American fame and fortune.

Chapter 860 When Thanos met Jonathan

The best time for summer vacation in May is undoubtedly the first weekend and the last weekend.

The former's summer season has just begun, and movie fans' enthusiasm for commercial blockbusters has suddenly exploded; the latter's last Monday in May is also the Memorial Day public holiday, with Saturday and Sunday forming a three-day strong schedule.

"John Wick 3" was fully launched in North American theaters on Friday, the day before the holiday weekend, with 4105 theaters open.

This is also the R-rated movie that has opened the most theaters since "The Dark Knight Rises."

Movie fans were eagerly waiting for the film, and starting from Thursday evening, large numbers of people flocked to the theaters to watch the midnight screening of the film.

The film took in $3800 million at the box office from 1820 midnight screenings in North America.

This is the strongest midnight box office since the beginning of 2014, far surpassing "Captain America 2" at the beginning of the summer season.

The latter's North American opening weekend box office was as high as 9620 million US dollars.

In the office of Disney Pictures, Alan Horn was looking through the data that had just been reported, not only the box office figures of "John Wick 3", but also the market response and all aspects of word-of-mouth.

All numbers show an explosive trend.

Cody Horn, who came to Disney with us today, put down his copy of The Hollywood Reporter and said, "Is Martin's new movie a box office hit?"

She shook her head: "It's not right to say that. Martin's films have always been very explosive at the box office. This one should be said to be a super explosive."

"The accumulation of two consecutive movies and the huge buzz, plus the third part of the trilogy, will make "John Wick 3" usher in a terrible market explosion." Alan Horn He smiled: "Of course, this is a good thing. Judging from the current situation, the first weekend box office of "John Wick 3" will far exceed that of "Captain America 2"."

Cody Horn couldn't help but admire: "Martin's vision and charisma are really amazing, unmatched among current Hollywood stars."

After hearing this, Alan Horn suddenly had other considerations and said: "Perhaps Marvel's "Avengers" series should be allowed to take advantage of the popularity of Martin and "John Wick"."

Cody Horn is very curious, how can Marvel's superhero movies be ignored?
But this involved the business operations of a large company, so she didn't ask.

Alan Horn picked up the phone, dialed the assistant's number, and said, "Ask several directors of the publicity and marketing department to go to the small conference room for a meeting immediately."

He glanced at Cody Horn: "You can walk around by yourself, I still have work to do."

Cody Horn nodded slightly, left the office and entered the entertainment department of the building.

Allen Horn quickly went to the small conference room to hold an emergency meeting.

There was only one theme of the meeting, which was how to make Marvel's superhero movie series compete with the popularity of Martin and the "John Wick" series to attract more people's attention.

Everyone expressed their opinions, and within half an hour, a plan was finalized.

Disney Pictures, under the leadership of Alan Horn, worked extremely efficiently, and the plan was put into operation that morning.

Martin, who was running a promotional announcement for the film, received a call from Alan Horn, who detailed a new promotional plan, which involved Marvel's superhero movie series and "John Wick", as well as His personal image rights.

This was very beneficial to the film promotion of both parties. Martin agreed immediately and asked Thomas and Jessica to negotiate authorization.

The two sides quickly reached an agreement, and by noon on Friday, a set of electronically produced Marvel comics appeared on the Internet.

This set of comics quickly attracted the attention of netizens and was frequently forwarded on Twitter and INS.

The name of the comic is "When Thanos Met Jonathan"!
Now that many Marvel superhero movies have been released, all fans know very well that the super villain the Avengers will eventually face will be Thanos, the director of the Universal Family Planning Commission.

Although this character only has a few glimpses in the movie, he has appeared countless times in the comics and is a well-known comic character.

In this short comic, Thanos comes to Earth and accidentally kills Jonathan's dog, and then Jonathan comes to seek revenge.

According to common sense, the gap between Jonathan's combat power and Thanos's is too big, but the problem is that Thanos killed Jonathan's dog!

Therefore, Jonathan is so angry that he fights Thanos back and forth!

