MTL - American Fame and Fortune-Chapter 740 The box office is ruined

Chapter 740 The box office is over

Compared to Johnny Depp's small belly, Martin is definitely a generous person. On the day "The Lone Ranger" was released in North America, he bought two movie tickets and took Bruce with him to support Depp.

If Lily and Elizabeth hadn't gone on a business trip to Europe, he would have bought four or even five of anything.

　　Bruce cannot be left alone after all.

 Floysi Cinema, Beverly Hills.

 Martin and Bruce, who had specially dressed up, got out of the Chevrolet they drove up and walked into the theater unhurriedly.

 Martin wore wide-rimmed glasses, a long wig, and a beard, completely changing his appearance.

At the entrance of the theater, probably in order to avoid a series of negative influences brought by Johnny Depp, the main poster of "The Lone Ranger" changed from the original Depp alone to Depp and Armie Hammer.

 Depp’s character looks weird and strange, like an Indian version of Captain Jack Sparrow.

In the original plan, Megan Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer planned to film "The Lone Ranger" into a new "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.

"Normal people play roles like mine," said Martin.

“I guess it’s about the same as us.” Bruce said on the other hand: “Depp’s reputation in the media and on the Internet during this period has been extremely bad.”

Although Megan Ellison has only been in Hollywood for a few years, she is not stupid at all. She can spend 250 million US dollars on production. These are the keys.

Martin came to the last row where he could see the entire auditorium clearly. He took a quick glance and found that there were less than ten people in the auditorium.

 “The Lone Ranger” opened in 3,945 theaters at the same time.

 Martin pointed to the screen: "Watch a movie."

After watching the opening credits, Bruce paid special attention to the audience, looked around, and whispered: "Counting the two of us, there are less than ten people."

When this comedy was released in North America, it had no more than 1,000 theaters at most.

 Martin thought about it: “After the premiere, it seems that many media and film critics praised this film.”

 Martin has not been in contact with these two people recently. After so many things happened to Johnny Depp, he does not know whether the two bosses have changed their minds.

Martin has also paid attention to the fact that in addition to the rumors about alcohol, drugs, being a celebrity, being late and absenteeism, etc., some gossip magazines and the Internet began to publish stories about domestic violence after Depp and Amber Heard quarreled. Word spread.

Bruce took the ticket and joined Martin into the cinema.

 No matter how you look at it, this film has all the necessary success factors.

The director of "The Lone Ranger" is Gore Verbinski, who directed the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy, the production team is the industry's top Jerry Bruckheimer's team, and the leading actor is the famous Johnny De Depp, even the setting of the male protagonist is a weirdo that fits Depp's personal style very well.

Although Depp specifically refuted the rumors, Amber Heard has never spoken out.

 Martin knows very well that this is Musk’s little trick.

Bruce said: "The attendance seems to be worse than Alexandrovich's "Napoleon the Great"."

 The lights on the ceiling of the auditorium were extinguished, and the big screen lit up and "The Lone Ranger" began to show.

Bruce glanced at Depp and said: "There is no normal person in the role this guy plays."

 The movie hall, which can accommodate more than 200 people, is very empty at this time, with only a few spectators.

The two of them entered the theater, and Bruce went to buy tickets. There were not many people in the box office, so there was no need to queue up. He could buy tickets for "The Lone Ranger" at will.

Of course, these key factors were all brought to Megan Ellison’s lips by Martin based on some memories from his previous life.

Martin specifically negotiated copyright authorization with Disney Pictures, deliberately let Davis Studio compete for Depp, and pretended to hire Jerry Bruckheimer as a producer, giving Megan Ellison a mature and seemingly mature job. A sure-fire job.

Hence, Megan Ellison grabbed the project without hesitation, invested huge sums of money, and copied the work.

Honestly speaking, this film is not a super bad one. Even among Jerry Bruckheimer's past box office hits, it is definitely not the lowest level.

　　It can be said that Jerry Bruckheimer maintained the lower limit of the film.

But if you watch this movie with the same expectations as "Pirates of the Caribbean", you will be 100% disappointed.

　　The couple sitting a few rows in front of Martin left the show early after watching less than half of the show.

 Martin persisted for a while, during which he took out his mobile phone several times to check the time. Finally, when it was nearly an hour and a half, he lost his patience and said to Bruce: "Let's go."

Bruce has been scrolling through Twitter, chatting with three people at the same time.

Martin noticed: "Boo, you're flirting with Kim, Khloe and Jodi at the same time. It's so immoral."

Bruce is completely screwed: "There is no psychological burden to be a degenerate scumbag."

 Martin came out of the theater, got into his car, took off his wig and beard, and said, "This movie is done."

Bruce agreed: "I am a viewer who has a high tolerance for bad movies. I am bored to death. Even God can't save this movie."

