On July 10, the box office of "Dark War" was officially released in the first week. Although George Northam's article caused a storm of doubts among the public, the word-of-mouth of "Dark War" itself was not affected much. , More than 70% of the film critics praised this movie. Therefore, in the first week of "Dark War" under the pressure of "Batman" is still hot, it still won a three-day weekend box office of more than 27 million US dollars , For this data, Colombia has mixed results.
I am happy because the box office on the working days of the summer will account for 40% to 50% of the box office for the entire week. The box office of "Dark War" in the first seven days still has a chance to reach the 40 million US dollar mark, although because of "Batman", It will definitely not be able to keep up with the stunning first week score of "Ghostbusters 2" of 45 million, but this figure has given Colombian senior officials who have been worried about the box office of "Dark War" for half a month a good night's sleep. The first week reached 40 million, so the total box office There is still a good chance to break through 200 million US dollars.
What is worrying is that because of the lessons learned from "Ghostbusters 2", Columbia is very worried that this movie will follow in the footsteps of "Ghostbusters 2", and the box office will drop by more than 50% in the next week. A blockbuster like Batman, but just after the ups and downs of "Ghostbusters 2" at the box office, Columbia has this kind of ▼, and worry is inevitable. The movie is like a gamble, and no one knows what will happen next.
Therefore, when the turmoil caused by George Northam’s questioning article just started, Columbia quickly convened all executives to discuss countermeasures. The consequences of this kind of thing are hard to predict. Maybe people read Afterwards, I chatted happily and then forgot. But Colombia has also found that many parties do not want this kind of argument to be easily ignored by people. In just a few days, many media began to add fuel to the flames.
They will definitely not allow "Dark War", which was originally in good momentum, to be affected by this wave of doubts. What's more, Columbia has confirmed Eric's "topic marketing" suggestion, integrating the placement advertisements in the movie and Eric's TV series The clip is used as a topic of hype to push up the box office in the second week, but if this plan is to be implemented smoothly, this wave of doubts must be clarified first, otherwise the topic marketing will hardly achieve the expected effect, and it may be due to the previous Doubting and superimposing a worse situation.
When a group of executives were a little troubled about how to clarify that "Dark War" was not a gunslinger's work, the small box of video tapes that Eric moved into the meeting room made everyone's eyes shine. After playing a few video tapes , everyone quickly discussed the countermeasures.
In the office building of the CBS TV station in Los Angeles, Eric is making final preparations with a hostess named Sophia Temple, and will record a program called "Sophia Talk Show" next. What better way to clarify doubts as soon as possible than to play the set tapes on the spot in front of millions of viewers on a talk show
When an executive made this suggestion, the first thing Eric thought of was the famous "Oprah Talk Show". After all, this show is too famous, but unfortunately his idea was quickly dismissed Because each season of "Oprah's Talk Show" is broadcast from September to May of the following year, it is just in the off-air period of this talk show. And, even if Oprah's talk show is on the air now, it's unlikely that it will be scheduled in just a few days.
As a last resort, Columbia quickly arranged another program called "Sophia's Talk Show" through the well-connected CBS TV station. This talk show is obviously imitating "Oprah's Talk Show". Unfortunately, Ai Rick had never heard of it in his previous life.
Sophia Temple is a very temperamental white woman, wearing a decent burgundy professional suit, black hair, blue eyes, and a straight nose. Eric feels that she is similar to Courteney Cox in "Friends" in her previous life There are some similarities in appearance, but she is a little more bookish than Courteney Cox.
After communicating, Eric also understood why this talk show was unknown in his previous life. It is estimated that this follow-up work will not last long.
Because Sophia Temple's personality is very gentle and her conversation is quite satisfactory, Eric guessed that the other party must be from a wealthy family and has received a full set of elite education. Although this woman is very talented, she has a somewhat conservative personality. Therefore, Eric thinks that she is more suitable for a more serious and high-end talk show, interviewing entrepreneurs, scientists or senior government officials, rather than a talk show that needs to interact with guests and mobilize the atmosphere of the audience.
In contrast, Oprah, who was born at the bottom, is different. In order to hype the influence of the show, the other party can blow up her childhood experience of being sexually assaulted by close relatives, make various funny moves on the spot, and cry and laugh with guests on the spot , and Eric can be sure that Sophia Temple, who has a conservative personality, will definitely not be able to do this.
