In my previous life, although Sony Columbia has been operating poorly, with the life-saving straw of "Spider-Man", it can always turn danger into safety at critical moments. In this life, "Spider-Man" only has the copyright of TV series, and their income in this area will definitely shrink significantly.

Among the traditional forces in Hollywood today, MGM is undoubtedly the worst. If you look at it, you can see Sony Columbia Pictures.

Although they also heard that "King Arthur" was rejected by Ryan at Disney, the script was favored by many industry insiders, including gold medal producers like Jerry Brookheimer.

In recent years, epic films have been booming, and Sony Columbia finally decided to invest in this movie. In addition to their confidence in the script, they also have other ideas.

"Can you know what they think?" Taylor blinked his curious eyes and looked at Ryan opposite him.

In the garden of Jenkins Manor, Ryan was helplessly accompanying her on a seesaw and sending the girl into the air, saying, "If "King Arthur" is successful, Sony Pictures can not only produce sequels, but also split the Knights of the Round Table and make separate series so that they can have a series of movies that guarantee stable returns."

"The premise is that the movie that premieres tonight will succeed." Taylor reminded him to take off the armrests of the seat. Ryan shrugged and let the girl press herself into the air. He continued, "There are too many epic movies released this year, which can easily cause aesthetic fatigue."

"Especially "Troy" has only been released." Taylor was very smart and immediately thought of another epic masterpiece that was not successful. She looked at the time and said, "Let's go back. Charlie should be back soon. I've brought a gift from Australia."

"All right."

After getting off the seesaw, the two walked towards the villa, and Ryan asked. "Where have you been in Australia for so long?"

"The East Coast, the West Coast, and also went to New Zealand and New Guinea." Taylor turned his head and looked at the sun moving to the west. "Is the Sony premiere almost beginning?"

"Dear, you care too much."

Hearing Ryan's words, Taylor wrinkled his nose disapproved, "Don't forget the words of those critics, don't forget that they target "Superman Family", don't forget that I am also one of the members of the crew, although I am just a voice for the Invisible Hero..."

"I'll wait to see tomorrow's reviews."

Without answering Taylor's words, Ryan finished speaking and walked towards the villa.

All the advance predictions cannot represent the actual results of the movie after the film is released. This super-large production with a production cost of up to $120 million is ultimately determined by box office.

Just like "Superman Family", as of the release of "King Arthur", it won nearly $95 million in North American box office. Although its reputation is not as good as "Looking for Nemo", no one would say that this is a failed work.

The first week of the film may have to wait. But shortly after the premiere, many veteran film critics immediately updated their reviews about "King Arthur" on their blog.

"The film is well-made and the actors' performances are commendable, and the story can fully resonate with the audience."

This is Roger Albert's comment, not only gave a thumbs up for the movie, but also gave a high score of nine points.

"Fate and loyalty, heroes and responsibility. "King Arthur" can easily evoke ancient dark medieval scrolls and bloody and magnificent war scenes, as well as indispensable moving romance."

David Denby almost brought the video to the sky, and he gave him a full score of 10 points.

However, ordinary audiences who participated in the premiere had completely opposite views, on the websites and forums where ordinary movie fans gathered. They soon had their opinions on this epic blockbuster.

"The director lacks grasp of the rhythm of the film, which makes the war scene dull and mediocre; King Arthur's outline is rash and mediocre, and you even think this movie is not talking about King Arthur at all."

"The lack of persuasive performances and more unconvincing plots, the film really lacks the charm that can be attractive enough to watch."

"The overall feeling is very different. The scene is not grand enough, like a small-cost movie."

"An epic blockbuster that is more unfamiliar than "Troy."

"School, stupid, long, a bad movie!"

Although some people say that the movie is pretty good, the general viewer is a very ordinary movie.

Therefore, two days after the premiere of "King Arthur", a very strange situation occurred. The well-known veteran film critics unanimously praised it, but most viewers thought the movie was really not very good, and even a very small number of people who watched professional film reviews and went to the theater thought they were fooled.

“Their taste is so far from the average audience.”

