On Friday, when it was time to get off work, Ted casually packed up his desk, put on his bag and ran out.
His colleague who liked to drink Coke chased him: "Are you in such a hurry?"
Ted said: "I worked overtime last night and didn't go to the advance screening. If I don't go to see the wanted poster today, I will explode on the spot."
The colleague took out a bottle of Coke with Martin's image on it and handed it to Ted: "Let's go together."
The elevator was crowded with people. Ted looked at the time and said, "It's only the sixth floor. Let's take the stairs."
The two of them turned into the emergency passage. After going downstairs, they didn't have to go far. This was the business district of Manhattan, and there was a theater a few hundred meters away.
As soon as Ted entered the front hall, he found that there were very many people today, and there was a long queue of dozens of people at the ticket office.
Colleagues quickly pulled him to join them.
There was another long queue next to it, and several girls came at the same time. The one with brown hair asked: "What are we looking at?"
The blonde girl said: "Look at the handsome guy!" She pointed to the wanted poster: "A handsome guy and a beautiful girl, this is the one to choose!"
The shortest girl answered: "Wanted? I remember reading the reviews. They were all well received. Online newspapers said the film was very good."
A boy nearby chatted with him: "Yes! This movie is very beautiful and has a very good reputation."
Although the girls didn't talk to each other, they decided to buy tickets for this movie.
What's more, there are promotions.
For every video, a small bottle of Coca-Cola will be given.
This also affects the choices of some people.
A large poster hung in the theater: "Watch Wanted, Martin Davis invites you to drink Coca-Cola!"
After Ted bought the ticket, he took the free Coke and raised it towards the Martin poster.
A colleague around me said: "I wish the world would have Coca-Cola."
Meanwhile, in Atlanta, there's an AMC theater near the Northville neighborhood.
Elena, Lily and Hall entered the screening room together.
They arrived a little late because they had to wait for Hall to finish his homework.
The theater attendance rate was relatively high, so I could only choose a seat at the back.
Hall opened the Coke and poured it into his stomach in one gulp. His eyes focused on the Coke in the hands of his sisters.
Elena threw a bottle to him: "If you don't want to become fat, drink less."
Lily didn't speak, but concentrated on counting the heads.
Listening to the young lady mumbling, Hall asked: "What are you doing?"
"You idiot, don't bother me!" Lily was almost interrupted, and in line with the fine traditions of the Carter family, she raised her fists to threaten Hall, and continued to count heads.
After counting a dozen more heads, as the film was about to be screened, dozens of people rumbled in from outside.
These people wore uniform red T-shirts and were obviously members of the Coca-Cola Cult.
Lily's rhythm was disrupted and she simply stopped counting. She pursed her lips and said to herself, "I want to be a saint!"
Hall gloated: "I can't count them all!"
Lily raised her fist and hit Hall on the head just like her sister did to her: "Idiot, shut your stinky mouth!"
Hall's face was full of sadness, but he had been suppressed since he was a child and could do nothing but shut up.
Elena said at this time: "No need to count, judging from the attendance rate of this theater, the box office will definitely not be bad."
"A big sale!" Lily clasped her hands together: "It must be a big sale!"
Elena took Lily's bottle of Coke, opened it and took a sip. She was much calmer than Lily. This film will definitely be a hit.
On Friday, as a large number of viewers entered the theater to watch the movie and the number of people scoring the movie reached the required number, the IMDB score of Wanted was officially unblocked, with the average user score as high as 8.2 points.
As for how much of it is part of the operation, even the outsourcing navy company cannot tell clearly.
According to the audience score of CS theaters that directly face the first-tier market, the overall evaluation of Wanted is A!
This means that the film has a good commercial index.
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Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles.
The sun had just risen on Saturday. Blake was wearing shorts and a T-shirt, pulling on a pair of flip-flops. He went outside to open the mailbox, picked up a pile of newspapers and walked back.
She flipped through the newspaper while walking and found the statistics page of the "Hollywood Report". When she saw the North American box office figures, she swung her long legs and walked quickly towards the villa along the sidewalk next to the swimming pool.
As soon as he entered the door, before seeing Martin, Blake shouted excitedly: "The wanted posters are selling like hotcakes! My dear, the wanted posters are selling like crazy!"
Martin walked from the kitchen into the dining room carrying a porcelain plate. The person cooking behind him was clearly Bruce.
After Old Bu fried the eggs, he turned around and asked, "Has the box office exceeded 20 million on the first day?"
Martin looked at Blake expectantly.
The latter nodded repeatedly and smiled as if he were a real eighteen-year-old: "21.67 million U.S. dollars! Yesterday's top box office list!"
"What good news!" Martin put down the dinner plate and walked towards the wine cabinet: "We must have a drink to celebrate!"
Blake has long wanted to drink: "We must have a drink to celebrate!"
Martin poured three glasses of champagne, waited for Bruce to take off his apron and came over, and said: "Guys, cheers to our success!"
