Three Hundred and Ninety-Two - Powerful Man of the Year, the Determining Factor in Hollywood: Power Constraints

It has been a year since "Batman Begins" was released, and the second part will be released as early as next summer.

This ensures that after a gap period of more than a year, the expectations of most movie fans have been raised to the highest point. As soon as the movie is released, Batman fans around the world will definitely explode with far more than usual. enthusiasm.

"Look, my little angel, your dad is going to make a lot of money again!"

A "Los Angeles Daily Entertainment" newspaper was picked up by Naomi Watts and placed in front of the little one in her arms. Regardless of whether she could read it or not, the Australian actress just wanted to share this happiness.

The entertainment newspapers on the coffee table are full of news related to "The Matrix" and Wayne. She never tires of reporting on this.

"The Matrix" unsurprisingly won the North American box office championship last week, winning its second consecutive championship since its release. "The Incredible Hulk", which had a dismal box office performance, opened at the same time but was reduced to cannon fodder. ’

This is the first movie that has become a victim of Wayne's madness since the start of this summer season. Thinking of the media's various smears against Wayne a few months ago, Naomi Watts actually felt a little relieved. Feel.

Her position has always been firm, and she only hopes that similar box office tragedies will continue to occur, so that she can use facts to tell those with ulterior motives not to mess with this man.

'Nothing unexpected happened. "The Incredible Hulk" did not show any improvement in its second week. This week's box office list is still dominated by "The Matrix", written and produced by Wayne Greenberg and Zack Snyder. "The Matrix" directed by "The Matrix" grossed US$40.5 million in three days this weekend after grossing US$86.82 million in seven days last week.

"The Matrix" temporarily topped the North American annual box office list with a revenue of 127 million US dollars when the summer season just kicked off. Faced with the strong squeeze of "The Matrix", Universal Pictures invested US$150 million in the large-scale production "The Incredible Hulk", which performed extremely poorly in the theater market.

Due to its rapidly collapsing audience reputation, after three days of the next weekend, it only received US$12 million, which was seriously out of proportion to the production cost. The North American box office has just exceeded 60 million. This film is among the latest released by multiple third-party forecasting agencies. According to predictions, it will be difficult for the North American box office to reach US$100 million.

Fans are not convinced by the performance of "The Incredible Hulk". The North American box office is destined to be difficult to reach the cost line of 150 million US dollars. "The Incredible Hulk" has begun to land in overseas markets on Friday. Universal Pictures can only place its hope on the film's overseas performance. See if you can recoup production costs.

Compared with the superhero movie "Batman Begins" released the previous year, "The Hulk", a very popular character, performed like a disaster. Wayne Greenberg's Batman has maintained strong box office trends and reputation from its inception to its release, while "The Incredible Hulk" is the complete opposite.

The box office performance fell rapidly after the first day, and the audience's reputation was also terrible. According to data disclosed by a third-party survey company, the audience score after watching the movie in the theater was C. Most fans said that the film imitated Batman's character. There are too many traces, and the story is shot in an incomprehensible way, making people confused.

The collapse of the audience's reputation is not an accident. At the same time, the media evaluation of "The Incredible Hulk" has also been criticized. We have collected comments from more than 50 entertainment media and the opinions of more than 40 professional film critics, and the praise rate has reached Less than ten percent...'

Even if Naomi Watts is just an actor, it can be seen from the one-sided media reports that "The Incredible Hulk" has completely hit the streets and cannot pose any threat to "The Matrix". The two movies are investing in There is a huge difference in the amount, and the effect is indeed not like works of the same level.

It can be found from various aspects that Universal Pictures failed completely this time. It can be said that it was a complete failure. The terrifying investment in "The Incredible Hulk" will probably be like a thorn in the throat of Universal Pictures. As long as the thought of Wei There will be a dull pain.

"Deserve it!"

Naomi Watts spat at the newspaper and threw it aside with a smile on her face. He hummed an unknown tune while holding little Fundy in his arms, and continued to read the rest of the newspaper happily.

Of course she understands how much profit the movie "The Matrix" can bring to Wayne, but she understands the net worth of her child's father. It can be said that after several years of struggle, he is not short of money at all. But making money is not the first priority. Her channel overlaps with Wayne's, and what she wants to see is the displeasure of other companies.

"Wow, look, what did mom find?"

Naomi Watts pulled out two beautifully packaged magazines from under a stack of newspapers. One was "Variety", Hollywood's top film and television entertainment business information media, and the other was a movie magazine more familiar to ordinary audiences, "First Edition". reflect".

The reason why these two top entertainment magazines were sent together is because Wayne was selected for their respective lists at the same time.

