Chapter 387 Street gunfight, bang bang bang!
In its second week, "Net" earned $40.93 million in 2,538 theaters in North America, bringing the North American box office to $89.07 million. It is expected that the North American box office will exceed $100 million next week.
The film has a very good reputation, and its descriptions of online social networking, e-commerce, online blogs, online tracking and other elements have sparked a lot of discussion in the media.
Critics think that this is not only an action movie, but also a science fiction movie, which looks very interesting.
There are also fighting scenes in the movie, including gunfights, explosions, car racing, handsome men and beautiful women, etc., which are also very interesting.
The San Francisco Chronicle commented that after director Link had played with old horror elements such as "ghosts" and "death" in his previous films, he began to add new things to horror movies, including the Internet, spies, etc., making this movie very creative, with a compact plot and a good balance of tension and relaxation. It is a very exciting and inspiring new style horror action movie.
The Los Angeles Times praised Link and lead actress Sandra Bullock in its review.
After making many classic horror movies such as Seven Deadly Sins, Final Destination, and The Sixth Sense, Link still maintains a strong desire for creation and innovation. He adds new-age Internet elements to horror movies, cleverly uses the fear brought by the computer virtual world, firmly grasps the hearts of the audience, and makes it a fascinating new horror movie.
Sandra Bullock's performance in the film is very brilliant. Through her wonderful performance, she made a seemingly ordinary character very vivid. Her every move in the film can resonate with the audience.
Other media also gave high praise, with 31 media giving scores exceeding 85 points.
The second place on this week's box office rankings is the action movie "Evaporator" released by Warner Bros. Pictures, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, Jennifer Connelly and others. The film cost as much as $100 million to produce.
Due to the fame of Schwarzenegger and Jennifer Connelly, Warner Bros. Pictures predicts that the film's first-week box office will be no less than 50 million US dollars.
The result was only 36.58 million US dollars, much lower than expected.
The main reason is that the plot of the film is rather old-fashioned. Although the drama contains computers and high-tech content, it is inferior to "Network" of the same period and lacks freshness.
In addition, there are many blockbusters released this week, including "Batman Forever", "Mission Impossible", "Net", etc., which are all action movies with serious homogeneity and fierce competition in the box office market, which also led to the premiere box office of this movie being lower than expected.
The third place is Disney's animated film "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", which earned $31.02 million in 2,778 theaters on its premiere. The film cost $100 million to produce, which is also a standard figure. It is expected to break even at the global box office, but the profit margin is not large.
"Batman Forever" dropped to fourth place this week, with a weekly box office of 23.77 million and a cumulative box office of 216 million US dollars.
Since two of the top four box office hits this week were from Link's movies, Link once again became the target of many media outlets, praising his high box office appeal, fast movie-shooting speed, and being a 'quickshooter with great firepower'.
In order to promote the movie, he participated in 21 interviews in half a month, and talked a lot about the movie in media such as CBS, ABC, TNT, The New York Times, and Entertainment Weekly.
"Link, you have more exposure now than the three of us. Do you want to consider continuing to be an actor? You have been an actor before."
At the foot of the NBC TV building, Jennifer Aniston took his arm and smiled.
"Yes, if Link is to be a star, he must be a top star."
Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow chimed in, also wearing Friends character costumes and makeup that matched the TV show.
If there was a camera nearby filming at this time, people passing by would think they were filming a movie and that Link was making a cameo appearance in "Friends".
In fact, Link had just finished an interview in the studio of NBC TV station, and Jennifer Aniston and the other two were waiting for him to go back to the apartment after get off work at the NBC TV production center.
Link held Jennifer's hand and smiled, "I can't compare to you. Now Friends is popular all over the world. Every noon and evening prime time, audiences all over the world are watching Friends. Now there are more than 2 billion people who know you, but not that many people know me."
What he said was true. "Friends" started airing in 1994 and has aired two seasons so far.
