Hollywood Domination Chapter 225: No. 1 in all parts

Cesare's estimation of the time is indeed very accurate. When he and Jenny walked into the movie theater in New Zealand and felt the audience's feedback on "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", it was midnight across the ocean in the northern hemisphere, Los Angeles, New York and other places. The shows also ended one after another. Many fans who rushed to watch the midnight show were discussing the ending of the movie in twos and threes, walking out of the movie theater, or driving, or taking a taxi to go back to their homes. Of course, there were some wilder young people People, just go straight to the bar and play all night.

"I didn't expect it to end like this." Jon walked to the parking lot while discussing with Paula: She has graduated from university and applied for a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, and will go to San Francisco next month And Paula also applied for graduate students in this school. These two rich ladies from well-to-do families did not choose to work during the summer vacation, but enjoyed the holiday life leisurely. I want to go to Los Angeles to see the premiere. But even though Harry has gone to work in Silicon Valley, Paula has recently taken an interest in Josh, so it's not bad to see in New York. "It would be nice if Elizabeth and Jack could be together in the end. This ending is a bit tear-jerking."

I have to say that this intentional tear-jerking technique is very effective, and Paula was moved to tears. She also very divergently connected the fate of the character with the actor herself, "Maybe this is a foreshadowing. After finishing the movie, Jennifer and Josh broke up, and felt that the movie was a harbinger of reality, if you think about it this way, the ending just now was so touching."

Jon's thinking in this regard has never been consistent with her friends, and now is no exception. Of course, she also admitted that the atmosphere at the end of the movie is quite good, especially the captain and the first mate parted ways, humming and sailing The part towards the distance makes people feel the sadness of the ending of the legend - although the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series may not end here, both Jennifer and Josh have stated that they will not return to the possible sequel, from various signs Looking at it, the fourth part may only exist in legends. However, even so, she felt that it was too pretentious for Elizabeth and Will to become a once-a-year couple in the film, especially the plot of Will being assassinated, it was more like trying to fulfill Jack’s need not to become the captain of the Dutchman And the arrangements made seem deliberate and forced, just like the storyline of the whole film, people can't get emotionally involved, and most of the time they just appreciate the unique coolness of the characters.

However, Jon shook his head: The plot of "Pirates of the Caribbean" has gone in a direction that she can hardly appreciate since the second part, but the point is that Jennifer is beautiful in it, isn't it? The special effects are good, and Jennifer's fighting scenes are also very exciting. In the third part, she has at least three solo fighting scenes, each of which is very unique and pleasing to the eye. Many of them made Jon want to buy a DVD. Looking at the picture again and again, this is enough for her. Before she bought the ticket, she never thought how good the plot of "Pirates of the Caribbean" would be. After all, the second part left a lot of troubles and mysteries. The third part is solved, and the rhythm of the story is definitely not as refreshing and interesting as the first part of the unconstrained style.

Although this is the case, before watching the movie, I still had hope in case I wanted to see a work as beautiful and outstanding as the first one. This kind of regret caused by the imperfect ending is not understandable to movie fans. , Jon sighed, and echoed Paula and sighed, "Yeah, especially the scene where they kissed and parted on the island, Jennifer's acting skills are really good, and the part where she watched Will sail away So touching."

"That's right, that's right!" Paula also became excited, "I really understand why you like Jennifer so much, she is also very beautiful when she fights, and she is also very well dressed in her usual photos. A charming girl."

Although she has watched "The Notebook" and "The Devil Wears Prada" before, Paula's impression of Jennifer has always been mediocre. I can't say I like or hate it, but I am not very interested. I don't know what point "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" hit her. After watching it, she was full of praise for Jennifer, and the corners of Jon's mouth turned up when he heard it, "Of course, she is not only good-looking, but also beautiful." Very powerful!"

She said proudly, while driving, she gave Paula Kopp a little bit about Jennifer Jefferson, "...So, the "Unlucky Eros" you watched before is the movie she made , and your favorite "Twilight" was also bought by her, it seems that filming will start soon..."

