is released.

But before he could read more news, a car stopped in front of the newsstand in front of the company. Nikki Marvin hurriedly ran out of the car and said with an ugly face:

"Paul, I just got the news that at about four o'clock in the morning, Morgan Freeman was taken away by the Los Angeles Police Department!"

"fxxk!"

Ignoring the newspaper in his hand, Paul Knight threw a Franklin to his boss, picked up a large pile of newspapers, turned around and walked towards the company door.

As he walked, he asked, "What's going on? With Morgan's reputation, unless he went to work as a prostitute, how could the police take him away in the early hours of the morning?"

This hit Paul Knight's heart. The crew of "The Shawshank Redemption" will soon launch a large-scale publicity campaign. Various TV shows and interviews in newspapers and magazines have been scheduled in advance, let alone Let’s talk about the US road show after the film was released.

Morgan Freeman, who originally wanted to take the opportunity to clear his name, went directly to the police station. Now there was simply one less starring role, which completely disrupted the entire rhythm of the film.

"Morgan Freeman's granddaughter suddenly reported the crime and provided clear and complete evidence to the police. The lawyers of the girls who had been biting him before suddenly also put pressure on the judicial department..."

After hearing the bad news, Paul Knight suddenly felt powerless. Is Warner Bros.'s reaction too much? It has never been popular in this circle to beat people to death with a stick without leaving any escape route.

Then it was obvious that the incident had just begun. As soon as they returned to the office, before the two of them could discuss how to deal with it, the secretary walked in quickly and turned on the TV in the office.

On the CNN channel, a reporter was seen interviewing Morgan Freeman’s granddaughter and wife at the door of his home. A few months after the scandal subsided, it was once again broadcast live on television to all of North America.

With his eyes fixed on the TV screen, Paul Knight's voice rang out. "Our legal team doesn't have to go to the police station to bail him out. Damn it, that shit CNN satellite news truck actually drove directly to the door of the house. Morgan Freeman is finished!"

With a "click", the secretary turned the channel and saw the ABC channel, one of the four major TV networks, which also broadcast this program.

"Shit!"

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