I’m in Hollywood Chapter 759: The occasional necessity
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Chapter 759
The 1995 Thanksgiving happened to be November 23, one week after Eric returned to Los Angeles, and the year-end period officially entered Thanksgiving Week.
On November 17, in addition to the Kim Carrey comedy that is still on the show, Bad Boys of Firefly and 《Scream》 of Metro Goldwyn Mayer are officially released. In addition, the new films released this week include Warner's "Good Things in Pairs" and Sony's "White House Destiny", which can be distinguished by listening to the names. These are two low-cost romantic comedy films that hurry during the holiday season.
Towards the end of the year, various conferences such as Firefly Group ’s summary planning and outlook have emerged in an endless stream. As a media group that covers various fields such as film, television, paradise, music and consumer goods, the film department is the one with the highest exposure , But the share of the entire group ’s operating income has fallen to about 20%. After returning to Los Angeles, Eric has been busy dealing with the complicated corporate affairs accumulated over the past few months, so the release of these two low-cost films is not too concerned about It was just after the first day of the show that I randomly read the Box Office data of the next two films and put this matter aside.
However, unlike the bland response of Eric, the media's attention to the two movies is beyond everyone's expectations.
With the popularity of directing the second Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, and the full support of Firefly Group announcement, Michael · Bei ’s film work neodymium "Bad Boys" exceeded all expectations. This crime action film with a production budget of only 19million USD won the Box Office of 26600,000 USD on the first three days of the first week, which will release the second week of Kim Carey's comedy and win the championship.
Dual male lead partner type crime action movies have been almost completely broken in recent years, and not to mention popular series such as "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Lethal Weapon", there are countless similar movies that are unknown, this type The idea that the film is almost usable has been exhausted, and it is difficult to make any intentions.
However, while achieving excellent Box Office, "Bad Boys" was abnormally praised by many media. Although the plot of the two actors with obvious contrasts in this film swapping their identities is a small innovation, the media and film critic collectively praised the shoots style of Michael · Bei.
"Dazzling car chase, sharp editing style, and hot action scenes, Michael · Bei is worthy of the visually winning MTV Director, shooting the low-cost crime action film of 19million USD with the visual impact of 50 million USD. Although the plot does not break away from the genre of genre films, it is still a popcorn film that can satisfy the visual enjoyment of the audience. "
"The right slow motion, the visually stunning wide-angle scene and the full-texture color types of the film, with a special aesthetic everywhere, as a neodymium work at Director, Michael · Bei is undoubtedly produced The filmmaker and the audience submitted a satisfactory answer. "
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It has to be said that Michael · Bei ’s control of the visual sense of the lens is excellent, but when Eric saw these comments in the media, he could n’t help laughing.
As a ‘coming person’, Eric ’s deepest memory is previous life Michael · Bei ’s shoots technique repeatedly criticized by film critic.
At this time, the media praised most of the views of Michael · Bei, which is precisely where they were later used to criticize Michael · Bei. Most of Director has a strong personal style. For film critic, many Director shoots techniques, they often like or hate at the beginning, very few like Michael · Bei, from like to become nasty, and then turned into extreme disgust .
However, as long as it can bring huge profits to the producers, then, film critic's point of view, who cares.
Because one of the protagonists of "Bad Boys" is no longer Will · Smith, but replaced by another black rap singer, so this time there is no "Bad Boys" after, because Will · Smith relies on other movies The reputation was so shocked that the sequel could not start.
Three days after the first weekend of "Bad Boys", Box Office was released, the production department of Firefly began to discuss the development plan of the sequel with Michael · Bei.
On the other hand, the 《Scream》 produced by Flower Films and issued by Metro Goldwyn Mayer, because of the fully integrated Metro Goldwyn Mayer announcement, Box Office reached 12150,000 USD in the first three days of the weekend, only occupying the third place on the weekly Box Office ranking, behind Yujin Carey's comedy 21350,000 USD is close to the gap of 8 million USD. As the thriller horror film in the Thanksgiving period of Gasser, this score has been very good, but there is nothing special about it.
film critic's comments on 《Scream》 are also polarized. Some people think that this film is very fascinating in the setting of suspense atmosphere, but there are also many people who think this film is a hodgepodge of many old horror films.
Eric privately hinted that Drew can be released for 《Scream》, but he is not quite sure why this movie will succeed.
Following 12150,000 USD Box Office in the first three days of the first weekend, 《Scream》 harvested more than 6 million USD Box Office again in the next working day, with a total of 18.63 million Box Office in the first week.
So, after the first week's screening, combined with the first week's Box Office data and the film's word of mouth and other data, Film Studio made a rough estimate of the total Box Office of several new films. After all, it is a popcorn film and another black comedy. Although directing the second Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show made Michael · Bei famous, most organizations gave a prediction of 100 million USD North America total Box Office for "Bad Boys". Compared with the total production of 30 million USD and the cost of announcement, there is no doubt that Firefly will get a very rich profit only on North America Box Office.
As for 《Scream》, according to the first week of this film Box Office and polarized word of mouth, the agency ’s total Box Office data forecast is only 50 million USD, and the next week ’s Box Office drop will be between 30% and 50%, the total Box Office number It is much lower than the data in Eric memory exceeding 100 million USD Box Office.
Just when Eric wonders whether this is the butterfly effect brought about by the rebirth of because oneself, the time comes next week.
Kim Carey ’s comedy, Firefly ’s “Bad Boys” and even two romantic comedies released by Sony and Warner that did not stir up any waves, all showed a corresponding drop in Box Office according to the normal Box Office trend in the forecast, but 《Scream》's three-day Box Office next weekend was a big surprise.
