Four Hundred and Twenty-Two - Definitely Not Comparable to "Ransom Storm"

Now is the hottest summer season in North America. Now that the film has been released, no matter what the purpose of filming, the first task must be to obtain as high a box office as possible.

In the early stages of a movie's release, what best represents the market potential is the film's audience reputation. They are the first-hand consumers and the ones with the most say.

Now that the film is showing signs of severe polarization in word-of-mouth, it shows that there are still a large number of ordinary movie fans who cannot accept this kind of story presentation.

You know, the movie fans who were able to walk into the theater for the first time last night were either supporters of the main creative team or fans of this type of movie. They all gave such comments. After today's large-scale release, the reputation of movie fans will definitely still be good. This trend will continue to expand.

Faced with this situation, Wayne actually had no good solution. Since he chose to make this film, such risks have already existed.

"But here's the good news."

Seeing him fall into silence and thinking, Naomi Watts continued, "The professional reputation of "The Departed" is very good. According to statistics compiled by Warner Bros. this morning, it was found that most of the well-known film critics in North America gave this film a very good rating. High evaluation and overwhelming professional reputation will help us compete for professional awards, won't it?"

"That's true, but our first priority right now is that the box office shouldn't be too ugly." Wayne breathed a sigh of relief and said without scruple, "The good reviews from film critics have had an impact on the summer release." , but definitely not as high as we imagined.”

Wayne actually already knows what the professional ratings are like, but that will only have a big impact on the awards season half a year later, but it has little significance on the current box office.

Some people in the industry may still be superstitious about professional ratings, but this definitely does not include him. It is not obvious yet. It won’t take too long. As long as ten years pass, everyone will find out how big the ratings are without the audience. limitation.

In fact, there are already many examples. Commercial science fiction films with poor professional ratings often perform very well in the market, while good films that are highly praised by film critics frequently fail in the market.

Just like two thousand years later, when there is no production company, professional ratings are used to measure market potential. This kind of rating method that is divorced from the public is destined to be impossible to represent anything outside of the awards season.

This is like a multiple-choice question. If you choose the so-called professional rating, it is destined to be out of touch with the needs of ordinary movie fans. It is inevitable that the market will be cold.

Of course, both professional reputation and fan reputation have been harvested, and films that win both awards and box office appear every year, but there is an element of luck involved in this, and achieving similar results is definitely not something that ordinary people can achieve through hard work.

In fact, in Wayne's mind, he was already prepared for "The Departed" to perform less than perfectly in the theater market. Due to the type of film, the North American box office and world box office are definitely incomparable with his previous works.

But he is still a little reluctant. In fact, no director wants to see the work he worked so hard to shoot not be welcomed by more audiences when it is put in the theater market.

Nina glanced at the watch on her wrist and whispered, "Boss, it's almost time. We should leave now."

"Okay." Before leaving, Wayne came to the stroller, bent down and kissed the sleeping little guy gently, then raised his head and looked at Naomi Watts. "In the past few weeks when I'm out promoting, you should read more about the script of "The Dark Knight". My personal suggestion is to ask Hela to help you find a teacher. This will be good for your future work."

"If necessary, I will." The Australian actress stood on tiptoes and kissed him gently on the face. She suddenly remembered something and said, "Don't you want to know the advance box office of the competitor "Ransom Storm"?" ?”

"no point."

Wayne waved his hand, turned around and walked out of the living room. "Nami, the advance screenings of the two films are not equal. I don't have that high expectations for the box office of "The Departed", but this is by no means comparable to "The Ransom"."

Perhaps he has no way of judging whether his highly stylized film will be a hit, but he is extremely confident that with the early screenings of "Ransom Storm" of more than 2,000 people and the 2,200 theaters in operation, he will be able to win in the first place. It is basically impossible to compete with yourself at the weekend box office.

This era is indeed the era when Hollywood stars have the strongest appeal. Mel Gibson does have a lot of popularity, but it depends on who he is compared with. Since we have an unquestionable advantage in terms of the number of advance screenings, opening scale, number of screening screens, main cast and creative lineup, etc., how can we be outperformed by the other side at the box office?

The rest is nothing more than the quality of the film, which mainly depends on the skill of the director. Ron Howard can be considered a good director, but no one is stupid enough to put him in the same position as Wayne.

"Boss, are you not worried at all that the other party's box office will exceed ours?"

