novelraw Chapter 276
Chapter 276
This year's Thanksgiving has a full five-day holiday, which can be said to give the cinema enough time to earn box office and peripheral product revenue.
“仅仅是晚上的票房就让《几近成名》在单日票房上面排到了No.3，很强势了。No.1应该是金凯瑞戴着面具演的《圣诞怪杰》，仅仅昨天就拿到了930万美元。No.2是奈特-沙马兰执导,布鲁斯威利斯跟萨缪尔-杰克逊主演的《不死劫》,好像是680万美元,不知道我记错了没有。”
Four new films were released during Thanksgiving. Except for the one starring Eve and Keanu, the other three films were released one day earlier, which made the single-day box office seem to be much worse, but in fact it was not much.
三部新开画电影牢牢把持住-头部位置，No.4的《102只斑点狗》作为《101只斑点狗》的续集，表现非常差,上映首日仅仅拿到260万美元票房,前作的全球票房高达3.2亿美元。
The other films are some excellent works that have been released for a long time. Under the impact of four new films, they have no choice but to give up their high positions. For example, the comedy "Meet Your Father-in-law" has been released for 45 days at this time, but the single-day box office still has about 100 million US dollars. Continue Grinding the box office.
The movie "Return to Glory" starring Will Smith, Matt Damon, and Charlize Theron was determined early on that it would not be able to recover its cost. At that time, Matt was filming in the UK and did not come back to attend the premiere. There is not much publicity, and now the total box office has only reached 3000 million US dollars in the past half a month.
Due to the special nature of the festival, the box office of movies will rise rapidly in the next few days, and then drop slightly on the last day of the holiday. On the first day of work, the box office of all movies will usher in an epic record. plummeted.
No matter how high-quality movies are, they cannot maintain growth or stability under the influence of the festival effect.
Therefore, various forecasting agencies believe that the prediction that "Almost Famous" can break through the box office of 5000 million U.S. dollars within five days is not an exaggeration, and it needs to get a box office of 1000 million U.S. dollars every day.
To be honest, I am afraid that this figure is difficult for many commercial films. It is estimated that only "The Grinch" can do it. This movie is funny and humorous, and it is very suitable for families to watch together on Thanksgiving.
In fact, "Almost Famous" is an awards season film, which means that it will take a long-term blockbuster route, and it will not be like "The Grinch", which will basically end after Christmas.
The award season has always been a steady stream of movies, and every time a major award is announced, it will bring new audiences to it, and it will continue until the announcement of the Golden Globes and Oscars early next year, which may be released for four to five months.
Don't pursue a momentary high box office, but continue to harvest by virtue of word of mouth and award-winning effects.
After hearing the box office data of these movies, Eve was very happy. She replied, "It seems that there should be no problem with this movie breaking [-] million."
"I heard from Mr. Robert that the current goal of Sony and Columbia Pictures is to hit $2 million in North America and $1 million overseas."
"Is there a chance to reach 2 million?" Eve was very surprised. She never thought that the box office potential of this movie would be so great.
Keanu Reeves held Snoopy in his arms, and his expression was much calmer: "Don't be surprised
, such a good quality, such a good schedule and cast, it should be 2 million US dollars! "
"That's right, your movie has a very high rating, and the audience's rating is also high. It's really uncomfortable if it doesn't reach 2 million." Mandy continued to blow rainbow farts. In her eyes, "Almost Famous" obviously didn't have a single point. question.
It's not that Eve is not confident, it's that this number is too scary!
The highest-grossing film in North America this year is "Mission: Impossible 2" starring Tom Cruise and directed by John Woo. In third place is George Clooney's "The Perfect Storm" with $2.15 million.
In other words, if the North American box office of "Almost Famous" really has a chance to reach 2 million US dollars, then it is eligible to compete for this year's crown!
It seemed too unbelievable to Eve that a literary film had a chance to become the annual box office champion, and it didn't seem like a real thing at all.
It has not been such a situation for many years, art films beat commercial films.
Of course, this year's situation may be a bit complicated. There is no strong movie at all. Everyone is pecking at each other. Even if they get the annual crown, it may be the weakest annual crown.
Last year's North American box office champion was "Star Wars Episode 1", with a North American box office of 4.3 million US dollars.
