Heads Up Hollywood

Movie theaters in North America can adjust the screening rate and seating rate of movies every working day, but the scale of film releases requires a unified arrangement every working week.

Therefore, if the scale of the release of "Chain Saw" wants to be adjusted, it must produce enough results during the week of Halloween to obtain the approval of the theater.

On November 1, Wednesday, there were 78 theaters, with an average attendance of 34 people, and a single-day box office of 121,000 US dollars;

November 2, Thursday, with an average attendance of 21 people and a single-day box office of 83,000 US dollars;

On November 3rd, Friday, taking advantage of the weekend, "Saw" ushered in a wave of movie viewing, with an average attendance of 29 people, an average of 12 screenings in a single hall, and a single-day box office of 147,000 US dollars!

Especially for professional horror movie theaters, the screening rate for "Saw" has reached 67.4%!

You know, this is a small time for Halloween, and there are as many as a dozen horror movies released at the same time!

"The results are not bad..."

On Saturday, the crew of "A Beautiful Mind" rested as usual, and Tang En flew back to Los Angeles early in the morning to see the box office data of "Saw".

Although the box office of 350,000 US dollars is very inconspicuous compared with commercial blockbusters, it is already a good start for "Chain Saw", which has just started screening.

At least, it can instantly kill all horror movies of the same period!

When he returned to Tang En Pictures, he found that West Cotton, vice president in charge of distribution business, Glenn Morgan, president of Rampage Pictures, and director Zach Schneider were already waiting for him in the office.

"Zach, first of all congratulations!"

Tang En said half-jokingly.

Zach Snyder was a little flattered, "Mr. Walker, I am very grateful for your appreciation and cultivation! "Chain Saw" is just a small achievement, not worth mentioning."

Tang En waved his hand, with a half-smile, "It's not worth mentioning? That's not okay, I pointed out that "Saw" killed Disney's "Undead"!"

Zach Schneider's face changed slightly. He had vaguely heard such rumors in the company and didn't believe them at all.

Unexpectedly, Tang En actually said such words himself!

"What? Not confident?"

"me……"

West Cotton smiled, "Zach, this is the company's strategy and has nothing to do with you. As a director, you only need to focus on the content of the movie."

Tang En agreed: "That's right, Zach, do you understand the Resident Evil game? The next movie will be "Resident Evil". This time it's not a low-budget B-grade movie."

Glenn Morgan's expression was a little unnatural. The requirement of Rampage Pictures is to produce low-cost movies with a budget of less than 5 million US dollars, and "Resident Evil" is a large-scale action horror film. According to the calculations of the production department, the investment should not be less than 30 million US dollars !

Such a medium-budget movie is likely to be directly produced by the production department of Tang En Pictures, and the degree of attention can be imagined.

Zack Snyder was also a little flustered, "Mr. Walker, I already understood that game, but "Resident Evil"... The investment is not small, should I wait?"

"No need!" Tang En waved his hands, "Zach, this is my training route for you. Regardless of whether "Saw" is a hit or not, the project "Resident Evil" will belong to you. As I said, future You will belong to the mainstream commercial blockbuster, I hope you can take on the heavy responsibility and carry the future of Tang En Pictures!"

Zack Schneider was incoherent with excitement, "Sir, this..."

"Okay, Zach, don't you know the boss? If you see it, you will definitely stick to it! And you don't have to be flattered, Sam Mendes and Christopher Nolan, the two Britons, have received favors Nothing less." West Cotton patted him on the shoulder with a smile.

As the company's strategic executive, West Cotton basically understood Tang En's network layout.

Including, recruiting a group of promising young and middle-aged directors, such as Christopher Nolan, Sam Mendes, Zack Schneider, Tim Burton, Luc Besson, Ann Lee, and even Including Nat Shyamalan whose contract is still in Disney;

Outside, Tang En actively won the support of the "Australian Gang", and became one with the British film industry. Recently...he also hooked up with the French and Spanish film industries, showing a wooing gesture to the whole of Europe.

