The spacious office was silent, Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman sat opposite each other, and on the desk between them, there was a newly printed report. Their eyes occasionally swept over the numbers of the report, and their already frowns tightened.

The two of them were silent, and the air seemed to be frozen.

All hope and all good expectations were gone this morning.

Brad Pitt didn't know what to say, and his eyes fell on the first-day box office statistics of "Cloud Map", including early box office. On the first day of its release, "Cloud Map" only received 3.67 million US dollars!

$3.67 million! This is not even a fraction of the box office of "Fast and Furious 4" on the first day!

The good reputation during the trial and the high media reviews after the premiere all gave Brad Pitt too much confidence, and the box office data on the first day was more than just a bleak one, and it was simply a disaster.

The film has been invested several times, and the final production cost has reached as much as US$120 million.

Now, how much more can the $120 million be recovered?

Brad Pitt dared not think about it. Even though nearly half of the production cost of "Cloud Map" was finally completed by external financing, most of the other was from Plan B Studio and his personal investment.

All these are his money, how much can he get back in the end?

Suddenly, Brad Pitt felt dizzy.

Reputation cannot be converted into box office, so what's the use of reputation? "Cloud Map" is a commercial production with an investment of $120 million, not an experimental movie.

Natalie Portman lowered his eyes and did not look at Brad Pitt opposite him and the statistics report on his desk, and was in a very depressed mood.

Why is it so difficult to prove your appeal?

Since the "Star Wars Prequel" series, she has only become famous, but there is no movie that can make people shine at the box office. Just looking at her popularity, everyone thinks that her single-piece pay is 70,800 or even more. Who can think that two or three million dollars is already her ceiling?

Who doesn't want to make more money?

Natalie Portman gently bit her lip. If the box office of "Cloud Map" completely failed, if she took the film again, the pay would definitely be further compressed by the producer.

It is even unknown whether there are any producers who invite her to star in mainstream commercial films.

The knock on the door suddenly broke the silence in the office, and Brad Pitt croaked, "Come in."

A secretary pushed the door and placed another report on his desk, saying, "Boss, this is what you want. The prediction accuracy rate of ina sora sora sore is extremely high, which is recognized in the industry.

The box office in North America will not exceed $30 million? How much money will be paid to Plan B when the movie is out? The publisher will also deduct the issuance fee and promotion advancement...

There is no need to think about using "Cloud Map" to make a comeback. This movie may further decline his position in the industry.

But Brad Pitt was not desperate, put down his statistics and whispered, "There are still overseas."

Natalie Portman looked at Brad Pitt and asked, "What should we do?"

Brad Pitt shook his head and said, "It's okay! Nat, we can bear this failure." He raised his head and his eyes gradually became firmer, "We still have "Alien Battlefield."

He didn't seem to say this for Natalie Portman, but for himself, "Yes! We also have "Alien Battlefield", which is the top commercial production. As long as it can be successful, the loss of "Cloud Map" is nothing."

The more he said, he became more and more confident, "Andrew Stanton has never failed in the past. The "Alien Battlefield" series will be as successful as the "Lord of the Rings" series!"

After hearing these words, Natalie Portman's mood improved a little. After looking at Brad Pitt, he suddenly felt a little regretful. He chose not to help Brad Pitt but chose to cooperate with Matthew Horner. Will "Cloud Map" succeed?

Thinking of this, she subconsciously felt something was wrong, but she couldn't figure out what was wrong.

But Natalie Portman felt that he could no longer be tied to Brad Pitt, what if "Alien Battlefield" failed?

Whether it is "Cloud Map" or "Alien Battlefield", she did not pay a dollar for production, but as the heroine, the failure of two consecutive major productions starring roles was a fatal blow to Xingtu.

The phone rang on the desk, and watching Brad Pitt answer the phone, Natalie Portman's thoughts became clearer.

Now we need to make another preparation!

