Chapter 472: Great success, rave reviews
It was a very ordinary Friday night, but some people couldn't sleep.
The box office data for the first day will not be available until tomorrow. Bruckheimer is now waiting for the audience's score data.
The audience’s opinion is crucial to the success or failure of a movie.
In the early morning, he finally received an email from the investigation company.
"A-level rating..."
Bruckheimer breathed a sigh of relief, which means that it was widely welcomed by the audience and the evaluation was relatively high.
Don’t relax, everything still depends on the box office.
He lay on the bed and closed his eyes to sleep, but what he was thinking about was the movie box office.
As a veteran producer, this shouldn’t be the case.
But judging from the current trend of "Infinite World", it feels like a movie that is going to be a big hit.
Of course he was interested.
I couldn't sleep well after tossing and turning all night. As soon as it got dark, Bruckheimer couldn't sleep anymore.
Get up, turn on the computer, and check entertainment news on various news websites.
Yesterday, one day after the film was released, most of the newspaper reviews have already come out.
In the "Los Angeles Times", the first report is a report by film critic Daniel Feinberg:
"A crazy fantasy blockbuster, all the settings seem so novel, not only fresh, but also able to
Chen's drama. The novelty and excitement, and the superb directing skills of the Russo brothers are organically combined in the film.
The creators' dazzling skills can be seen everywhere in the film.
This is. A work full of sincerity.”
Bruckheimer nodded approvingly.
“The greatest achievement of "Infinite World" is that as a movie adapted from a novel, his creative team slowly tells various new settings through the plot.
The audience can easily to understand the plot and these settings without mentioning Read the original novel before reading.”
——Oli Richards, Film Critic of Empire Magazine
“In the contemporary era where computer special effects are constantly improving, technology has given filmmakers endless possibilities, but it is very difficult. Few people take advantage of this possibility
On the contrary, it can be seen with the naked eye that as Hollywood's production is streamlined, the core creative part of movies is becoming increasingly scarce.
From this point of view, although it is difficult for Chen to escape the shackles of the Hollywood assembly line, his ability to repackage various clichéd stories with novel settings has really saved the increasingly boring Hollywood movies. .
Lucas said it very well, "Infinite World" is just cooking cold rice, but the cooking is very delicious.
At least, I like it. ”
——Time magazine film critic Mike Russell
In the villa in Beverly Hills, Sister Mei was sitting at the dining table, reading the specially searched reports.
Chen Linfeng and Liu Qianqian were enjoying breakfast.
"Sister Mei, stop reading. Do you want a fried dough stick?"
"I've eaten it," Sister Mei waved her hand to refuse. She looked at the other party strangely, "What a shame. You can find someone to make Chinese breakfast for you.”
“What’s the point? It’s not that difficult. If I wasn’t free, I could do it myself.”
"Just seeing you talking doesn't mean not seeing you act. I can tell that you are getting lazy now."
Liu Qianqian took a sip of milk, put down the cup and complained.
Fried dough sticks with milk can be regarded as a combination of Chinese and Western cuisine.
"We agreed to take turns. I only did it once last time in China. Isn't it your turn?"
"Heh," when it comes to this, Liu Qianqian I couldn't stand it anymore, "I made some instant noodles on the set, which was considered cooking."
"Why not?" Chen Linfeng didn't feel embarrassed at all.
"I want to continue reading, do you still listen?" Sister Mei interrupted, not wanting others to show affection in front of her.
"If you want to listen, Sister Mei, please continue."
"Of course, if there are bad movie reviews, you can also read them and listen to them."
"Well... This.”
Sister Mei searched for a while and then said, "When Chen wrote "Infinite World", it was obvious that he had neodymium thinking.
All the female characters who appeared in the film had obvious flashes. Click..."
"Stop, why are you still talking about this?"
Chen Linfeng couldn't laugh or cry, and quickly interrupted, "Sister Mei, are you sure this is a negative review?"
"I think in your eyes In, it should be.”
Sister Mei smiled narrowly, the neodymium power-minded people in Hollywood were already starting to get crazy.
In her opinion, having watched "Her", this is a sign of the evolution of the version.
Sister Mei is a typical true heroine. She looks down on those who talk big but have business in their hearts.
After the laughter, Sister Mei really picked out a few negative movie reviews to read.
Most of them are still focused on making things worse, and some are saying that the plot is progressing too fast.
According to the normal schedule, the entire "Infinite 1" should not have been shot in 3 hours.
After listening to this film review, Chen Linfeng felt that what he said was quite pertinent.
"It is indeed a bit fast, but if the plot cuts off in the middle and the emotions are connected, it will not be appropriate."
He has discussed this a lot with Bruckheimer, the Russo brothers and others. Second-rate.
