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The office floor of Warner Bros. was crowded with people. Although he had only rushed back to Burbank from San Francisco in the early morning, Charles Rowan was full of energy. He took the latest statistics in his hand and walked quickly to Jeff Robino In front of her husband's office, she knocked lightly on the door twice, pushed it open and walked in.

"Jeff..." He walked directly to the desk, and before sitting down, he said, "The midnight box office statistics and audience word of mouth have passed."

Seeing Jeff Robinov looking up at him, Charles Rowan said quickly, "In 2512 theaters in the midnight show, "Brave to the Deadly Island" won 328 million US dollars, nearly 80 more than our expectation." Ten thousand dollars! The survey company we hired immediately consulted 5877 viewers, among which the rating rate of A+ was 70.00%, 90.00% was above A, and less than [-]% was rated below C!"

In Charles Rowan's words, there was faint excitement. Although it is clear that the audience of the midnight show is limited, most of the audience are action movie lovers, and the ratings have a natural advantage, but such a burst of word-of-mouth at the midnight show, let alone last year's "Batman Returns" ", even the highly acclaimed "Batman" has never reached it!

"Duke did not disappoint us!"

Jeff Robinoff breathed a sigh of relief. He is not without competitors within Warner Bros. He fully supports Duke's new work and has also endured a lot of pressure. Now the reputation and box office of the midnight show have exceeded expectations. It completely represents the direction of the film's performance and can always explain a lot of problems.

"I think the 2512 theaters we won in the first week are a little too conservative." Charles Rowan sat down.

"No way, Charles." Jeff Robinov shook his head, "CAA and Twentieth Century Fox have also invested huge resources in "Interview with the Vampire". There are only so many theaters and screens in North America. They're in the middle of it, and we can't get around 3000 theaters like Batman."

Charles Rowan also understands this, and at the same time, he also knows that with Warner Bros., "Interview with the Vampire" will not be able to reach about 3000 screenings.

Competition in Hollywood is everywhere, from scripts to roles to actors to funds to directors to theaters. It is a battlefield where film companies and projects compete. Those small companies with distribution rights want to release their films on a large scale. direct competition?Just for theaters, top distribution companies can kill them.

"What about Interview with the Vampire?" Jeff Robinoff thought of a competitor.

"The box office is better than we expected." Charles Rowan sat back in his chair and continued, "2689 theaters in the midnight show, with a box office of 397 million US dollars!"

"However..." His eyes flickered, "According to the internal feedback from the investigation company, "Interview with the Vampire" has a certain number of tickets purchased but not admitted in all major cities."

Jeff Robinov immediately understood the meaning of Charles Rowan's words, and nodded, "It must be Tom Cruise who made a move for the box office. This is not the first time."

It's not uncommon for Hollywood movie stars to spend their own money at the box office, and Tom Cruise is definitely one of the most prestigious.

"Based on this calculation," Charles Rowan continued, "Interview with the Vampire's midnight box office is indeed higher than that of "Into the Deadly Island", but the gap is definitely not as big as the box office figures show."

"Word of mouth?"

Hearing Robinov's question, Charles Rowan flipped through the materials in his hand, and then said, "The current professional word-of-mouth statistics show that "Interview with the Vampire" has an average score of 8.7, and "Into the Deadly Island" has an average score of 7.6. "Only [-] points."

"Don't talk about that." Robinov shook his finger, "The word-of-mouth of film critics doesn't mean much to the summer film, but the word-of-mouth of the audience."

"This is the news from Twentieth Century Fox." Rowan tried to speed up his speech, ""Interview with the Vampire" received 6125 audience feedbacks at midnight, with an A+ score rate of 60.00%70.00, and an A+ score rate of [-]%[-], The grade rate below C is [-]%.”

Next, the two discussed some other matters, such as theaters and publicity strategies.

At the same time, in the Fox Building in Century City, the main creators and project leaders of "Interview with the Vampire", including Tom Cruise and others, are also paying attention to similar statistical data. It is not difficult for companies to obtain them.

After discussing the subsequent publicity plan, only Tom Cruise, his agent and Fox executives were left in the conference room.

"We're behind in terms of audience word of mouth."

All the people here are senior industry insiders, and few people pay attention to professional word-of-mouth. The purpose of this film is not to win awards. "Although it has an advantage in the box office, a big factor is Tom's appeal."

As soon as Pat Kingsley's voice fell, Tom Cruise said directly to Fox CEO, "Townsend, I suggest that, in addition to the normal promotion of "Interview with the Vampire", we need "Use your brain."

His words have been recognized by most people. While promoting their own films, it is a normal means of competition for major Hollywood companies to discredit their competitors.

