The huge engine roared, a business plane flashed across the runway, rushed into the sky, and quickly climbed into the stratosphere. After being informed by the crew, the passengers in the cabin took off their seat belts one after another. Van diesel, with a bright bald head, was no exception. He unfastened his seat belts and asked the crew for a drink.

    The crew of "speed and passion 6" is going to Europe for publicity, and universal pictures, the distributor, specially provides the crew with this business plane.

    There wasn''t much space inside the plane, but Van diesel occupied the best four opposite seats in the front cabin by himself. The others were sitting in the back, and no actor could sit with him.

    Van diesel heard the people behind him muttering and looked back. Donne Johnson, nicknamed Boulder, was joking with Michelle Rodriguez, but when he saw his turning eyes, he temporarily stopped talking.

    For the reaction of these people, van diesel is still satisfied, because he is the real boss of this series!

    As for whether the chicken behind will feel overbearing, he doesn''t care. What are those little actors? It''s going to kill this series. If it wasn''t for his return like a savior, what would the speed and passion series have achieved? Looking forward to such dishes, chickens? You''re kidding.

    The most important thing for the troupe under his control is to carry out his will.

    Van diesel knows that he is very overbearing, and other people in the crew are very dissatisfied in private, but this is his style. If he is not satisfied, he can withdraw from the crew. Besides this series, can this group of chickens still find the opportunity to play the main role?

    The cabin was unusually quiet. Van diesel picked up the wine glass from the flight attendants and took a sip of wine. It suddenly sounded that today is Saturday. At this time, the box office statistics of yesterday should be published. He asked someone to send his laptop and open his mailbox.

    Sure enough, one of the new e-mails in the mailbox is from Universal Pictures, with the title of North America''s Friday box office express.

    "There should be 10 million dollars left in a single day..."

    If the box office of "Diesel" fell by more than US $10 million in a single day, even if the box office of "Diesel" fell by more than US $10 million in a single weekend, it would be a big drop.

    He is very clear that the tension is the strong oppression from Murphy Stanton''s city of darkness.

    After a day''s screening, this black crime movie has gained great reputation and become a super masterpiece among movie fans. Even the professional film critics who have always been disgusted with commercial films have lost their face and knelt down to worship one by one. The feedback to the cinema is the super high film arrangement rate and attendance rate.

    Other films, including "speed and passion 6", which made a good first weekend box office, can only tremble in the shadow of "dark city".

    Van diesel moved the mouse and opened the email. The email was presented in a multi page situation. It was Murphy Stanton''s "dark city" that appeared on the home page. There was no accident. The only thing that surprised van diesel was the box office of the film. The box office of "dark city" was as high as $126 million on Friday!

    One day box office has exceeded 100 million US dollars!

    It''s not three days on the weekend, it''s box office results on the first day of the show! This surprised van diesel. It was also an action commercial blockbuster with huge investment. Speed and passion 6 got more than $97 million three days after the weekend, and the city of darkness was more than $100 million in just one day

    "People really can''t compare with people." Van diesel shook his bald head. "What''s his crew like compared to Murphy Stanton?"

    Fortunately, there is only one Murphy Stanton in Hollywood.

    He is very clear that "city of darkness" is totally different from last year''s summer blockbuster "Avengers". It is a role-based film, and the director''s role in it is limited, while "city of darkness" is a complete director''s work. The former is not as likely to succeed as Jos Vuitton, and the latter is impossible without Murphy Stanton The box office and word-of-mouth are booming now.

    Van diesel can''t help but watch some introductions at the back of the box office. The audience rating of "city of darkness" theater is a + and IMDB is 9.7 for the time being. Because the number of scoring users is enough, it has entered the top 250. There is no doubt that Murphy Stanton has deeply engraved his name on the film history!

    Van diesel sighed, knowing that he could not compare with Murphy Stanton. If he kept comparing with Murphy Stanton, he would have no confidence at all.