If it were other action movie characters, even Rambo, Ethan Hunt, Jason Bourne, etc., this comic would be sprayed by people, but Jonathan is different. He is the object of countless netizens' jokes.

Jonathan's dog is not to be messed with. It has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Killing Jonathan's dog is definitely a super disaster on a cosmic level!
Although it was outrageous and nonsense, netizens were very happy to watch it and discussed it very enthusiastically.

"Not to mention Thanos, even if Darkseid and Superboy come together, as long as they touch Jonathan's dog, they will still be suppressed and beaten by Jonathan!"

"Kill Jonathan's dog, and Jonathan will penetrate the universe!"

"Once the dog died, Jonathan went berserk. How could Marvel be Jonathan's opponent in a fight like a primary school playground fight?"

"Have Marvel and DC seen this? If you want to save the universe, only Jonathan's dog can do it!"

That afternoon, driven by Davis Studio and Disney Pictures, "When Thanos Met Jonathan" quickly appeared on the hot search lists of many websites and became one of the hottest topics this week.

At the same time that "When Thanos Met Jonathan" became a hit, Zack Snyder approached DC co-chairman Hamada.

The short dark director also had ideas after reading the comics, and told Hamada: "Marvel is riding on the popularity of "John Wick" this time, and the effect is very good. "Batman v Superman" will be released in the first half of next year. When it’s released, should we take advantage of it?”

As a member of Warner Tiandan, Hamada didn't take it seriously.

Zack Snyder continued: "We can take advantage of this opportunity. Hasn't Martin always been cooperating with Warner? I am also in charge of a DC movie project. I can communicate with Martin and release an issue of Steppenwolf or Darhk while it's hot." Syd meets Jonathan or something like that.”

Hamada's idea was completely different from his. He waved his hand and said, "It's not necessary. The appeal of Batman and Superman is strong enough. There is no need to engage in these evil ways. People like Martin... are not easy to deal with."

Zack Snyder added: "The popularity of the movie..."

Hamada raised his hand and interrupted him: "That's it, Zach, you should focus on the filming and production of the movie, and leave the promotion, marketing and distribution to DC and Warner."

Zack Snyder is not Nolan. He doesn’t have much capital and demands too much from DC, so he can only shut up and leave.

Although Warner and DC look down on these inferior promotional methods, the popularity caused by "When Thanos Met Jonathan" further expanded the influence of "John Wick 3" and Marvel superhero movies.

The latter's "Captain America 2", which was released nearly a month ago, has seen a rebound in the box office.

"John Wick 3" attracted more passerby audiences. This film has maintained a frighteningly high attendance rate since Friday morning, with more than two-thirds of the theaters occupied.

In the evening, it was hard to get a ticket for "John Wick 3" in theaters in popular areas of large and medium-sized cities in North America, and many theaters were full.

This situation lasted all night until the theater closed.

Accordingly, after the box office statistics were released on Friday, "John Wick 3" created the best single-day box office revenue this year - US$5564 million!
After the accumulation of two consecutive films, this series finally ushered in a super explosion in the third part of the trilogy!

Anyone can see that "John Wick 3" may create an astonishing box office performance.

"When Thanos Met Jonathan" is still fermenting on the Internet, and netizens have spontaneously extended many new memes.

“The best cheat on the Internet: Jonathan’s dog was killed!”

"If you kill his dog, this man will become the strongest in the universe!"

Compared with these, various enthusiastic comments from fans about the film itself have also exploded on the Internet.

"John Wick 3" has always maintained an excellent reputation. Even with the influx of nearly 8.9 million viewers, the IMDB score has not experienced a major decline and currently remains at points.

Fans' comments online are eager to praise this film.

"If there are so-called alcoholic action movies in this world, then the "John Wick" series led by Martin Davis must be on the list! It is like a glass of highly concentrated vodka. The spicy feeling hits my head. "

"In the first two films, Martin's almost real-life action scenes, I thought, had reached a peak that Hollywood has never seen before, but the third film once again proved that Martin's limits are beyond imagination, and he once again brought a super movie Action classic!”

"Although I am a girl, I am a girl who likes Martin. When I saw the scenes of throwing knives, pencils, stables and riding, I got wet and wished I could become that dark horse!"