However, compared to these popcorn movies, Jon is looking forward to Jennifer's new work more, "and her recent collaboration with Daniel Day-Lewis "Michael Clayton", which is also very exciting! "

After falling in love with Jennifer, Jon also fell in love with movies. This kind of mentality of loving houses and crows made her watch many classic movies in her spare time over the past few years. Therefore, "Pirate 3" is completely Can't satisfy her appetite anymore, and compared with her who is already half a movie enthusiast, Paula is much more 'ignorant', she thinks that "Pirate 3" is quite good, lively and exciting, with handsome men and beautiful women, and fight scenes There is no shortage of special effects, but Daniel Day-Lewis, who is well-known in some people's minds, is a very unfamiliar name to her.

"What kind of movie is this?" Paula said blankly, "When will it be released? Is there a trailer? What's the story?"

"It should be a serious movie with thrillers and suspense." Jon has read a lot of movie reviews, and already has a general understanding of the framework of the story. The release date has not been announced for a long time. No matter how you look at it, it will not be released until the end of the year. Before that, there were no ordinary audiences in the United States who could see it. Most of them invited film critics and colleagues to watch the film, unless she flew to Venice to participate. Venice Film Festival, otherwise there is really no hope of seeing the film in the short term - if the film is released in art theaters, it will definitely be difficult to buy tickets. It is not as easy to buy tickets as watching "Pirate", After all, art theaters have small theaters and few shows. If there are many audiences, it will be very difficult to grab tickets. It is very likely that you will not be able to get movie tickets until the second or third round. "It is listed as the number one movie that fans are most looking forward to this year, and the feedback from the movie critics is very good - but, you should not be interested in this subject, you should wait for next year's "Iron Man", which also has j.j."

"Are you laughing at me, Joan?" Paula blinked and said jokingly, "Do you think I'm a blonde vase?"

The crisp laughter unique to young girls suddenly sounded in the car. After a burst of laughter, Paula also said, "I will definitely watch "Michael Clayton", girl, remember to send me Email, remind me of the ticket grabbing time——if you need to grab tickets.”

Although she has never been interested in serious movies, and her interest in watching movies is concentrated in chick-flicks such as "Unlucky Cupid" and "The Notebook", but she is interested in Jennifer, and this movie has a good reputation, The fact that the legendary actor joined in still aroused Paula's curiosity, and she decided to dedicate her first opportunity to try serious movies to "Michael Clayton".

"Well, if you're still interested then." Jon was not so optimistic. "Five Sally" was hard to get tickets at the beginning of its release, and it will only be more difficult to grab tickets.

"In the worst case, buy a second-hand ticket, go to ebay to grab it, or ask for help from K." She secretly made up her mind: even if the price is high, she must see "Michael" as soon as possible—although out of love for Jennifer Love, she wouldn't say "Pirates 3" was ugly, but after three hours of sitting in the cinema, as a movie lover, Jon still has some inexplicable grievances, and she feels that she desperately needs a good movie with Jennifer in it Movies to soothe myself. "It would be great if I could find someone to take me to the preview, why doesn't Dameng hold some preview events with audience participation..."

While Paula was still chatting with Jon about the dazzling special effects scenes in "Pirates 3", the nerd Charles also stepped on his bicycle with endless interest, and shuttled through the streets of Los Angeles in the middle of the night. , "Jennifer's play is still so good, of course, other than that, the rest of the movie is a mess."

As a cult fan, he doesn’t like love scenes at all, and his evaluation of movies is lower than Jon’s. “There are too many clues, and the inner activities of new characters are almost zero. It's not even coherent, and it's been too long, and it's really boring to even play the scene at the end... But the first part at the end of the world is pretty good, and the atmosphere is rendered very well."

