Movie Master

Guy Vince looked at the turbulent crowd in front of him. There was actually a long queue in front of the ticket counter. There were at least 20 people waiting to buy tickets, and all four counters were full of people, overloaded. , he turned his head to look at his friend Philip Cook with a speechless face, and said sarcastically, "Are you serious? Can you buy tickets even if you come to the scene temporarily?"

Philip was also taken by surprise, his eyes widened and he retorted in disbelief, "Didn't you read the newspaper this morning? It said that the midnight premiere of 'The Day After Tomorrow' only earned half a million dollars at the box office." That's all, this result is too bad, I certainly thought that there wouldn't be too many people coming to watch the movie today, and it's still a Friday working day!"

Now in 2004, midnight premieres are not prevalent, and box office statistics are not given too much weight. However, midnight premieres are not uncommon in summer. Many high-investment and high-cost works choose to premiere on Thursdays, and start screenings from midnight that night to drive the box office market as much as possible during the weekend of the premiere. For this part of the works, the midnight box office of the premiere is generally able to pass the one million threshold, and for those works whose midnight show is less than one million, it is undoubtedly a wake-up call for the box office of the opening weekend.

Objectively speaking, "The Day After Tomorrow"'s premiere midnight performance was really bad, terrible.

Philip took it for granted that there would not be too many viewers who came to watch "The Day After Tomorrow" today, but unexpectedly, the grand occasion at the scene was completely unexpected. Guy complained speechlessly, "Don't tell me I sneaked out of work today and got nothing!"

Philip made a quick glance and said, "I am the one who asked for leave, not you." Guy is a construction foreman with flexible working hours; and Philip is the manager of Wal-Mart, so he has to switch shifts to come out at this time. After finishing speaking, Philip ignored Guy who was smiling foolishly, and called to the person in line in front, "Brother, what is going on? Is there any special discount today?" This is Philip The only reason that can be thought of.

Instead, the middle-aged man showed a puzzled look, "Aren't you a participant in environmental protection activities?" Philip and Guy suddenly realized in a flash, "All of us gathered today to watch the 'The Day After Tomorrow' ’, by acting like this against the government’s inaction on the greenhouse effect. Guys, you should too, Earth is everyone’s Earth, and we should…”

Seeing that the other party had started to ramble and prepare for a long speech, Philip quickly pointed to the huge poster in the cinema, "We came here today to watch this movie." This made the other party stop, and then showed a look of praise, Philip Then he explained, "After the Super Bowl, we have always wanted to watch this movie. So today we rushed over immediately, but we didn't expect to meet so many fellow fans. I thought there was a movie today. What event, or what accident happened."

"Super Bowl? Did you know about this movie because of the Super Bowl? Me too..."

Guy turned his head to look at the noisy scene in the entire movie theater. At this moment, there were at least a hundred people in sight. Although it is said that there are occasional queues when buying tickets at the cinema, especially in the summer, this is the first time that Guy has seen such a turbulent crowd, which is really a bit scary-of course, he did not participate in the crowd. "Spider-Man" is among the movie-watching ranks on its opening weekend.

"So, these are all your partners?" Guy couldn't help asking curiously.

This sentence made the other party laugh out loud, "No, that's not the case. There are only less than fifty people in our group, and the others are people who were already queuing here. Believe me, the city is now discussing this Movies, we are not the only group." The other party looked at Philip and Guy, "For example, you."

This made Philip and Guy both laugh.

On May 7th, this scene happened not only in Indianapolis, but also in major cities on the North American continent. On this day, members of the Environmental Protection Association exerted a strong appeal and assembled viewing teams in major cities. To be precise, this viewing plan completely covered the three days of the premiere weekend, and even Continue to the second and third weeks.

They plan to have seven cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Las Vegas on the west coast, nine cities including Houston, Chicago, Kansas City, and Denver in the middle, and eight cities in the east including New York, Miami, Washington, and Boston. , called on as many members as possible to go into the cinema to watch the movie "The Day After Tomorrow", and planned to hold a small one-person demonstration or a small group demonstration at the entrance of the cinema to remind people of the dangers of the greenhouse effect.