    He drags the mouse and points to the next page. Although he already has a bad feeling, he still wants to see it. After all, the box office of speed and passion 6 has not been seen yesterday.

    Page flip, yesterday''s North American box office ranking second is "speed and passion 6", which let van diesel relax, but see the box office numbers behind, still a little disappointed.8.95 million dollars!

    This is the one-day box office of "speed and passion 6" on Friday, a little more than that of "dark city"

    Van diesel frowned. Under the strong impact of "dark city", the box office of "speed and passion 6" in North America next weekend seems to be going to a cliff jump.

    Fortunately, with certain psychological preparation, he was not very depressed.

    In the box office statistics of the later films, van diesel is too lazy to watch any more. He just turns off the computer, closes his eyes and gets ready to sleep. He always compares his films with Murphy Stanton''s works. It''s looking for abuse. It''s better to have a good sleep.

    Saturday is a day off. There are many cinemas in the United States. The attendance rate of theaters showing "city of darkness" has reached two-thirds, and nearly 200 IMAX cinemas are full, showing a grand scene that IMAX has never seen since it entered Hollywood.

    However, IMAX company has been prepared for a long time. On the one hand, they have full confidence in Murphy; on the other hand, the crazy publicity has also increased their confidence.

    As early as a few days ago, IMAX decided to increase the screening of "dark city" from 6 a.m. on Saturday.

    In North America, when popular films are shown, theaters often arrange their shows at "abnormal" times in order to maximize their profits. Early show and midnight show have become the tradition of summer box office blockbusters.

    Nowadays, the popularity of online ticketing mode makes it possible for movie tickets to be sold out ahead of time. In order to meet the coming upsurge of "dark city", in addition to IMAX company, there are more than 3500 theaters in the United States that open after 10 a.m. on weekdays, and the first batch of guests come from 6 a.m.

    And there are quite a lot of guests.

    "I''m here to see the magician of James Franco."

    "This is Murphy''s film. Of course I want to see it."

    "The score of IMDB is very high. Isn''t such a film worth watching?"

    People who walk into the cinema early in the morning have their own reasons, but they buy tickets to support the city of darkness.

    The staff of those cinemas in the prosperous areas also began to enter the busiest stage. One IMAX Cinema Manager complained about the hit of "dark city" in an interview with the media.

    "I worked until 3 a.m. last night and got up at 5:30 this morning. I didn''t even go home." He pointed to his dark circles. "I didn''t sleep well at all!"

    "Good attendance?" The reporter asked again.

    The manager of the cinema showed a smile and said directly, "last night''s evening was not only full, but also many people who didn''t have tickets refused to leave. We had to temporarily add more than ten chairs in the cinema."

    He sighed, "IMAX cinema has never seen such a situation. The company should have found Murphy Stanton earlier."

    However, the attendance rate of "dark city" dropped significantly on Saturday. The advance show and the one-day show on Friday consumed too much enthusiasm of the audience. This is a very normal market rule.

    And with the spread of word-of-mouth, the number of audiences coming to the cinema is increasing, and some bad reviews can not be avoided.

    "60 points at most. If it''s not a movie directed by a super Hollywood director, I don''t think it''s worth 50 points. I like movies like iron man very much, but this movie is so disappointing. Who likes the dark and desperate content? And it''s not straightforward enough. The creaky magician is tiresome. "

    "It''s not interesting at all. The motorcycle is still in harmony. A boring movie makes a beautiful woman and a handsome man crazy. It''s hard to see the horror."

    There is no movie in the world that can satisfy all the audience and fans. It''s normal for a movie with this dark style to be hated by people and then be criticized badly.

    Besides, such bad reviews are rare among the large number of movie audiences.

    Like Murphy and 20th century fox, they didn''t pay attention to these at all, because the number of bad reviews is so small that it can be ignored!

    Compared with very few bad reviews, "city of darkness" has not only been recognized and praised by the vast majority of fans, but also some partners such as IMAX are preparing to mobilize resources to fully support the film.