Hollywood Domination Chapter 366: “Iron Man 2” publicity period “Agent Sauter”

"Overseas sales of 600 million, domestic sales exceeded 300 million, "Alice" is getting closer and closer to the 1 billion mark"

"A number of movies urgently announced the production of 3D versions, and the effect of post-production conversion is doubtful"

"Who else can knock on China's door? There is an urgent need for sharing ratios and international standards. Hollywood has noticed Beijing's delay"

"Iron Man 2 leads the summer schedule, and Marvel has painstakingly managed the May schedule. How effective is it?"

"Robert Downey Jr. attended the Disney premiere of "Iron Man 2" and joked that he and Black Widow were 'very calling'"

"The relationship between Marvel and Jennifer is cold? Kevin Feige refuted the rumors, 'Scarlett Johansson was the one appointed with the help of Jennifer'"

"Jennifer did not attend the premiere of "Iron Man 2", Cesare Vijri went to join him, 'Jennifer is preparing for the new film'"

"Jennifer Jefferson and Salvi Tucci collaborate again? The situation of the new film is top-secret, Heath Ledger and Jennifer Jefferson have been in place for special training, it is rumored to be a fantasy theme, investor Fox Searchlight Join hands with Universal Focus and Legendary Pictures, will Dameng enter the game?"

"Jennifer Jefferson and Cesare Vijeri have changed their relationship again? Since they got married, they have been separated more and less together, and they have entered a de facto state of separation"

For Hollywood superstars, it is not so easy to maintain the mysterious image of the past these days-the strategy of "superstar low exposure rate" was pursued in the 1980s, because of the popularity of mobile phone cameras and social media , and the growth of the paparazzi has become more and more difficult, just like Christopher Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio, the pair of brothers and sisters, basically as long as they move around the city, their whereabouts will be Being posted on the Internet—even if you are lucky enough to get rid of the paparazzi watching outside the door, there are countless enthusiastic passers-by who are willing to provide breaking news. ——This new situation has advantages and disadvantages of course. The advantage is that the audience doesn’t seem to care so much about the superstar’s daily performance in life. The extra exposure does not seem to affect their popularity, but the disadvantages are natural It is the total loss of the body. If you want to avoid being photographed, the only way is to completely cover your face and make the photo meaningless. However, the effect of this passive resistance is not so good. At best, it can only be regarded as expressing yourself. attitude.

However, whether it is Leonardo or Christopher, there is no precedent for earning 3 billion at the box office within a few months-if Alice is counted, in the past five months, Jennifer has been The appalling figure of 4 billion has been added to her cumulative box office data, and she is also the producer of "Avatar" and an important investor in Hollywood. The masterpieces that will be released in May and July are closely related to her. An inseparable relationship—these multiple factors overlap, making her the most media-avoiding among many top-tier stars, but her name is still frequently published in newspapers, from serious box office news websites, movie information websites, gossip entertainment websites and even She has a place on economic news websites, and this situation has lasted for nearly half a year, which has even made many news audiences feel numb to the name Jennifer Jefferson, and even many movie audiences. There is no Jennifer in "Iron Man 2", I feel relieved: Although this face is very beautiful, her acting skills are really good, and she is really pleasing, you can't help but like her, but if you say If she was included in the four 200 million-level productions in the first half of the year, wouldn't that be too much? No matter how good the food is, if you eat it for the first half of the year, it will be a bit boring, right?

Of course, most of this kind of thought is just passing through the bottom of my heart, at most it is a joking complaint on the Internet, and no one really dislikes Jennifer because of it. "Silk" are all cameos, and Jennifer starred in two movies. Speaking of which, compared to previous years, Jennifer's production has been relatively low in the past two years, but her vision is so good that even a cameo can It's just a guest star in such a dark horse. ——More people are excitedly looking forward to the confrontation between "New Generation: Codename Shero" and "Agent Sauter" in July: two female hero movies with the same theme, both of which are extremely popular at the box office Leading by actresses, before the rise of Jennifer, Angelina Jolie was once regarded as the successor of Hollywood actress No. 1, and will take over this title after Julia Roberts fades out, but now, she is developing in many ways In front of Jennifer, Angelina's light seemed a little dim. However, there are not many commercial movies that rely on Jennifer herself to make a hit at the box office. There is only one "A Week with Monroe". Angelina is even better at this point. This is the first of its kind for a female superhero, so the competition between the two sides in this field, it can't be said who is bullying the other, who is strong and who is weak, it can be said to be evenly matched, and it is still very interesting.

