Chapter 23: Worse than anyone else
April 4th is Thursday.
Today is a good day, the first film "Lola Run" by Hollywood "big" director Zhu Ke is officially released. Of course, the time is 10 o'clock in the evening, which belongs to the early stage, and tomorrow is the premiere day.
You said there was no premiere? !
Man, you think too much!
Do you think there will be a premiere for a film costing only US$800,000 to be completed by a rookie director, rookie actor, and a new company? Moreover, even if it does the premiere, no one will come.
Zhuke and Wald Pictures are not well-known!
Of course, even if there was no premiere, Zhuke still reluctantly took out his wallet and went to a screening room, allowing the entire Wald Pictures and SpongeBob Squarepants staff, including the main members of the crew, to watch the movie. Well, some friends of Zhu Ke also came to join in.
Such as: Negotiation expert Kang Di, barrister Zhang Wei, Lasseter, the leader of the Pixar Five Tigers, etc.
"Zuke, I don't think there are five reporters."
Sai Huang pouted, and the whole person seemed very happy. Even if the cost of "Lola Run" is low, it is her first movie to play a leading role.
The young version of Professor X didn't care much, and said with a smile: "Charlize, stay calm, know that you are the heroine!"
Don't look at James McAvoy's grade, but the family education is good, the whole person seems neither humble nor overbearing, very mature.
Are there five reporters?
Ha ha!
Zhuke and Victor smiled at each other.
The five reporters alone were hired by Victor. Well, this is called promotional fee.
Otherwise, where will reporters come to a movie of Three No Company?
"Zuke, congratulations, your first film as a director is finally released. I believe it will be a success. Well, it is as successful as Pixar's "Toy Story"."
John Lasseter also attended today in costume, dressed much better than when "Toy Story" was released. That's right, now he is rich, a rich man with a net worth of tens of millions.
"Thank you for coming, my friend."
For John Lasseter, Zucker is very grateful.
Not only because of his arrival today, but because of the connection between the release of "Lola Run" and the movie theater line, he has made great efforts. Otherwise, the administrator of the cinema chain would not pay attention to Wald Pictures at all, and at the cost of 800,000 US dollars, how many screens do you think the cinema chain will give you.
"Man, if you say that, I will be proud."
Lasseter laughed.
Strictly speaking, "Lola Run" can get 355 screens on its premiere day in California and Utah, which is a pretty remarkable start for Wald Pictures. Of course, this is also mainly because it is April, and it is mainly low-cost movies or low-end movies from large companies.
Otherwise, if you look at the summer, Thanksgiving, and Christmas schedules, the current Zhu Ke can get 100 screens from the hands of big companies, which is pretty awesome.
The movie started soon.
Wald Pictures’ label "SpongeBob SquarePants" first appeared in the screen.
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A theater in Los Angeles.
The film being screened is "Lola Run". There are not many viewers this time, only 12 people.
"Hey, I said buddy, you asked me to watch a movie if you didn't sleep, play games, or go clubbing all night? Dude, we are two big men! And, what kind of broken movie is this "Lola Run" I don’t even have a familiar celebrity, and the production company Wald Pictures, I have never heard of it."
A black guy kept chattering at a fellow white guy.
Hearing that, the white guy didn’t care, but said, “Tom, you’re right. The director and actors of this film are indeed unknown, but haven’t you seen the producer of "Lola Run" Are you in this column?"
Producer's signature column?
Tom, the black guy, was taken aback, and now he saw the introduction in the movie ticket?
"Lola Run" Producer: John Lasseter!
"Oh, mygod, the producer of this movie turned out to be the chief director of "Toy Story"!"
For a while, Tom, the black guy, was obviously interested.
Shit producer!
In fact, Zhu Ke used his previous life's enthusiasm and touch porcelain.
Because "Toy Story" is very popular, all Zhuke found John Lasseter and asked him to be the producer of "Lola Run" to increase the film's fame and popularity. This kind of nicknamed method, in the 21st century, the great dynasty, but the play is rotten, and ordinary viewers understand it. However, American audiences in the 1990s did not receive this kind of influence many times.
Well, Zhuke also paid 2% of the box office profit to Lasseter for this.
That's right, this is Hollywood, and brothers have to settle accounts. Even if it's a help, you can't be less than the money I should give me.
To this end, Zhu Ke did not gnash his teeth, but the market is like this, and he can't destroy it.
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Early the next morning.
Zhuke got up early and drove to Wald Pictures.
At this moment, within Wald Pictures, in addition to the people who are dispatched to work, the employees who can come have also entered the company early. "Lola Run" is the company's first cinematic movie, and it was shot by the new boss himself, so they didn't pay much attention to it.
Ten o'clock in the morning.
"Boss, the early and midnight box office results came out, totaling 92,000 US dollars, ranking ninth among the movies released in the same period." Victor Exchange reported.
Yesterday, "Lola Run" was played on average in two theaters, with 355 screens, that is to say, an average of one screen. UU reading www.uukanshu.com contributed $259; a single screen was $130. about.
This data does not sound much.
At least the midnight box office of "Toy Story" is a far cry from the four to five million dollars in the box office.
However, the average price of a movie theater ticket price is $7, which means that the number of audiences for a movie is about 18 people, and it is not considered the midnight gear of the peak viewing period. For the Three No Movies, it was actually a good start.
Success? !
"Boss, yes, our "Run Lola" is considered a success. If the word-of-mouth spreads in the later period and the number of screenings is expanded, it will at least reach a box office of 3 million US dollars."
In fact, Victor's words are not finished, this is on the premise that no other film threatens "Lola Run".
"Ha ha!"
Hearing this, Zhu Ke was not worried at all, thinking: "I am a traveler. I have already seen the information about these movies released at the same time. Except for "First Fear" produced by Paramount, it ranks among the annual box office rankings in North America. At No. 28 on the list, other movies are worse than anyone else."
Are there no bad movies in Hollywood?
Do not!
Speaking of Hollywood’s annual production of bad movies, it can be said to be the largest in the world, even more so than the great dynasty.
Seeing the results of "Lola Run" at midnight, Zhuke's worry was also relieved. "Lola Run" scored 81 points on the future Douban, which is the highest quality among the North American movies of the same period in April. In the case of worse than anyone else, at least it can be guaranteed not to lose money.
No, it can make a lot of profits, it's just a matter of how much it can exceed the goal of $3 million.