The champion of the previous year was even more powerful. It was the famous "Titanic", which swept a box office of 6 million US dollars in North America and 18 billion US dollars worldwide, setting an astonishing record.
Now that the box office of 2 million US dollars has a chance to win that year, Eve actually doesn't have many happy thoughts, but feels that the competition is not fierce enough.
Neither she nor Keanu next to her has appeared in a movie with a box office of over 2 million in North America, which is a hurdle for movies.
Breaking through 2 million is enough for major Hollywood filmmakers to celebrate, and a film breaking [-] million is definitely a phenomenon-level film, basically a ceiling.
If you have too much hope and expectation now, it will definitely be very uncomfortable when the film does not meet expectations.
Eve didn't want to be in this situation, so she refused the poisonous milk, and the film's box office could go as far as it could go.
"What's the traffic jam today? The streets are full of cars."
She originally thought that when everyone went home on Thanksgiving, Los Angeles would become a half-empty city, but she didn't expect that all the roads would be congested, as if everyone had left their cars.
Snoopy was lying on the edge of the car window, and Keanu held its paw and waved at the little girl in the car next to him, causing the little girl to keep looking this way.
"A lot of people go shopping on Black Friday, aren't we the same? If you shop today, it will be more cost-effective."
"Hopefully we can secure the house as soon as possible."
Usually she doesn't like to buy luxury goods, but she is very keen on buying a house, and even wants to buy land!
Houses are much more expensive than luxury items, and they are even a way of preserving and investing in value.
Originally, the Melrose community was very close to Beverly Hills, more than ten minutes' drive at most, but it took them about four or ten minutes to get there today.
When Mandy parked the car in front of a French-style villa mansion, Eve couldn't wait to get out of the car.
A middle-aged man in a dark blue suit
Sex came out of the room with a folder in hand. After shaking hands with Keanu and others, he introduced himself and said, "Mr. Reeves, Miss Campbell, good morning, I am your real estate agent George .According to your requirements and the housing resources on my side, we have found 4 matching villas, and we can look at them one by one. If you don’t like it, it doesn’t matter, we still have other houses.”
The villa in front of me has a white exterior, and the overall look is very artistic. It is like an iceberg. From the side of the road, only the roof can be seen, and the real house world is on the other side.
"This villa has not lived in anyone since it was completed in 1998. It is a completely new house, designed by a famous architect, and overlooks the Sunset Boulevard."
George led the crowd to go inside, and he introduced as he walked: "This villa has a construction area of 2.8 square feet and covers an area of about 2 acres. The neighbors are far apart, and the secrecy and privacy are very good. .”
Up to now, Eve is still not used to the various units in the United States, such as feet, inches and pounds, and she has to secretly convert them in her heart every time.
2.8 square feet sounds scary, but in square meters, it is 2600 square meters.
The other 2 acres of land is almost 8000 square meters, which means that there is a large front yard and backyard. The indoor and outdoor are perfectly combined, and the whole house looks very bright.
In the backyard is a spacious swimming pool and a viewing platform, where you can have barbecues or parties by the pool without worrying about being crowded.Standing on the viewing platform, Eve can even see a regular tennis court next to the green trees, surrounded by barbed wire, which looks really big.
"This villa has a total of 8 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms. The guest room is separated from the side. The basement is a home theater and three professional-level bowling lanes."
In the United States, there is one bedroom with one bathroom, plus the public bathrooms needed for parties, so it is normal for this luxury house to have so many bathrooms.
If you really buy this house, you will need several people to clean it, otherwise it will be difficult to maintain.Fortunately, they lived in the separate servant or guest room next to it, which would not affect the privacy of the main building.
Security guards are definitely needed, as well as nannies and chefs. Eve suddenly felt that the maintenance cost of the mansion was very high, and she had to pay taxes every year.
"What is the price of this house?"
"The original price was 2300 million U.S. dollars, but now it has been reduced to 2200 million U.S. dollars because it has not been sold. If you like it, I suggest that you can buy it while the price is reduced." George said: "If you have any doubts about this price, negotiable."
After all, the stock market has just suffered a crash, and there are not many celebrities who have the money to buy a house in Beverly Hills. This villa has been built for two years, and many people have come to see it, but no one has placed an order to buy it.
