Chapter 654
The premiere ended, but no one at Warner Bros.'s senior executives were resting. Batman is an important asset of the entire Time Warner Group. This time, the reboot of the "Batman" movie is really important.
Kevin Tesuhara walked around the conference room anxiously, and Stephen Kess seemed to be drinking coffee to refresh himself, but there was a hint of worry between her eyebrows.
Although the pre-sale is good and the internal trial is well received, no one can guarantee that "Batman: The Moment of War" will be accepted by the widest group of fans.
In their eyes, even the producer named Ronan Anderson cannot.
The footsteps sounded, and Charles Rowan pushed the door and said, "I got it, first-hand information."
Kevin Tesuhara asked quickly: "What is the response?"
Stephen Case also cast attention.
Charles Rowan had a relaxed facial expression and smiled: "A total of 125 ordinary audiences were subject to sample surveys, of which 73% gave a review of a and above, 89% of the audience scored above b, and less than four% gave a score of b-below."
Kevin Tessulhara breathed a sigh of relief and said to Stephen Kess: "The audience's reputation is very good."
Charles Rowan handed over the relevant statistics and audience comments to Kevin Teshura and Stephen Kess respectively.
Most of them are positive.
"The director pioneered the story of Batman as a mortal, and also deeply explored the relationship between human fear, anger and power, explaining the origin of Batman, why he became Batman and how he became Batman, which is very interesting."
"I think this is the best Batman movie, the visual and spiritual impact is so exciting. It can be called a model of action movies, giving Batman a new life on the big screen!"
"It's amazing! Although it's a lot of more depression in terms of ordinary superhero movies, this is exactly where the film excels, and it's a completely different superhero movie."
Kevin Teshura glanced a few times, put it aside, and said, "The remaining suspense is the box office figures."
"It shouldn't be bad, business and market control are what Ronan Anderson is best at."
The two chatted about "War Start" and Ronan Anderson. Stephen Case, who hadn't spoken much, suddenly said: "What do you think of the superhero movies that Ronan Anderson collaborated with Marvel Entertainment?"
Kevin Teshura and Charles Rowan looked over at the same time.
Stephen Case said: "Marvel is the biggest competitor of DC, right?"
Kevin Tessulhara said: "Charles, you have a lot of dealing with Ronan, what do you think?"
"Looking at the history of superhero movies, let's not mention them, we start with Christopher Reeve starring Superman." Charles Rowan has been working on the front line of production for many years and has conducted in-depth research on the film market: "Superheroes that can sell well in the film market and bring strong responses are all the first and even the top comic superheroes, DC's Superman and Batman, Marvel's X-Men and Spider-Man, have a huge influence during the comic hero period."
Stephen Case thought about it carefully and nodded slowly: "It seems like that."
Charles Ronan continued: "Among the many comic superheroes, Iron Man is not very famous, not even as good as the Catwoman of DC."
Kevin Tesuhara asked: "Do you think Marvel Entertainment's Iron Man will fail?"
"It shouldn't be." Charles Rowan analyzed very rationally: "With Ronan Anderson in it, "Iron Man" is still guaranteed, and this movie should not fail, but it is basically impossible to make a big hit like "Spider-Man". Iron Man's popularity in comics determines his movie limit, which is difficult to break."
He thought about it and said, "I personally feel that "Iron Man" may become a high-end version of "Blade Warrior". The film will be commercially successful, but it will not bring too much profit."
"It makes sense." Kevin Teshura fully agrees: "Iron Man is not a famous comic superhero after all."
Stephen Case asked: "I heard that Ronan Anderson had made a movie plan for Marvel Entertainment, but the specific content was not found out."
Charles Rowan couldn't help laughing: "Iron Man is basically the most famous among the superheroes that Marvel Entertainment still has copyrights. Don't worry too much about their plans. We have basically confirmed that it will succeed "Batman: The Moment of War", as well as the next two sequels, as well as the new Superman movie "Return of Superman."
He is confident: "Of the three most famous comic characters in the United States, DC occupies two, and we have already made efforts in adapting movies. Marvel's plan has nothing to worry about."
