hollywood melon man

Chapter 707 Outstanding Performance

In addition to the box office data, there is also word of mouth from the media and audiences, which are almost unanimously positive.

On a rating website called Douban, the film has received a perfect score of 10 points since its release. This is a remarkable achievement for a newly released film.

Although Douban has always had a filter for Hollywood movies, the quality of "The Dark Knight" is so high that it is normal for it to have a high score.

It was starting to move from early morning to daytime over there, and the midnight show in North America officially began.

Because of the large amount of positive media coverage prior to the event, Gilbert Jr.'s appeal that he had accumulated over the years, and the "Batman" IP, a large number of fans chose to enter the cinema despite the dangers of night.

It's a long night, and it's bound to be a difficult night for all cinemas showing "The Dark Knight".

Especially IMAX theaters. Even people in China, who are far away on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, know that IMAX theaters have good viewing effects, let alone North American audiences?

All 187 IMAX theaters were packed, but many viewers who couldn't buy tickets were noisy.

"How come all the tickets are sold out? I didn't even see it."

"That's right, can you sell more tickets? I can stand and watch."

"Yes, yes, we will stand and watch, it won't affect others."

Paul, an IMAX investigator, was squatting in an IMAX theater in New York to observe the audience's reaction. When he heard the above conversation, he wrote in his notebook that IMAX format movies were very popular.

Because of the cooperation with the cinema chain, Paul can enter the IMAX theater without buying a ticket and observe the audience.

When he entered the cinema, he saw that the audience was staring at the big screen intently, unable to take their eyes off the people around them.

I stopped drinking Coke, eating popcorn, and holding my girlfriend's soft little hand. My attention was completely drawn to the big screen.

Obviously, The Dark Knight exudes charm in the IMAX format, and the effect is really great.

After Paul came out, he called the head office and said, "Hey, Thomas, I suggest that all IMAX theaters in North America add more screenings. Yes, it would be best if the screenings started at six in the morning.

I tell you, the audience is going crazy. They are going to protest if they can’t see The Dark Knight in IMAX.”

The IMAX headquarters was brightly lit, and all the executives did not go back but stayed in the company.

"How is it, is the data out?"

"We got it. The attendance rate reached 63255%, and the single theater generated $ in box office revenue, setting a new North American single-theater box office record."

"How much? What's the attendance rate?"

"hundred percent."

"Great, I propose that we toast to The Dark Knight and Little Gilbert!"

The excellent data made IMAX executives very excited. The Dark Knight can help IMAX break the deadlock. The reason why they chose to cooperate with Gilbert was for today.

Of course, IMAX theaters are only a minority, and the rest of the theaters also create quite incredible data.

Warner's theater investigators visited cinemas in various cities across the country, and found that "The Dark Knight" was available in almost every place in North America.

The purpose of cinema survey is to report detailed data of cinema to film companies, so that film companies can decide on publicity and promotion strategies based on word of mouth and box office data.

There is no doubt that the theater survey data of "The Dark Knight" is very good and has received widespread praise. "I give this movie an A+. Director Gilbert's camera language and action scenes are always so tense. This is the best superhero movie I have seen in a while, no doubt about it."

"Gilbert is very good at photographing men. Even Heath Ledger, who was wearing clown makeup, was photographed by him to be charming. I give him an A+."

"There is really no reason to give a low score. I think this movie completely raises the bar for superhero movies. Heath Ledger fully deserves an Oscar. I give it an A+."

Of course, not all the reviews are positive, there are still some negative reviews.

The negative reviews mainly focus on the following points: it is too heavy and depressing, and it does not make people happy. However, even the audience who hold negative reviews cannot find any fault with the plot.

"We have collected 65338 theater survey reports so far, and it can be clearly seen that percent gave an A+ rating, percent gave a C or below, and the remaining percent."

Obviously, there are more positive reviews than negative reviews, showing a polarized trend. However, most viewers still gave positive reviews, proving the popularity of "The Dark Knight".

Warner Bros. CEO Keely Ross frowned. She was very happy that "The Dark Knight" was a big hit. After all, it was the first hit film after she became CEO.

But she was unhappy because it was a movie directed by Gilbert Jr. and she wanted to eliminate Gilbert Jr.'s influence at Warner.

But is this possible? Warner Bros.' performance this year may all depend on "The Dark Knight."

When Qi Li Ross thought about having to congratulate and toast to little Gilbert on behalf of Warner Pictures at the celebration party, she felt sick.

But what can she do? The incident with little Gilbert taught her that Hollywood is not a circle where one can survive by being clever, cunning, or throwing tantrums.

What matters most here is profit. Whoever can bring profit is the boss of the film company.

The current situation is that Kiri Ross does not want to continue to support Gilbert Jr., the big daddy of Warner Bros. So the top priority is to find a new daddy, so Kiri Ross chose Zack Snyder.

Although Zack Snyder also came from Cantaloupe Studios, he is easier to recruit than Christopher Nolan.

Moreover, Zack Snyder's "300" did well at the box office and he is a potential director in Hollywood.

Kiri Ross was secretly thinking that Gilbert Jr.'s first movie only had a box office of more than 100 million US dollars, but Zack Snyder's movie had a box office of more than 500 million US dollars.

Kiri Rose is just like any LeBron James fan, only looking at the stats and completely ignoring the reality of the situation.

Gilbert Jr.'s film was made in the 1990s, when a movie that grossed over $100 million was considered a big deal. When a Tom Cruise movie grossed over $100 million, he would have to hold a celebration party.

Moreover, the cost of "The Shallows" was only 7500 million US dollars, while Zack Snyder's "" cost million US dollars.

However, once a person has prejudices, it is difficult to change his mind.

Just like James' fans always surround Kobe to save James, it's all impressionistic. By the way, this year the Lakers got Gasol and are ready to hit the championship.

James had just been shaved by the Spurs last year, and Duncan began to use James to brush up his stats.

Gilbert's Thunder team still has a bad record this year, but last year's rookie Kevin Durant has played well, averaging 20.4 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game so far, and he is sure to win the Rookie of the Year award.

To motivate Kevin Durant, Gilbert Jr. took a bottle of water from Scarlett's bathtub and brought it to the game.

Of course, just to let Durant see, it is impossible to let him drink.

(End of this chapter)