"The Dark Knight is so powerful that it creates miracles and has the strongest start in history."

“Duke Rosenberg creates new heights for box office myths and superhero movies.”

"Dark shrouded North America, Batman conquered North American box office rankings..."

Also on Monday, other media were hyping the news. Although "The Dark Knight" was a super big sale on the first weekend and was inseparable from rising ticket prices, the number of movies with nearly 28 million viewings in the first weekend also created a new record of North American weekend movie viewing.

Even a considerable number of media have begun to talk about the box office myth that "The Dark Knight" can challenge the Titanic's box office creation in North America.

Duke knew very well that this was just a fantasy. Not to mention anything else, the promotion and distribution strategy of "The Dark Knight" and the number of IMA theaters and 3D screens were destined to be an impossible task.

Especially the former, the pre-screening campaign drove too many viewers into the theater in the first week.

This is a good thing in more ways, but it will also affect the long-term screening of the film.

In fact, according to Duke and Warner's estimates, The Dark Knight will create a box office myth that has been unparalleled so far. After all, this special superhero movie brings a whole new thrill, but when viewers get used to this style, it is difficult for people to return to the theater to watch it over and over again.

There is another point that cannot be ignored, this is a very fierce summer season.

Therefore, when the hottest weeks pass, the box office trend of the film will definitely decline.

This situation showed certain signs on Monday, but it was very inconspicuous.

Compared with the $590,000 Sunday, the box office of the Dark Knights plummeted 54% on its first working day, and closed at $27.25 million a day on Monday. The box office continued to decline on Tuesday, earning $24.49 million a day.

The base number created in the first week of the film is really too high. Even if the decline is slightly larger, the box office numbers achieved are still amazing.

By Wednesday, the North American box office of "The Dark Knight" successfully exceeded US$250 million. The outside world began to generally expect that the North American box office this week will inevitably exceed US$300 million.

Due to the new weekend, "I Am a Legend" released by Disney's Bowei Pictures, produced by Sky Film Studio, will be released. Moreover, the film's preview reputation is quite good, and Duke and Warner Bros. have also increased their promotion of "The Dark Knight".

Especially in North America, where the most important thing is, the crew led by Duke kept appearing in online TV, newspapers and other media, doing everything possible to continue to attract public attention.

When he came to New York on Wednesday, Duke led the crew to an exclusive interview with NB TV. Ima took over the class of Heath Ledger and the Charity Show, becoming a new promotional point.

"The Dark Knight is an ambitious story, and I need a grand and majestic dimension to express it. So, the IMA format is my best and even the only choice."

Facing the camera lens, Duke naturally praised the Ima, "The negative area of ​​the ima is 10 times that of the general 35mm film. The capacity of the visual information it carries is much larger than that of 35mm film. Moreover, film of this scale makes the image extremely sharp and bright, and more majestic."

He looked at the camera and said seriously. "This is a curiosity and tremor about the first time I watched a movie as a child to copy the big screen. This experience is difficult to reproduce in the future, so, I need the largest screen."

However, when reporters asked John Schwartzman, Duke's photography director made a little complaint.

"Due to the unimaginable screen size, the audience will ignore the photography of the film, but they should be able to feel it. Excellent photography is the foundation of the picture."

He explained, "Duke used a lot of long shots and sharp editing methods, and he hoped to make the audience notice the details on the IMA. This is a subversion of action movie editing. On the IMA, you can even see things below the horizon. You can see the flashing of external light sources in Batman's eyes, and you can't see such details whether in a normal theater or at home."

"It is difficult to prepare and use the equipment just for the preparation and use of the IMA. The camera weighs 135 pounds and the huge size makes it difficult to move the camera."

As the only female member of the post-production team and the first deputy director of the film, Anna Prinz is also the focus of the program. "Sometimes, when shooting downward shots, you can't hold on to the machine at all. The production cost of ima is three times that of ordinary 35mm film. The high cost also makes the crew dare not neglect at all."

"There is only one laboratory in the world that has produced IMA recording and playback equipment."

This is a morning show, with limited time. At the end of the interview, Duke said, "Each disk of IMA can only be shot for three minutes. These three minutes cannot be shot full, and you still have to be rich. The feeling of changing the film every three minutes is like shooting a supe-format video when I was a child, and every time I change the film, it takes a week to do post-processing."

Watching the three-person interviewed on TV, Stephen Carragher frowned. The box office and reputation of this film were simply amazing, especially the latter, which made him, a die-hard fan of "The Godfather", feel a huge threat.

