American fame and fortune

Compared to Johnny Depp's petty intellect, Martin is definitely a generous man. On the day "The Lone Ranger" was released in North America, he bought two movie tickets and took Bruce with him to support Depp.

If Lily and Elizabeth hadn't gone on a business trip to Europe, he would have bought four or even five of anything.

After all, Bruce can't be left alone.

Beverly Hills, Floissie Cinema.

Martin and Bruce, who had been specially dressed up, got out of the Chevrolet that drove up and walked into the theater leisurely.

Martin wore wide-rimmed glasses, a long wig, and a beard, completely changing his appearance.

At the entrance of the theater, probably to avoid a series of negative influences brought by Johnny Depp, the main poster of "The Lone Ranger" changed from the original Depp alone to two people, Depp and Armie Hammer.

Depp's character looks weird and weird, like an Indian version of Captain Jack Sparrow.

In the original plan, Megan Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer planned to film "The Lone Ranger" into a new "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.

Martin has not been in contact with these two people recently. After so many things happened to Johnny Depp, he doesn't know if the two bosses have changed their minds.

Bruce glanced at Depp and said, "There is no normal person in the role this guy plays."

"Normal people play roles like mine," Martin said.

The two of them entered the theater, and Bruce went to buy tickets. There were not many people in the box office, so there was no need to queue up. He could just buy tickets for "The Lone Ranger".

Bruce took the ticket and joined Martin into the cinema.

The cinema hall, which can accommodate more than 200 people, is very empty at this time, with only a few spectators.

Martin came to the last row where he could see the entire auditorium clearly. He took a quick glance and saw that there were less than ten people in the auditorium.

Bruce said: "The attendance seems to be not as good as Alexandrovich's "Napoleon the Great"."

When this comedy was released in North America, it had no more than 1,000 theaters at most.

"The Lone Ranger" opened in 3,945 theaters at the same time.

Martin reflected on it: "After the premiere, it seemed that many media and film critics praised the film."

"It's probably about the same as us." Bruce said on the other hand: "Depp's reputation in the media and on the Internet during this period has been extremely bad."

Martin has also paid attention to the fact that in addition to the rumors about alcohol, drugs, being a celebrity, being late and absenteeism, etc., some gossip magazines and the Internet began to publish stories about domestic violence after Depp and Amber Heard quarreled. Word spread.

Although Depp specifically refuted the rumors, Amber Heard has never spoken out.

Martin knows very well that this is Musk's little trick.

The lights on the ceiling of the theater were extinguished, and the big screen lit up and "The Lone Ranger" began to show.

After watching the opening credits, Bruce paid special attention to the audience, looked around, and whispered: "Counting the two of us, there are less than ten people."

Martin pointed to the screen: "Watch a movie."

The director of "The Lone Ranger" is Gore Verbinski, who directed the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy, the production team is the industry's top Jerry Bruckheimer's team, and the leading actor is the famous Johnny De Depp, even the setting of the male protagonist is a weirdo that fits Depp's personal style very well.

No matter how you look at it, this film has all the necessary ingredients for success.

Although Megan Ellison has only been in Hollywood for a few years, she is not stupid at all. She can spend 250 million US dollars on production. These are the keys.

Of course, these key factors were all brought to Megan Ellison's lips by Martin based on some memories from his previous life.

Martin specifically negotiated copyright authorization with Disney Pictures, deliberately let Davis Studio compete for Depp, and pretended to hire Jerry Bruckheimer as a producer, giving Megan Ellison a mature and seemingly mature job. A sure-fire job.

Therefore, Megan Ellison grabbed the project without hesitation, invested huge sums of money, and copied the work.

Frankly speaking, this film is not a super bad one. Even among Jerry Bruckheimer's past box office hits, it is definitely not the lowest level.

It can be said that Jerry Bruckheimer kept the lower limit of the film.

But when I watch this movie with the same expectations as "Pirates of the Caribbean", I will be 100% disappointed.

The couple sitting a few rows in front of Martin left the show early after watching less than half of the show.

Martin persisted for a while, during which he took out his mobile phone several times to check the time. Finally, when it was nearly an hour and a half, he lost patience and said to Bruce, "Let's go."

Bruce had been scrolling through Twitter, chatting with three people at the same time.

Martin noticed: "Boo, you're flirting with Kim, Khloe and Jodi at the same time. It's so immoral."

Bruce is completely ruined: "There is no psychological burden in being a depraved scumbag."

Martin came out of the theater, got into his car, took off his wig and fake beard, and said, "This movie is done."

Bruce agreed: "I am a viewer who has a high tolerance for bad movies. I am bored to death. Even God can't save this movie."

Before the car started, Martin received a call from Max.

