Hollywood Lover

   But I didn't think about it carefully, what harm does this approach do to Spielberg? Is it just the self-esteem of the indifferent master director?

  Spielberg and Zhang Dongcheng can see clearly that they are not only directors, but also the owners of the film company. He is a businessman, and businessmen naturally aim to pursue profit.

  This kind of propaganda method is beneficial to both parties.

   On the contrary, if Spielberg stood up and scolded Zhang Dongcheng, not only would this kind of propaganda be useless. Maybe he will get a notoriety of suppressing the younger generation. It's not as good as it is now, with both fame and real benefits in hand.

  From this aspect, Spielberg got no less than Zhang Dongcheng.

  After explaining the twists and turns to Adaman, Adaman's eyes almost became smelly. He shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Your tacit understanding really taught me a lot!"

   "Hahaha..." Zhang Dongcheng laughed out loud. Then he also wrote a reply to Spielberg and handed it to the Los Angeles Film News overnight.

   Early the next morning.

"Director Steven is a senior I respect a lot. I learned many of my directing skills from his films. He can be said to be a teacher in my directing career. I can be affirmed by Director Steven ,It's my honor."

   Next, Zhang Dongcheng praised Steven in the article, and then said that he was not challenging his predecessors, but paying tribute to the film predecessors.

  Even when the two parties came forward to say this, other media also downplayed the description of the fight, and instead focused on capturing the duel between Zhang Dongcheng and Spielberg.

  The article of the two of them has also been reprinted many times, and many filmmakers have said that Zhang Dongcheng is open-minded and eager to learn, with a correct attitude. And Spielberg is even more of a master.

  After the bad effects of fighting faded, the benefit was that, whether it was a secret fight or Saving Private Ryan, the box office dominated the entire summer file for a while. Far ahead of the movies of the same period.

  However, it is a pity that Dark War is always released two weeks earlier than Saving Private Ryan, which is equivalent to halfway through the release of Dark War, and Private Ryan was released. This point is flawed.

   It also resulted in a failure in the final duel with Spielberg.

   However, as a new director who can compete with Spielberg, Zhang Dongcheng can be said to be an honorable defeat. In particular, Saving Private Ryan is a high-investment war film, and the war scenes in it are called by many World War II veterans as a complete restoration of the World War II battlefield.

   And Dark War is far behind in this point, it is a low-cost movie in itself. The vast majority of the budget is the remuneration of superstars such as Nicolas Cage and John Travolta. Not much was actually spent on filming.

   In the first week of its release, Dark Wars, driven by the sensational premiere in Hollywood, achieved an enviable high box office of 71.61 million US dollars.

   In the second week, the shortcoming of lack of stamina was exposed, and the box office of Dark Wars more than doubled in an instant, only 30.21 million US dollars.

   In the third week, after the conflict broke out between the fans of the Dark War and Saving Private Ryan, the declaration of healthy competition between Zhang Dongcheng and Spielberg once again caused the Dark War to break out. The box office rebounded, reaching 48.4 million. Nearly fifty million.

   In the fourth week, the box office is still strong, with 40.3 million US dollars.

  The box office dropped suddenly in the fifth week, only to the extent of 17 million US dollars.

  For this sake, the time for Dark War to be released in summer is basically over. The rest is for overseas releases. The Asian part was handed over to Xiang Huaqiang's Chinese star. It has only just been released, and the box office results have not yet returned. All other countries and regions have also been properly contacted.

  But when the domestic box office of Dark War was announced, all the media were dumbfounded.

  No one has ever seen such weird box office results. The first week was shockingly high, and the second week dropped by more than double in an instant. It rebounded again in the third week, and persisted until the fourth week. In the fifth week, it seemed that all the audience knew that the dark war was about to end, so they simply stopped watching it. Only 17 million at the box office.

  For the case, under normal circumstances, the box office of a movie is either an arc, from low to high, and then slides down. Or it is a downward trend graph, which slides from the highest point to the lowest point little by little.

  But no one has seen this before. First it is the highest, then it is cut off directly, and then it is raised and then reduced. This is simply playing with the hearts of film critics! Many film critics tacitly gave up their comments on the box office of the secret war, and turned the topic to the movie itself.

   It's the box office chart of this tortuous strength that makes people unable to evaluate it. Many people can tell that the high score of the dark battle has little to do with the movie itself. The main reason is Zhang Dongcheng's insane propaganda!

The unprecedented premiere, followed by the sympathy with Steven Spielberg, it was completely a topic other than the movie that sparked the secret war, and this was the only way to get the super high box office of 207.52 million in North America. .

