Chapter 508 Not Calm
North America, Monday, September 25th, local time.
The weekly box office statistics are freshly released.
"Purge" topped the charts with $32.5 million in its first week.
Generally speaking, September is the off-season in North America, and theaters are used to releasing some low-cost horror films...
The peak season belongs to the summer schedule from May to September every year, which is the hottest movie schedule in Hollywood.
"Human Purge" is distributed by Lionsgate. In fact, Lionsgate had high hopes for this film before its release and arranged for a mid-range scale of 2,336 theaters.
"Human Purge" can be distributed to 2,336 theaters, which is already a remarkable scale.
After all, Lionsgate is just a mid-sized independent film company...
It’s like this. In Hollywood, the publicity and distribution fees required for theatrical distribution and theater screening are very high.
Generally speaking, most horror films released by independent film companies are only scheduled to open in more than a thousand theaters.
The original "Saw" part one was only scheduled to be screened in 1,400 theaters, but by the second part it had been screened in 2,949 theaters;
The third part of the 3167 family opens.
Based on the premise that "Chainsaw" has become Lionsgate's flagship series!
As a brand-new IP, "Purge" opened to 2,336 homes in its first weekend, which is enough to prove Lionsgate's sincerity.
However, the movie did not disappoint.
"The Purge" has a single theater score of US$14,345, and a box office of US$32.5 million over the three weekends, ensuring that the film will earn back more than 10 times its cost in the first week!
I guess Lions Gate’s senior management has raised a toast to celebrate!
Of course, word of mouth is not flattering...
"The framework and progression of the entire story are exquisite, but as the plot develops, the director loses control, causing the "entire train" to run wildly and turn into chaos";
"The creative idea is good, but the implementation process cannot be flattered. From the beginning to the end, we only saw countless things being overturned and broken in the dark scene, and then...then it was gone";
"The main skill of this type of film is not in visual presentation, but in inducing the audience's inner fear and thinking through atmosphere creation and plot twists. Unfortunately, this film fails to achieve these two things."
The overall media review score was 43 points, and the freshness score on Rotten Tomatoes was 33%. 36 people voted for Fresh Tomatoes and 72 people voted for Rotten Tomatoes...
But it doesn’t matter, the cost of this film is only 3 million US dollars. Judging from the current reputation, the box office is at least 80 million US dollars!
And this thing can be developed into a series.
There won’t be a large-scale price increase for subsequent sequels—at worst, the team will be changed, since the story framework is already established!
Michael Burns immediately called Shen Xudong to discuss follow-up cooperation.
But considering the time difference, I decided to send text messages first.
…
"'The Purge'? That's the movie you went to the United States to co-operate with Lionsgate? The one that cost $3 million?"
"Yes, copyright sharing, 50/50 profit..."
As Shen Xudong spoke, he dialed Michael Burns’ number...
After five minutes, hang up.
Gao Fenfen immediately asked: "How much money can this movie make?"
Shen Xudong glanced at her: "Aren't you surprised? The cost was US$3 million, and the box office in the first week was 32.5 million..."
"You already said that this is an R-rated horror film. It can't be imported into the country. We can't promote it... I heard that in the United States, the box office can only account for 30% of the revenue?"
"... Lions Gate has no ability to develop derivatives, and it has no overseas distribution channels. In addition to box office revenue, it should only have DVD video copyrights and TV rights... I estimate that overseas distribution will be packaged and sold to big companies..."
"How much is that?"
Shen Xudong was speechless: "I didn't know, it's only the opening weekend and it hasn't been released yet... Book me a flight ticket and I'll fly there right away!"
"Do you want someone to go with you?"
"Need not…"
Shen Xudong was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something: "Find someone to write a few drafts to publicize this matter!"
"…Movie?"
"About investing and making movies...we are making a lot of money, so we must spread the word!"
"...Yes, we must publicize it well..." Gao Fenfen nodded immediately: "If we want to show our strength, we must make Zhang Ziyi regret it!"
Chen Xi was speechless: ""Human Purge" is a horror movie... What does it have to do with Zhang Ziyi?"
Shen Xudong said: "What if 'Juno' and 'The Fault in Our Stars' both become big hits, will I successfully become a well-known producer?"
