Chapter 860 When Thanos Met Jonathan

The best time slots in May for the summer season are undoubtedly the first weekend and the last weekend.

The former is just the beginning of the summer season, and the enthusiasm of moviegoers for commercial blockbusters has suddenly exploded; the latter is on the last Monday of May, which is also the Memorial Day public holiday, and it forms a three-day strong time slot with Saturday and Sunday.

"John Wick 3" was fully launched in North American theaters on Friday, the day before the holiday weekend, with 4,105 theaters opening.

This is also the R-rated movie with the most theaters opening since "The Dark Knight Rises".

Moviegoers are eagerly waiting. Starting from Thursday night, a large number of people flocked to the theater to watch the midnight screenings of the film.

In 3,800 midnight screenings in North America, the film earned $18.2 million in box office.

This is the strongest midnight box office since the beginning of 2014, far exceeding "Captain America 2" at the beginning of the summer season.

The latter's North American first weekend box office was as high as $96.2 million.

In the office of Disney Studios, Alan Horn was looking through the data that had just been reported, not only the box office figures of "John Wick 3", but also the market response and reputation in various aspects.

All the numbers showed an explosive trend.

Cody Horn, who came to Disney today, put down the Hollywood Reporter in her hand and said, "Is Martin's new movie a big hit at the box office?"

She shook her head: "It's not quite right to say that. Martin's movies have always had a strong box office explosion. This one should be said to be a super explosion."

"The accumulation of two consecutive movies, as well as the huge topic, plus the third part of the trilogy, will make "John Wick 3" usher in a terrible market explosion." Alan Horn smiled: "Of course, this is a good thing. Judging from the current situation, the first weekend box office of "John Wick 3" will far exceed "Captain America 2."

Cody Horn couldn't help but admire: "Martin's vision and appeal are really amazing. No one in Hollywood can compare with him now."

Hearing this, Alan Horn suddenly had other considerations and said: "Maybe Marvel's "Avengers" series should take advantage of Martin and "John Wick"'s popularity."

Cody Horn was very curious, how can Marvel's superhero movies take advantage of it?

But this involves the business operations of a large company, so she didn't ask.

Alan Horn picked up the phone, dialed his assistant's number, and said, "Ask several directors of the publicity and marketing department to meet in the small conference room immediately."

He glanced at Cody Horn: "Go around by yourself, I still have work to do."

Cody Horn nodded slightly, left the office, and entered the entertainment department of the building.

Alan Horn quickly went to the small conference room to hold an emergency meeting.

There was only one theme for the meeting, how to let Marvel's superhero series of movies take advantage of Martin and the "John Wick" series to attract more attention.

Everyone expressed their opinions, and in less than half an hour, a plan was determined.

Under the leadership of Alan Horn, Disney Pictures was extremely efficient, and the plan started to work that morning.

Martin, who was running a publicity notice for the film, received a call from Alan Horn, who detailed a brand new publicity plan, which involved Marvel's superhero series of movies and "John Wick", as well as his personal portrait rights.

This was very beneficial to the film promotion on both sides, so Martin agreed immediately and asked Thomas and Jessica to negotiate the authorization.

The two sides quickly reached an agreement, and by noon on Friday, a set of rushed electronic Marvel comics appeared on the Internet.

This set of comics quickly attracted the attention of netizens and was frequently forwarded on Twitter and INS.

The name of the comic is "When Thanos Met Jonathan"!

Now that many Marvel superhero movies have been released, all fans know that the super villain that the Avengers will eventually face will be Thanos, the director of the Universal Family Planning Commission.

Although this person only has a few brief appearances in the movie, he has appeared countless times in the comics and is a well-known comic character.

In this short comic, Thanos came to Earth and accidentally killed Jonathan's dog, and then Jonathan came to seek revenge.

According to common sense, Jonathan's combat power is too far behind Thanos, but the problem is that Thanos killed Jonathan's dog!

So, Jonathan exploded and fought back and forth with Thanos!

