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After receiving the fax document from the housekeeper, Murphy simply looked through it and handed it to the expectant Gal Gadot. Gal Gadot has stood up from his chair and opened the document to look at it. Take a look.

The housekeeper was winked and left here immediately.

Gal Gadot just saw the line of numbers, and the smile on his face could no longer be suppressed.

"Great!" She raised her head and looked at Murphy with a smile, "We broke the record!"

Murphy nodded and laughed. How could such a record-breaking box office performance be unexciting?

Gal Gadot seemed to be inspired, and said loudly, "The 3,855 screenings in North America, "The Dark City" received $45.8 million!"

"Congratulations, Mr. Stanton."

Of course, the servants in the living room knew that their host’s new film was released, and congratulated them all.

"Congratulations, Miss Gadot."

"Thank you." Murphy has always treated them well.

Gal Gadot was in a great mood at the moment and said, "Everyone's bonuses doubled this month."

Gal Gadot has always taken care of everything in the manor, and Murphy will not interfere. Moreover, he is in a good mood to create a new North American box office record.

According to the documents that Kara Fes had just faxed from Twentieth Century Fox, "Dark City" received $45.8 million from the advance game yesterday, breaking the 43.5 million originally created by "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". The US dollar's North American advance box office record can be described as a win!

Of course, in addition to the advance box office record, most of the other North American box office records are in the hands of the Avengers, which created a series of brilliant results last year.

Murphy has done a detailed understanding before, and the box office records created by "Avengers" in North America mainly include: the first film in film history with a box office of 200 million US dollars in the first week (207 million US dollars); the highest box office in the second week (103 million US dollars) ); The highest Saturday box office (US$69.5 million); the highest Sunday box office (US$57 million); the fastest breaking US$200 million (3 days); the fastest breaking US$300 million (9 days); the fastest breaking US$400 million (14 days); the fastest breaking through 500 million US dollars (23 days)......

It is no exaggeration to say that Marvel's "Avengers" last year was a real record-breaking machine.

But Murphy and Twentieth Century Fox are aiming at this series of commercial box office records created by "Avengers" in this summer file.

"At least in terms of pre-sales, we are ahead of the "Avengers" in the same period by a large margin!" Gal Gadot is confident, "We are not bad in word-of-mouth, and the audience ratings of the CinemaScore theater of "Dark City" It is A+. The authoritative media comprehensively evaluates MetaCritic currently including 45 media with an average score of 89 points, far exceeding the "Avengers"..."

"It's too early to say this." Murphy looked very calm. He looked at his watch. "It's almost time. We're going to change clothes and it's time to go."

They were going to participate in a show on Fox TV. It was originally scheduled to be recorded tomorrow, but because of an emergency, they had to temporarily adjust to today. Murphy took the crew and hurried back from New York last night.

At the same time, more and more viewers entered the theater to see "Dark City", and the film’s reputation completely exploded, especially on the Internet. Murphy and Twentieth Century Fox did not need to use water soldiers or black powder organizations at all. Some people who have watched the film directly incarnate into tap water and willingly recommend this conscience masterpiece to others.

"The praise of "Dark City" is no longer needed!"

"It's very Murphy, and the narrative starts to be gentle, drawing the audience step by step into the world he designed, and finally the plot explodes, giving people an exponentially bursting brain-burning experience, absolutely not to be missed!"

"This is the real explosion. Murphy described the darkness of human nature thoroughly. The film's soundtrack and the intense rhythm of the film are very powerful. Every step is exciting, and the final ending is sublimated and made a movie. An action movie like no other!"

""Dark City" is the kind of movie that can't be stopped as long as you watch the opening!"

"As an action movie, this movie has superb acting skills of the magician and Jay Rachel, cool and realistic action scenes, but this movie also has deep human nature, moral discussion, moral hypocrisy, and pragmatism. Necessity, endless aftertaste after reading!"

"Murphy's film, with a intensive plot and a tightly connected pattern, instantly throws away several levels of other commercial films. The magician is the real protagonist!"

Less than a day after the release, the various praises of "Dark City" are like a virus, sweeping every corner of the Internet with a frenzied momentum.

Not to mention ordinary movie fans, even the high-cold film critics who usually antagonize the movie fans raised their hands and surrendered in front of this film.

In this regard, "The New Yorker" is the representative, and Richard Brody, the columnist of the "New Yorker", is the representative of the "New Yorker".

On Friday’s latest online version of "The New Yorker", Richard Brody made a long comment on "The Dark City", but unlike the past, this comment is not a bitter ridicule and criticism. , But raised both hands, singing praises for the film.

