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Before the end of this issue of "The Late Show with David Letterman", Noy did not forget to promote his new movie again. Even though "Pride and Prejudice" has been released in Europe and received a good response, there is no one in the vast market of North America. Will not be moved.

According to the latest ratings report, after the broadcast of this episode, it created a total of 860 million viewers, which is much higher than the average viewership of about 300 million on the "David Letterman Late Show". The program is also in the leading position, especially when David Letterman deliberately shifted the topic to the moment when Noy rejected the invitation of "Babel", the number of viewers soared to tens of millions in an instant. This is indeed an amazing number.

Noye immediately received a number of talk show invitations.But at this time, it is absolutely impossible for Noye to choose the same type of program. Instead, she accepted an invitation from a local radio station in Los Angeles and chatted with the radio DJ about the situation of "Pride and Prejudice" on the morning of November 11th. The radio station also kindly played the film's soundtrack in return.

Due to the great emphasis on the North American market, the British producers, directors and leading actors of "Pride and Prejudice" came to Los Angeles to promote the film.Of course, since she is the most influential actor of the entire crew in Hollywood, she is still the most concerned by all parties in North America all the way through the promotion, and other actors have become foils.

At midnight on November 11, the film began to be screened on a small scale in 11 theaters across the United States. Noy ​​also dressed up in a disguise, and slipped into the theater with Keith Lieser to check the situation.Noy had already watched the movie twice, so she was naturally not in the mood to watch it a third time. What she cared about was the attendance rate of the movie.

This is a theater near the suburbs of Los Angeles. There are few movies and the attendance rate is generally not too high, but it happens to be one of the theaters in Los Angeles that show "Pride and Prejudice". Competitive theaters know the truth about Pride and Prejudice's box office, or rather, her estimate of the worst-case scenario the movie could have at the box office.

"It looks pretty good..." Keith Liesel touched his chin, "It's a little better than I expected."

The movie hadn't been released yet, and there were only a dozen or so spectators in the screening hall. Noy ​​sighed when he saw this.Fortunately, audiences entered the arena one after another, and the feeling of emptiness finally got better.Noy looked around, and half of the seats were already filled up to 1 minute before the movie started. Considering that this is a completely remote movie theater, it is not bad to have such an attendance rate.

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Georgiana Lyons is a veteran movie fan. The movies she watches every year can account for 60% of the total number of North American movies released that year. For this reason, she can even enjoy the most favorable discount at the theater near her home.For Georgiana, watching movies is a very enjoyable thing. She not only loves to watch movies with her husband and children in her spare time, but also often writes movie reviews in various newspapers and magazines. Because she watches too many movies, She is also very good at comparing various types of movies, and her movie reviews are often very popular with readers.

This time around, Georgiana just happened to be on assignment with the Los Angeles Daily News to watch the film adaptation of the classic.

The experienced Georgiana can easily distinguish a good movie from a bad one, and she also knows that the movie that is being released is Noye Linton's new work-film critics are often used to associate Noy with a good movie. In Georgiana's eyes, except for "Legally Blonde 2", which has some big flaws, Noye Linton's works really did not disappoint the audience.

As a female viewer, Georgiana Lyons easily fell into the atmosphere created by "Pride and Prejudice".The morning fog, soft sunlight, and soothing music are all addictive, not to mention the cooperation of Noye and Matthew Macfadyen, who indeed play Georgiana's ideal Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy.

Georgiana murmured softly in her heart: "Oh, Hollywood can't make such a fresh film. This film can make people fall in love easily."

She even thought about the issue of actors.

"I've never seen this actor, but he's as good as any Hollywood star I like. Maybe it has something to do with the way the British show business develops, they always try to get their feet wet in the theater first." Roll around before going to film."

On the whole, Georgiana is very satisfied with this movie viewing-if you ignore the two people sitting next to her.

Georgiana couldn't figure out what people came to the cinema for, to make love?According to her 35 years of experience, it must be a pair of young people who have been dazzled by love. They thought that movies like "Pride and Prejudice" fit their concept of love, but after arriving at the theater, they could only feel dizzy. dozed off.

Poor young man!