Fatty Bai laughed on the phone: "What the hell is Depp's new movie? It's such a bad movie, and those film critics and media have the nerve to brag about it? It's also a Western version of "Pirates of the Caribbean," who gave them the courage to publish it? This kind of column?”

"Franklin, of course," Martin said.

"That's right." Musk thought this was reasonable: "Only Franklin can make them tell lies with their eyes open, but it's just bad, and it's useless no matter how much you brag about it, especially Depp's recent reputation and reputation are extremely bad. "

He asked Martin: "When do I start?"

Martin thought for a while and said: "When the first-week box office in North America is released, as long as the data is good, investors, producers and distributors will all abandon Depp. Then no matter what you do, it will be much easier."

Musk said: "You are the teacher in this regard, and I listen to you."

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With "The Lone Ranger" being fully released in nearly 4,000 theaters in North America, the relatively good reputation that the film had carefully built before suddenly collapsed.

The Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating dropped from 82% to 41%.

On the first night of Friday, on the Internet, IMDB's score plummeted from 8.4 to 6.2. From websites to social media, all kinds of negative reviews continued like the Pacific sea breeze.

"This film is just a long, stinky farce."

"It's really boring. I left early for the first time this year."

"The Lone Ranger is as bad as Depp. Bad people make bad movies. Perfect match!"

"I'm watching "The Lone Ranger" in the theater. The bad news is that the movie only started 30 minutes ago. I can't help but pick up my phone to scroll through Twitter. The good news is that I decided to leave early!"

"When I saw Depp, it was so dramatic. What kind of role is that? It's obviously the captain who came to the American West. I can't imagine him at all."

"Depp's character is so bad and all artificial. I'm really fed up with him!"

The negative reviews of "The Lone Ranger" also caused Depp's personal reputation to further collapse.

"Depp's off-screen persona collapsed. I thought he could redeem himself with a movie role, but the role turned out to be as bad as everyone else's."

"I've watched both "Transcendental" and "The Lone Ranger," and I can conclude that Depp is limited to Pirates of the Caribbean and can't get out of it. What's even more frightening is that his real life is a mess, which will only further hinder his acting career. .”

"Like the bad things Depp has done, he deserves to be thrown off the streets in "The Lone Ranger"!"

Although several fan organizations of Depp claim that no matter what Depp does in real life, as long as he has a work, they will definitely buy tickets to support it, but these die-hard fans alone cannot support the market for a big-budget movie. .

Besides, it's hard to say how many of them actually bought tickets.

Because the attendance of "The Lone Ranger" is really bad.

On Friday night, in most theaters showing "The Lone Ranger", there were still only about ten people buying tickets.

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On the top floor of the Columbia Building, Johnny Depp, who did not need to participate in the promotion of "The Lone Ranger", was drinking and taking drugs and partying with his followers and playmates, as if the financial crisis did not exist and the movie he starred in had already become a box office hit.

Amber Heard stood on the balcony, blowing the night breeze and looking at the night view of Los Angeles. From time to time she glanced at the window where the noise came from, disgust almost written on her face.

She glanced at the watch given by Musk, her sweetheart, and then picked up the poster of "The Lone Ranger". This neurotic movie has a bad reputation on the Internet and was criticized on Twitter and other social media.

The film's reputation is ruined, how can it do better at the box office?

Amber will only decide what to do next after seeing the box office numbers.

After waiting for a while, her phone lit up with a text message, and her agent sent her the latest data.

Amber quickly clicked on the text message and saw the statistics of "The Lone Ranger".

On its first day of release in North America, the film only took in a box office of US$7.56 million in nearly 4,000 theaters.

Amber breathed a sigh of relief and gave up her last thoughts about Depp. This film was a box office failure!

Her husband Johnny Depp is also finished!

This bastard who is an alcoholic, a drug addict and is in financial crisis is not worthy of a young and beautiful top beauty like her.

Amber left the balcony, walked through the long corridor, broke into the banquet hall where Depp was having a party, grabbed Depp's arm and dragged him out.

Depp said: "Honey, what do you want to do? Are you in such a hurry today?"

Amber dragged the person out, slammed the door, took out a bottle of ice water from the refrigerator, and threw it to Depp: "Drink some water, wake up, the movie you are showing is finished! You are finished on horseback. !”

Depp unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip: "It's just a movie that's finished. I have no shortage of film dates."

"Please wake up!" Amber wanted to anger Depp: "This useless man, you lost to Martin Davis!"

Hearing Martin's name, Depp glared, but after looking at Amber for a moment, he turned around and entered the carnival room again.

"A man without balls!" Amber was very angry and muttered: "A coward who doesn't even dare to do domestic violence!"