The demonstrations that started in September last year are about to reach their peak in the first week of May this year. They hope to use the strong influence of the summer vacation on the North American economy to complete the promotion of "anti-greenhouse effect" and truly let the All are aware of the importance of protecting the planet and are committed to moving the proposals into the agenda of the presidential election.

Although the activities of the Environmental Protection Association have been continuous for a long time, it must be admitted that the social popularity of the activities, the deep awareness of the masses, and the seriousness of the government/government have always been unsatisfactory. The association's sponsorship or funds have become less and less, and its operation has become more and more difficult. Not only do they need more funds to maintain the natural ecology similar to the Amazon jungle, but they also need more interest groups to pay attention to environmental protection projects.

"The day after tomorrow" can be regarded as a public project that has grown up with all the activities of the Environmental Protection Association in the past half a year. Now it is the opening film of the summer vacation... There is no doubt that "The Day After Tomorrow" is the best publicity channel and platform, and the relevant organizations of the Environmental Protection Association will naturally not miss it.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Association is an organization established for more than 35 years, with 400,000 members; and the number of environmental protection-related organizations or associations registered in the United States exceeds 20,000. This is a very large number. When everyone When united, this is a terrifying force that no one can take lightly.

On May 7th, a movie-watching frenzy beyond everyone's imagination swept across the United States. At this moment, people in the Hollywood industry suddenly realized that the three-month publicity since the Super Bowl has been laying the groundwork. Tenth Century Fox was too stingy to put more effort into publicity, but in fact the publicity has been accumulating power; they thought that 20th Century Fox didn't release energy until the first week of May, which was too late, but in fact If the event of the first week of May is held earlier, it will fall into the predicament of "early ejaculation"; they think that "Troy" is so powerful and "The Day After Tomorrow" has almost disappeared, but in fact 20th Century Fox has been muffled. Big fortune...

At the same time, there is a very rare small group of people who suddenly realized: Maybe, maybe, probably, or... This propaganda campaign has been started since September last year, because the "day after tomorrow" official record The boot time is impressively September 2003.

If this is the case... the small group of people broke out in cold sweat behind their backs, not because of fear, but because when such a master planner appeared unknowingly, he almost played tricks on the whole of Hollywood , Completed the reversal of "the day after tomorrow" without making a fuss. Even, it even makes people suspect that 20th Century Fox is deliberately showing weakness to the enemy, so that "The Day After Tomorrow" can hold its premiere in the first week of May, avoiding a lot of strong opponents.

Compared with the box office of "The Day After Tomorrow", the man behind the scenes is really worth looking at, because if their guess is correct, then this means that there is another top player in Hollywood. Such a top player only needs to give him time for three works, and he can become a new force. Like Jerry Bruckheimer.

After experiencing a brief downturn at the premiere at midnight on May 7th, when the sun rose, a movie-watching frenzy was sweeping across the entire North American continent with lightning speed, and what was even more incredible was that after watching the movie, After that, the influence of "the day after tomorrow" is growing exponentially.

"Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ!" Guy's head almost froze, and he was completely speechless. He could only exclamate constantly, and stared at the big screen with rounded eyes, full of astonishment.

Philip, who was sitting next to him, was even more excited, "Did you see that? The hurricane, God, the whole of Los Angeles was shattered; the flood, hell, New York directly turned into an underwater world! Grass! Grass! Grass! This is definitely the most exciting movie I have seen in the past year!"

Guy finally came back to his senses at this time, and yelled at his friend with great excitement, "Fuck! I want to watch it again, I definitely want to watch it again! Have you noticed? When the last cold wave comes, even the national flag They were all frozen into ice!"

"That's right! And those high-rise buildings, even the marbles are frozen!" Philip yelled at his friend without showing any weakness.

"God! If the buildings are to be frozen, it must be at least seventy degrees below zero, no, I think it's too simple..." Guy is trying to use his knowledge to interpret the shock brought by the movie , but Philip interrupted his thoughts, "Get lost! Don't forget it, let's buy tickets immediately, and bring Jenny and Jasmine to see it tomorrow."

"Jasmine doesn't like blockbuster visual effects like this." Guy finally calmed down and shook his head, but then he overturned his own thoughts, "No, no, she will like it. Experience it in summer It's freezing, God, my blood is freezing, it's so exciting!"

It's not just Philip and Guy. The excited expressions on their faces can be found in almost every audience's expression.