Due to plot considerations, the duration of "The Dark Knight" reaches 151 minutes, which is a full 13 minutes longer than the 138 minutes of "Batman Begins."
Warner Bros.'s control over the length of the movie can be seen in the "Tragedy" of "Justice League".
However, this time, Warner has no say.
In the final analysis, any major Hollywood film company relies on its talent. If your status is high enough, the studio will be obedient to you.
In the lobby of the Holy Civic Auditorium.
The plot of "The Dark Knight" has finally come to an end.
Good triumphs over evil again.
The Batfighter carries Two-Face and seizes the dirty bomb trying to destroy Gotham City from the Penguin, flies to the distant sea level, and then explodes.
The city is out of danger.
People who had narrowly escaped death looked towards the sea level, praying for the appearance of a certain figure.
Then.
A black figure appeared in everyone's field of vision.
Then.
The screen darkens.
The subtitles began to rise.
There was a slight whisper in the hall, and everyone sat still. According to the pattern of the first part, the next step should be the easter egg session.
Halfway through the five-minute ending, the screen finally came back on.
This is a mansion.
At the messy crime scene, a large group of police officers were rescuing the injured to maintain order. Firefighters sprayed water hoses into the building filled with smoke and smoke. Chief Gordon struggled through the busy crowd, suddenly stopped, and picked up a photo from the rubble. card.
A card with a clown on it.
The screen went dark again.
After the second credits, the big screen showed Bruce Wayne's fixed seat for a blind date in a high-end restaurant.
Already sitting on one side of the seat was a beautiful girl dressed elegantly with her hair in a bun.
The girl also held a newspaper in her hand.
Bruce Wayne appeared and politely extended his hand to the girl: "Diana Prince?"
"Hello, Mr. Wayne."
The two sat down together. Bruce Wayne glanced at the newspaper in front of the girl, with some doubts flashing in his expression, and said: "I happen to know about the "Central City Times" three months ago. It is said that someone saw something as fast as lightning. people."
Diana looked at Wayne: "So, do you think this is true?"
Wayne did not answer, but asked: "Are all artists concerned about this kind of super power incident?"
"Of course," Diana raised her lips: "I'm also very interested in a little boy who likes to dress up as a bat."
After saying this, the camera stopped showing Bruce Wayne's reaction, and the big screen went completely dark.
There was a sigh of disappointment in the hall.
In just ten seconds of Easter eggs, with the appearance of Wonder Woman and the indirect mention of The Flash, the DC movie universe finally officially begins.
more important.
I’m still not finished!
Everyone is very curious about what will happen next after the brief but sparkling rivalry between Batman and Wonder Woman? At the same time, I also wondered whether this was the plot of the third part of the "Batman" series.
Although the meaning was still unfinished, even though he was confused and curious, the warm applause in the hall soon started and lasted for a long time.
no doubt.
The second movie in the DC Cinematic Universe delivered a perfect answer.
After the screening and the media interaction session, Simon went backstage with everyone.
Next, there will be an after-party to entertain today's media and guests, but Simon does not plan to attend. He is now less and less interested in socializing at these parties. Unless it is necessary, he usually will not attend. There are company executives such as Amy and " The main creators of the "Batman" series are responsible for the entertainment and are not worried about anything going wrong at the following after-party.
Just as he was about to turn directly from the backstage passage to the parking lot to leave, Lisa Collins pulled Jennifer and chased her.
Knowing that Simon was about to leave like this, Lisa directly hugged his arm and said coquettishly: "Come to the party with us, Simon. It's not easy to see you once. It will be a long time before the next time."
Feeling Lisa rubbing against her body without any precautions, she had the tendency to rub some more of tonight's low-cut dress.
It's going to be gone.
Simon glanced at the female assistant helplessly and saw that there was also expectation in her eyes, so he had no choice but to nod.
Lisa giggled, and without letting go of Simon, said: "Jenny and I will take your car."
After saying that, he turned around and explained to his best friend: "Don't worry, I won't steal Simon from you. I have a boyfriend, so I didn't bring it with me tonight. I just borrowed it for a little while, a little while."
He said and rubbed against Simon again.
Simon thinks so.
He was obviously the one who was taken advantage of.
