Hollywood Hunter

"It's definitely not going to happen this time. My mother warned me not to bother Simon anymore... Yes, I will fly to London tomorrow, and my mother will accompany me. I also borrowed a private jet and a penthouse by the Thames in London from Simon. Apartment, I can still go to Burberry's show, envy... So, Yi Ni, you have to work hard..."

"What's wrong with "Ghost Story"...Is there any problem with the 9.57 million on the first day...Wow, it's so powerful...It's a pity that I don't have time to watch it in North America. During the day, my mother will take me to talk about a cover, and at night there will be ck's Show, I will be in Europe for the next month, and I can only watch it there with my mother... Humph, that's right, I'm just showing off, I plan to be a professional model, and I can make movies again in the future. Make a record, even after retiring, I can still be a host or producer like my mother, who let me have two powerful dads..."

"What's wrong with all the flirtatious, let me tell you, there are only two types of men in this world, those who are capable of being flirtatious, and those who are not...gay, is there a conflict between gay and flirtatious? It's just that the object of their flirtatiousness is a man... Obviously you said it first... Well, my mother called me to have breakfast, so hang up first, bye."

Inside a large flat in Greenwich Village.

Saturday morning.

Elizabeth Jagger hung up Ivanka's phone, took off the towel wrapped around her head, hurriedly changed her bathrobe, and ran to open the door.

Jerry Hall happened to be standing at the door, and was about to raise his hand to knock again. Seeing his daughter open the door, he knocked on her forehead casually: "Come and have breakfast with me, you can't be late for the meeting at 10 o'clock, and you have to help You take care of it and make a good impression on Helen. She has worked in "cosmopolitan" for 32 years. Although she is about to retire soon, she has a very deep network in the fashion industry. In the future, if you say a few good things about you at some parties, you will be able to Let you gain a firm foothold in the circle."

Elizabeth hugged her mother affectionately and walked out, a little bit dissatisfied: "We have Simon, even if I don't have a good impression, those people in the fashion circle will treat me like a princess."

Jerry Hall made another gesture and lightly tapped on his daughter's forehead: "Simon can't do everything for you. He just builds a ladder. How high you can climb in the future depends on you."

"It's exhausting to listen to."

"If those little girls with no background heard you complaining like that, they would probably be so jealous that they would strangle you to death."

Elizabeth grinned: "Mom, you're jealous too, aren't you?"

Jerry Hall was the kind of American farm girl who had no background at the time, step by step to the present.

Seeing what his daughter said, Jerry Hall gave the girl a white look: "Yes, I regret giving birth to you."

The mother and daughter came to the restaurant while talking. Elizabeth greeted her younger brother James, who was a year younger than herself, and started to move around. She sat next to her five-year-old younger sister, Gloria. What happened during Ivanka’s call: “Mom, “Ghost Story” is a big hit at the box office, and Ennie just said, well, there were more than nine million on the first day, which is equivalent to 30 times the cost of $300,000.”

Jerry Hall was eating his own fruit salad, and nodded when he heard the words: "I know, I read the newspaper."

Elizabeth felt a little emotional after thinking about it: "I can only earn 2,000 US dollars for a show, and if I want to earn 9 million, I need, um... It may not be enough to walk for a lifetime. It seems that I still want to try to be a movie star, no, I need As a producer, invest in making movies yourself."

Jerry Hall let his daughter run amok, noncommittal.

It's not that easy for a producer or something.

Before breakfast, she saw the first-day data of "Ghost Story" in the newspaper, and she also found it inconceivable.

The cost of 300,000 US dollars, according to the results of the first day, it is conservatively estimated that only North America can reach the box office of 150 million, 500 times the return on box office cost, which is higher than the "Six Heroes of Light Pigs" that has been buzzing during this period. Danielle Si Entertainment is simply picking up money.

However, after a little thought, one can understand that this achievement is definitely not as easy as ordinary people imagine.

In today's Hollywood, the seven major studios, even the other six other than Daenerys, would definitely not be able to make a movie popular in just two weeks at a relatively low publicity cost. Simple things, such as the lack of a network platform for the other six most obvious shortcomings.

What's more, even if the pre-release momentum of "Ghost Story" is hyped regardless of the cost, everything has to return to the movie itself.

If the quality of the film is not good enough, given the maturity of the North American film market, audiences will not be used to bad films at all.

