v2 Chapter 543： Five to one

As soon as the sun climbed into the sky, a Rolls-Royce Phantom stopped in front of the Warner Building in Burbank. Duke pushed the door and got out of the car, and together with Tina Fei, walked towards the Warner Bros. conference room.

Although there is still some time before work, the top Warner Bros. executives have been waiting in the conference room long ago. CEO Doug Walter sat at the top of the conference table without saying a word, just like everyone else, just waiting quietly, waiting for this The arrival of the protagonist of the meeting.

That person has reason to make them wait, because he has created brilliant performance for Warner Bros., one person has almost propped up a small half of the sky of Warner Bros. With him, there will never be a shortage of big-selling movies under Warner Bros.

And this time, he is very likely to save Batman!

It was a series that had fallen into a cliff before, and now it was held up by him. Judging from the performance at midnight, it was almost about to fly into the sky again.

The door of the conference room was knocked gently, and a secretary walked in with Duke and Tina Fei, and everyone's eyes instantly focused on him alone, as if they were looking at the savior.

Duke walked toward his seat and nodded at the look that was coming.

Others can think of him as Batman's savior, but he himself can't. Such thoughts are also dangerous.

As soon as he walked to the conference table, Doug Walter stood up and waited here. He proactively stretched out his hand and shook Duke heavily. After he sat down, he announced the start of the briefing.

This is a business meeting with very clear goals and pertinence. There is no verbosity, and the meeting goes straight to the theme.

"The box office statistics for the midnight show of "Batman: Hour of War" have come out."

The speaker is Doug Walter himself. As the parent company of DC Comics, Warner Bros. has always wanted to reproduce the brilliance of DC superhero movies. Doug Walter dreams of seeing Batman in Duke’s hands. Get rid of the decline.

Everyone's ears are pricked up. All of you here are senior executives of Warner Bros. The company's performance is closely related to their future and destiny. No one wants to see the success of "Batman: Hour of War".

"The box office at midnight is $7.56 million!"

As Doug Walter said this, many people showed a smile on their faces.

Indeed, compared to the midnight box office record of $11.26 million created by Duke with "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King", the figure of $7.56 million is not too eye-catching. But here are all real people in the industry, and they are very clear that this number is very meaningful for the restarted Batman.

This is a series that has completely failed. It can get such a midnight box office. The name and signature of Duke Rosenberg plays a role in it, I am afraid that it is even bigger than Batman itself.

Perhaps some people are worried about the stamina of the film, but the data released later by Jamie Johnson, the director of the distribution department, let these people basically rest their hearts back in their stomachs.

"The audience rating of cinemascore is as high as 89%. The audience scored an average of'a'. The 38,775 users of the imdb website scored 9.1 points, and the audience love popcorn index was 88%. 45 media reporters from metacritic scored The highest score in a series of 86 points."

By the same token, such a reputation is good enough for a restart of a failed series.

And they all understand that with this kind of audience reputation as the basis, even if the follow-up reputation will decline. It will never turn into a super bad movie like "Batman and Robin".

As long as the first weekend box office can continue the midnight performance, "Batman: Hour of War" is undoubtedly a success. The Batman series can get a new life on the big screen!

"For DC Comics, for Warner Bros., this summer is a critical moment."

Doug Walter's gaze swept over the seniors of Warner Bros., and he said very solemnly, "The focus of this summer is "Batman: Hour of War", mobilize all corresponding resources. Full support for this film!"

The specific tasks were assigned one by one, and the meeting ended soon. Duke basically didn't speak much. He was good at making movies, but he was publicizing. The professionals at Warner Bros. can explode his street.

"Hi, Duke."

After the meeting, Duke was just about to leave when Doug Walter called out. He hurried over and said, "Can you talk a few words?"

"Of course." Duke naturally wouldn't refuse.

"I believe Batman will create brilliance in your hands."

The experience of the past years has made Doug Walter have strong confidence in him, "Batman: Hour of War" has already had a good beginning, why don't we continue?"

"Doug, it's just a year apart."

After thinking for a few seconds, Duke said again, "I'm going to direct "Iron Man." The publisher is also Warner Bros., we are still working together, and next year there will be Zach's "Spartan Three Hundred Warriors."

"Did he agree to direct "Superman"?" Doug Walter asked again.