They were dragged by Sticky Man to the relatively private VIP parking lot in the auditorium. The driver was already waiting here. Simon and some other guests who also came to the parking lot nodded and were about to get in the car with Lisa and the others. A timid cry sounded nearby.
"Simon..."
Looking for the sound, a petite girl walked through the crowd from the other side of the parking lot.
The soft call just now attracted the attention of many other people. Probably out of embarrassment, the little girl lowered her head slightly, and the light in the parking lot was not too bright. Before Simon could react, Lisa had already blurted out: "That, you are, the little girl who cried at Madonna's concert."
As the girl came closer, Simon recognized her.
Jennifer Bray.
That should be the name.
At Madonna's concert last year, the little girl accidentally rushed onto the stage and almost caused a riot.
Simon comforted the other party and sang a song to the little girl.
"Rocketman".
The single later topped the sales charts for several weeks, even surpassing the new song Simon wrote for Madonna.
However, Simon never saw the little girl again after that day.
Arriving in front of Simon, the little girl called out again timidly, glanced at Lisa hanging on Simon, and smiled softly.
The girl wore a pale pink straight skirt today, with a ribbon tied around her waist, which made her waist look even more slender, even giving people the look of a Barbie doll.
For some reason, Simon always feels a little weird when recalling the details from the beginning and comparing them to this time.
The girl gave Simon a feeling of déjà vu at this time.
Of course it’s not the impression I had on the stage.
But...
By the way, exquisite.
When this word came to mind, Simon immediately thought of Janet's smiling face.
as well as.
ABCD and the sophistication with which a housekeeper leads a team of maids.
The kind of exquisiteness that they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars every year, which is higher than their own salary, to carefully maintain.
Western women have their own advantages in appearance, but at the same time, they have to admit that because of their racial constitution, it is usually difficult to describe Western women as exquisite.
If you want to maintain this feeling, you must be diligent in maintaining it.
However, most Western women have neither the time nor the money to support this matter, so they often give people the impression that they look older easily.
Lisa Collins was obviously unaware of what Simon was thinking.
He stepped forward to greet Jennifer Brie warmly and joked: "I thought you were very short last year. I didn't expect that you haven't grown taller after such a long time. However, being able to climb such a high stage is also a blessing." It’s amazing.”
Blah blah blah.
After chatting for a while, Lisa even took the initiative to invite the little girl to the after-party, but she was rejected.
After saying hello to Simon again and receiving a smile in response, the little girl felt very satisfied and took the initiative to say goodbye and run away.
The three of them got in the car together. Lisa was still talking, but Simon noticed that the female assistant was looking at him with suspicion in her eyes.
Simon shrugged helplessly, leaned into the female assistant's ear and said, "I don't know what's going on, but it should be Jenny who is doing something weird."
Jennifer was pressed to Simon's ear, feeling her cheeks warmed by the man's breath. She did not doubt the man's words and nodded slightly as a response.
But Lisa was dissatisfied: "Hey, can you two please stop whispering in front of me? It's so rude."
The female assistant glared at her best friend and said, "It's rude of you to pester Simon like this."
Lisa didn't give in. She reached out her little paws to pinch the female assistant's rosy ears, and threatened: "How dare you hurt me, Jenny, be careful I break off our relationship with you, and then steal your man away."
In the parking lot, Jennifer Bray watched Simon's car leave before walking towards a car parked nearby.
The driver of the car was Claire Gein, the C girl.
The two women came to the premiere together tonight, but of course there was no red carpet treatment. They just entered and left quietly like ordinary movie fans.
The audience attending tonight's premiere reached 2,000, and of course no one paid much attention to the two of them.
After Jennifer Bray got in the car, Lady C started the car and left the parking lot, saying: "You will stay in Beverly tonight. That is a house owned by the boss. Madam will meet you tomorrow morning."
"Well, um, Claire, will Simon be home in the morning?"
"Tomorrow is Thursday, and it's not the weekend. Of course the boss still has to work."
The little girl suddenly felt a little disappointed again.
Girl C smiled, turned the steering wheel and entered the city highway outside the auditorium, and said again: "Since you can get into Stanford with your own efforts and don't let my wife use her connections, then work hard. You will definitely work for the boss in the future. I can see him every day. Madam has put so much thought into you, not just to cultivate a vase, but the boss doesn't like vases either. The better you are, the more you can attract the boss's attention."
