The Best Entertainment Era

The premiere is over, but none of the top executives of Warner Bros. has a rest. Batman is an important asset of the entire Time Warner Group. This time, the restart of the Batman movie is really important.

Kevin Tsuhara walked back and forth anxiously in the conference room, and Stephen Case seemed to be drinking coffee to refresh himself, but there was a trace of worry on his brows.

Although the pre-sales were good and the internal previews were unanimously praised, no one can guarantee that Batman: Beginning of War will be accepted by the widest range of fans.

In their eyes, even if the producer is called Ronan Anderson.

Footsteps sounded, and Charles Rowan pushed the door in and said, Got it, first-hand information.

Kevin Tsuhara quickly asked, How's the response?

Stephen Case also cast a concerned look.

Charles Rowan had a relaxed facial expression and a smile: A total of 125 general audiences were surveyed, and 73% of them gave an evaluation of A and above, and 89% of the audience Less than 4% of the audience gave a score of B or above, and gave a score of B- or less.

Kevin Tsuhara breathed a sigh of relief and said to Stephen Case: The audience's word of mouth is very good.

Charles Rowan handed over relevant statistical data and comments from the audience to Kevin Tsuhara and Stephen Case respectively.

Most of them are positive.

The director groundbreakingly narrated Batman as a mortal, and deeply explored the relationship between human fear, anger and power, and explained the origin of Batman, why he became Batman, and how he became Batman. Man, this is very interesting.

I think this is the best Batman movie. It is so exciting visually and psychologically. It can be called a model of action movies, giving Batman a new life on the big screen!

Stunning! Even though it's a lot more depressing for a normal superhero movie, that's where it shines. It's a completely different superhero movie.

Kevin Tsuhara glanced at it, put it aside, and said, The remaining suspense is the box office numbers.

Charles Rowan said: It shouldn't be bad. Business and grasping the market are what Ronan Anderson is best at.

The two chatted a few words about Time to War and Ronan Anderson,

Stephen Case, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, What do you think of the superhero movie that Ronan Anderson and Marvel Entertainment collaborated on?

Kevin Tsuhara and Charles Rowan looked at the same time.

Stephen Case said: Marvel is DC's biggest competitor, right?

Kevin Tsuhara said: Charles, you have dealt with Ronan more, what do you think?

Looking at the history of superhero movies, let's not mention the faraway ones. We start with Christopher Reeve starring in Superman. Charles Rowan has been working in the front line of film production all year round and has a deep research on the film market. : The superheroes that can sell well in the movie market and bring strong repercussions are all the first-line and even the top comic superheroes, DC's Superman and Batman, Marvel's X-Men and Spiderman, in the comics There is a huge influence in the heroic period.

Stephen Case thought about it carefully, nodded slowly: It seems so.

Charles Ronan continued: Among the many comic superheroes, Iron Man is not well-known, not even comparable to DC's Catwoman.

Kevin Tsuhara asks: Do you think Marvel Entertainment's 'Iron Man' will fail?

Probably not. Charles Rowan analyzed very rationally: With Ronan Anderson, Iron Man is still guaranteed. This movie should not fail, but it wants to be as big as Spider-Man It is basically impossible to sell, Iron Man's popularity in the comics determines his movie upper limit, which is difficult to break.

He thought for a while, and then said: I personally feel that Iron Man may become a high-profile version of Blade Warrior. The film will be commercially successful, but it will not bring much profit.

Makes sense. Kevin Tsuhara fully agrees: Iron Man is not a famous comic book superhero after all.

Stephen Case asked: I heard that Ronan Anderson has a movie plan for Marvel Entertainment, but I can't find out the specific content.

Charles Rowan couldn't help laughing: Iron Man is basically the most famous superhero among Marvel Entertainment's copyrighted superheroes, so don't worry too much about their plans. We have Iron Man that is basically sure to be successful. Batman: Begins, and the next two sequels, and the new Superman movie, Superman Returns.

He is full of confidence: Among the three most famous comic characters in the United States, DC occupies two. We have already made efforts to adapt the movie. Marvel's plan, there is nothing to worry about.