On the Rotten Tomatoes website, there are more than 3 column reviews of "John Wick 200" collected, but the freshness is still as high as 95%!

From the media to audiences to film critics, almost unanimously gave the film high praise.

On Saturday, "John Wick 3" did not see a sharp decline in the number of viewers due to the high attendance on the first day. In theaters in most large and medium-sized cities across the United States, theaters showing the film have always maintained a high attendance rate status.

At this moment, Davis Studio and Disney Pictures no longer need to continue to work hard on word-of-mouth marketing. As long as they are properly guided, it is enough to make the film's high reputation spread wildly.

At the same time, the easter egg at the end of the film about the new film "New York Continental Hotel" has also attracted widespread attention from movie fans.

Winston, who plays the role of Mene, has the second most role in the trilogy after Martin, and is also a very popular character.

Now it is about to become an independent film, which is also very exciting.

In the early hours of Sunday morning, a brand new box office statistics was sent to Martin's mailbox.

In the bedroom of Davis Manor, Martin patted Lily's butt and asked her to hold Elizabeth. He stood up and leaned on the cushion at the head of the bed, took his cell phone and opened his mailbox.

Lily took a bite on Elizabeth's soft, high spot.

Elizabeth, who had fallen asleep due to excessive physical and mental exertion, was woken up by Lily's bite. She quickly blocked her offending mouth, turned over, stretched out her hands, and hugged Martin.

She saw Martin looking at his phone and asked, "Didn't it slip today?"

Martin said: "No, attendance was higher than Friday, with $5510 million in revenue."

Lily crawled over, lay in Elizabeth's arms, and said, "The box office is obviously less than Friday."

"You are so confused!" Elizabeth reminded: "In the box office statistics for Friday, there are midnight screenings that started on Thursday night."

Martin directly hugged Lily to Elizabeth, stood up and came to the back, saying, "It's time to celebrate."

Lily's tired legs were shaking. She glanced at Elizabeth's face, which was close at hand, and whispered in her ear: "This is not the way to go. Should we find another sister to come over?"

Elizabeth immediately thought of the woman far away in Atlanta and insisted: "Let's do this for now."

Lily shuddered when she thought of the iron fist of love, it was better not to come over.

She felt that she had to find someone else. If Elena were to be found, she would be beaten to death every day.

"John Wick 3" quickly spent its first weekend in North American theaters, taking in a box office of US$4105 million in 1.61 theaters. It not only topped the North American box office rankings, but also achieved the highest weekend this year. Box office results.

The following Monday was Memorial Day, which was also a public holiday across the United States. Although the attendance rate of "John Wick 3" declined, it still remained at a certain height, collecting another US$4201 million that day.

In just four days, the film's North American box office has exceeded the US$2 million mark, reaching US$2.03 million.

Cinemascore, an authoritative market forecasting agency, combined several days of live theater audience statistics and gave an average "A+" score, predicting that the North American box office of "John Wick 3" will not be less than $5 million.

The last R-rated film to have a box office of over $5 million in North America was "The Dark Knight."

The popularity of the film is high enough to form a chain effect in the media and the Internet. It does not even require the producers and distributors to invest too many resources, and many media and movie fans will spread the word spontaneously.

Popularity will naturally attract media coverage.

The word-of-mouth reputation passed down by fans is still very powerful even today.

When a person succeeds continuously, not only will he be surrounded by good people, but even all the media will spontaneously praise him.

Martin enjoyed such treatment.

In a related report, CNN directly stated: "Martin Davis is a national treasure of the United States!"

People magazine praised highly: "Although Martin Davis is not yet 35 years old, he has already become a Hollywood legend and an immortal monument in the history of world cinema!"

The Los Angeles Times was even more exaggerated. They conducted an exclusive interview with Martin after the holidays and then published an exclusive report. The title of the report was: "This is a world that belongs to Martin Davis, and we just live in it." .

In fact, a sentence began to appear on social media and was widely circulated: America in chaos is not worthy of Martin Davis.

(End of this chapter)