Chapter 82

The three-month summer vacation from May to July is the most important film schedule in North America in a year. During this period, it is full of films that want high commercial revenue from Libo. Almost every weekend, more than five films are released. , Of which there will inevitably be two commercial masterpieces with box office competitiveness.

During this period, no film will be left with too many opportunities to accumulate high box office. Starting from the end of the 1980s, in the first ten days or even within a week of the summer film release, the box office numbers captured can often occupy the total number of North American boxes. At one-third or more of the box office, whether or not a movie will be a big seller is actually just the first weekend's box office and the next working day's decline, basically at a glance.

No film can escape the inevitable law of the box office plummeting the next week's working day, and "Break into Death Island" is no exception.

On Monday, the film's single-day box office dropped from 11.13 million US dollars last Sunday to 4.87 million US dollars. In the following three working days, the single-day box office basically remained at this level, earning 4.95 million US dollars and 4.62 million US dollars respectively. And $4.77 million.

So far, the film was released in North America for a whole week, and the total box office of the whole week successfully broke through the 50 million US dollars mark, reaching 56 million US dollars!

"Interview with the Vampire", which was released at the same time, ◎, although trapped by the film type and rapidly declining audience reputation, Tom Cruise's appeal is still amazing. Even if Duke and Warner continue to discredit, he still leads the film Created a good box office performance, and won 43.25 million US dollars in seven days!

As for how much of it belongs to Tom Cruise out of pocket, that's a secret.

A new weekend is approaching, and this is also the last period of Warner Bros.'s intense publicity campaign for "Courage to Death Island". Starting next week, Warner will inevitably devote major resources to other summer films to be released. After successfully suppressing the "Interview with the Vampire", "Death Island" will also usher in a new strong competitor-Sylvester Stallone's "Breakout"!

Since "Break into Death Island" has been released in the second week, the competition between the two films will not be as fierce as before, and the bottom line will be slightly higher. At least Duke has not found signs of mutual blackmail in the large media.

The film crews of "Break Peak" are building momentum, and the final high-intensity propaganda of "Courage to Death Island" has also set off a new round of madness, and the main target is on ordinary fans.

David Gilff is an off-site reporter for the NBC TV promotion program "Watching Movies This Week". He specializes in interviewing the general audience's reactions to the comments on the show.

In this episode of the show, the most recommended film is "Courage to Death Island" which is currently being screened.

"Anna..."

In the living room of an apartment near New York University, Irene sat cross-legged on the outside sofa and shouted to the bedroom, "Hurry up, the comment is about our movie, it's "Brave Death Island"!"

"When did it become your movie?" Anna walked out unhurriedly.

"This is our favorite movie!"

When Anna sat on the sofa, Irene pulled out a can of beer and stuffed it to her.

"It is also the work of Duke Rosenberg, the same is the speed, the collision and the explosion. "Brave to Death Island" is more exciting than "Life and Death", the theme is more profound, the narrative structure and emotional conflict Also more reasonable..."

On the TV, the host talked about the advantages of the film and wanted to directly send the audience in front of the TV to the theater to buy tickets. Many of the praises made Anna, a film major student, feel a little ashamed...

For example, he commented on the high-speed slow-motion scene where Gusby finally sent the signal.

"At the end, the picture of Gusby waving the signal flare, set off by the music, makes people excited and shocking! It will definitely become an indelible classic lens in movie history!"

"This shot is really good." Irene put down the beer can and pointed to the TV screen and said, "I think many movies in the future will definitely draw on this scene from Duke!"

"If I make a similar film..." Anna thought about it, "I will definitely borrow it."

"In addition to the bomb perspective, the young Rosenberg director also created another new film technique!"

As soon as Irene had finished speaking, she was pulled by Anna. She also pointed to the TV series and said, "Can you be quiet for a while, Miss Lauder? The live connection is about to begin!"

While talking, the TV screen has been switched to Times Square, and David Gilff is standing in the lobby of the amg chain theater, and said to the camera, "A game of "Risk to Death Island" has just ended, now we interview a few Audience."

He quickly stopped a male audience, and after a brief introduction of himself, he asked, "What you just watched is "Courage to Death Island"? Do you think this movie is good?"

"Excellent!"

The male audience made no secret of the excitement on his face, obviously still in a state of soaring adrenaline.

"What do you like most about this film?" Gilff asked again.

"Action scene!"

