Chapter 553 Box Office Miracle (6k)
The applause at the end of the film continued to sound as usual.
The guest sitting in the front row, Robert Downey Jr. had already stood up and applauded vigorously.
As a once degenerate person, he is still very able to empathize with the clown.
Some guests around may not think so. Due to their identities, they will hate roles like the clown.
But the movie was undoubtedly exciting, so they also stood up and applauded.
The film critics in the middle are still recalling the plot of the movie just now.
As people who have read countless movies, their senses about the movie "The Joker" are different from others.
What they were amazed at was Leonardo's interpretation of Arthur, the director's treatment of light and shadow, and the space for multiple interpretations of the plot.
Audiences who are lucky enough to get tickets in the back row simply cheer for the quality of the movie.
"The clown in the play is so perfect, it makes people feel pitiful, but it also makes people feel terrifying. This is the real clown." "I didn't expect that Leonardo could play such a different clown in Chen's hands." "Yes, these two people are simply natural partners." "Nice!" "Shocking!" "I like this movie." "..." "..." "Cheering one after another.
Chen Linfeng brought the crew's creators to the stage.
As passing by the front row guests, these filmmakers exclaimed.
"Chen, you made a great work!"
"Classic masterpiece!"
"Leo, the best clown is you!"
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"..."
Comrades were heard endlessly, and Chen Linfeng and Leonardo responded one by one with a smile.
Walking on the stage, Chen Linfeng first thanked all the guests and audience for their arrival and watching the movie.
Soup later, under the guidance of the host, the main creators need to answer some questions.
Host: "A very wonderful video, can you ask the director, how did you think of this story? This should not be the story of the original comic book, right?"
Chen Linfeng: "Yes, the whole movie originated from the comic story of "Batman Fatal Joke". "In this comic, the Joker mentioned his past, 'I can't remember what happened in the past. If I had to have a past, I hope to have multiple choices'." "The movie "The Joker" is a story imagined from this." The host's questions are more routine, and some of them are simply questions asked in past interviews.
Chen Linfeng answered one by one, and in one of the answers, he particularly emphasized:
"The character of the clown is not the traditional protagonist of justice. From Arthur's perspective, it seems that everyone is sorry for him.
But in fact, let's think from another perspective. Before he awakened to become a clown, many people were not as bad as they imagined, at least they would not die.
The clown's behavior is not worthy of being promoted. In the face of oppression, resistance is worthy of praise, but chaotic resistance, even becoming sin itself, must not be a good thing..."
Whether it is out of the desire to survive or not wanting to really trigger the imitation of simple-minded people, he must say this.
What Chen Linfeng most hopes is that this sentence can be spread to China.
When he first watched "Young and Dangerous", a large group of people could follow him. He really didn't want some people to follow him because of "The Joker".
He is not a blind worry, but he has a full understanding of the diversity of people.
But don't think too much at this time, just accept flowers and applause.
The movie premiere ended and the crowd gradually dissipated.
Evan Ortiz returned home. Since he had just finished watching a movie, he was still in bed with the afterglow of passion just now. He still couldn't sleep at all.
So he simply got up and turned on the computer.
Anyway, tomorrow is Saturday, so let's stay up late.
The first day of the mass screening, there were many related film reviews of "The Joker" online.
Evan is going to write one himself.
He is a media person and still has a lot of ideas.
"From Chen's previous works, novelty is his greatest feature, and the same is true of The Joker.
He created a new clown that was beyond everyone's imagination.
This clown is different from the image of the sin in the past.
He symbolizes the initial resistance, but this resistance is expressed in chaos.
This is beyond traditional thinking, but it is very amazing.
In the movie, Arthur gradually awakened to the Joker, every dance he danced, shooting in the subway, and a headshot that eventually shot on a talk show...
Everything was so amazing.
Okay, since I just finished watching the movie, I was so emotional that I was a bit like a terrorist.
But I believe that after you finish watching this movie, you will have the same idea as me.
Looking forward to your viewing. ”
A post-view with a bit of excitement and confusion was posted on Twitter, and someone commented soon.
Evan has quite a lot of fans.
"Is it really so exciting?"
Someone immediately answered, "Yes, it's even more exciting than I thought. Leonardo's acting skills made me think that Oscars must be him."
