American Fame and Fortune Chapter 444

Chapter 444 Crushing all records

After the premiere, The Dark Knight opened in 4,480 theaters in North America, setting a new record in the North American film market for the number of theaters opened.

 Not only Warner Bros., the market is also full of confidence in The Dark Knight.

 The quality of the film is excellent, the publicity and marketing efforts are strong enough, and the audience in this era is much more tolerant than ten years later when they were bombarded with all kinds of complicated information to the point of weakness.

 On Thursday night, large numbers of moviegoers flocked to theaters showing The Dark Knight.

Some smart traders have sensed the business opportunities.

In the bustling commercial district of North Hollywood, street oil paint artist Lisa came to the theater with carefully prepared tools and used a car to set up her stall. The location was carefully chosen to ensure that she could see the Joker poster above the theater door when she turned her head. .

 Lisa put up a display stand with business content and prices written on it.

Before the display racks were set up, two young men came over. The long-haired one looked at the display racks, pointed to the theater and asked, "Can you paint me as a clown?"

Lisa said: "Of course."

 Long Hair sat on the folding chair: "Come on."

As soon as Lisa picked up the makeup pen, another young man said: "And me."

 Two dollars fell into a box on one side.

Before Lisa finished the painting of the first person, another couple came, also going to the cinema. The man among them looked at the pale clown makeup with long hair that was about to be completed, and said: "I want to be a clown too."

 “It's going to take a while,” Lisa said.

The man looked at his phone: "There's still some time before the midnight screening, we can wait."

Lisa quickly got busy with the work at hand, and when she looked up again, she found that there were a few more people. Without exception, these people wanted to become clowns tonight.

 This is a prosperous city that never sleeps. Lisa would not dare to stay alone so late in any other place.

Ten minutes later, there were six or seven people queuing up to draw a clown at Lisa's place.

 As time went by, not to mention the theater, even Lisa's booth was crowded with people.

 The box where Lisa collected money was filled with various small denominations of U.S. dollar bills.

 As the show time of The Dark Knight approached, the people surrounding Lisa disappeared almost at the same time, as if they had made an appointment.

 Lisa quickly collected the money and various tools and put them into the car parked on the roadside.

 She plans to go back and have a rest early, and plans to continue coming here tomorrow. Looking at the hot scene tonight, this business can last at least a few weeks.

The clown is easy to paint with oil paints, and the money is easy to make.

Lisa made a lot of money by taking advantage of the popularity. She thought of a few friends and took out her mobile phone to make a call: "I found a good business..."

Before she could finish the call, the other person said, "Lisa, did you know? I made nearly $300 tonight in Burbank by painting clown oils on the clown played by Martin Davis!"

Lisa realized that her friend was not stupid, so she smiled and said, "Me too, let's continue tomorrow!"

On this night, there may be hundreds of thousands of clowns wandering around the United States, and some street painters are making money.

  In an AMG theater in the San Francisco Bay Area, night shift manager Cook saw that all the people in the theater had dispersed and asked the ticket seller: "Are all the tickets in the three theaters sold out?"

“The largest theaters No. 1 and 2 where The Dark Knight is shown are all sold out.” The ticket seller quickly said: “Half of the tickets for Mamma Mia in the No. 3 general hall were sold out.”

This weekend, not only "The Dark Knight" is released, but also "Mamma Mia" starring Meryl Streep.

 The auditoriums on No. 1 and 2 were full. Cook was not at ease and asked the ticket counter to go there and see for himself.

 He specially checked the safety doors and safety passages of the two movie theaters and found them to be smooth and unobstructed.

Going around to the front door again, I took a look in the movie hall passage. Against the blue and black tones of the movie, there were densely packed heads.

There were too many people watching the midnight screening of The Dark Knight.

Suddenly, a person sitting in a nearby seat turned down. He might have to go to the toilet. He rushed a little hastily and almost bumped into Cook head-on.

 Cook saw a pale face and a blood-red mouth, and subconsciously let out a sigh.

This sound attracted many people around to look over.

 It was so densely packed that there were more than a dozen pale and blood-red faces, all of them clowns riding horses.

Cook quickly exited the theater, unable to say much more to these crazy fans.

At the Avalon Bar on Sunset Boulevard, Nolan untied his tie, picked up his wine glass, and clinked glasses with Martin: "Cheers."

 Martin clinked glasses with Charles Rowan next to him again: "Together."

 The three grown men drank up the whiskey in their glasses.

Nolan took the initiative to pick up the bottle and poured it for the three of them one by one. In the past two years, he had been under tremendous pressure and needed to vent at this moment: "Martin, Charles, success!"

Charles laughed and said: "Congratulations on our great success!"

Martin said loudly: "We are going to break the North American weekend box office record!" Feedback from all aspects was all good news, so the three of them came out to celebrate while waiting for more good news.

