Chapter 703 No one sleeps tonight (4100+ chapters~)
No one will sleep tonight!
When the movie ended, it was already around 11 o'clock in the night!
When Wu Jianye walked out of the theater, he met Martin Lloyd again. Wu Jianye had an impression of Martin Lloyd. Last time, he was the first film critic to speak out for "The Last Love"!
"Director Wu, congratulations, this will be another box office hit!" This was the first thing Martin Lloyd said after meeting Wu Jianye.
Judging from the reaction in the theater just now, let’s not talk about the artistic value of this movie. Looking at it purely from a commercial perspective, we can conclude that this is an exciting movie!
This kind of movie almost meets all the elements of a blockbuster movie. Even the starring cast, which has been criticized by the media before, performs perfectly in the movie. In addition, the computer special effects live up to expectations and even exceed everyone's imagination. In this way
If your movie is not a hit, then there will be no hit movies in Hollywood!
When communicating with Wu Jianye, Martin Lloyd not only thought of another movie "Captain Hook" that was released at the same time. At this time, Martin Lloyd began to worry about this movie. Although he did not go to see "Captain Hook", he
After the movie ended, he immediately called his colleagues.
"No matter how sincerely you try to play tricks, you can't get rid of that huge feeling of boredom!"
This is what my colleagues answered, with a sense of loss and disappointment in their tone. They did not expect that Spielberg would make such a boring movie...
"This is definitely a movie that will make you believe there is nothing wrong with it!"
This is what Martin Lloyd said when he introduced "Jurassic Park" to his peers!
The pros and cons of the two films among film critics can be seen from their dialogue!
Wu Jianye smiled and said to Martin Lloyd: "Thank you, being able to make everyone like it is the most important thing!"
The two simply chatted for a few words and then separated. At this time, the audience coming out of the theater were also stopped by reporters from all walks of life and people from major production companies, asking how they felt about watching the movie.
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Although the opinions of film critics are important, the audience is the driving force for the box office of this film. Only their reactions can truly let people know the potential of this film!
"I'm going to watch this movie again tomorrow. The dinosaurs in it are so exciting!" After Liam walked out of the theater, he was stopped by a reporter from The Hollywood Reporter!
"Is this movie really good?" the reporter asked.
"Does it look good? Please remove it. This is the most exciting movie I have seen in these years!" Liam said excitedly.
Fiona coughed twice next to her.
"Oh... "The Last Love" is also the best movie I have seen in recent years!" Liam's desire to survive was very strong.
Fiona then showed a happy smile.
"When I saw this movie, I felt extremely happy!" said a fan who was being interviewed elsewhere.
"The science fiction story and story rhythm are really great. Director Wu Jianye is really talented."
"Amazing imagination, extraordinary story, I can't describe the excellence of this movie in words!"
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Looking at the feedback from these movie fans, the reporters from the newspapers and media just faithfully recorded their answers, while the people from the production company became more and more depressed after hearing such answers!
They have also watched the movie. If the positions of both parties are put aside, they also agree with the answers of these fans. However, when they stand in their own position, the fans' evaluation of the movie makes them feel mixed.
Got it!
But no matter what, they immediately reported the information they collected to their superiors.
As for how Phantom Pictures will operate this movie in the subsequent process, and how its own company will respond, that is all a matter for the upper management.
Wu Jianye and others also returned to the headquarters of Phantom Pictures at this time. In the conference room, Wu Jianye, Linda, Johnson, Matthew Murphy and others were sitting there chatting. They were waiting for the cinema below.
, report the box office results of today’s premiere!
At this time, Matthew Murphy's white skin showed a slight flush. He was the last to come in. Before that, he also went to listen to the reports from the people below and what the fans thought of the movie!
"The praise rate from movie fans is very high, this movie is a success!" Matthew Murphy said excitedly.
This is the first project he has presided over after becoming the general manager of Phantom Pictures. Although Linda had been in charge of it for some time before, it was released after he took over Phantom Pictures, so now "Jurassic Park"
The box office is particularly important to him.
After finishing speaking, Matthew Murphy handed the document he collected from fans' feedback to Wu Jianye and the others.
With a proud smile on his face, Johnson looked through the documents in his hand and said with a smile: "Haha, that's great!"
Wu Jianye glanced at the reviews in his hand and asked, "Have you collected the reviews for "Captain Hook"?"
Wu Jianye was already sure of the success of "Jurassic Park" based on the audience's reaction when he was in the theater. Now he is concerned about the audience feedback of "Captain Hook."
Matthew Murphy immediately said: "It has not been sorted out in detail, but according to the reports of the people below, it can be summarized as a mediocre film that lacks surprises and cannot be compared with the films of Spielberg at his peak!"
After Wu Jianye listened, he nodded. With this reaction from movie fans, he can basically predict the performance of this movie!
In another time and space, the box office of the movie "Captain Hook" has just exceeded 100 million US dollars, but now when he faces the epic science fiction movie "Jurassic Park", he may be in trouble!
Linda and Johnson had smiles on their faces again, and the atmosphere in the conference room was very harmonious!
On the other hand, Amblin Entertainment is facing a cloudy situation at this time. Matthew Murphy has received audience reviews for "Jurassic Park", and naturally Spielberg and Lucas have also received reviews for "Hook".
Captain's review!
Fans' evaluation of "Captain Hook" is that it is a mediocre movie, with not many outstanding features and nothing boring.
It’s purely a movie to kill time!
Such an evaluation would be considered a pass if it were for a movie directed by someone else, but for Spielberg, director Lucas, producer, Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, "Peter"
For a dream combination like "Pan", it is a complete failure!