The first thing that happens when I wake up every morning is Stephen Carragher to pay attention to the IMDB score and top 250 ranking, which directly leads to his unhappiness every day. "The Dark Knight" finally dropped to 97 points under his fighting with a group of people, but the "Godfather"'s rating dropped faster.

This morning, the imdb score of "The Godfather" has been reduced to 91 points, and even fools can see that there is something wrong with it.

Before last weekend, the 1-point voting ratio of "The Godfather" only accounted for one-point four percent, but now it has risen to three-point seven percent. It is obvious that someone is trying to do anything.

Without thinking carefully, Stephen Carragher also knows who are doing things, and must be a brainless fan of Duke Rosenberg and the Dark Knight.

Turning off the TV, Stephen Carragher turned on the computer, and while he left to work, he sent another email to call on his "Godfather" fan club to continue to increase his attacks. He must pull "The Dark Knight" off the altar as soon as possible.

Sending emails is not enough, and when he walked out of the house, he kept making calls.

"Gibbs, be sure to mobilize the people around you to vote for "The Dark Knight". Remember to vote only one point"

"Miranda, mobilize your friends..."

Meanwhile, Norman Hiller had just received a prompt from a new email in a company in Los Angeles. He opened it and read it. He couldn't help but nodded with a smile.

"Norman, I have contacted the heads of the fan associations in many cities including Chicago Seattle, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, etc. They have called on the members of the association to go to IMDB to vote."

Things you lost must be taken back

This is Norman Hiller's idea. From the day the Lord of the Rings 3: Return of the King of Kings lost the throne of ImDB No. 1, he has been waiting for a chance to fight back. However, although Duke's films in the past few years are good, there has been no real masterpieces. This time, "The Dark Knight" can finally bring their power together.

A battle of fans around imdb broke out completely.

With the explosive start of "The Dark Knight", the film's ratings on IDC remained high, and at the highest point, it was once at an incredible ten. Countless Dukes also came into being. These people did not care about the reactions of movie fans like "The Godfather". While regarding "The Dark Knight" as a masterpiece, they also secretly belittled other works.

The fans of "The Godfather" finally snatched the top 250 position from "The Lord of the Rings 3: Return of the King", so they naturally refused to give in. They continued to use the previous methods. At the call of Stephen Carragher and others, all the people with corresponding IDC permissions went to "The Dark Knight" to get a point, hoping to get this video off the ground as soon as possible.

Duke has accumulated a large number of fans for more than ten years in the film industry, and there are many hardcore fans like Norman Hiller, especially in large and medium-sized cities across the United States. There are basically Duke Rosenberg or the Explosive Fans Association. With the connection and mobilization of the heads of various associations, hundreds of thousands of fans rushed to "The Godfather" like a tide. They only have one purpose, to lower the ratings of this film and then lower it, so that it can no longer pose a threat to "The Dark Knight", and even pull it below "The Lord of the Rings 3: Return of the King".

Although ImDB scores seem to be the most democratic way, even if a simple score does not require professional navy troops to take action, there is a lot of room for operation in the hands of ordinary movie fans.

There are many reasons that affect the top 250 score of imdb. The first is of course the number of voters.

There is a very interesting phenomenon on imdb. A movie with only a dozen people voting but not seemingly good often has super high scores at first. Of course, this high score usually doesn't last long. It's hard not to doubt that this is a promotional method of the production and distributor.

Therefore, the list has added the number of voters and the ranking limits that only the voting of active users can be included in the ranking, so as to ensure the fairness and pertinence of the top 250 ranking.

In the face of films of "The Godfather", "The Dark Knight" and "The Lord of the Rings 3: Return of the King", this limitation actually does not play a big role.

It is conceivable that when Duke's hardcore fans watch a gorgeous and passionate movie like "The Dark Knight", and when they are surrounded by ecstasy, it is difficult to make a more sober and rational judgment on the quality of the movie. And those who will vote on IDC as soon as possible after watching a movie are mostly hardcore movies. It is not difficult to understand that the score of "The Dark Knight" soared to 10 at the beginning.

On the other hand, there are deeper "collective unconscious" factors that are causing trouble. In the midst of fanatical praise or derogatory, it is difficult for most people to stick to their own judgment. As for "The Dark Knight", the audience's positive reviews and the super high praise of IDC, it is difficult for most people to say "no" to it. To be continued.
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