Blake leaned over and kissed Martin first, then clinked glasses with Martin: "My dear, congratulations!"
She clinked glasses with Lao Bu again, and the three of them drank together.
After drinking the wine, Blake got a little excited. He put down his glass and newspaper, jumped directly on Martin, and asked for a kiss.
Bruce was dissatisfied: "Hey, hey, hey, be civilized and principled, don't feed people dog food during breakfast."
Martin carried Blake to the seat and said, "Eat, after that we will go out together."
This weekend, his promotional mission is to take Blake to various places with dense crowds in Los Angeles.
Blake's new film has also been officially approved and needs a lot of exposure.
After breakfast, the two got into Bruce's Escalade and headed straight to Rodeo Drive to go shopping.
There was no need for Bruce to make a special call, and a group of paparazzi followed him automatically.
Martin was so used to it that he didn't care.
Blake seems to be born to live in the spotlight. The more paparazzi reporters get to her, the more excited she becomes. She frequently shows off the love between her female fans and her male idol.
At the corner of the street, female paparazzi Jody couldn't help but spit after taking a photo of Blake feeding Martin ice cream mouth-to-mouth.
"Those who don't know how to restrain themselves will definitely die once the love period is over!" She was fed to the point of vomiting today: "Which star who hypes up love and marriage can end it safely?"
Another paparazzi nearby couldn't stand it anymore and responded: "How sweet it is now, but how bitter it will be when they fall out in the future. I wish them all the best to change from lovers to enemies!"
Several paparazzi echoed: "I wish you the best too!"
“Let’s bless them together!”
On the other side of the road, Martin seemed to notice something. He turned his head and waved warmly and friendly to the paparazzi. Then he turned his head and kissed Blake, and there was another passionate entanglement.
The wanted poster was selling like hot cakes, and he was holding a young and beautiful girl in his arms. How could he be worthy of the paparazzi's job if he didn't show it off?
This is a winner-takes-all game of fame and fortune!
The paparazzi secretly cursed the couple, but they faithfully raised their cameras to take pictures of the handsome couple.
Martin's cell phone rang at this time, and it was Sophia who answered the call.
The words of the female King Kong were particularly direct: "Have we succeeded again?"
Martin said: “It’s impossible to get less than $50 million in the first week in North America!”
Sofia laughed: "It has set a new record! In this way, I want to celebrate."
Martin asked: "How are you going to celebrate?"
Sofia said: "That old man Nicholson is nice. Do me a favor and ask him out. I'll treat him to a drink."
Martin could roughly guess what she wanted to do, and considering the safety of people's lives, he reminded: "The old man is almost seventy years old, and people will die!"
He didn't give Sophia a chance to make another request: "I have something to do here temporarily, let's talk about it another day."
In the hotel, Sofia heard a busy signal from the phone receiver, but she wasn't angry at all.
She is in a good mood today because the investment posters are selling like hotcakes!
After working hard for so many years, Sophia has seen very clearly that nothing is more real than money.
Scott walked over with his legs crossed and asked, "Isn't that old man coming?"
"For Martin's sake, let him go." Sofia stopped thinking about these things and dialed the number in Atlanta: "Vincent, it's me. Have you seen the latest box office statistics? Martin's film is once again a big hit Selling, what do you think?”
Vincent didn't think about it at all and said directly: "Of course I will continue to invest. Does he have any new movie projects?"
Sophia said: "It should be. I asked him the day before yesterday. It seems to be a thriller, suspense and action type, similar to this wanted poster."
Vincent added: "It turns out that Martin is trustworthy and worthy of investment. You can make the decision there."
"Well, continue to invest in the new movie project starring Martin." Sophia hung up the phone, feeling better and better, especially wanting to exercise.
She walked towards the fitness room attached to the suite and looked back at Scott: "Come here."
Scott followed obediently, and he was used to what was going to happen next.
In addition to having to endure it, Sofia's food, clothing, housing and transportation are all covered, and there is no less than five figures of pocket money every month. Where can someone as old as him and without any skills find such a job?
As early as more than a year ago, Scott chose to lie down, and it was extremely comfortable, and occasionally he could buy gifts for his children.
Compared to his missing wife Emma, who ran away with who knows who, Scott considers himself a fairly qualified father.
Soon, the man's cry came from the fitness room. It was not painful, but filled with pleasure.
On Friday, the R-rated rating of "Wanted" could not stop the enthusiasm of North American audiences. The film took the top spot on the North American box office list that day with $21.67 million, beating "Jarhead" directed by Sam Mendes.
On Saturday, the film's rest day, the film's attendance rate increased slightly, earning another US$24.21 million in North America!
"Jarhead" and "Chicken Story", both of which were released at the same time, were tightly pressed and rubbed by wanted posters, making it impossible for them to stand up and surpass them.
Although the box office of all released movies will decline on Sunday, Wanted is still leading the way, and finally won the first North American box office title in November with a box office of 68.55 million US dollars!
This also created a new high in Martin and Jolie's acting careers.
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