Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 184 Death is released
While the crew was busy filming, Liu Xiaoli called and told him that "Final Destination" was about to be released, and that as a director he could not miss the premiere ceremony no matter how busy he was.

So Link took a day off to return to Los Angeles to attend the premiere, did two brief promotional events, and then returned to the crew to continue filming the movie.

His actions puzzled many people. Now everyone in the circle knows that he was betting against a group of CAA stars with the stakes reaching hundreds of millions of dollars. Faced with such a large amount of gambling, he acted as if nothing had happened, as if he didn't care at all.

Is he confident, or is he just giving up after seeing that "The Trap" has a box office of 2.02 million and has no hope of winning?

Aaron Kutcher, deputy editor of The Hollywood Reporter, interviewed him by phone and asked him if he was worried about the box office of Final Destination and whether he was worried about losing the bet. Why didn't he try to promote the movie but continued to make new movies? Was he confident about the box office of Final Destination or did he feel that there was no hope of winning and no longer had any expectations for Final Destination?
Link replied that the promotion of "Final Destination" had been handed over to the company's publicity and distribution department. Joe Fillmore, Jon Gordon and others were more professional than him in promoting this movie. He was a director and his main job was to make movies. Instead of waiting to see the box office, he might as well focus on the work at hand and not waste time.

Aaron Kutcher asked him if he was confident about the box office of "Final Destination" and estimated how much the movie would do.

Link smiled and said that judging from the current box office situation, the North American box office data of "Final Destination" will not be worse than that of "Trap".

Aaron Kutcher wishes him a big hit with Final Destination and hopes he wins the bet.

Link expressed his gratitude and continued filming.

"Shot 34, 1 shots, 3 times, start!"

On October 10, a week before Halloween, "Final Destination" was released in 22 theaters in North America.

After a series of publicity, the film grossed $2609 million at its premiere.

The opening performance is pretty good, ranking fourth among the movies released this year, only behind "Jurassic Park", "The Trap" and "In the Line of Fire".

This result made Michael Ovitz and others breathe a sigh of relief. Based on the release of movies in the past three years, movies with a premiere box office of more than 2000 million have a good chance of reaching 1 million at the North American box office, but the final box office will be around 1.2 million, not much higher.

It's hard to threaten the 2.02 million of "The Sugar Coated Trap".

However, they did not take it lightly. After the release of "Final Destination", they contacted the media to tout films such as "The Last Airbender" and "The Last Airbender" that were released at the same time, while at the same time arranging people to publish negative reviews of "Final Destination" in the media, trying every means to suppress the box office of "Final Destination".

It was originally thought that this method would hit the box office performance of this movie.

But the result was beyond their expectations.

In its second week of release, "Final Destination" earned $2141 million in 4818 theaters in North America, and its cumulative box office reached $6959 million. Its box office growth was better than that of "Trap".

Michael Ovitz was amazed by the data and immediately arranged for someone to investigate the authenticity of the results to see whether the film studio had inflated the box office.

The result of the investigation is no.

According to the reactions of the media and the audience, the quality of the movie "Final Destination" is very high. Whether it is the special effects, the acting skills of the actors, or the plot design, they are all very cool and there are no boring moments throughout the whole process. Many viewers will scream when watching it. "Variety Magazine" reported that "Final Destination" is one of the most exciting horror movies this year, the best air crash movie in recent years, and the best "Halloween" gift from Link to all the audience.

The Los Angeles Times released a new investigative report. When "Final Destination" was released, the newspaper's reporter Al Simmons distributed questionnaires to 1000 viewers who had watched the movie, asking them what they thought of the movie.

结果有99.2%观众给出的评分在60分以上，76.5%观众给出90分以上优评，有81.8%观众表示可能会推荐给周围的人，28.7%观众表示有可能会看第二遍。

The approval ratings of the film by male and female audiences are basically the same.

The audience's positive reviews for "Final Destination" mainly focus on three points.

The first is that the plot design is very amazing, including the design of the order in which the Grim Reaper kills people and the design of the way the main characters die. They are all very incredible and scary, the kind that makes you want to shout "Wow" after seeing them;
The second point is that the director shot it very well, the shot design is very interesting, it looks comfortable and immersive, the special effects are also very well done, and there are many shots that make people want to watch it a second time.

The third point is that the leading actors performed very well. The leading actor Ryan Phillippe is very handsome, the leading actress Liv Tyler is also very beautiful, and several supporting actors such as Edward Norton, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston, etc. are also very beautiful and handsome under the director's lens. Although Joaquin Phoenix and Ben Affleck are not handsome, they have good acting skills.

The audience praised the crew for their good vision and the good characters they selected, with both good acting skills and good looks.

The survey report also published the audience's negative comments on the film, mainly in two points.

First, the plot is too scary. After watching the movie, people will have psychological trauma when taking a plane. This is very unfriendly to audiences who often travel by plane. In addition, the protagonists died in various small accidents in life, which also made the audience frightened after watching it, and even walked in fear.

The second point is that it places too much emphasis on fatalism. The movie repeatedly emphasizes that a person's life from birth to death is predetermined. Some people will not die even after experiencing major disasters, while some people will choke to death even when drinking water. This is the design of the god of death, and ordinary people are powerless to resist it.

This view is too pessimistic and will cause people to panic and worry about death, which is often unnecessary.

In addition to media such as Variety, Los Angeles Times, and The Hollywood Reporter, after the release of Final Destination, many American media reported on the film's release, with more than 80% of the reviews being positive, and forty-six media outlets gave an overall score of 88 points.

According to media reports, 90% of the audience watching the movie "Final Destination" were between the ages of 18 and 35.

Moreover, this part of the audience gave extremely high praise to "Final Destination" after watching it, and even repeatedly recommended it to people around them, praising the movie highly. Those who have not seen it will be despised.

This also led to the box office rising steadily after the film was released.

According to data provided by theaters, "Final Destination" earned $1739 million in the United States on Halloween alone, becoming the highest-grossing movie on Halloween in North American film history.

"Final Destination" earned nearly 50 million US dollars in its second week of release, which put great pressure on Michael Ovitz, Richard Gere, Tom Cruise and others.

(End of this chapter)