"Yes…"
Gao Fenfen seemed to be a thumbs-up maniac - not considering the possibility of Shen Xudong's failure at all.
Chen Xi looked at Shen Xudong: "How long will it take you to go this time?"
"In addition to the sequel to "The Purge," "The Fault in Our Stars" is about to start filming, and I have to cast..." Shen Xudong thought for a while: "A few months!"
"…OK."
"By the way, "Taken" will be released in North America this week, please pay attention..."
"We sold the rights to "Turnica"..."
"If it's a hit, we'll start filming the second part immediately..."
Chen Xi nodded, took note of this, and added by the way: "You have to be present at the Golden Eagle Festival next month."
"I know…"
…
It was not until the 13th edition of the Magnolia Awards, that is, in 2007, that it changed from an international TV festival to an awards event for domestic TV series. Before that, it had always been an international award!
The problem is that the audience doesn’t know these dramas and actors you nominated at all...
At this stage, the only ones recognized by the audience are the Golden Eagle Award and the Feitian Award.
Why is Shen Xudong attending this Golden Eagle Award?
Because Chen Hao was nominated, Shen Xudong was also nominated for the Best Screenplay Award for "The Golden Branch"...
This is the superficial reason, but the deepest one: the company has signed five film contracts with Hunan Satellite TV, and the first round of independent dramas: "A Beautiful Marriage", "The Great Butler Season 2", "Falling in Innocence", "The Number of Good Times" and There’s “Snow Leopard”…
As the closest partner, the Golden Eagle Festival is a major event for Mango Broadcasting and Television, so of course we have to support it.
At this stage, the Golden Eagle Award is not a water award. In the 2003 edition, Jin Yong was the award guest - personally presenting the award to Li Baotian, who won the most popular and best performing arts actor awards for "The Miracle Doctor Xilaile"!
However, the Golden Eagle Awards have always been very courageous. When Zhao Yanzi became famous all over Asia with "Huanzhugege", the Golden Eagle Awards really dared to award her the Golden Eagle Award for Favorite Actress!
——The Golden Eagle Awards had not yet been restructured. There was only one award for Favorite Actress, and there was no such thing as a popularity award.
Therefore, later "Beautiful Li Huizhen" also crowned Reba...
It's a pity that "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" is a real hit all over Asia. Zhao Yanzi is controversial and not popular in terms of popularity.
Reba in "Beautiful Li Huizhen" was not even a popular star...but she had many fans, not to mention Yin Tao, Sun Li, Yuan Quan who were nominated in the same period...
However, since you dare to award Reba, why don’t Yang Xiaomi and Shuangmei dare to award it?
Are their fans not considered fans?
Mud, I'm going too far again...
In short, Shen Xudong will definitely support this Golden Eagle Award.
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"The new film produced by Shen Xudong wins the North American box office championship"...
"Shen Xudong's new film won the North American box office championship last week"...
A similar title immediately occupied the entertainment headlines of the portal website - this news is much more exciting than "The Night Banquet"'s box office of 35 million the next week and the total box office of 90 million!
Shen Xudong's new film, the North American box office champion...
Once these two keywords are superimposed, they immediately become a hot topic!
After all, whatever happens in the United States these days, there will always be a bunch of public figures licking their feet...
A bunch of people clicked to take a look: "The Purge", co-produced by Shen Xudong and Lionsgate, was released last week, with a first weekend of 32.5 million U.S. dollars. It is reported that the film cost only 3 million U.S. dollars...
More than "Jackass 2" and "Fearless"...
A few days ago, Xudong has gone to North America to discuss the production of sequels. Gao Fenfen, deputy director of Tianmei Company, said that Xudong has a series of film plans in North America. "Human Purge" is only the first one. Next year there will be "Juno" and "Into the Stars". "The Mistake" two movies released...
In addition, Director Gao revealed that Xudong went to North America not only to discuss the "Human Purge Plan", but also to participate in the North American distribution and promotion of "Hurricane Rescue"...
This is just the first article. The second article is similar, except at the end. Gao Fenfen accidentally said that Xudong has been very irritable recently because "Jingjue Ancient City" was frustrated and "Human Purge Plan" was sold well in North America, which made him feel very good... '
Frustrated? What setback?
Tianya, Tieba, a bunch of people are breaking the news...