"The clown turned out to be a good old man. This idea was too crazy, but what's even more crazy is that I now think that this setting should be the official orthodox setting."
"I just finished watching the movie, so I can only say that the poster is still conservative. "The Joker" will become a classic."
"..."
Short after the premiere, the big media had not had time to post film reviews, and now more are posted by the audience after watching it.
Evan read a few articles, all of which were regular flatteries. He admired them for a while, and soon found it boring.
He wants to watch fancy flattery.
So Evan searched for more famous online film critics to see what they said.
I searched for the homepages of several film critics, and several of them made fan announcements, saying that the reviews of "The Joker" will be released in the past two days.
Folder has been created, right? "I'm so lazy." Evan complained, "That's Chen's movie, I didn't even know how to watch it early." Fortunately, there are still many critics who are more active.
Evan found a review of Simon Abrams. "There are some simpler camera languages in the movie. For example, whenever the clown appears, Arthur will change his left hand, including holding a gun, writing suicide notes, etc. Most viewers should be able to see this..."
Evan nodded, and he also noticed this when watching the movie.
"However, it is more worthy of attention, in the front psychotherapy room, the unchanged clock is consistent with the clock in the last psychiatric hospital room.
There are also the same thin black female psychologist, the same light arrangement, and the two rooms are so similar in layout.
This made me think of a movie, "The Great Suspect". "
Even was shocked.
"So did the clown kill Murray on the show and was caught in a mental hospital. He told the psychologist about his past experiences, but many of these experiences were temporary edited on the spot..."
Can you still think like this?
Even was amazed at the film critic's imagination, but it seemed that something makes sense to think about it.
"The above is an interpretation, and I have another idea. Perhaps Arthur did not kill the three subway drunks at all.
I noticed that the report in the movie described that the person who killed the three drunks wore clown masks, and Arthur obviously only had clown makeup.
When he killed people, he first held a gun in both hands, then changed to one hand, which was almost the same as the first time he was in the room, simulated using a gun or even accidentally shot a bullet.
So, whether it was just Arthur who imagined that the incident was done by himself based on the subway shooting, just like he fantasized about the relationship between his female neighbor Sophie and him, it was not real.
Another evidence of this idea is that the police did not come to find Arthur for many days, and it was not until the clown completely awakened and danced alone on the stairs that there was a chase scene.
Arthur ran away first in that scene, and the police chased him. We cannot be sure whether the police came to ask questions or arrest him. Considering that there are only two policemen, the possibility of asking questions is even greater..."
Evan was completely amazed.
There is such a way to interpret them.
When he was watching the movie, he didn't pay much attention to whether the gun gestures he had watched were consistent with the two times, but he had decided to go and watch them again tomorrow.
I thought "The Joker" was a literary movie, but it turned out to be an anti-traditional and innovative social movie.
I thought the film was mainly a critical class solidification, but I didn’t expect it to have suspense elements.
It's so wonderful!
Many netizens who have read this review also think so. Many of the comments below are browsing "WTF", "Cool" and "Amazing".
At the same time, many people also said that they would go to the second brush.
These senior movie fans mainly discuss the protagonist's acting skills and directorial skills.
After watching the movie, ordinary people empathize with the plot and Arthur's experience.
They may not have too many ideas to put into words, but the excitement is difficult to calm down. Recommending movies to friends and relatives around them is the only thing they can do.
"Stephen, I just watched a very good movie."
"Mike, if you have a movie, you must watch it."
"Rachel, don't you like Leonardo? I've watched his new movie, highly recommend it."
"..."
This word of mouth is more powerful than marketing.
The next day, he and Leonardo and other crew creators began roadshows and various publicity activities.
The box office data for the midnight show yesterday had already come out. Including the box office of the previous preview, the total was more than US$11 million.
This is an exaggerated result.
The movie fans Chen Linfeng and Leonardo accumulated in the past have made an indelible contribution.
But after today, the most critical moment is.
All day in a row, I spent my entire day in different cinemas and media interviews.
In the afternoon, Sister Mei sent him a stack of newspapers.
It was all collected by her, and the news reports about movies in various major newspapers.
Whenever Chen Linfeng's new movie is released, these big media will always come to join in the fun, which is already a common practice.
What's more, the starring Leonardo is also the darling of the media.