In the final analysis, it was a man who miraculously selected and produced "Ghost Story", just like the other party also selected "Six Heroes of Light Pigs" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". This is Daenerys. Entertainment to the greatest advantage. However, then again, it is no good to have a good film but lack resources.

Now Daenerys Entertainment, has it all.

Elizabeth fantasized about it, and seeing her mother was silent, she said again, "Mom, when we get to London, let's go see that movie too, okay?"

Jerry Holborn was curious about "Ghost Story" and didn't consider whether it would be released in the UK, so he nodded casually and said, "Okay."

"Also, Simon..."

This time, before his daughter finished speaking, Jerry Hall had already interrupted, put down his knife and fork and temporarily stopped eating, and looked at Elizabeth with a serious expression: "Remind you again, Liz, don't pester Simon too much, he will be disgusted. "

"No, Simon has such a good temper."

"temper

Good people, once you lose your patience, there is absolutely no room for you to recover," Jerry Hall said, and pointed to the dining table: "At that time, Helen and the others will leave, and without the team of maids, you will have You can only cook your own breakfast, and there will be no private jets to take you around. If you want to be a supermodel, you can only fight for the opportunity by yourself, and maybe sleep with some brand owners. "

Listening to her mother's description of some horrible scenes, Elizabeth's eyes widened slightly: "Mom, we should be quite rich now, right?"

"That's my pension."

"Even without Helen and the others, we can afford ordinary servants, right?"

"Yes, but my servant."

"Well, Mom, you are so heartless."

"There are even more heartless things. If you annoy Simon and make us lose everything, I can only use you as a cash cow and squeeze hard like Brooke Shields' mother."

"Mom, let me make sure, this is a joke, right?"

Jerry Hall looked serious: "No, this is a very serious warning."

Elizabeth was really frightened and raised her hand: "Okay, Mom, I was wrong."

When the mother and daughter casually skipped "Ghost Story" to discuss "serious" topics, the film and television circles in North America exploded again because of this ultra-low-cost movie with a production cost of only 300,000 US dollars.

According to the momentum of the film in the previous two weeks, everyone knew that this new type of small film that suddenly appeared would sell well, but no one expected that the box office of "Ghost Story" would be so good.

You know, this is the unpopular end-September schedule second only to January and February every year!

Not to mention the box office of 9.57 million US dollars in a single day, even if a movie can earn 9.57 million US dollars a week in such a month, it can be regarded as a very good result. What's more, "Ghost Story" is still an ultra-low-cost movie with a production cost of only 300,000 US dollars. Before the film was released, the picture quality was too rough and it caused a controversy over whether this film should be classified as a movie.

Now, the first day is 9.57 million, which means that the film will reach a box office of 40 million to 50 million US dollars in the first week, and the complete North American box office, because of the lack of competitors in September and October, coupled with the phenomenal popularity of this small film, It is conservatively estimated that it can reach 150 million US dollars.

500 times box office return ratio.

Simply shocked.

With reference to the same period, the contrast will only become more intense.

On the previous Friday, there were four new films in the North American film market. Not to mention the other two fringe films with less than 500 screens, there were only two core films, "Ghost Story" produced by Daenerys Entertainment's New World Pictures. ", and "Doomsday Alert" produced and self-published by DreamWorks.

The former cost $300,000 to produce, while the latter had a budget of $50 million.

Produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Hollywood actor George Clooney, "Attention," based on a best-selling novel, tells the story of a popular or old-fashioned movie in recent years. stories of nuclear weapon theft.

Compared with the excellent media score of 8.3 points before the release of "Ghost Story", "Doomsday Alert" has already lost in word of mouth, with a comprehensive media score of only 4.3 points.

This is obviously the main reason why DreamWorks did not put the film on the popular summer file.

Whether the film is good or not can often be determined by some internal test screenings before it is released, especially commercial films, so the release strategy will also be formulated based on internal word of mouth.

However, after all, 50 million U.S. dollars was invested, reaching the blockbuster level, and the number of opening screens of "Doomsday Alert" reached 2,363 yuan, which was significantly higher than the 2,045 yuan of "Ghost Story".

The two films were released at the same time, and in the end, the box office comparison on the first day was quite strong.

"Ghost Story" earned 9.57 million U.S. dollars in just one day. Not surprisingly, it reached the sales level of over 10,000 in the museum within two days of its opening. Looking at "Doomsday Alert" again, on the first day of its opening, the box office revenue was only 3.05 million US dollars. Less than a third of "Ghost Story".