If it were any other action movie character, even Rambo, Ethan Hunt, Jason Bourne, etc., this comic would be criticized, but Jonathan is different. He is the target of countless netizens' jokes.

Jonathan's dog should not be provoked, and it has long been deeply rooted in people's minds. Killing Jonathan's dog is definitely a super disaster at the cosmic level!

Although it is outrageous and nonsense, netizens are very happy to watch it and discuss it very enthusiastically.

"Don't talk about Thanos, even if Darkseid and Superman come together, as long as they touch Jonathan's dog, they will be suppressed by Jonathan!"

"Kill Jonathan's dog, and the universe will be destroyed by Jonathan!"

"Once the dog died, Jonathan went berserk. How could Marvel's fights, which were like elementary school students fighting on the playground, be Jonathan's opponent?"

"Did Marvel and DC see that? Only Jonathan's dog can save the universe!"

That afternoon, with the promotion of Davis Studio and Disney Pictures, "When Thanos Met Jonathan" quickly topped the hot search list of multiple websites and became one of the hottest topics of the week.

Just as "When Thanos Met Jonathan" was a hit, Zack Snyder approached DC co-chairman Hamada.

After reading the comics, the short dark-style director also had some ideas and said to Hamada: "Marvel's use of the popularity of "John Wick" this time is very good. "Batman v Superman" will be released in the first half of next year. Should we also take advantage of it?"

As a member of the Warner group, Hamada didn't take it too seriously.

Zack Snyder continued, "We can take advantage of this opportunity. Hasn't Martin always been cooperating with Warner? He is also in charge of a DC movie project. We can communicate with Martin and release a new episode of Steppenwolf or Darkseid meets Jonathan while the trend is hot."

Hamada's idea was completely different from his. He waved his hand and said, "It's not necessary. Batman and Superman have strong enough appeal. There is no need to do these crooked things. People like Martin... are not easy to deal with."

Zack Snyder said again, "The popularity of the movie..."

Hamada raised his hand to interrupt him, "That's it, Zack. You should focus on the filming and production of the movie. Leave the publicity, marketing and distribution to DC and Warner."

Zack Snyder is not Nolan. He doesn't have much capital to ask too much from DC, so he can only shut up and leave.

Although Warner and DC look down on these inferior publicity methods, the popularity caused by "When Thanos Met Jonathan" has further expanded the influence of "John Wick 3" and Marvel superhero movies.

The latter, Captain America 2, which was released nearly a month ago, has shown a trend of box office rebound.

John Wick: Chapter 3 attracted more passers-by.

The film has maintained a frighteningly high attendance rate since Friday morning, with more than two-thirds of the theaters occupied.

In the evening, it was hard to get a ticket for John Wick: Chapter 3 in theaters in popular areas of large and medium-sized cities in North America, and many theaters were full.

This situation lasted all night until the theater closed.

Correspondingly, after the box office statistics on Friday were released, John Wick: Chapter 3 created the best single-day box office revenue this year - $55.64 million!

After the accumulation of two consecutive films, this series finally ushered in a super explosion in the third part of the trilogy!

Anyone can see that John Wick: Chapter 3 may create an amazing box office result.

When Thanos Met Jonathan is still fermenting on the Internet, and netizens have spontaneously extended many new stalks.

"The best cheat code on the Internet: Jonathan's dog is killed!"

"If you kill his dog, this man will become the strongest in the universe!"

Compared to these, fans' various hot reviews of the film itself also exploded on the Internet.

"John Wick 3" has always maintained an excellent reputation. Even though nearly 10 million viewers have watched it, the IMDB score has not dropped significantly and currently remains at 8.9 points.

Fans' comments on the Internet are eager to praise this film.

"If there are so-called alcohol-addicted action movies in this world, then the "John Wick" series led by Martin Davis must be on the list! It's like a glass of high-concentration vodka, staring and drinking it, and the hot feeling rushes to your head."

"In the first two films, Martin's almost realistic action scenes, I thought it had reached the peak that Hollywood had never seen before, but the third film once again proved that Martin's limit is beyond imagination, and he once again brought a super action classic!"

