Hollywood Domination Chapter 75: Jenny’s Appreciation

'This is the best summer blockbuster this year, and I'm already looking forward to its performance in the market. Gore Verbinski tells a rich, funny and thrilling story in two hours. Captain Jack played by Johnny Depp is the most distinctive movie character this year...'

'It can be said that Johnny's performance is original in every way. There has never been a pirate or anyone quite like him in any other movie... Of course, it is also worth noting that Jennifer Jefferson, who contributed the exact opposite image of the previous work, showed Very high plasticity. ’

'The plot is very interesting, except for some bluffs that are too long, there are no more shortcomings. Will it be the big winner of this summer vacation? Jennifer is brilliant as Elizabeth Swan and Johnny Depp's Captain Jack, but it's a shame that Jennifer does most of her scenes with the lackluster Josh Blanche... '

"Empire", "Variety Show", "Chicago Sun-Times", "New York Times", along with the premieres in various places, these important magazines and newspapers have also published articles about "Pirates of the Caribbean". Film reviews, and these positive and positive content have also promoted the public's interest in watching movies. After all, they haven't heard the gossip about the previous movie viewing, and their impression of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is still limited to "this is a film with many special effects." Big investment' on top.

"If you don't go to the cinema during the scheduled time for these blockbuster movies with special effects, you will never be able to see them." In an apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Jon's father commented while flipping through the newspaper.

Jon, who was on summer vacation, was bitter about not being able to go to Los Angeles to attend the premiere. She had been depressed for a few days, and she cheered up after hearing her father's comments. "Yeah, Dad, let's go to the premiere together? It's just right to bring Harry."

She is still in high school, so she has access control. It was risky to stay and wait for Jenny to watch the show before. But since the premiere starts at 12 midnight, it is difficult for Jon to watch the premiere without the permission of his family, and he will definitely be called home.

"Ah." Father Jon folded the newspaper, and exchanged glances with his wife helplessly, "It's for **** again, isn't it?"

If it hadn't been for his daughter to show him the interview with Jennifer Jefferson, and let him know about the history of J.J's struggle to rise from adversity, Jon's father would have a good impression of Jennifer, and his daughter's grades would not have backed down , he would not approve of his daughter suddenly starting to chase stars.

"*This time the acting skills are well received across the board," Jon immediately started talking, "plus Johnny and Josh, the trailer is so exciting, my classmates are all talking about this movie, I I have a hunch that it will be very difficult to buy tickets on the premiere day. In this case, we might as well watch the midnight show. There should be fewer people coming to buy tickets for that show. If you buy tickets during the day, you may even have to wait in line. For hours."

Jon's father doesn't go to the cinema often, so he believed what his daughter said. He loves Jon very much, otherwise Jon wouldn't have the money to fly to Los Angeles if he said he would fly to Los Angeles. Is Harry going with you? Not someone else?"

"It must be Harry." Jon's mother chimed in, "When it comes to *related issues, it is always Harry."

Harry and Jon met because of J.J, and now they have become very good friends. Harry also went to play at home, and Jon's father had a good impression of him, so he agreed after consideration, "Then you and Harry together Go ahead, remember, go straight home after the movie and let Harry drive you to the door."

"Okay, Dad." Jon smiled immediately, and she kissed his father, "Then I won't be back for dinner on Wednesday, and I just went to Harry's house to write a paper together."

"It's up to you." Jon's father thought for a while, and added, "If it looks good, tell us, and your mother and I will go see it this weekend."

"No problem, if it looks good, I will definitely urge you to watch it." Jon immediately contracted the job, seeing her mother looking at herself helplessly, she wiped her mouth guiltyly, "I'm full, let's go out first, I love you guys."

The words that Jon used to fool her father just now can only fool people like her father who don't often watch movies-although watching movies is not very expensive in the United States, but due to the There are no seats for movie tickets, and now there are very few online pre-sales, so if you want to watch a movie, you usually have to queue up to buy tickets at the movie theater, decide which movie to watch on the spot, and then queue up to enter the venue. viewers pick their seats first.

