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Chapter 179 First Day Box Office

"This is a disregard for all black people!"

In the spacious living room, Luther stood in the middle and spoke powerful words, "This is Hollywood's ignorance of the contributions our ancestors have made to this country. They have always ignored us. We must make our own voice!"

"Luther said nothing wrong!"

Another black man who once appeared at the premiere of "Save Private Ryan" also stood up, "The scene where Omaha landed was actually white! Hollywood once again unilaterally denied the black man's contribution to World War II!"

"Then what should we do?"

No one knows better than them what the status of black people in this country is, “Say, what should we do!”

"Try to gather more people..." Luther thought for a while and said, "From tomorrow, we will be divided into two parts, one to the Los Angeles City Hall Cinema, and one to the Fox Building in Century City."

"It's not good to do this." Someone said worriedly, "will trigger a sensitive reaction from the California state government? The 1992 years have just passed."

Thinking of the brutal suppression of the black riot, some people showed hesitant expressions.

"We're just sitting in a sit-in protest." Luther's head was not stupid, "just protesting "Save Private Ryan" and calling on all black people to boycott the movie and not do anything else too much."

These black people left one after another to use their influence to call on more people to participate in this protest about the dignity of black people and their ancestors tomorrow. Only a few Luther hid at home and happily counted the numbers on the checks.

Rodriguez is doing the same job in the Latin community not far away.

Under the night sky, nearly ten young people walked into a cinema near Chicago. When they arrived at the lobby, they found that the ticket gate that used to be able to buy tickets easily was lined up for the first time this year.

"Kim, "Save Private Ryan" is really as good as you said?"

While queuing, the leader heard the suspicious words of his companion and spread his hands and said helplessly, "This is the second time I have watched it in a day. If the video is not good, will I come for the second time?"

"Mitt, it's the second time!" Another companion also spoke, "If Kim himself is a fool and was deceived by the movie, will we both become fools at the same time?"

"I just ran to the front and took a look."

The person who came with him walked back from the front, "Most of the people who bought tickets chose "Save Private Ryan", which has been more than half of them."

"So, when you walk into the theater and don't know which video to choose, follow most people's footsteps."

Standing behind the ticket window, Chriswell saw nearly ten people buying tickets for "Save Private Ryan" again, and a rare smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Of course, he was not happy about the film, but for the number of tickets sold in the theater.

Starting from the afternoon, the theater's passenger flow surged, nearly two-thirds of which came to Duke Rosenberg's new work "Save Private Ryan", which reminded Chriswell of "Day" released last year. The young director was definitely the best friend and partner of the theater.

Even if there is a Duke-like film released every week... no, every month, you don’t have to worry about the performance of the theater.

There are still too few directors like Duke Rosenberg in Hollywood!

With such emotion, Chriswell returned to his office with his sales records from today to now.

Today, his theaters sold a total of $25,075 in movie tickets, of which $16,756 came from "Save Private Ryan". "Brave Heart", which was considered to be able to compete with the Special Forces in advance, can only be described as a complete defeat, with only $3,231 in sales.

Not to mention "Save Private Ryan", even the $4,214 of "Die Hard 3" that has been released for a week easily crushed it!

"Brave Heart" is really a high expectation and low trend film!

After sighing, Chriswell suddenly remembered the reactions of many viewers he heard, and thought it was normal.

After all, the story of the Scots and the male protagonist who was crazily hyped by so many media before the screening was indeed not advantageous in front of the movie that tells the stories of heroes and Americans themselves, and the release time period chosen by Twentieth Century Fox is also very targeted.

Memorial Day is coming. In recent days, there have been constant commemorative activities across the United States, and many of them are closely linked to the largest war in history.

Putting down the report, Chriswell's eyes flashed with determination. It's time to make up his mind!

He called the sales manager and said in an unquestionable tone, "From tomorrow, the screening rate of "Save Private Ryan" will increase to 75%! Only one cinema will be left to show "Brave Heart"! Except for the freed cinema, all the rest will be used to show "Save Private Ryan"!"

Audiences like watching this movie and can bring large operating income to the theater. Chriswell just made the choice he thought was very correct!

…………

"Honey……"

Demi Moore walked into the room and kissed Bruce Willis in the face, "John is here, it seems that something important."