Without waiting for reporters to ask questions, he was like a kid who wanted to share secrets with others, saying happily, "The action scenes in the film are amazing! Three of them will definitely become classics. One is the Hummer vs. Ferrari chase. It is the most classic car chase scene I have ever seen. The fast editing and sloshing scenes and the real crash scenes are very exciting. My heart and blood vessels almost burst!"

"Then there is the battle between the task force and the Marines in the bathroom and the gun battle of the mutiny of General Hammer's men. Both are very tragic..."

This movie fan has a tendency to continue talking, but Gilff can't waste time on one person, and quickly gives a small gift and changes his goal.

"Why did you choose such an action movie?" He stopped a female fan.

"Indeed, the whole film is full of masculinity, it is a standard male drama, but beside me, there are not too few female friends who like this film." The female fan smiled heartily, "Haha, I think it is. The director has given the protagonists too much charm, and there are too many beautiful pictures in the film. This is the second time I have watched it!"

Subsequently, Gilf interviewed several other fans.

"The film is masculine and deep, and the soundtrack and shots are excellent. It is said that the director is only 23 years old. It is very rare to have this kind of control and deployment ability!"

"It turns out that action movies can be so good! It's exciting, the music is superb, the pictures are too beautiful, the actors are so good, it is a model for commercial movies!"

"I think this will be the culmination of director Duke Rosenberg. The storyline doesn't say anything, but what is more important is to maximize the explosion and destruction he is good at!"

Of course, there are some people who are not cold about the film, and some people criticized it during the interview.

"Director Duke Rosenberg and his films are nothing short of a noise maker!"

"Before watching this movie, you must take motion sickness medicine, otherwise you will be vomited!"

Hearing these criticisms, Irene sitting on the sofa waved her fist angrily, "No one is forcing you to watch!"

"Miss Lauder!"

Irene's fist ran into Anna and almost made her spill the beer she was holding. Anna had no choice but to say, "There is no movie in this world that can please all types of audiences!"

The TV screen switched back to the studio, and the host finally said in conclusion, "The compact story, the shocking soundtrack, the sharp editing, the beautiful picture and its profound themes, the young Rosenberg director produced An excellent movie that emphasizes both business and art, and both enjoyment and sentimentality! In my opinion, "Break into Death Island" will definitely become the pinnacle of action movies!"

At the end of the show, Allen took the remote control and turned off the TV. He picked up his can of beer and drank the little remaining. His eyes fell on the poster of "Brave to Death Island" on the wall. Although she came from a business family, she understood that the show just now was a means of advertising, but she couldn't help but want to watch this movie again.

"Anna!" She took her friend's arm and shook it. "We will go to watch "Cruise to Death Island" again this weekend, okay?"

"You have watched it twice!" Anna stretched out **** and shook them in front of her, Irene continued reluctantly, "but the movie is really good! It's much better than that vampire. !"

"Okay! Okay!" Anna answered.

On Tuesday, they had gone to watch "Interview with the Vampire", but the slow pace and dull plot made them choose to leave after watching less than one third.

Beginning on Thursday, the gradually flattening out "Cruise to Death Island" has suddenly exerted its strength, from nbc television to abc television, from local tabloids to the three major newspapers in the United States, and from gossip magazines to the professional "Hollywood Reporter." , You can see news and reports about the film everywhere. Warner Bros.'s goal is very clear. Before the film's enthusiasm cools down, in the second weekend as much as possible to obtain a higher box office number, even with the new big production "Ling Xiongfeng" contends for the box office championship!

Duke and other crew members are also in the busiest publicity stage. They are still accepting an interview with the Chicago Tribune in the morning. They fly to Pittsburgh to participate in a radio interview in the afternoon. They will move to Boston tomorrow, where they will meet with Harvard in Cambridge. University students discuss the plot and future development of the movie together.

This work is not useless. The media keeps making it public, attracting the attention of the public and fans, prompting those who have seen the film to buy tickets again, and those who have not seen the film hurry into the theater...

When Duke arrived in Philadelphia on Saturday, the freshly released Friday box office statistics also made the crew excited. With a single-day box office of $6.24 million, "Break into the Dead Island" beat Stallone's "Break in the Mountains" just released for one day. In this weekend's competition, the US$4.77 million won the first move!

Although the box office of "Interview with the Vampires" also ushered in a rebound, the result of $4.21 million can only be ranked third in a single day!

After Duke looked at the specific data analysis, he found that "Break into the Dead Island" the next week could overwhelm the first week of "Best Mountain", and factors outside the film also played a big role.