In fact, Yi Feiyang was too worried about people's comments. After watching the movie "Record of Ghosts", most people's reactions were basically "scary enough" and "shocking enough".
"God, I can't even look at some of the scenes in it. It's so scary!" said a hot girl.
…
"Well, after all, I am also a veteran of watching horror movies, but this movie... is really scary!" said a handsome guy.
…
"I highly suspect that the filming technique of "The Ghost Story" was taken from "The Blair Witch Project"! Yes, absolutely! China Yi very cleverly used this pseudo-recording technique to deceive the audience again!" A senior film critic
explain.
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"It is undeniable that this Chinese Yi is very cunning! Not to mention how terrifying the drama "The Ghost Story" is, just saying that he is still following the old path of "The Witch", which makes us look down on him!" said a senior executive of a film company
.
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"The shooting techniques are not very novel, but the content of the story is quite shocking. Overall, "Ghost Chronicles" is very good." said a famous reporter from a newspaper.
…
Although the media has mixed praise and criticism for Yi Feiyang's "Ghost Story", it cannot be denied that this drama is very interesting and bright, and at least it has caused a controversy among people.
Compared with the excitement of "Ghost", Yi Feiyang served as the producer and supervisor, "Terror Cruise" and "Buried Alive" filmed by Rabbit Bill and Fat Jack, these two dramas are far behind, and the number of viewers does not count.
High, it can even be said to be "miserable".
Faced with this situation, Rabbit Bill and Fat Jack immediately remembered that Yi Feiyang once said that he had a unique way to promote movies that could "shock the world."
At first, the two of them didn't believe it, but now they really had no choice, so they urged Yi Feiyang, "Boss, didn't you say you still have a trick to come up with? Use it quickly, otherwise, we will be dead.
Got it!"
"No rush, no rush." Yi Feiyang said with a smile. "Now is not the time to make a special move."
"No way, God, we are almost forced to hang ourselves, what are you waiting for?"
"I'm waiting for a turning point..."
"Transfer? What transfer?"
Yi Feiyang did not answer directly, but said: "Let me ask you, if I detonate our company's drama, but the film schedule is still such a small amount, what can we gain?"
Rabbit Bill looked at Fat Jack, and the two of them stared at each other, "At least the box office can be higher."
"You are too short-sighted!" Yi Feiyang sneered, "Either it doesn't explode, or if it explodes, a large area must be killed!"
Facing these words, Bill and Jack felt a chill.
What does it mean?
Could it be that the boss is planning to carry out a terrorist attack?!
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Movies continue to be released, and the Halloween war continues.
In addition to "Ghost Story", Yi Feiyang's Fantasy Pictures has two other dramas that are not very popular and continue to decline.
A week later, in downtown Los Angeles, the box office results for Halloween week were finally released.
The North American box office rankings are as follows:
First place: Miramax, "Scream 2", box office this week, $17.3 million.
Second place: BIM Film Company, "The Return of the Ghost 4", this week's box office, 11.8 million US dollars.
Third place: Lionsgate Pictures, "Blair Witch 2", box office this week, $7.5 million.
Fifth place: New Line Cinema, "The Nightmare", with a box office of US$3.5 million this week.
Sixth place: Blue Ranger Film Company, "Children of the Corn 5", with a box office of US$2.8 million this week.
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It can be seen from this week's rankings that Miramax's "Scream 2" took the lead, with box office revenue of 17.3 million US dollars, equivalent to one-third of this week's total box office.
BIM Film Company's "The Return of the Ghost 4" followed closely, finishing in second place with 11.8 million.
Lionsgate's "Blair Witch 2" lived up to expectations and ranked third, but judging from the audience's feedback, it is obvious that it still takes the spotlight from the first film.
Dimension Pictures' "Moonlight" ranked fourth. This long and smelly Halloween "Phoenix" once again made a splash, but this is also thanks to the huge film schedule given by Paramount.
quantity.
An insider revealed that if Paramount cuts the film schedule by half, the film will probably be ranked at the bottom.
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Generally speaking, among the top six movies, except for the fifth one "The Nightmare", which is a new story, the rest of the movies are basically sequels and sequels. The series of movies is almost complete in the Halloween season.
Dominate the entire market!
Let’s talk about the three dramas produced by Yi Feiyang’s Fantasy Pictures. It’s very sad that including “Ghost Story”, which was well received, they were not even shortlisted in the top ten this week.
"Buried Alive" box office this week: $380,000.
"Terror Cruise" box office this week: $430,000.
"The Ghost Story" box office this week: $960,000.
"Compared with this kind of box office performance and the top ten, the gap is not ordinary, it is light years away!" said a senior filmmaker.
"If Fantasy Pictures wants to make a comeback, it may have to wait until the day Mars hits the Earth!"
"It seems that the prospects for Fantasy Pictures' three movies are not very good... No, it's not not very good, it's just very miserable."
Many Hollywood filmmakers have expressed deep "sympathy" and "compassion" for this newly established junior film company.
Of course, it's more "ridicule" and "ridicule"!
