The Best Entertainment Era

In the eyes of audiences who like it, The Watcher is definitely not inferior to the existence of The Dark Knight.

In terms of popularity, the former is far inferior to the latter.

Watchmen can be regarded as the most stylish of all superhero comics, and the film it shoots is tall from content to theme, not as vulgar as ordinary superhero movies.

Even, the depth of the theme has surpassed Christopher Nolan's two Batman.

But there is a fact recognized by the entire film industry that cannot be ignored. Once the film becomes high, it will face the situation of high and low.

Especially superhero movies with a strong commercial taste.

The opening results of Watchmen were good, above Warner Bros.'s expectations, but the decline in the second weekend was also beyond Warner Bros.'s expectations.

A drop of close to 70% is nothing short of shocking.

The next weekend's box office of $17.81 million also announced that there will be no miracles behind Watchmen. There is no chance for the North American box office to exceed $200 million. Even if it breaks through $150 million, it is a small probability event.

The production cost of the film alone was as high as 130 million US dollars.

Faced with such a situation, the bosses of Warner Bros. couldn't help discussing Zach Snyder again.

As far as the current situation is concerned, there is no possibility for Watchmen to recover the cost through the box office. DC Comics CEO Diego Harris said: Strictly speaking, this film is not a success. Regarding the director Zach- Schneider, we...

Zach Schneider is the candidate recommended by Charles Rowan. The most experienced and successful producer of Warner Bros. said: But Watchmen has not failed! In addition to the online box office, there are also DVD and other markets. As far as word-of-mouth of the film is concerned, it is not difficult to make money.”

He glanced at Kevin Tsuhara, and said: Look at the various word-of-mouth statistics of Watchmen. IMDB has a score of 8.2 points. Roger Ebert even said it was the best sci-fi movie he'd ever seen.

Diego Harris' doubts have not been dispelled: The word-of-mouth and market of many movies are not necessarily related.

Charles Rowan said again: It's a small number of films! Art films with a good reputation may not do well at the box office, and they can also be discussed offline. From the moment they are released to the project, they are destined to lose money. But commercial films with good reputation,

Even if the box office is not good, it will be successful offline.

He knew who the real decision-maker was, and said to Kevin Tsuhara: Watchmen has also been affected by objective factors, because of the 20th Century Fox copyright dispute, which led us to A lot of publicity and marketing launched by the release came to naught, and the negative impact of postponing the release is objective.

This, Diego Harris can't deny, was also expected by Warner Bros. and DC Comics before the release of Watchmen.

Changing the release date of a movie, especially before it is released, is a big taboo for movie distribution.

When Kevin Tsuhara heard the name of 20th Century Fox, he couldn't help but frowned slightly. Combined with News Corporation's acquisition of the entire Warner, he felt that the Murdoch family was a bunch of rotten people.

Originally, he belonged to the faction in Time Warner that resolutely resisted the News Corporation merger, and now there is Watchmen. There was a strong sense of disgust.

Charles is right. Kevin Tsuhara is still inclined to Zach Schneider: The positive reviews of Watchmen far exceed the negative, and the image style is similar to The Dark Knight. With Nolan refusing to work with us, Zach Snyder is still our first choice.

Diego Harris still said: But the box office trend of Watchmen...

Kevin Tsuhara asked: Diego, The Dark Knight surpassed a billion dollars worldwide. Has there ever been a superhero movie to do that?

Only The Dark Knight. Thinking of the success of this movie, Diego Harris said from the bottom of his heart: This is a great success. The future Justice League movie universe, as well as the entire DC Comics movie, are indeed That pattern and style should be followed.

Kevin Tsuhara said: Isn't your doubt resolved? As far as Hollywood is concerned, besides Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder, is there any director with this style?

Diego Harris finally nodded. It is indeed too early to talk about the success or failure of Watchmen. Besides, the comics themselves have the problem of high quality, and the current situation of the movie is not the responsibility of the director alone.

And there is one thing that Zack Snyder admired very much in the filming and production of Watchmen. Zach Snyder respects the creation of DC Comics very much, and tries his best to make the film adaptation conform to the original work.

Just like before, when faced with the choice of director, the management of Warner Bros. was deeply influenced by the success of The Dark Knight. Even though the box office performance of Watchmen was quite mediocre, they still chose to trust Zach Schneider who insisted on the dark wind .