If the second part still has the exciting point of Jennifer playing, the structure of the whole movie is torn apart and precarious, but the atmosphere and rhythm are always there, so that everyone will not feel bored when watching the movie. If there are still some bright spots that can be discussed in the end, then all the exciting points of the third part are no longer fresh, but the length is still the longest in the trilogy. For Charles, he was still served, so he wouldn't be called a "bad movie". Even for Charles, Jennifer's fight scene was enough to make up for everything, but he was riding a bicycle in the early morning, and he still felt a little hungry. "I'll write an email tomorrow and ask again. I hope that "Michael Clayton" will hold a trial screening for the audience soon. I can find a way to find James. He should be able to get tickets..."

Because he appreciates "The Bourne Shadow" very much, he also has great confidence in this serious subject, and he looks forward to seeing Jennifer show an action scene in the movie with the "Bourne Shadow" style fighting style-Charles is The 'no spoiler' party, who has never read the film review article, only roughly knows that the film is well received, so he still holds this unrealistic expectation, waiting to see Jennifer's Kay Len Crowder is on a killing spree. As for how this movie style can be unified with Daniel Day-Lewis... Hey, he's not a screenwriter, so it's not his job to smooth things over, is it?

If even the fans of the actors are not satisfied with the quality of the film, it goes without saying how harsh the public feedback will be for this film. Compared with the high box office and high evaluation of the first film, "Pirates 3" " seems to have been reduced to those commercial films with high box office and low reputation. It seems that Johnny Depp won the scene of Otti with "Pirates 1", which seems impossible to reproduce: in the preview meeting before the official release, Critics bluntly said that the final cut was too long to make people impatient, and the audience's feedback was similar. But helplessly, in order to close the plot line and conclude the trilogy, it is also to maintain the original plot idea. The final cut version is no longer suitable for making any changes. If it is shorter, the story will not be complete. . Therefore, even though Disney knew the problem, it still bit the bullet and gave a 170-minute super-long release version. This length directly led to a reduction in the estimated figures given by box office forecasting agencies: the simplest reason is that the length of the film is short. There are only a lot of shows, one every three hours. For those 90-minute romantic comedies, two shows can be directly released at the box office, and the long show time will inevitably mean higher ticket prices, which will also make some viewers give up. Watching the movie, coupled with the unsatisfactory word-of-mouth of the film itself, "Pirates 3" broke the record again, and challenged the bold prediction of "Titanic" with another miracle. Now it seems that it is completely untenable, and the box office can be equal to the second one It's all a victory.

However, just as Robert Iger had worried before, the dissatisfaction and bad reviews accumulated in "Pirates 2" finally showed consequences when "Pirates 3" was released: "Pirates 3" plummeted two hundred at midnight 10,000, only 9 million results, 53 million on the first day, a drop of 7 million from the previous game. This figure shows that after watching "Pirate 2", die-hard fans directly lost 2 million shares. On the contrary, the family viewers who do not have such high requirements for the quality of the films, and choose films more according to the schedule and their own entertainment needs, have a slightly lower churn rate, only losing 5 million shares.

After the first day of release, the imdb score of "Pirate 3" was not good. With the influx of viewers to rate, the score quickly dropped from the expected score of 8.6 before the release to 7.3, which is already the same as the final score of "Pirate 2". The scores are flat, because the audience on the first day must be the most tolerant and loyal supporters, and even their scores are not high, so it is foreseeable that the final score of "Pirate 3" will definitely be lower than that of "Pirate 2" , It may even fall below the 7-point mark and come to the bad film range of 6 points.

Compared with "Pirates 1" which scored 8.1 as a good movie, "Pirates 3" is not as good as the first one in terms of word-of-mouth. It seems that "Pirates 4" will not be able to start in the short term. It will have to wait for a few more years. Let's wait until the audience's disappointment fades. However, what is reassuring is that from the box office point of view, the direction of "Pirates 3" and "Spider-Man 3" is relatively similar. These two are the third films released this year, and they are both word-of-mouth failures, but the box office The numbers are not much different from the previous ones. The performance of "Pirate 3" is better than that of "Spider-Man 3" because of the good global performance. Although the first day in North America dropped by 7 million, the number on the first day overseas strengthened. The daily closing number is 120 million, which is 10 million higher than that of "Pirate 2".

