The off-season of North American movies, the first weekend of April, seemed to be playing a joke with the entire Hollywood film company.

"Blair the Witch", a pseudo-documentary with a low-cost investment, landed first in the weekly box office list with a box office of 10.35 million US dollars in three days on weekends.

Ranked second is "Major League 2" released by Warner Bros., which has a box office of only more than $6 million.

The third place is "D2: Power Duck" with a box office of only $5 million.

Ranked fourth is a film "Thesis" released by Universal Pictures, which barely had a box office of about $4 million.

The above three films faced the squeeze of "The Witch Blair", which was much less box office than in the same period in the previous life.

In the top ten weekend box offices, there are almost no films from Twentieth Century Fox. The only film "My Slim Dad" has been released for several months, with a box office of only $1.35 million, and there is not much time left before it is released.

It can be said that at the moment, Twentieth Century Fox only has one film "Blair the Witch" released, so it is naturally a free publicity.

A news interview car under Fox TV even drove outside a rescue team to broadcast it in real time, causing the rescue team to suffer, but they could not find any files about the disappearance of the three college students.

Such a dereliction of duty cannot be explained to the media, so I can only keep silent.

At the same time, the crew of "When a Man Falls in Love with a Woman" is also holding an urgent small meeting. Faced with the aggressive "Blair Witch", even Disney dared not be careless at all.

According to the original release plan touchstone, "When a Man Falls in Love with a Woman" was released on April 29. On the eve of the summer vacation, half of his foot stepped into the summer vacation door, and the elaborate "The Lion King" was staggered. There were no commercial blockbusters released in the early stage, which was a very good time.

Touchstone is one of Disney's affiliated film production companies.

Of course, it can also be said to be one of the brands under Bowei Company, and Bowei Company is a distribution department established by Disney.

"My opinion is to take a look at the box office trend of "Blair the Witch" for the time being."

Carter Eisner frowned slightly and continued: "It is difficult for films like this to last. When our "When a Man Falls in Love with a Woman" is released, I believe that the popularity of "The Witch Blair" will have long passed."

As a decision maker of the touchstone, he could easily see that the tricks of "The Witch Blair" were nothing more than a complete scam.

But the film's producer Jon Avenai didn't want to continue waiting, saying: "The promotional method of "Blair the Witch" is very unique. It is said that some theater companies have a single box office of up to $55,000."

"You know, this is a single box office, and last three days, only 100 theaters previewed, it achieved a box office of 10.35 million US dollars. It can be imagined that the distribution department of 20th Century Fox will continue to expand the scale of screenings."

"With the 20th Century Fox's distribution ability, I can't even imagine what kind of box office this film will achieve in the end."

"So it is very likely to affect the scale of "When a Man Falls in Love with a Woman"."

There are only these theater companies in North America, and each theater company has a fixed screen. Once "The Witch Blair" remains popular, it will definitely affect the release scale of "When a Man Falls in Love with a Woman".

Seeing that Jon Avine was about to continue talking, Carter Eisner couldn't help but interrupt him and asked directly: "So what do you want to do?"

"Blair the Witch is a video released by Twentieth Century Fox. I don't want to have friction with Twentieth Century Fox because of your little moves."

"I will call the theater company in person about the release scale of "When a Man Falls in Love with a Woman."

"Remember, you can't do anything crossing the line without my permission."

Speaking of this, Carter Eisner's eyes became stern.

Twentieth Century Fox, which has News Corporation as its support, is not easy to match.

Even Disney, which is also one of the seven major Hollywood film companies, will not easily cause friction with it.

Furthermore, with the arrival of summer, the release date of "The Lion King" is getting closer.

At this time, friction with the 20th Century Fox was obviously not a wise decision.

For Disney, the animated feature film "The Lion King" is the focus of this summer, and the live-action movie is just a supplement.

"All right."

"Maybe you're right."

Jon-Avenai was silent for a long time, but did not continue talking. Instead, he got up and said goodbye and left the office, walked a distance, took out his cell phone and dialed a phone number.

"The plan has changed. Don't contact the media or other things. Let's talk about it later when we meet."

On the other side of the phone, Meg Ryan's face changed and he said in a low voice: "We can contact some gossip magazines, and no one knows it."

"Meg, calm down and never be impulsive."

Jon Avenai suddenly felt a little impatient and said, "You have to know that you are facing 20th Century Fox, not a small distribution company. Once the matter is revealed, have you ever thought about the consequences?"

"Twentieth Century Fox is not something you can mess with." After saying that, he hung up the phone directly.

With the end of the first weekend's release, the popularity of "Blair the Witch" not only did not decrease, but more and more people joined it, which can be seen from the box office.

The momentum of "Blair the Witch" did not weaken at all on Monday. Instead, with the increase in screenings, it increased slightly, and easily won a box office of $3.7 million.

It continued to rebound on Tuesday, winning another $4.1 million in box office.

It still did not decline on Wednesday, ending the day's screenings at $5.2 million.

Based on some professional institutions, the North American box office of this film will obviously not be only $50 million, or at least not less than $80 million, which can generate tens of millions of dollars in profits for Twentieth Century Fox.

This does not count the offline video tape distribution fee, peripheral copyright, TV station premiere rights, adaptation rights, etc.

At the same time, at almost the same time, English-speaking regions such as the United Kingdom, Mexico, Spain, France, Germany and some European countries gradually began to release "The Witch Blair".

"Blair the Witch" in his previous life generated a box office of 100 million US dollars overseas.

It is conceivable that as the distribution company of "Blair the Witch", the film will eventually bring hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue to 20th Century Fox.

It shows that Hollywood distribution companies are the top of the real food chain, and most of the revenue from the film is almost in the pockets of the distribution companies.

However, as the only investor, producer, director and screenwriter of the film, Ryan only has a box office ladder divided into one income except for the 800,000 US dollars that has not yet been received.

According to Ryan's own calculations, as long as the box office of "The Witch" in North America can exceed 100 million, he has the right to get a 2.5% box office share.

Remember that it is 2.5% of the total box office in North America, excluding theaters, issuance fees, issuance company commissions, etc., and it is likely to be as high as more than $2 million.

Unfortunately, the box office ladder is divided at most by only 5%.
Chapter completed!