626 - Make a bet
Yesterday's early game results are unknown, but looking at the current media response, Wayne speculated that the results should not be too satisfactory. Otherwise, with the media and film critics, they have always been changing their ruthlessness and have no reason to criticize this big ship as a fence-broken attribute.
"Come to Onardo DiCaprio, an actor who only sells faces on the big screen."
Swallowing the scrambled eggs in his mouth, Naomi Watts looked at the newspaper, as if he had discovered something new, his voice was filled with the meaning of No Yu. "The full film of "Titanic" lasted 194 minutes and was filled with the whole process. Onardo DiCaprio was selling his face and showing off his handsomeness.
Is this how director James Cameron arranged it? He probably wanted to save 200 million US dollars of investment from 200 Century Fox and Paramount Pictures in the global film market...Chicago Sun--Roger Albert."
Some film critics have relatively gentle language. Even if they are not optimistic about the prospects of "Titanic", when talking about the specific content, they are just old-fashioned and tacky evaluations.
But there are also many sarcastic film reviews. Many well-known film critics all scored 4 or 5 points for the film "Titanic" in their newspaper columns. Obviously, in their group, a super-major production costing 200 million US dollars, the current ship is completely unqualified.
"Dear, do you still stick to your own opinion?"
Naomi Watts read several times in a row, and she commented harshly from various angles in the newspaper. Perhaps even she herself felt bored, so she simply put down the newspaper and continued to eat breakfast while looking at the silent man opposite her and asked provocatively.
"certainly."
Faced with the woman's provocation, Wayne nodded without hesitation. He glanced at the Australian actress and continued to stuff beef into his mouth. Hanhu said, "Do you want to make a bet?"
"What are you betting on?"
When Naomi Watts heard the bet, her eyes immediately became alert, and she felt deeply malicious. There was no other reason, just because the two have known each other for almost ten years, she has never won even once in her daily bets.
"Just bet on this "Titanic" that the global box office exceeded one billion US dollars, how about it?"
He understood this woman very much. While speaking, he showed a strong sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth without hesitation. "If the billion US dollars exceeds, I will make a request. If not, you make a request, as long as I can do it."
Over the past few years, countless lessons have been constantly prompting Naomi Watts, but when she saw the ridiculous expression on the man's face, coupled with this bet, she subconsciously made the woman hesitate.
"Boy, are you sure you want to do this?" He frowned slightly. Although the Australian actress was constantly feeling guilty, she was not forgiven at all. "A request? Even if you ask you to give out tens of millions of real money and then write, produce, and director, and customize a movie for me alone?"
“yep.”
Looking at the greedy emotions in the woman's eyes, Wayne nodded without hesitation, as if he had recognized the other party's conditions. Just as this woman knew him, he also knew the other party's ambitions in career. When the bet was so big, even if the woman knew that the hope of winning was slim, she would agree to it in the end.
"f**k! I promised, I bet!" Naomi Watts gritted his teeth, stretched out his white palm, raised his head slightly, and looked at the man opposite him provocatively. That's right, she couldn't miss this opportunity. As long as there was a one-percent chance, she would bet.
"Don't shit, if I lose, even if you let me have fun and mess with you with those b***h, I will accept it and do it."
"Bang."
Seeing a fierce expression on the woman's face, Wayne gracefully put down the knife and fork in his hand. He leaned on the sofa and stretched out a hand, making a crisp cunch.
Perhaps the bet between the two was more like a harmless joke, but after the first day of its release on Friday, Naomi Watts had a very proud smile on his face. Even if the first day of the Titanic box office was added to the early stage, it would have exceeded 10 million US dollars. The figure released by 20th Century Fox was just over 13 million US dollars.
This number basically dispelled most of her doubts, and at the same time dispelled the doubts of countless media. Various entertainment news and movie information were full of satirical and criticism of "Titanic".
As the first weekend after the movie was released, similar remarks became even more hustle and bustle, as if the quality of this big ship was clearly seen by everyone after just one weekend.
For $28 million, the huge movie "Titanic" only won a box office of $28 million in the first three days of North America's first weekend.
The titles "The Sinking Big Ship", "The Biggest Joke in Hollywood's History", "Twentieth Century Fox's Typical Fool-style Investment", etc., were impatiently worn by the media to the production company and James Cameron.