Twain Films lacks background in Hollywood, but through these two methods, it can quickly manage a huge network of contacts and establish its own sphere of influence.

"Okay, let's talk about the scale of screenings next week. According to the current box office trend, next week... how many more theaters will "Saw" be screened in?"

"Although horror movies are niche, they have high fan loyalty and rapid spread of influence, which can quickly arouse the curiosity of movie fans. Now "Saw" has a good attendance rate and film screening rate. As long as the box office does not plunge this weekend, the next It is not a problem to add 1,500 theaters a week!"

"Oh?" Tang En frowned, staring at him, "Can it be done?"

West Cotton hesitated slightly.

"Um?"

"That's right, adding 1,500 theaters is a logical arrangement. But the specific situation depends on the internal assessment and human relations of the theater chain. If it is a commercial blockbuster, the theater chain will definitely not consider human relations and adjust the film schedule. "

Tang En seemed to understand, "If it's a small horror film like "Saw", the theaters are likely to sell the distributor to save face?"

West Cotton nodded heavily, "Yes! In the final analysis, the strength of Focus Pictures is too weak, and I don't have enough time to make plans."

Tang En waved his hand, "It's not your responsibility. Focus Pictures has only been acquired for two months. It's already pretty good for you to make this achievement."

Zack Schneider vaguely heard some meaning, "Could it be...someone will target "Chain Saw"?"

West Cotton glanced at him, and Zack Schneider quickly shut up consciously.

Tang En just smiled.

against?

These days, who else would dare to target Tang En so blatantly?

...

On Saturday, "Chain Saw" became popular, with an average box office of over US$3,000 per venue and a total box office of US$257,000 in a single day!

On Sunday, the enthusiasm for "Chain Saw" continued to rise, and even in some movie theaters, there were many fanatical fans in groups, shouting the classic lines in the movie: "Too many people lack gratitude for survival, but you will never be."

On this day, "Chain Saw" took in another $215,000 at the box office from 78 theaters.

The data may not be conspicuous, but throughout the weekend, among the horror theaters in North America, the box office of "Chain Saw" accounted for 71.8% of the total box office, which is enough to illustrate the problem.

"Chain Saw" is the best horror film at this stage!

Then...the accident really happened.

Just as West Cotton predicted.

The theater chain sent a notice that in the new week "Saw" would expand the screening scale from 78 theaters to 867 theaters, and asked Focus Pictures to send copies there immediately.

There is a big gap with the envisioned scale of 1,500 theaters.

The specific reasons can be imagined.

"Chain Saw" did not receive the treatment it deserved as expected, while the old Hong Kong film "Drunken Master" released by Miramax has increased the screening scale.

Miramax...Although it operates independently, it is a subsidiary of Disney, and it is under the jurisdiction of the Disney Production Department!

After Tang En heard the news, he was very calm.

"Saw" is an independent film, and Disney mainly targets mainstream commercial films, so it doesn't have many distribution contacts in independent films, but Miramax is the king of the independent film industry!

Twain did not sell the copyright of "Chicago" to Miramax. It is conceivable that Harvey Weinstein must have played tricks behind the scenes. Through his personal connections, he interfered with the theater's "Saw" Screening scale adjustments.

Fortunately, the screening scale of "Chain Saw" has increased to 867, which is not too low.

However, it was impossible for Tang En to swallow this breath.

"Harvey Weinstein? Miramax?" A sneer appeared on the corner of Tang En's mouth.

Given Harvey Weinstein's status in the industry, it would be too difficult for Twain to move him, unless the scandal of his "audition sofa" and coercion of actresses is exposed through the media, but this will seriously affect Hollywood's image.

Twain is old enough now that he won't do anything that would damage Hollywood's decency.

If you want to deal with him, you can take your time, if you do too much unrighteousness, you will kill yourself!

As for now...

"My favorite thing is to harm others and benefit myself!"

That's right, Twain must take revenge!