Hollywood Road

At the Film Academy of Southern California, students in twos and threes walked into a studio-style class. Ax carried a shoulder bag and came to an empty seat. He sat down and took out his pen and notebook to review the content of the previous class. , But the surrounding discussions made him feel uneasy.

These people seem to be discussing a film?

Unable to review with peace of mind, Axe simply closed his notebook. This is the USC Film School. The films that can be discussed publicly are definitely not mediocre.

"A friend of mine knows Paul Wilson." The speaker was a girl. "She got a few tickets for the premiere. I went to the premiere. God, this is incredible, Murphy Stanton's This new film is incredible."

Another boy nodded, "Well, I haven't watched such a wonderful drama in recent years. This is not a mystery. The first reaction you want to laugh after watching it is, but after you laugh, you will feel a chill in your back. "

Next to the boy was a Latino, and he said in admiration, "Murphy Stanton is definitely the best among the young Hollywood directors!"

"You are not right!" The first woman who spoke first retorted, and then gave a thumbs up, "He is a well-deserved leader among the younger generation of directors!"

Where there are supporters, there is often no shortage of opponents. A white young man snorted disdainfully and said, "You are too much. He is just a director who only knows how to play tricks."

Others glared at him, and the white youth said with disdain, "Just say that the "Disappearing Lovers" that you touted, how many basic mistakes have been made in it?"

"The most basic mistake?" The second boy who spoke was not convinced, "Why didn't we see it."

The white youth pointed to his eyes, "Because you don't have my torch-like eyes."

Seeing that other people were unconvinced, he sneered, "Then tell you, first..."

He raised his right index finger, "Why didn't the male lead find the police immediately for help when he found the gifts in the cabin, and waited until the police came to investigate and had to say that the gifts could be destroyed during this time!"

Another finger was raised, "Secondly, the heroine’s money was stolen, and she had no choice but to find her ex-boyfriend for help. In order to return to her husband, she killed her ex-boyfriend and fabricated fake facts. If the money has not been stolen, the ex-boyfriend will not be found. , Then how can she return to her husband? Judging from the plot, the heroine just wants to control the current husband, and the period of looking for the ex-boyfriend seems to be accidental, but it feels like the heroine has designed it from the beginning."

Finally he raised his ring finger, "Third, how can the public believe her tricks so easily? Does the director really treat everyone as fools?"

Hearing the most plausible mistake made by the white youth, Axe stood up without waiting for others to speak.

He has also watched this film. Although it is not as infinitely flattering as those before, but he also thinks that it is a masterpiece. The white youth is so ignorant of the so-called words, which also aroused his dissatisfaction.

"These so-called mistakes of yours are simply not true!" Akers replied with the same cold snort, and began to retort one by one. "One is the gift. When Nick discovered the gift, they had already been paid attention to by the media. They were almost everywhere Reporter, if you don’t talk about dealing with these things at this time, if you just move them out, they will probably be discovered by the media right away."

"Second, it was not planned to find an ex-boyfriend because he was robbed in an accident. Returning to her husband was also not in the plan. The plan was to commit suicide and frame Nick. Going back, it's all her temporarily changed plan."

"Thirdly, it's about the trial of public opinion. The basic group is a group of mobs who only want to believe what they believe. Then under the pressure of trial by public opinion, add a bit of bureaucratic habits and strive to close the case as soon as possible to avoid causing greater social negatives. Influence, those less obvious loopholes are basically ignored, and Murphy is obviously taking this to satirize the media."

As if telling the most basic facts, Ax’s tone was unusually calm. “Finally, Amy actually wanted her husband to die at first, so she planned to commit suicide and frame him. It was only after watching Nick’s performance on TV that she realized that This is the Nick I love, so I wanted to go back, but at this time, she wanted to go and it was not so easy, but to go back, she could kill someone..."

He shook his head, "This is such a real love."

"Good point!" Several other people agreed, "Ax, you are so right!"

Looking at the white youth, Ax sneered and said, "Don't use your superficiality and ignorance to judge a director with a unique style like Murphy."

The eyes of the people around who looked at the white youth were obviously mocking.

Although Murphy Stanton is not an academic director, he is the object of their admiration.

"I don't know when the college can invite him to give a speech."

Someone murmured, but got a response.

Excellent publicity and marketing, an overwhelming media audience's word of mouth, hot topics with a very fast spread, the first choice for couples dating...