Since the second season, "Friends" has become the highest-rated movie in North America. Almost all American audiences have watched this TV series, and the ratings of this TV series are also very high in overseas regions.
Even after the first broadcast, those TV stations will replay it repeatedly, like China's "Journey to the West". Now, just turn on the TV and change two channels to see the three of them.
Now the three of them have also become top stars in the film and television industry, especially Aniston, who is more famous than other popular movie stars such as Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Connelly.
Jennifer now earns more than $10 million a year from advertising endorsements alone.
Aniston wrinkled her nose and said, "The audience only recognizes our faces, but they don't know our names at all. Every time I attend an event, the audience only calls me Rachel, and calls Courtney and Lisa Monica and Phoebe."
Courtney and Lisa Kudrow shrugged, also bothered by the situation.
Link smiled. Before he started dating the three of them, he only remembered their character names. Sometimes when he called Jennifer, he would call her 'Rachel'. Later, when he became familiar with them, he stopped making such mistakes.
"There's no need to worry. The fact that people call you by your character's name shows that you acted well and your performance has touched people's hearts. They treat you as a living person. This is an achievement that many actors will never achieve in their lifetime."
"But this will give the audience a stereotype of us. No matter what role we play in the future, we will be regarded as Rachel, Monica, or Phoebe. The better we act, the harder it will be to get rid of this stereotype." Jennifer curled her lips.
Link smiled and said, "After filming the TV series, you can make movies. Make more movies and play some memorable roles. Then people's stereotypes about you will gradually fade. Do you remember your real names?"
"I think so too. I hope we will have the opportunity to star in your movie in the future."
"no problem."
Link led the three of them and continued walking forward, preparing to get into the car at the street level.
But before they reached the parking spot, a loud roar suddenly sounded on the street. It was the sound of a motorcycle engine. When Link looked forward, he saw a motorcycle rushing towards him. A man in a black leather jacket sitting on the back pulled out a pistol from his arms and pulled the trigger towards him.
The two sides were less than 100 meters apart and were gradually getting closer.
When the man in black pulled out a pistol from his bosom, Link's muscles tensed up instantly and his hair stood up.
He shouted "Be careful!" and picked up Jennifer Aniston with his strong arms. He also hugged Courtney Cox and Lisa Kudrow and staggered forward two steps. The four of them fell to the side of the street together, using the cars on the side of the road to shield their bodies.
Although he performed multiple actions, his reaction speed was super fast and the whole process took less than one second.
Bang!
The first shot rang out, and the bullet hit the hood of the car, splashing a series of sparks.
The bodyguards Wallace and Bob who were following Link reacted immediately. They quickly rushed to both sides of Link and blocked him with their bodies.
Bang! Bang!
The motorcyclist fired again, hitting the car, shattering a piece of the left side window.
Wallace and Bob also drew their pistols, turned on the safety and fired back.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Passersby on the street reacted quickly when they heard the gunshots. Some of them hid around, holding their heads and screaming, while others lay on the ground and trembled.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
After Wallace Bob fired back, the motorcyclist stepped on the accelerator and rushed forward. When he was about to escape the scene, a bullet hit the man in black who fired the shot from behind. With a scream, the man in black swayed on the motorcycle, and when he was about to fall, the rider in front grabbed his arm and quickly left the scene.
Wallace and Bob did not pursue them, but looked around vigilantly with guns in both hands.
The job of a bodyguard is to protect the safety of their employer. As long as the employer is fine, there is no need to worry. It is not their responsibility to chase the murderer.
Link heard the sound of a motorcycle leaving, leaned against the car door and looked around, then pulled Jennifer, Courtney, and Lisa Kudrow up and half leaned against the car on the street.
Jennifer Aniston threw herself into his arms for comfort, as did Courteney and Lisa Kudrow.
Link held them and patted them gently.
The driver drove over, Wallace opened the door with a gun, and he and Bob escorted Link and the other two into the car on both sides.
(End of this chapter)
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