Compared with the actors who starred in the movie, the attacks they received were actually quite conservative. The media's criticism of Onardo DiCaprio has completely exceeded the scope of sarcasticness. A movie "Titanic" only lost all the good reputation accumulated in his previous movies such as "Vanilla Sky" in three days.
In fact, when Monday arrived, Wayne did not look at the so-called big ship box office disaster, turned around and plunged into Warner Studios, and began to shoot the final filming of "The Flash".
No one knows better than him how strong this big ship has. Those media and film critics are blinded by the box office in the first week. As long as one or two weeks pass, those people will be swelled by incredible market results like they criticized "Star Wars" back then.
"boy, $28 million, my god! $28 million!"
During the lunch break, Naomi Watts walked into the studio with a sunglasses on her face and wearing a Chanel's latest small dress. She looked proudly. She greeted and greeted the staff whom she knew all the way. After she arrived at the director's position, she photographed a newspaper on the table.
"If I were you, I wouldn't have been so proud."
Wayne shook his head helplessly, not even reading the newspaper on the table, signaling Sofia Coppola to take away the lunch in front of him, leaning against a chair, tilting his head and lit a cigarette.
"It's a pity that you are not me. Ha, Lilian, thank you." Nodded and thanked Lilian who brought the chair. After Naomi Watts sat down proudly, his eyes passed through his sunglasses and carefully observed the expression of the man beside him.
Nina obviously knew about this bet. Seeing the proud woman, she shrugged and sighed helplessly in her heart.
After packing up the things, Sofia Coppola approached the assistant lady, asked a few questions in a low voice, then raised her head suddenly, looked at the Australian actress with a proud look in surprise, and couldn't help but speak, "You will lose, Ms. Watts."
“What?”
Seeing that Wayne was unwilling to care about her, Naomi Watts kept smoking silently and wrote and painted in the director's record book. She simply moved her chair and came to Nina and Sofia Coppola, and pointed at the newspaper on the table in surprise. "No, the first week of Titanic's box office was only 28 million US dollars..."
Her meaning is clear. Compared with Wayne's "Batman: The Dark Knight", the first week's report card is also pale in comparison.
According to Hollywood's rules, basically new movies will be officially released on Friday, and this "Titanic" is no exception. And this Friday, the single-day box office results released on the first day, are a weather vane recognized by everyone in the circle.
If the film responds well in a single day, it will basically achieve ideal opening-up results in the three days from Friday to Sunday. Therefore, professionals in the industry will basically pay more attention to the single-day box office on Friday and the box office on the first weekend of the movie after it is released. This result can usually be mentioned as the market prospects of the movie.
"Ms. Watts, you probably didn't notice..."
Speaking of the market rules of Hollywood movies, Sofia Coppola, who has been here since childhood, knows more clearly than anyone else, but she looks like Wayne and doesn't even read the so-called authoritative newspaper. She just stares at the Australian actress with some embarrassment and says:
"The media under 20th Century Fox and even the media under Paramount Pictures have not only not reduced the scale of the promotion and distribution of Titanic in order to stop losses as soon as possible, but have also increased their investment in this regard, which shows......"
Speaking of this, she glanced at the other person's face, obviously not wanting to cause some unnecessary misunderstandings. Seeing that the two women around her were looking at her intently, she continued: "It is obvious that this shows that both companies have gained full confidence in the market research of "Titanic".
Audience reputation! Almost as soon as she finished speaking, Naomi Watts thought of audience reputation. Whether it was the remarks in the media or the sarcastic comments of film critics, they were actually not as authentic as the reactions given by film companies as big capitals.
The fact that the two six giants can work together to make great efforts in publicity and development shows that the unreleased movie audience reputation survey has achieved a rare positive review rate.
“Good acuity.”
The man's voice suddenly sounded, and the three women raised their heads and found that Wayne stared at Sofia Coppola with admiration.
"It has nothing to do with acuity. I just saw too many different examples since I was a child." Sofia Coppola spread her hands and responded modestly.
"Many people are blinded by box office numbers, sober people become particularly precious." Shaking his head, Wayne picked up the coffee and took a sip. The praise in his tone was very obvious. "You are very calm, Sophia. Although the speculation angle is simple and crude, the accuracy rate is very high. It is a very clever way to observe the trends of capital."
Chapter completed!