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After three days of release, the record set by the movie was like a shocking bomb dropped in the summer. No one would have guessed that a sequel to a movie that wasn't top-notch at the box office could be so shocking!

"Even people in the industry like me can't believe it... Ebert, you, you have created a miracle!" Because of excitement, Lynn's voice was a little incoherent, "I always knew that you are a film picker Good vision, but this movie... such a movie is really starring you, my God, I must go to wake up."

To be honest, since Ebert's career has risen step by step and stepped into the first line, he has rarely seen his agent be so excited. The last time seems to be when he got the statuette.Although the box office of "The Dark Knight" had been expected to be relatively good, this level was beyond Ebert's expectations.

He is also very happy to see his achievements can make those around him happy.

Seeing Ebert's eyes narrowed with a smile, Lynn coughed lightly, redeeming a little bit of the gaffe just now: "Of course, the reason why I'm happy is not that it can make your career go further, but... my dear Ebert, have you forgotten the contract you signed with the crew?"

Ebert smiled slightly. Of course he did not forget that in addition to the 2500 million US dollars in remuneration, he also had a part of the share. If the box office of "The Dark Knight" is really a terrifying figure, then Ebert will definitely get it Pretty decent earnings.

Although money is just a series of numbers for Ebert now, there is no doubt that a very successful movie will definitely bring greater bargaining chips to Ebert's future career, which is what he most hopes to see. to the result.

After "The Dark Knight" was released, for a while, all the Hollywood media were discussing topics related to this movie, directors, actors, Batman originals and even superhero movies. They seemed to want to explore the movie from these clues. the secret of success.

The "New York Times" published an article saying that this is a phenomenon-level film, which is different from the style of all commercial blockbuster films since the new century. It is profound, human, and full of unique discussions, but this film can succeed in Hollywood. , which shows that the audience's choices are actually very diverse.If the studios trick the audience into fooling them with movies full of muscles and boobs, the audience will tell them who is the real fool.

In fact, in Ebert's view, the success of this movie is really the result of the right time, place and people. "Joker" is the most watched villain in the Batman series, but Heath Ledger interprets this role so realistically, without any trace of facial makeup. If "Joker" can succeed, the movie "The Dark Knight" That's half the battle.In addition, the script of the film is excellent, the actors are excellent, and the director is excellent. Even Warner Bros. has spent a lot of money on publicity. As long as you turn on the TV every day, the publicity about this film is overwhelming, and the creators have traveled all over the United States. Numerous theaters in major cities in China are promoting it.

Not long after the movie was released, Ebert was so tired that he almost forgot the date, and he didn't know when it was day and when it was night. The best time to sleep every day was on the first-class cabin, and he squinted in the dressing room before he could sleep Squinting, even though his skin has always been in good condition, his face has been greasy lately, and the dark circles under his eyes are even deeper.

"You should work so hard for such a high salary, but my salary is so low, I am more tired than you..." Heath Ledger muttered in a low voice, the task assigned by Warner was really heavy, his body His quality can't be compared with Ebert's. In the past few days alone, his face has lost weight at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his face looks a little pale.

"Your focus is not on this one, but on the next one." Ebert yawned fiercely and rubbed his eyes tiredly, "Although I am very happy that the box office of the movie is rising day by day, but now I just want to have a good time. Get some sleep."

"Me too." Heath Ledger rested his chin on his hands, barely suppressing his sleepiness.Although his mental state is much better than before, it is not easy for him to fall asleep easily. The lighting in this dressing room is too bright, there are too many people, and the sound is too noisy, even if he wants to sleep, he can't fall asleep—— In comparison, Ebert's sleeping state is a hundred times better than him, which is why his spirit looks a little better than Heath Ledger.

Heath Ledger was just about to talk to Ebert, but found that not far away, Ebert, who was leaning on the soft chair, was nodding his head and fell asleep, and the sound of light breathing was heard in the noisy dressing room It didn't attract any attention, but it also made Heath Ledger extremely envious.

He leaned his head against the chair, blinked his eyes desperately, then took out a black eye patch from his bag and put it on.Although he must still be unable to fall asleep, but now he can face his sleepiness peacefully, even if he squints for a while, he will feel a little more comfortable.

