Chapter 21 continues,
“So many people!”
Looking at the crowd in front of him, Carter Eisner frowned slightly. He understood Jon Avenai's worries at this moment.
But from the overall perspective, Disney cannot easily have friction with 20th Century Fox, which is also a Hollywood giant.
However, the crowd in front of us is not the most worrying thing.
In comparison, if most theaters in North America are like this, each theater has a long queue of ticket purchases, which is enough to show the extraordinaryness of "Blair the Witch".
This film has become the hottest film in the North American film market today, and no one is there.
It can even be said that the topics that North American media and the public are most concerned about now.
Fortunately, Carter Eisner asked his assistant to book a ticket early in the morning, otherwise he would have been in vain today.
As the crowd entered the cinema, Carter Eisner chose a seat in a corner and sat down.
There is no way, he doesn't want to be recognized and will be on the front page of tomorrow's media.
Of course, he came here not just to watch a movie, but to personally experience the popularity of "Blair the Witch" and thus formulate a release plan for "When a Man Falls in Love with a Woman".
"It seems that the promotional plan for "When a Man Falls in a Woman" should be appropriately suspended."
Looking at the screening room with only a few empty seats in front of him, Carter Eisner whispered to himself: "Maybe the scam in the film will be exposed, and it will be better to officially start the promotion of "When a Man Falls in Love with a Woman."
Not to mention that it is the off-season of North American movies, even some commercial blockbusters released during the summer season are difficult to see the attendance rate in front of you.
However, he knew very well that even if "Blair the Witch" was eventually exposed, the topic of the film would not only not weaken, but would likely increase again, so that it would not be forgotten by the media for a long time.
"One hundred theaters received a box office of $10.35 million in pre-screening in the first weekend. Next, they will be $3.7 million on Monday, $4.1 million on Tuesday, and $5.2 million on Wednesday, with a maximum box office of more than $44,000 in a single game."
"I have to say that this is a miracle, a miracle that can be recorded in Hollywood history."
Carter Eisner couldn't help but feel a little sad. It was absolutely shocking to imagine the final gains of the 20th Century Fox.
In contrast, Disney has not improved in live-action movies, and the market for feature films has plummeted. In addition, the board of directors has always advocated the acquisition of ABC, namely ABC, and thus transformed into a media group.
In this way, we have to face funding problems.
ABC is the American Broadcasting Corporation. It is not a small company. It was first established in 1943. Until the 1970s, its ratings rank among the top in the United States. It has 225 affiliated TV stations, 8 domestic TV stations, and 21 radio stations. It is one of the largest TV networks in the United States.
Once the acquisition agreement is reached, Disney will pay tens of billions of dollars in funds and will bear huge debts for a long time.
"I hope "The Lion King" can meet expectations." Carter Eisner looked at the screen with great worries.
If live-action movies have always been the direction Disney wants to develop.
Then the feature animation is the guarantee of Disney's success.
Perhaps feature animation has defects such as huge investment and long production time, but one thing that cannot be compared with live-action movies, that is, peripheral income.
A big-selling feature film animation, box office revenue is only a small part of the profit, and peripheral revenue is the big part.
Several large Hollywood film companies have their own characteristics. For example, Twentieth Century Fox is supported by News Corporation and is good at publicity and hype, while Disney is marketing and promotion of peripheral copyright channels, which can be said to be unattainable.
"It's a pity that Disney has a fair relationship with George Lucas, otherwise it might not have been possible to become the distribution company of this film."
It is difficult for Hollywood to be truly confidential. At least Carter Eisner can learn through some information that the video in front of him was recommended by George Lucas to 20th Century Fox.
Unfortunately, as he said, Disney has a very average relationship with George Lucas, and even has a very average relationship with most Hollywood producers, directors, and actors.
This is far from the same as that of several other film companies.
While Carter Eisner was thinking about it, the videos on the screen began to appear, and everything seemed very real, without the logo of the production company, no producer, no director's signature, and no actor's name. It seemed that this was a real selfie video.
But he knew very well that the video in front of him was a complete scam, and it was not difficult for many Hollywood practitioners to see this.
However, the film is released by Twentieth Century Fox, and these people choose to remain silent.
Looking at the shaking scene on the screen, Carter Eisner couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth and couldn't help but curse. The 20th Century Fox distribution department was shameless and the promotion was too low, which simply refreshed the moral bottom line of Hollywood film companies.
"It seems that it's time to hold a regular meeting for the members of the issuance department when they go back, and the issuance publicity model must be changed."
Once this film is successful, it will change the way Hollywood promotes.
Compared with the promotional techniques, the content of the film itself has almost no characteristics and is very dull.
It is precisely because of this dullness that people believe more in the authenticity of the incident itself than a complete scam.
"This summer will see a box office miracle, the box office miracle of Twentieth Century Fox."
Based on years of experience in the industry, it is not difficult for Carter Eisner to judge that the final box office of this film is by no means 50 million US dollars, or even more than 80 million US dollars.
At the same time, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The film obviously could not last long. At most, the scams made up would be exposed in two or three weeks.
The impact of Touchstone's upcoming "When a Man Falls in a Woman" is limited.
In fact, as "The Witch Blair" continues to expand its screening scale, some media and the public have noticed that something is wrong.
However, it has no practical impact on the film. As long as the mainstream media has not exposed the matter, a continuous stream of public entering the theaters.
The crowd who have watched "Blair the Witch" can be roughly divided into two types. One thinks that this is a real event and is worried about the three missing college students.
Another type is that you think you have seen through the scam in the video, cursed you, and thought you were cheated like a fool.
Of course, these have nothing to do with Ryan. He has been working hard these days, and he has to go to the screenwriter's guild almost every one or two days, including the new script for the next film.
He has always been reluctant to take possession of the pit in advance and wrote down successful cases in his previous life to avoid crashing in the future.
Even if it really crashes, with the scripts in the Screenwriters Guild, it can be considered a creative crash at most, or it can be used as strong evidence to fight a long lawsuit.
The box office of "Blair the Witch" exploded completely on Friday, with a box office of $11.3 million, continuing to dominate the top spot of this week.
The box office increased again on Saturday, with a huge $16.39 million increase from North America, and it inevitably fell slightly on Sunday, ending with a box office of $12.5 million, ending its second weekend screening.
It won the second weekly box office championship for $40.19 million in three days over the weekend.
Adding to the box office of the remaining four days of this week and the three days of box office results last weekend, the box office of "The Witch" has reached $67.74 million in North America.
It only took ten days to release!
Reaping $67.74 million in box office!
Not to mention the Hollywood distribution companies, even Twentieth Century Fox was stunned. They knew the cost of filming the film, which was only 40,000 US dollars, perhaps less than 40,000 US dollars, but now it has achieved a box office of up to 67.74 million US dollars.
And, overseas box office has not been calculated yet.
The overseas box office is lower than that of North America, but its results are still quite good. In the first week, only a few countries and regions were released, it earned a box office of up to tens of millions of dollars.
It made the 20th Century Fox distribution department very happy, but the only signing of the box office ladder share is a bit of a headache, and it is very likely that it will take millions of dollars from 20th Century Fox.
As the boss of Star Agent, Helen is in a mood. With the box office trend of "Blair Witch", her boss will be able to produce a director who has reached the box office of over 100 million US dollars next weekend, as well as three male and female leading actors.
But what worries her was that once the matter was exposed, it would be better for Ryan, but the male and female protagonists in the film would surely have a chance. If there is a slight mistake, the three of them would completely disappear from Hollywood.
Chapter completed!