On Saturday morning, Matthew participated in an event on the tmz website and specifically focused on the situation of "Alien vs. Predator 2".

This movie is not very bad.

"Alien vs. Predator 2" has a very bad reputation, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is only 12%, similar to "The film is so bad, and you don't know why you want to watch it", "The slow action movie looks like a computer game." The reviews are all introductory. The sarcastic sarcasm of those film critics made Matthew feel that the film critics are still very good to him.

If the film reviews are just bad, and the Rotten Tomatoes have low scores, it doesn't matter. After all, Rotten Tomatoes are extremely rotten, but movies that sell well at the box office are not rare.

"This movie has a very bad reputation."

In the editorial department's lounge, Elena Poyal put a cup of coffee in front of Matthew and said, "You are really lucky that "I am a legend" avoided the super pit of Francis Lawrence."

Matthew said casually, "That may not be possible. Maybe he directed "I Am a Legend" and may succeed. "Alien vs. Predator 2" is just a medium-sized investment. Francis Lawrence has some say in production, but in a first-line production like "I Am a Legend", he is just a live filming director. With Aziva Gosman, he doesn't have much room to play his bad ideas."

Ilena Poyal couldn't help laughing, "No matter what, he is not as good as Guilmo del Toro."

"This is true." Matthew nodded first and then said, "It's nothing that the reputation of the film review is bad, but the reputation of the audience is bad."

Ilena Boyal said, "I got a copy of the on-site investigation data of cinema score. What do you think? It's a terrible sight. The theater audience is reluctant to give the score of 'b-'. The highest is to give the score of 'c'. Most of them are 'd'. It can be said that the audience has already reached the point where they can't stand this movie."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but shake her head, "This movie had a box office of only more than 3.3 million US dollars a day yesterday, which is not enough for "I Am a Legend."

The two films are simply not comparable.

Whether it is box office or audience reputation, "Alien vs. Predator 2" is comparable to "I am a Legend", even a typical B-level film like "Loch Ness Monster" released on the same weekend, the box office speed is higher than "Alien vs. Predator 2".

This weekend just passed, and a large number of alien fans and Iron Predator fans gathered under the Fox Building in Century City, holding up signs to protest - don't let aliens and Iron Predator fight any more, we can no longer bear it.

Even, there are extreme fans of Alien and Predator who ignited the poster of director Francis Lawrence.

Jim Gianlopoulos, president of the 20th Century Fox Film Department, stood by the office window and saw everything in front of the Fox Building.

"John Davis!" He said to the producer of "Alien vs. Predator 2" later without looking back, "Have you seen the latest box office statistics?"

The man named John from behind wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Look."

Jim Gianlopoulos turned around and said, "The first weekend was only 9.1 million US dollars in box office! What do you think?" Before the other party could answer, he said sternly, "The production cost of $60 million and the promotional expenses of $35 million, is this the result you gave me?"

John Davis didn't expect that the box office would be so bad as two of Hollywood's most famous monsters, Alien and Predator.

"You recommended Francis Lawrence and proposed to give him some power." Jim Gianlopoulos knew very well that someone would be responsible for such failures. "John, cancel the third part of "Alien vs. Predator."

"Okay." John Davis answered.

Jim Gianlopoulos continued, "All projects in Twentieth Century Fox must not use Francis Lawrence as director."

"Okay." John Davis answered again.

In fact, it doesn't take Jim Gianlopoulos to say that, and no one will use Francis Lawrence as the director anymore.

Jim Gianlopoulos' tone was slightly relieved, "You submit a report to the board yourself."

John Davis nodded slightly. He was the first producer of "Alien vs. Predator 2". He also determined that he would use Francis Lawrence as the director with a strong opponent. The responsibility could not be rejected.

Who can blame this? He walked out of Jim Gianlopoulos's office and shook his head. If he wanted to blame, he could only look away from Frances Lawrence.

With the start of the new week, the fate of many films that started painting last weekend has been decided, and the directors and starring of some of the films will not have a future in Hollywood.

Francis Lawrence and Paula Patton are undoubtedly part of this.

"Alien vs. Predator 2" was released in more than 2,800 theaters in North America for three days, but it only won $9.1 million in the box office, ranking only sixth in the latest North American box office rankings.