During Angelina's promotional activities for "Agent Sauter", many journalists have asked about Angelina's attitude on this topic, and even some media tabloids have directly posted 'Angelina vs two Jennifer's slogan, there is a lot of tying Jennifer Jefferson and Jennifer Aniston together, hyping up the momentum of Pete's new love and old love showdown, and even the evidence is everywhere——Anne Stone has already cooperated with Big Dream twice, and now I heard that there is another small-budget comedy film that wants to cooperate with her. If you want to say that she has nothing to do with Angelina, Jennifer Jefferson must be closer to Aniston , the two parties have also been photographed many times at the Oscars and other occasions having a good talk and having lunch together. On Aniston's side -- will she?

No one can know for sure who is behind the hype behind the topic of this confrontation-in short, in the absence of the other leading actor and the producer's silence, "Agent Sauter" has not been able to rely on it. "Code Shero", which has more attention, has gained more news, and Angelina has not cooperated with the possible arrangement of the film (if it is arranged by the producer of "Agent Sauter") to provoke any Jennifer, looking forward to The entertaining viewers of the drama can only turn their attention to the other party - where did Jennifer Jefferson go? When is she coming back to Los Angeles? How would she answer this question?

In such anticipation, on May 7th, "Iron Man 2" was officially released on May 7, which was controversial before the film critics and had mixed reviews. This year's premiere day is the highest, which is also an increase of 10 million compared with the previous film, which fully demonstrates the good reputation of the previous film, which is enough to attract most of the previous audiences to come to watch the movie again-however, like the preview, the audience's word of mouth can be It's not as good as the first one.

"The budget went up and the scene was bigger, but compared to the humor and sincerity and coolness of the first movie, the second movie is kind of messy, I don't know, I just don't like it that much."

"Compared to the first one, it's a bit boring, but Tony Stark is still very cute. I saw Captain America's shield-there should be more little easter eggs like this, right? This makes me look forward to it Looking forward to next year's "Captain America" ​​- and "The Avengers", generally speaking, it is still satisfying. After all these years, we can finally make a decent comic book adaptation, and Iron Man is really You can fly in the sky—”

"The picture of Tony's armor is really cool. Is the hammer at the end belonged to Thor? God, as an otaku, seeing these is already satisfying, but if you want me to say, the plot of this movie It's a bit far-fetched, the plot of the villain is not as mature as the first one, it feels a bit stubborn..."

"For me, Tony in the first movie faded my favorite sunny character, which is the most regrettable. The dark side of the hero is a very old-fashioned topic. It's a pity to see "Iron Man" The series can't avoid discussing it."

On imdb, Rotten Tomatoes and fandango, fans expressed their opinions mildly or fiercely. Some disappointed fans directly used the phrase "a movie with a soul has degenerated into a popcorn blockbuster" Such a sentence, and the imdb score of "Iron Man 2" also dropped to 7.1 in a straight line, which is nearly 1 point away from the 8.0-classic score of the previous work. The launch seems to be full of concerns, and many box office prediction websites have expressed their concerns about "The Avengers": Again, for the series of movies, the box office has a delay, and the good box office of "Steel 2" is due to " Steel 1, and the poor reputation of "Steel 1" will directly affect "The Avengers"? No one knows.

"Can Pepper come back?"

"Black Widow didn't fall in love with Tony in this movie, and she was still with Pepa in name. Is Marvel making room for Jennifer's return? But Jennifer has already performed "shero", and she can still Come back again?"

"I think Tony was the happiest when he was bickering with Pepa. I hope Pepa can come back in the third part!"

As expected, Pepa's absence also drew sighs from the audience-compared with their usual practice, Marvel is very lenient to Jennifer, although Jennifer self-produced the filming of " Codenamed Shero", but Marvel did not let Pepa quit, but let her go to Africa for vacation. In the opening title, she also called Tony to tease him, telling him to 'don't mess around' while managing Stark Industries alone, and Jenny Foy also co-starred in a friendly manner, giving the audience a glimmer of hope for Pepa's return. In the second part, Natasha Romanov, who was recruited to do the job, is known to the fans. Ming's Black Widow and Tony had sparks, but Tony still controlled himself and took care of everything before Pepa returned from Africa. Among them, there is enough suspense for the third part. ——It is said that this ending was re-edited after the first audience test screening. It seems that Marvel has realized that the quality of the second part has declined, and there are also flaws in word-of-mouth. It has already begun to give the third part The whole part is looking for stalks, so, Pepa returns in the third part? It's really not impossible.

