Forrest made a call to Lu Yuan early in the morning, meaning that "The Ghost Story" will probably be released in major Hollywood theaters tonight. Of course, it will be released at midnight, and there are not many films scheduled.
.
After all, "The Ghost Story" is a horror film, and the investment is very low, so it is impossible for major theater chains in the United States to give this film a big treatment. The same is true in China, and major theater chains will also give this film a big treatment.
The movie is scheduled for the midnight slot, while the daytime slot is reserved for several other movies newly released in China...
The outcome of October's box office war is already clear. "The Deep" grossed more than 500 million yuan in 14 days after its release, leading the pack. "Bloodline 2" and "Tough Guys 2" are in a tight fight, with one being two.
160 million, and the other is 258 million.
The two movies competed for nearly half a month, and the box office difference was only two million.
This is really...
It's quite stressful.
As for the Hollywood suspense film "October 33rd", it took in 35 million at the box office, and the decline is obvious...
no way.
The horror film market in China is only that big in total. Even if the quality of the movie "October 33rd" is not bad, there are still some people who won't watch it.
After all, they don't want to suffer.
"Ghost Chronicles" was supposed to be very low-key when it was released in China.
Only a few insiders know that Lu Yuan Company has produced a horror film at a small company in Hollywood.
When theaters released pre-sale tickets for this movie, the results were not very satisfactory.
Basically, less than half of the people bought advance tickets.
Although the name Hollywood is very useful, who do you want to distinguish...
after all……
The director is Forrest, who failed two movies in Hollywood and almost bankrupted his own company.
Moreover, the actors are all new faces in Hollywood, no one knows who they are...
As for the screenwriter, it’s even more weird. He wrote two words in Chinese, eleven.
eleven?
What idiot would use the strange screenwriter name of Eleven?
Isn't this a joke...
Total investment...
All right……
After looking at it specifically, it was about US$70,000.
$70,000 to make a movie?
What kind of joke is this?
Did you take the photo with your mobile phone?
Did you think it was "This Man is from Earth"?
"Hollywood" movies that combine various deceitful situations are very unpopular with movie fans.
Movie fans were blinded by the information about this movie, and even Tomato did not have any rankings or ratings for this movie.
Everyone felt that the movie had a strong smell of bad Hollywood movies, and some people even predicted that this movie would become the biggest joke among Hollywood movies released in China this year, and not one of them.
Of course, some people think that Lu Yuan will fall into a small pit.
Why are you not good at acting as an agent, but why do you act for a horror film?
Is there a market for horror films in China?
Has the box office ever exceeded 50 million?
No……
The only horror film to break the 50 million mark was the classic "Panic" two years ago.
The investment in "Panic" has already cost 30 million, okay...
and……
Even if the investment in a Hollywood movie is only 80,000 yuan, if you get it from China Broadcasting, your buyout fee will be at least several million, right?
Several million, if it goes to China and it cheats the box office as soon as it is released, or even gets rejected within a day or two of its release, then where will you, Lu Yuan, put your face?
A few million dollars is nothing to you, Lu Yuan, but your Lu Yuan's face doesn't mean just a few million, right?
You are the movie golden touch in the entertainment industry!
Well-known filmmaker Wang Rongguang specially settled the accounts for everyone on Weibo.
He is not very optimistic about the prospects of "Ghost Chronicles".
"There is an unwritten rule for Hollywood movies coming to China, that is, the minimum buyout fee cannot be less than one million US dollars..."
"Even if he has one million U.S. dollars, it can be converted into RMB 7.8 million."
"Seven.8 million, so how much box office revenue is needed to recover it? At least 20 million box office is required to recover the capital. Yes, we are talking about capital recovery here, which does not include intermediate tax deductions and other expenses.
...To be conservative, it would cost 22 million..."
"Twenty-two million... Although this box office is very ordinary, for a horror movie with a very small number of films, this goal is really difficult to achieve. Everyone understands the current situation of horror and suspense films in China. Basically
The world is in a semi-depressed state..."
"So, I think this "Ghost Story" may have disappointed Lu Yuan. After all, the miracle of "This Man is from Earth" is really impossible to replicate..."
Wang Rongguang's words were very sincere, and at the same time the content in them was reasonable.
