Chapter 628： Hollywood's untouchable blacklist

In the past life, although Sony Columbia had been doing poorly, but with the "Spider-Man" as a life-saving straw, it can always turn the crisis into peace at a critical moment. In this life, "Spider-Man" only has the copyright of the TV series. Income must have shrunk drastically.

Among the traditional forces in Hollywood today, the worst situation is undoubtedly MGM. If you look up again, you can see Sony Columbia Pictures.

Although they also heard the news that "King Arthur" was rejected by Ryan at Disney, the script was favored by many people in the industry, including gold medal producers such as Jerry Bruckheimer.

In recent years, epic movies have flourished. Sony Columbia finally decided to invest in this movie. In addition to their confidence in the script, they also have other ideas.

"Do you know what their thoughts are?" Tyler blinked curiously and looked at Ryan on the opposite side.

In the garden of Jenkins Manor, Ryan was helplessly accompany her on the seesaw and sent the girl into the air, saying, "If "King Arthur" succeeds, Sony Pictures can not only make a sequel, but also split the Knights of the Round Table. Make a separate series so that they can have a series of movies that guarantee stable income."

"The premise is that the movie premiered in the evening can be successful." Taylor reminded him to take the armrest of the seat, Ryan shrugged, let the girl press herself into the air, and continued, "There are too many epic movies released this year. , It is easy to cause aesthetic fatigue."

"Especially "Troy" was released not long ago." Taylor was very clever, and immediately thought of another epic masterpiece that was not a success. She checked the time and said, "Let’s go back, Charlie should be back soon. Australia has brought gifts."

"Ok."

After getting off the seesaw, the two walked towards the villa, Ryan asked. "You have been in Australia for so long, where did you go to play?"

"East coast, west coast, I went to New Zealand and New Guinea." Taylor turned his head and looked at the sun moving to the west. "Sony's premiere is about to begin, right?"

"My dear, you care too much."

Hearing Ryan’s words, Taylor wrinkled his nose disapprovingly, "Don’t forget what the film critics said, don’t forget that they are targeting "The Superman Family", don’t forget that I am still a member of the crew, although only for invisibility The heroine dubbed..."

"Waiting to see tomorrow's film reviews."

Ryan finished speaking and walked towards the villa without answering Taylor.

All the predictions in advance cannot represent the actual results of the film after the screening, this kind of super large production with a production cost of up to 120 million US dollars. After all, success or failure depends on the box office.

Just like "The Superman Family", by the time "King Arthur" was released, it had won nearly $95 million in the North American box office. Although the reputation is not as good as "Looking for Nemo", no one would say that this is a failed work.

The first week of the film’s box office may have to wait. But shortly after the premiere, many veteran film critics updated their reviews on "King Arthur" on their blogs for the first time.

"The film is well-made, and the performance of the actors is commendable. The story can fully resonate with the audience."

This is Roger Albert’s comment, he not only gave the movie a thumbs up, but also gave a high score of nine points.

"Fate and loyalty, heroes and responsibilities. "King Arthur" can easily evoke ancient and dark medieval scrolls and **** and magnificent war scenes, as well as indispensable moving romance."

David Denby almost took the film to the sky, and he directly gave it a full 10 points.

However, ordinary viewers who participated in the premiere had completely opposite opinions on the websites and forums where ordinary movie fans gathered. Soon there was an opinion on this epic blockbuster.

"The director's inadequate grasp of the film's rhythm makes the war scenes bleak and mediocre; King Arthur's outline is frivolous and mediocre, you even think that this movie is not about King Arthur at all."

"Lack of persuasive performance and even less persuasive plot, the film really lacks enough charm to attract people to watch."

"The overall feeling is twisted. The scene is not grand enough, like a small-cost movie."

"An epic blockbuster more incomprehensible than "Troy."

"Naive, stupid, and lengthy, a bad film!"

Although some people say that the movie is not bad, the general audience's view is that it is a very ordinary movie.

As a result, two days after the premiere of "King Arthur", there was a very strange situation. Well-known and established film critics unanimously applauded, but most of the audience thought the film was really not good, and even a few professional film critics went into the theater. Of people think they have been fooled.

"Their taste is too far away from the average audience."

