Chapter 126: unbelievable

The screening on the screen is not over yet.

Although the Scarlett-Johnson family of four came together again, things are far from over.

At the end of the film, the Jewish priest who drove away with the Death Soul Box was hit by a truck and flew out. Everything returned to the original point, and the Death Soul Box will wait for the next victim.

Kate-McGolly looked back slowly, and said, "The second "Saw" series?"

Obviously, the ending left in the film is to pave the way for the sequel.

"Not every horror movie is "Saw", which can be sold in succession." Roland Emmerich said in a very flat tone, "The Evil One is hard to become the next "Saw" series."

A series of films is a treasure that Hollywood film companies rely on for survival, and the "Chain Saw" series is obviously the best among them.

In contrast, "The Invasion of Evil", which just ended its screening, is hard to become the next "Chain Saw".

To put it bluntly, the plot and content of "The Evil Spirit" is far worse than "The Saw" in terms of commercial value.

With the end of the film screening, next, a group of main actors began to accept interviews with media reporters to promote the following public screening.

However, Ryan declined the media interview and returned to the lounge.

Unless it's a George Lucas and Steven Spielberg-level director, it's hard to get media attention.

The core of the film's promotion will always be the actors, not the director.

"Sophia!"

Ryan greeted Sophia and said, "Remember to book a ticket for tomorrow morning, I don't want to stay in Los Angeles for too long."

There is no difference in the film's publicity plan whether the director participates or not, and it is impossible for him to stay in the United States all the time and leave the Canadian crew alone.

"OK."

Sofia Coppola agreed, and then asked, "Colette talked with me for a while just now."

"He seems to want to ask, do you have any plans to continue writing the next "The Evil Spirit"!"

The next "The Evil Invasion"!

Ryan showed a puzzled look, and said: "It seems that 20th Century Fox thinks that the box office of "The Evil Spirit" will hardly meet expectations, and it probably won't continue to make the next one!"

"Who knows." Sofia Coppola shrugged and said, "Maybe a sudden change of mind."

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"Tell him, I don't have a schedule." Ryan directly refused, what are you kidding, "The Evil Spirit 2"?

He's not interested in going on to direct a horror sequel, and he doesn't have the time.

"A wise decision." Sofia Coppola gave a rare praise.

"Then may I ask Miss Sophia, if I have the honor to invite you to taste the food of the Chinese restaurant together." Ryan said in a very gentlemanly manner.

Regarding the diet of the Canadian crew, Ryan has long complained countless times. Now that he is returning to Los Angeles, he naturally wants to find a Chinese restaurant to have a big meal.

For example, the Mr. Zhou restaurant near Beverly Hills.

"Looking at the food, I can reluctantly agree." Sofia Coppola pouted, and finally chose to agree.

Going out for dinner with a dude at night is obviously not a good idea.

The next day it would definitely be on the tabloid sidelines.

Immediately, the two left the Chinese Grand Theater and drove to Mr. Zhou's restaurant.

In contrast, other crew members still need to be busy, coping with interviews with media reporters, and participating in a Fox TV program promotion.

At the same time, 20th Century Fox's surveyors located in major cities in North America began to take action, preparing to collect data on the film's midnight shows in order to adjust the next publicity plan.

After midnight, on the first day of September, "The Evil Spirit" will be screened on 480 screens.

For a time, countless audiences in North America walked into the cinema.

In a short period of time, the midnight show easily won a box office of 1.1 million US dollars, which is not bad for a midnight show, at least in horror movies, it is not bad.

However, word of mouth is not very good.

Generally speaking, people who can go to the midnight show to watch movies are undoubtedly some horror movie fans, which can be of great help to the word of mouth of the movie.

However, the reputation of the midnight show of "The Evil Spirit Invasion" is mixed at best.

"A complete piece of **** that has pretty much nothing to do with it except the girl who is pretty."

"It's kind of a job, but it's not too scary, not like Ryan Gosling used to be."

"The plot is very novel and the plot design is very warm. At least in my opinion, this is a very good movie."

"What horror movie? Sorry, I always thought it was a family drama."

At the end of the midnight show, various voices gradually began to appear.

