Hollywood Road

Ask for a recommendation ticket!

Because he was so engrossed in preparing for the new project, Murphy even forgot that his first film had already been released in theaters. On the way to the theater, he made a special call to Jones-Butler to briefly understand the relevant situation.

Miramax had previously done some publicity for Hard Candy, in addition to putting posters and commercials in some theaters, it also aired late-night TV commercials on two public television stations.

Regarding the promotion of "Hard Candy", Miramax is very restrained, and the investment can be described as careful calculation. After all, the cost of the film is here, and it is impossible to invest too much in publicity, otherwise it will inevitably lose money.

The car drove to a relatively remote theater in Santa Monica. Just after entering the parking lot, Carey Mulligan complained again from the co-pilot, "Are you the director? I didn't even know that my film was released last Friday. It's on show!"

Watching Murphy park, her baby face was full of indignation, "I wanted to see it in London, but I couldn't see it there."

"Okay, dear." Murphy beckoned her to get out of the car, "I'm not preparing a new movie."

Carey Mulligan closed the passenger door and turned to stare at Murphy. "New movie? What?"

"Secret." Murphy locked the car and took the lead to the west theater. When Carey Mulligan caught up and shook his arm, he added, "Wait a while, the script is finished and you can read it."

Carey Mulligan immediately grinned happily.

As soon as the two entered the theater, Carey Mulligan pointed to the poster board in front and said, "Look, Murphy, our poster."

Right in front of the corner, Miramax's poster for Hard Candy was posted, with a little girl in a red hood standing in front, and a photographer in gray behind her eyeing her.

"I'm going to buy a ticket."

Murphy bought two tickets in the past, and the two entered the screening room. Although Hard Candy was R-rated, it was not difficult for Carey Mulligan to enter the theater with Murphy, and minors in North American theaters ran It is not uncommon to enter an R-rated movie theater to watch a movie.

"There are so few people." Carey Mulligan kept looking around. "The seats are all empty."

This is a small movie hall that can accommodate hundreds of people. Counting Murphy and Carey Mulligan, there are probably less than fifteen audience members.

"It's normal," Murphy reminded. "Don't forget it's Monday."

How can such a niche film have so many audiences?

In fact, during the phone call, Jones-Butler mentioned some relevant screening data to him. "Hardfruit" has been in North American theaters since last Friday, and Miramax contacted ten people for this film. It was screened at home theaters, and it received $36,538 on Friday. The situation was slightly better on Saturday and Sunday. The three-day box office accumulation in the first weekend exceeded the $100,000 mark in one fell swoop.

In this way, the box office of "Fruit Hard Candy" exceeded 10,000 US dollars in the first week of single screening, and also won the opportunity to expand the screening.

I have to say that Miramax is really good at distributing independent films. Starting this Monday, the number of North American theaters for "Hard Candy" has increased to 160.

The movie began to show, Carey Mulligan was completely quiet, and the whole person was immersed in the film. When Hailey turned back for the first time, Murphy saw her eyes were red, two lines of tears flowed down, the whole Everyone seemed to be shaking.

The moment when your dream comes true, you will always be so excited that you can't help yourself.

Murphy understood this feeling very well. He stretched out his hand and patted Carey Mulligan's arm lightly. Carey Mulligan turned his head, wiped the tears from his face, tried to squeeze a smile at him, and then lowered his head hard. A nudge on his shoulder.

The two smiled at each other and turned back to the film.

Soon, Carey Mulligan was laughing so hard that his mouth was split to the base of his ear.

Because the audience is relatively small, most people are concentrated in the middle row, and some whispered comments will inevitably spread to this side.

"This girl did a great job."

"She's so pretty, so cute, so cool!"

"I like this girl, and so do her red dress and espadrilles."

Someone else talked about her performance later.

"The little girl's acting is amazing, it's scary to watch."

Listening to this, Carey Mulligan felt airy, better than drinking Chivas with Murphy.

Although there are some voices who think the film is too much, but for Carey Mulligan's performance, the voices that ring from time to time in the hall are almost all praises.

Moreover, Murphy also thinks that Carey Mulligan has played very well. Her almost natural performance has covered her own shortcomings very well. Compared with the former Ellen Page, her appearance has gained too many extra points. .

Audiences tend to be very condescending.

In the end, Little Red Riding Hood's counter-slaying of the Big Bad Wolf sparked a burst of amazement. Women were somber, men were sore...

At the end of the screening, more than a dozen audience members walked out of the theater one after another, with Murphy and Carey Mulligan at the back.

"Am I doing well?" Carey Mulligan asked impatiently.

Murphy nodded, "Very good..."

A look of disappointment appeared on Carey Mulligan's face, shaking his body and snorting, "Is it good?"

"Honey, you have to listen to what I have to say." Murphy shook his head and continued to walk forward. Carey Mulligan followed eagerly, and he added, "You are better than James Franco. ."

Carey Mulligan tapped his pointy chin, "I'll do better in the future."

She followed behind Murphy, walked out of the theater, and walked towards the front hall. When she passed the poster board, she turned her head to look at it for a while. The Little Red Riding Hood above was so striking.

The only thing she regrets is that the audience just now was really small.

What a wonderful feeling it would be if the audience was full and everyone was full of praise for her performance.

Thinking about whether there are some or not, Carey Mulligan followed Murphy out of the theater, looked up at the dazzling sunlight, and suddenly there was a questioning voice on the right.

"Excuse me..." A brown-haired girl in her twenties looked at her and asked, "You...are you Hailey."

"Hayley?" Carey Mulligan froze for a moment.

Murphy also heard the questioning, turned his head and reminded, "Haley in the movie."

When Carey Mulligan suddenly realized, his eyes crooked with a smile, and he politely extended a small hand, "Hello, I'm Carey Mulligan."

When the brown-haired girl shook her hand, Carey Mulligan added, "I played Haley in Hard Candy."

The brown-haired girl looked surprised, "It's really you? You did a great job!"

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