At the end of the meeting, the people who participated in the meeting left to busy themselves with their work.

Kevin Tsuhara returns to the office to find out the Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox settlement over Watchmen, looking increasingly unhappy.

Twentieth Century Fox clearly took advantage of the danger this time. Watchmen has already set up a project to prepare for filming. It has been widely publicized since last year. Even if there is a copyright dispute, why didn't you Twentieth Century Fox call the door earlier? I just have to wait for the movie to be released in less than two months!

This is simply pushing Watchmen to the cliff, leaving Warner Bros. and DC Comics with nowhere to go, and can only accept the conditions of 20th Century Fox.

Twentieth Century Fox was not in this style before. Since James Murdoch came to Los Angeles from England and took charge of Twentieth Century Fox himself, the company has become aggressive.

Even Kevin Tsuhara had to admit that the timing of 20th Century Fox's move was just right.

Warner Bros. has suffered a huge financial loss this time, and maybe someone on the board of directors will challenge him and ask him to give an explanation.

Kevin Tsuhara pressed the intercom and called the assistant.

Let people stare at 20th Century Fox. Kevin Tsuhara is a descendant of the island nation, and has a sinister side of the island nation: The specific situation is every three days... no, it is summarized every two days and sent in time .”

The assistant understood what he meant, and immediately said: Yes! I will deploy the manpower right away.

Beverly Hills, Century City, Fox Tower.

James Murdoch looked at the box office bulletins from the latest weekend and said, Great job this time, Jim.

Jim Prose said modestly: The main reason is that the timing of your choice is so good that Warner Bros. has the power but has no time to use it.

The Terminator belongs to 20th Century Fox. James Murdoch has never been a person who swallowed it silently after suffering a loss: We took into account the cooperation with Warner Bros. I lent them our friendship temporarily. As a result, not only did they not appreciate it, but they even bit us back.”

Jim Prowse said: It was also an oversight on my part.

James Murdoch waved his hand: It has nothing to do with you, Warner Bros. violated the rules of the game.

Hearing the words of the rules of the game, Jim Pross couldn't help but secretly glanced at James Murdoch. It seemed that the man in front of him never took the rules of the game seriously and trampled on all kinds of rules wantonly.

But with News Corp. and the Murdochs around, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?

After all, Jim Prowse is a Fox executive on the bright side. He doesn't know much about what James Murdoch does, otherwise he would definitely not have such an idea.

James Murdoch added: Warner Bros., you have to keep an eye on the follow-up box office share of Watchmen and don't let them play tricks.

Warner Bros. will not only spit out what Twentieth Century Fox has eaten, but Twentieth Century Fox will also take a sum of interest from Warner Bros.

Jim Pross quickly said: I will. The insiders have no problem dealing with outsiders. Twentieth Century Fox will not give Warner Bros. a chance.

James Murdoch asked at this time: Also, how is the release of the summer movie going?

It's been arranged. Jim Pross briefly introduced: Starting from May, 20th Century Fox has released new films every month. In May is Robin Hood...

Twentieth Century Fox no longer has much hope for this movie. In order to reduce losses and avoid the impact of the failure of the previous epic film, the schedule of Robin Hood was deliberately adjusted from last year's holiday file to this year's summer file, so as to use time to dilute the memory of the audience. .

James Murdoch asked: What about the disaster movie, 'Superstorm'?

Jim Prose said: In June, in order to avoid James Cameron's new film Avatar, it was scheduled in the middle of June.

James Cameron. James Murdoch thought of his old rival Relativity Entertainment: I remember the promotion of Relativity Entertainment, which claimed that Avatar invested 500 million U.S. dollars.

Jim Pross thought for a while and said, This is for external publicity and promotion. The specific investment is not clear yet.

James Murdoch nodded slightly and asked, How many films are there in Relativity Entertainment's summer file?

Jeep Poulos recalled, and said: The beginning of the summer file is Iron Man 2, followed by Avatar, Fast and Furious 4, Alice in Wonderland, Cloverfield Files, it seems And animated features…”

He emphasized: There is definite news that Avatar is Relativity Entertainment's number one movie project today!

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