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Seeing that Jon Berg seemed to be hit, McDonald did not dare to say anything and quietly waited for the president's latest instructions.

Jon Berg said: "It doesn't matter. The early box office is directly related to sequels and adaptations. We are a non-sequel film and it is not an adaptation of a very popular commercial work. It is normal for the early box office to be low."

McDonald wasn't sure whether he was speaking to himself or whether the president was talking to himself, so he simply didn't answer.

Jon Berg waved his hand: "Okay, that's it for today. Let's go back and have a rest early."

McDonald left the president's office and told his team of assistants to get off work.

Jon Berg sat on the sofa, but didn't move.

He had a bad feeling.

But as soon as this thought passed through his mind, he stood up with strength. The North American release of "Jack the Giant Catcher" has just begun. The box office in advance was average, and there were many movies that were big sellers in the first week.

It's too early to draw conclusions now. It won't be too late to wait until the box office comes out tomorrow to determine the film's success or failure.

Jon Berg automatically blocked out those bad thoughts, left the office seemingly very relaxed, and drove home to rest.

As the film was officially released in North America, the scores and reputations that Warner Bros. had been blocking on major media and websites exploded the next morning.

“With the film’s dazzling special effects, fairy tales, and teenage fantasy, what else can moviegoers expect in May?”

In the "Chicago Sun-Times", the original "Roger Ebert Watching Movies" column gave this film 88 points.

"A thrilling, original, and entertaining adventure story."

Warner's "Variety" film review column also gave this film a score of 80 points.

Just looking at the reviews of film critics in the media, it seems that this is a good summer movie with high quality and quantity.

In an era when film reviews have long been commercialized, these can naturally be marketed.

But "Jack the Giant Slayer" had a very poor reputation among audiences.

On the Internet, where young audiences now gather, the IMDB score was only 5.5, but dropped to 5.3 at noon.

Twitter is almost full of curses.

Therefore, in traditional media, many film review columns praised "Jack the Giant Catcher", while on the Internet, ordinary movie fans mostly criticized the movie as a bad movie.

Although Warner Bros.'s trolls tried their best to set the pace online, there were too many scolds and they couldn't reverse it.

Warner Bros. responded immediately.

Jon Berg stood up for an interview and responded to the negative reviews on the Internet: "A movie cannot be liked by everyone. "Jack the Giant Catcher" has received negative reviews from some online, but it has also been praised by a large number of media. This cannot To say that the quality of the film is not good is just to polarize word of mouth.”

Perhaps under too much pressure, Jon Berg also criticized those who gave negative reviews and some people who had ulterior motives for seeing his jokes: "Some people may not like this film, and we can accept reasonable criticism, but you It’s such a cruel way to criticize this film!”

This interview was extremely effective because so many people criticized "Jack the Giant Slayer".

Ordinary movie fans were instantly shocked.

I didn't spend any money to buy a ticket to watch this movie, so I'm really not qualified to comment or rate it.

The problem is that I paid money to watch it, so I can’t say that a bad movie is not good? Do you want to admit that your appreciation level is not enough?

Fans flocked to the official Twitter account of "Jack the Giant Slayer" and left crazy messages.

"Are you saying that your reputation is polarized? It's clear that the reviews paid for give it high ratings, while everyone else gives it low ratings!"

"Don't you know what kind of bad movie Warner made?"

"I understand why the male protagonist of the film is schizophrenic, because the president of Warner is a delusional patient!"

As for websites like IMDB, all kinds of bad reviews are falling like raindrops on a rainy day.

On the other hand, Cinemascore announced the live scores of theater audiences, with an average of only C!

Warner Bros.' three previously failed high-investment film projects, "Pharaohs and Gods", "Green Lantern" and "Darkland" also received C ratings from the audience.

In the years since the Cinemascore website was established, films with a C audience rating have almost exclusively suffered box office disasters.

"Jack the Giant Slayer" was no exception on its first day of release in North America, with a box office of US$5.59 million in 3,855 theaters.

Nolan got the data and called Martin immediately: "Have you seen the box office numbers? This film will generate extremely terrible losses."

Martin smiled and said, "Chris, are you ready?"

Nolan said: "We will launch once the North American opening weekend box office is released."

"Okay." Martin said, "I'll wait for your whistle."

He reminded: "Where's Bryan Singer?"

"I've contacted him," Nolan said, "He's waiting for an opportunity."

Martin understands: "I will help Bryan Singer create a suitable opportunity.

Nolan added: "I am now going to DreamWorks and Paramount to talk to Spielberg and Bob face to face. The "Interstellar" project has been delayed for too long."