An audience in his fifties, who was interviewed by a TV reporter when he walked out of the theater, said, "I can't understand what is worth bragging about in such a movie. They are completely out of this era, and I will never choose a movie based on their reviews in the future."

"What?"

Then, another audience in his twenties was interviewed, "Select a movie based on the reviews of the critics? Sorry, I never watch those things, and my friends around me don't watch them. What we like is the movies we like, and we don't need some people who don't know what to say."

Sony Columbia invested $120 million in production costs and $80 million in publicity costs for the film, so it naturally wanted to get a huge reward. The film critics' unanimous praise was somewhat beyond their expectations, but they also accepted it happily.

After all, with the support of these people, the movie may be more popular than expected.

However, they quickly understood one thing. If Ryan said in the past, the era when film critics could profoundly influence the end of the film, there was no amount of water added.

Because of such a movie that has been popular among famous film critics, the box office results are terrible.

Sony Columbia's expectations for the first week's box office are not too high. Their psychological bottom line is $40 million. It should be no difficulty for such a big investment movie to get such a first week's box office result.

What's more, there were so many professional film critics who were unanimously applauded before the release.

It was not until the first week that the almost desperate Sony Columbia executives understood one thing, why Ryan drastically reduced his spending on critics' public relations after entering the new century.

$15.19 million!

This is "King Arthur", this is the movie touted by film critics, and this is the box office results of the first three-day movie that many people hope to make Ryan Jenkins lose face.

Those who were waiting to watch the fun in Hollywood instantly changed their targets. They quickly checked whether their film companies were ready to invest in projects that were rejected by Ryan. If there was any, they would throw away the project quickly. If a part of the money had been invested, they would find a way to recover the money.

And those critics, as if they had not seen the first week of "King Arthur", never seemed to have made those comments. Just like when "Star Wars" was released, they chose to forget those words and turned to the subsequent movies.

As for the bitter fruits brought by "King Arthur", Sony Columbia Pictures will slowly taste them.

At the same time, "Superman Family" is still in a radical way. It also took three days this weekend to win a box office of $50.35 million in North America. The first week of "King Arthur" is not even as good as its one-day box office cumulative.

The next week, the box office of "King Arthur" plummeted to $7 million, and everyone understood that this super big production would inevitably lose all its money.

Disney's management, especially Touchstone Film, felt lucky that if Ryan had not rejected the project, they would have been replaced by those who suffered serious losses.

There is a saying that spread from nowhere and it quickly became popular in Hollywood and was even regarded as one of the unwritten industry rules.

"The movie project that Ryan Jenkins rejected has no value in Hollywood!"

As a result, the film projects that Ryan cancelled in recent years have been revealed by well-informed people in Hollywood and listed as the untouchable blacklist of Hollywood.

Of course, this situation inevitably affected some other people, such as an actor who had terminated the contract for two movies by Ryan, who could not find the role in a short period of time, so he had to return to the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

Ryan didn't know this, and even if he knew it, he wouldn't care about it. The thing he cares most now is undoubtedly the two invitations he just received.

He received a call from Warner Bros. Gerald, who invited him to attend the test set for "Wonder Woman", and Natalie sent her friend's invitation, who also participated in the test set.

“你不要顾忌我的想法.”

Sitting in the small garden of her villa, Natalie put down the script of "The Hunger Games" in her hand and said seriously, "I am just responsible for passing the message. You decide whether to go or not."

"Why not go?" Ryan knew that Natalie still had some friendship with the actress from Israel.

Although he has not gone to Jerusalem to study in this life, Natalie's position towards Israel is very obvious. She has revealed this view in several interviews, but there are not many movie stars in Hollywood who are truly from Israel.

He also wants to watch this movie. There are very few movies that can be sold with women completely and can be sold well. Through this movie released in August, "The Hunger Games" can also make some necessary adjustments based on market reactions.

Besides, with the appeal of Wonder Woman, if you don’t create some inexplicable things, the movie is still likely to be successful.

Well...it depends on how the producer measures the psychological bottom line of male audiences.

"We'll go together then," Ryan said to Natalie who put down the book.
Chapter completed!