These are all favorable factors for "The Lost Lovers", and they are also driving the film's attendance.

According to the current practice, the first day's box office of a movie will be counted, including the box office of the advance show, and the more than 6 million US dollars in advance show will be used. The box office figure is more than 12 million U.S. dollars.

It is impossible for a film with this kind of theme and classification to have a big explosion on the first day. Murphy is very clear that what really determines the final result of "The Lost Lover" is the strong staying power.

In fact, Murphy and Twentieth Century Fox are still a little worried. "The Lost Lovers" created a lot of topics in the preliminary publicity. Many passersby were attracted to the theater on the first day. This is the result of such an excellent list. Daily box office results, but a day’s time has passed, and the topics created by promotion and marketing must have been consumed a lot. The next day will be the real test of "The Lost Lover".

Just like the hot topic about the magical Amy before the release, the popularity of "The Lost Lovers" has increased since its release, especially the "first choice movie for couples dating" and "marriage destruction movies". ','If you want to test your lover, watch "Disappearing Lovers"' and other topics that have been thrown up by 20th Century Fox, they have ensured that the film continues to attract attention.

With the arrival of Sunday, Murphy also got Saturday's box office statistics.

In a single day on Saturday, the film schedule and attendance rate of "The Lost Lovers" rose all the way compared to Friday, with a closing price of 19.2 million U.S. dollars that day.

Compared to the more than 12 million US dollars actually received on Friday, the film saw a 50% jump on Saturday.

This almost indicates that "The Lost Lovers" will have a strong reputation.

In order to make the film a strong box office, Twentieth Century Fox used all the usual publicity methods that could be used, even Roger Albert, who had just undergone surgery and was in recovery, invited it out.

No one can deny the influence of the name Roger Albert among movie fans.

Of course, Roger Albert did not promise Twentieth Century Fox. At this point, he would not be impressed by ordinary petty profits. His agent's reply to Twentieth Century Fox was very simple, wait and see. Let's talk about it after the movie.

With Roger Albert's physical condition, it is impossible to go to the cinema by himself. Twentieth Century Fox specially sent a copy to his mansion in the suburbs of Chicago.

In the twentieth century, Foxconn did this mainly because Murphy had enough confidence in the film, and Roger Albert has always appreciated Murphy's production style.

A private doctor and agent accompanied Roger Albert to watch "The Lost Lover" in the private cinema of the mansion.

Then, the famous film critic locked himself in the study, and it was not until a few hours passed before his agent got a film review, hurriedly drove away, and rushed to the editorial office of the Chicago Sun.

This film review will not be published until the next day, but that afternoon, it appeared on the official website of the Chicago Sun and Roger Albert’s personal blog.

"This is Murphy Stanton's best and most iconic movie so far. It is cold, secretive, precise, and has a super integration of story and rhythm. This is Murphy Stanton!"

"For a movie, it is very difficult to vividly show the prosaic, happy, morbid, and crazy multi-faceted nature of married life in a limited time, and to reveal the truth of marriage deeply. Murphy Stanton's "Disappearing" It’s incredible in Lover, and I have to say that this is a perfect creation! Of course, this is not just a marriage story, it is basically a suspense and reasoning film."

"Murphy Stanton not only used images to show a series of twists and turns, wonderful and meticulous plots, but also cleverly stirred up the primitive desires in everyone's heart and reached the darkest corners of human nature, creating a magical, unpredictable, catching human Eyeballs are also interesting movies. Some people say,'Murphy Stanton is the kind of director who can make a 50-point story into a 100-point or even a 120-point movie.' This is really not an exaggeration!"

"There are few people who can bring the audience a truly authentic movie and a complex and conflicting movie ending like Morpheus Stanton-not completely happy or completely unhappy. "The Lost Lovers" approach Simple and concise, the lens is powerful but not straightforward, and the pipa is half-hidden in his arms, and nothing is revealed until the last moment."

"Regardless of whether you are disappointed or happy, excited or disgusted after watching the movie, Murphy Stanton's film is quite deep and connotative compared to other films. It is a film with a strong purpose and far-reaching significance. Dramatic conflict, social metaphor, or cultural level, "The Lost Lover" is an outstanding and fascinating work!"

Finally, there is an iconic thumbs up!

As said before, Roger Albert's influence, especially his influence on older movie fans, is undoubtedly, and his film reviews can also draw many people into the theater.

All of this has brought extremely positive effects to the film, and the most direct response is the box office number.