Hollywood Lover

"I would like to thank Mr. Carl for your support. Without your trust, the Mummy movie would not be as popular as it is now!" Zhang Dongcheng said modestly, he knew very well the reason why everyone carried the bridal sedan chair.

Besides, it is impossible for my current status to be compared with a giant like Karl, so I should hurry up and get the reward I deserve, and go to shoot the joint-stock movie I want most!

"Oh! Smith, you praise me too much. Without your persistence, I would not have made such a decision. You have contributed a lot to the mummy's current success!" Carl laughed.

Indeed, if the mummy fails, Carl's approach will completely become the laughing stock of the entertainment industry, and he will be directly expelled from the board of directors of Universal Pictures. But there is no if in this world! ! His trust in Zhang Dongcheng made him finally achieve his current success!

"Mr. Carl, have you got the box office statistics for the first day?" Zhang Dongcheng asked with concern. The level of the box office is what he cares most about, because it is related to his future plans for himself!

"I'm very sorry, Smith." Carl said with a smile when he heard the words: "The mummy is so hot, it is like a monster, and it is rampant during the Halloween period. Anyone who dares to provoke it will be killed by it." Buried under the yellow sand.

The Sleeper by Barry Levinson has been knocked over, I hear they are going to be down early. Lenny Harlin's "Jessica and Jimmy" is down today. Attendance for Stephen Hopkins' "Ghost in the Night" plummeted 51 percent. For movies released during this period, the mummy is their disaster!

Because the number of viewers was so high, the theaters have not yet calculated the box office of the first day! But I believe that with such an astonishing attendance rate, the box office of this movie will definitely set a new record! "

Zhang Dongcheng has no hope for this. The Mummy movie is completely an assembly line product under the Hollywood operation mode. It's a popcorn movie, and it's okay for bloggers to smile. Not to mention any depth at all.

It may be due to the previous series of events that it will usher in a short-term peak period, but unfortunately this time will soon pass, but it will show insufficient staying power.

The box office is very likely to exceed the original version's global box office of nearly 416 million, but it is definitely not too much. It can reach 500 million US dollars, which is considered very good.

"Alright then!" Zhang Dongcheng nodded and said, "Mr. Carl, I hope you can let me know as soon as the first day's box office statistics are available, is that okay?"

"Of course! I think the statistics will be available at noon!" Carl confidently made a promise.

In Carl's view, he chose Zhang Dongcheng as the director of the mummy, and did not give up on him even in the most difficult situation. This is obviously the most correct decision he made. Even if it is to win over such a promising new director, Karl will pay special attention to Zhang Dongcheng.

"Thank you, Mr. Carl!" After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two hung up the phone.

"Dude? How much was the box office on the first day?" Adaman blinked and asked Zhang Dongcheng impatiently.

"I don't know!" Zhang Dongcheng shrugged and replied helplessly.

"What?" Adaman exclaimed and asked suspiciously, "Are you kidding me?"

"Of course not!" Zhang Dongcheng smiled mysteriously, and said, "Because the movie's attendance rate is so strong that the theaters haven't had time to count the movie's box office!"

"Wow!" Adaman's eyes widened all of a sudden, and after a while he scratched his head and said happily: "So we're getting rich again?"

"Why do you say again? Haha" Zhang Dongcheng nodded affirmatively, laughing loudly.

The excited Adaman walked up and down the room, and it took him a long time to react suddenly, and said in his mouth: "No, I will contact Andy and the others now, and I will let them enjoy the suffering of waiting like me!"

Seeing Adaman's embarrassing expression, Zhang Dongcheng couldn't help but smiled and shook his head.

This guy Adaman just did what he said, and it didn't take long before he called the crew members over again at home.

Let everyone sit on the sofa, Adaman stood in the center of the living room like a performance artist, dancing and said: "Oh, everyone! Do you want to know the box office of our movie on the first day?"

"Adaman, you damn guy, don't be a fool, tell us quickly. What is the movie's box office on the first day!" Jason Statham said to Adaman dissatisfied.

"I'm very sorry!" Adaman shrugged, showing a helpless look, and said, "Until now, the first day's box office has not been counted yet!"

"Oh! You bloody bastard!" Everyone complained at once!

Near noon, Mr. Carl finally called Zhang Dongcheng.