"Still considering..." Duke did not mean to hide, and said directly, "but the interest is very strong, but it will not be confirmed until the "Spartan Three Hundred Warriors" is released."

Since Marvel and Warner Bros. reached a distribution agreement, Marvel’s cosmic plan is not a secret to Warner Bros. Warner Bros., who owns dc comics, also wants the heroes of the Justice League to gather on the big screen as Justice Three. One of the giants, Superman, was inevitably put on the agenda again. This time they did not move rashly and still focused on the Duke's studio.

The director of the Duke’s studio has independent directing capabilities. Strictly speaking, it is only Duke and Zach Schneider. Wallace Lee’s film is undergoing post-production and will be released in September. Can it be successful? No one can say.

If "Underworld" fails to meet expectations, Duke will definitely kick him out.

Although the other party is his university classmate, these are not obstacles at all in the face of commercial profits.

Both of them were very busy. After a few simple conversations, Duke left the Warner Building and just got in the car. Tina Fei in the co-pilot position turned his head, obviously something was wrong.

"I just received a call from a chain retailer around the West Coast. The caller was Peter Co."

Seeing Duke thinking back, she reminded her, "It's the person who recommended Amanda Seyfried. His company is the largest gift chain marketer on the West Coast."

Duke nodded, thinking of the Chinese American. It seemed that he had left a phone call to the other party and asked, "What's the matter with him?"

"His company has a total of five Batmobiles, all sold out from last night to now," Tina Fei glanced at the work log, and said, "There are still seven people ordering him, Lamborghini and Warner Bros. The supply was tight, so he asked us for help."

Sales means profit. Duke didn't even think about it, and said directly, "You help him solve it."

The Batmobile is undoubtedly one of the most eye-catching features in "Batman: Hour of War". The toys, models and real vehicles of the Batmobile are also the main peripheral products of the film.

On Friday, both to promote the surroundings and to promote the film, the crew organized a Batmobile parade in Los Angeles. A convoy of sixteen Batmobiles was driven by the same number of stunt riders in Batman shirts. , Drove onto the streets of Los Angeles.

The cruise passed the famous streets of Los Angeles, such as the Walk of Fame, Hollywood Boulevard, and Sunset Boulevard, and attracted tens of thousands of people to watch. Several TV stations that have good relations with Warner Bros. also sent helicopters to report the interview. , N is continuously inserting relevant reports in the hourly news.

Major actors like Christian Bell and Lawrence Fishburne participated in the parade. Duke also showed up at the beginning and the end of the parade, simply accepted the reporter’s interview and faced the reporter’s microphone. , I praised the performance of the entire crew, from the actors to the prop master to the Batmobile design team.

Perhaps this kind of interview is not surprising, but with 16 powerful Batmobiles as the background, it can easily take people's attention.

Undoubtedly, at the beginning of the summer vacation in 2005, "Batman: Hour of War" easily overwhelmed its rival "Kings of Heaven" in the same period and became the most watched movie. This is reflected on the Internet. Is particularly obvious.

On the instant sharing website, as of Friday night, "Batman: Hour of War" had been reposted 523,255 times, while "Kings of Heaven" had only 101,211.

On Google, the number of searches for "Batman: Hour of War" was 655,856 times, and for "Kings of Heaven" was 133,578 times. The gap between the two sides is equally obvious.

The most important thing is the gap in the audience’s reputation. The cinemascore cinema audience rating of "Kings of Heaven" is only 57%, and the audience scores an average of'c'. The 18775 users of imdb website score 6.7 points, and the audience loves popcorn. Sixty-three percent, 45 journalists from metacritic scored an average score of 68.

No matter how you look at it, "Kings of the Heavens" and "Batman: Hour of War" are not films of the same magnitude.

With the advent of Friday night, twice as many people than workdays flocked to theaters across the United States. The goals of these people are very clear, that is, the film that has just been released in the summer, in the highly mature film market in North America. The first choice for the audience in the summer is the commercial production.

Both "Batman: Hour of War" and "Kings of Heaven" are preferred targets.

However, the effects of the audience's reputation and various data are reflected in the two movies. Only when five audiences buy tickets for "Batman: Hour of War" will one audience choose "Kings of Heaven".

So, after the first day of the box office of the two films is released, the gap will be clear at a glance. (To be continued...)

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