"The "Dark City" that combines entertainment and art is bound to be famous for its history!"

Just such a topic is enough to show the attitude of this acrimonious film critic, and it can also attract a considerable number of readers.

"If you want to ask what kind of movie is a masterpiece, Murphy Stanton's "Dark City" is my choice without any praise! May 3, 2013, a dark Thursday In the evening, for the first time in my life, I was so thoroughly shocked—not only audio-visual, but also spiritual! If it weren’t for the boredom of watching the list of the latest movies, I don’t know how many years before we can put down the big production. The prejudice of the commercial movie category, Murphy Stanton’s new work, made me discover that popcorn movies that once had a single taste can be so fascinating!"

"I totally agree with the point of view of a colleague, Murphy Stanton has indeed taken the summer commercial film to a whole new level!"

"This black crime movie full of realism is obviously incomparable with the popcorn movie bombardment. It's deep, depressing, and dark is more like a deep police film. What is commendable is that the rhythm of the film is relaxed. , The script is carefully arranged without procrastination-this point is concentrated in the scene switching, but it is not so large that the amount of information in the plot is too large to be understood, and it is too shallow to understand the meaning of Murphy Stanton. This article I can only talk about it and analyze it briefly."

"The first thing the film reflects is human nature. If the murderous magician represents the darkness of human nature, then the'nightcrawler' who punishes evil represents the light. New York, a corrupt and filthy metropolis, rampant gangs, and drugs are rampant. Falling apart. The magician is best at provoking the dark side of human nature. In the beginning, he uses the darkness of human nature to let robbers kill each other, and encourages people to shoot and kill one person without bombing the hospital, and his trump card is to use the evil of human nature and make'bright' The Cavaliers’ Jay Rachel has fallen. But the city’s hopes remain unsettled. The murderous criminals and the innocent citizens do not choose to sink the other’s ship for self-protection, and show the brilliance of humanity to the numb world. People are extremely moved."

"The second is the legal system. This is the most obvious embodiment of the realistic style of the film. Murphy Stanton started with a discussion on the legitimacy of Chris Dann’s Nightcrawler, and Jay Rachel, who represents legal justice. Discussing democracy with Chris Dann and his party. When it comes to the pursuit and interrogation of Liu and other criminals, they will not leave the law in three sentences. At the end, they will sublimate the theme and go deep into the ultimate discussion of the legal system."

"It is precisely because of the law that once Jay = Rachel’s fall is exposed, all the criminals who have been arrested will be acquitted. Only the'nightcrawler' outside of the law can take this burden and endure the oppression alone. Pain and tragedy in exchange for the victory of justice. Although such a dark ending is destined to run counter to the spirit of the rule of law, what is left to New York is bright."

"The last point is madness. Hugo's'principle of contrast between beauty and ugliness' has created classics, and outstanding villains can make masterpieces. The magician's greatest principle is that there is no principle, and he talks about his crazy philosophy to people endlessly, and he has a variety of things. His career as a magician. He hoped that Chris Dann would kill himself, and put his plan on the bet. He was mad, hoped that the world would collapse. Stanton’s geek, James Franco, played this weird. The characters with humor, draw inspiration from various performances, and even practiced a unique laugh, which will surely create a classic in film history!"

"Hollywood's top director Murphy Stanton once again proved his extraordinary theatrical skills and narrative level with this film. This film does not use any surprising narrative skills, but it can also make the story wonderful. His queen photographer Fei Li-Rachelt’s unique blend of IMAX 70mm film and ordinary 35mm film perfectly shows the dark tone and suppressed atmosphere. The soundtrack master Hans Zimmer, in "Pearl Harbor", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Gladiator" "Afterwards, he presented a popular movement, exquisitely composing the tragic and heroic epic. Together with the story of Murphy Stanton, it shocked me conqueringly!"

"Finally, at the end of the movie, Chris Dann’s words combined with the montage gave people a strong philosophical thinking, and then borrowed from Sheriff Lynch’s statement that Nightcrawler has no fault in the mouth of the innocent child, and as a hero Endure the criticism and pain. The whole film ends in the backlit frame, and then the title is accompanied by Hans Zimmer's majestic soundtrack, which really has shocking power!"

Although Richard Brody is not as famous as the dead Roger Albert, he still has a certain influence among older fans, and his film reviews can also drive a group of people to become "The Dark City" Audience.

Throughout Friday, all theaters showing "Dark City" were very lively. This kind of grand occasion spread quickly with the reports of Fox's multimedia platform. Those who are interested can see clearly that "Dark City" is inevitable. There was an extraordinary first-day box office.