For viewers who have spare time, they can avoid these links by watching movies on weekdays and unpopular hours. Even during the most unpopular hours, after buying a ticket, they can watch various shows consecutively No staff will come to check the tickets, anyway, if it is empty, it is empty, so you can watch it if you like. But for a **** person in society like Papa Jon, the time when he is free and interested in watching movies is the most popular time. If he wants to spend his precious weekends queuing up to buy tickets and enter the venue, he will definitely not Yes, instead of buying tickets at the end every time and then watching movies in poor seats, he would rather rent some video tapes and DVDs and enjoy them calmly in front of the TV. So in the 1990s before the popularity of special effects movies, Jon’s father rarely went to the cinema. That is to say, in the past few years, special effects movies have become popular. He didn't know the habits of theaters at all. It was not so easy to get tickets for the midnight show, especially for a blockbuster movie like "Pirates of the Caribbean", the premiere would definitely be sold out early, so Jon and Harry were planning to get tickets for the weekend show. Trinity went to line up to buy tickets early in the morning, and the queue started at 7 o'clock on Wednesday night to get a good seat in the 12 o'clock movie.

Because it is summer vacation, there are a lot of students who are free, and their plan can only allow them to successfully buy two tickets, but it does not let them be the first in the admission line-in New York, the youth Entertainment life is actually relatively poor. If you are a good student and don’t smoke marijuana or fool around, you only have some sports entertainment and watching movies. .

While waiting, Jon and Harry found that they were relatively lonely. Since there are not many students who can afford or are interested in watching musicals, almost all the people who come to line up now are Johnny Depp and Fans of Josh Blanche, of course, are very fanatical and rare, but they almost all line up for these two talents. Although they all have a positive attitude towards Jennifer's several appearances in the trailer, they also feel that She's pretty, but it's clear that no one is going to stand in line that long for a few shots.

"It would be great if there was a computer now." Jon said to Harry regretfully, "We can see how our friends online line up to buy tickets."

"Even if you have a computer at hand, you may not be able to see the post. I guess everyone is waiting in line for the premiere now." Harry speculated rationally, "And weekends may not be so active, after all, this It is the first time * to be the leading role, and it is released nationwide, and everyone definitely wants to see it as soon as possible.”

Because of going through the 'poverty' period of liking Jennifer but lacking resources, J.J's fans cherish the opportunity to see her. Quite a few went to the movie theater for her three minutes of "Chicago". Now that she is starring, how could she miss it? The reason why Jon bothered to watch the premiere was because he was coerced by such emotions. In the mentality of following the crowd, he wanted to be the first group of people to see more and more.

Johnny, Josh... Of course, these popular actors also have their own fans. Johnny's actor wants to see his performance in mainstream commercial films, and Josh's fans are even more impatient. After "Star Wars Episode 2", Josh has never had a new work. In the blink of an eye, a year has passed. Except for some tidbits of "Pirates of the Caribbean", almost no resources have been leaked. Their hunger and thirst are comparable to those of Jennifer's fans. It doesn't look like much at all.

In addition to the curious movie fans brought by the powerful publicity campaign, and some boring people who wanted to pass the time, these people are the audience of the midnight show, and it is also the result of the purest publicity release + actor popularity, because After all, boring people who are willing to wait in long queues are rare. In the midnight show, the quality of publicity determines the base of curious movie fans, the distribution channel determines the probability of curious movie fans going to the cinema, and the popularity of actors determines the number of loyal fans. If you do a good job in publicity, people all over the country will see it. The number of people who are interested will be large, the distribution will be good, and the large-scale release will reach 3,000 to 4,000 movie theaters. It will be convenient for movie fans to go to the movies, and the chances of stepping into the movie theater will be high. As for the popularity of actors, there is no need to say much.

The fans of these midnight shows are also a barometer of the box office of the entire movie. If a movie has a high box office in the midnight show and good feedback from the audience, then the follow-up trend curve will definitely not be too bad. Conversely, if the box office of the midnight show is not high and the audience's reputation is poor, don't mention it, just wait to lose money. Generally, after the first round of screenings, such a movie will narrow its screening theaters, and no follow-up promotion will be arranged. It is to start preparing DVDs in full swing, at least to make some money in this market.

