Three Hundred and Eighty-Nine-First Week Box Office Champion

Sergey carefully dug another hole next to the other dog's grave under the awning on Wayne's favorite lawn. Fundy was buried here next to her brother.

These two dogs have been with Wayne since they were teenagers. In fact, they are basically no different from family members. In some ways, their relationship may be better than that of family members.

Nina stood silently not far away, still thinking about the story in her mind. This story was far beyond her expectation. It was like a ray of afternoon sunshine, full of heart-warming power. Unfortunately, she did not see the ending.

When she thought of the previous scene, Wayne sat on the ground with his golden retriever in his arms while bathing in the red sunset. Both the person and the dog exuded the emotion of reluctance. She suddenly felt that she understood the story. It was about a young man who accompanied her in her youth. partners, bidding farewell to each other.

"I'm fine, everyone go back."

Wayne looked at the place where the two dogs were buried, and raised his head to find that several people around him were looking at him with worried eyes. The corners of his mouth twitched twice, and you could tell that he wanted to give everyone a smile.

He had already been mentally prepared for the current outcome, and he had been prepared since the other golden retriever left.

Naomi Watts can understand his feelings. The golden retriever has been by her side since she was pregnant. A white hand stretched out, gently held Wayne's hand and pressed it twice.

"Honey, Fundy is so gentle and kind, believe me, God just called it back."

The two held hands and walked along the lawn toward the villa. Facing the Australian actress's comfort, Wayne shrugged silently and nodded.

"Write the ending of that story." Naomi Watts turned around, raised her head slightly and looked at the big boy beside her. "We can invest our own money to film it, and when Fendi is older, we can show it to our little princess."

"I will."

The departure of the last golden retriever seemed to take away the mark of Wayne's youth. Although his mood had been very low, he still forced himself to focus on the hot summer war.

"The Matrix" continues to move forward amid controversy. This film completely overshadowed the "Hulk" next door. Countless young people continue to go into the theater to watch it again and again. This special science fiction film has given young people Movie fans have brought a novel and cool movie-watching experience.

"The plot of the film is boring, the pace of the story is slow, and even the darkness in it is so deliberate."

"Watching "The Incredible Hulk" is a waste of time. The dull plot will not gain you anything except making you deeply sleepy."

Many fans who bought tickets to watch "The Incredible Hulk" gave quite poor reviews when filling out questionnaires.

Just one week has passed, and the audience and professional reputation of "The Incredible Hulk" have both reached their lowest point. The media described the film as a box office disaster at the beginning of the summer season.

In sharp contrast to this film, "The Matrix" is currently in theaters, and its reputation among audiences is extremely strong. It has also been released for a week, and although the attendance rate is also continuing to decline, it is still in a healthy decline.

When the second Friday came, according to the media's first-week box office statistics, "The Matrix" had a box office figure of US$86.82 million, completely crushing the US$39.6 million of "The Incredible Hulk" next door, easily winning the weekly box office championship.

After "The Incredible Hulk" exploded at the box office on its first day, fewer and fewer moviegoers bought tickets. Affected by the gradual collapse of its reputation, its prospects in the theater market were generally pessimistic.

In this regard, the theater companies that reacted fastest were the three major theater companies, led by Regal Cinemas, AMC and American Artists Cinema Chain. Before the second weekend, they all lowered the price of "The Incredible Hulk". Number of screening screens and film schedule.

As a large-scale production with a production cost of more than 100 million US dollars, it is very rare that the filming rate was reduced to 21% in the next weekend.

This part of the screen that has been squeezed out has also been tacitly given to "The Matrix" by the theater chain, which has a strong reputation. Starting from Friday morning, the average screening rate of this film will reach a terrifying 40%. .

"There is no need to contact the theater companies anymore. Now they won't talk to us at all."

In a coffee shop in Century City, Ron Meyer gently stirred the coffee and made a tinkling sound. He looked at Justin who was sitting opposite and said: "The existence of theater companies is basically customer flow. They only serve for Making way for profitable films, it is impossible to give up the huge profits at your fingertips in order to maintain the relationship with Universal Pictures."

Justin put the mobile phone back on the table and sighed. "Now the top executives of the three major theater chain companies no longer answer my calls! These bxxxhs!"

""The Hulk"..." Ron Meyer shook his head, picked up the coffee and took a sip. "There is basically no possibility of a comeback. It will take at least ten years to recover the losses incurred by this film."