A 50-year-old audience who was interviewed by a TV reporter when he walked out of the theater said, "I don't understand what they can brag about in such a movie. They are completely out of this era. Never choose movies based on their film reviews anymore."

"what?"

Subsequently, another audience in their twenties accepted an interview, "Choose movies based on the critics’ reviews? Sorry, I never watch those things, nor do my friends around me. We like movies that we like, no Some people who don’t know the so-called gesticulate are needed."

Sony Columbia invested 120 million U.S. dollars in production costs for this film, plus 80 million U.S. dollars in publicity expenses. Naturally, it wanted to get a generous return. The unanimous praise from the film critics, some of them were beyond their expectations, but they were also happy. accept.

After all, with the support of these people, the movie might be more popular than expected.

However, they quickly understood one thing. Ryan's previous statement that the era when film critics can profoundly influence films is over is indeed not mixed with much water.

Because of such a movie that is so popular with famous film critics, the box office results are horrible.

Sony Columbia’s expectations for the first week’s box office are not too high. Their psychological bottom line is $40 million. There shouldn’t be any difficulty for such a large investment movie to get such first week’s box office results.

What's more, there were so many professional film critics unanimously applauded before the release.

It wasn't until the box office came out in the first week that the almost desperate executives of Sony Columbia realized one thing, why Ryan has drastically reduced the public relations expenditure of film critics after entering the new century.

15.19 million dollars!

This is "King Arthur", this is the movie touted by film critics, and this is the first Wednesday box office performance of the movie that many people expect to make Ryan Jenkins faceless.

Those in Hollywood who were waiting to watch the excitement immediately shifted their goals. They quickly checked whether their film company was prepared to invest in the projects that were rejected by Ryan. If so, they would quickly throw this project away. If you invest a portion of the money, then find a way to recover the money.

As for the film critics, they didn’t seem to see the box office of "King Arthur" in the first week, and they seemed to have never made those comments. Just like when "Star Wars" came out, they selectively forgot those words and turned their heads to the follow-up. Among the movies released.

As for the bitter fruit brought by "King Arthur", Sony Columbia Pictures will slowly taste it.

At the same time, "The Superman Family" is still soaring and radical. In the same three days this weekend, it won a box office of 50.35 million U.S. dollars in North America. The box office of "King Arthur" in the first week is not even comparable to its one-day box office accumulation.

By the next week, the box office of "King Arthur" plummeted to 7 million U.S. dollars, and everyone knew that this super-large production would inevitably lose money.

Disney's management, especially the Touchstone Pictures, felt fortunate at this time. If Ryan hadn't vetoed the project, they would be replaced by those who suffered serious losses.

There is a sentence, I don’t know where it came from, and it quickly became popular in Hollywood, and it was even regarded as one of the unwritten industry rules.

"The movie project that Ryan Jenkins vetoed has no value in Hollywood!"

As a result, the movie projects that Ryan has cancelled in recent years have been turned up by well-informed people in Hollywood and put on the blacklist of Hollywood’s inaccessibility.

Of course, this situation inevitably affected some other people. For example, an actor whose contract for two films was cancelled by Ryan was unable to find a role in a short time, so he had to return to the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

Ryan didn't know this, even if it was clear, he wouldn't care. The things he cared about most now were undoubtedly the two invitations he had just received.

He received a call from Warner Bros. Gerald, who invited him to participate in the "Wonder Woman" preview, and Natalie sent her friend's invitation to participate in the same.

"Don't worry about my thoughts Sitting in the small garden of her villa, Natalie put down the script of "The Hunger Games" in her hand and said seriously, "I'm just responsible for spreading the word. it's up to you. "

"Why not?" Ryan knew that Natalie still had some friendship with the actress from Israel.

Although she did not go to Jerusalem to study in this life, Natalie's stance toward Israel is very obvious. She has revealed this view in several interviews, but there are not many Hollywood movie stars who really come from Israel.

He also wanted to see this movie himself. There are very few movies that are completely female-protagonists and can sell well. Through this movie released in August, "The Hunger Games" can also make some suggestions based on market reaction. Necessary adjustments.

Besides, with the appeal of Wonder Woman, if you don't come up with some inexplicable things, the movie is still very likely to be successful.

Hmm...it depends on how the production team measures the psychological bottom line of male audiences.

"At that time, we will go together." Ryan said to Natalie who put down the book. ()