Lucas asked in a deep voice: "Has the first-day box office of the movie been released?"
Spielberg shook his head and said, "Not yet!"
At this time, both of them were in very complicated moods. They originally wanted to use this movie to counterattack Wu Jianye, but now, they couldn't help but have the idea that this movie might fail.
"Is there any fan feedback about Jurassic Park?" Lucas continued.
Now Lucas can only hope that the feedback from fans of the "Jurassic Park" movie will be even worse.
As soon as Spielberg shook his head, his secretary walked in with a stack of printed A4 papers.
"Boss, this is about fans' feedback on "Jurassic Park". We have compiled a few representative ones. Please take a look!"
Spielberg took the report from his secretary, and after just a few glances, the expression on his face became even more ugly!
Lucas saw Spielberg's expression, and because of his understanding of Spielberg, he knew that what he hoped for would not happen.
"Contact Universal Pictures immediately to increase the promotion of "Captain Hook"!" Lucas suggested.
At this time, for them, they can only use this method. I believe that this kind of word-of-mouth will immediately appear in major media and newspapers by tomorrow morning, and they must respond quickly.
Spielberg thought so too, and immediately picked up the phone and started communicating with the president of Universal Pictures about the matter.
At this time, not only Phantom Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, but also several other production companies have received reviews for the two movies.
There are movie fans and there are professional movie critics!
If you just look at the report, everyone knows that "Captain Hook" is probably going to lose this time!
However, whether a movie will be successful or not is not determined only by the opinions of movie fans and critics. If the movie can find a unique way to promote it, it should still be able to save some of it.
So after Spielberg contacted Universal Pictures, the other party immediately agreed to Spielberg's request.
You must know that before the movie was released, Universal Pictures was responsible for all the promotional expenses for "Captain Hook". This means that the success or failure of this movie is also an extremely important thing for Universal Pictures.
Especially Panasonic's acquisition of Universal Pictures, which was already distressed by Universal Pictures' debt. It originally wanted to use Spielberg's movie to recover some losses. If "Captain Hook" failed,
If so, it will definitely make matters worse for Universal Pictures, which is already suffering from many problems.
So the two parties only had a brief communication, and Universal Pictures immediately decided to spend another 10 million US dollars as the cost of promoting "Captain Hook".
The offices of the presidents of several other major production companies were also brightly lit at this time, and they were all waiting for the first-day box office results of "Jurassic Park" and "Captain Hook."
For ordinary viewers, this is a showdown between Wu Jianye and Spielberg, but for these production companies, it is their future policy for Phantom Pictures.
After more than a year of development, Phantom Pictures is not only comparable in scale to several major production companies, but has even surpassed them. This duel is actually the last resort they want to slow down the development of Phantom Pictures.
Opportunity.
And Spielberg's "Captain Hook" is all their chips and their last hope!
Although the first-day box office of the two movies is not yet known, they, like Phantom Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, have obtained the opinions of film critics and fans on the two movies.
It can be said that their hearts became uncertain at this time.
In the first round of the competition between the two sides, they were already at a disadvantage!
Eisner was sitting in his office, looking at the two reports in his hands. The expression on his face was neither sad nor happy, and he looked very calm.
At this time, he felt a little happy and a little worried!
I am secretly happy because they have reached a consensus on cooperation with Phantom Pictures. Regardless of who wins in the end of these two movies, one thing that can be determined is that Wu Jianye has once again proved his success as a director and screenwriter.
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This also gave him more confidence in the success of the animated film "Toy Story" that he had previously signed with Phantom to co-produce.
The worry is that if the results of the last two movies are really what fans and critics think now, and "Jurassic Park" is a box office success, then the rise of Phantom Pictures will become unstoppable!
At that time, what should Disney do in the future? Should it continue to stand with other production companies and boycott Phantom Pictures, or should it change its own company's strategy!
Another thing that worries Eisner is that before the two movies were released, Disney had announced that it would join forces with several other production companies to jointly produce a sequel series to "Speed".
The most important thing is that several major production companies originally wanted to use this method to undermine the confidence of Phantom Pictures and prevent them from focusing on arranging "Jurassic Park".
But now it seems that this blow has no effect at all on Phantom Pictures...
And such behavior made Disney feel like a betrayal to Phantom. He didn't know how Phantom would view this matter.
In fact, Eisner himself didn't even know that when he was thinking this way, he was actually slowly shifting the balance in his mind towards the direction of Phantom Pictures!
"Have the box office numbers been out for the first day of the movie?" Eisner asked his secretary in a deep voice.
At this time, everyone is waiting for the first-day box office of the two movies. Some people want to see who loses and who wins in the first-day box office showdown. In Eisner's view, he has already waited.
It won't be that long, he will decide the future relationship between Disney and Phantom Pictures after the first day's box office results!
Eisner's secretary looked a little worried and said with a trembling voice: "I haven't come out yet, but I have already attracted people's attention. I will report it to us as soon as I come out!"
"Hmph, what are you doing for food? It's already one o'clock in the morning, why haven't you come out yet?" Eisner said angrily.
Because computer technology is not yet mature, if you want to know the first-day box office, you have to wait until two or three o'clock to know, but it is obvious that Eisner feels that time is passing very slowly now.
Eisner's secretary quickly said: "I'll urge them right away!"
How to urge this kind of thing? We can only wait for Phantom Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, and Universal Pictures to announce it. It is impossible for them to get specific figures.
Time passed like this minute by minute.
2:37 am!
A secretary burst into the conference room of Phantom Pictures and shouted: "The box office statistics are out!"