Chapter 169 Box Office
"If "Blair Witch" is a rather innovative gimmick movie, then "Agility: Ghost Record" obviously inherited all this and shot a complete story. Since "Blair Witch", "pseudo documentaries" have begun to become rampant in the market, but there are few really successful movies. Our previous confusion was that when this live-streaming horror trick was used for the second time, how many viewers would buy it, but the result tells us that the devil can click the doorbell twice. Zhao may not be an excellent director, but he is undoubtedly a successful screenwriter." - Roger Albert.
"The Story of the Ghost" is a unique horror movie. It uses horror as its selling point and uses the "only talk but not reveal" method to create suspense. Its story is very simple, but also very horrible: a young couple was frightened by the strange sounds of their house at night, so they decided to place a camera in the bedroom to capture potential "weird phenomena". Such a story combined with the form of a pseudo-documentary makes it both good and really scary." - Rotten Tomatoes are 80% fresh.
"Smart: Ghost Record" chooses midnight scene as the main time period of the movie, which is obviously an extremely correct choice.
On the Internet, under the word of mouth of a large number of horror movie enthusiasts, the reputation of "Spiritual: Ghost Record" quickly fermented.
At the same time, professional film critics have also written down their latest reviews of the film.
It is worth mentioning that Roger Albert, a veteran film critic who had left the worst reviews in "Blair the Witch" in the past, turned aside and left a three-and-a-half-star review for "Artistic: The Ghost Record".
Perhaps it was because of the baptism of various "pseudo-documentary" movies during this period that Roger Albert turned his head and found that "The Witch Blair" was not bad.
The explosion on the Internet has opened up its reputation, and the successful reaction of the movie's box office the second day after its release of "Spiritual: Ghost Records".
In just three days, "Spiritual: The Ghost Record" successfully snatched $32 million in the entire North American box office and successfully won the North American weekend box office championship. When major Hollywood media production work checked the cost of the filming of "Spiritual: The Ghost Record", they all took a breath.
The production cost of "Spiritual: Ghost Record" is even more "lower" than imagined, and such "lower" production cost has caused such huge waves in the box office market, and the huge profits generated in it have made almost every Hollywood production company feel jealous.
Of course, Zhao Yuan, who created all this behind this, once again became the object of discussion among major Hollywood film companies.
If we talk about the success of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", it can be said that Wen Ziren's contribution is also due to it.
"Blair Witch" counterattack from the box office can be said to be a successful marketing promotion in Hollywood. Then the performance of "Smart: Ghost Record" clearly proves to Hollywood that Zhao Yuan's own excellence is.
As the saying goes, there are only three things. A box office dark horse that can be called a counterattack.
If you become a dark horse three times in a row, it is not just a dark horse that can be explained clearly, the money tree.
There is no doubt that Zhao Yuan at this moment has become a box office money tree in the eyes of major Hollywood film production companies.
Moreover, the nutrients required for this money tree are extremely cheap, but they can grow Franklins that cover the entire tree.
And just as the whole of Hollywood was crazy about "Artistic: Ghost Record".
The box office trend of "Spiritual: Ghost Record" did not stagnate because of this. One week after its release, the movie successfully swept away $82.5 million, surpassing the previous record of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2". For this reason, Wan Ziren also called Zhao Yuan to express his helplessness while congratulating him.
If we look at the box office results alone, "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" is undoubtedly an excellent movie, and even as a sequel movie, it has been satisfied that Universal has already expressed its satisfaction.
However, when compared with "Spiritual: Ghost Record", these achievements have formed a huge gap.
After all, no matter how good "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" is, it is completely impossible to compare with "Spiritual: Ghost Records" in terms of investment.
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"Okay, I admit, Zhao, I began to regret it..."
During the phone call with Universal, Ron Mayer's tone was filled with regret.
"If senior executives of companies like Warner or Paramount heard what you said now, they might just punch you. Ron, Universal made a lot of money in "Artistic: Ghost Records".
On the other end of the phone, Zhao Yuan knew very well what the so-called regret was referring to, but he did not take on the topic, but instead said.
San Marino, because of the recent "Spiritual: Ghost Record".
Many newspaper reporters have appeared near their residences.
The troubles of Hollywood celebrities also began to appear on Zhao Yuan.
However, Zhao Yuan didn't care much about this. On the contrary, the more famous he became, the more he could hide his other identity.
After all, who would have thought of a celebrity who appears every day under the lens of media reporters.
Behind it, it will be the mastermind behind the changes in the world.
"But, originally, Global could make more money."
Hearing Zhao Yuan's answer, Ron Mayer's tone became even more depressed.
At the beginning, because the negotiations were focused on the copyright of the sequel of "Blair the Witch", although Global also invested in "Spiritual: Ghost Record", it did not invest in the forehead, and the other investment target was Zhao Yuan.
The movie "Smart: The Ghost Record" is originally costly, and Zhao Yuan also serves as director, screenwriter and producer, and accounts for one-third of the movie's share.
If the calculation of such a share of money was not overwhelmed by the box office of "Spiritual: Ghost Records", Universal might not have cared too much.
However, now seeing the box office of "Spiritual: Ghost Records" is getting higher and higher, which means that the higher the box office of the movie in the future, the more money Zhao Yuan will be given, and the less money Universal can get.
Such a result undoubtedly made Ron Mayer, but he was helpless.
After all, although he had thought that "Spiritual: Ghost Record" would have a box office record, he could not have thought that this result would be so amazing.
Chapter completed!