120 million in the first weekend, which can be said to be an impressive performance, but since Monday, the box office has plummeted to less than 10 million. The three weekends of the second week were 15 million, 20 million and 14 million respectively. Wait until the third week On Friday, the box office even failed to break through 10 million. When there were only 7 million left, the curve of "Iron Man 2" in North America was basically determined-thanks to the accumulation of the previous two weeks, North America has accumulated 230 million so far. box office, and the 290 million overseas made the global total of 520 million. For a big production of 200 million, this figure can save it from losing money. In the next month, it should be able to sweep out 200 million to 300 million The margin is barely equal to that of the previous work, or slightly worse-this is relying on overseas growth to make up for the decline in North America, while the overseas growth line mainly relies on the Chinese mainland market-in "Iron Man 1" After the success of "Avatar", the film market that has just been popularized by "Avatar" is now in the stage of not rejecting all comers. This movie, which is well-known because of Jennifer's participation in it, can be said to be infinitely beautiful, once again dominating several The first place in the week contributed nearly 100 million US dollars to the box office of "Iron Man 2", which is a nearly double increase compared to the 50 million US dollars of the previous work.

Regardless of the box office, the responses and word-of-mouth from all parties after the screening have fully indicated that "Steel 2" has already failed in a Waterloo style compared to the original expectations. It didn't come so easily - the success of "Iron Man 1" can only be regarded as an isolated evidence now. After that, the upcoming "Thor", "Captain America", and DC's "Green Lantern" are all listed in the industry. It has entered the dangerous list, and what will be the fate of "Code Shero" that will be held in the summer show in July? After seeing the box office curve of "Steel 2", will Dameng be so worried?

In the early morning of June 12th, well-informed paparazzi had already gathered at a corner of Santa Monica Airport in Los Angeles, armed with high-powered cameras and DVs, and somewhat excitedly waiting for a certain private jet to land—— Many people whispered to each other and asked each other, "Is it reliable? Are you sure she is coming back today?"

"The team directly released the news." Chewing gum in his mouth, and constantly rotating a lens cap in his hand, a middle-aged man who looked weather-beaten said confidently, "I must be back today—you Do you know where she went before? Yosemite! It is said that the entire film crew lived there for two months before starting filming - not New Zealand, but Yosemite!"

"What?!"

"*, no wonder all the hotels in Matamata have no news of her stay—"

The more mysterious the itinerary is, the more the paparazzi will have the urge to spy on her. During the months when Jennifer was in the news and disappeared, the paparazzi really went to several popular scenic spots in New Zealand to track down her whereabouts. In the end, the mystery was finally revealed. They actually lived in a national park like Yosemite. How could these paparazzi who rely on information for food not be emotional? There are only dozens or hundreds of hotels near Yosemite, and they have the patience to search them all. Even if they are camping in the national park, there are several distribution centers for camping. As long as they know this news, they will always catch the right owner In the past few months, an exclusive photo, even if there is no exciting content, is just a candid shot of Jennifer walking on the road. As long as it can be verified that it is the person, $50,000 will definitely be indispensable. If you can capture For the photo of her and Salvi Tucci together, $150,000 is just the starting price, and after a round of bidding, the paparazzi can spend the rest of the year taking vacations in five-star hotels.

"Vejri is so calm - if she's in New Zealand, it's a long way to fly from Los Angeles, ok, I can understand that, but Jennifer and Salvi are in Yosemite - —He can resist not going to visit the class?*, Salvi Tucci must be really gay, otherwise this is really hard to explain—otherwise Vijay is gay—he and Christopher—wouldn’t be Do you really have a leg?"

"Don't be stupid," the old paparazzi smiled contemptuously, "None of the men and women centered on Jennifer is gay. If you have been with them, you will know that they are all pure heterosexual players. No - but Vijay and Jefferson are indeed two of them who are more conservative. I suspect that their marriage is really just a business marriage. They have been married for a year and have lived together for less than a month. I have never seen anything like this The couple will have no problems."

"I heard that Salvi and Jennifer slept together when filming "Monroe", is it true?" Is this new film just to reconnect with him? ——So, is Dameng really controlled by Vijay, and Jennifer is just a puppet? Otherwise, it’s hard to explain why she didn’t invest in this movie.”