Although there are several Box Offices such as "Money Train" and "Club" that do not stand out but still occupy a lot of market share, the 《Scream》 is beyond everyone's expectations. Instead of falling, Box Office has appeared. Rebound, although this reverse decline is only a slight 7%, but the three-day Box Office still reaches 13.1 million and this unexpected decline trend is foreshadowed. The total Box Office of this movie will far exceed the original forecast of the media. The number of 50 million USD may even be comparable to "Bad Boys".
Whether it is the media or Hollywood Film Studio, the response to the Box Office dark horse is always surprisingly quick. After all, the media wants news and Film Studio wants the market.
Therefore, in the next few days, the reason for 《Scream》 ’s magical Box Office trend was quickly discovered.
The reason seems surprisingly simple.
"The interviewed teenage audiences all said that the classmates and friends around them were discussing this movie. They thought this horror and **** horror movie was very exciting. At the same time, the film story happened in the setting of high school students. It also filled them with a sense of substitution. A boy who was interviewed said that they were tired of the screen-action tough guys such as Bruce Willis and Mel · Gibson. What they wanted to see was a film more suitable for their lives. Even a horror movie. "
“Hollywood often divides 18-34 year old audiences into a unified group of young audiences. Through the movie watching boom triggered by 《Scream》, we should find that this age division rule may have to change from now on. It said that the reason why 《Scream》 was popular was that it should be affected by the echo period of the baby boom. United States started the first baby boom after the Second World War. On average, children who exceed 10 million are born every year. Babies, who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s, have grown up and started a family. After the 1970s, they brought a baby boom to United States again. This baby boom was affected by the first baby boom. It is called the baby boom echo period. According to estimates, babies born in the 1970s have reached the size of 60 million, and these young people between the ages of 16 and 25 will undoubtedly become a group of separate movie consumer groups. The success of 《Scream》 , No doubt, in large part because it inadvertently caters to the watching needs of this group of teenagers who are in a rebellious period. "
On the top of Beverly Hills, Elizabeth wrapped in a white bathrobe sat on the early morning terrace. After reading 《Los Angeles Times》, which analyzed the reason for the success of 《Scream》 Box Office, he looked up at Eric who was sitting opposite: "Hey, I suddenly regretted it."
Eric did not raise his head, drinking coffee in his hand, and asked newspaper, "What's wrong?"
"" Final Destination "should be regarded as a youth movie. I suddenly regretted changing that" Austin Powers "with you. To be honest, the more I watch this script, the worse it gets."
Eric smiled and said: "Yeah, I also feel very bad, so I changed it with you."
"Ah, you bastard," Elizabeth glared at him and tentatively said, "So, on your side, have you started making?"
"The new line is going to be released next summer. Casting has already begun. Now you want to change it back." Eric looked up and smiled: "So, you still made this bad film honestly. Yeah, but nobody said bad movies do n’t make money. "
"Hey, you help her with just knows, you can get such a high Box Office in a low-cost horror film, and I do n’t mean to help me pick a few script."
Eric shook his head and said: "It really has nothing to do with me this time. script was chosen by Drew myself. I didn't intervene at all."
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"The interviewed teenage audiences all said that the classmates and friends around them were discussing this movie. They thought this horror and **** horror movie was very exciting. At the same time, the film story happened in the setting of high school students. It also filled them with a sense of substitution. A boy who was interviewed said that they were tired of the performances of screen action tough guys like Bruce Willis and Mel · Gibson. What they wanted to see was a film more suitable for their lives. Even a horror movie. "
"Hollywood often classifies 18-34 year old audiences as a unified group of young audiences. Through the movie watching boom triggered by 《Scream》, we should find that this age division rule may have to change from now on. It said that the reason why 《Scream》 was popular was that it was affected by the echo period of the baby boom. United States started the first baby boom after the Second World War. On average, children who exceed 10 million are born every year. Babies, who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s, have grown up and established families. After the 1970s, they brought a baby boom to United States again. This baby boom was affected by the first baby boom. It is called the baby boom echo period. According to estimates, babies born in the 1970s have reached the size of 60 million. These young people between the ages of 16 and 25 will undoubtedly become a group of separate movie consumer groups. The success of 《Scream》 , No doubt, in large part because it has inadvertently catered to the movie watching needs of this group of teenagers who are in a rebellious period. "
On top of Beverly Hills, Elizabeth wrapped in a white bathrobe sat on the early morning terrace. After reading the 《Los Angeles Times》 that analyzed the reason for the success of 《Scream》 Box Office, he looked up at the Eric sitting opposite: "Hey, I suddenly regretted it."
While Eric didn't raise his head, he drank the coffee in his hand and asked newspaper, "What's wrong?"
"" Final Destination "should also be regarded as a youth movie. I suddenly regretted changing that" Austin Powers "with you. To be honest, this script is getting worse as I watch it."
Eric smiled and said, "Yeah, I also feel very bad, so I changed it with you."
"Ah, you bastard," Elizabeth glared at him and tentatively said, "So, on your side, have you started making?"
"The new line is going to be released next summer. Casting has already begun. Now you want to change it back." Eric looked up and smiled: "So, you still make this bad film honestly. Yeah, but nobody said bad movies do n’t make money. "
"Hey, you help her with just knows, you can get such a high Box Office for a low-cost horror film, not to mention helping me pick a few script."
Eric shook his head and said: "It really has nothing to do with me this time. script was picked by Drew myself. I didn't intervene at all."