Chapter 472: First week
When Catherine heard Eric’s words, she glanced at him and picked her lips and did not speak, but the woman’s heart was thinking that she had caught another moment of his age. He was only a 20-year-old hair. Head boy.
Perhaps Catherine herself did not find that when she was with Eric, she used to habitually capture Eric's behavior and manners that were more in line with his age.
Maybe just want to remind yourself something, who knows.
Eric finished the sentence and did not speak again. The two quietly turned their attention to the big screen.
At this point, the movie has been played for about twenty minutes. The first storm is about to strike, and the two teams are rushing to the location where the tornado occurred.
Catherine is not too interested in this typical commercial film because she has been influenced by too many European film masters. Of course, living in Hollywood, she is not as abhorrent to this commercial film as the European film director. . Catherine only subconsciously focused most of her attention on the blonde woman in the movie who was wearing a white vest and looking good.
The performance of the interaction between the woman and the new girlfriend of the actor is very good. Although the image of the meteorologist of the character is specially designed to be simple, it is still difficult to conceal the beautiful appearance of the woman.
In the dim, she sneaked a peek at Eric. She knew that the heroine named Joanna Pakula in the movie was still the man's lover.
This greedy little bastard.
Feel the gaze of the woman's eyes. Eric looked over and asked, and Catherine quickly turned her head and looked at the big screen.
quickly. The protagonist's team suffered the first tornado. Looking at the tornado on the screen with a slap in the face of the truck and the tractor, Catherine finally had a shock. As a film director, she knew that before this, absolutely No company has produced such realistic tornado effects.
The surrounding audience also gave a low-pitched exclamation at this time, with the appearance of the first tornado. Then the rhythm of the movie speeds up, and the hurricane special effects scene that appears every ten minutes on average is dazzling. The cool scenes occasionally attracted a burst of exclamation.
Because "Tornado" appeared a few years ahead of schedule, before this, only "Terminator 2" using liquid metal robot effects caused a sensation, the audience have not passed "Jurassic Park", "Independence Day" The impact of special effects. Therefore, it will bring such a lively response from the audience.
When the film ends in the majestic symphony, the lights are still not lit, and the applause has already sounded in the theater.
When the two men walked out of the cinema and walked slowly toward the parking lot, Catherine said: "The soundtrack of the movie is very good."
Eric said: "I have a sample of the original soundtrack that I have made and I will send you back."
"Thank you," Catherine did not refuse. She thought and couldn't help but said: "The heroine is also very beautiful."
"Ah, this can't be sent to you." Eric joked.
Catherine smiled and the two walked to the front of the car. Eric thoughtfully opened the door for the woman. Watching her get on the bus, he smiled and asked at the door of the car: "I really don't consider letting me send you back?"
Catherine glanced at him, did not speak, and took care of himself to wear a seat belt.
"Or, you can send me back, I don't mind." Eric looked at the woman's movements and continued to smile.
Catherine fastened the seat belt. Turning his head and pushing Eric out with his eyes, he closed the door with a hand, and with the sound of the engine, the white BMW sedan drove up the road, first slowly a short distance, then suddenly accelerated, as if slower The second will be held down by a giant beast.
Eric looked at the woman's car all the way disappeared into the traffic, only shrugged, whispered a word, smiled and came to his car.
Driving all the way back to his home in the cold water canyon of Beverly Hills, Catherine felt that her heartbeat was calm and calm, parked the car and opened the door into the living room.
Hearing the sound of opening the door, a little furry little guy screamed and ran over, which is estimated to be starving.
Catherine took the cat food and fell it in the little guy's basin, only to lean on the living room sofa.
I don't know how long it took. After the big yellow kitten in the ear was full, he walked over with a small step and jumped on the sofa lightly and leaned over.
Catherine took the little guy over her lap and gently stroked it. "Bossi, would you also think that I am a boring woman?"
The very comfortable little guy who was touched just shrank the furry body into a group, found a more comfortable position and narrowed his eyes, completely failing to answer the owner's meaning.
Catherine looked at the lazy look of the little things, reaching out and pulling the kitten's big ears, and there was a sigh of sigh in the air.
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After the last period of mad bombing, the moment of the "Tornado" was finally coming. This is the first big movie produced by Firefly's acquisition of Disney. The other Hollywood film companies have set their sights on it. In this movie, although the "Tornado" has accumulated a very solid reputation after several rounds of screening, but at the moment of the large-scale release, no one knows what the box office potential of a movie is, after all, the movie. The example of getting a good vote at the box office but not hitting the street during the screening was not without it.
On the evening of June 4th, "Tornado" held a grand premiere at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood and was officially released in more than 2,600 theaters in North America.
"...a stunning film of special effects. After two years of crouching, Eric Williams brought us a gorgeous visual feast."
"...a relaxing plot, an amazing cg effect, a gorgeous soundtrack, this young Hollywood tycoon once again brought us surprises."
"... After watching this movie, I only have one kind of worry. Maybe our big screen will be occupied by this realistic cg special effect in the future, and losing the movie is the essence of a story carrier. Digital field special effects company may be Hollywood. Bringing a new era."
"..."
On June 5th, after the release of the midnight show. Large-scale film reviews have reappeared in various media. Most of the paper media have scored a very high score for Tornado, and many of the film reviews have been praised, although there are some extremely conservative reviews. People habitually criticized the film with a lot of rhetoric, but under this general trend, it does not affect anything at all.
