On the last weekend of May, "Dungeon Siege" was released in North America. The popularity rose sharply due to a series of debates caused by previous events. The opening of the theaters in the first weekend increased by 2,920 from the initial 2,500.

Among the comments of many film critics, not only this audience is not good, but this theater is not good either!

"Dungeon Siege" was a complete devastating thing, and it also formed such a deep hatred with film critics. You can imagine the treatment it enjoys.

On the first day of its release in North America, "Dungeon Siege" became the most eye-catching movie on the Rotten Tomato website, which uses the collection of reviews of film critics as the basis for ratings.

Because this video has set a new record of Rotten Tomatoes.

"Dungeon Siege" marked as rotten on Rotten Tomatoes, with an index of as low as 3% of the unprecedented! The average score of the film critics was 23!

In the words of Todd McCarthy, the film critic of the Hollywood Reporter column, "Dungeon Siege" should not be launched, should not be filmed, and should not be released.

Kenneth Tulan, a column critic of the Los Angeles Times, said: "A movie like "Dungeon Siege" appears in theaters, which is the tragedy and depravity of the entire film industry!

The famous film critic Roger Albert did not directly comment on the film, but just left a sentence: I was ashamed of commenting on "Dungeon Siege"!

The various reputations of "Dungeon Siege" were completely overwhelmed.

On imdb, the average score of "Dungeon Siege" dropped to 3.5 points.

Even if it is a member of Baoge's support team and the Uvi Ball section comment group, basically no one scores above 5 points.

"Dungeon Siege" does have a bad style and a bad feature.

In terms of cinema  score, which best reflects the reputation of the film audience, the cinema audience scores the spot as "e". To use the measurement criteria of cinema  score, it is a bad movie that should not be filmed.

Generally speaking, movies that are divided into "e" on the spot will be painful for the producers to watch.

"Wright, do you think this number actually reflects the real market situation of the film?"

In a luxurious suite at the Belle Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Ed Mintz, founder and CEO of cinema score, looked at the report in his hand and asked his subordinates: "The box office for the first weekend is 16 million US dollars, and the box office in North America is 40 million US dollars?"

Wright Soubsky said: "The audience of "Dungeon Siege" was scored as e. According to our calculation formula, the box office of the film will be lower. This has been several times more than the hot dynamics caused by the film."

Ed Mintz shook his head: "The accuracy of our calculation formula based on the on-site score of the theater audience is very high, but is your working method a bit rigid? Not every movie is suitable for applying calculation formulas. "Dungeon Siege" is the kind of film that our formula cannot calculate at all."

"But..." Wright Soubsky has always believed in the calculation method of cinema score by live audience score: "This set of formulas allows us to predict the success or failure of countless movies."

cinema   literally translated as audience ratings. This company can be said to be the most authoritative film market analysis agency in Hollywood and even North America. Its survey and analysis does not involve the art or other professional ratings of films, but only targets the market.

Ordinary movie fans and even senior movie fans are extremely unfamiliar with the name Ed Mintz. Only professionals in the industry know his abilities and his company.

He never attended any premiere, and the name Ed Mintz never appeared on the Hollywood power list, but he has made a huge contribution to the entire Hollywood film industry in the past few years - the cinemascore film market research company he founded has provided an incalculable box office reference information for the entire industry.

Unlike professional film critics or media, cinemascore uses the market as a reference completely. It often conducts surveys immediately after the audience watches the video. The ratings based on these audience reputations are also the best first-tier market data.

The rating of cinemascore is easy to understand. A is success, b is OK, and is more satisfied, and c is bad news, which means that the box office tragedy is about to happen. Generally, viewers rarely give ratings below d. If a video is obtained, it basically means that it should not appear in the theater at all.

Although he is already 60 years old, Ed Mintz not only does not mean to retire, but also maintains the good habit of going to the theater to watch movies and experience the first-tier market. However, while watching many mainstream commercial masterpieces, he will also choose some low-cost videos to watch.

"There will always be exceptional," Ed Mintz said.

Wright Soubsky asked: "That data for "Dungeon Siege"..."

During the day today, Ed Mintz has watched "Dungeon Siege" and has also paid attention to various news, especially the hot discussions on the Internet.

He said slowly: "North America's first weekend box office may be close to $30 million, and the North American box office should be around $70 million."