Chen Linfeng spread out and looked at it. Leonardo came over and wanted to see it. He simply put it in the middle and everyone looked at it together.
"Leonardo's performance is trembling and poetic. He redefined the depth of the villain..."
"... Chen, the movie "The Joker" is a sharp accusation of capitalism. This unique perspective of Chinese people has an important warning to contemporary Aimeiken."
The New York Times published two film reviews in total, and the article citing Leonardo's acting skills was placed on the front page of the entertainment industry.
This article praising Chen Linfeng was placed in the social news page.
If Sister Mei hadn't been careful to remind her, he would have missed it.
"... Chen reconstructed the superhero film in black language. This is of great significance in Hollywood where comics are constantly being adapted and superheroes are flying around. In his film, the visual impact of solo dance on the steps and subway shooting is unique and amazing.
Although it was only the beginning of the year, I can conclude that "The Joker" will definitely be an important role in the Oscars next year..."
The Hollywood Reporter has more professional perspectives, but because of this, they praised Chen Linfeng even more.
The Little Golden Man who directly helped him to borrow next year's Oscar.
Leonardo, including Leonardo, also predicted that "he has locked in the Oscar winner in advance."
After reading the two reports, both Chen Linfeng and Leonardo are in a good mood.
Immediately afterwards, Simon Abrams' film reviews were cited in the report of "Variety".
Chen Linfeng was a little surprised at the keenness of this film critic.
Many plots and scenes in the movie are of course not designed out of thin air.
This carefully designed content was pointed out keenly, giving him a sense of confidant of meeting his opponent.
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Next, the tendency of film reviews is different from the previous one.
The Wall Street Journal criticized the film for "covering the barren mind with violent spectacles" and believed that its social criticism was superficial.
This is too understandable.
The movie targets top elites, and it would be strange if people on Wall Street don't hate it.
The National Review accuses the film of "showing off left-wing populism" and blames the Joker's crime on social injustice as "dangerous political correctness."
This is a conservative media, and it can be understood.
The other ones are the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, the Atlantic Monthly, the Rolling Stone, the Pretty Country Today, etc., which have all commented on it.
These media have different opinions, either appreciating or criticizing, and are concerned about causing extremists to follow suit or aggravate social prejudice.
But no matter what your opinion is, no one can ignore this movie.
Chen Linfeng was a little relieved.
Even if you change the time and space, this movie is still very powerful.
Of course, Aimeiken's inflation and the gap between the rich and the poor are not as serious as that of 2019.
But this is a good thing.
As a foreigner, he will inevitably arouse various opinions from beautiful Chinese people because of his identity.
The situation is not that bad, so they can be relatively calm.
Just as confident people are more likely to accept criticism.
If he made this film in 2019, then North America would have said that his voice was "too sharp".
It's just right now.
Time is coming Saturday.
The first day of box office data of "The Joker" was released.
US$52 million (including early courts), leading the entire North American market.
Sister Mei said excitedly, "This data is a record-breaking result. In the past, only movies in April could have achieved such a high box office."
"Nice!" Chen Linfeng flew hard.
What he is most worried about is that the time changes will affect the box office of the movie.
It seems that it is a good idea to release in April.
The movies in previous lives mainly aimed at winning awards. They participated in the Venice Film Festival in September and were released directly in October.
October is not a good schedule, such as April this year is far from here.
In this way, Chen Linfeng remembers that "The Joker" set various box office records in October's movies, and the total box office of $1 billion also shocked the world.
It seems that this is not its limit.
On the other side, Sister Mei continued to say in an enthusiastic tone, "Not only that, our grade also broke the record of R-level movies!
All the predictions of the forecasting agency have been overturned and no more counting.
Now, the industry no longer dares to make predictions easily. Xiaofeng, we have created miracles! "
"Haha, it's not that exaggerated. "Chen Linfeng waved his hand. "No, Chen, this is indeed an amazing achievement. "Leonardo's expression was exciting.
He didn't pay much attention to the box office at the beginning. He was a literary film, and his main purpose was to win awards, but he just thought that the box office would be better.
But he really never thought that the box office would be so high.
"Can you continue to get 1 billion?" He thought of a nearly impossible number in his mind.
To this day, he is even a little worried.
It won't affect his award because of the box office, right?
You know, the judges don’t like high-box movies.
At this time, the outside media was shocked.