Before the car started, Martin received a call from Max. Fatty Bai laughed on the phone: "What the **** is Depp's new movie? It's such a bad movie, and the film critics and media have the nerve to brag about it? It's also a Western version of "Pirates of the Caribbean," who gave them the courage to publish it? This kind of column?”

“Franklin, of course,” said Martin.

"That's right." Musk thought this was reasonable: "Only Franklin can make them tell lies with their eyes open, but it's just bad, and it's useless no matter how much you brag about it, especially Depp's recent reputation and reputation are extremely bad. "

 He asked Martin: "When shall I start?"

Martin thought for a while and said: "When the first week box office in North America is released, as long as the data is good, investors, producers and distributors will all abandon Depp. At that time, no matter what you do, it will be much easier."

 Musk said: “You are the teacher in this regard, and I listen to you.”

 …

With "The Lone Ranger" being fully released in nearly 4,000 theaters in North America, the relatively good reputation that the film had carefully built before suddenly collapsed.

 The freshness of Rotten Tomatoes has changed from fresh to rotten, dropping from 82% to 41%.

On the night of the first day on Friday, on the Internet, IMDB's score dropped sharply from 8.4 to 6.2. From websites to social media, all kinds of negative reviews continued like the Pacific sea breeze.

 “This film is just a long and stinky farce.”

 “I’m really bored, I left early for the first time this year.”

“The Lone Ranger” is as bad as Depp’s, bad people make bad movies, perfect match!”

"I'm watching "The Lone Ranger" in the theater. The bad news is that the movie has only started for 30 minutes. I can't help but pick up my phone to check Twitter. The good news is that I decided to leave early!"

“When I saw Depp, it was so dramatic. What kind of role is that? It’s obvious that the captain has come to the American West. I can’t imagine him at all.”

“Depp’s role is so bad and all artificial, I’m really fed up with him!”

  The negative reviews of "The Lone Ranger" also further caused Depp's personal reputation to collapse.

“Depp’s off-screen persona collapsed. I thought he could redeem himself with a movie role, but the role turned out to be as bad as everyone else’s.”

"I've watched both "Transcendental" and "The Lone Ranger," and I can conclude that Depp is limited to Pirates of the Caribbean and can't get out of it. What's even more frightening is that his real life is a mess, which will only further hinder his acting career. ”

“Like all the bad things Depp has done, the failure of “The Lone Ranger” is the result he deserves!”

Although several fan organizations of Depp claim that no matter what Depp does in real life, as long as he has a work, they will definitely buy tickets to support it, but these die-hard fans alone cannot support the market for a big-budget movie. .

Besides, it’s hard to say how many of them actually bought tickets.

 Because the attendance rate of "The Lone Ranger" is really bad.

 On Friday night, in most theaters showing "The Lone Ranger", there were still only about ten viewers who bought tickets.

 …

 On the top floor of the Columbia Building, Johnny Depp, who did not need to participate in the promotion of "The Lone Ranger", was drinking and taking drugs and partying with his followers and playmates, as if the financial crisis did not exist, and the movie he starred in had already become a box office hit.

Amber Heard stood on the balcony, blowing the night breeze and looking at the night view of Los Angeles. From time to time she glanced at the window where the noise came from, disgust almost written on her face.

 She glanced at the watch given by her sweetheart Musk, and then picked up the poster of "The Lone Ranger". This neurotic movie has a bad reputation on the Internet and was criticized on Twitter and other social media.

 The film’s reputation is ruined, how can the box office be better?

Amber will decide what to do next after seeing the box office numbers.

 After waiting for a while, her phone lit up with a text message indicating that her agent had sent her the latest data.

Amber quickly opened the text message and saw the statistics of "The Lone Ranger" at a glance.

On the first day of its release in North America, this film only took in a box office of US$7.56 million in nearly 4,000 theaters.

Amber breathed a sigh of relief and gave up her last thoughts about Depp. This film was a complete failure at the box office!

Her husband Johnny Depp is also finished!

 This **** who is an alcoholic, a drug addict and is in financial crisis is not worthy of a young and beautiful top beauty like her.

Amber left the balcony, walked through the long corridor, broke into the banquet hall where Depp was having a party, grabbed Depp's arm and dragged him out.

Depp said: "Dear, what do you want to do? Are you in such a hurry today?"

Amber dragged the person out, slammed the door, took out a bottle of ice water from the refrigerator, and threw it to Depp: "Drink some water, wake up, the movie you are showing is over! You are over. !”

Depp unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip: "It's just a movie that's finished. I have no shortage of film dates."

　　"Please wake up!" Amber wanted to irritate Depp: "This useless man, you lost to Martin Davis!"

Hearing Martin's name, Depp glared, but after looking at Amber for a while, he turned around and entered the carnival room again.

"A man without balls!" Amber was very angry and muttered: "A coward who doesn't even dare to do domestic violence!"

 (End of this chapter)