The morning sunshine is always so attractive.
At half past six, Lu Yuan got up on time.
Forrest called Lu Yuan early in the morning, saying that "Paranormal Activity" would probably be released in major theaters in Hollywood tonight. Of course, it would be shown at midnight and there would not be many screenings.
After all, "Paranormal Activity" is a horror film, and the investment is very low, so the major theaters in the United States are unlikely to give this film much treatment. The same is true for China. The major theaters have also scheduled this film to the midnight slot, and the daytime slot is reserved for several other newly released movies in China...
The outcome of October's box office battle is already clear. "Deep Blue" grossed more than 500 million yuan in 14 days after its release, surpassing the rest. "Blood Prince 2" and "Hard Boiled 2" were neck and neck, with one grossing 260 million and the other 258 million.
The two movies competed for nearly half a month, but the box office difference was only two million.
This is really...
It's quite stressful.
As for the Hollywood suspense film "October 33rd", it took 35 million at the box office, and its decline is obvious...
no way.
The horror film market in China is only so big. Even if the quality of "October 33rd" is not bad, some people will not go to see it.
After all, they don't want to suffer.
"Paranormal Activity" should have been kept low-key when it was released in China.
Only a few people in the industry knew that Lu Yuan's company had made a horror film at a small Hollywood company.
When theaters released pre-sale tickets for this movie, the results were not ideal.
Basically less than half of the people bought advance tickets.
Although the name Hollywood is very useful, you have to distinguish who...
after all……
The director is Forrest, who failed in two Hollywood movies and almost bankrupted his own company.
Moreover, the actors were all new faces in Hollywood, and no one knew who they were...
As for the screenwriter, it was even more bizarre. He wrote two words in Chinese: eleven.
eleven?
What idiot would use such a weird screenwriter name as Eleven?
This is not a joke...
Total investment...
All right……
I looked at it in detail and it was about 70,000 US dollars.
$70,000 to make a movie?
What a joke!
Did you take this with your phone?
You thought it was "The Man From Earth"?
"Hollywood" movies that are a combination of all these disappointing situations are very unpopular among movie fans.
Movie fans were blinded by the information provided about this movie. Even Tomato.com did not have any ranking or rating for this movie.
Everyone felt that the movie had a strong smell of a Hollywood bad movie. Some people even predicted that this movie would become the biggest joke among all the Hollywood movies released in China this year, without a doubt.
Of course, there are also some people who think that Lu Yuan will fall into a small pit.
Why would you want to represent something else but a horror film?
Is there a market for horror movies in China?
Has the box office ever exceeded 50 million?
No……
The only horror film to have grossed over 50 million was the classic "Panic" from two years ago.
The investment for Panic has reached 30 million, okay?
and……
Even if the investment in a Hollywood movie is only 80,000, but you get it to be broadcast in China, your buyout fee will be at least several million, right?
It's worth several million. If the box office fails when it is released in China, or even gets taken down after one or two days, where will you, Lu Yuan, put your face?
Millions of dollars are nothing to you, Lu Yuan, but your face, Lu Yuan, does not depend on millions, right?
You are the movie Midas Touch in the entertainment industry!
Well-known filmmaker Wang Rongguang specially did the math for everyone on Weibo.
He is not very optimistic about the prospects of "Paranormal Activity".
"There is an unwritten rule for Hollywood movies to come to China, and that is the minimum buyout fee cannot be less than one million US dollars..."
"Even if he has one million US dollars, it is equivalent to RMB 7.8 million."
"Seven million and eight hundred thousand, so how much box office revenue is needed to recover the money? At least 20 million box office revenue is needed to recover the investment. Yes, here we are talking about recovering the investment, which does not include other expenses such as tax deductions in the middle... To be conservative, it will take 22 million..."
"Twenty-two million... Although this box office is very ordinary, it is really difficult to achieve this goal for a horror movie that has always had a small number of screenings. Everyone knows the current situation of horror and suspense films in China. They are basically in a semi-depressed state..."
"So, I think this Paranormal Activity may have disappointed Lu Yuan. After all, the miracle of This Man From Earth is really impossible to replicate..."
Wang Rongguang's words were sincere, and at the same time, the content of his words was reasonable.
This Weibo post was reposted countless times, and many people who had long been unhappy with Lu Yuan left comments under this Weibo post, constantly speaking ill of Lu Yuan. One group even took advantage of the issue of pre-sale tickets to say that Lu Yuan was just a flash in the pan, and felt that perhaps because of this starting point, he had completely started to go downhill...
But many things are just like accidental encounters. The more people criticize it, the more popular "Paranormal Activity" becomes. The more people belittle it, the more people refute it on the Internet...
Indirectly, this "Paranormal Activity" became a hot search on Weibo.
Also, don’t forget that Lu Yuan has a group of loyal fans, and their number is huge!
