Reborn Hollywood Ladies

Chapter 258 Reversed Box Office

Not only the New York Post and Cooper were criticizing Leila with the banner of "420 million box office", but some newspapers who joined in the fun also waved their flags.

From the way they sounded like Lyra had made the worst movie ever.

There must be other studios behind it, especially the ones that came out with Rush Hour, and I wish everyone thought it was a bad movie so they wouldn't compete with them at the box office.

But some authoritative newspapers affirmed Leila's film, thinking that her shooting and editing techniques are very interesting, and it can even be said that she has created a new style.The slow motion and surround methods used in fighting, as well as the extraordinary visual enjoyment brought by the rapid switching of scenes during fighting and chasing, are worth learning from other directors.

But more newspapers don't think so.They only saw that the box office at the peak time was "terrible". From the box office on the first day, it can be seen that the film's stamina is weak. If they want to make money back, they can only hope for the box office of the East and the release of CDs.

Looking at the argument in the newspaper, Laila just thought it was funny.

After the films she made made one box office dark horse after another, many people said that the film is not only good at the box office, but more important is the connotation.But now that her box office is not high, those people can't wait to stand up and say that the box office is very important, and if she can't even get that box office, it is a failure or something.

Is it really good to publicize such an obvious double standard in a grand manner?Does that count as slapping yourself in the face?

What makes Laila even more speechless is that since the morning, she has received many calls, from grandpa to mother, from Zeni to Roy, from New Line Company to Chen Long, it seems that everyone has come to comfort her, saying that the movie is not worth it. So bad, it's just that the audience won't be able to accept the relationship of oriental kung fu movies for a while and so on.

Of course there was a reason for this, and Leila didn't take over the director's job without knowing the dangers involved.But no matter how she explained "The movie is good, the box office will be good in the future, and she is not worried about not making money at all", the people on the phone thought she was comforting herself because she couldn't accept the reality.

In the end, she simply stopped explaining and let the facts answer everything.

And the box office on the second day of Rush Hour also made many people shut up, because they got more than 810 million box office, nearly double the previous day!
The newspapers that were criticizing Laila yesterday suddenly fell silent.It doesn't make sense that the box office will rise so high!Even if the next day is the weekend, it doesn't mean that so many people will come to see that movie at once. Could it be that the Moran family is operating in the dark, buying the box office by themselves for the sake of looking good?
Needless to say, there are really not one or two media outlets that have such an idea.If this is the case, it will be fun to watch, it will definitely be a big scandal!If there is a first time, there will be a second time. Who can guarantee that the box office of the previous few movies is not out of the box?

Genius director?Wonder Witch?Maybe it's just an illusory bubble piled up with money!

Reporters and paparazzi who think they have mastered a huge piece of news use their own channels to find relevant "criminal evidence".They knew that if their guesses turned out to be true, their paper's sales would be safe.And what did it matter to them if Lila Moran was over?Making money is the most important thing!
However, no matter how they rummaged and searched, no matter how they searched word by word from the box office records, the final results were all records that could not be more innocent.Not only that, but they found out that other companies stole the rush hour box office!
In other words, in fact, the box office on the first day could be higher, but it was transferred to the box office of other movies.Although the move of 10,000+ is not high, it is still a very bad thing.

The United States has very strong supervision over movies, and the penalties are usually severe when encountering such things.Theater owners who are obsessed with money and the companies that bought the box office will surely be punished as they should, and the reporters, apart from resenting themselves for being misled, can only turn to research why the box office has suddenly increased.

Not to mention, they have really researched some of them.

After conducting some random interviews, the reporters found that it was not unreasonable to have such an outcome.

First, the premiere was on Friday night, and it was only shown for half a day.The next day's box office was the whole day.And it was Saturday, a good time for people to go out on a date and watch a movie.

Second, word of mouth spreads very quickly.The movie is very exciting, the fighting is very exciting, and the story is also very exciting. Similar words have been spread through telephone, Internet and various methods, and many people who didn’t like Kung Fu Tickets can’t help but ask, is it really so? nice?
When it was affirmed, some people became curious about the movie.Usually this kind of curiosity is one of the driving forces that drive the audience into the cinema, especially when people around them praise that movie is great, some people will go to the cinema to find out.

Third, and very important, is the relationship with Laila herself.

When the news came out that she would continue to make action movies, fans who liked her even organized a sit-in outside her company, hoping that she would change her mind and continue to shoot horror movies that she is good at instead of action movies.

Fans feel that she is wasting her time and talent. There are too few horror movies that can be made into classics. She shouldn't waste the talent that God gave her on boring action movies.Although some people were on the sidelines and wanted to see what would happen after Leila made an agreement with the representatives of the fans.

There are also many people who secretly organize fans not to watch "Rush Hour" in order to let Laila continue to make horror movies. As long as the box office of this movie is bad, then Laila will come back according to the agreement and continue filming. horror movie.

So after the release of "Rush Hour", many of Leila's fans did not see it in the first place.Not only did they not come, they also told their family and friends not to come.

You must know that Leila has a very large fan base in Hollywood in the United States, some of them like her character, some of her achievements, although those who like the horror movies she shot account for a part of the total number , but also a considerable part.

These people called on people around them not to cheer for "Rush Hour", which made the box office results on the first day look a bit ugly.

But on the second day, when some people saw the recommendations on the Internet and the praise of friends who had watched the movie, they finally couldn't resist the charm of the movie, and bought tickets to go to the theater.

(End of this chapter)