At the end of the event, Lehman and his group successfully broke through the encirclement of movie fans and got on the Lincoln business car.

The car door is closed and the car slowly starts.

Agent Johnson began to report on his itinerary in recent days.

He took out the shorthand notebook he carried with him, confirmed it from beginning to end, and whispered to Lehmann beside him: "The recording of Tonight Show is scheduled to be around 7 pm. We will set off to Chicago tomorrow. Then there will be a telephone interview with Entertainment Weekly over there. The specific time is subject to us..."

"Okay, I understand." As he spoke, his tone was a little tired.

Running publicity is indeed a very energy-intensive thing.

"How much box office is there now?" Leanmann lifted his spirits and asked.

"According to the data collected by Paramount, the box office has exceeded 100 million so far, with a total of 112.43 million US dollars."

"112.43 million, has it exceeded 100 million?"

Lehman muttered.

When he heard that the results of "Bad Guy" exceeded 100 million, Tom Cruise and Nicholas Cage, who were sleeping on the side, were also energetic.

For them, the box office sales of their works are the most useful driving force for their careers.

Oh, and I would like to mention that Heath Ledger couldn't squeeze out time because of filming "Brokeback Mountain", so he didn't have a promotion with the group. He had to wait until the release of overseas theaters next week, and he would go to Australia, his hometown, to help promote and attract popularity.

In fact, Hollywood is the most realistic circle. Compared with the virtual and intangible things such as acting skills and abilities, when the producers choose actors, they consider more about their market value, which is the so-called box office appeal.

The simplest way to confirm the appeal is to look at the average box office of an actor's recent works...

Salary or performance pay is also roughly calculated based on these, and the same is true for directors. The change in voice and value are inseparable from the market performance of the directed past films.

Cage widened his eyes and looked at Tom Cruise with a happy face, then looked at Lehman, and said, "It's so amazing after four days."

This is also the best-performing film he has performed so far.

"Is the market changing? More than ten years ago, it was a great thing to break 100 million in the first week. At that time, there were only a few screens in North America. Now, it is not considered a normal box office trend for a blockbuster if it breaks 100 million in the first week. The number of theaters increased, and the ticket price was also increasing, and the box office performance line naturally also rose. It's a very simple truth. Do you believe it or not, in a few years, movies that break 100 million in a single day will appear."

Lehmann analyzed it rationally. Of course, what he said was the truth. When the era of super-English in later generations began, any single-day breakthrough of 100 million will become a standard and will be refreshed.

"Incredible." Tom Cruise still exclaimed. Although the analysis sounds quite reasonable, it was still very shocking to me that it really happened to me.

This market performance is much more powerful than the "Mission: Impossible" series starring him.

Lehman waved his hand, "It's only the first week, the next screening time is still very long, and everything is still unclear."

In his words, he did not get carried away because he exceeded 100 million in four days. Just like what he said about Paramount Pictures' postponement of the celebration banquet, it is not the time to celebrate. After all, there is so much investment and there is a lot of money for publicity and promotion, and the cost has not been recovered.

If you are too happy too early, you may feel sad because you are extremely happy. If you really fail, you will have a lot of trouble.

If this movie fails, not to mention whether the 10 million yuan invested by my studio can be recovered, my directorial ability will undoubtedly be questioned. In other words, my personal future is cut off in half and I have to start over again.

"So, we're running for publicity." Tom Cruise continued with a smile.

While chatting, the car arrived at the destination.

The violent cheers and screams mixed with howling, and Lehmann was quite accepting of this phenomenon.

With Tom Cruise here, there will be no lack of fans, let alone their whereabouts are not a secret.

Sure enough, as soon as we got off the car, we saw more than a hundred young men and women of all kinds waving the support signs in their hands, roaring at them, and launching a sonic attack.

The entire recording building of "Tonight Show" was surrounded by fans. Under the maintenance of a group of security guards, they were struggling to move forward like a sea ship that was suffering from strong winds and waves.

Looking at these crazy movie fans, Lehmann felt the difference between the workers behind the scenes and the people in front of the scenes with the people in front of the scenes. No wonder many screenwriters or photographers always complain that the work and efforts they put in for a movie are so important. It would be fine if they were not recognized by the public, but even the rewards were far inferior to other positions.

Unfortunately, this kind of discrimination about industry work cannot be changed by Lehman. He is just a director and only wants to be a director.

Under the strong escort of security personnel, the group finally arrived at the reception hall on the first floor of the recording building in a safe place.

The surging crowds were blocked, and this was not a public place, so they couldn't get in.

Stopped, Lehman looked back and found that the fans had not left. The signs held high said words such as "Forever Male God, Tom Cruise" and "You fascinated me so irreplaceable, Tom". You can also vaguely see Nicholas Cage's fan card, but compared with Tom Cruise's, it seems much colder.

Of course, the development paths of the two people are different. If the "Idol Male God" is not as popular as Cage as the audience and traffic attention, it is a complete failure.

When I walked into the lobby on the first floor, a small group of three people immediately greeted me.

The neat and neat formal attire, the polite and decent smile, and the attitude of neither humble nor arrogant really make people feel good about it.

One of the ladies took the initiative to speak: "Everyone, welcome to nbc TV station. Our entire program team is looking forward to your arrival."

She shook hands with Lehman and his group to show etiquette and said again: "I am Anlin Jessica, assistant to the Tonight Show recording team. Everyone calls me Anlin. Please come with me."

She said, and saw Leman and his group nodded, then turned around and led the way.

The staff at the front desk knew them, but they didn't register and just left them.

The elevator rose to the fifth floor, followed An Lin's guidance, and everyone entered the waiting room again. Before they could sit down, the director and screenwriter of "Tonight Show" and other creative teams came over to say hello.

Tom Cruise is an acquaintance of the program team and even teased each other a few words with several staff members of the program team.
Chapter completed!