The Rolls-Royce Silver Spur smoothly left the manor and drove all the way to Los Angeles International Airport. On the way, Nina curiously asked Wayne, who had his eyes closed to rest.

"Well, if they want to surpass us at the box office in the first weekend, they need to find a way to get past Daisy first."

Yes, in Wayne's mind, the opening weekend is the strongest period for his film's box office, because fans of the three male protagonists will enter the theater immediately. The movie fan group viewing event organized by Daisy will start today and last for three days throughout the weekend until the next working day.

With the good reputation he has accumulated over the years, he believes that not only the die-hard fans of his own fan organization, but also more passerby movie fans, can't help but be curious and walk into the theater to buy tickets and watch the movie.

Don't underestimate Warner Bros.'s promotion of "This is Wayne's last R-rated film". The emotional effect often sparks unimaginable enthusiasm for watching movies.

The Rolls-Royce Silver Spur gradually moved away and disappeared from Naomi Watts' sight. She returned to the living room humming unknown music. First she looked at her daughter's naughty sleeping posture, and then picked up the statistics sheet again. Report.

The above is very clear. After the premiere of "Ransom" last night, 2,200 advance screenings were opened simultaneously across North America. According to the news received by Warner Bros. this morning, the box office was approximately US$3.3 million.

This action blockbuster initiated by Michael Ovitz, directed by Ron Howard, and starring Mel Gibson and Rene Russo, has a declared production cost of US$80 million. If the investment in publicity and distribution of the film is added, Disney's investment in this The investment in the project will never be less than US$100 million.

The box office results of the early screenings may not represent the box office of the film after its official opening, but to a certain extent, it can reflect the popularity of the film in the early stages of its release.

So Naomi Watts is relieved and still starts the statistics. If nothing unexpected happens, this film will not compete with "The Departed" in the same period. If you want to recover the cost in the theater market, you have to look at the follow-up of the film. Performance depends on whether the audience buys it or not.

So, the Australian actress happily picked up the newspaper again and read the media's praise for his father to the little guy who was sleeping soundly and didn't understand anything. Regardless of whether the little guy could hear it or not, she hoped that she would My dearest ones come to share this unparalleled joy and pride.

"The narrative rhythm at the beginning of the film is slow, but it clearly explains the background of the two male protagonists. Especially the film's description of the environment of the two little boys is rare in Wayne Greenberg's works. A detailed sense of cross-narrative.

As for the elements of Greenberg-style films that movie fans are looking forward to, "The Departed" has them all, whether it's the struggle of human nature, the discussion of social issues, the realism of fists and flesh, or the large scale that makes adrenaline soar, It will definitely meet the expectations of movie fans. "Kenneth Turan.

"Personally, I think this is the best movie Wayne has made since the 1990s. It not only retains his past social critical consciousness, but also has the clearest context in terms of storytelling and is the most dramatic and entertaining. A successful work.

This undoubtedly shows Wayne's excellent grasp of the story, with strong coherence, and the twists and turns of the story also make the monotonous theme of environment not boring. It expands the creative space for gangster movies, and the details of shaping characters are also much richer.

So in my opinion it leans more towards social drama than psychological drama. Of course, I personally think that the theme of the film is clear, and the closed ending makes people feel absurdly happy. Compared with the few classic films he made in the past, there are not so many memorable moments. But no matter what, this can be regarded as Wayne's masterpiece in film noir! "Dard McCarthy.

""The Departed" is a model of parallel and cross montage! In terms of the processing of the entire film's narrative, through the use of post-editing, the processing of parallel montage and contrast montage is very natural and smooth, making the relationship between the characters in the story seem more direct. It is simple, the effect is very good, and it is a very technically proficient model.

From the various processing methods of this film, we can find that Wayne Greenberg has completely reached the master level in terms of technology and control of the film's narrative, lens, etc..." " Los Angeles Times

"Pity!"

In Burbank, the media capital, in an office on the seventh floor of the Warner Bros. Building, Bruce Rosenblum threw down the newspaper in his hand. So far in the morning, all he saw were various media and film critics. , a worship-like compliment to Wayne.

Across the desk, Jeff Robinov lit a Victory cigar and asked leisurely, "What's such a shame?"

"In the face of theater alliances, we should insist on signing exclusive screening agreements." Bruce Rosenblum shook his head. "With the brilliance that Wayne has created in the past few years, there is hope that we can negotiate, otherwise, we can directly squeeze Disney to death!"