This Weibo post has been retweeted countless times, and many people who have long been unhappy with Lu Yuan have left messages under this Weibo post, constantly badmouthing Lu Yuan, and a group of people even took advantage of the pre-sale ticket issue.
, said that Lu Yuan was like a flash in the pan, and felt that he might have completely started to decline because of this starting point...
But many things are like accidents. The more people criticize, the higher the popularity of "Ghost Story" will be. The more people belittle it, the more people will refute it on the Internet...
Indirectly, this "Ghost Story" became a hot search on Weibo.
Don't forget, too, that Lu Yuan also has a group of loyal fans, and they are huge in number!
"What? The movie Ergouzi represents is going to be sold out? How can this be done? I, the president of Ergouzi Island Action Film Association, can't bear it! I bought two tickets!"
"Er Gouzi fans will come to support you, Er Gouzi, although you may have paid for a bad movie, but I can still afford the tens of dollars a ticket... Er Gouzi, come on!"
"I also bought a ticket. The student party has no choice but to do its best to support. I hope Ergouzi will not be hurt by these doubts online!"
"Support, even though Ergouzi you didn't announce this movie on Weibo, I still want to support you. After all, I don't want your box office to be too ugly..."
"Me too, I support it too...huh? Why are the votes gone?"
"I'm gone too..."
"Sold out?"
"yes……"
"Damn it, is it so fast?"
"..."
Fans didn't feel anything before.
But after seeing the negative comments on the Internet, fans were not happy.
How can we, Ergouzi, lose his face? Is Ergouzi also something you and others can discuss?
Even if I, Ergouzi, really represent an epic bad movie, even if I sleep in the movie theater, I will still sleep until the end of the movie!
Basically, every fan has such an unpleasant thought in their mind!
Then, even though Lu Yuan did not promote "Ghost Story" on Weibo or call for it, these fans became excited on their own.
Then……
After the bleak pre-sale tickets were fermented online and the emotions were heightened, within a few hours, the pre-sale tickets for "The Ghost Story" were gone, and even the pre-sale tickets for the next four days were sold out.
Already...
Fans who bought pre-sale tickets proudly posted their tickets online, feeling an inexplicable sense of honor as fans.
Fans who couldn't buy tickets were speechless.
They wanted to post it too, but they couldn't post anything.
All the pre-sale tickets after four days have been sold out, what else can I do?
This kind of thing is like comparison. Everyone is on the same starting line. Why don't you and I not?
There is an indescribable sense of gap.
………………………………
"Er Gouzi, we will always support you!"
"Come on Ergouzi, this is our pre-sale ticket. I will continue to buy it when the new one comes out!"
"Er Gouzi, we are your Er Gouzi Silver Guardian Group! We will protect your glory!"
"..."
Lu Yuan was very touched when he saw so many people supporting him on his Weibo.
But this feeling lasted less than a minute.
Yes!
After seeing Ergouzi filling the screen and some fans who thought they were very heartwarming, they specially made a cute cartoon character wearing a Gouzi hood, Lu Yuan's heart seemed to be moved.
He obviously changed his Weibo account to Lu Shuai, but why didn't Lu Shuai become popular? Instead, these two idiots were like a plague, invading the entire Internet?
Lu Yuan felt depressed for no reason.
Isn’t the online name eye-catching enough?
Lu Yuan hesitated for a moment, and without saying a word, he changed his Weibo name to "I am Lu Shuai", and Lu Shuai added a few key symbols to show that he wanted to be more eye-catching.
Then……
Lu Yuan found that this situation had not changed. Instead, the screen was still full of Ergouzi and nicknames like Lu Manzi kept popping up.
Has my image collapsed so completely?
I'm so conspicuous, and I've come so well to hint, so you can't see it?
Lu Yuan had no choice but to follow these shady netizens after thinking about it.
Just when Lu Yuan closed Weibo, Lu Yuan heard a knock on the door.
"Come in……"
"..."
"Um?"
The door opened.
Lu Yuan subconsciously raised his head and saw Wang Jinxue standing at the door wearing a white dress.
The wind blew her long hair.
She looked at Lu Yuan with a faint smile.
Lu Yuan was stunned when he saw Wang Jinxue and stood up subconsciously.
"The dark circles under your eyes are quite dark. It seems that you have been staying up late these days?"
"It's okay... Come in quickly, it's a hot day, I'll help you make a cup of tea..."