"What? The movie represented by Er Gouzi is going to flop? How can this be? I, the president of Er Gouzi Island Action Film Association, can't stand this! I bought two tickets!"
"Er Gouzi's fans are here to support you. Er Gouzi, even though you may be starring in a bad movie, I can still afford the dozens of dollars per ticket...Er Gouzi, come on!"
"I also bought a ticket. As a student, I have no choice but to support him as much as I can. I hope Er Gouzi won't be hurt by these doubts online!"
"I support you. Even though you didn't announce this movie on Weibo, I still want to support you. After all, I don't want your box office to be too bad..."
"Me too, I support it too... Hmm? Why are there no more tickets?"
"I don't have any more..."
“Sold out?”
"yes……"
"Fuck, so fast?"
“…”
Fans didn't feel anything before.
But after seeing all the bad news online, the fans became unhappy.
How can we lose face for Er Gouzi? Is Er Gouzi someone you people can talk about?
Even if I, Er Gouzi, really acted as the agent of an epic bad movie, I would sleep in the cinema until the end of the movie!
Basically, every fan has this unhappy thought in his mind!
Then, even though Lu Yuan didn't promote "Paranormal Activity" on Weibo or make any calls, these fans got excited on their own.
Then……
The originally bleak pre-sale ticket situation fermented and the emotions were so exaggerated online, and within a few hours, the pre-sale tickets for "Paranormal Activity" were gone, and even the pre-sale tickets for the next four days were all sold out...
Fans who bought pre-sale tickets proudly posted photos of their tickets online, feeling an inexplicable sense of honor as fans.
Fans who can’t buy tickets are speechless.
They also want to sunbathe, but they can't sunbathe anything.
All the advance tickets for four days out are sold out, what else can I do?
This kind of thing is just like comparison. Everyone is standing on the same starting line. If you have it, why don’t I?
This creates an indescribable feeling of disappointment.
…
"Er Gouzi, we will always support you!"
"Come on, Er Gouzi, these are our advance tickets, I will continue to buy them when new ones come out!"
"Er Gouzi, we are your Er Gouzi Silver Guardian Group! We will protect your glory!"
“…”
Lu Yuan was very touched when he saw so many people supporting him on his Weibo.
But this feeling of emotion lasted less than a minute.
Yes!
After seeing the screen full of Ergouzi and some fans who felt they were very heartwarming and specially made a cute cartoon character wearing a dog headgear, Lu Yuan's feeling of being touched seemed to disappear.
He clearly changed his Weibo name to Lu Shuai, but why didn't Lu Shuai become popular, and instead this Er Gouzi became like a plague, spreading across the entire Internet?
Lu Yuan felt inexplicably depressed.
Isn’t the online name eye-catching enough?
Lu Yuan hesitated for a moment, and without saying a word, he changed his Weibo name to "I am Lu Shuai", and Lu Shuai added a few emphasis symbols to show that he wanted it to be more eye-catching.
Then……
Lu Yuan found that this situation had not changed. Instead, the screen was still filled with nicknames such as Er Gouzi and Lu Manzi.
Is my image so completely destroyed?
I'm so conspicuous, I've come over to hint at you so clearly, can't you see it?
Lu Yuan had no choice but to think about it and just follow these stupid netizens.
Just when Lu Yuan closed his Weibo, he heard a knock on the door.
"Come in……"
“…”
"Um?"
The door opened.
Lu Yuan subconsciously raised his head and saw Wang Jinxue standing at the door in a white dress.
The wind blew her long hair.
She looked at Lu Yuan with a faint smile.
When Lu Yuan saw Wang Jinxue, he was stunned and stood up subconsciously.
"You have darker circles under your eyes. It seems like you have been staying up late these days?"
"It's okay... Come in, it's so hot, I'll make you a cup of tea..."
"Drink my tea, I brought some Da Hong Pao..."
"Um... Da Hong Pao? It's quite expensive, right?"
“Not expensive.”
"Your understanding of inexpensive is really different from my understanding of inexpensive..."
"Really?"
"Um."
Wang Jinxue looked at Lu Yuan.
He really looked older and darker.
It seems that he didn’t use the sunscreen and other things I prepared for him?
That’s right…
I guess he thinks this is something only women use.
This guy is really something.
"Lu Yuan..."
"Um?"
“…”
Wang Jinxue suddenly stepped forward and gave Lu Yuan a hug, her eyes full of affection.
"Wait...should I prepare myself before proceeding to the next step?"
"What are you preparing for?"
"Your surprise attack last time wasn't good enough..."
"Really?"
"Bah."
“…”
Outside the house.
Lu Yihong had walked in happily, but after seeing this scene...
The smile gradually disappeared.
He looked at the script and turned away without saying a word.
This place feels like it's impossible to stay here.
…
Xu Cancan got off the plane and looked into the distance.
distance……
It should be the crew of "A Chinese Odyssey", right?