As the distribution director of Universal Pictures, Justin knows that this is the reality. Although he is reluctant to accept it, the box office numbers do not lie. Universal Pictures is destined to suffer a big setback with "The Incredible Hulk".

"That's it now." Ron Meyer crossed his hands on his legs, leaned his upper body on the back of the chair, and looked at the passersby outside through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the cafe. "Warner Bros. is still hyping up and creating buzz about The Matrix, and they won't give The Incredible Hulk a chance to breathe."

"The advantages of The Matrix are too obvious." Justin shook his head in annoyance. "We underestimated the commercial director, and we underestimated Wayne Greenberg. Bill Baker was worse than a novice director in some ways, shit."

Although there are many reasons for the failure of "The Incredible Hulk", someone must be responsible for the failure of the project. Director Bill Beckby and producer Brian Grazer are the best responsible persons. Universal Pictures cannot be allowed to Executives, please stand up and take responsibility.

"Don't worry, we still have "The Fat Professor." Ron Meyer has watched too many successes and failures of the film, so he doesn't have too strong mood swings. "Let Warner Bros. and Wayne Greenberg fight with other companies first. After "The Fat Professor" is released, they will be almost done. I don't believe that dark madman can still affect "Independence". Japan’s box office.”

Justin looked at his confident boss, nodded and reluctantly agreed with the other person's point of view. But judging from the news he received, "The Fat Professor"'s competitor "Independence Day" in the same period also received a lot of praise after holding a preview screening at 20th Century Fox.

Fans and media who attended the preview praised it as a well-made summer popcorn film. It belongs to the type of science fiction production with the widest audience. It is definitely not an easy opponent to bully.

"The Fat Professor" cannot take advantage of science fiction popcorn like "Independence Day" in any way.

"Tell me, what price did that dark lunatic Wayne Greenberg pay to let Warner Bros. accompany him crazy..."

Ron Meyer's murmur came to his ears, and Justin frowned, also puzzled by this question.

Warner Bros. is an out-and-out giant company, even ranking first among the six Hollywood giants in terms of performance, revenue and box office. Even if Wayne Greenberg is the majority shareholder, Warner Bros. has no reason to accompany him crazy. That's right.

Don't look at the fact that the box office of "The Matrix" exceeded 80 million US dollars in the first seven days of the first week, and the peripheral sales results are roughly equivalent to this figure. But if other major Warner Bros. productions fail to compete in the future, the profits gained from "The Matrix" will definitely not be able to cover the losses of other films.

"Monday was US$7.52 million, Tuesday was US$7.6 million, Wednesday was US$6.6 million, and Thursday was US$5.5 million. "The Matrix" was released for seven days, and the total box office exceeded US$80 million."

In an office on the eighth floor of the Fox Building in Century City, Townsend Rothman looked at the statistics in front of him, curled his lips and shook his head, teasing Terry who was sitting across from his desk. "Universal Pictures is in serious trouble. "The Incredible Hulk" won't even be able to make money from box office and peripherals. They won't be able to recover their investment for at least ten years."

"That Zack Snyder is very good." Terry scratched his chin with one hand and said thoughtfully: "Just from the movie "The Matrix", it seems that he is indeed next to Wayne Greenberg. , I have learned enough experience in a few years, boss, have you noticed that Zack Snyder’s shooting and production style is exactly like a little Wayne Greenberg.”

After hearing these tongue-twisting words, Townsend-Rosman's eyes narrowed and he also lowered his head thoughtfully.

The traditional rule of Hollywood is that if you want to get something in return, you have to pay first. However, 20th Century Fox agreed to Wayne's deal. After getting the promise, it gave the reward first, advancing the release date of "Independence Day" by a week. .

Then when facing the negotiation with agent Jimmy, we have been in a state of delaying things as long as possible. This is completely against the rules. Their main purpose for doing this was to see what would happen if a director other than Wayne made a superhero movie.

Now that "The Hulk" has rushed to grandma's house, it has completely stopped their other messy thoughts. Jimmy will be invited again soon to continue the stalled negotiations.

The main reason why negotiations have stalled and why 20th Century Fox wants to see the results of "The Incredible Hulk" is that Wayne's personal treatment requirements are too high, and it is difficult to negotiate. There is no way, he is really worth it. With such a high net worth, other companies cannot get this opportunity even if they want it.

But agreeing to Jimmy's harsh conditions means that most of the proceeds from the film will go into the other party's pocket. But those few words Terry just said gave Townsend Roseman a wake-up call...