  The movie box office rankings in 1998 must have a place for secret wars.

   "The release of Dark War has ended, but I still remember the throbbing when I watched it for the first time.

  On a bright and warm afternoon, with a mood of excited anticipation, I came to the cinema and witnessed a "dark battle" between Nicolas Cage and John Travolta.

   This is a light and clean police film, which is different from the mystery and horror in Smith Zhang's previous mummy, and also different from the thinking and anxiety brought about by The Matrix. The plot of the dark battle is not rushed, and it slowly tells the 72-hour chasing game of wisdom and courage between two lonely heroes.

  Nicolas Cage, terminally ill, dying. John Travolta, both smart and brave, but unfortunately useless. The two lonely masters met one day under the careful arrangement of Nicholas, and then agreed to a 72-hour game.

  The film unfolds everything calmly from the perspective of Shendu, without any intention of over-painting, but it also appears to be low-spirited and smooth, which makes people taste it and have endless aftertaste. Feelings are just right, enough is enough, light and not messy. .

   There are no bullets and **** scenes in previous police and gangster movies, but only the friendship between masters and the fun of stalemate and circling.

   "Dark War" is really a rare fresh and pleasant police film. It allows us to settle impetuousness temporarily, savor the contest between wisdom and courage leisurely and calmly, and feel a short and elegant love. "—"Los Angeles Film News"

  Stov is indeed a person with a strong literary style. Although even his daughter is already in her twenties, he still has not changed his mind.

  However, how the media commented has little to do with Zhang Dongcheng. Because he is now leading the secret war crew to hold a celebration banquet.

A popcorn movie like Dark Wars has the ability to overwhelm the entire summer vacation, and it is even as good as Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. Although the publicity is a very important reason, the efforts of the actors and crew members are not. For nothing.

   "Everyone cheers!" Zhang Dongcheng raised his glass with a smile on his face, and toasted Nicholas and others.

  This is an internal celebration banquet of Dongcheng Pictures, and not many people are invited. Only the two protagonists of the dark war, the only heroine Patricia, and Andy, the first supporting role, are present here.

   Except for Jack, Zhang Dongcheng's royal photographer, the remaining few are all guys who took some important shots in the movie. Of course, Adaman is definitely indispensable.

"Smith, to be honest, I dare not even dream that the secret war can get more than 200 million box office in North America!" Adaman got a little drunk, and said with a big tongue: "You think about the next movie. Did you film something?"

  Adaman's words made everyone in the room strain their ears. Zhang Dongcheng's movie has never missed a record, even if Nicholas is a member of the 20 million club, he will not give up participating in it. Participating in his film recording, the benefits are too many.

   "I don't have any plans yet, I might have to rest for a while!" Zhang Dongcheng shook his head and said.

  During this period of time, Zhang Dongcheng's worries were not just about secretly fighting a movie. The first thing is to buy various copyrights, buy TV stations, buy Marvel comics, buy the copyright of Lord of the Rings, invest in Reaper, invest in Matrix 2, invest in Bourne, operate a thousand ways to die...

   A series of actions, all completed in the past few months, Zhang Dongcheng is a little tired even if he is hard-working. One by one, the way of civil and military affairs. Zhang Dongcheng is young now, he doesn't want to overwork himself to death. Then enjoy a period of vacation, it is a matter of course.

  Hearing that Zhang Dongcheng has no new plans for the time being, Nicholas and others immediately said that if he wants to shoot a new movie, they will definitely support him.

   After the celebration banquet lasted for about two hours, it finally ended with everyone's satisfaction.

   "Smith!" Nicholas quietly followed Zhang Dongcheng at the end of the show.

   It was rare for Zhang Dongcheng not to get drunk this time. Instead, he sent the drunk Adaman and others to the car very soberly.

   "What? You don't want to buy a villa from me again, do you?" Zhang Dongcheng smiled wryly. During this period of time, he was really getting a little dizzy from being pestered by Nicholas.

   "Hey..." Nicholas showed a simple and honest smile. He took out a stack of brochures directly from his pocket!

"Oh! ****! My God! You're still here!" Zhang Dongcheng slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "Nicholas, you don't really want to be a salesperson now, do you? Bring these things with you!"

"Of course not!" Nicholas shook his head, with an expression that I was thinking about you, and said, "Smith, don't you want to rest now? Then take advantage of this time to buy a villa. You see, I don't even have a location. I have chosen it for you, this villa is definitely worthy of your status!"

  Looking at the place pointed by Nicholas, Zhang Dongcheng was immediately attracted by this villa. But he is really tired now, not physically, but mentally.