Chapter 502 Subverting the Pattern
After the North American weekend box office rankings were released in the third week of May, all the media were excited——
At first glance, "Star Wars Episode 2" is indeed strong. Oh yeah!
Second glance, wait, what’s going on, “Spider-Man” is so good?
Third Eye, God, hell!
Finally, the brain crashes! What on earth are we witnessing!
Shock and impact are far from enough to describe the feelings of the North American market. A tsunami and a storm are sweeping across the entire North American film industry.
Although people have realized that "Spider-Man" has repeatedly refreshed history and has undoubtedly become the first hit in this summer's summer season. Its performance far exceeded expectations. It is unreasonable to see any performance of "Spider-Man" at this time. You should be surprised; but facing a monster competitor of the level of "Star Wars Episode 2", the energy displayed by "Spider-Man" still made the glasses shattered all over the floor.
On the front foot, the voices praising "Star Wars: Episode II" for withstanding the pressure to achieve great results at the box office during its premiere were so excited and exciting.
On the back foot, I saw that the impact of the box office data of "Spider-Man" in the third week was tenfold or even a hundredfold, and it was unreasonable to silence all voices.
Reaction, rarely glitches.
What does this mean?
Even facing a crushing competitor like "Star Wars Episode II", "Spider-Man" still shows the courage to fight back face to face.
So, who else can stop "Spider-Man"?
I’m afraid not.
As a result, a rare scene appeared on the North American continent, once again.
Obviously "Star Wars Episode 2" will premiere in full theaters this week, but the number one traffic in the North American film market must share the news heat with "Spider-Man".
This is definitely an incredible scene.
Three weeks after its release, the cumulative box office of "Spider-Man" in North America has easily reached 350 million US dollars, officially surpassing "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" and entering the top ten box office in North American film history. name, currently ranked seventh.
Now, there is no suspense about 400 million in North America, and 500 million is also a high probability event. The real target should be the second North American 600 million work since "Titanic".
Huh!
Exclaimed.
"Spider-Man", a movie adapted from an otaku comic, a movie focusing on high school superheroes, who could have expected that it would reach such heights?
Not to mention other people, even Sony Columbia themselves almost choked on their saliva and fainted. They themselves didn’t know how all this happened. How could history be born like this?
It was only then that Hollywood finally realized what "Operation Ticket Stub" really meant——
One adventure may be the turning point that changes history.
Anson and Sam appeared on the first day of the general release of "Star Wars Episode 2", not only successfully using the traffic of the "Star Wars" series to keep "Spider-Man" popular, but also successfully making "Spider-Man" break the The shackles came out of the circle strongly and became the object of collective discussion among the people in a real sense.
This also completely changes the pattern of this year’s summer season——
The rest is history.
Twentieth Century Fox: ...What, what’s going on?
"Uh, Hayden..." Carter had already panicked and his brain was in a mess.
He needs silence.
Taking a deep breath, as a senior agent, Carter regained his senses, "Hayden, it's still too late to remedy the situation. You call Anson, and the two of you go to watch two movies together, take a group photo, Show your ticket stubs, let’s push again and build momentum..."
Although they missed the first opportunity to react, it is not too late to make amends, as long as they can make full use of the friendship between Hayden and Anson , "Star Wars Episode 2" can also gain popularity.
Carter's brain was running at high speed.
However.
Hayden shook his head, "No."
Carter was stunned, "What did you say?"
Hayden raised his eyes and looked at Carter, "You heard that? "Carter took a breath and couldn't believe his ears, "Hayden, do you know what you are doing?"
Hayden said nothing.
"Hayden, you should know what the chance of this movie means. We are not allowed to fail, this is 'Star Wars', if even 'Star Wars' fails, no crew will ever It’s up to you.”
“This movie is too important to you. We finally seized the opportunity to get the role, and we must not fail because of a little spider.”
"Ignore those negative reviews. As long as the movie succeeds at the box office, everything will disappear and no one cares about the criticism."
"A vase? Oh, Anson was a different vase when he starred in "The Princess Diaries", to be honest. , this time's 'Spider-Man' is not much different, so don't worry, those criticisms are nothing at all."
"If you are worried about Anson, it doesn't matter. You put all the blame on me. It was me who asked you to move, I asked you to sever ties with them, and I asked you not to contact them."
Carter has already thought it through -
A broker has two main roles, one is to arrange work, and the other is to take the blame. Other things are not that important.
So, with a push of the buck, Hayden and Anson can mend their relationship.
However, Hayden remained silent.
Carter was a little anxious, "Hayden!"
Hayden, "But, this is all my idea."
Carter, "Yours and mine, does it matter? Not at all. It's not important. The only thing that matters now is to repair the relationship. We need Anson, and we need to seize the opportunity."
Hayden shook his head slightly, "It's not that simple. You don't know how smart Anson is. He can tell at a glance. Being able to see the truth, he will see through the lies, and he will know the reason why we chose to rebuild our relationship at this time..."
Carter, "So what? If you see through it, you will see through it. How many true friendships do you think there are in Hollywood, but It's just a show. As long as it's good for Spider-Man, he will cooperate with the show. As you said, he is a smart man."
Hayden breathed out gently, "I don't want to."
Carter's breath was stuck in his throat and he almost fainted, "Hayden Christensen, you are crazy! You know What does this mean? Do you know what you are talking about?”
Hayden looked particularly calm, “Carter, we missed the opportunity. It’s that simple. If we took the initiative three days ago, If we cross the olive branch, the situation will be different and things can be undone, but now... it's too late."
As he spoke, the words fell silent.
Carter:? ? ?
Too late, too late for what? "Star Wars: Episode II" has just been released, so it's not too late! Even if it is too late, it must be too late!
"Hayden?"
"Hayden!"
"Grass! Grass, grass!
But this time, Hayden did not respond again, He just turned his head and looked out the window, a little lost. No one knew what was going on in his head. Only Carter's furious and cursing voice surged through the space, going back and forth from left to right like ants on a hot pot.
Everyone was surprised that Anson was always able to come up with fantastic ideas to write miracles, but he knew that there was no surprise at all. All of this was foreseeable and it happened simply.
Heh.
Hayden twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, actually wanting to laugh.
Same space, two completely different worlds, Hayden's thoughts slowly unfolded like this.
(End of this chapter)