George is well aware of the financial strength of Eve and Keanu. It is not difficult for them to pay 2000 million US dollars. It should be paid in full.
Eve looked up at the decorations, and then said, "Let's put this aside, let's go and see the other villas."
She really likes this villa, the decoration style is very good, there is no sense of grandeur like a palace
It doesn't feel like it, but it looks like it has a modern artistic atmosphere.
Since you are buying a house, you have to look at a few more sets and compare them with each other.
She had already prepared for it, and changed into a pair of flat shoes when she got off the car, and left the high heels in the car to change when the show was being recorded.
Keanu nodded and said, "Let's keep this set as a backup, let's go and look at the other one."
"Okay, another villa is also nearby, it's a Spanish-style villa..."
George didn't expect Keanu and the two to be the kind of impulsive consumers who would immediately make a decision when they saw the house. He took a few people to look at the other three villas.
Eve silently arranged the order of these villas in her heart, and at the same time briefly summarized the advantages and disadvantages. Instead of expressing her opinion on the spot, Eve came to a restaurant under Beverly Hills for lunch.
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"Which style of house do you think is better?"
Keanu picked up a fork and began to eat the vegetable salad in front of him, and replied: "I personally like the modern and simple style, and the Japanese style is also good."
"I have a little bit of the same idea as yours. Now I am hesitating whether it is the French style of the first set or the modern minimalist style of the third set. The Japanese style is the least I like." Eve sighed and said: "Modern style The simple style feels too monotonous, and the French style is more artistic and at the same time has a sense of home.”
"Then listen to you, choose the first one!" Keanu didn't think at all, he didn't have high requirements for the house, as long as his girlfriend liked it.
"Let's go with the first set, let's let this company hang out for a few days, and see if we can lower the price."
Eve and the two will frequently promote in big cities in North America, and take this opportunity to see if there is a chance to make it cheaper.
In fact, both of them belong to the kind of relatively straightforward people, who will not get entangled repeatedly, will not twitch, and will not hesitate.
The mansion worth more than 2000 million U.S. dollars was so easily decided by them, and Mandy, who was eating silently next to him, could only remain envious.
Who made these two ancestors rich!
For the two of them, they could buy a villa just by picking up one more movie, so there was really no need to think too much about it.
Especially Keanu, he really wants to make a fortune this time because of "Almost Famous".
Not only has he received recognition and praise for his acting skills, but he will also earn a lot of money in salary and dividends.
When Keanu took over this movie, he mainly wanted to film with Eve, so that he could get the moon first.
As a result, they confessed their love during the filming and got together.
When Evan helped him sign the contract, he got a salary of 1000 million US dollars, and 5% of the North American box office dividend.At that time, I thought that the box office of this movie would definitely be ugly, and whether it could reach the cost line of 6000 million US dollars was a problem.
As a result, it now seems that the 5% North American box office dividend is really worth it.
If the North American box office of "Almost Famous" can really exceed 2 million U.S. dollars, then his box office dividends can get 1000 million U.S. dollars, a total of 2000 million U.S. dollars in total revenue.
Eve suddenly couldn't imagine how lucrative a top 20+20 contract like Leonardo, Johnny Depp, and Harrison Ford would be!
The top film salary of 2000 million US dollars, plus 20% of the global box office dividend, if the box office is strong enough, the film salary will be
5000 million US dollars does not seem difficult.
In her previous life, Sandra Bullock seemed to rely on this model of remuneration and dividends to take away more than 7000 million US dollars in "Gravity", becoming an insurmountable peak for actresses' remuneration and dividends.
Eve didn't get any dividends in "Almost Famous", only a fixed salary of 100 million US dollars, which is far from the 2000 million US dollars her boyfriend can get.
But she is not without gains, at least she can gain popularity.
If "Almost Famous" really explodes at the box office, it will allow Eve to gain a real position as an A-list star, and at the same time, it will also bring attention and audience to her next movie "Legal Blonde".
That romantic comedy movie focused on Eve. Not only did she receive a salary of 500 million US dollars, but she also received box office dividends.
The last movie didn't make much money, so it's the same for the next one, so don't worry about it too clearly.
"Finally found you, I went to the wrong place just now."
Sweat was beading on Robert's brow, he entered the dining room with a stack of newspapers in his hand, and sat down at the vacant seat at their table.