Under the expectations of everyone, June 6th. The first day of the "Tornado" box office was released, although Firefly Pictures did not disclose specific data to the outside world. But Hollywood studios and entertainment media, which are always watching this matter, quickly got detailed numbers through their respective channels.
The first day was $14.5 million.
Seeing this figure, many people have an indescribable sense of numbness. They feel surprised and take it for granted.
Follow the rules of the box office in the first week of the movie. After Friday, there will be a rise in the box office on Saturday, and the weekend will fall again. The "Tornado" is expected to get a box office of about $45 million for the first three days of the weekend. The box office for the summer file is usually about half of the three days of the weekend. Calculated, the first week of the "Tornado" box office may reach a cost line of 70 million US dollars.
In the Ceo office of Columbia Pictures, seeing the box office data in his hand, Peter Cooper has produced a bad feeling. According to the current reputation of "Tornado", even if the next week, the box office will not slip too much. It is still between 40 million and 50 million US dollars, and the average weekly box office in North America is only about 100 million US dollars. The "Black Warfare" is likely to compete with the other 10 movies for the rest. More than 50 million US dollars at the box office.
After the previous screenings, many film critics and audiences generally expressed dissatisfaction with the different levels of "The Prequel to the Dark War". They believed that this prequel film completely lost the style of the film created by Eric in the first part. Into a mediocre action movie. Although the film action scene is not spectacular, the big scene is not gorgeous. But in the face of the tornado's realistic cg effects, these do not seem to be too competitive.
What's more, Warner's "Batman Returns" will also be released after a week of "The Dark War", and under the attack of two big movies, Peter Cooper can't help but fight a cold war.
Originally, Colombia also signed a cooperation agreement with Tom Cruise's production company for three films, but it seems that this cooperation will be reconsidered. Peter Cooper couldn't help but think of the "Smiths" being made. He has been mixing in Hollywood for decades. Even if he can't make a good movie, his vision in the movie is absolutely unquestionable. A movie that is novel and takes a new concept of shooting, as long as there are not too many accidents, success is almost inevitable.
Peter Cooper quickly figured out that if he wanted to keep his current position, he still had to grasp the cooperation with Firefly Film. After making the decision, Peter Cooper picked up the phone on his desk and dialed it. Eric number.
"Hey, Eric, I am Peter Cooper... Of course it's okay, I just want to show you congratulations..."
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In the carnival of summer movie fans, the first week of the film's box office was finally released. In the seven days of Tornado, the total of more than 65 million US dollars at the box office, plus the small movie of the previous week, the total box office just broke through 70 million US dollars of movies. Cost line.
Many people who originally expected the "Tornado" box office to decline will have their last hopes shattered. Those who want to cooperate with the fireflies have also taken away the loss of their hearts. They once again picked up the phone and dialed the number of Eric. Eric and After the first day of the box office was released, I experienced another phone bombing.
"Of course, Chris, you have the idea to do this. 2 million a year is 2 million... Haha, I have not said that I have more money to spend, I just believe that you will not Let me suffer... Well, of course... To be honest, I heard those people pressing the envy and hate to call me and congratulate me. I am still enjoying it... well, don’t talk to you, I’m busy here. If you are willing, you can fly over to participate in the evening celebration of "Tornado", and it will definitely be more lively... then I hang up," Eric hangs his mobile phone and handed it to the assistant behind him.
After the Hollywood director completes a movie, he often takes a break to take a break and experience the success or loss of the movie. However, although "Tornado" almost broke Hollywood's first week box office record, Eric did not have much time to stop to enjoy flowers and wine.
Chris, who is far away in New York, just called and negotiated with Eric on the contribution to the World Wide Web Fund and told him that the shelf of the company had already been set up, except for Tim Berners-Lee, who served as a corporate consultant. Chris not only recruited dozens of software engineers, but even dig a senior manager from Oracle to serve as the director of IE. In order to facilitate interaction with the World Wide Web Consortium, IE's headquarters is temporarily located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where MIT is located. It is expected that the beta version of the IE browser will be available at the end of the year.
In addition to ie, the other two companies are also in a well-organized preparation. According to Eric's plan, the two companies will be officially launched on the platform after the beta test is launched, so Chris's main energy is still On the top of ie.
Someone in the open space shouted something with the speaker and awoke Eric from his thoughts.
Here is a square in the Firefly Studios. The behemoth in the center of the square slowly moves after the shouting.
Foreground, leaning, biting, roaring...
When the model of Tyrannosaurus Rex, which spent a few months in the digital field, successfully completed various test actions, everyone cheered at the same time.
"How, Eric," Stan Winston rushed over with a sigh of excitement, with a hint of inviting emotions, although he knew that the development center of the digital domain was on cg effects, but he had done so many years of modeling. Special effects, Stan Winston looked at another model in the hands of his team, still unusually excited and proud.
“Great,” Eric said without hesitation. “I believe this big guy will definitely surprise everyone next year.”
"Of course, it's definitely no worse than the hurricane in Tornado," Stan Winston said confidently, then said: "Let's look at the Raptor's model again."
Under the personal command of Stan Winston, the Tyrannosaurus model was carefully dragged back to the warehouse, and several reminded that the smaller Raptor model was quickly pulled out by the staff. (To be continued)