Among them, the most complaints are that many viewers think that the style of the film is not like Ryan Gosling's previous style. It is not a real horror film at all, and it is a complete failure.

There are also some viewers who think that the content and plot of the film are not bad, at least people can watch it.

The rest of the audience thought that the plot of the film was full of family care, and it was a very good film.

Early the next morning, inside the 20th Century Fox office building.

"According to the survey data of midnight shows last night, including several art theaters."

Colette Singer came to Tom Rothman's office and said in a hoarse voice: "More than half of the audience think this is a failed horror movie, but most female audiences think the opposite, they think the plot of the movie is very novel , and the rest of the audience said that they can watch it."

Tom Rothman closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "In other words, as Ryan Gosling predicted, the audience of "The Evil Spirit" is female audiences over 30 years old!"

"I think it should be." Colette-Singer nodded with some difficulty, and said, "Next, as long as we adjust the direction of promotion a little, then even if the box office of "The Evil Spirit" cannot meet expectations, it will be enough." recover the cost of investment.”

"Do as you want." Tom Rothman sighed. It seems that "The Evil One" cannot become another "Saw".

The female audience group over the age of 30 has never been the mainstream group in the North American film market. They rarely go to the cinema alone, and more often they choose to watch movies with their families.

In this way, it caused a very embarrassing problem. "The Evil One" is a horror movie, not a movie for all ages, and it is not suitable for a family to watch.

The reports in the media are almost the same as the survey data, and they think it is a film with mixed reviews.

Many film critics believe that the director of the film, Ryan Gosling, was obviously influenced by "The Exorcist".

According to the data released by several evaluation agencies, the live audience score of "The Evil Spirit" is only "D", and it is expected that the North American box office will hardly exceed 30 million US dollars.

However, what stunned the media and film critics was that on Friday alone, "The Evil One" earned $5.5 million at the box office.

On Saturday, the single-day box office of "The Evil Spirit" did not seem to be affected by negative reviews at all, and instead of falling, it rose, earning a single-day box office of 6.48 million US dollars.

In just two days, the North American box office of "The Evil Spirit" reached US$13.08 million, and the figure on the books has already exceeded the investment cost of the film.

On Sunday, the box office of "The Evil Invasion" inevitably dropped a bit, but the rate was not very large, and it earned another 5.98 million US dollars.

In the three days of the first weekend, it earned 19.06 million US dollars, becoming the box office champion of this weekend.

The second place is "Devil's Empire", with a box office of 6.28 million US dollars in the three days of the weekend, and the third is a film produced by Disney.

For a low-budget horror film with an investment of only $10 million, it can be said to be a success.

In other words, the final North American box office of the film must be more than 30 million US dollars.

The next Monday, which happened to be the Thanksgiving holiday, the theater company began to increase the number of screens and the rate of screenings, reaching 865 screens.

A scene that seems to be very familiar appeared in front of everyone again, and many media have remembered this time last year, "Saw" directed by Ryan Gosling became a dark horse at the box office at the end of the summer.

It seems to be very similar to the current situation of "The Evil Spirit".

However, "The Invasion of Evil" is not as good as "Chain Saw" after all. Many people, including Ryan himself, are very clear about this~www.wuxiaspot.com~ But it still can't change the fact that in the face of the first weekend three In just one day, 19.06 million U.S. dollars was earned at the box office. Not only has Twentieth Century Fox recovered its investment costs, publicity budget, printing and printing costs, but it has even generated a meager profit.

It is conceivable that the next screening period, as well as overseas regions that have not yet been released, will all belong to 20th Century Fox's profits.

This is not counting the copyright income of the film.

To this end, Twentieth Century Fox publicly announced that it will continue to maintain a cooperative relationship with the film director Ryan Gosling.

It is expected that the next "Saw 3" will be released around Thanksgiving, and a very rich red envelope will be sent to every member of the "The Evil Spirit" crew.

At the same time, a grand celebration banquet will be held on the second day after Labor Day.

Although "The Evil Spirit" did not meet expectations, many people still breathed a sigh of relief after earning a box office of 19.06 million US dollars in three days in the first weekend.