"I went to several nearby theaters." Mary called Jenny at ten o'clock, "All the tickets are sold out, and the trend seems to be better than we predicted."

Although she is only an assistant, she has been with Jenny for more than a year, and she is considered loyal and clever, so Jenny and Cesare are less and less avoiding her when they have meetings, and some data predict that she will also Know. ——Indeed, although "Pirate" has a good reputation among film critics, the box office forecast curves drawn by major media, especially the box office of the midnight show, are not very high. Anyway, it is definitely not at the level of Soldout.

This is not without reason. After all, there are not many fans who are willing to watch a movie at 12 o'clock and go home at 2 o'clock. Who is not a fan? And Depp and Josh, who carry the box office, are not popular superstars like Tom Cruise and Leonardo DiCaprio with their own fan clubs. According to the estimates of the film crew, the best situation is The number for the midnight show is not high or low, because the film is released on Wednesday, and the figures on Wednesday and Thursday are mediocre as expected. It is enough to receive three to four million yuan. It mainly depends on the three-day box office on weekends, and even It is difficult to count the box office on Friday. After all, Friday is not a rest day. Even if it goes lower, it does not mean that there will be a certain spread in the end.

Judging from the situation of the several theaters around me, the box office is relatively good. Most people should have jumped up with excitement, or at least felt uneasy or something, but Jenny was unusually calm. She guessed that she should He is the person who has the most confidence in "Pirates of the Caribbean" among all stakeholders.

"Very well, Mary, go to bed early," she said, "before I say good night—I'm going to bed."

Mary's tone could express her grievance. "...well, good night, Jenny."

Janet turned her mobile phone to silent, and fell asleep soundly after finishing her evening routine—in Los Angeles, she definitely belongs to the group of people who go to bed early, especially in the entertainment industry, which is an industry that has a lot to do with nights. Most people become more energetic at night, and tonight alone, there are many practitioners who do not plan to fall asleep before five o'clock in the morning.

At two o'clock in the morning, after the two-hour screening ended, the audience in the midnight show walked out of the screening hall one after another while discussing the plot. The staff who had been waiting at the door immediately spotted a girl. , "Hi, can I hold you for a few minutes to do a survey with us - there is a small gift for you."

This is a data statistics company staff hired by major magazines or websites, or the film itself, who is responsible for statistics of audience satisfaction. Audience satisfaction at midnight shows is also a data that major companies value very much. This is also the same as the follow-up box office trend. closely related. After all, all the pre-publicity is just to attract you into the theater. After all, how do the audience feel about the movie itself? The number of samples of audiences and film critics in the internal preview meeting is still too small, so it is difficult to give confidence to the film studio. These audiences who stayed until midnight to watch the movie are the best samples. They have a strong interest in the movie itself, watch it attentively, and will give some relatively objective ratings.

"I think it's very good-looking." Jon was still immersed in the emotion of watching the movie, recalling the funny and rich details, she couldn't help chuckling, "Yes, I will publicize it with my family, I decided this It was the best movie I saw during the summer vacation..."

She didn't exaggerate because this is a *movie. In the theater just now, many scenes made the audience laugh out loud, and the plot also made her feel very interesting. Although the plot is far-fetched, Joan En is not very demanding on this. Many battle scenes echo and develop with complete details, which makes her feel that this is a rigorous and intelligent film, but the plot is so funny and witty, and the pirate theme is also very fresh. In short, even if there is no *, she will have the urge to watch it again, and judging from the heated discussion heard when she appeared on the stage, many viewers also have the same idea as her.

"For whom to watch this movie," Jon wrote without hesitation, "Jennifer Jefferson."

There are not only such obvious questions on the questionnaire, but also the more naked, 'Who do you think performed the best' - this is also because the film party collects data, this kind of feedback is direct Regarding their valuation of the actor in the future, major film studios have such a core confidential database in their hands, listing the valuation of the actor's true value, which is convenient for bargaining and dividing the bottom line when cooperating. If it is a survey by a magazine or a data analysis agency, it is impossible to ask such a "challenging" question.