"I'll contact the media," Martin Bob said.

"Hmm..." Townsend Rothman nodded, "I will personally call Emperor Entertainment Group and AMG Chain Group, and try to reduce the number of theaters for "Into the Deadly Island" next week as much as possible!"

The competition in the film is not about showing off the swords and guns, and directly rushing to the front. A lot of work is actually behind the scenes.

Warner knows it, Twentieth Century Fox knows it, Duke knows it.

Getting the midnight box office and audience reputation of the two films from Robin Grande, Duke didn't have too many surprises or worries, whether it was "Interview with the Vampire" or "Into the Deadly Island". ", they will not be the kind of bad movies that are so bad that no one cares about them. If the former can maintain the previous standard, it will definitely be his strong enemy.

"If you want to be successful, you must not be afraid of competition!"

Standing in front of the full-length mirror, arranging his clothes, Duke said to Shania Twain, who seemed a little awkward walking behind him, "Any successful director has rushed out from the siege of competition. If he wants to stand at the pinnacle of any industry, he must You can't hide from your opponent!"

"Then why don't you wait until next month to compete with Jurassic Park?"

The person who said this was definitely not Shania Twain, just listening to that monotonous nasal voice, Duke also knew that it was Sofia Coppola sitting on the sofa.

"Because I have no problem here." Duke first pointed to his head, then turned and gave Sophia a look, "Are you happy to hit me?"

"It was a lot of fun."

Sophia shrugged her shoulders, her black eyes drifted over Shania Twain inadvertently, and she raised her voice slightly to remind, "It's almost time, we should hurry back to Burbank, don't forget, you have to go back tonight Go to the NBC studio with Nicola and the others to rehearse tomorrow night's live show."

"It'll be fine soon." Duke waved his hand over there.

"I'm leaving too."

Shania Twain came up behind him, stood on tiptoes and stretched out her head, kissed Duke's ear lightly, then deliberately blew into the earhole, and whispered, "I will remember you, dear , if we meet again next time, I will return all the slaps you slapped on my ass!"

Duke turned his head and squeezed her chin, "I hope we have another chance."

This kind of thing is too hard to say. Although the movie circle and the music circle have many intersections, Shania Twain has settled in Nashville, the mecca of country music. If she becomes famous, the ensuing announcements and national and even global tours will squeeze her out. All her time and energy.

Speaking of the original sex, it has become a two-night stand today, and Duke doesn't know if there will be such opportunities to communicate with the body in the future.

Shania Twain went to find her agent and was about to return to Nashville. Duke and Sophia left the Fairmont Hotel and drove directly to the highway leading to Burbank.

"Didn't you say that the first week of a film's release is always stressful and difficult to sleep?"

After leaving the urban area, the road conditions became much smoother, and Sophia chatted with Duke, "I didn't expect to have the energy to pick up girls."

"Sophia, didn't you say that?" Duke could hear a bit of sarcasm in his words, but he had long been used to her tone, "This is the best way to relieve stress and anxiety, and forget troubles, isn't it? ?”

"Nonsense!" Sofia Coppola pursed her lips.

Shrugging his shoulders, Duke didn't say anything more. Although things weren't exactly as he said, last night he was intoxicated by Shania Twain's wild and sexy body, and he had a few hearty nights before going to bed. Communication exercise, in fact, his sleep quality is excellent, it is definitely one of the most sound sleep nights since "Brave to the Deadly Island" started.

Or maybe it was all the stress and anxiety that vented when you slapped Shania's sexy and charming buttocks?

For some reason, this idea suddenly jumped into Duke's mind. He quickly shook his head and didn't continue to think about it. He didn't want to develop in the direction of sadism...

The two took turns driving, and when they arrived in Burbank, it was close to dusk, looking for a place to eat something, Duke and the two rushed to the NBC TV studio in Burbank.

Tomorrow night's show will be live. Although the rehearsal is not complicated, the minimum stepping on the stage is essential. NBC's talk show is also an important part of the publicity plan made by Warner Bros. When Duke walked to the lounge, Nicholas Cage, Ed Harris, and Christopher Lee and their managers are already sitting here, familiarizing themselves with the flow of the show.

Of course, Duke agent Nancy Josephson was also waiting in the waiting room.

Like all talk shows, most of the links and questions will be communicated with the guests' agents or public relations in advance. The agent and the public relations of Warner Bros. coordinated the show.

He was busy until nearly nine o'clock in the evening, and the field work was over. Duke told Nancy to report the first day's box office to him as soon as possible tomorrow, and then went directly back to his apartment in North Hollywood.