Although the early marketing of "The Joker" and "Iron Man 3" have made it a rival with equal strength.
But we're just hype, are you going to really? "An incredible miracle." The title of the New York Times clearly showed their surprise.
Of course, this is just the beginning.
Saturday, 41 million.
Sunday, 39 million.
The first three days of the first weekend, the box office of $132 million shocked everyone's attention.
The media are completely crazy.
Is this tm the data that art films should have?
It would be good if the global box office is worth this.
Even if there is Director Chen and Leonardo's fans, it will be a big blowout on the first day, and the trend shouldn't be like this?
Box office forecasting agencies are glad that they suspended their predictions when they saw that the situation was wrong on the first day.
Or I would have to be slapped in the face.
The key is that "The Joker" is still an R-level film.
No one has mentioned the artistic film attributes of "The Joker", even if it got the Berlin Golden Bear.
But just considering R-level movies, such a box office is far beyond the record and far beyond expectations.
"Chen + Leonardo, a new box office guarantee has emerged."
"They created a miracle."
"Chan and Leonardo, how much does the world love them?"
"..."
All media gave shocking titles, and many of the reports were full of confusion.
I don't understand why this movie can get such a high box office.
In fact, this problem can be seen from various rating websites.
On imdb, many netizens scored "The Joker" and currently scored 8.8 points.
The ones that are on par with are movies like "Forrest Gump" and "Lord of the Rings".
Of course, it is not ruled out that it will fall down later.
But it is enough to show the public's recognition.
Online netizens have also discussed a lot about "The Joker" having such a box office.
"The first weekend of $130 million is indeed a bit exaggerated, but I understand that movies have this data."
"Yes, Hollywood has been shooting stories about those heroes, and few people point the camera at the real bottom.
They would rather care about homosexuality than the real poor. The description of the black people at the bottom is focused on their race, but not class."
"Recently, I read the book of that person in China, and I think Chen may have drawn inspiration from it."
"When watching the movie, I only hope Arthur can live a better life, hoping that he can get rid of the fate of the bottom, but in the end the director arranged for him to become a clown. I think this ending is also good, and it is better to resist than die in a mediocre way."
"The direction of the topic is a bit strange. Are we discussing box office? Is "The Joker" hoped more than 1 billion?"
"It's a bit strange. I think there should be hope. It's just another "Inception". Chen + Leonardo, the main creators are the same."
"I really hope that such a movie can win a high box office. Hollywood should increase the attention to the poor."
"..."
The shock of the media and the heated discussions online further pushed up the box office of the movie.
The miracle continues.
In the next four days, the box office closed at 43 million, an average of nearly 11 million per day, exceeding most movies.
By the weekend, the box office rebounded again.
The total number of 65 million in three days is US$240 million.
In fact, at this point, the whole movie is moving towards the direction of film history records.
Both the media and the industry have seen it.
Professionals in the industry are increasingly confused about how such a movie can have such a high box office!
Disney is about to be jealous.
This should have been mine, my money!
A movie with a size of 1 billion, and the cost is much lower than "Inception".
Thinking about the money Warner wants to make, they feel more uncomfortable than losing money themselves.
Warner feels completely the opposite.
From the first box office of "The Joker", Barry Mayer was floating when walking and could smile at anyone.
At the beginning of this film, they were just doing it with the mentality of making friends with Chen.
You will know when you look at them pressing against the DC department and not letting them affect Chen Linfeng's creation.
This guy will do whatever he wants. Anyway, it's an art film, and then DC Universe will exclude the movie.
Who would have thought that a movie that is hopeless would become a golden egg.
It was also thanks to Warner's attention on time. From the box office on the first day, they felt something was wrong and temporarily added a lot of publicity resources.
The box office trend is so good, Warner's blessing is indispensable.
At this time, Chen Linfeng had already returned to the London crew.
He only followed the roadshow for 3 days, and since then he has given all the heavy responsibilities to Leonardo.
The May Day period is coming soon, and Leonardo is going to China to promote.
At this time, "The Joker" was sold well in North America.
All world-class media have been praised and shocked, and have been widely circulated in China.
As a movie that helped Chen Linfeng win the Golden Bear and complete the Grand Slam, domestic audiences and movie fans were also very interested.
Can the box office miracle of literary and artistic movies work in the country?
(This chapter ends)