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Chapter 504 US$420 million on the first day in North America! (Second more please subscribe!)

""The Martian" is a very wonderful movie. Thousands of our employees transformed a desert, and the Mars scene was arranged in a studio of thousands of square meters. Bigger than the big ones”

At the entrance of the Imperial Theater, Tang An still calmly answered these hostile questions from the reporters.

Although each question was more acute than the last, and some of the audience who were separated by the side were still glaring, Tang An didn't take it to heart.

Judging from what I just learned, it's just a small fight.

After all, they are all movies released by 20th Century Fox, which cost tens of millions of dollars in publicity and distribution costs and take up a lot of resources.

A small trick is normal, but if the trouble becomes big and affects the interests of the company, other executives and the head of Fox will not agree.

After delaying for some time at the door, I walked into the theater after dealing with it.

Tang An, the audience who clamored and threatened, ignored them, saying that they said too much, not to mention that he was from Huaguo.

As long as the film's box office capabilities are shown, 20th Century Fox will take care of everything.

Besides, it's not a bad thing to be controversial, it's fatal if there is no movement.

Looking at the adapted films all over the world, there is no one that is not full of controversy, and there are almost no films that can satisfy book fans and most movie fans.

After delaying these efforts, Jamie, the vice president of 20th Century Fox Global Theatrical Distribution, arrived late.

He quickly followed, "Mr. Tang, those people outside were contacted by Neil and Paul, and have nothing to do with Fox."

Obviously, he also knew about the unexpected situation here, and quickly found out the result.

Let's clear up Tang An's misunderstanding first. After all, this is a movie released by 20th Century Fox. Regardless of whether Tang An is a big name or not, it is not a good thing to target a movie released by himself.

"Mr. Jamie, of course I know, I just hope that you can do a good job in the follow-up publicity work." Tang An laughed.

The Neil and Paul he mentioned are Neil MacGillis and Paul Deason, the producers of the two films "Mouse 3" and "My Family Bought a Zoo".

Regardless of whether Fox insiders were involved, Tang An would not ask too many questions. Everything had to be based on the box office. Otherwise, even if no one was involved, once the box office failed, the follow-up publicity and filming would not be guaranteed.

Walking side by side, Jamie said in a low voice, "Ms. Deng is under a lot of pressure to win the current conditions for "The Martian". Many people in the group have objections, and she blocked them all."

It's roughly like how much work Wendy Deng spent on the release of "The Martian".

Tang Andao, "Will Ms. Deng come tonight?"

Jamie said, "Maybe I won't be able to come tonight. She has to deal with some things. Mr. Tang also knows that Ms. Deng has just been involved in Fox's business for less than a year."

Coming to the screening hall, the scene was simple enough, completely incomparable with Tang An's premiere in China, and even worse than the scale of the premiere of "Horror Cruise".

No way, they are basically not well-known in the United States, and they always carry last year's "Edge of Tomorrow" when promoting.

Speaking of Tang An, even those who have watched "Edge of Tomorrow" don't remember this fame, and even Liu Ye, the leading actor, probably no one would recognize him.

No red carpet, few reporters, no big stars in attendance.

But someone came uninvited.

Donald Lane, Neil Magillis, Paul Deason rushed to the screening room before the opening.

As if nothing happened, Jamie introduced Tang An to each other.

"Hello." Tang An greeted the two of them with a smile.

It's Donald's turn, also a producer on last year's "Dancing Girls Club."

"Mr. Donald, it's been a long time. I watched the "Green Lantern" you made last year. The movie is very good."

As soon as he said this, Donald's expression was as ugly as if he had eaten a poop.

At a banquet in "Edge of Tomorrow" last year, he gave Tang An a face-off and was ignored. He publicly announced that the superhero movie "Green Lantern" he produced would soon show Tang An what it means to be a blockbuster.

As a result, "Green Lantern" with a production cost of 2.5 million US dollars failed miserably at the box office, with a box office of 1.2 million US dollars in North America and just [-] million US dollars overseas.

The global box office is 2.2 million, which is not as high as the production cost. It directly ruined the superhero Green Lantern and almost ruined his own producer career.

"Humph!"

Donald opened his mouth, and Donald, who was going to mock him a few words, was choked and speechless, but in the end he just let out a heavy "hum" from his nostrils.

Paul Deason, the producer of "My Family Bought a Zoo", looked Tang An up and down, ignored Tang An, and said to Jamie, "Jamie, you waste so much money for such a person." How many rows?"

"Paul, you should take care of yourself and think about how to return to big productions." Jamie looked at him coldly.

The three of them made the atmosphere unpleasant as soon as they came, and Tang An was not interested in dealing with them.

In fact, there were not many guests here. The vice president of the global distribution department that the lions had worked with before came, and the vice president of Columbia, Elizabeth, who was in charge of the North American distribution of "Edge of Tomorrow".

Although I have some complaints about Tang An not handing over the new film to them for distribution, they have nothing to say if they can't give 20th Century Fox the conditions.

The audience entered the venue one after another. The 500-seat IMAX hall was filled with 7% of the audience, and the attendance rate was very good.

The screening of the movie went smoothly. Although Tang An could hear the complaints from fans of the original book at the beginning, but there are too few people who have read the book, so it doesn't matter if they give up this part of the box office.

From the moment when Liu Ye was left on Mars, the movie has attracted the audience's attention.

There is no cultural difference, even if it is replaced by a yellow-skinned actor, it will not hinder the audience's perception of the movie.

When seeing Liu Ye perform surgery and stitches for himself, the audience's reaction was similar to that in China, and they could vaguely hear bursts of exclamation, mixed with national curses and God, his old man.

Some of the audience who came to the premiere chose this one because they had seen other popular movies and had nothing to watch.

Some still remember last year's "Edge of Tomorrow", and just knew that it was filmed by the same director.

Some have read the original work, while others just want to watch the premiere for a fresh look.

Regardless of whether they intended to watch "The Martian" or not, when they put their energy into the movie, their hearts were also moved.

Following the hero's experience, the hearts of the audience were like a roller coaster, until finally returning to the earth safely, some people couldn't help applauding.

The premiere was relatively successful, and 20th Century Fox would do the rest of the publicity. Tang An didn't even have to go to the road show.

It's useless to go, almost useless.

With all kinds of comments, the day passed.

On the morning of the 7th, the major media reported the box office data of several movies on the first day of this weekend.

"The Devil in My Heart" earned 1100 million on the first day of its release.

"Mission: Impossible 4" got 700 million on the first day of the fourth weekend.

"Detective Sherlock Holmes 2" is also the fourth weekend, with a single day of 450 million.

Immediately afterwards, "The Martian" was seen. On the first day of its release, it got a box office of 2200 million in 420 opening theaters, ranking No.4 on the day.

(End of this chapter)