"Ms. Temple, Mr. Williams, the scene is ready and we can start recording." A staff member pushed the door into the rest room and said to Eric and Sophia who were exchanging details.
Eric and Sophia left the lounge side by side and walked towards the studio.
"Speaking of directors, the first impression that comes to many people's minds must be those old men with big beards, messy hair, and weird personalities, but since last year, a different kind of director has appeared in the Hollywood director circle. He is not only young and handsome , and he is very talented. What is even more surprising is that this young man has achieved jaw-dropping box office results in several consecutive films. Heh, everyone must already know who he is. Then, please invite our guests today, Mr Eric Williams."
After a proficient opening speech, Eric walked in with the small box again under Sophia's gesture. The program team also suggested that the box containing the video tape should be placed on the scene, but Eric still refused. Well, the main purpose of being on such a program is to clarify the rumors about the gunman, so of course the deeper the impression it leaves on the audience, the better.
Amid the screams of the girls in the audience, Eric smiled and waved to the camera before sitting down with Sofia.
"Eric, is this a gift you prepared for everyone, do you want me to help you distribute it?" Sophia asked with a smile, pointing to the box that Eric brought up.
Before Eric could answer, the girls in the audience shouted excitedly again, and several girls couldn't help standing up and looking at the things in the box.
Eric pressed his hands in a little embarrassment, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then explained: "Sorry, everyone, I came too hastily today and couldn't prepare gifts. As for these, they are just some video tapes. As for the content, we will keep it secret for the time being. , I will give you a surprise later.”
Although many people at the scene sighed in disappointment, they all fell silent.
Then Sophia and Eric started the standard process of talk show interviews, getting close, recalling childhood, looking back at the past, savoring the present, and looking forward to the future...
Most of the problems were discussed in advance. In this regard, Sophia was indeed as conservative as Eric's evaluation of her before. Even a few unexpected small problems did not make Eric feel difficult to deal with.
After chatting about Eric's past for more than ten minutes, the two began to turn the topic to the focus of this interview.
"Eric, many people said that compared to your previous films, the style change of "Dark War" is too big. What do you think about these people's evaluations?"
Eric stared at Sophia's beautiful face, and began to talk nonsense in a serious manner: "Actually, to be honest, there were a lot of accidental factors in the appearance of my first few films. At that time, my father died suddenly, and I had to drop out of school Working in a small restaurant, but that is not the life I want. I have been interested in movies since I was a child, so I have the script "Return to Seventeen". "Return to Seventeen" is my goal. I wanted to enter Hollywood, and prepared for myself; "Home Alone" was the inspiration when I chatted with little Stu, the little guy came to my house one night, when I was filming "Seventeen Back", little Stu asked me if he could also make movies, and I said yes, so "Home Alone" appeared. And the script of "Pretty Woman" also had a lot of chance. Therefore, "Dark War" "is a movie that I really want to shoot from the bottom of my heart. I had the idea of making this movie a long time ago. For this reason, I asked Tom Mr. Hanks sent an invitation."
"Oh, then, your first few films are all just for fun. If your words are heard by many directors in Hollywood, many people will be heartbroken." Sophia asked a little narrowly, And the audience roared with laughter again. If Eric really casually produced a few movies with amazing box office, it is estimated that many directors in Hollywood who have struggled for many years will hit the wall.
Eric quickly denied it with a smile: "Of course not. For every previous film, I have worked hard to do it with my heart. I think it is very important for a person to achieve something, even if some things you Not too interested, but trying to do it well."
Sophia nodded thoughtfully: "Eric, although you are still so young, with your achievements, you will definitely not be subject to too many constraints and restrictions when making movies, does it mean that you Will all future movies be in the style of "Dark War"?"
"No, I prefer to try new things, so my future films will definitely be diverse, and I don't want to be labeled as a certain type of film director at a young age."
"However, I have heard such a view these days that no matter how good the film masters are, there must be similar elements in their films. However, some newspapers analyzed that the film "Dark War" is similar to Your first few films have nothing in common at all, it's like... like they were filmed by two people." Sophia stared at Eric and brought up this rather pointed topic.
The audience at the scene immediately became breathless. In fact, many people have already guessed the reason why Eric came to participate in this talk show, so they are very curious about how Eric will defend himself.