Chapter 1112 Achievements and New Beginnings

On the North American weekly box office rankings released the next day, Paramount's film ranked first, with a box office of 14.4 million US dollars.

This February is already the off-season among the off-season. It is already very good to have 14.4 million US dollars. The third place dropped directly to 6.7 million US dollars, which is not surprising.

However, there is an anomaly in the rankings, which is surprising.

Fifth place: "Saw"

Distributor: United Artists Film Company.

Screening size: 600 screens.

Weekly box office (Sunday single-day box office): 3.3 million.

What is this? !

Everyone took the data report and was immediately stunned.

Looking at the name, "Saw" should be a horror movie, but it was released yesterday, Sunday night. 600 screens is not bad for a horror movie, but why did it suddenly have 3.3 million US dollars? box office! ?

This is unscientific!

According to usual practice, a horror movie can only have an attendance rate of 30%-50% at most. If it can reach a box office of 3.3 million on 600 screens during two screenings, it will have an attendance rate of at least 80%!

What kind of horror movie is this that has so many box office hits?

People in the industry quickly looked for detailed information about "Saw" to watch.

Oh, it turns out that it is the work of Jun, the genius screenwriter and boss of Qilin Group, and then this genius actually appointed an unknown Xiangjiang director and Xiangjiang producer to jointly create this movie.

Thank God, they chose all American actors, which proves why the box office is so high.

But if you look carefully at these actors, they are not famous characters at all. For example, the Jigsaw actor has been in Hollywood for thirteen years, but he can only play supporting roles at most, and most of his previous roles were Comedy, God knows how he was discovered to have a talent for making horror films.

Because they couldn't figure it out, many film critics and people in the industry bought a movie ticket that morning and watched "Saw".

To their surprise, in the morning, the attendance rate of these cinemas was not low. From a scattered look, the attendance rate was at least about 30%.

You know, even if it is a movie that sells well at the box office, there will not be too many people on Monday morning. The morning show is basically just to save costs, and the 30% attendance rate is definitely making money.

After watching the movie, even the people who were looking for trouble finally came out convinced and with their hearts beating fast.

"Chainsaw" is worthy of the word "horror". It looks simply frightening. The endless psychological pressure and terrifying scenes, as well as the layered weird atmosphere, will make people on the outside look at it. Driven crazy, let alone the characters in the show.

Film critics and industry insiders could still hold back and slowly reflect on it, but ordinary audiences, after leaving the cinema, were discussing in groups of excitement and fear, and the atmosphere was very lively.

They could all hear that the ordinary viewers were threatening to let their friends come to watch it when they went back to see this amazing and unconventional horror film.

"Saw" is probably going to hit the box office again!

Seeing the reaction of ordinary audiences, film critics and industry insiders speculated this way.

The genre of horror movies is actually a relatively niche group. Generally speaking, the people who like it are less than one-tenth of the movie-going crowd.

But these people are different from ordinary viewers. They just like it and are very loyal.

As long as it is a good horror movie, it will definitely trigger their collective viewing, and they will pass it on one by one for everyone to watch.

So if you look at the box office rankings in North America, whether it is in the past, now or in the future, horror films will definitely account for a large proportion of those movies that are small and broad.

To be precise, horror movies do not care about the star actors, but the entire storyline and atmosphere. As long as you are qualified in this aspect, then you can wait and count the money.

There is no doubt that in the eyes of experts now, "Saw" is such a typical example.

And Monday's single-day box office also proved their point of view correct.

3.58 million!

Jumped to the top of the North American Monday box office!

The average box office of each venue is almost 6,000 US dollars!

Good guy, this is really an amazing result!

In the past five years, no horror film has ever achieved such box office success!

What hasn’t been said is, expand the release!

The people in the United Artists Film Distribution Department did not need anyone to urge them, they immediately went out and began to work hard to increase the number of screens in second and third tier cities.

As of Wednesday, "Saw" has played on 1,030 screens, making it the largest screen holder in history.

This is related to the fact that it is the off-season and there are many screens for "Saw" to choose from, but it is also definitely related to the reputation and box office of "Saw".

Theater bosses can eat anything, but they won't suffer any loss. They will definitely follow movies that are obviously profitable.

As a result, the box office of "Saw" increased day by day.

It was 4.01 million on Tuesday, 5.05 million on Wednesday, 5.22 million on Thursday, 6.12 million on Friday, suddenly jumped to 10.22 million on Saturday, and dropped to 7.33 million on Sunday.

40.52 million in the second week of release, and the total box office is as high as 43.82 million US dollars!

There is no doubt that such high results have allowed "Saw" to stand at the top of the North American box office rankings. It has also become the holder of the highest weekend box office this year. It has also set a record for February in North American film history. The record for the highest single-week box office.