Thinking about Johnny Depp's performance for a few seconds, Jon still wrote Jennifer's name "faithfully". She looked at Harry on the side and found that he wrote Johnny Depp's name Before reaching Jennifer, he couldn't help but glared at him, then returned the questionnaire to the staff and took back a ballpoint pen.

"What." Harry defended himself, "Johnny acted very well, as good as Jennifer, did I write it wrong?"

The two audience members walked out of the screening hall while talking, while the staff of the data company continued to work at the gates of more than 200 premiere screening theaters across the United States. They will collect the questionnaires collected tonight within a few working days by category, and then send the report to the film crew. So tonight, you only need to finish this wave of crowds before you can go back to rest, but in the movie theater, there are still many accountants and other staff who are calculating the tickets for the midnight show, or doing simple calculations. The revenue figures for tonight's midnight show are tallied, and then emailed or faxed to ExhibitorRelations, a box office statistics research company.

This professional data company, which specializes in analyzing, researching, and predicting box office, will complete the box office statistics of the midnight screenings of new movies released across the United States this weekend within a few hours, and sell them to major news websites and newspapers. Of course, This is a long-term business, and has formed a fixed process. Each company only needs to pay a small information fee to enjoy the latest authoritative box office information every year, so that it can report the midnight box office in the first place—these The efficiency of on-duty editors is obviously higher than that of film companies. In many cases, relevant people still have to go through the news to know the box office in the first place.

Of course, film companies will also purchase box office analysis data, and the staff on duty will also connect with ExhibitorRelations, so that at four or five in the morning, the box office report of the midnight show will be sent to the mailboxes of various people. Sleepless, just waiting for this report, or getting up early temporarily, in short, most stakeholders will not feel at ease if they do not see this report in the first place.

"$4.7 million?"

At the breakfast table, Disney CEO Michael Eisner seldom exclaimed, "There is $4.7 million?"

His wife Jane Eisner asked curiously, "What 4.7 million?"

"Midnight box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean", baby." Michael re-read the email in disbelief. Like "Pirates of the Caribbean", a blockbuster with an investment of hundreds of millions, the entire company executives are very concerned about its box office After all, if it loses, it will cost hundreds of millions of dollars in vain. Even a behemoth like Disney will feel heartache, so even if he is the CEO, he will pay attention to the box office report. "This number is exactly double our best estimate."

He immediately adjusted his expectation of Johnny and Josh's box office appeal in his mind, and at the same time lost interest in eating breakfast, he stuffed some cereal in his mouth hastily, and wanted to go to the office quickly.

But still chewing, the phone call came in, "Michael, did you see the midnight box office report? Damn, Robert is going to be proud this time."

Although he is the CEO of Disney, it doesn't mean that Michael can be "the king of coolness". It is true that he now holds great power in Disney, but in the final analysis, he and his senior management are hired by the board of directors to manage For the company, the loss or loss of any investment will make him passive in front of the board of directors. It is said that he should not hope that "Pirates of the Caribbean" will suffer a big loss at the box office, but this news does not make Eisner very happy, because he has been working hard since the very beginning. I am not optimistic about this project, otherwise I would not have made such harsh criticisms at the internal viewing meeting. Although I did not show a bad attitude towards "Pirates" outside, the leader of this project, Disney CEO Robert Iger has always been at odds with Eisner, and now that "Pirate" has a high box office, Eisner must feel uncomfortable.

"This is good news for the company." Of course, the demeanor of the CEO must be taken into account. In the final analysis, this is also a good thing for the company. Eisner's discomfort is only a momentary thing. He replied with a smile, " You made a good call, today I want to see the publicity department's follow-up publicity strategy report on "Pirate"... If today's opening box office report is good, more resources will be allocated in the follow-up... It can be done on Wednesday With such a performance in a cold period, the potential of "Pirate" must not have been tapped."

Although I attended the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean", the schedule for "Pirates" was not very good. Generally speaking, movies are released on Fridays, but maybe it is to avoid the "Pirates of the Caribbean" that was released this week. "Raiders" and "Pirates" are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, which fully reflects the film's expectations for the film, as well as some of Eisner's own style of doing things.

