Chapter 113: Chapter 113 - Seriously injured
The paparazzi in Hollywood are very powerful. Not only do they persevere when they see valuable news like a leech, but they are also very imaginative, and they have an all-pervasive and omniscient chasing spirit.
As long as the hot topics appear, their existence is indispensable. Take the gambling agreement between Laila and Cooper. The paparazzi were afraid to stare at Laila under the warning of Mr. Moran, but they didn't have so many scruples about Cooper. In the past one or two months, paparazzi have "stayed" outside his house almost every day, staring at his every move.
After the release of "saw," the original paparazzi team of two or three has grown nearly tenfold. Looking out from the window of Cooper's house, you can see cameras and paparazzi everywhere across the street. Even the broadcast van is parked, which is dumbfounding.
Therefore, when the box office of the week in North America was released, the Coopers had just invited the family doctor in, and they were discovered by the paparazzi who were waiting outside the Coopers' door to wait for the news.
Who is that man?
The paparazzi feel that they have dug something important. So when the man came out of the house, he immediately surrounded him with various questions. That person was also very cooperative, telling him that he was a family doctor.
Family doctor! The paparazzi suddenly became excited when they heard this word.
Did Cooper get a doctor? When the box office is out! The imaginative paparazzi immediately "guessed" the "truth" of the matter.
It took about one-fifth of the box office for betting in two days. Cooper must have been mad after hearing the news! Otherwise, why have the family doctor been invited to the house?
It is a pity that doctors are not allowed to disclose patient information due to the confidentiality regulations of doctors and patients, so the paparazzi can only use their imagination to choose a "revelation" direction for their latest news.
"The genius director won 20 million in two days, and the critics vomited blood, or maybe seriously ill."
"The magic of the witch once again appeared, and it topped the North American box office rankings for a week in two days. The film critic hurriedly recruited a family doctor and refused to fulfill his bet to pretend to be sick?"
"The famous film critic Cooper has insomnia due to gambling pressure and can only rely on prescription drugs from his family doctor to maintain it."
The front-page headlines of the various media have pierced things out with the fastest speed and the most eye-catching headlines. The TV station even reported the scene of the family doctor at the door of Cooper's house surrounded by reporters and paparazzi. It can be said that in a short time, people all over the United States have focused their attention on the betting contract to kiss the ass of the donkey.
In this case, the response is that "saw's" box office continued to climb in the second week with terrifying momentum. Even fans in some foreign countries are urging to release this movie as soon as possible to see what the controversial movie looks like.
Cooper saw the news in the newspaper and was pissed off because of the appearance of the family doctor. The reporters almost turned the guessed and fake news into real news.
How come he was "seriously wounded" in the paparazzi's mouth? But he hasn't been able to explain this kind of thing. He can't tell people that he didn't hit the right place when he patted the table, and he patted the broken coffee cup.
If you want to say that, the damn paparazzi will make a big fuss with the fragments again, and then I don't know what messy words will be arranged for him! Guess if he smashed the coffee cup after seeing the box office results for the first week, the pile of debris was only there. But that is the fact. This is where he is most angry.
Just as Cooper was exhausted from being chased by paparazzi, "saw's" box office continued to dominate with exaggerated numbers in the new week.
At that time, to compete for the Halloween schedule, in addition to saw, four other movies were released at the same time. The employees of Phoenix were furious when they found out.
Even before the media, they were not optimistic about Laila's new films because of the rush for many films of the same type. However, the expected five-nation war did not happen at all. The box office of the horror film on Halloween was monopolized by "saw" with 73%, and the rest was the box office of other films.
If you don't count the few summer blockbusters still harvesting the remaining box office, it can be said that "saw" ruled Halloween.
Among the four films released simultaneously, the one that worries Louise the most is "The American Werewolf in Paris." The film is powerful from the director to the cast, and the plot continues the Oscar-winning "American Werewolf in London."
According to the predictions of various media, this movie is also the biggest opponent "saw" will face on Halloween day.
After the results came out, countless people's glasses fell to pieces because this supposedly excellent sequel did not get much attention at all, and the box office on Halloween was only a poor $700,000. As for the other ones, it's even worse. Together, they don't exceed 1 million.
We must know that "saw" won more than $10 million that day, which is several times more than the box office of all of them combined. This result is something that no one had expected before.
Regarding, the media are looking for reasons. Especially those filmmakers who plan to get a foot in the newly developed Halloween schedule hope to find out the reasons for the failure of those films. In their opinion, there should be a lot of oil and water in this period. Haven't they seen that Laila has made a lot of money at this time for two consecutive years?
Some say that the sequel has lost its appeal to movie fans, especially the sequel to movies that are not very popular. Some people say that werewolves have made young people lose their freshness. Do you want to know the horror movies that young people now really want to watch? Go and watch Laila's movies. She is the one who knows what movies young people really need.
No matter how you argued, the result was that in the second week after Halloween, "saw" still marched forward boldly and won the championship in the first four days in one fell swoop.
But Phoenix did not relax because of such good results, because the bigger rival will premiere on Friday. The adaptation of the five-year-old novel, which had received a lot of attention before it was released, has already received a lot of attention. The cast is extremely powerful. It can be said that from the script to the crew, to the cast members are all the existence of crushing saw.
And this film is also one that Cooper is very confident about. He believes that as long as this film comes out, it will let fans see a good movie genuinely. He believe that good movies and bad movies will be clearly distinguished like black and white. Compared with it, "saw" is just a pile of **** abandoned on the road.
But at this time, Laila has long been faraway from Hollywood and the movie circle. He is alone with a camera and a suitcase, driving an inconspicuous second-hand station wagon, traveling leisurely on American highways.
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