300,000 vs. 50 million.

A cost gap of more than 160 times.

The box office result was 9.57 million to 3.05 million.

Such a strong contrast even gives people a sense of unreality.

Based on the first-day level of "Doomsday Alert", it is expected that the first-week box office will not exceed US$15 million at most, and the local box office will only be around US$40 million.

The total domestic box office of 40 million may not even be earned in a week of "Ghost Story".

However, speaking carefully, the domestic $40 million of "Doomsday Alert" may be within DreamWorks' expectations, otherwise it would not be placed in the unpopular end-September schedule.

The problem is obvious.

Or "Ghost Story" is too powerful, so strong that everyone is a little at a loss for a while.

You know, inside and outside Hollywood, not to mention further, not to mention those super blockbusters that are gradually maturing, but since this year, Kung Fu movies have been selling very well. After a lot of research, everyone thinks they have found the way, and they are trying to copy Jeter Lee. "Taken", the result jumped out of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" such freaks.

Then, Cannes upset a 2 million pound feature film, which broke the UK box office record of 15+ genres in a blink of an eye.

Everyone started chasing and researching British and even American realistic films.

This time there is no clue, "Ghost Story" was born again.

It's simply dizzying.

caught off guard

less than.

Moreover, compared with "Taken", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and even "Six Heroes of Light Pig", "Ghost Story" has attracted a geometric increase in the scrutiny.

Because this movie is too easy to follow suit compared to others.

As long as you have watched this movie, it is not difficult to find that the cost of 300,000 US dollars is obviously due to the investment of a big studio like Daenerys. The cost is inevitably too high. In fact, one irec, two Three actors, without the burden of a big factory like Daenerys, it is not impossible to get a few thousand dollars.

This also means that everyone from the major Hollywood studios to the lowest-level film newcomers chasing dreams in Hollywood have the opportunity to try.

Because only one irec is needed.

The threshold is unimaginably low.

Moreover, even if it is far inferior to "Ghost Shadows" in the future, even if it is only one-tenth or even one-hundredth of the result, it is enough for too many people to try again and again.

If you succeed in following the trend and make a big hit, it will definitely be a huge profit, a sudden fortune, and fame in one fell swoop.

Reach the pinnacle of life in minutes.

Therefore, on Saturday, with countless media reports on the box office of "Ghost Story", countless people from all over the United States, from all over the state, entered the theater with an attitude of learning from the trend, and at the same time More media, in order to keep up with the hot spots, sent their most capable reporters to enter the theater to watch the movie again.

Just to explore the success code of this dark horse at the box office whose production cost was only US$300,000 on the first day and the box office revenue exceeded 30 times the cost.

The topicality of the film has increased again compared to before its release, and it also attracted more viewers to buy tickets to enter the venue, so that there was a rare scene of queuing up to buy tickets in some areas during the day on Saturday.

The New World Pictures team was not in a hurry to release "Ghost Story" overseas, including the British market, which is basically open to Hollywood movies and can be synchronized as long as they want to do it. Therefore, the mother and daughter of Hall privately discussed watching it in the UK. In fact, this movie cannot be seen.

Now, when the first day of the film's North American box office is released, distributors and theater operators around the world have contacted Daenerys Entertainment.

Everyone is really anxious.

For such a film with such influence, it must be best to strike while the iron is hot.

On the other hand, at present, most overseas countries and regions are also in a state of unpopular schedule. After the summer vacation, the market will inevitably be weak, and the attendance rate of theaters can be imagined. Of course, at this time, we are looking forward to a phenomenal blockbuster movie to stimulate the audience.

Daenerys Entertainment did not make a decision and began to quickly promote overseas distribution in accordance with the previous sharing practice.

Mainly because of the limited schedule.

If it is delayed until the end of the year, the overseas box office of "Ghost Story" will definitely be much higher, but it will inevitably squeeze out the resources of the film at the end of the year, and the gains outweigh the losses.

After making a decision, Daenerys Entertainment's powerful global distribution network and efficient execution were quickly demonstrated.

Some countries, such as the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, quickly finalized this Saturday, and it is expected that "Ghost Story" will be released in two weeks, while some countries such as Germany, Spain, etc., are expected to be released within a month. Even a few conservative overseas markets with hidden protection barriers such as France and Japan will basically not delay until the end of the year.