Coquettish Rebirth

The matter on Li An's side was temporarily resolved, and Jia Hongjian and the others were intimidating so that Li An did not dare to vote indiscriminately.At the same time, the box office competition for Hollywood's Christmas schedule has also entered a hot period.For example, "The Grinch Christmas" starring Jim Kelly, the box office is really good!Such a work with an investment of 300 million U.S. dollars, under the joining of Jim Kelly, created a box office of 5508 million U.S. dollars in the opening weekend alone during the Christmas period. On average, it was screened in more than 3000 theaters. It's showing all over the US!On average, the daily box office of each movie theater is 1.7 US dollars!

Of course, such a film has a great score!That week's box office directly ranked No. 2, and then the theaters all predicted that the film's box office would definitely exceed 3 million, and even 2883 million can be fought!The box office of "Survival on a Deserted Island", which was released almost at the same time, was much worse. It only had a box office of 2774 million in its opening weekend, and only 1 theaters were showing it at the same time.For this, the theaters have predicted that the film's performance will be worth [-] million, and then they have looked down on the film.That's right, during this Christmas period, it's similar to Chinese Lunar New Year's period. At this time, the box office of the movies that come to grab the box office should be the most scary!If the box office is not high this will be underestimated!At the same time, the standard of whether the box office is high or not has also risen. Two months ago, maybe [-] million box office could already be considered a blockbuster!But in this Christmas file, $[-] million?That is simply a dwarf head!

Even Mel Gibson's "I Know Women's Hearts", which Hua Tsai later filmed, performed better than "Survival on a Deserted Island".Such a film by Gibson had a box office of 3361 million US dollars in the first weekend. Released in 3012 theaters, the single-day box office of a single theater is 1.3!Although the box office is limited higher than that of "Survival on a Deserted Island", such a film is a light comedy after all. It is estimated that the final box office will be between US$1.5 million and US$[-] million. Just a passing grade!

For example, "Girls in the Thunderbolt" with better results, the film's opening weekend was 4012 million US dollars, and it was released in 3037 theaters, with an average daily box office of 1.3 US dollars per theater!Basically, this film is predicted to exceed 1.3 million US dollars at the box office, even if it encounters Waterloo.That result won't be worse than 1.8 million!However.This was the case when the film was first released. In the second week of its release, because of the encounter with "The Grinch", the box office of the second weekend was directly cut off, and the box office took a big dive.The theaters have greatly lowered their expectations for this film.It is predicted that this film will be between US$[-] million and US$[-] million...

So it seems that the theaters are still an afterthought.But that's it in this competitive time period!This is like the playoffs of the nba. In the regular season, the teams that seem to be all kinds of bunkers may not be able to talk and laugh in the playoffs!Even if the team was very promising before, in the playoffs, it may be blown out in one game!Because the intensity is directly different!And this Christmas season is even more so.This is because it is not the time for blockbuster films to compete with ordinary films. It does not mean that if you win the box office champion this weekend, only some ordinary films will compete next weekend, and they can still attract a large number of audiences to the box office.At this time, you just won this week's championship, and next week there may be an even better movie, and then it will directly attract the audience, forcing last week's championship to dive directly at the box office!It can be said that such a Christmas schedule is to compete for the ability of various movies to attract audiences, and some of the movies that are compared are all kinds of "powerful"!

"It's a good thing we didn't get in, otherwise I really don't know what the box office will be in the second week..." Ye Jing felt a little guilty because of this fierce competition!Jia Hongjian took her to watch the Christmas movies one by one in the past few days.She also thinks "Charlie's Angels" is not bad. At first, she thought that the box office of this film must be quite good, but who knows, she was directly slapped in the face in the second week!

However, after Ye Jing expressed how scary the Christmas schedule was, another thing happened next—a movie called "Drug Network" appeared.Such a movie appeared, and the effect of the premiere really made everyone ready to watch a joke.Such an unpopular drug-themed movie was originally not favored by everyone, but in the end, the box office of such a movie on its opening weekend almost made everyone laugh-only 25 US dollars!That's right, only $25!

