Six Hundred and Eighty 10 Days 190 Million
"In the second half of 1997, Wayne Greenberg, who had just won an Oscar and received a $200 million from Warner Bros., finally made up his mind to give up the strong dark style that had made him admired by hundreds of millions of people around the world. Determined to stand from the perspective of all movie fans and shoot a top-notch commercial audio-visual feast.
However, when the film was officially released last weekend, no one expected that this special effects blockbuster, which stands at the apex of the times, would suddenly receive criticism from film critics. It is also precisely behind the fact that "The Flash" received the lowest professional rating of Wayne Greenberg's career that it has quietly gained the firm support of movie fans across North America. Some senior fans even compared "The Flash" to that year's "Star Wars" "First.
If you only look at the situation encountered when the movie was released, Wayne Greenberg's "The Flash" is indeed very similar to his friend George Lucas's "Star Wars". The same movie encountered resistance from the entire film critic community as soon as it was released. It also received incredibly low professional ratings, but it also gained recognition from countless ordinary movie fans and achieved great success at the box office.
"The Flash" grossed nearly US$40 million in the North American theater market on its first day of release last Friday, and grossed more than US$95 million in its first weekend. After entering the working day, the popularity of this film showed no signs of weakening, and it once again earned more than 36 million US dollars from Monday to Thursday!
The film has been officially launched in the North American theater market for a week. Although it has been controversial in a short period of time, it still strongly beats all the works released at the same time and achieved good results of 131.42 million US dollars. Next, "The Flash" will usher in its second week of screenings, but there is no competitor of the same level this week. This is definitely a good thing worth celebrating for "The Flash"..."
"The New Yorker" devoted a huge amount of space to singing praises to Wayne and "The Flash", as if they had forgotten the column review of "The Flash" in just a few days.
Naomi Watts liked this moment. She glanced at the man with a calm expression and lowered his head to concentrate on scrambled eggs. After all, the power of those film critics was still in the face of the huge box office figures and Warner Bros.'s regardless of the cost of publicity expenses. , the voice gradually became smaller and pitiful.
Especially this morning, in mainstream media newspapers, there are basically no reviews from film critics. Almost all mainstream media entertainment sections are full of news related to "The Flash".
As this report from The New Yorker said, "The Flash" is just like copying the path that George Lucas took back then. In a short period of time, it relied on the support of countless ordinary movie fans to become a smooth and successful film. It slapped all the film critics in the face. Is there anything more satisfying than this?
The Australian actress, who was in a very happy mood, had no idea about breakfast on the table. She continued to read the newspapers in front of her without getting tired of it. She specially picked out an authoritative professional film newspaper, "The Hollywood Reporter", and read it with relish.
"The Flash is just one of countless superheroes in the DC series, but Wayne Greenberg gave Barry Allen a completely different interpretation from the previous DC movies. Especially after watching "The Flash" After the premiere, countless movie fans were relieved. Wayne Greenberg once again lived up to everyone's expectations!
He gave "The Flash" a more exciting picture, especially with the huge change in style, without giving fans the illusion of leaving the DC series. I believe most people don’t realize that the simple and relaxing "The Flash" has no sense of dissonance when put together with the previous work. This is the talent of a film master to control his own works!
Since the start of the DC series, the great success of each one is inseparable from the comic book masters who created the superheroes. Their existence ensures that every superhero's appearance is traceable. But the success of the movie relies more on Wayne Greenberg's unique directorial talent. He used the camera in his hand to capture the fantasies in the comic books as if he were dreaming.
This director who leads the dark trend that is raging around the world seems to be telling movie fans around the world that even if he abandons the most powerful weapons in the past, the films he shoots will still be beautiful and can still gain their admiration.
A few years ago, when people still had more impressions of him as a niche director, he used his unparalleled talent to shoot "The Clown", a niche horror film that instantly touched the ceiling in his hands.
A few years later, with the release of "The Flash", within just one week of its release, more and more movie fans said that Wayne Greenberg's "The Flash" was the best commercial special effects film of this era. The ultimate film.
In the eyes of many film critics, Wayne Greenberg, whose talent has been exhausted, once again proved to them in just a few days that he is still the film master who either does nothing or achieves the ultimate in what he does. In this sense, all movie fans born in this era are lucky. They are witnessing the progress of a legendary Hollywood director time and time again.
