Chapter 420 The Overlord of the Halloween Schedule

Golden Dawn Entertainment Group.

"Boss, this is the information sent by Mr. McNick," Alexander said.

Zucker nodded, looked at the information, and immediately understood what Old Bill was thinking.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a foreign film for the United States, and it is also a foreign language film from the East. Naturally, it is in a weak position in the United States. Therefore, if you want to achieve a high box office, you can only go the Oscar route.

"Old Bill is enough!"

Zhu Ke tsk tsk tsk admiration said: "Participating in 27 film festivals in a row, this is a rhythm that does not need to be disciplined at all!"

In fact, it's not just that Old Bill is shameless, he has always done this for Oscar-worthy movies, but it's not as frequent as the crew of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Film:

"Parting Ways" (Czech Republic);

Everyone Becomes Famous (Belgium);

"Meet 100% Coincidental Love" (France);

"Love is a bitch" (Mexico);

........

There are more than ten films competing for the best foreign language film at this year's Oscars, and basically every film has been exhibited in countries and regions around the world, expanding its influence.

"Boss, it seems that we have the largest budget for the promotion of this year's Best Foreign Language Film." Alexander laughed.

you do not say!

Just by participating in 27 film festivals at home and abroad, Wald Pictures has prepared a publicity fee of 10 million US dollars. Apart from the competition for Oscar awards, Wald Pictures is definitely a big deal.

"Parting Ways", "Everyone Becomes Famous", "Meeting 100% Coincidental Love"...  

Let me ask these crews and the production companies behind them, who has invested so much in publicity?

No!

not even one!

no big investment,

Where are the high returns? !

Zu Ke suddenly said: "In the Oscars next March, in addition to the competition for the best foreign language film, Ang Lee and the others don't want to win more awards?"

You must know that in the history of the original time and space, in addition to winning the best foreign language film, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" also won the best art direction, the best original soundtrack, and the best photography, a total of four Oscar awards, in one fell swoop. Famous at home and abroad.

"Uh?"

Alexander was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "For other awards, just one question. Director Ang Lee and Jiang Zhiqiang have talked to Mr. McNick, and they will pay an additional amount of public relations expenses for the awards."

Zucker nodded.

The Oscars are, to put it bluntly, a business event.

You don't spend money on PR, you still want to win the prize?

Ha ha, a fool's dream!

A lot of directors and studios spend money on promoting the Oscars, not just because of the awards, but because of the economics of the Oscars, which do attract a lot of moviegoers.

Even Hollywood has many film companies, which mainly rely on public relations Oscar awards as the basis for survival.

........

In a blink of an eye, a month has passed.

Following the release of "Spider-Man" in early August, Wald Pictures has successively launched two films, namely "Deadly Bend 3" and "Human Clearance Project 2".

"Deadly Bend 3", the third film of the Fatal Bend series, was released in the United States in early October. The reputation of the sequel film inevitably declined, but... This kind of plasma film can still attract a lot of moviegoers. cheer.

"Oh, word of mouth slipping?"

"I do not mind."

"After watching the first and second part, I naturally don't want to miss the third part."

A movie audience answered a reporter's question at the gate of the theater.

As for the sequel movie, as long as it is not particularly bad, it will definitely be profitable.

"Deadly Bend 3" has been released for nearly a month and has reaped more than 51 million US dollars worldwide, compared with the 56 million US dollars of "Deadly Bend 1" and the 64 million US dollars of "Deadly Bend 2", Undoubtedly, it has dropped a lot at the box office.

But so what?

"You know, the production cost of "Deadly Bend 3" is only 3.5 million US dollars, and the publicity funds are not more than 7 million US dollars."

This kind of low-cost and high-efficiency horror/thriller movie is undoubtedly the favorite of the production company, and it is guaranteed to make a profit!

Many Hollywood studios expressed envy.

but!

This year's Halloween schedule, Wald Pictures has not been able to reach the top!

"Meet Your Father-in-law", which was released on October 6, is a comedy film produced by Universal Pictures. It was uncharacteristically released as a comedy film on the Halloween schedule, successfully attracting a large number of moviegoers.

As of October 31, "Meet Your Father-In-Law" has grossed $93 million in the United States alone.

"The movie "Meet My Father-in-law" is a comedy, which can be screened for a long time. It is entirely possible that its final North American box office will exceed 140 million US dollars. "Hollywood Movie Weekly" said in an article.

Halloween is a time when horror/thriller movies pile up, only to be topped by a comedy movie, which makes many studios feel ashamed.

Old Bill of Wald Pictures also scolded Universal Pictures for shame.

"Hehe~"

Classmate Zhu Ke was overjoyed and secretly said, "So it's this movie!"

"Meet Your Father-in-law" is a typical American nonsense movie. The father-in-law played by Robert De Niro has a very prominent image. Even in 2020, whether it is in the oily turtle in the United States or in the B station of the Great Celestial Dynasty, it will be broadcast. Excessive presence.

"A "Deadly Bend 3" can't do "Meet Your Father-in-law", then add a "Human Clearance Project 2"."

........

"Purge 2" was released in late October, just before Halloween, and grossed $29 million in its first weekend in three days.

With this achievement, he directly won the championship of the North American movie box office list that week.

However... word of mouth has declined seriously!

More than two years after the release of "Human Clearance Project 1", its comprehensive score still has a score of 7.3 on major scoring websites.

Looking at horror and thriller movies, 7.3 points is definitely a high reputation score.

However, what about the reputation of "Human Clearance 2"?

Only three days after it was released, the score dropped below 6 points, only 5.8 points. With the passage of time, its final score is estimated to be 5.1 points, thank goodness.

Undoubtedly, the overlord of this Halloween schedule is Universal Pictures' "Meet the Father-in-law".

Two consecutive films from Wald Pictures, and the sequel to the hit horror film, failed to make it.

"This is the strength of the Hollywood Six!"

"Even though Universal Pictures has been a little low-key in the past two years, once they make a move, even during the Halloween period, they can dominate and invincible."

"Wald Pictures still has a long way to go!"

Zhu Ke's dream was shattered by the cruel reality, but there were still many benefits. At least it allowed Zu Ke and the entire Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group to be more calm and work hard.

"Two years!"

Zucker admonished himself and reminded everyone, "Two years! It takes two years for Wald Pictures to settle down and lay a solid foundation before it can expand again."

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