This is not only because Disney pays more attention to the release of the third part, and more countries and regions are released at the same time, but also because of the different cultural traditions around the world, the feedback on a film may be very different, and it is also because "Pirate 1" was only popular in China, and the splash overseas was not too big. At that time, the reputation of the leading actors had not yet been established. It was not until "Pirate 2" that overseas audiences had a real and deep impression of these leading actors. , distributors have only begun to cooperate with local manufacturers to promote, and when "Pirate 3" is released, this kind of public awareness, including feedback from marketing methods, will really start to be reflected. This box office trend is also in line with the law of information diffusion. Feedback from overseas is slower than in North America, but also more violent and unpredictable. When the breadth of a market covers the whole world, experience and intuition are no longer useful, and there are too many influencing factors, let alone ordinary people, even professional institutions cannot easily make predictions.

Compared with 2006, the movie scene in 2007 was much more lively. "Spiderman 3", "Transformers", "Shrek 3", "Harry Potter 5", these heavyweights The blockbuster films are all strong contenders for the North American annual crown. Whether "Pirate 3" can retain the global and North American double crowns and temporarily withdraw without losing dignity depends not only on its own performance, but also on the energy of its opponents. However, judging from the box office trend, it should not be a big problem for the final box office to break through the 1 billion mark. As for whether it can improve compared with the previous one, it is hard to say. There is another reason why the box office was 10 million higher on the first day. , This time, more countries will be screened simultaneously. Although they are all small countries, PlusOnePlus has a box office of several million. The increase in traditional box office cities is not too high.

Disney’s decision to shoot back-to-back, after the end of the first part, seemed so risky, but now it seems so wise and far-sighted: Compared with the cumulative box office of 2 billion, the total production of more than 400 million The cost is nothing. It can even be said that they are still saving money, signing Johnny and Jenny at a relatively low price, otherwise, after the explosion of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" in 2005, Jenny has rocketed up one after another, The asking price of the two of "Pirate 3" is not so conservative at all. If they don't give a share, there is absolutely no way to bid down. Also benefiting from the hot screening of "Pirate 3", its stock price has risen again, Robert Iger's position has become more stable, and Jennifer Jefferson's name, after a year-long blank period, has once again become a Names that are talked about in the industry, entertainment masses, and even editors and reporters, and hot words in Internet searches. The nickname "Girl Kissed by God" has been dubbed out again, becoming the best adjective for Jennifer fans and movie fans.

At the age of 26, the cumulative global box office has surpassed 4 billion, and this is a super-American algorithm that counts movies starring in the leading role, not supporting roles—or, in other words, except for the inexplicable Oscar. Best Supporting Actress, if you look at her as a supporting role, Jennifer has basically never played a supporting role since her debut, and they are all leading actresses in strong movies. This kind of cumulative box office is definitely the first in history among actresses, even among male actors. It is also ranked.

Even if the overseas box office is not counted, as far as the domestic box office is concerned, the only two actresses who can compare with her, one is Cameron Diaz, and that is because of the dubbing of "Shrek". If you lose this, you can’t compare with Jenny at all. Another one is Julia Roberts, a veteran diva. She has made more than 30 films, and the domestic box office has accumulated 2.5 billion. As for Jenny, if you count "Pirate 3" to calculate the domestic At the box office, the total of the 6 films is 1.6 billion, and the average of each film is 260 million. On average, she beat Will Smith, slaughtered the entire list, and won the first place on the US-America Chart.