"Good luck to you," Martin said.

Nolan hung up the phone.

Martin put down his phone.

Louise next to her lifted up the quilt, put on her black-rimmed glasses, and walked towards the table without wearing anything else.

Martin leaned on the soft pillow, admiring all this: "You are tempting me."

Louise picked up the address book, faced Martin, and said seriously: "Warner Brothers, and even Time Warner as a whole, have never lacked the gene of internal fighting, just like Kevin Tsujihara and his Warner Group came to power, It is the result of infighting. There are many people within Warner Bros. who covet the position of president of Warner Pictures."

She raised her legs, stepped on the chair, and said something serious with a strange posture: "Our old friend Daniel is a typical example. According to the news I got, Warner Pictures' previous big productions failed, and Jon - Berg put the blame on Daniel every time, and Daniel was extremely unhappy with Jon Berg."

"Daniel's chance has come," Martin said.

"I'll call Daniel myself," Louise said.

Martin laughed: "That's great."

"You need to pay for this call!" Louise pushed up her black-rimmed glasses.

Martin immediately took action to top up and pay.

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With the box office of "Jack the Giant Slayer" released on its first day in North America, Jon Berg has invested a lot of resources in maintaining the reputation he can no longer hold on to.

The so-called "polarized reputation" completely collapsed.

"Los Angeles Times" film critic Kenneth Turan severely criticized the film in his column.

"The film just cut out the most well-known parts of the two fairy tales, and then used some gorgeous shots to piece together a very mediocre work! Bryan Singer is a very mature director, and this film was a huge failure. He made so many low-level mistakes, it’s just unbelievable.”

After Bryan Singer saw it, he said that I would never take the blame!

At the suggestion of a friend, he contacted TMZ and accepted a video interview, personally telling the behind-the-scenes stories of the filming and production of "Jack the Giant Catcher."

The video quickly appeared prominently on TMZ's front page.

"Those who have paid attention to the promotion of "Jack the Giant Slayer" should know that I have not participated in any promotional announcements for the film from beginning to end, because this film is not my work at all!"

The movie was so bad that the leading actor had a schizophrenia. Bryan Singer would never take the blame: "I hereby solemnly declare that "Jack the Giant Slayer" is not my work!"

He elaborated: "Most of the filming of this film was indeed based on my on-site directing, but many of them were not what I wanted to shoot at all. The filming of the film in Atlanta went very smoothly in the early stage. I don't know why later, Warner Pictures President Jon Berg sent a new producer and agreed that the other investors would also send a producer."

"In a crew, there are six powerful producers who give instructions to the director about filming. Before shooting every scene and every shot, they will carefully review and express their opinions, and they all have different opinions. For this reason, they are constantly on the set. The quarrel led to the filming of every scene. They had to reach an agreement during the quarrel before I could call start..."

"Do you know what this feels like? I have been tortured for a month, a month!"

When Bryan Singer said this in the video, everyone was gnashing their teeth: "After I returned to Los Angeles after filming, I suffered severe psychological and mental trauma, and had heart problems, and had to be hospitalized. Jon Berg took the opportunity It took away my ability to participate in post-production.”

"Here, I want to say thank you to him for not letting me participate in post-production, otherwise I would have gone crazy. Jon Berg, the president of Warner Pictures, made a mistake in post-production. A crazy production mode."

"He first asked each of the six producers to edit a finished film, and then organized a group of experts to review the films and select six of them to edit into the best parts of the film, and then personally directed the editor to edit the film. It was edited into the released version, which may be why many fans feel that the characters, plot and style are always jumping back and forth."

Bryan Singer explained the situation and threw the pot back: "So "Jack the Giant Catcher" is the work of Jon Berg and his producers, not Bryan Singer. I shot it continuously The on-site commander doesn’t even count.”

Not only did he publish a clarification interview video through TMZ, Bryan Singer then asked his agent to contact Warner Pictures, the Directors Guild and the Producers Alliance, requesting that his name be removed from the director column of "Jack the Giant Catcher" Remove.

How bad does a film have to be for the director involved in the filming to refuse to acknowledge it as his own work?

Bryan Singer's statement caused the reputation of "Jack the Giant Catcher" to completely collapse.

On Saturday, the film's box office began to decline, with only 5.24 million US dollars earned that day.

During its three-day opening weekend in North America, "Jack the Giant" earned a box office of US$14.22 million amid overwhelming negative reviews.

This was an even more horrific box office disaster than "Pharaohs and Gods" and "Green Lantern."