Chapter 46

Emma Stone felt almost deaf.

Although she guest-starred as Perkins in John Wick, she only had one day to film the scene.

She never saw the finished film, and the premiere was her first time watching it.

After experiencing the pain of losing his wife and losing his dog at the beginning of the film, and experiencing the blood-soaked battle in the middle that left no room for breath,

John Wick succeeded in revenge and wiped out the entire enemy gang. After taking off the clothes, one person and one dog disappeared into the night, and the last silhouette of the person and the night looked extremely melancholy.

The great revenge has been avenged, but the lover is still irreparable…

Emma leaned on the seat and sighed, immersed in emotion and unable to extricate herself.

Then the auditorium erupted into deafening applause, cheers and whistles one after another!

Emma Stone was startled and her emotions were interrupted.

Only then did she realize that the film must have been a success!

Looking back at the enthusiastic response from the audience, this was just like the premiere of their"Spider-Man".

Although"The Twilight Saga" in which she starred was released a week later, it was considered a rival to"John Wick".

But at this moment, she was subconsciously happy forHarsh Rai.

"baby! You succeeded!"

"What?"

The scene was so noisy that Harsh couldn't hear what Sister emma was saying.

Facing the enthusiastic audience, he and the creative team could only stand up and thank everyone present.

The effect of the film was not inferior to the original version, and Spider-Man is currently popular It is booming, and it is expected that the box office should exceed the original's US$88 million.

There is no guarantee that it will enter the annual box office list, but it should be no problem to make a sure profit.

This wave is stable!

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"It's a thrilling, action-packed movie that will make your blood boil! 10"

"The story tells us, never mess with other people's dogs! 9/10"

"A 101-minute revenge story that includes headshots and headshots! An example of a person who is ruthless and doesn't talk much! 8.5/10"

"The exciting action scenes are different from any previous gun fight movies! Worth a second brush! 8/10"

"Even though 2007 has just started, I can confirm that this is the best action movie of the year, bar none! 10/10"

"No pee spots at all! It's so exciting! After watching the movie, I wanted to go to the shooting range and shoot! 8.5/10"

"Action film directors, have you learned this? Stop taking those vulgar photos in the future and look at how Harsh Rai takes them! 9/10"

"I originally thought that Harsh Rai would stick to the character of Spider-Man, but I didn't expect that he would break the shackles so quickly and challenge new roles! handsome! 10/10″

The next day, imdb, the largest film review website in North America, received a large influx of users who rated the newly released"John Wick".

This movie that subverts the action film genre received rave reviews!

It received a 9.4/ A high score of 10!

Of course, it will definitely drop to 273 in the future. It is difficult for a pure action movie to maintain a score above 9, but this cannot conceal the overwhelming reputation of"John Wick"!

Next, we will see whether the box office is strong enough.

According to the law of Hollywood's box office investment ratio of 1:3, Galaxy Pictures internally predicts that the box office will be able to make back its capital with a box office of 50 million U.S. dollars. The expected target is almost 80 million U.S. dollars, which is similar to the box office of the previous version.

This will revitalize the entire Galaxy Entertainment in one fell swoop.

Otherwise, Galaxy Pictures is burning money to make movies, and Galaxy Music is also burning money to produce Swift's new album. There are not many employees in the company, but wages and daily expenses are still a lot of money.

Assume that the box office this time is less than 60 million , I am afraid that it will be difficult for the entire company to survive.

Generally, small production companies will choose to invest together with large companies to share risks.

Happy has never seen a gambler like Harsh Rai. He spent all his money to make an action film that subverts the tradition. This guy is simply crazy!

However, when the first day box office of John Wick came out, it was Happy Hogan's turn to go crazy!

"How much… how much?"

"Well, there are specific numbers on the screen, Mr. Hogan."

The employee under his command was unceremonious and pointed at the large projection screen in the conference room.

According to the real-time box office data detected by the industry's internal data,

""John Wick" grossed $45.75 million at the box office on its opening day!

In North America, it surpassed"Night at the Museum","300″,"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and"Miami Vice" released this year."...

Temporarily ranked first in the North American opening day box office in 2007!

"Rear Window","Iceland Two","The Invisible Man","Future Sight" and many other major Hollywood productions released at the same time were made the debut of a little-known start-up production company, Galaxy Pictures, and became scum in seconds.!

"Yes!! Alas!! Give-me-five! May!"

Happy then jumped up excitedly. He has been on tenterhooks from the day the movie project was approved until now. Seeing the real results, Happy's hanging heart finally returned to his stomach.

The box office on the first day was almost 100%. After getting back the money, the box office will be pure profit every day!

It will be released for another month!

Excitedly, Happy planned to give Harsh Rai a high-five to celebrate, but Harsh sat aside and played with his mobile phone like a normal person.