Eve asked with concern: "Have you eaten yet? See what you want to order."
"I've eaten. Bring me a glass of ice water." Robert turned his head and said to the waiter. He has a lot to say next, so he should prepare something to moisten his throat.
"You two are going to record the Oprah show this afternoon, and I don't have any outlines in my hands now, but you have to perform well, don't say hypocritical things, don't do some outrageous actions, just show your usual appearance. "
Each episode is watched by more than 2000 million people, and Oprah is a veritable queen of talk shows, influencing one era after another.
Eve nodded and said, "Don't worry, we are all mature actors who know what to say and what not to say. Her problem is probably related to the movie and our relationship, and I shouldn't talk too much about the rest. "
Fortunately, there are two people on the show together, so that someone can share the firepower and save each other.
"How should I put it, Oprah is a nice person, but sometimes she digs holes, and the two issues may be more conflicting when combined." Keanu has been on this show before, and generally speaking, there is nothing particularly serious about it. The splash did not become a good medicine for the skyrocketing ratings.
In fact, Eve also knows that the audience of the Oprah Show may not overlap with the target group of "Almost Famous", but it is enough if only 2000 million of the 100 million viewers know about this movie.
And she can't guarantee that Oprah will focus on promoting this movie, and maybe she will let herself talk about "Bourne Shadow", after all, there was a lot of trouble with Matt Damon.
This kind of talk show will not directly list the questions to be asked in the interview for the sake of program effect, it will be like memorizing the answers, and there will be no surprises at all.
At this time, Eve looked at the stack of newspapers in Robert's hands, and asked curiously: "Mandy said before that some professionals predicted that our movie's box office could reach 2 million US dollars?"
"It's about the same. Boxoffice estimates the box office of the film to be 5 million US dollars in 5200 days, and the cumulative value is between 1.8 million and 2.2 million US dollars. The deadline is estimated to be 5 million US dollars in 4500 days, but it will take a long time, and the cumulative 2.
$1 million..."
These two agencies are very well-known in Hollywood, and the data they give are generally more accurate, and there are very few big discrepancies.
Eve feels that this movie is being crazily poisoned. If the box office does not have so much, it is best for the two media to make up for it.
"What about Sony and Columbia Pictures' estimates?"
"They are relatively conservative, and the cumulative box office in North America is expected to be around 1.8 million US dollars."
After hearing these figures, Eve was really stunned. All of them were too predictable. Originally, she thought that the movie was good enough to break through [-] million, but in the end, all of them went all out to reach [-] million.
"I'm worried that this will be a kind of flattery..."
Robert rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "Whoever has nothing to do is completely determined by the audience's word-of-mouth and film critics' word-of-mouth. The cs audience score has reached the highest a+. This score represents stamina and strength. This year's a+ score There are very few movies, only one "Glory Days", and it has 5.5 times the stamina."
The calculation of movie stamina is generally the cumulative box office in North America divided by the box office of the first weekend. The larger the number, the stronger the stamina.
The cs audience score is the best indicator. It is very difficult to achieve an A. An A+ means that the audience really likes it very much. Sometimes after a year, there is not a single A+ movie.
And for movies with a cs score of a+, the average stamina will exceed 4, and sometimes even higher.
In other words, if the box office of "Almost Famous" is 5000 million in the first weekend, based on the baseline of four times the stamina, the North American total can reach 2 million U.S. dollars!
Restrictions are generally added to the calculation of stamina, the biggest of which is to premiere in 1800 cinemas.
Otherwise, the box office of a film that takes the spot screening route may be tens of thousands of dollars in the first weekend, but the cumulative box office has reached [-] million after multiple rounds of expanded screenings. Isn't the stamina calculated to be against the sky?
This situation will naturally be removed and not included in the statistics.
At present, the North American movie with the strongest stamina is Titanic, which bloomed for 2800 million US dollars, but it sold for 6 million US dollars, and its stamina is as high as 20.8 times.
In addition, Cruise's "Top Gun" and Spielberg's "Alien et" are all representatives of super stamina, with god-like stamina.
"Almost Famous" may not be able to go against the sky like these magical films, but it is still no problem to get out of the trend of 4-5 times. It just happens to have an advantage in the schedule and its own quality is excellent.