After putting on his clothes, Willis and his wife appeared together in the living room and greeted the middle-aged man who came here enthusiastically. The other party was the public relations director of "Die Hard 3".

"Is there good news, John?"

There must be something important to the other party come here so late, Willis asked, "Is it a movie?"

"There is indeed good news." John said directly without any intention of keeping it a secret, "Just just got the news that "Die Hard 3" beat "Brave Heart" today!"

"Oh, that's great news." Demimore asked tentatively, "Where is "Save Private Ryan"?"

"You're so greedy, Demi!" John shook his head, "Nothing comparable."

"We can't fight Duke Rosenberg." Bruce Willis seemed very self-aware, "It's already great to be able to beat "The Brave Heart" released in the first week in the second weekend."

"The good news is more than that." John continued, "I got the exact news from the North American theater chain. The chain chain led by Amg, Emperor Entertainment and the All-American theater chain decided to reduce the screening rate of "Brave Heart" from tomorrow. If the box office of the other party's single-player studio does not improve, they will greatly reduce their release scale from next Monday!"

"Bruce, what do you think?"

The other party is one of the big investors in the film, and John attaches great importance to his opinions.

"It's a very stupid mistake to compete with Duke Rosenberg in the summer season!"

After thinking for less than two seconds, Bruce Willis made a decision, "Contact Duke's agent, contact D-Day Studio and Twentieth Century Fox, and we teamed up with them to suppress the theater chain that divided "Brave Heart"!"

"I'll do it now!"

After saying that, John turned around and left the living room.

Invisible competition covers this battlefield called Hollywood like gunpowder. The silence of the night will not dissipate the gunpowder, and the sun rising during the day will make the gunpowder even hotter.

Wearing a short sportswear, Duke ran all the way through the garden, went straight into the side door of the villa, went back to the upper floor to take a shower, changed into formal clothes and went downstairs from the main stairs, and when he walked into the restaurant, Tinafe was already waiting here.

"Ash, Duke." The female assistant greeted him.

"Ash, Tina."

Nodding, Duke sat at the dining table, made a casual gesture to Tinafe, ready to enjoy his breakfast.

Tinafei took the coffee brought by the servant, said thank you, and opened the folder she was holding, "The statistics from yesterday came out."

"Tell me." Duke said while cutting the fried egg, "I don't have that many rules here."

"Well..." Tinafei nodded, looking at the report in her hand, and sighed that some media said that Duke was the king of the summer season. "On the first day of North America, "Save Private Ryan" received 20.54 million US dollars!"

“This is really a lot of fun news.”

Holding up the cup of oatmeal, Duke raised it to Tinafe, "It's very necessary for us to have a drink together to celebrate."

“It’s very necessary.”

Tinafei smiled, picked up her cup and took a sip of coffee, and returned to work. She knew what Duke was concerned about and said, "The Brave Heart... After only getting $1.22 million in the midnight show, far lower than expected, it only earned $2.75 million on the first day."

"Paramount Pictures is going to be sad. I wonder if Shirley Lansing will step down because of this."

He murmured in a low voice, Duke swallowed the fried egg in his mouth and asked, "The second place in a single day?"

"No." Tinafe shook her head gently, "Bruce Willis's Die Hard 3's second week of release, and yesterday he received $6.21 million!"

"It seems that "Brave Heart" is going to be a big hit?"

Although I don't know its box office, Duke believes that Mel Gibson's life will definitely not be easy under the attack of the soldiers and Willis.

What affects the box office performance of movies is not only quality and publicity, but also as important as the performance of competitors in the period.

"Also, the reputation of the audience in "Save Private Ryan" dropped to 93%, maintaining a normal and healthy decline... Well, the reputation of the audience in "Brave Heart" dropped to 69%.

With such a situation, "Brave Heart" can't resist the joint impact of "Die Hard 3" and "Save Private Ryan". Just last night, Duke received a notice from Nancy and Pany Kellys that Bruce Willis wanted to jointly suppress "Brave Heart" with him!

Duke and Fox will certainly not refuse to divide the "Brave Heart" theater matters as soon as possible.

After breakfast, Duke took Tinafe to the Fox Building in Century City, where there was a press conference on responding to the video being too bloody and cruel.r1152
Chapter completed!
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