What is this concept? In the North American box office cumulative list of actors (only leading actors), there will be no more than 6 actresses in the top 50, and only 2 actresses in the top 20. There are multiple patriarchal actors in Hollywood. You can get a little idea by looking at this list , although Jenny has not entered the top 50 yet, she has already ranked No. 1. As long as she can maintain this momentum and continue to be active, it is only a matter of time before she enters the top 50 and top 10. Maybe one day, people It can be seen that she tops the box office list——

In this world that belongs to men, a woman, a 26-year-old young actress, can undisputedly rely on her solid box office results, surpassing her predecessors who have been in the arts for 20 or 30 years, and get the first place. This news Needless to say, how strong is the news? Throughout the month of July, the entire United States was discussing Jennifer Jefferson and her American dream: only 4 years ago, the entire American audience had seen her tragic life story on "The Oprah Show", and for her His fighting spirit is moving and inspiring. Four years later, she won the Oscar, and she has become a legend—what's even more frightening is that the legend is still going on, and she is still struggling, wanting to create further miracles!

If we say that last year, the whole of the United States was still immersed in the wave of questioning and attacking her double Oscar, then this year, after the film critics stopped criticizing Jennifer, and the media began to hype the "No. 1 in all departments" again. In the case of the concept, no one doubts whether her Oscar is tricky, whether her acting skills are really that good, or whether she should concentrate on acting in art films instead of wasting her talent in commercial films. People are already dumbfounded by Jennifer Jefferson's acting achievements, and they can only expect her to create miracles again-any film critic who still thinks that she is just a tasteless and vase in "Pirates 3", Now we must deal with the question of 'sex discrimination': Does Jennifer have to act in those low-grossing literary films? Will Smith's cumulative box office is also very high, and his acting skills are also very good. Why didn't you criticize him when he played "Robocop"? Are you guys being particularly harsh on actresses?

In the film industry, most of the people who have the right to speak are men, and the film critics are also male and female. Once the public starts to pay attention to the significant difference between male actors and actresses, words such as feminism and sexism can make these unfortunate people The poor man is in a hurry and doesn't know how to defend himself: the data is all true, and it is not false that actresses are not as good as male actors, but this does not mean that they accuse Jennifer of suppressing actresses...

No matter what they say, as a native white American, after playing the 'girlpower' card for several years, Jenny finally approved an additional armor of 'feminist icon' on her body. Like "Slum Light" and "Advocate of the American Dream", they can avoid some very difficult troubles for her in many cases. At least, there must be very few people who dare to criticize her out of thin air. Thinking of stepping on her to become famous, it is impossible to gain many supporters in terms of morality and public opinion.

"The effect of this wave of image marketing is better than we expected." In the suite of the Cipriani luxury hotel in Venice, Mary said excitedly while typing on the keyboard, "You have returned to imdb Filmmakers are number one, and the recent search index has also risen sharply. Back to the top three, the most noteworthy thing is that the sales of dvds of your works are on the rise on Amazon and eBay, which proves that this round of marketing has won you a lot. The attention of the new fans, Cesare, was right in not throwing out the concept of 'No. 1' last year, and the effect of using it this year is much better."

If you want to talk about Bujun, Jenny has been number one since the fourth movie, but when Jenny was deeply questioned last year, Cesare did not throw out this bargaining chip to fight back, but refused to respond. Let these doubts be diluted and dispelled by themselves. This year, everyone has passed the most exciting momentum, and after an authoritative film critic endorsed Jenny, this concept was thrown out. Judy wrote the article to hype, and the puppeteer cooperated to stir up the topic on the Internet , otherwise, how could the media suddenly notice Jenny's average data at this time?

"Actually, it's still a bit reluctant to use it now," Chris moved on the handmade antique chair, put his long legs on the mahogany desk, and said lazily, "after all, the number of j.j's works is still small Some, but this card will expire if you don't play it, so you can only play it now."

In this lake-view living room full of antique furniture, the members of Jenny’s team were standing or sitting. Reese's evaluation, he turned around and raised his eyebrows, "It seems that you are not too optimistic about the box office prospects of "Michael Clayton."