"So high?" Wright Soubsky also watched the movie, and he really had no confidence in "Dungeon Siege" which was so bad that the screen was full of shit: "This movie is really bad."

Ed Mints said slowly: "Did you forget the "Blair of the Witch" back then? Is this movie bad?"

Wright Soubsky was speechless for a moment. In terms of movie quality, "Blair the Witch" is also a super bad movie.

Ed Mintz reminded: "The box office hit of Blair Witch is not so much a success as a marketing promotion. The same person stands behind "Dungeon Siege" and "Blair Witch", both of which are driven behind him."

Wright Soubsky suddenly realized: "You mean Ronan Anderson?"

"That's right, it's him." Ed Mintz said: "In "Blair Witch", everyone's eyes were attracted by the director and producer of the film, but not many people noticed that Ronan Anderson, who bought the film, directed the entire viral marketing. Now? Everyone's eyes were focused on Uvy Ball, but they didn't understand that Uvy Ball was just a puppet controlled by Ronan Anderson."

He said firmly: "Ronan Anderson is not just a producer and film company owner. Countless examples in the past have proved to me that Ronan Anderson is also a top film marketing master! People like him either don't take action, and once they take action, they mean they have seen the right opportunity!"

Wright Soubsky remembered several film projects by Ronan Anderson: "This man is really amazing, even the dead pirate movie can come back to life in his hands."

Ed Mintz said enough and waved his hand: "Let me post it as I said."

"Dungeon Siege" naturally became the film with the highest screening rate on Friday. "Shocking 3" released by Dimen Pictures, which was released the previous weekend, could only follow closely.

"Mysterious River", which was painted on the same weekend, is directed by old cowboy Clint Eastwood and starring big stars like Sean Penn and Tim Robbins, but the film has a not strong commercial atmosphere, obviously for the awards season at the end of the year and does not have much market influence.

Although another weekend will be released in Halloween, the old IP-type horror films such as "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Freddie vs. Jason", this weekend, "Dungeon Siege" easily grabbed the top spot in the film market.

Early Saturday morning, downtown Los Angeles sun illuminated the streets and dispelled the sins hidden in the darkness of the old town.

Charles Eric went out to buy breakfast, and hurried towards his old apartment while eating hot dogs. When he arrived at the door of the apartment building, he took out his change and asked for a newspaper, grabbed the old stair handrail with mottled paint, and walked towards the third floor.

A couple quarreled from the second floor. The building was too old and the sound insulation was too poor. It was too bad to live here.

Charles Eric touched his face with a little bit of blue wound. He was beaten up for nothing. He got nearly 100,000 US dollars in succession. He went to see the house on weekdays next week and must move out of the city center. It is best to buy a new house in the surrounding cities.

I don’t know if there is any opportunity to cooperate with Madias, the employer in the future.

There are not many good employers who are so proud of their reputation and can get corresponding returns by giving their efforts.

I cooperated with all my strength, and in just half a month, the income I got was worth more than the total income in the past three years.

Professional film critics must be ethical, but film critics must also eat and improve their lives.

Back at the apartment, the quarrels downstairs continued to come. After eating the hot dog, Charles Eric simply put on his headphones to play music to block out the annoying noise. Anyway, he had to read the newspaper next, and there was no effect in not hearing the outside world's sound.

Open the newspaper, first search the entertainment page, and found the news about "Dungeon Siege" that I was most concerned about.

The most conspicuous one is undoubtedly the premiere box office of "Dungeon Siege", with statistics in front of you.

Charles Eric sighed: $12.34 million!

The film critics are indeed lagging behind this era. Has their influence on commercial films been declining? So many critics have made a lot of bad reviews and attacks, but they can't stop the film "Dungeon Siege" from achieving box office success.

What's the matter with bad movies getting high box office? It's really unfair to those directors who are serious about filming!

Charles Eric felt bitter in his heart when he thought of Uvy Ball's arrogant appearance.

But thinking about the rewards I received, the agreement I signed, and the powerful group forces that may exist behind the whole incident, this bitterness disappeared without a trace.

I am also one of the beneficiaries of this matter.

"Dungeon Siege" must be successful, which shows that Uvi Ball's directorial career is far from over.

This German will definitely make new films again in the future. When his new film is released, will he have a big chance to make a fortune?

Strictly speaking, "Dungeon Siege" is a success, which is also a good thing for me.
Chapter completed!