But Georgiana found that these two people didn't look like young people. Young people always like to make some little moves in the theater. These two people have been quiet all the time. Although they don't watch the screen much, they haven't made any annoying noise.

This made Georgiana pay more attention to them.For Georgiana, of course, nothing beats her interest in the movie, and she keeps her eyes locked on the screen until the movie is over.And the moment the lights in the theater came on, she finally saw the faces of the two young people around her clearly, which made her eyes widen involuntarily.

Noye Linton and Keith Lieser!

Georgiana suppressed her breath and walked slowly: "Noye Linton?"

Hearing this, Noi turned around and gave her a bright smile.

However, there were still quite a few spectators in the theater at the moment, and Georgiana's voice, although not high, was enough to attract the few remaining spectators.In the next second, Noy heard a violent scream in his ear: "Noy!"

But after a while, a group of spectators gathered in front of her, and more and more people gathered, and Noy and Keith Lizell were stopped at the innermost.She shook hands with the audience. At this time, the director of the theater also arrived after hearing the news. Noy ​​simply asked the director of the theater to arrange a place where she could communicate with the audience briefly.

Shake hands, take pictures, and discuss with the audience about the feeling of watching a movie.It was already 3 o'clock in the middle of the night when Noy returned home.

"I'm so tired." Noy lay down on the sofa as soon as he got home, "What happened today was unexpected, but judging from the audience's response, this movie is not bad. But it may also be because I was there Because of this, audiences can’t criticize my films face to face.”

"What do you think about so much, you will know the box office results tomorrow."

"Uh-huh."

During the week when "Pride and Prejudice" was released, a total of four new films were released in the North American market, including "Game of the Brave 2", "Jedi Veyron", "Money or Life" and "Pride and Prejudice". Competitors on the market also include "Four-eyed Chicken", "Jarhead" and "Saw 2", which were released in 3 weeks. In these films, "Pride and Prejudice" does not have enough commercial aspects competitiveness, but the North American market is huge, and movies from the empire on which the sun never sets may be able to get a share of it.

On the second day, film reviews of "Pride and Prejudice" were released all over the United States.It is worth mentioning that "Game of the Brave 2" and "Jedi Veyron" both chose to be released on November 11th. The collision of the three companies has also injected new vitality into the stagnant North American film market. .

The Los Angeles Daily News considered this adaptation the best version of "Pride and Prejudice" on the big screen. The film review of "New York Observer" is even more exaggerated-"If Jane Austen is alive, Keira Knightley's vivid performance will definitely make her extremely happy." "Chicago Sun", "Northwest Herald", "Premiere " and other media gave the movie super high ratings. The audience and film critics on the Yahoo website gave "Pride and Prejudice" a score of A, which is already very good for a film that is not produced in Hollywood. achievement.

For the "Pride and Prejudice" movie, which is eager to make a breakthrough in Hollywood, such an evaluation is a surprise.

In addition to evaluating "Pride and Prejudice", the media did not forget to compare this film with "Sense and Sensibility" directed by Ang Lee and Emma Thompson in 95. Of course, they paid more attention to "Sense and Sensibility" Can Pride and Prejudice achieve Oscar success like "Sense and Sensibility" that year?

In fact, to some extent, this is what Joe White and Noye value most.

Joe White himself is not a commercial director. It is true that the high box office of movies can attract more investment and support for him, but for him, whether he can win awards and whether he can get the support of the critics is more important.Everyone wants to be a director like Steven Spielberg who grabs both commercial awards, but such geniuses can be counted all over the world.

For Joe White, doing a good job in literature and art is already considered a success.

Noye was now listening to the good news from Martin. "Pride and Prejudice" was screened in more than 200 theaters across the United States. On the premise of on-demand screenings, a total of 345 million box office was obtained in three days, ranking tenth on the weekend box office list this week.

"The distribution side will definitely take advantage of the victory, and they should expand the film schedule next week." Martin's cheerful voice came from the other end of the phone, "If you are lucky, maybe the box office of this movie can easily reach 1 million US dollars , then we have nothing to worry about!"

Noy teased him sincerely: "But what does this have to do with you?"

"If the box office is successful, your salary will definitely increase, and my income will increase accordingly..." Martin was happier, and he could almost look forward to a brighter future.