The fame and influence of Superman and Batman here gave Stephen Case enough confidence. He didn't say more in this regard, but instead asked: The success of Batman: Beginning of War has been predictable. Now, director Christopher Nolan has planned a trilogy, can Warner Bros. operate independently?

Kevin Tsuhara said: It's hard.

Stephen Case frowned: Do you want Relativity Entertainment to participate in the investment and share the benefits?

Although Warner Bros. owns the distribution rights of the film, thus occupying an active position, once the Batman movie is successful, the income it can bring from the online and offline markets can be regarded as huge. , may achieve a return on investment of more than 60 percent.

The profit of more than fifty million US dollars will fall into the pocket of Relativity Entertainment.

Kevin Tsuhara is equally clear, saying: Basically impossible, Ronan Anderson seems to have expected the success of this film, when he signed the first agreement, he signed an agreement with us for two sequels at the same time. He is one of the top people in Hollywood and knows the rules of the industry very well. The terms of the contract prevent us from kicking out Relativity Entertainment. Once we violate the agreement, Relativity Entertainment will appeal to the Producers Union, other guilds in the industry and the law If not, Warner Bros. will be in big trouble, at least all related film projects in the Batman series will be called off.

Charles Rowan added: I didn't feel anything at the time, but looking at it now, Ronan Anderson is very wary of us Warner Bros.

Stephen Case had no other choice for a while, but told him: Don't spread the matter we discussed today.

The head office cannot directly intervene in the normal operations of Warner Bros. Kevin Tsuhara does not want to ask for trouble, and on the Batman movie project that was finally saved, he has lost both sides in the fight with Relativity Entertainment. Once the Moment box office is released, it is determined whether it will continue to jointly promote the trilogy series with Ronan Anderson.

Director Christopher Nolan himself didn't attract much attention from them.

Just like the response of the premiere, Batman: Beginning of War officially landed in North American theaters on the first day, and it aroused great acclaim.

After just one day of screening in North America, the average score of the theater audience was 'A', 18,775 users on the IMDB website scored 8.6 points, the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes was 87%, and the popcorn index of audience favorite was 95%. , MetaCritic 45 media reporters scored 82 points, the highest score of the Batman series of movies.

Compared with the critically acclaimed 1989 Batman directed by Tim Burton, the reputation of the same period is also much better.

Therefore, on the first day of its release in North America, Time to War earned a box office of 23.11 million US dollars from 4,215 theaters.

This also created the single-day box office of all the films in the Batman series.

With such audience reputation and box office figures as the basis, even if the follow-up word of mouth will decline, it will never become a super bad movie like Batman and Robin.

Such a box office and such a reputation are good enough for a reboot of a failed series.

After the first day, everyone can confirm that Batman: Begins has been a success, and the Batman series can be reborn on the big screen!

As this summer has come to an end, The Beginning of War has brought the long-lost Batman enthusiasm.

With the arrival of the rest day, twice as many people as on working days flocked to theaters across the United States. The goal of these people is very clear, that is, the film that has just been released in the summer. In the highly mature film market in North America, the audience is The first choice for the summer file is a commercial production.

Batman Begins is the preferred target.

In major commercial theaters in North America, there will be a new screening of Batman: Beginning of War every 15 to 20 minutes. The sufficient number of theaters and the high screening rate ensure that the audience can watch it at any time. Being able to enjoy this film is also the basic guarantee for the film to win a high box office.

Batman: Beginning of War has a good audience reputation as a guarantee, and its competitors at the same time do not have much competitiveness at all. The single-day box office on Saturday naturally jumped up to 23.86 million US dollars.

Originally a flat summer file ended, but it was no longer dull because of the release of Time to War.

Roger Ebert, who has seldom spoken out anymore, also stood up and praised: Christopher Nolan is completely faithful to the bold, dark and realistic style of Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns created in 1986, with Skillful director skills to outline the opera style he expected, the film raised the superhero movie to an unprecedented height, and the rich dark realistic style exudes a powerful charm.

But this is just the beginning of Nolan's Batman. No one knows that Nolan is planning a darker and more realistic movie.

In the first week of North American filming, The Time to War was a big success, earning a box office of 58.87 million US dollars.