Finally, I would like to say that the success of "The Flash" is a good learning object for all Hollywood film companies. Hollywood has the most advanced film industry in the world. As long as you make movies carefully from the perspective of movie fans, even a commercial film with a simple plot can still bring an unparalleled visual feast to movie fans! "
Looking at the various authoritative entertainment media hyping Wayne from different angles, Naomi Watts finally found a familiar feeling. This is the real situation that has happened repeatedly in recent years.
Although the hymns in many reports made her, the woman who knew Wayne best, feel a sense of tingling. Even Wayne himself may not necessarily think so about many of the compliments, but everyone understands that once similar voices appear in the media on a large scale, it means that this "war" has initially won.
"What's the total box office of "Godzilla"?"
After Wayne had eaten and drank enough, he lazily leaned back in his chair, lit a cigarette, and looked at the Australian actress who had been too busy flipping through the newspaper to even bother to eat. "Why haven't I heard you mention other movies?"
"Because it's not on the front page of any newspaper."
Naomi Watts raised her eyebrows, shook off the newspaper in her hand, and replied with an arrogant look: "Almost all the media's front pages are full of news related to you and "The Flash", I haven't read it yet. Which media mentions "Godzilla"?"
"Uh...yes." As she spoke, she opened the second page of the newspaper in her hand and said, "With four working days and three days of opening weekend, "Godzilla" has achieved a total of The box office was US$53.25 million, and the single-day box office on Thursday has dropped to just over US$2 million.”
For a large project with a total investment of more than 200 million US dollars in production costs, publicity and distribution investment, this figure is indeed a bit pitiful.
Especially as the reputation of movie fans is getting worse and worse, Wayne can confirm with just a simple calculation that unless this film creates a miracle in the overseas theater market, it is basically impossible to recover the cost from the box office. possible.
The single-day box office has already crashed, which means this film is destined to have a box office of less than 100 million in North America. Judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that the results will not even be able to catch up with "The Great Clash".
"Whether it's Paramount Pictures' 'Combat' or Sony Columbia's 'Godzilla.'"
Putting down the newspaper in her hand, Naomi Watts raised her head to take a sip of milk and muttered: "If we can't create a miracle in the next overseas screening, we will probably lose a lot of money."
"It's hard."
Nina, who had been silent all this time, suddenly answered: "I mean it's difficult to create miracles overseas."
She glanced at her boss, pushed up the glasses on her face and continued: "As far as I know, Paramount Pictures was originally planning for "Collision" to perform even better at the North American box office and then distribute it overseas. Yes, all plans should be in vain now.
As for "Godzilla", there is a high probability that only the original version can achieve good results. It just so happens that our "The Flash" will be released overseas at the same time. Since "Godzilla" has not competed with "The Flash" in North America, it is even less likely overseas. "
Although he thought so in his heart, Wayne still said: "We can't let down our guard, who knows if there will be another accident."
"That's right, Sony Columbia has not given up on "Godzilla"." The assistant lady nodded, looked at her boss and said, "Jimmy called me this morning. The little reporter is still making trouble. It is very likely that he will I will sue you in the near future."
Wayne shook his head slightly. He didn't take the young reporter too seriously now. So what if he was sued? If it cannot gain the support of public opinion, Sony Columbia will most likely not continue to help the other party. If you want to fight this kind of lawsuit, it is normal for it to take months, years, or even more than ten years.
Maybe it’s nothing to her, and she only has money to spend with the other party. You know, after the young reporter’s violent accusations were reported, Nina received dozens of self-recommendation emails from lawyers, including many first-hand directors. Simpson” acquittal team of lawyers.
"Warner Bros. Finance sent a notice."
Seeing that Wayne didn't want to continue talking about this topic, Nina simply talked about work in the restaurant. "The continued success of "The Flash" seems to have affected many things. Warner Bros.'s financial department has notified Colin and the team of accountants he leads to check the remaining balance of "Batman: The Dark Knight" after work on Monday. The box office is divided into accounts.”
"Ha, exciting news, isn't it?"
Upon hearing the news, Wayne gave a rare whistle, got up from his chair and walked towards the living room with Nina.
"The Dark Knight" has long been withdrawn from overseas, but so far, Wayne has only received a later share of the North American box office of US$400 million, and the final base salary of US$20 million, 6.9 million.
The post-production share of the US$400 million North American box office is US$80 million, and the basic salary is US$20 million. Although a total of US$100 million in total compensation has been received from "The Dark Knight", this is far from being counted. He made most of his money on this film.
