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October 18th is the third day of the climax of the conclusion of the Zombie Trilogy.

Since the opening of "I Am A Legend" with an excellent midnight score of 19.8 million box office and a single library of up to 26,000 US dollars, the hungry audience is like the group of zombies in the film that are moving by the wind, dividing the film into pieces. Eat it again, let the North American film market pull up to a height that it could not reach in the past October-the total cumulative TOP12 is 153 million, an increase of 32.6% over the same period last year.

This evening.

A good-looking, plump black woman was talking to her girlfriend. She tried her best to be a little bit joyful during the conversation. After a while, the conversation ended with some ostentatious nature. The woman checked the time and quickly asked the driver to drive. At the luxurious manor, on the way, I also reported the itinerary with others.

At the entrance of the manor, watching the familiar figure walk out, a smile suddenly appeared on her face...

"Will."

The woman walked fast, but the man just looked at her dress and nodded, letting her take her arms naturally.

The intimacy between the two, the greetings of others, the woman is a mistress again, and this is naturally the wife Jada Smith who sleeps with Smith.

Speaking of which, this is also a celebrity who has multiple roles and has developed in music and acting. Since his debut in 90 years, not to mention his position in the circle, he still has a lot of qualifications. Before he got acquainted with Smith, After several years of supporting roles, he made a breakthrough in the television circle with a hit drama.

At that time, Smith was not considered popular. Jada formed a band by himself and met him in a performance by chance, and soon married Smith.

For the sake of marriage and family, Jada's acting career soon entered a semi-retired state, and the impression given to the public was only the label of Smith's wife.

But after spending so many years in this business, Jada’s vision and wealth-based financial management are rarely mentioned-this clothing brand that has always been acting for Smith is the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation. The actual controller of Smith, who is responsible for Smith’s charitable funds, is basically doing personal brokers.

No, with the hot screening of "I Am A Legend" recently, Smith's traffic has soared. With this shareholder wind, he can make a lot of profits from other aspects.

After all, this couple is one of the few in the circle who hasn't been dazzled by the Hollywood spotlight. The money is so easy, and they are also actively developing sideline representatives. The key is not bad.

The two entered the gate of the manor. At the celebration party in the form of a cold dinner, the executives of Lionsgate and Blue Butterfly were very close to the heroes.

When it was late at night, I got into the car, and Jada, who hadn't drunk much, looked at the time. While waiting for Smith who was a little drunk to help him sort out his schedule, he waited for more specific news.

Although "I am a Legend" has a good result, it is always necessary to check the box office and market feedback in the first week to predict the follow-up direction.

After all, this movie is also in the strict sense of the light of the first two parts. The plot of the ending chapter is not wide because of the characters. This is an easy to see shortcoming-why it is difficult for a one-man show to shine, because there are no characters. To set off, the scene is difficult to unfold.

She inquired about their opinions from peers, and based on the information given by the audience and the rating agencies, she confirmed and analyzed that "I Am A Legend" cannot be played in the long-term screening, and the screening curve is even steeper than that of "New York Tour" and "I Am a Hero"— -Rise high, settle fast.

In other words, if you can't hit a high peak in the early stage, the follow-up market does not need to expect to rebound for a while and surprise people. It is not good, and the rate of return is not better than the previous two, then it will be embarrassing.

If this is the case, there must be a rhythm from the media, saying that Smith’s appeal has declined and the fans are disappointed by Barabara... Thinking about it this way, there are still some murmurs...

"Will, your agent just called, and I've written down some arrangements for you."

Jada took out the pamphlet she carried, helped Smith get up from her lap and sat down.

Smith is still very professional, even if he is a big star of the 20 million club, he rarely plays any tricks and does not go to the platform to promote in violation of the contract.

However, during the film screening, there were a lot of things. As written above, what about FX TV’s program recording at 10 am, several road shows at 12 o’clock, and 3 pm I have to fly to New York to go to one of the sponsor Omega The show...have to go to a radio station at night.

"Has the itinerary been coordinated?" Smith is not surprised by such a complicated arrangement, because he also participated in various activities today, and basically did not rest.

"Ok."

Following Jada's reply, the car suddenly became quiet, but it didn't take long before it was broken by the vibration of the phone.

"It's Jason's call." Smith handed it to his wife. "You can pick it up for me. It is estimated that today's box office is out."

The time is around 50 in the morning. In the Internet era, box office does not require manual accounting, and the speed is indeed much faster.

"Hey...um..."

As Smith’s pillow, Jason didn’t shy away from anything, and talked about the harvest of "I Am A Legend" today, the box office of the first week, market feedback and follow-up forecasts.

What is surprising is that the third day of the film recorded a very weak decline of 24.47 million, 3 days of screenings + 19.98 million at midnight, and a total of 98.45 million in the first week——

The average score of nearly 20,000 has once again excited the film market.

And such achievements are also extremely beneficial to Smith himself, that is, it proves that he can play all film types (science fiction "I, the robot", romantic comedy "full name love enemy", action "Jedi Men", drama " When happiness comes knocking on the door, 3D animation "Shark Gangster", plus the disaster wasteland "I am a legend")...

In other words, Will Smith has once again consolidated his position as the king of the box office of the new generation. Following the huge sales of "Nationwide Superman Hancock", another anti-triad work was born, and the show was completely single-player No other star co-starred in the one-man show, which means that no one will rob him in the show.If there is a lot of room for play, it doesn't matter if there are more shots. Once successful, only he will enjoy the benefits of the actors.

The only fly in the ointment, may be that the shortcomings of being unable to maintain the long-term have initially emerged.

For example, after a large number of passers-by entered the theater, word-of-mouth declined. Rotten Tomatoes website only gave 72% freshness, Yahoo's B+, and the media review was only slightly higher than the pass, 64 points——

It’s just that the plot viewing is not high. Even if there was a big wave in the first week, the results ranked first in the previous October schedule. The media and film critics did not buy it, but fans supported it.

Jada himself knows: Smith’s skin color is very helpful to his career, and the blacks must like to see a familiar face on the big screen.

But once the black dividends are eaten up and the fan market is almost consumed, I'm afraid I won't be able to go too far with such a reputation.

But this has gone beyond Jada's expectations. A zombie film, nearly 100 million in the first week, is a miracle, comparable to the unreasonable gameplay of the "Twilight" series——

According to this momentum, 600 million should be stable, it just depends on whether the 700 million barrier can be broken.

After all, no matter how you analyze it, you have to count the powerful topic that the zombie trilogy is about to end, plus there is no threat during the schedule, and there is no big box office rush, and the audience actually does not have many choices.