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Inside Lionsgate Studios.
President Gusta chewed his cigar and looked very silent.
Next to him stood distribution executive Mike, and the brothers Dennis and Adeado, who shot "The Witches 2."
"Statistics have come out. Our company's new drama "Blair Witch 2" earned a total of 7.5 million US dollars in North America this week, ranking behind "Scream 2" and "Scream 4".
Third." Short Winter Melon Mike excitedly reported the premiere box office results to Gusta.
Gusta exhaled a puff of smoke, "This result is pretty good. Although it is still far from my expectation, it can still be improved... Well, increase the publicity intensity a little more, New York, Boston, and Chicago.
We need to pay special attention to big cities, establish good relations with the theater chains there, try to get them to arrange more films, and then divide them into proportions, we can even make concessions..."
"Ah? Concession? Wouldn't that be a good idea?" Supervisor Mike said, "General companies and theater chains have a stipulated 40-60 split. If we make concessions, it will be judged as vicious competition, which will trigger counterattacks from our peers.
." Director Mike said cautiously.
"You are so naive!" Gusta looked down upon his subordinate. "When did I say that this matter should be dealt with on the table? Many things can be done privately. For "
The box office performance of "The Witches 2" has further enhanced our reputation as Lionsgate Pictures. We must win this Halloween season!"
"I understand, Mr. Gusta, I will do what you ask! Yes, I promise you that you will get good results this time!" Supervisor Mike vowed.
Next to them, the two brothers Dennis and Edeado also said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Gusta, our play is not that bad; what's more, everyone is playing the sequel this time, what about "The Devil 4",
"Scream 2" and "Moonlight 7" are all old gimmicks of the past. Unlike us, the trend of "Blair Witch" has not passed yet, so we don't have to worry about the box office of this drama!"
Gusta chewed his cigar, glanced at the two guys, and then said one simple word, "You guys underestimate the enemy too much!"
"No, we are not underestimating the enemy, we are just despising the enemy! Yes, we are despising them! Whether it is in terms of publicity intensity or story influence, our "The Witch 2" can definitely take the lead! You
Look, although we are only ranked third now, we will soon crush those damn "Scream 2" and "Baby 4" under our feet."
Looking at the two high-spirited guys, Mr. Gusta smiled. Then he said another sentence, "Do you really think that I am worried about those two damn dramas? No, I am worried about China's Yi and Yi Feiyang.
Those plays!”
"Ha, you can rest assured. Take a look at his three movies. They are very well promoted. What kind of 'ghost stories' are there... After a week, the box office of any of them did not exceed 1 million US dollars. The most powerful one
The box office of "The Ghost Story" was only US$960,000," Mike, the director of Short Winter Melon, laughed.
"Yes, Mr. Gusta, you don't have to worry about him! That damn guy will never have such good luck again. Even the newspaper said that the box office gap between him and us is light years, even if Mars
Even if he hits the earth, he can't stand up! So, he is dead this time!" Dennis and Adeado said proudly together.
"960,000 US dollars?" Gusta smiled, "Would you like to hear my exact data...Paramount only gave Fantasy Pictures one-tenth of the theaters for each film, and the remaining seven-tenths
All of them were given to Dimension Pictures' "Moonlight"; that is to say, Yi Feiyang's "Ghost Story" has only one-seventh of the film schedule of that "Moonlight"."
"The current box office of "Moonlight" is 4.3 million. If all these theaters are allocated to "Ghost", do you know how much the box office will be? Yes, it will be at least 6 million! And our "The Witch 2" box office is 750
Ten thousand US dollars, if calculated according to the same publicity intensity, the box office of "The Ghost Story" in the first week will at least triple, that is 18 million US dollars!"
$18 million?!
Oh, God!
This data shocked fat supervisor Mike, Dennis, and Edeardo.
Yes, if calculated based on the same film schedule and publicity intensity, it seems that "The Ghost Chronicles" has a better performance than "The Witch 2". After all, "The Ghost Chronicles" is better than "The Ghost Chronicles" in terms of reputation and film quality.
"The Witches 2" is even more flattering.
"Ahem, Mr. Gusta, you are right. It seems that we have underestimated the enemy. But it doesn't matter. The damn China Yiyi's small amount of film schedules cannot make a difference. This Halloween, we are under pressure.
Head on, we’re sure to win!” Supervisor Mike said.
"Do you really think so?" Gusta glared at him, "Hey, I really don't know how I appointed you as the director of the distribution department before... Think about it with your slow brain, if we can understand "
"The Ghost Story" has great potential, but what about Paramount? Are their people all blind? If it were me, I might have decided to increase the number of films scheduled for this drama."
"No way, people from Paramount wouldn't be so smart, right?"
"You are the only one who always likes to treat others as fools; but in fact, I think you are the biggest fool!" Gusta's ruthless evaluation made Director Mike blush.
I muttered in my heart, these are all your own guesses. Everyone knows that Paramount is in a complete decline now. Could it be said that they can really see the potential of that damn "Ghost Chronicles"?!