"It's a good thing we weren't included, otherwise I really don't know what the box office was in the first week..." Ye Jing changed what she had already said, said it again, and then stuck out her tongue, still a bit of a survivor expression. "And did you know that the investment in this film seems to be not small, it should be more than 4000 million US dollars..." Jia Hongjian said. "Really?" Ye Jing was shocked at the time! Such a film with a cost of more than 4000 million US dollars is more than double that of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"!As a result, why did the box office reach 25 in one weekend? "Then if we release it...won't it be lower than this? By the way, how do you know they invested in this film? This film doesn't seem to be well-known?" Ye Jing suddenly asked suspiciously.

"I remember that I came to Katzenberg before for this film. At the beginning, I was looking for Universal or some other company, but the company said that the protagonist must be played by Harlemson Ford, and according to Harrison Ford’s characteristics to rewrite the script, so the script will have to be changed a lot. It seems that this film is about drug abuse and the struggle against drugs through several different clips and different characters’ situations. If Harrison Ford is the protagonist , This will definitely let people run through the whole play, but this will change the situation of the whole story. The director didn't want to do this, so he stopped cooperating with Universal and went to someone else. He also asked us, but he wanted 4000 million Katzenberg felt that unless such a film won an Oscar, it would be difficult to get a higher return. Although it is not a problem to make money overall, it cannot make more money. So In the end, Katzenberg did not agree, and the director found Focus Company to invest in..." Jia Hongjian briefly introduced the ins and outs.

"Oh, so that's the case...but their premiere box office is so low this time, the director must be very depressed, and won't be able to make movies for several years in the future?" Ye Jingxin said with concern.She thought that if Jia Hongjian hadn't embraced her at the beginning, but she had gone to fight with the theaters, if the theaters really let their "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" be screened during this golden period, would they also fight with the theaters? This "drug network" like tragedy?So after saying this, it's a good thing Jia Hongjian stopped her, right?

"Not necessarily, I think this film is quite connotative and more realistic. Although the economy in the United States has been restored by Clinton in recent years, some social problems are still very serious, such as drugs, Medical care and gun issues. Many people in the United States understand that this is a problem, but there is no way to solve it. This kind of criticism of reality is really attractive to watch sometimes. So I think this film will become popular after a while The scale has been released to the public, and there should be a good result. Over [-] million box office, and even some Oscar nominations are not out of the question.”

Upon hearing Jia Hongjian's words, Ye Jing nodded at that time, "Really, they look like us, they are all potential types... Wait! What did you just say? Large-scale public release?" "Yes "Jia Hongjian nodded, "This film is currently being screened on a small scale. If it is released to the public on a large scale, they will only have a box office of 25 US dollars. Is it suicidal? How could anyone be willing to let them continue? Stand still? Definitely a day trip to the cinema." Jia Hongjian laughed.

"Then why didn't you say it earlier!" Ye Jing pouted at the time, "Come here, let me take a bite! Why are you so naughty? You just know how to tease me!" That's right, Jia Hongjian said a series of words before Yes, it made her think that such a film only had a box office of 25 after it was released to the public on a large scale!She also thought that there are still movie theaters willing to continue showing this kind of box office?Now after listening to it, I understand that the relationship is just a small-scale screening, right?

"Hiss... Take it easy, it hurts!" Jia Hongjian pulled his hand out from under Ye Jing's mouth, shook it, and then reached out and wiped the saliva left on Ye Jing's vest. "But speaking of it, this movie is not bad. It seems that there are only 4 theaters for them to show it on a small scale. After all, it is the Christmas schedule and resources are tight. However, they have created a theater with a single-day score of nearly 1, which is impressive. The theaters have gained some confidence, and I heard that the large-scale screening will start in January."

After hearing what Jia Hongjian said, Ye Jing nodded her head, feeling a little more balanced.She originally thought that this film would be screened on a large scale before theirs, so she would definitely be unbalanced!Especially in case her grades are good, wouldn't she die from it?She had to think that the theater was "making money" in front of her. "Hey, by the way, why did Katzenberg miss such a movie? If it is famous and profitable according to what you said, the box office can still exceed [-] million, and there are still nominations... It is completely wrong not to keep this movie. Katzenberg is not good!"

"It's not that Katzenberg is bad. Spielberg also watched it at the time, but Lao Si felt that this film was too close to politics. He was not very good at grasping the point of political correctness, so he didn't give suggestions. And he Without any suggestion, Katzenberg would naturally be less optimistic about this film." Jia Hongjian explained. (To be continued..)