He, the client, didn't even have any Psychological fluctuations, is this the calmness of a superior person?

In fact, Harsh Rai had expected this result before filming the movie. It was a little surprising, but not surprising.

"Don't get too excited, there's"Twilight" next week."

The vampire youth romance blockbuster produced by Summit Entertainment is about to compete head-to-head with"John Wick".

Lionsgate Pictures has spent nearly half of its investment on promoting this work.

In addition, this is an adaptation of a global best-selling novel, and the early stage has been overwhelming. resources to build momentum like crazy.

Even when he went out to walk three blocks, Harsh Rai could see two huge posters of Sister Emma .

It is conceivable that this movie will definitely have some impact on the box office of"John Wick"

"Do you think we should invest in publicity? It's not too late for additional promotion!"

Happy quickly suggested, but was interrupted by Harsh Rai

"Forget it, there's no point in investing in this. It won't work at all without 10 or 20 million US dollars."

Harsh Rai, in a suit and leather tie, is just like John Wick in the movie.

He maintained a killer calmness and waved his hands slowly.

"We use this money to spend on advertising, why not invest in movies?"

"Is this the new Marvel work you were talking about?"

"That's right, we will work with Marvel to film and produce together when the time comes, and we will no longer seek other cooperation."

"Isn't it? You want to stud again?"

"Of course, I can't bear to let the child catch the wolf"

"What the hell?..."

Happy's good mood lasted only a few seconds, and he was left speechless again by Harsh's words.

""John Wick" didn't do well at the box office, but he wants to invest in it again!

And it's a Marvel movie!

""The success of"Spider-Man" does not mean that Marvel can succeed! They have sold all their popular characters, what do they have left?"

In Happy's eyes, Harsh Rai is completely blindly confident.

The young man has just achieved some results and then starts to drift away!

As a"experienced person", he must persuade Harsh Rai!

As the COO of Marvel, it is no problem to help them develop movies. Don't put yourself at risk. All your wealth is thrown into it!

"Iron Man." Harsh didn't even raise his head and said as if nothing happened.

"ah?"

He knows that Harsh Rai wants to cooperate with Marvel, but what is Iron Man?

As a non-senior comic fan, he is a general reader who occasionally flips through a few comic books.

At most, Happy knows Spider-Man, Captain America, Thor, Superman, and Bat. Man of Steel, The Flash…

So far, he can't tell the difference between Aquaman and Namor, or who the X-Police are. There have been several major events in the Avengers.

In North America, most ordinary movie fans are the same as Harry. I have a rough skin, and I don't know much about American comics.

Iron Man is completely a third-tier character in the eyes of passers-by. He can only appear in big events to make a splash. , is his personal story interesting?

"Hars..."

Happy tried his best to persuade, but Harsh Rai waved his hand and interrupted the spell.

"Okay, Happy. I know you mean well, but I have a plan"[]

Harsh stopped looking at his phone, his eyes were like John Wick in the movie, as sharp as a blade!

"So, trust me, OK?"

"OK, no problem, no problem..."

Happy nodded quickly and stopped trying to persuade.

After all, this company was established by Harsh with his salary from"Spider-Man", and he has absolute say.

Happy, who takes the title of president of Galaxy Pictures, is just a wage earner.

As Harsh Rai manager, he is even less likely to disobey his sponsor.

And the look Harsh's eyes just now really made Happy feel a little numb!

Harsh Rai was also stunned.

He didn't mean to hurt Happy just now.

This agent who followed him when he was down and out now solves his problems and handles all the big and small things in the company.

He is really dedicated.

Harsh may be influenced by the character, and character fusion will be accidentally triggered in some cases.

Fortunately, this situation does not affect daily life and rarely occurs. Harsh does not pay attention to it.

"It seems that I will have to play some positive roles (ajbi) in the future to balance it out. I am both a murderer and a clown. I really doubt my mental state in the future."

Harsh laughed self-deprecatingly.

...

It was a success at the box office on the first day and naturally topped the North American box office charts in the first weekend.

""John Wick" earned $120 million at the box office! Second only to last year's powerful fantasy blockbuster"Pirates of the Caribbean 2″"!

"Damn it?"

Even Harsh Rai was surprised by this result!

In the previous life,"John Wick" had Keith Reeves as the director, and the final global box office was only 88 million.

Now it has surpassed it in three days?

Sure enough, looking at the comments from netizens, it turned out that Most of them are directed at Spider-

Man. He still has no idea how popular he is.

In addition, the film subverts the stereotyped routines of past action films, whether it is Harsh's smooth and realistic movements or the director's lens language, Each battle creates a unique style!

Unique in Hollywood!

With the title of"the most exciting action movie of the year", many people who are not Spider-Man fans also come here and leave with great fun.

As for the fans, they are even more crazy. Make peace with those around you

...