Superman and Batman’s fame and influence are here, giving Stephen Case enough confidence. He didn’t say much about this. Instead, he asked: “The success of “Batman: The Moment of War” is predictable. Director Christopher Nolan has planned a trilogy. Can Warner Bros. operate independently?”
Kevin Tesuhara said: "It's hard."
Stephen Case frowned: "We also want to let Relativity Entertainment participate in investment and share profits?"
Although Warner Bros. has the right to distribute the film and thus occupy an active position, once Batman movies are successful, the revenue they can bring in online and offline markets is huge. According to the predicted box office in North America in the first week, investment in Relativity Entertainment may achieve a return on investment of more than 60%.
Profits of more than 50 million US dollars will fall into the pocket of Relativity Entertainment.
Kevin Tessulhara also knew it, saying: "It is basically impossible. Ronan Anderson seems to have expected the success of this film. When signing the first agreement, he signed two sequels with us at the same time. He is the top group in Hollywood, and he is very clear about the rules in the industry and the terms of the contract make us unable to kick the Relativity Entertainment. Once we violate the agreement, Relativity Entertainment appeals to the producers' league. If other guilds in the industry and sue the law, Warner Brothers will have big trouble. At least all related film projects in the Batman series will be stopped."
Charles Rowan added: "I didn't think anything at that time. Now I'm going to see it. Ronan Anderson is very wary of us Warner Brothers."
Stephen Case had no other way for a moment, so he could only remind him: "Don't spread the things we are discussing today."
The headquarters cannot directly interfere with the normal operation of Warner Bros. Kevin Tessulhara does not want to cause trouble, and in the movie project that finally rescued, both sides fought against Relativity Entertainment. Just wait for the box office of "The Moment of War" to be released, and will determine whether they will continue to promote the trilogy series with Ronan Anderson.
Director Christopher Nolan himself did not attract much attention.
Just like the premiere, "Batman: The Moment of War" officially landed in North American theaters on the first day, which attracted a lot of praise.
After just one day of screening in North America, the average score of the audience in Cinemascore Cinema was ‘a’. The imdb website 18,775 users scored 8.6 points, the freshness of rotten tomatoes was 87%, the popcorn index of the audience was 95%, and the 45 media reporters scored the highest score of the Batman series of movies with 82 points.
It is about to be much better than the well-received "Batman" directed by Tim Burton in 1989.
Therefore, on the first day of its release in North America, "War Starting" earned $23.11 million in box office from 4,215 theaters.
This also created the single-day box office highest for all movies in the Batman series.
With such audience reputation and box office numbers as the basis, even if the subsequent reputation will decline, it will never become a super bad movie like "Batman and Robin".
Such a box office and such a reputation are good enough for a failed series to restart.
After the first day, everyone can confirm that "Batman: The War Moment" has been successful and the Batman series can be reborn on the big screen!
As the summer season has entered its final stage, "The War Moment" has brought the long-lost Batman popularity.
With the arrival of holidays, people who are twice as many as working days have flocked to theaters across the United States. Their goals are very clear, which are just films released during the summer season. In North America, a highly mature film market, the first choice for viewers in the summer season is commercial production.
"Batman: The Moment of War" is the preferred target.
In major mainstream commercial theaters in North America, a new "Batman: The Moment of War" will be screened every fifteen minutes to twenty minutes. The enough number of theaters and high screening rate ensures that the audience can enjoy the film at any time, which is also the basic guarantee for the film to obtain a high box office.
"Batman: The Moment of War" has a good audience reputation as a guarantee, and its competitors at the same time have no competitiveness at all. Saturday's single-day box office naturally soared, earning $23.86 million.
The original dull summer season ended, but the release of "The Moment of War" was no longer dull.
Roger Albert, who has rarely spoken out again, also stood up to praise: Christopher Nolan is completely loyal to the rough, bold, dark realistic style of "The Return of the Dark Knight" created by Frank Miller in 1986, outlines the operatic spirit he expected with his skillful directorial skills. The film raises superhero films to an unprecedented level, and the rich dark realistic style exudes a powerful charm.
But this is just the beginning of Nolan's "Batman", and no one knows that Nolan is planning a darker realistic film.
Chapter completed!