"What are you looking at, honey?"

While Naomi Watts was flipping through the magazine intently, Wayne brought Nina in and sat on the sofa. In the eyes of the two people who came in, the scene in the living room was quite joyful. A beautiful woman was holding a The little ones looked down at the magazine together.

Both pairs of eyes were staring at the page intently. The younger one was still drooling unconsciously. Regardless of whether the little guy could understand it or not, at least her eyes were wide open and she was observing the world with curious eyes.

"'Premiere' and 'Variety'." Naomi Watts picked up the child and put it into the man's arms. At the same time, she opened two magazines and turned them around half way so that the other party could see them clearly.

""Premiere" placed you sixth in last year's annual "Power List" in Hollywood, and they thought highly of you. Coincidentally, "Variety" also put your name on the annual "Power List" at the same time. The fifth place on the "People" list, the circle has a high degree of recognition for these two authoritative entertainment media, which shows..."

"That doesn't mean anything, Nami."

Wayne didn't care about the so-called Hollywood power lists from the two authoritative entertainment media. The two lists that best represented the power status in the industry ranked him at the top. They did have a certain basis and persuasiveness, but Compared with the little guy in his arms, he obviously cared more about the latter.

"Hey, the boss is someone who doesn't even care about the annual cover characters of Time Magazine. Are these two lists more convincing than the annual cover characters of Time Magazine?"

Nina moved to Naomi Watts, picked up two magazines on the coffee table, and joked with the Australian actress in a teasing tone. "There are so many people in Hollywood who are looking forward to entering these two lists but can't. They just put the boss in the top few. This is a huge waste of public media resources, isn't it?"

"Nina, your bonus is gone."

When Wayne heard the assistant lady's teasing, he didn't even raise his head. He held a handkerchief in his hand and concentrated on wiping the saliva around Little Fendi's mouth. But as soon as he said these words, he clearly hit the opponent's Achilles' heel.

"No, don't do this, please!" Nina immediately changed her tone when she thought that the big bonus was about to leave her. "I swear, boss, these two lists representing the power in the industry definitely underestimate your influence. They should put you first!"

Wayne tilted his head and glanced at her, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Okay, I think so too. Congratulations, your bonus is back."

Most people generally believe that any relationship in Hollywood is determined by power. While power affects relationships throughout society, in Hollywood these relationships are even more visible and prominent.

As Wayne has now achieved, power is often a determining factor in collaborations and decisions, as well as in the entire working model of Hollywood.

The annual "Power List" of the movie magazine "Premiere" and the annual "Powerful Persons" of Hollywood's top film and television entertainment business information media "Variety" are all manifestations of this phenomenon.

In these assessments, a person's power is often determined by his or her past performance or recent achievements. Wayne has learned that most commonly in Hollywood, it is not uncommon for studio lawyers to call their competitors and ask them to check the "history" of producers.

In addition to antitrust implications, everyone in the industry agrees that your past achievements will directly affect your future worth, as well as the rights, status and remuneration you obtain in the next project.

"Is there any other news?" Wayne turned to look at Naomi Watts. He knew some of this woman's bad tastes and especially liked reading the various reports about his films every day.

"The box office of "The Matrix" has exceeded 120 million US dollars. Now these entertainment media are singing praises, praising you, praising Zack Snyder, praising Lee and Charlize Theron's bxxh, praising everything about "The Matrix", this Nothing new, is there?”

Just like Naomi Watts said, although the creative team of "The Matrix" went to Europe and wanted to travel to two cities in one day to promote the film, with the momentum of the film's box office explosion and overwhelming media coverage, Warner Bros. is still carrying out intensive bombing in various promotions and marketing in North America.

This film has caused a lot of topics and controversies, but they are still creating topics so that more passers-by can enter the theater as soon as possible, hoping to squeeze out all the value of "The Matrix" before "Twister" is released. .

“‘The Matrix,’ Greenberg’s R-rated film returns to kick off the summer season, with box office exceeding US$120 million in two weekends!”

"In 1996, the annual box office champion was born. Zack Snyder's first film "The Matrix" successfully reached the top spot in just over a week!"

"He is not just a great director! The science fiction film "The Matrix", written and produced by Wayne Greenberg, showed the potential to crush everything as soon as it opened. It successfully defended its weekly box office title and the film was released for ten days. It grossed $127 million at the box office!”

Starting from Monday, various eye-catching topics and news have been released continuously by Warner Bros. using its media and the media channels of its parent company Time Warner. Suddenly, the summer season has begun, and "The Matrix" has been in the public opinion. The scene of a single family.