Heath Ledger sighed with satisfaction. He is satisfied with his current life to the point that he can no longer be satisfied. He is engaged in a career he loves, has a daughter he loves, and a true friend—the eyebrows of Heath Ledger Slightly raised, before filming "The Dark Knight", he never thought that one day he and Ebert would become familiar with each other.

Before the filming started, Ebert was already one of the few actors in Hollywood. Heath Ledger imagined that he would be arrogant, confident or cold and calm, and they might be quite different as their peers. It is difficult to become friends, he did not expect that Ebert not only became his friend, but also played such an important role in his life, and even saved him who was about to fall into hell.

"The Dark Knight" has no less effect on him than "Brokeback Mountain". That movie made him known to Hollywood for the first time, let him know Michelle, Jake Gyllenhaal, and also let him get the best performance. That one nomination that proves his acting skills.As for "The Dark Knight", just watching the movie sweep the army in the summer, this movie will definitely bring his career to a higher level.

After contemplating for a while, the person in charge of the theater quickly came over to inform them that the event was about to start. Ebert jumped up from the bed, sat for a while with his eyes absent-minded, and then slowly turned his gaze to Heath Lai Jie, after a while, he spit out a sentence: "The event is about to start?"

"The event has started?!" Bang bang bang bang, Heath Ledger stared dumbfounded at Ebert running around like a headless fly, and it took a long time before the tossing was over.

Glancing at Ebert helplessly, Heath Ledger shrugged his shoulders, well, if those girls who were screaming for Ebert saw Ebert at this moment, they might feel that they There is something wrong with my eyes.

Stretching, looking at the theater manager with an even more exaggerated expression than his, Heath Ledger put one hand on Ebert's shoulder: "Come on, go in."

Although it is very hard, as the two youngest actors in the crew, Ebert and Heath Ledger have almost the heaviest publicity tasks, and they are also the most popular. With their intensive publicity and appeal, "Darkness" "Knight" still broke out very impressive results in the second week.

In the second week of its release, the weekend box office was 8600 million U.S. dollars, ranking first in the box office this week. It was released for two weeks, ten days to be precise, and the total box office has reached 3 million U.S. dollars!

This result is almost No.1 in a summer file with relatively average box office competitiveness!

But now it's only the second week, and there will be the third and fourth weeks... There are still countless weeks. Although the competitiveness of the summer file market has always been strong, the expressive power of "The Dark Knight" is now dominant.

"The Dark Knight" is also the second movie in this summer except Iron Man to top the weekend box office rankings, but in terms of performance, "Iron Man" is completely incomparable with "The Dark Knight".

"Iron Man" is also a superhero series brought about by the popularity of "Spiderman" and "Batman" series in recent years. It has been released for more than 80 days and the box office has reached 3.15 million US dollars, which is an excellent result. However, "The Dark Knight" "It only took 10 days to surpass this achievement, which has to be said to be a miracle.

This week's No. 3000 is Sony's "Halfway Brothers". Under the pressure of "The Dark Knight", the film's box office performance is also good. The $3 million premiere performance has proved the film's potential. No.2 is last week's No.4 "Mamma Mia", and No.2 is the newly released film "X-Files 1020: I Want to Believe". The film has lost all possibilities in the highly competitive summer slot.

"Everybody's Superman Hancock", "Hellboy 2", "Wall-E", "Kung Fu Panda" and other popular summer movies all occupy a place in the top ten. Among them, "Kung Fu Panda" has the best box office. "Received a total of 2 million US dollars, but only in such a fierce list, the box office of "The Dark Knight" is commendable.

The North American media are already predicting the final box office of "The Dark Knight". This time, they did not hesitate any more, because "The Dark Knight" has already confirmed its box office potential in 10 days. The box office of more than 10 million U.S. dollars in 3.6 days, so for this movie, 4 million is not a problem at all. The media easily changed the first number of predictions to 5. What they are concerned about is the final result of "The Dark Knight". Where can I go.

In fact, in the North American film market in the past few years, although a series of box office masterpieces have appeared every year, only the "Spider-Man" series and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series have relatively good box office results. The "Star Wars" series may be included in it. , But among these movies, only a few have a box office of more than 4 million, and 5 million is a figure that film companies and film critics will never predict.

Because it is too difficult.

This result made the media, film companies and professional film critics extremely puzzled. They simply suspected that the scene where thousands of people rushed to the cinema to watch "Titanic" in the last century was simply an illusion.