In this week''s workday, the box office trend of "dark city" is very stable. On Thursday, it took another $21.56 million from North America, and the total box office in North America reached $340.24 million, which is about to exceed $350 million.

    Anyone who knows something about the industry knows that with the coming of a new weekend, the North American box office of "dark city" is bound to surpass the $400 million mark.

    Compared with "dark city", the North American box office of van diesel''s "speed and passion 6" has been declining all the way, only getting less than $6 million in four working days. A number of forecasting agencies in the Hollywood industry have confirmed that the final North American box office of the film will not exceed $180 million.

    A new weekend is coming. Every weekend of the summer camp in North America is a festival for movie fans.

    Since schools in North America have not yet had their summer vacation, Friday is also a working day. In the daytime, the attendance rate of cinemas in North America is only slightly higher than that in the previous four working days, and there is no significant increase. However, as soon as the night falls, a large number of people from work and after school crowd into cinemas. They will not have to go to work tomorrow, and they can watch their favorite movies wantonly.

    In a cinema on Long Island, New York, Fernandez, as the night shift manager, just finished his shift with his colleagues and came to the ticket counter. Just then, a large number of fans swarmed into the cinema. A considerable number of them came to several ticket counters to line up. Because the shift was not over, there were only two ticket windows open at this time, which led to the cinema''s failure Two long lines immediately formed in the hall.

    Fernandez looked at the time, came to a ticket window that was not open, took away the sign that was not selling tickets for the moment, and the two lines of long lines and many customers who entered the cinema one after another came to his side like a tide, forming a long line.

    A girl who looks at most 16 or 17 years old is the first one. Behind her is a boy. Judging from their intimate appearance, they should be a couple.

    After working in the cinema for a long time and dealing with all kinds of people, Fernandez thinks he has a good way of looking at people.

    "Hello..." With a professional smile on his face, Fernandez asked, "what can I do for you?"

    The young girl handed a hundred dollar bill and said, "I want two movie tickets."

    "Which movie?" Fernandez asked patiently.

    "The city of darkness!" The girl didn''t even think about it. "Two of" dark city! "

    Fernandez on the ticket machine, two "dark city" movie tickets quickly print, at the same time, he took the girl''s money, skilled to complete the change work.

    The girl took the change and the movie ticket, took her boyfriend and left happily.

    Behind came a middle-aged man with glasses, who said directly to Fernandez, "I want a ticket for the city of darkness!"

    Just as Fernandez was waiting for the ticket machine to issue tickets, he heard the man muttering, "I saw it once last week, and I''ll see it again this week. How can I see such a good movie twice?"

    The middle-aged man with glasses was sent away. A brown haired boy in the back came to the counter and said in the simplest way, "dark city, five tickets, thank you!"

    Fernandez was skilled in business and quickly sold a number of tickets for "dark city".

    "Murphy Stanton is on for the second week." He muttered to himself, "there are so many people buying tickets. It seems that this weekend''s box office is not bad."

    "Hello..."

    At this time, a woman in her thirties came up and said, "I want two great..."

    Before she finished speaking, a man behind said with a sad face, "honey, let''s watch the city of darkness."

    Fernandez didn''t vote immediately. He has seen too many different opinions in the past.

    "What''s good about that dark movie?"

    Obviously, this woman is the leader of the two. "Leonardo DiCaprio is my God!"

    Regardless of the man''s objection, she said to Fernandez again, "I want two tickets for the Great Gatsby!"

    Hearing this, Fernandez immediately issued a ticket. After all, there are many people waiting in line behind them. He has no time to let them waste here.

    Later, some people came to buy tickets for the Great Gatsby, mainly women in their thirties and older audiences.

    As the duty manager of the operation Department, Fernandez quickly figured out what was going on. Women in their thirties should be fans of Leonardo DiCaprio. This age group is 15 or 6 years ahead. They are in their teenage years. At that time, Titanic was popular all over the world. Leonardo DiCaprio was a fan of Jack Dawson Thousands of girls have fallen.