In the Thanksgiving schedule, the biggest opponent is Jim Carrey's "The Grinch". The audience's reputation of that film is B+, Rotten Tomatoes is not certified as fresh, and the popcorn index of the audience is less than 60%. They were even scolded to death over there.
The king of comedy put on a mask to play a green-haired monster in this movie. All kinds of exaggerated movements and body language are just fried rice, and there is no improvement from his own famous work "Grandmaid in disguise".
Under such circumstances, although its first weekend box office may be 7000 million US dollars, its stamina is generally viewed as bad, and many box office forecasters feel that it will not be able to get out of 3 times the stamina.
From Thanksgiving to Christmas this year, there are almost no box office predators. "The Grinch" and "Almost Famous" have almost a whole month to play well.
Accumulate box office.
Blockbusters won't be released in turn until Christmas Eve, when their numbers will be squeezed.
Among the next movies, there are three movies that can affect it, a thrilling natural disaster movie "Vertical Limit" about mountain climbing, and the love between Mel Gibson and Oscar-winning actress Helen Hunt. The comedy movie "Eavesdropping on Women's Hearts" (also known as 100% Men), and the last one is "The Rest of a Deserted Island" starring two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks.
Hollywood calculates the annual box office champion is usually calculated for the movie released in this year, no matter when it is finally released, it will be counted at the time when it was originally released.
Therefore, there are many times when the title of the year is snatched at the last moment, leading for more than half a year. As a result, a film released on Christmas is not released until April and May of the following year, and the final box office is higher than that of the previous film. .
However, all kinds of drafts and media reports of the previous work have already been reported. When the latter surpassed the box office, the day lily was cold for a long time. Except for the attention of movie lovers, there were almost no media reports.
Eve clearly remembers that the latest North American annual championship competition was in 2014, and every other year is basically without controversy and comparability.
That year, Marvel's film "Guardians of the Galaxy" was first released on August 8, and achieved a North American box office of 1 million US dollars.
But in the following time, the performance of the North American film market was not good, and all kinds of films fell into the sand one after another, which caused this funny movie to become the real-time annual champion.
No one expected this to be the case, but when "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay," starring big cousin Jennifer Lawrence, hit theaters on Nov.
The "Hunger Games" series won the annual championship once in 2013, and this time it was also fierce. In the end, it really surpassed "Guardians of the Galaxy" with a score of 3.37 million US dollars.
But Lionsgate was not happy for long. Another movie "American Sniper", which was released on December 12, relied on its reputation and Oscar effect, and it surpassed the previous two movies at the end of February of the following year. , the North American box office reached 25 million U.S. dollars.
This also allowed Eve to see how powerful the awards season effect and the Oscar effect are. Even if the early performance is not as good as those commercial films, but with long-term blessings, it is still unknown who will win in the end!
Now the word-of-mouth of "Almost Famous" has exploded, the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is as high as 97%, and the popcorn buckets are also erected high.
At the same time, on the strict metacritic, the comprehensive score scored by various professional film critics was as high as 92, and more than 8 media film critics gave it a perfect score.
This kind of word-of-mouth is completely top-notch, and almost all kinds of awards are planned!
Tom Keogh from Movie Network gave it 100 points, "There is an unspeakable honesty and all the characters grow."
The "Rolling Stone" magazine, which appeared many times in the movie, came on stage this time. Film critic Peter Taylor said: "If you haven't dedicated your soul to rock music, then you should read this "Almost Famous"."
Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan wrote: "Cameron Crowe has never been better, and this is his best movie ever!"
Richard Chris, editor of Time magazine, wrote: "Almost Famous is a fabulous movie, so smart and sweet, you can completely forget what's going on around you. The script is excellent, the actors I wouldn't be surprised if someone got an Oscar for it. If you've seen the movie, you know who I'm talking about."
Jay Carr of the "Boston Globe" did not hesitate to score, and directly gave a perfect score of 100, "A lucky young man, an interesting adventure. Seeing this movie, it seems to be back in the 70s. Keanu played The guitarist is a rock star, Eve showed us what a talented actor should be, and Francis is as high as ever."
Eve was overjoyed when she saw the newspaper film reviews brought by Robert. These film reviews were more or less trying to build momentum for herself and contribute to her Olympic success!
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