"Yes, of course." The voice on the other end of the phone also calmed down, "I will also call Robert to congratulate him later-do you want to contact the peripheral development department to do some follow-up expansion work? "

"This can be discussed after the weekend box office comes out." Eisner talked to him a few more words before hanging up the phone. He ate his breakfast calmly, but his movements slowed down, as if he was thinking about something What.

"What are you thinking, dear?" Jane Eisner asked kindly. "Isn't this something to be happy about?"

"Jane, if you have free time, take the children to watch a movie." Michael took a sip of orange juice, "Just watch "Pirates of the Caribbean", pay attention to the reactions of the audience around you, especially those young people ..."

Eisner hid his worries about the decline of his ability very deeply, but the market will not slow down his pace of feedback. It's a straight rise, with a good score of 52 million for the whole weekend, and 78 million for five days after its release. It beat "Raiders of the Sky" to the point where it can't be found. 23 million, still not as good as the workday results of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Because this film is not defined as a fan film, the box office trend curve is relatively stable. Based on the results of the five-day release, as well as good audience reputation and audience composition, the North American box office forecast of this film has been raised to 300 million Above the U.S. dollar, it can be said to be the biggest dark horse running this summer. And what followed, of course, was the popularity explosion of several leading actors, and the IMDB actor rankings got the most intuitive response. The IMDB rankings of Johnny Depp, Josh Branch and Geoffrey Rush Both have had a big jump, Johnny and Josh have reached the top five rankings, but none of this can compare to Jennifer Jefferson's ranking - since Wednesday, her ranking has been on the same level as the Rockets The same rises rapidly, and successfully reached the top on Saturday, becoming the most concerned movie star by IMDB users this week.

The author has something to say: Note:

1 The box office of the pirates mentioned here does not match the reality, I made a high profile.

2 The Robert Iger and Jane Eisner that appeared in this chapter are both real people. That box office statistics company is also real.

3 IMDB mentioned it before? The IMDB ranking can intuitively reflect the popularity.

4 It is true that American movie theaters do not have seat numbers, or that there are no seats at all...

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Talk about two recent questions...

1 The problem with the wording of the comments, everyone likes this article, I am really happy, and I am also very happy to have enthusiastic discussions. I welcome both criticism and praise, but neither criticism nor praise can affect You can rest assured about my arrangement of the plot. But I found that some of the comments have been overly worded recently. I hope everyone can restrain their emotions and have a friendly discussion. Regardless of the pros and cons of the views, speak objectively and don't involve people.

2 The issue of 'water', I understand that everyone wants to see something different when reading the article. In general, whether the article is watery or not, everyone may have a different opinion. Jenny did not appear in this chapter today, almost all of them are When it comes to box office, many readers may feel that it is very watery. But what I want to say is that if I don’t write about why the midnight show is important, if I don’t write about the lack of confidence in the box office if I don’t write about putting the pirates on Wednesday, and if I don’t write about the questionnaire and the attitudes of several audience groups in Jon’s family towards Jenny and the pirates, Then how can everyone be happy for Jenny's achievements? How can there be a sense of reality? If you don't like the sense of reality, I believe there are many Meiyu who have won the actress for 2 years and achieved lifelong achievements for 3 years. I don't say that what I wrote is true, but it is these acting skills, box office data, social interaction and gaming that constitute a Hollywood that is at least closer to the existing rules of society. I accept that everyone doesn't like a certain chapter, and they feel that the content is not interesting, so they will skip it, but I don't accept that I wrote it well. Analysis and research will also take time and effort. I wrote a chapter about the interaction with Jenny in detail, and then this person never appeared again. It was called water, and it was called a lie. But for the current 400,000 yuan in this article, I can say without guilt that I have no water, and the current subscription is really not enough reason for me to go to water. I wrote Hollywood with a lot of words because I like this article. It is comfortable, fast, and naturally has a lot of words, not because I want water.

In short, thank you for your enthusiastic support. Jenny's road to dominance has just begun. I hope that we can finish this story in a relatively short period of time with good quality and many updates, because after I There are still a lot of articles scheduled to be written, Hollywood is really a very sudden event...