    As for the older audience, it should be for the name of the Great Gatsby. He can''t remember the remake of the film for the third time, but there are always three or four times. Some older fans must have deep feelings for the film. Come and have a look at the latest remake to find out the feelings of that year.However, the Great Gatsby is much smaller than the city of darkness, where the audience is mainly from 16 to 50 years old.

    Of course, Fernandez also knows that as a Hollywood superstar, Leonardo DiCaprio''s appeal can not be ignored.

    After working in front of the counter for half an hour, Fernandez secretly observed that the audience of "the Great Gatsby" is still dominated by fans of Leonardo DiCaprio, but the on-site ticket sales of this film can only be said to be relatively general.

    He didn''t know about the vending machine. In half an hour, the counter where he worked sold about 12 tickets for the Great Gatsby. This kind of data is not bad, but the good and the bad are often compared. In the same time, the dark city sold 55 tickets!

    Fernandez didn''t think much, because the popularity of the two films was clear at a glance.

    When an employee came over, Fernandez gave him the window and went to the sales department. Seeing that everything was normal, he went back to his duty office. As soon as he opened his chair and sat down, someone knocked on the door and came in.

    In came a cinema investigator, who would come here every weekend, so Fernandez knew him very well and asked, "how efficient is your work today, strange?"

    "Not every film has as many terrifying audiences as the first weekend of dark city."

    The investigator named Strange took a glass of water from the water fountain, sat down opposite Fernandez, and said, "there were only about 20 people watching the Great Gatsby just after the show. According to the company''s 5% to 10% sampling survey rules, it''s enough for me to ask two people''s opinions."

    At this point, strange can''t help complaining, "like last week, it''s crazy to ask more than ten people in a show! I have only one person! How to stop so many people at the same time? That damned movie, damned Murphy Stanton! Drive US investigators crazy

    "It''s a good thing he only makes one movie a year," Fernandez comforted

    "Well! Well Strange nodded busily, as if he had survived. "If his films are shown twice a year, I will quit. This job is not done by people!"

    Fernandez can see clearly that stranch still complains about last weekend''s heavy workload.

    "By the way, strange." He timely changed the topic, "what''s the reputation of the Great Gatsby?"? In terms of your field survey sampling today. "

    Strange shook his head. "Just so. I feel that after Leonardo DiCaprio has consumed his fans and fans of previous remakes, the box office will plummet. "

    "Can you be specific?" Fernandez still asked, "the specific scoring."

    "According to my statistics here." Strange thought about it and said, "the most comprehensive score on the spot of the Great Gatsby is B +. This is today''s, if it''s three days on the weekend, it may fall to B."

    Fernandez nodded. "The audience''s reputation is average."

    "It''s just average." Strange shook his head again. "In front of the city of darkness, there is not much competition at all, and the film has too little publicity except for Leonardo DiCaprio and Toby Maguire."

    "Isn''t the heroine Murphy Stanton''s first girlfriend?" Fernandez is also concerned with gossip.

    "How many years ago? How many people will pay attention to it? " Strange is an expert, "how can an ex girlfriend compare with an ex girlfriend? After Kerry Mulligan''s own revelations, Gail gado announced in London that "dark city" would compete for the Oscars, quickly drawing the attention of the media and fans away. "

    Fernandez asked curiously, "this Israeli woman is said to be very powerful and resourceful."

    "Do you think..." "Isn''t there a way to make Murphy Stanton so secure?" he asked

    Friday is a fleeting day. In today''s highly intelligent and networked era, whether it''s the ticket sales of cinemas or the audience''s word-of-mouth comments, the statistics will be published at the first time, and then delivered to the relevant people or companies.

    On Saturday morning, the crew of "the Great Gatsby" was waiting in the VIP room of New York''s Kennedy Airport for boarding, and a relevant statistics was also sent.