In the end, he thought of the later Avengers series "Endgame". The overall plot is also tragic and ends with hope.
It is also based on the original novel, so the audience shouldn't have too many objections.
Now it seems that this approach is not wrong, and both the film reviews and the audience evaluation are not bad.
Of course, there are still some dissatisfied fans of the original work, saying that it is not restored enough.
Even some white readers can't stand the fact that many characters have been changed to Western actors, and some characters even had their names changed because of this. But this was expected.
It is impossible to have a movie adaptation that can be recognized by all fans of the original work.
With Chen Linfeng as the original author, it is actually much better.
Often "this is the original author's decision" is enough to convince many people.
Of course, if you have a strong enough belief, you can say "I know nothing about the infinite world", and you can still fight until the end of time.
While a few people were talking and laughing, Sister Mei looked startled.
"Xiao Feng, the box office data is out."
"Huh?"
Chen Linfeng and Liu Qianqian looked at each other. Unable to wait for a reply, they stood up and walked behind Sister Mei and looked at the computer.
Bruckheimer finally waited for the email from the staff. He clicked the mouse and a series of numbers appeared in front of him:
"$61.26 million!"
Bruckheimer's eyes widened, filled with disbelief that his dream had come true.
Such a scene seemed to have appeared in my hazy dream last night.
This made him wonder if he was still dreaming.
Fortunately, the phone rang at this time and it was director Anthony Russo calling, which allowed him to confirm the fact.
On the other side, Liu Qianqian was about to jump.
"Wow, 60 million US dollars on the first day, is this already a record?"
"No, just "Twilight" alone, there are several first-day sales hovering around 70 million US dollars."< br>
And "Harry Potter: Part 7", which will be released next month, will directly reach about 100 million US dollars on the first day.
There is no comparison at all.
Despite this, Chen Linfeng could no longer suppress the corners of his mouth.
Haha, the "Infinite World" series is complete.
Although the movie "Infinite World" has the attributes of a fan movie, its male audience and female audience are still different.
If the movie is not good to watch, even fans will not want to see it due to word-of-mouth spread.
And if word of mouth spreads, even some people who didn’t intend to watch it may become interested in watching the movie.
Now that the box office data has exploded on the first day, and the reviews from fans and the public are good, it will be difficult to stop the box office data.
What makes him happiest is that this movie didn't even exist in his previous life, and it only appeared because of him.
It is different from previous movies and TV series.
This gave him an even greater sense of accomplishment.
While I was excited, Bruckheimer called me to inform me and congratulate me.
"Chen, have you seen the box office data? We succeeded!"
"Yes, we succeeded."
Chen Linfeng has calmed down a little now.
“Jerry, the first-day numbers are so good, we need to increase our publicity efforts, and the same applies overseas. We need to hit as high a box office as possible in the first part of the series.”
"Yes, I have communicated with Disney just now."
The first film in the series will affect subsequent results.
As long as the quality is guaranteed, subsequent works will often have higher box office figures than the first one.
"Pirates of the Caribbean", the first part cost 650 million US dollars, the second part 1.066 billion US dollars, and the third part 960 million US dollars.
The first part laid the foundation and established a reputation, and subsequent works will have a higher box office.
Not only the example of "Pirates of the Caribbean", but also "The Twilight Saga" and "Lord of the Rings"...
This is the case.
If Marvel is viewed as a series, the opening work of "Iron Man" is also in line with the rules.
As the creator of "Pirates of the Caribbean", Bruckheimer understands this truth very well.
This is why he cares so much about the box office of this movie.
“There is another good news.”
Sister Mei pushed the laptop screen towards Chen Linfeng.
Chen Linfeng glanced at it and found that it was the current North American box office rankings for this week.
Although it has only been released for one day, "Infinite World" has already reached the top of the list.
The second place is "X-Men First Class", with a box office of 22 million this week.
The third one is "Super 8", which Spielberg participated in the production. It also received 18 million box office on its first day of release.
“After all, the X-Men pose no threat to us at all.”
Bruckheimer also received this data.
We are all our own people, and he did not hide his words at all.
Chen Linfeng nodded and said, "Yes, actually, this "X-Men" has a good reputation."
Bruckheimer muttered, "There are many movies in the summer season. We can only maintain our glory for one week. Whether we can go further depends on next week's "Green Lantern"."
When it comes to this, Chen Linfeng is not sleepy.
Judging from the box office success of "Green Lantern", which has become a blockbuster in later generations, it will definitely not have any impact on "Infinite World".
But he couldn't express his judgment to Bruckheimer.
Just having fun on the phone.
Sister Mei and Liu Qianqian looked at Chen Linfeng strangely.
Why are you suddenly happy again?
(End of this chapter)