Coquettish Rebirth

"Mr. Jia, your film is really... really amazing! It's so good!" After the screening, the film managers praised Jia Hongjian and the others so much!That's right, they have now figured out what's going on, and obviously the essence of this film is at the end!It can be said that the end of this story is to lead to the second story, and the whole first story is just to confuse the audience!It can be said that such a first-level story is purely to show the director's personal aesthetic taste!And they, the film managers, all know that although Nolan is the director of such a film, Jia Hongjian is the producer, and Jia Hongjian helped write the script, so there are many plots in this film, so some of them are so exciting. I think Jia Hongjian participated in the creation of all the scenes with a very good rhythm!And at a glance, you can tell that these plots are different from the things shown in Nolan's previous films, so it is obviously the credit of Jia Hongjian!

From their aesthetic point of view, the story of this first layer alone is enough to give this film the title of "Hollywood Blockbuster"!At least it shouldn't be a big problem to mix up a box office of [-] million and [-] million, but with the addition of a second layer of story, it will raise the grade of the whole movie by several notches!Directly turn an excellent film into a legendary film!It's almost a must-have on any list of the best movies of the decade!For such a film, they still need to see the results of the questionnaire after the preview?No need at all!

Just based on their own viewing experience, such a film is almost a big hit!Some people even keep reminiscing about the plot in the movie even now! "But Mr. Jia. I have a little suggestion. Your film is very good, but there are some small shortcomings. When Tang Seng talked with the officials of the Tang Dynasty at the end, he suddenly jumped out and said that all the plots that were broadcast before It is a realistic picture that tells the story. This jump is a bit big, and some viewers may not be able to react in time, so I suggest you add a little hint at the beginning, for example, after Tang Seng comes back, first talk to the officials Have a conversation, and then start telling his story. That way the overall flow will be better. It will be easier for the audience to understand without jumping out of the scene..."

Yo?This proposal... seems to be quite good?Jia Hongjian thought about it for a while, well, it is said that the IQ of the audience in the United States is not high.In fact, let alone the United States.Aren't there still a lot of people in China who don't use their brains when watching movies?People don't have to be really stupid.Many people just regard the movie as a visually cool process, so they don't take it into their heads at all!This makes people see the dialogue at the end in one word, and it is very possible to be a little stunned!So hear it here.Jia Hongjian nodded to Nolan, and decided to follow such a suggestion, then adjust the plot a little more carefully, and re-edit it a little.

Just when Jia Hongjian confirmed with Nolan that he wanted to make changes, he saw that the group of screening managers, regardless of whether the results of the questionnaire came out or not, came up one by one and started to talk about buying the screening. up! "Our theaters are all showing it!" A person shouted, "Our theaters are too, we want to order 300 copies." "We want 500 copies!"... All of a sudden, the excitement in this lounge is no less than Our Chinese vegetable market!At this moment, every screening manager firmly believed that the film Jia Hongjian made had a 99% chance of being a hit.Because it is too classic and amazing, after such a miraculous reversal at the end, many viewers may feel that they did not watch it fully the first time, so they are likely to spend money to watch it again!And if there are more people doing this, won't that make the box office rise even more?How can they dare not buy copies under such circumstances?Otherwise, when the time comes, their theaters will make less money, and this will be entirely their problem!

After simple statistics, this time "Tang Seng's Fantasy Journey" has been screened in 3000 theaters at once, and it can be said that it has reached the level of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" when it was the best-selling film !You know how many theaters were released in the first place for a film like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and how long did it take to expand to 3000 theaters?That's because it was nominated for an Oscar!But now, this piece of "Tang Monk" has reached it from the very beginning!And this also means that such a film is almost impossible to sell well!