She thought of the script she saw in Rachel Weizi's hand, the black swan character Darren Aronovsky prepared specifically for Rachel Weizi.

Darren Aronovsky wanted to use this film to make his fiancée attack the Oscars.

Natalie Portman made up his mind instantly and called Rachel Vizi, using the excuse of wanting to play a supporting actress and asking questions to ask Rachel Vizi to meet her for Darren Aronovsky.

You can let Rachel Vizi be present, and then test Darren Aronovsky first. If possible, get his contact information first.

A supporting actress? How could she look down on supporting actress?

Natalie Portman sat here without saying a word, no longer thinking about "Cloud Map", but instead focused on how to deal with Rachel Weizi and Darren Aronovsky next.

Since you encounter setbacks in business, you can change the route slightly and first hit the Oscars.

As for Brad Pitt on the opposite side, isn’t this so-called partner just used? What value does it have after using it?

If "Alien Battlefield" can succeed, Brad Pitt is still valuable, if it fails...

As she was thinking, Natalie Portman didn't pay attention to what Brad Pitt was talking about. She didn't come back to her senses until Brad Pitt hung up the phone and made a slight noise.

Natalie Portman found that Brad Pitt's face looked even more ugly.

"What's wrong?" she asked with concern.

Now that "Alien Battlefield" has not been released yet, Brad Pitt is still valuable to her.

"A bunch of bastards without business credibility!"

Brad Pitt's face was not very good and said slowly, "Just called Disney just now, and he was negotiating with Bowei International. More than 20 overseas publishers who wanted to introduce "Cloud Map" all unilaterally terminated the negotiations."

Natalie Portman immediately realized the key to the problem, "Why is the overseas box office of "Cloud Map"?"

"It's okay." Brad Pitt waved his hand, "It's all East Asia, the Middle East and Africa publishers, not the traditional overseas ticket warehouses of Hollywood movies."

He sighed, "The overseas box office has not met expectations."

Natalie Portman did not respond because this was an obvious matter. North America was seriously below expectations, let alone overseas regions.

Why did more than 20 overseas publishers unilaterally terminate negotiations? It was not a terrible first-day box office.

Not only Natalie Portman and Brad Pitt, few people in Hollywood could have thought that the new works of Wachowski brothers would be so bleak.

The production cost is 120 million US dollars. The director is the Wachowski brothers who have had the brilliant trilogy of "The Matrix" and the hero and actresses are the famous Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman. Just looking at these names, the box office of "Cloud Map" is so high that it is not a big deal. Why does it have to exceed tens of millions on the first day?

But the box office on the first day was not even $4 million.

The figure of $3.67 million is not to mention comparing with the North American box office champion "Hangover" last week, even "Fast and Furious 4", which entered the fifth weekend, has steadily overwhelmed "Cloud Map" with a single-day box office of $4.52 million.

As soon as the box office was released on the first day, everyone knew very well that what was waiting for "Cloud Map" was only a box office tragedy.

What more people didn't expect was that after the premiere of "Cloud Map" on Friday, the box office on Saturday did not rise due to the holiday, but instead declined sharply.

On Saturday, the film earned less than three million dollars a day.

After two consecutive days of release, as more and more people see the movie, the industry has a clearer understanding of the disastrous defeat of "Cloud Map". Perhaps this is really one of the most ambitious movies in Hollywood history, as Roger Albert said, but it can't stand most viewers not understanding it, or it's very difficult to understand it.

Even if a movie has a genius setting and a subversive framework structure, any line or a shot can reflect profound philosophical thinking, it is impossible for the audience to understand.

Perhaps such a movie will become a classic in the future, but it is difficult to sell at the moment.

If "Cloud Map" was an independent small-scale production, the situation would be much better, but the investment of commercial films with a total of over 100 million yuan will never be recognized in the future.

Three days after the first weekend, "Cloud Map" only won 9.2 million US dollars in North America, and the box office failure has become a foregone conclusion.
Chapter completed!