The little girl nodded seriously: "I know."
After all, it was just a small incident, and after drinking some wine at the subsequent party, and immediately starting busy work again the next day, Simon unknowingly forgot to ask Janet about Jennifer Bray.
The next day is Thursday.
After its premiere on Wednesday, "The Dark Knight" debuted in North American theaters at midnight with 3,036 screens, setting another record for opening screen size.
In the media interaction session after the premiere, a reporter actually asked Simon about this matter, wondering whether it was necessary to use more than 10% of the canvas resources of North American screens at one time, and whether it was too eager for quick success.
You know, in 1991, the total number of movie screens in North America barely exceeded 25,000.
Simon did not give a detailed explanation at the time, but in private, he analyzed his ideas in detail to Amy and other senior officials.
This summer alone, there are eight films related to Daenerys Entertainment, four collaborative films and four self-released films.
Not to mention anything else, this week, in addition to "The Dark Knight", among the other two films to be released in the spotlight of "The Dark Knight", there is one produced by Universal Pictures that just won a film at the Cannes Film Festival. Spike Lee's new film "Jungle Fever" won the Best Supporting Actor award.
The film schedules produced by Daenerys Entertainment are becoming more and more crowded. If you want to avoid the internal friction of films belonging to your own company in the same schedule, you must activate the box office potential of blockbusters as soon as possible.
In Hollywood as a whole, let alone US$80 million, a movie is willing to spend US$8 million on promotion. Compared with the total number of movies entering theaters every year, the proportion is less than 20%. "Batman: The Dark Knight" spent a one-time promotion budget of 80 million US dollars, and the scale of the production exceeded 3,000 screens for the first time, all to achieve this goal.
With a massive publicity budget of US$80 million, it is natural to achieve results in the shortest possible time.
Compared with the half-year screening cycle of super-blockbuster films in the past, a comprehensive saturation release and recovering most of the box office within four weeks can not only free up market potential for subsequent films, but also divert the attention of the audience from this film as quickly as possible. force.
So it's not just The Dark Knight.
If Daenerys Entertainment wants to achieve Simon’s planned distribution target of 40 films per year on the three distribution networks of Daenerys, New World and High Gate, and further extend its influence to major Hollywood studios such as MGM, If studios expand, they must adopt saturated distribution in advance, which gradually became mainstream in the late 1990s.
With the official release of "The Dark Knight", under the almost ubiquitous publicity bombardment and large-scale screen impressions, a large number of North American audiences have entered the theater. In addition to a large number of core movie fans, they have been attracted by "Batman". Affected by the phenomenal popularity after the release of "The Dark Knight", many passersby were also affected and began to buy tickets to enter the venue.
The North American media, which has always had a keen sense of smell, will naturally not miss such hot news.
When the film was officially released on a large scale, almost all newspapers, large and small, across North America were discussing all the details inside and outside the film. Any piece of gossip that could be related to the film could enter the important pages of the media.
Although the overall media rating will inevitably drop after the film is released, for a phenomenal commercial blockbuster, not many people will pay attention to it due to the overwhelming popularity.
As a result, "The Dark Knight" has shown a phenomenal movie-viewing trend since its release.
In the 1990s, North American movie box office statistics became more digital, making them more real-time and convenient.
After a midnight screening on Thursday and a full-day screening on Friday, the first-day box office data for "The Dark Knight" was officially released at around 1 a.m. on the West Coast on Saturday.
and.
Not surprisingly, many North American media and Hollywood executives who stayed up late waiting for this data had sleepless nights.
$23.76 million!
This is the box office of "The Dark Knight" on its first day.
Compared with super blockbusters many years later, the first-day US$23.76 million is actually not too high.
However, the US$23.76 million in 1991 can be described as shocking.
You know, in Hollywood in this era, there are only about 50 movies with a total box office of more than 20 million US dollars in North America every year, which is only equivalent to 10% of the total number of movies entering theaters in North America every year. On the first day of filming, "The Dark Knight" not only surpassed the box office figures of most blockbuster films in their opening week, but also surpassed the total domestic box office figures of more than 90% of North American theater films every year.