Chapter 179: The fiercely competitive December
"There is no problem, I will answer you within a week." Chen Tian hung up the phone and looked at MGM in front of him.
Warner's requirements are not strict, but for Chen Tian, it is completely different from getting Dan Fehrman's promise at the beginning.
Now that he has made sure, he must take time to seriously consider how Superman and Batman choose.
"Justin, you're here, the theaters are waiting for our answers." Eric Lomis said with a smile.
As he said, the theaters are indeed waiting for the schedule arrangements for MGM.
If they once did not trust Chen Tian’s films in the past, then for them, Chen Tian’s films have become the focus of theater arrangements.
The current schedule of "The Little Sunshine Beauty" is still the original schedule, mainly based on non-six theaters. This result is naturally not what the six theaters are willing to see, so they hope MGM can adjust the arrangements.
Although "This Man from Earth" has not exceeded 100 million, it is a film that has made theaters make a lot of money in the film market recently.
No one will refuse money. Now Chen Tian is the one who can bring them profits in their hearts.
Last night, he struggled to achieve a box office of 5.27 million yuan under the attack of four new films "The Bad Father-in-law of Christmas", "The Ghost House", "Missing" and "Timeline", as well as the continued hot "Cat in the Hat", and "Christmas Elf".
Such box office data ranked only sixth in the single-day box office rankings yesterday Friday.
It ranked sixth in a single-day box office, and this ranking is also the worst since the release of "This Man from Earth".
However, for Eric Lomis, this data is already very good.
"Justin. Do you know how many box offices you won yesterday?" Eric Lomis said with a smile.
"Yesterday?" Chen Tian has not cared about the box office of "This Man from Earth" these days.
Eric Lomis looked defeated: "Justin. Have you forgotten your bet with the New York Post?
Or do you really want to go naked to Freedom Island?”
Chen Tian looked at Eric Lomis: "Eric. What do you think? I'm just busy these days and don't have time to pay attention. I don't want to run naked, but your expression tells me that it should be a good data."
"Justin, you miscalculated. Yesterday we were only ranked sixth. How much box office can you get with such a ranking?" Eric Lomis said with some regret, and then secretly looked at Chen Tian.
"Sixth?" Chen Tian is not a fool. Generally, it is good to get the sixth and one million in a single day. Yesterday was Friday, the sixth and the best is only two million.
Chen Tian also knows that "This Man from Earth" has a good momentum, and the three days on weekends are the biggest reliance on box office efforts to 100 million yuan.
If you only get two million on Friday, the potential of the film will basically come to an end, and the possibility of over 100 million will decrease a lot in the end.
Seeing Chen Tian’s expression change a little, Eric Lomis laughed: “Justin, it’s not easy to see you, a guy, show a worried expression.
Yesterday we were ranked sixth, but the box office was not very good, and we got 5.27 million yuan. Now the total box office has reached 7884, and today it should be able to exceed 80 million yuan.
Then next week, it is estimated that it will exceed 90 million. It will be released for two months in a long period of time, so don’t worry about you running naked.”
Listening to Eric Lomis' words, Chen Tian breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't want to lose this bet, although he regretted his impulse afterwards.
When Chen Tian followed Eric Lomis to the conference room, the conference room projector made a list of videos released in December on the wall.
The production company, distribution company, director, main actor, cost and schedule of each film.
"Justin, sit down, the meeting begins soon!" Eric Lomis said and sat down.
There are not many people in the conference room, only five or six people.
They are all employees of the distribution department, and Chen Tian is not familiar with them.
"Heidi, the meeting begins. You can first introduce us to the videos to be released in December!" After Eric Lomis said, a black woman stood up.
"It will be released on December 5th, and the youth inspirational film "Sweetheart Dance" starring Jessica Alba will be released in 1942 theaters with an investment of 18 million yuan.
This is a film with no high box office expectations, but it will attract some groups, especially young male groups.
The same day, Warner Bros. "The Last Warrior" cost 140 million yuan, a war epic blockbuster directed by Edward Zwick and starring Tom Cruise.
Tom Cruise's appeal will play a big role, and it is the Warner Bros. key film in poor condition this year, premiering 2,908 theaters."
With Heidi's introduction, the situation on December 12 appeared on the screen.
"December 12, this is a release date that is more conducive to impacting the Christmas season, so there are five films released on this day, including three of which are released on a large scale.
The comedy "The Body Brothers" launched by 20th Century Fox is unknown, but the director Ferrari Brothers is the No. 1 comedy director recognized by Hollywood and will premiere in 3,003 companies across the United States at the same time."
"The love comedy released by Sony Columbia, starring actors Jack Nicholson and Keanu Reeves.
If there is no accident, this film will be an important part of this year's Christmas, and they will be released in 2,677 theaters."
"Warner Bros.'s romance comedy "Love is Priceless", a film with no big-name actors, the cost is unknown but it will not exceed 10 million. It will be released in 1,844 theaters."
Listening to Heidi's introduction, Chen Tian was also thinking about when "The Little Sunshine Beauty" should be released.
In the first half of December, it was mainly romantic films, and the most heavyweight opponent was "The Last Samurai".
If you get in this period, you will have to compete with many romance films for fans.
As long as a romantic movie is of good quality, it can win fans. This is something that "The Little Sunshine Beauty" cannot compare with.
Heidi continued to introduce. Chen Tian looked up and saw the poster on the screen.
"On December 17, Warner's new line will launch "Lord of the Rings 3", which is the most likely winner of the entire Christmas season, with a cost of 94 million to be released in 3,703 theaters."
Heidi's words are not an exaggeration. It turns out that "Lord of the Rings 3" is indeed the strongest one in the entire Christmas season.
Our type is different from them and it is hard to achieve great things. Eric, I think the 5th is better." David Sterling replied.
"Justin, you are the director, and you are very knowledgeable about the promotional schedule." Eric Lomis asked with a smile. (To be continued...)
ps: Today's update ended. I didn't feel like typing when I got home. I don't know if it was because of the lack of the Internet.
Chapter completed!