With such good results, United Artists Film Company announced that it will actively distribute the film to all parts of the world, so that horror film fans around the world can enjoy this "unparalleled masterpiece."

Looking at the high-spirited United Artists Film Company, the remaining six giants in Hollywood felt very unhappy.

They never expected that a horror movie made with a small budget would cause such a big sensation, not only making it the highest-grossing horror movie in history, but also adding another one to United Artists Film Company. The category of making money is also a very useful series of movies.

Think about it, the production and publicity costs of "Saw" were only a mere US$3 million.

Even if they make a sequel to "Drills" every other year, as long as the plot is not too bad, they can make a net profit of 20 to 30 million from the global box office alone, and then add the video tapes and other peripheral products together, 100 million U.S. dollars are not impossible!

How much net profit do Hollywood film companies, even the Big Seven, make from movies in a year? 100000000? 200000000? At best, it’s only two to three hundred million!

After all, when making movies, you can't say that every movie will make money. There will be profits and losses. This is the norm.

For example, after Yin Jun bought Disney and United Artists Film Company, some of the films they produced also lost money, but none of the films produced by Yin Jun himself lost money, which greatly supported the film company. Profitability gives it great momentum to move forward.

The remaining six major movie giants originally thought of sniping at the Kirin Group in this year's Cameron and Schwarzenegger movie. Unexpectedly, an inconspicuous horror movie had disrupted their plans and made them Quite a bit helpless.

As the director of "Drill" and the soul of "Drill", Yu Yunchang naturally received a lot of media attention for creating such a ground-breaking movie.

Yu Yunchang has always disliked the media, so he delegated the task of interviewing to producer Chen Xunqi.

Chen Xunqi has a very lively and outgoing personality. When dealing with the media, he boasts so much that even American journalists who have a lot of ambitions will be confused and dizzy when they return to the office. I couldn't find anything useful.

Of course, in this way, Chen Xunqi became famous as a producer. In the eyes of Americans, the producer is equal to the producer, and the producer's rank is usually higher than the director, so they think that Chen Xunqi Qi also played a big role in controlling the crew.

So not only did people come to poach Yu Yunchang, but there were also people who contacted Chen Xunqi.

When he returned to the rented hotel, Chen Xunqi brought the stewed vegetables and beer he bought from Chinatown and met Yu Yungang for a drink and chat.

During the filming process some time ago, this is how they passed the time every day when they had free time. Because they are both from Hong Kong and know a lot about movies, they discussed the plot while eating. This is also one of the reasons for the outstanding performance of "Drill Cry" one.

In this way, the two people who were not familiar with each other gradually became very good friends, so they were no longer unfamiliar when talking.

"Lao Yu, what are you thinking about next?" After eating and drinking for a while, Chen Xunqi peeled the peanuts and asked casually, "Should we stay in Hollywood or return to Xiangjiang?"

"What about you?" Yu Yungang asked without answering.

"Me, if Mr. Jun allows us to continue making new films, then I will stay in Hollywood. Otherwise, I still want to return to Xiangjiang." Chen Xunqi said, "Although the United States is good, it is not our home after all. ah."

"What if I want to make another horror movie?" Yu Yungang asked him.

"Please, why are you addicted to making horror movies?" Chen Xunqi said helplessly, "You don't know how hard it was for us to shoot this movie. If we don't take a break, I'm afraid I won't be able to get out. ...You too, please rest more before talking! If you keep making horror movies, it will not be good for you."

"Look at this script." Yu Yunchang smiled slightly and pulled out a stack of documents from the bag next to him.

"Is it Mr. Jun's?!"

Chen Xunqi took it over in surprise and looked at the cover. There was a line of Chinese characters written on it.

The X-Files.

"Huh? Is it that kind of suspenseful movie?...Oh, a TV series!?"

Chen Xunqi changed his tone while watching, but after a while, he slowly stopped talking and was immersed in the atmosphere of the script.

I don't know how long it took, but Chen Xunqi raised his head with excitement on his face, "How will this TV series be filmed? When will it be filmed?"

"What, you're not going back to Xiangjiang?" Yu Yunchang said with a smile.

"Why go back? It would be a waste if such a TV series is not produced!" Chen Xunqi said, "It is a rare opportunity to sharpen yourself. How could I not participate? How could I let you suffer alone?"

"Hahaha……"

Yu Yungang laughed and picked up the beer can, "Here, cheers! Old Chen, it's better to work with you to make me feel at ease!"

"That's right, we two are golden partners!" Chen Xunqi also touched him with a beer can, "By the way, are the actors confirmed?"

"The male protagonist Jun Shao introduced a person who just came from the UK. His name is Pierce Brosnan. I haven't met him yet."

"Well, let's take a look in two days. If it's still OK, it's him! The sooner we start work, the better! It's so sad to spend idle and boring days."

"good!"

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