Not to mention "I am a Legend", even typical art films like "Juno" are ahead of it.

In contrast, "I Am a Legend" starring Matthew still performed well this weekend, winning $49.5 million in three days on the following weekend, continuing to lead the North American box office rankings. The second place was "Elwin and the Chipmunk"'s $21.08 million, and the third place was "Charlie's War" starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts. The two superstars' new films performed mediocrely, with less than $12 million in accounting.

The fourth and fifth are occupied by "Juno" and "Loch Ness Monster" respectively, with box offices of around $10 million.

"I Am a Legend" leads the film market and is dominant.

Two weeks after its release, the North American box office of the film exceeded US$200 million in one fell swoop, with a total of US$211.63 million, approaching the 300 million mark step by step.

At the same time, "I Am a Legend" also spent its first weekend in more than 50 overseas markets. It was stimulated by the box office boom in North America and was also excellent overseas box office. In just a few days, it reached nearly 100 million US dollars.

The global box office of "I Am a Legend" easily exceeded US$300 million, and it is already the biggest hit in this holiday season.

There is no doubt that "I Am a Legend" is getting further and further on the road to success, while "Alien vs. Predator 2" falls off a cliff in a straight line.

Starting from the new week, the average screening rate of "Alien vs. Predator 2" instantly dropped to less than 5%. Many theaters with fewer cinemas, even only one screening is arranged a day, or on the morning with the smallest audience...

cinema score has once again released a public estimate that it believes that the North American box office of "I Am Legend" is expected to hit $350 million, and the North American box office of "Alien vs. Predator 2" will not exceed $30 million.

The failure of "Alien vs. Predator 2" will be unlucky from the director to the starring actor, and will also affect the further development of these two monster series by Twentieth Century Fox.

At the same time, some seemingly unrelated companies have also been affected.

Matthew got a news from Zach Schneider when he went to Warner Bros. to attend the Christmas entertainment party.

Zach Schneider has been planning "Watchmen". Warner Bros. has discussed with him several times and discussed the feasibility of Batman and Superman's war. However, the failure of "Alien vs. Predator 2" immediately gave Warner Bros. the idea that the risk of two classic characters fighting on the screen is too great.

After hearing this, Matthew didn't say much, and could only sigh that Warner Bros. missed an opportunity.

Perhaps after "Iron Man" is released in May, the Warner Bros. will change his mind.

Matthew has had a lot of contact with Warner Bros. Warner Bros. executives also have ambitious goals and outstanding abilities. Below are excellent producers like Charles Rowan, but they always make some decisions that people think are stupid.

Until now, Warner Bros. is still the best performing film company in Hollywood...

I don't know how long they can last for such a position.

In Aziva Gossman's words, Warner Bros.'s management sometimes distrusts the producers and directors who work together and likes to directly interfere in film production.

Although his education is not high, Matthew also knows that power balance is an art, and if he doesn't master it well, the result will often be very bad.

2007 is about to pass, and 2008 is coming.

Just as Matthew took David Ellison's private plane and headed for London, Hollywood was already in chaos and the screenwriter's strike inevitably broke out.

As Helen Hermann expected, after the agreement with the Actors and Directors Union expired, before the two unions launched a strike, the Producers Alliance reached a new, acceptable share of interests with the two organizations, and similar requests made by the Screenwriters Union were rejected without hesitation.

Therefore, the Eastern Screenwriters Union and the Western Screenwriters Union successively sent emails to their respective members and called for a strike.

Since 1988, Hollywood has once again experienced a screenwriter strike.

The impact of the screenwriter's strike is still very obvious, and many projects have to stop. For example, the preparatory first-line production projects such as "Angels and the Devil", "007 Quantum Crisis", "Legend of Narnia 2", "The Hobbit" and "The Adventures of Tintin", have temporarily fallen into a state of pause.

Although Matthew's two crews completed the script, they were somewhat affected. Anyway, Christmas and New Year are coming, he and David Ellison simply gave the two crews a long holiday and all the work was done after the New Year.

He and David Ellison came to London to watch the Victoria's Secret Show.
Chapter completed!