According to the contract signed by Wayne and producer Warner Bros., the director's post-production salary is 20% of the global box office of "The Dark Knight". This simple and crude sharing agreement is exactly what created the myth of director’s salary this time.
The total global box office of "The Dark Knight" is just over 1.2 billion U.S. dollars. Of course, the calculation method can also be roughly calculated. After excluding the 400 million U.S. dollars that have already participated in the share, the remaining amount is just over 800 million U.S. dollars, which can be divided into his hands. That’s 160 million! The total salary added up reached a terrifying US$260 million!
Is $260 million a lot? If you look at the current top salaries in Hollywood, it is definitely a sky-high figure. Regardless of whether you are a director or producer, or a star with an even more amazing ability to attract money, it is difficult to match this number.
But looking at it on the other hand, if this number is compared to the total revenue generated by "Batman: The Dark Knight" for Warner Bros., it is not a big number. It's just that it's scary in terms of individual salary. After all, in all these years, except for Steven Spielberg in the first "Jurassic Park", no director has been able to get such a salary.
The situation of "Jurassic Park" is also relatively special. Steven Spielberg's sky-high income is not only the director's post-production share, but also involves a series of operations such as copyrights and peripherals. Therefore, just looking at the director's income from directing a movie, I am afraid that no one will be able to break this number for many years, including Wayne himself.
It's just that the information about the sky-high remuneration for "The Dark Knight" has not yet been known to the outside world. Otherwise, it will definitely become the headline of another media hype.
In fact, Wayne and others knew very well that the reason why Warner Bros. notified his team of accountants to check the accounts at this time and prepare to pay this sky-high remuneration was simply due to the excellent box office performance of "The Flash" .
The role of the media is to attract public opinion, and then use public opinion to drive more audiences. The audience goes into the theater to watch the movie and contributes to the box office. Then because of the excellent box office results and audience reputation, Warner Brothers continues to increase its investment in public opinion, eventually forming a Closed loop cycle.
In this perfect closed loop, the only thing that cannot be bypassed is Wayne as the leader. Therefore, when the movie becomes more and more successful and its box office achievements become greater and greater, the first thing Warner Bros. has to consider is always how to make it happen. He continued to be tied to his chariot to avoid unnecessary rifts between the two sides.
Choosing to pay the remaining share of "The Dark Knight" at this time has another meaning, which is to cover up the Black Catwoman plan that suddenly appeared some time ago and bridge the possible gap between the two parties.
There is never right or wrong in the adult world. This is a rule that Hollywood has always followed. As long as the benefits obtained are large enough, even if the two parties are enemies who killed their father, they can still continue to cooperate happily and closely.
"The Flash" has officially entered its second week of release after a full week of screenings. As the negative reviews of the film in the media gradually disappeared, all of a sudden it became praise for "The Flash", starting on Friday night Beginning, major mainstream commercial theaters in North America began to stage the first movie-watching frenzy of the year.
Due to the sudden increase in traffic, the box office of "The Flash" soared sharply, earning 15.12 million US dollars on Friday. At the same time, it also set a new record. According to data released by an authoritative third-party statistics company, "The Flash" is the only film in North America in recent years that can attract more than 3 million movie fans into the theater on weekdays.
However, what is even more surprising is that Friday is just the beginning. After the second weekend of the release of "The Flash", more and more passerby movie fans and family movie fans choose to enter the theater this weekend. These people's weekend The entertainment goal is very clear, "The Flash" is the most suitable for ordinary movie fans in the DC series!
With the diversification of moviegoers of all ages, the audience of "The Flash" is no longer limited to young people, but has a larger number of moviegoers, but it has not lowered the movie's audience reputation. In a commercial film, this can be regarded as a medium-sized miracle.
Whether it is teenagers, college students or middle-aged and elderly people, almost all gave good ratings in the post-viewing survey. After another Monday arrived, the movie-watching craze briefly subsided.
Since the beginning of this year's summer season, the media has never been short of hot topics to hype. However, since "The Flash" began to show a tendency to crush the box office, almost all mainstream entertainment media reported on the film. After the weekend, The film's performance in the theater market has once again become a hot topic of discussion in all media.
"Since 1993, every DC movie has been excellent. Whether it is "Joker" or the two "Batman" films, they are all classic chapters. "The Flash" has further reduced the number of films based on the successful previous series. It is one of the best commercial films since the 1990s for the general public’s viewing threshold!”