"Smith! My dear new director, you have created a miracle! A real miracle!" Rao is a guy like Karl, and he is a little awkward to speak at the moment. With a trembling voice, he said tremblingly: "You know? Our box office on the first day yesterday unexpectedly reached 10.52 million US dollars! This is like a dream! If this is the case for the next seven days, then our first-day box office It can reach seventy million dollars!"

Zhang Dongcheng was also taken aback, this number is indeed too astonishing.

Among the original mummy he knows, the box office in the first week was more than 43.36 million US dollars. An average of more than 6 million per day. But now, it is more than half of this number. It was just astounding.

"How is it? How much is the box office on the first day?" Adaman and others waited hopelessly, and before Zhang Dongcheng finished making the phone call, they couldn't wait to ask in a low voice.

After Zhang Dongcheng hung up the phone, they surrounded Zhang Dongcheng as if they were crazy, and started asking questions.

"Everyone!" Zhang Dongcheng suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said loudly: "Cheers! Our first day box office is 10.52 million US dollars!"

"How much... how much?" Adaman was shocked and asked in disbelief.

It's not just Adaman, but everyone else, too, with their eyes wide open and their mouths wide open, looking stunned.

"Yes! You heard it right, our box office on the first day reached 10.52 million US dollars!" Zhang Dongcheng once again affirmed to everyone. In his tone, he deliberately bit down on the word 10.52 million US dollars, so that everyone could hear his words clearly!

"Wow!" Adaman screamed strangely, rushed over with big strides, and hugged Zhang Dongcheng.

Immediately afterwards, Andy, Jack, Jason Stanser, Brandon and others quickly followed up. They lifted Zhang Dongcheng up and threw them into the sky continuously. Everyone enjoyed the joy of success. Even the two girls, Rachel and Patricia, squinted their eyes and looked at the excited men in front of them with a smile.

"Hey! Guys, put me down quickly, I'm a little afraid of heights!" Zhang Dongcheng screamed strangely, pleading to the crowd who kept throwing him up.

It's a pity that everyone who was dazzled by joy at this time didn't even pay attention to what he was talking about. Throwing Zhang Dongcheng up time and time again without hesitation. vented his excitement.

On the second day, that is, the third day after the Mummy's screening, the media coverage of the Mummy in the entire United States became more and more flattering, like a fire cooking oil and flowers like brocade.

"The Mummy box office is hot! The box office on the first day exceeded 10 million U.S. dollars, leading the Halloween schedule!" - "Entertainment Weekly"

"According to the current development momentum, Smith Chang's film is likely to develop into a phenomenon-level film that can be recorded in the annals of history!" - "Daily Entertainment"

"Countless movies were ravaged by the mummy, and had to be released in advance. Some that were not released were urgently changed to the current issue. Smith Zhang led his, "The Mummy" swept the entire Halloween period, and we had to do it for those who chose this time. Sad for the movies! Bad timing is probably the best way to describe them!" - The New Jersey Express

After reading several newspapers in a row, Zhang Dongcheng's brows gradually wrinkled. He knew very well that although the movie The Mummy had garnered a lot of attention during the Getty Center incident, it had become popular now. But it can't make up for its lack of foundation.

In other words, this movie is just for people to have fun after watching it, to be moved by the characters in it, and to marvel at the lifelike special effects shots. Then there is nothing left. After looking at both sides, it will feel dull. Totally lost interest.

It is impossible for the phenomenal movie mentioned in the media newspaper to happen to the mummy, because this movie does not have such profound thoughts at all. In terms of pure thinking, it is not even as memorable as my first movie "Tuner".

With such praise, I am afraid that the higher the climb, the worse the fall will happen!

Of course, if there is praise, there will be derogation. Many media began to stop sticking to neutrality, but changed their positions to provoke stings. Among them, several media that were not optimistic from the beginning even made accusations, just like Zhang Dongcheng's movie The record was broken and the entire United States was ashamed.

They still stick to their positions, the dead ducks are stubborn, and they keep saying bad things about the mummy. From the performance of the actors to the makeup design, there is nothing worthy of praise.

Zhang Dongcheng just smiled at this, but didn't take it to heart at all. Compared with the turmoil before the release of "Two Smoking Barrels", these media reports can be called praises!

Oh, well, the frenzy continues, and they don't want to stop for a moment, at least, in the first seven days of the painting, they can't stop at all!

It wasn't until seven days later, with Halloween approaching, that the frenzy suddenly dropped.