Nolan drank a lot of wine and relieved the pressure, and said: "When I see the person who looked down on me in the future, I will ask him, do you know how much the box office of The Dark Knight was in its first week? Whether he knows it or not, I will tell him an astonishing number personally.”

Martin put his arms around Nolan's shoulders and said, "How about it, Chris, am I right? We..." He was about to say two things, but when he saw Charles Rowan, he temporarily changed his words: "The three of us work closely together. , is invincible and can shock the whole world!”

Charles slapped the wine table: "Well said, The Dark Knight is the first time the three of us have collaborated, but it will definitely not be the last time!"

 The three people's cell phones rang almost at the same time.

 Martin took it out and took a look. The most eye-catching number on it was: 19.93 million US dollars!

 Nolan laughed unbridled, slapping his hands on the wine table almost crazily. He ignored the bottle and let the whiskey fall on the floor.

Only those who have truly endured the pressure of investing more than 300 million US dollars can understand how relaxed he feels at this moment.

This is the midnight box office showing for The Dark Knight.

 Martin's face was also full of smiles. He had no choice but to be happy because he signed a remuneration model with a guaranteed minimum plus a share.

Nolan raised his head and asked: "What was the previous midnight show record?"

 Martin specifically checked: “Star Wars Episode 3's $16.9 million, we earned $3 million more than them!”

Nolan actually knew, but just wanted to confirm it, so he banged the table hard and said: "We ended Star Wars!"

Charles said: "We are going to set a record!"

Martin shook his fist vigorously and shouted loudly: "We will do "Spider-Man 3" tomorrow."

 The single-day box office record in North America belongs to Peter Parker.

Charles then said: "Not only tomorrow, we will also surpass Spider-Man in the three days of the weekend!"

 Martin stood up, pulled Nolan and Charles up again, and said: "Change places, let's celebrate the second half."

Nolan was surprised: "How to celebrate?"

 Martin led the way forward: "You will be tired after being excited. I will take you to wash your face and refresh your mind."

Charles had vaguely heard of: "Nightclub?"

 The three of them came out of the back door, got into Charles' car, and went straight to the nightclub.

Nowadays, Wes Kress is getting older and rarely goes out for activities. The two French directors Ajia and Zomi have temporarily left Hollywood. The only truly active members of the Face Gang are the Bastard Three.

 When the opportunity is right, we must also recruit new talents. Not only can we be like Nicholson and Leonardo, but we can at least help each other in our careers.

 Halfway through, Martin called Nicholson and said, "Jack, come out and wash your face."

Meryl Streep's voice came from the receiver: "It's so late, who is calling? Do you have any sense of justice?"

 Martin was excited after drinking wine and the excitement of the good news. He immediately raised his voice: "Jack, didn't you say that being with Meryl at METGALA was the last time?"

"I mean the last time of that month." Nicholson said without blushing or out of breath: "Wait for me, I will go to you right away. What I have to do is done. It's time to wash your face and sober up."

 Not long after, the four people met at the nightclub and enjoyed the facial cleanser service.

 Nolan and Charles quickly became addicted to it.

 Even made an appointment with Martin and Nicholson to come back when they have time.

Following setting a new midnight box office record, "The Dark Knight" was launched in 4,480 theaters in North America on Friday morning. There were queues to buy tickets in many theaters in commercial districts.

This is the hottest summer season in the North American film market. The pre-screening publicity is strong and the effect is good, and the post-screening reputation is booming.

 Among the nearly 100 film reviews included on the Rotten Tomatoes website, the film was almost unanimously praised. The freshness on the first day of release was as high as 98%, the MTC media comprehensive score was 92 points, and the IMDB score was temporarily as high as 9.6.

All these blessings together naturally create a box office myth!

 After its North American premiere, "The Dark Knight" grossed US$72.87 million, breaking the North American single-day box office record of US$5,984 for "Spider-Man 3".

This film's popularity and success are unstoppable.

　　More and more clowns are appearing on the streets of various cities in North America. Most people's eyes are focused on the clowns. As expected, Batman has become the clown's tool.

There are countless praises for Martin on major film websites and media.

“Martin created the first villain in film history!”

 “Hats off to Martin, he gave us a classic character!”

 The overwhelming praise must be matched by an outstanding box office, otherwise the praise is meaningless.

Three days have passed over the weekend. As expected, The Dark Knight has surpassed Mamma Mia of the same period and sits at the top of the North American box office chart.

 The box office is an astonishing number!

The Dark Knight opened with US$172 million, surpassing the US$151 million of "Spider-Man 3", setting a new North American weekend box office record!

 In the extremely competitive North American film market, The Dark Knight has become the most beautiful kid!

 Star Wars, Spider-Man and Pirates all became defeated.

 (End of this chapter)

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