---"New York Times"
"There is no film with the best use of special effects to date. Throughout the 100-minute feature film of "The Flash", there is no shortage of exciting special effects at all times. Wayne Greenberg successfully made the audience immersed in the extremely shocking audio and video special effects. , understanding the origin of Barry Allen’s superpowers, this is another complete interpretation of DC superheroes.”
---"Premiere"
""The Flash" is very likely to become the greatest work that most represents the Hollywood film industry in the entire 1990s. Wayne Greenberg spent 7 years making niche noir films mainstream. "The Flash" Does the appearance of , mean that he will start the era of extreme audio and video special effects again?!"
---"Washington post"
"The Flash, shot through the lens of Wayne Greenberg, is a very simple story, but the movie is much more than just a good story. The visual shock that the entire film brings to the audience is unparalleled, especially the big scenes and Appropriate soundtrack. Barry Allen uses a wonderful growth journey to explain to all audiences the responsibility that comes with ability!"
---"Los Angeles Times"
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Countless media praises almost all came from the second weekend box office of "The Flash". After more than 3 million moviegoers on Friday night, Saturday's box office performance surged again on this basis. It closed in the North American theater market that day. The box office was 27.64 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 64.6% of the total theater box office!
The performance on Sunday was also very good, with a box office of US$19.27 million that day. The three-day journey of "The Flash" ended on the second weekend, with a total of 62.03 million US dollars in the North American theater market!
The next weekend's three-day box office gross exceeded $60 million! This is an achievement that no other film can aspire to achieve, and it also exceeds the opening weekend results of 90% of movies.
What's even more incredible is that compared to the box office of more than 95 million US dollars in the first weekend of "The Flash"'s official release, the drop in the second weekend was only one-third! This box office trend is absolutely solid in the field of large-scale commercial films.
The film has only been officially released for ten days, and it has already grossed US$190 million in North America even before the overseas screening tour started! To some extent, "The Flash" is creating box office myths again.
Many people know in their hearts that "The Flash" is different from "The Dark Knight" and "Titanic". This kind of special commercial film that relies on extreme audio and video special effects to attract audiences will not be able to continue to be so strong at the box office.
However, even many authoritative third-party forecasting companies have issued forecast reports for the box office target of "The Flash" to be more than 300 million US dollars in North America and more than 700 million US dollars globally.
Even the gambling company in Las Vegas had already closed the betting channels for "The Flash" when the North American box office reached 300 million before Monday arrived. No one has a keener sense of smell than the betting company. As long as they close the betting channel, it is basically impossible to have any accidents.
In fact, even Warner Bros. knows that as most moviegoers with movie-going habits have watched the film, the subsequent box office trend of "The Flash" is destined to slow down. This film is so different from "The Dark Knight" that it is basically impossible to expect a large number of movie fans to watch it again and again.
Therefore, the distribution department notified the creative team in Boston early to fly to Europe before this weekend to warm up for the premiere in the UK on Saturday. At the same time, also on this Sunday, Wayne will fly to the East on a luxury charter flight from Warner Bros. to start his second trip to the East.
As "The Flash" enters its second week of screening, its mythical box office results are still having an impact. First of all, many stars accepted interviews with the media and publicly accused Vitaly Sejduc of harassment disguised as a prank. In particular, newly-minted Oscar-winning actress Helen Hunt burst into tears when being interviewed by the media, telling the story My own experience of being harassed.
As a Hollywood star, the instinct to ride on the popularity has long been deeply ingrained in their blood. Even if you don't realize that you are taking advantage of the media, the agent team behind you will remind you. It's just that everyone is smart, and when everything was about to settle, they all stood up one after another.
The box office performance of "The Flash" began to slow down as everyone expected after entering the working day. On Monday, it suddenly dropped from US$19.27 million on Sunday to US$5.71 million. As each day passes, the box office numbers are still slowly falling.
"The First Cause of All Realms"
Wayne knows that this is a common problem with this type of film, whether it is "Iron Man" 1 or 2 in his head, or other Marvel works in the later period. He makes a lot of money at the beginning of the movie's release, and then actively reduces it. The most normal approach for distribution companies is to operate offline channels with greater profits as soon as possible during the screening cycle.
However, just this Saturday, the day before he was about to board the special plane flying to the East, and also the day when "The Flash" officially landed in the overseas theater market, two explosive news reports by many well-known North American media instantly changed "The Flash" once again. "The Flash", pushing Wayne into a hot public opinion.
At the same time, because of these two consecutive pieces of news, all competitors took the initiative to give up their resistance and put away all their useless struggles!