After the agreement to purchase the copy is signed, the thing that needs to be considered and dealt with is the arrangement of the film.When is the best time for such a film to be released?It's already mid-October now, is it in time for the Christmas schedule in late November or even December?You must know that the competition for this year's Christmas schedule is very fierce!As far as the blockbuster movies that have already been scheduled for Christmas, there is "Harry Potter", the first part of "Lord of the Rings", and "Ocean's Eleven" starring George Clooney. Two-time Oscar winner Soderbergh directed the film!There are also cartoons like "Monsters Inc" that are fun for children to watch with the family, and "A Beautiful Mind" that tells the story of Nash, the inventor of game theory, and is definitely destined for Oscars!So this year's Christmas schedule competition is even fiercer than last year!Such a "Tang Seng's Fantasy Journey" is really going to be in the Christmas schedule?Do you really want to compete directly with others?

For this, Nolan has no say.Jia Hongjian, Katzenberg, and Spielberg held a meeting in the company's office to discuss this matter.Katzenberg advocates taking a break, and even thinks it doesn't matter if it's released until next summer. He wants to maximize the company's profits and minimize risks!However, Jia Hongjian and Spielberg are more confident about releasing it on Christmas! "Brother, speaking of it, our first impression of a film like this is that it is a magical film, and other films do not have much competition with us, at most it is "Lord of the Rings." "is the same as us, plus half of "Harry Potter"." Jia Hongjian analyzed in this way.

"However, "The Lord of the Rings" has an original book, and it tells a grand theme like war. In fact, as long as we avoid them, we can get as much box office as possible. After all, there is no competition between us and other movies. Although "Harry Potter" is also a fantasy theme, it is for children after all, so overall it is not a big threat to us, it can only be regarded as half a competitor, let alone This film is still produced by our own company and directed by Spielberg. Naturally, we can avoid it and try our best to let both films get their best box office. Let me take a look at "Harry Potter", it is November 11 "The Lord of the Rings" is on December 16th, which means that there are actually two weeks between them for us to choose."

"I agree with Jia's analysis. In fact, there are not many similar films with ours. Although everyone is grabbing the steamed egg market as a whole, our films have a high chance of being watched repeatedly, so relatively speaking, we should be in such a box office. If you grab the box office at the highest stage, then it’s completely natural!” Spielberg said, “As long as you don’t crash into my film to grab the box office, you can do anything else!” Katzenberg listened to these two words. A director said so, so it is natural to think about it.He looked at the temporary film schedule, and it really seemed that "Harry Potter" was on November 11th, which was the beginning of the Christmas schedule, and "Lord of the Rings" was at the end of the Christmas schedule.For the time being, there are really no special competitors for the big movies released in the middle, just like "Ocean's Eleven" was released on December 16th, and "A Beautiful Mind" was released on December 12th.If such a "Tang Monk" chooses to be released at the end of November or early December, in fact, the competitors encountered are not of the same type, and it really does not mean that the risk is very high!

He pondered over and over again, wondering if there were any fantasy-themed movies that hadn't been filmed yet.Movies like "The Mummy Returns" were released in May, so there is no need to be afraid of grabbing business, and except for a few blockbuster movies, the ones released during the Christmas period are either comedies or All kinds of low-budget movies.From this point of view, it seems that the real risk is not very big!Thinking of this, he simply nodded, "Then December, I think November 5 is not bad? What do you think?"

Jia Hongjian looked at the calendar. "Harry Potter" will be released on November 11th, which is a Sunday, and then November 16th will be a Sunday two weeks later, and then in December, the release date of "Ocean's Eleven" The release is on December 11, which is also a Sunday, and December 30 of "A Beautiful Mind" is a Saturday.From this point of view, it is indeed the best choice to choose November 12, so there are no competitors for the time being. Even if "Ocean's Eleven" is released a week later, the conflict between the two parties is actually not that big.After all, one is about fantasy and the other is about modern crime, and the audiences on both sides are not the same!And in Jia Hongjian's impression, movies like "Harry Potter" and "Lord of the Rings" are killer-level, basically the ones that topped the box office back then!In my impression, it seems that they are all the ones with a box office of 12 million US dollars in North America!And "Ocean's Eleven" is a good film, but it's still a notch lower in terms of box office, less than 7 million US dollars in North America?In this way, it is obviously not a problem to be closer to "Ocean's Eleven", it is a problem to be matched with those two movies that are also somewhat magical!

Therefore, the release schedule has been tentatively finalized... (to be continued...)