"Although I am a girl, I am a girl who likes Martin. When I saw the flying knives, pencils, stables and riding scenes, I was wet directly, and I wished I could become that dark horse!"

On the Rotten Tomatoes website, there are more than 200 column reviews of "John Wick 3", but the freshness is still as high as 95%!

From the media to the audience to the critics, almost all of them gave the film a high evaluation.

On Saturday, "John Wick 3" did not see a sharp decline in the number of viewers due to the high attendance on the first day. In most large and medium-sized cities across the United States, the theaters showing this film have always maintained a high attendance.

At this moment, Davis Studio and Disney Pictures no longer need to continue to work hard on word-of-mouth marketing. As long as they are properly guided, the high reputation of the film will spread wildly.

At the same time, the easter egg about the new film "The Continental Hotel" at the end of the film has also attracted widespread attention from fans.

Winston, who plays the role of Mene, is second only to Martin in the trilogy and is also a very popular character.

Now that it is about to be an independent film, it is also very exciting.

In the early hours of Sunday morning, a brand new box office statistics were sent to Martin's mailbox.

In the bedroom of Davis Manor, Martin patted Lily's buttocks and asked her to hug Elizabeth. He stood up and leaned on the cushion at the head of the bed, took out his mobile phone and opened the mailbox.

Lily bit Elizabeth's soft and high place.

Elizabeth, who had fallen asleep due to excessive physical and energy consumption, was awakened by Lily's bite. She quickly blocked her mischievous mouth, turned over and stretched out her hands to hug Martin.

Seeing Martin looking at his phone, she asked, "Didn't it decline today?"

Martin said, "No, the attendance was higher than Friday, with $55.1 million in revenue."

Lily crawled over, lay in Elizabeth's arms, and said, "The box office is obviously less than Friday."

"You are so confused!" Elizabeth reminded, "Friday's box office statistics include midnight shows that started on Thursday night."

Martin carried Lily directly to Elizabeth, got up and went to the back, saying, "It's time to celebrate."

Lily's legs were shaking with fatigue. She glanced at Elizabeth's face close at hand, leaned close to her ear and whispered, "This is not a solution. Should we find another sister to come over?"

Elizabeth immediately thought of the woman far away in Atlanta and insisted, "Let's do this for now."

Lily thought of the iron fist of love and shuddered all over. It would be better not to come over.

She felt that if she wanted to find someone else, she would be beaten half to death every day if she really found Elena.

"John Wick: Chapter 3" quickly spent its first weekend in North American theaters, earning $161 million in 4,105 theaters, not only topping the North American box office rankings, but also achieving the highest weekend box office results this year.

The following Monday was Memorial Day, which is also a public holiday in the United States. Although the attendance rate of "John Wick: Chapter 3" declined, it still maintained a certain height, earning another $42.01 million on the same day.

In just four days, the North American box office of this film has exceeded the $200 million mark, reaching $203 million.

The authoritative market forecasting agency Cinemascore combined the statistics of the theater's live audience for several days and gave an average "A+" score, predicting that the North American box office of "John Wick: Chapter 3" will not be less than $500 million.

The last R-rated film with a North American box office of more than $500 million was "The Dark Knight".

The film is popular enough to form a chain effect in the media and the Internet, and even without the producer and distributor investing too many resources, many media and fans will spread it spontaneously.

Popularity will naturally attract crazy media coverage.

The word-of-mouth reputation of movie fans still has a strong power even today.

When a person succeeds continuously, not only will he be surrounded by good people, but all the media will also praise him spontaneously.

Martin enjoyed such treatment.

In a related report, CNN directly said: "Martin Davis is a national treasure of America!"

People magazine praised: "Although Martin Davis is less than 35 years old, he has become a Hollywood legend and an immortal monument in the history of world cinema!"

The Los Angeles Times was even more exaggerated. After the holiday, they interviewed Martin and then published an exclusive interview report, and the title of the report was: "This is a world belonging to Martin Davis, and we just live in it."

Even a sentence began to appear on social media and was widely circulated: Chaotic America is not worthy of Martin Davis.