Caltech, the quartet of Leonard, Sheldon, Howard, and Raj, is a typical example.

These days, whenever a colleague talks to them, they can't say anything without"John Wick""

"Leonard, have you seen my dog? I just did an experiment and the dog ran out of the cage."

"dog? It seems to have appeared in the garden. By the way, have you watched Harsh's new film? There is also a dog in it. In order to avenge him, the protagonist kills him all the way...."

...

"...Sheldon, is there something wrong with your formula? The experimental data doesn't match up."

"Um? There is no way my formula could go wrong. Just like John Wick, would you question his inability to shoot accurately?"

"Who is John Wick?"

"Humph, I won't discuss the plot with people who haven't seen John Wick. Let's talk about it after you've seen this masterpiece."

"ah?"

...

Just like"Spider-Man", the first batch of viewers who walked out of the theater were frantically asking for help around them.

In addition, the topic of"John Wick" on the Internet remains high, and the Facebook feed is full of John Wick animations.

Or the unique gunfighting scenes in the movie.

Two guns for the body and one gun for the head, smooth and professional magazine changes, unlimited combat combined with gun fighting skills, many fans spontaneously used the content in the trailer, paired with cool electronic music melodies, to create a series of excellent movies Second work!

Content related to"John Wick" spread rapidly in the form of viral fission!

In the previous life of 2014, the film crew had not yet developed advanced Internet thinking.

Many scenes in the movie could receive hundreds of thousands of likes on short video platforms until 2023.

How could Harsh Rai bear to let such an outstanding work be buried?

Using the advanced thinking of the mobile Internet era,

Harsh gradually guided behind the scenes, setting off a wave of dimensionality reduction attacks on online marketing in this Internet 2.0 era dominated by PC networks!

Therefore, the box office of"John Wick" far exceeds the previous level, and is now on its way to US$200 million in North America!

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In addition to the carnival of ordinary movie fans,"John Wick" also caused a big shock wave in the Hollywood industry!

On the day the film was released, hard-core film critic Roger Ebert updated his column overnight:

"Before this, we are already familiar with Hollywood action stories of personal heroism. The retirement of the killer is often the end of the film."

"But this film goes in the opposite direction, telling the story from the time the killer retires, using dazzling action choreography, bold and avant-garde lens design, and Harsh Rai's unique performance… to inject a powerful shot into this anti-heroic story. Stimulants!"

"Let me first praise Harsh Rai, a Indian actor who is only 24 years old. He broke my impression of Asian actors. In two movies so far, he has shown that he is comparable to Shah Rukh Khan."

"Spider-Man is sunny and youthful, but here he becomes numb and cold-blooded… I thought that only a 40-year-old veteran actor could successfully portray him, but I didn't expect that Harsh, who is in his 20s, could be portrayed more perfectly!"

"Regarding the action shots in the movie, it has formed an absolute challenge to previous industrial assembly line action movies! They will lead a new trend!"

"This movie has developed a unique action aesthetic, and yes, it is a work of art! Worth enjoying again and again"

"Finally, the worldview hidden behind the story is also worthy of careful consideration. It seems that there are more unsolved mysteries waiting to be discovered… I hope that a sequel can be filmed as soon as possible and John Wick can return to the big screen...."

Roger Ebert once again gave the highest praise of two thumbs up, which is enough to show the excellence of"John Wick" in the eyes of professional film critics

"The New York Times, Daily Movie, Los Santos Times"...Many film review media and columns have made comments.

This film is not perfect, and the media also pointed out many problems with a sharp eye.

But even if there are flaws, even if the plot lacks depth, even if there are no big scenes and big production, it does not prevent this from being a phenomenal movie.

In the ratings of professional media, everyone gave it high praise.

In the latest Rotten Tomatoes score, professional media gave it 88% positive reviews. Tomatoes are quite fresh!

After"Spider-Man", Harsh Rai successfully created a brand new IP!

"The John Wick universe looks to have great potential!

Next, when filming"Quick Chase 2″, all you have to do is maintain the current level, and you will know with your feet that you will definitely make a profit!

The most important thing is that"John Wick" is a movie that Harsh Rai shot entirely with his own money. His gambling behavior in the early stage of his fortune has now become a confident and talented filmmaker in the eyes of Hollywood!

So much so that just a few days after the film was released, assistant Vanessa's phone was buzzing with calls again.

"Boss, someone wants to make a movie with you again. This is already the eighth time today...."

Vanessa guest-starred as the protagonist's wife in the movie, and the two had a simple kissing scene.

Now when she faces Harsh Rai, she still has this businesslike and docile look.

"Who is it this time?"

"It's a great director, Luc Besson… Also, Kevin Feige has already arrived at the company, should we let him come to the office now?"

Hey guys, Kevin Feige can't wait anymore?

It seems like"Iron Man" should be put on the schedule!.