"Anyway, the person in charge of the team is still Vijay. It's hard to say how their relationship is. Maybe there is no grudge between Vijay and Tucci. There are all kinds of star couples. You've opened your eyes—have you heard? Ashton Kutcher is cheating again."

"This is not news anymore." The crowd sniffed, "It's not worth talking about like Natalie Portman being a third party."

"By the way, did you get the hush money? Did you get it? Did you get it? Did you get it? —— I heard that she is determined to win the Oscar this year, and she will definitely not allow anyone to bring this scandal out at the end of the year Hype."

"Oh, *, I haven't got it yet - I still have a photo of them kissing on the set in my hand, I have to make a few calls, I have to make a call now-"

"Do you feel this way, Natalie Portman, Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher - the private lives of these stars are a mystery to ordinary people, but to us Of course it's clear, but only Jennifer Jefferson - she's very mysterious even to us, isn't she? You really don't know who she's messing with, what kind of life she's leading, even a lot Sometimes, if it is not the team's instruction, it is even difficult for you to receive news of her whereabouts-fortunately, not every big-name star can do this, otherwise we will have nothing to eat."

"Yeah, that's true, I really want to know her tricks, don't you? How did she escape, it's really a question."

"I think it's very simple, just don't have your own life," said the old paparazzi, "or like Michael Jackson, build your own private town-but this thing is basically giving up own private life."

"Pfft, isn't her private life very active?" Someone spouted, "Look, the nanny bus is here-oh, Cesare Vijari got out of the car, look, active private life .”

"He came here specially to take pictures of you, asshole." After glaring at the other party, the old paparazzi picked up the camera and kept bickering while taking pictures, "Oh, oh, guys, the private jet has arrived, and it's gliding over , are all ready."

Under the stop of the airport staff, the paparazzi stayed where they were and did not cause any trouble to the plane's gliding. Photo angle——Not far from the gangway car, Cesare Vijari in a suit puts one hand in his pocket, leans against the side of the car, looks at the open hatch with a relaxed expression, his blond hair shines brightly in the sun, has attracted There was a shutter sound.

The paparazzi were not kept waiting for too long. Ten seconds after the cabin door opened, Jennifer, wearing light blue wide jeans, ballet shoes, a white shirt, and a straw hat, walked out of the cabin with a smile on her face. Wearing sunglasses, she was completely relaxed and casual after returning from vacation, and even waved to the paparazzi in a good mood, then trotted down the gangway, and hugged her husband.

"Hey Jennifer, did you have a good vacation?"

"Jennifer, do you know the box office of Iron Man?"

"What do you think of Marvel's fiasco this time?"

Amid a series of attention-grabbing yells from the paparazzi, the couple looked at each other and smiled, and did not make any further intimacy, nor did they respond to the paparazzi's words. It was difficult to find an opportunity to ask further questions, so I could only press the shutter, watch the nanny car drive out, and at the same time call my colleagues outside the airport to follow up and shoot. As for them, since the parking lot is on the other side of the airport, It is destined to be impossible to catch up with the car - but, according to the usual practice, Jennifer will definitely go directly to Dameng after getting off the plane, so there is really nothing particularly worth catching up with.

"Have you noticed that the two of them have never been photographed kissing - the possibility that Vijay is **** or a commercial marriage is getting higher and higher."

"That's because they basically don't spend time together." On the way to the parking lot, the paparazzi chatted while checking the photos, "Or we can't photograph their relationship at all-like Today, if it wasn’t for Vijay’s request, would you have taken these photos?”

"What is this for, blog page? Let everyone know that they are in a good relationship, and fight back against those weekly reports that predict divorce?" Someone asked in confusion, "There is no reason. With Jennifer's status, there is no need for it now." Do you rely on street photography to fight for the layout?"

"From this point of view, maybe they are indeed a fake marriage—" someone said meaningfully, "Only a fake marriage, you need to release some photos from time to time to prove the authenticity, isn't it?"

Just as everyone was thinking about this possibility, the old paparazzi snorted impatiently. "Struggling for the layout, fake marriages—these are laymen's conjectures, let me assure you, all the people in the publishing department will only have one thought when they see tomorrow's news——the appearance of 'reserve street shooting', in fact It means one thing - the promotion of "Code Shero" has officially started, she doesn't need to rely on comparison to fight for the layout like "Agent Sauter", understand? Even Angelina Shero and the United* She is not afraid, she wants the cover of Gossip Weekly, she can get it by herself—”