Jenny's current average of 260 million is a very high number, which is 120 million higher than Will Smith's 140 million. Even if "Michael Clayton" fails, she will It is still number one, but since it is news, then of course 'a big number is beautiful'. Chris shrugged, spread his hands and said, "From the point of view of the finished film, it must be difficult for the North American box office to exceed 100 million."

"If you can collect 50 million, you have already achieved your goal." Jenny interjected, she looked at her watch, and said to Judy on the computer screen, "Well done, Judy, it's time to enter the closing period Now, the continuation of this topic may arouse some people's resentment, making the box office of "Michael" a target of attention, which may not be good for our Oscar."

"I understand." Judy laughed too. "It's time for some new news, isn't it? Chesa, speaking of which, is Josh's new movie about to be released soon? Do you have any ideas..."

Cesare turned around and walked to the computer, and discussed Josh's new film strategy with Judy slightly off topic, intending to divert the media's focus on Jenny, which is also the benefit left by the previous engagement relationship. It can be linked and connected. Later, they will hold a meeting with Chris's team to summarize his publicity strategy during this period - this kind of perennial publicity and public relations will eventually be reflected in the actor's box office, no matter how big you are, public opinion Control is also a job that cannot be left behind. It’s just that for a-r, the front line of this job is longer, and the fault tolerance rate is higher. Like Jenny, who was scolded badly last year, she can stay dormant until this year, and come back with a fist work. This kind of confidence It is indeed incomparable for newcomers.

Her meeting was basically over, taking advantage of Cesare and Judy's digression, Jenny also sneaked out, walked up to Chris, and put her hand on his shoulder—since they met at the airport Since then, the whole team has been communicating and summarizing the recent publicity achievements. Jenny and Chris just greeted each other in a hurry, but they haven't said anything yet.

Although we haven't seen each other for two months, we talk on the phone almost every day, and it's not a private occasion, so Chris didn't show too much enthusiasm, but called her with a smile in his eyes Greeting, he signaled his assistant Jack to take out a few folders and handed them to Jenny.

"This is the director and actor you are going to meet these few days." He spoke, and the conversation was also business. "Tonight we are going to have dinner with Salvi Tucci and talk about "Monroe" , this is his information, you can take a look at it when it's my turn to go to the meeting."

Salvi Tucci is the director strongly recommended by Arthur, and he is also the most sympathetic with Chris. He thinks the young director with the most ideas. He is only 28 years old this year. He is extremely young among directors. He has been working for the BBC before. Shooting documentaries, especially good at biographical documentaries, Chris and Arthur think his lens is very inspirational, in addition, his rich knowledge accumulation of the 60s and his expertise in biographical films are very prominent advantages, Jenny sees I watched his documentary and thought he was very talented, so although he was young, he entered the final round of interviews and became one of the director candidates. In addition, there are several candidates for Colin who will come to Venice one after another, and Jenny will do the final audition for them in every possible way-no way, her time is too precious, and she can spare it for the Venice Film Festival. Three days is already the limit, and it is impossible to make a special trip to London for this purpose.

"Okay." Jenny took the folder and gave Chris a light kiss in return, "Remind me to thank you very much these days."

Chris laughed, kissed her affectionately on the cheek, stood up and walked to the table, while Jenny sat in the chair he left behind, and opened the folder.

"Uh, Jack?" She beckoned to Chris's assistant questioningly, lowered her voice, not wanting to disturb Chris and their meeting, "Is the information wrong? I said, this should be the actor's information Right?"

Jack came over to look at the folder, especially the photo that Jenny pointed to, and he said 'oh', "That's right."

He pointed to the tall and handsome brown-haired man in the photo who was wearing a three-piece suit and seemed to be endorsing famous brand clothing, and said, "This is Savile Tucci, as it is said in the information, Before becoming a director, he worked as a model for two years—"