novelraw Chapter 278 Box Office War
Chapter 278 Box Office War
Usually, Oprah will raise the content of the movie to the social level, and it seems that a movie that does not reflect social issues is not a good movie.
But this time "Almost Famous" made her a little difficult to deal with, because the story was about the events of the last century, and it was about rock and roll.
In the end, her foothold is on growth and family, which is another theme of the film.
Obviously, this is more in line with the tone of his own program.
Almost every character in the movie has grown up. Needless to say, the 15-year-old male protagonist William, more importantly, his mother has gradually accepted from hating rock and roll, and his sister has changed from resisting the family to reconciling with her mother. The guys in the rock band and the fleshy girls got grown up.
Although there are many rock star cameos in the movie, and more than 50 classic rock songs appear, the most impressive thing to the audience is the teenager who has experienced secret love and growth.
Many people think that this is a movie about the life of a rock star, but it is not at all. Still Water is far from being a star, they are just the most ordinary people in rock music.
The whole film is relatively simple and pure, without telling any major principles, and without criticizing any kind of thinking.William is an ordinary person who strays into the rock circle. He is withdrawn and lonely, and he is a good student. Rock musicians pursue excitement and do not want to live an ordinary life. Cynicism, vanity and other advantages and disadvantages coexist.
The whole script is very well written, showing what the audience wants to see and showing various problems in the rock circle one by one, but it doesn't describe too much.
The film left too many classic scenes. When the Oprah Show aired several classic scenes across the United States, the audience's interest in the film became stronger.
There are scenes where the band members are joking with the long-distance running team on the bus, Rossol and others take turns singing the warm ice-breaking journey of tinydancer, there is also a picture of Petunia Lane crying in the wind and asking about the brand of beer, and there is also the scene of the band on the plane The members took turns to make candid and funny scenes, which surprised the 3000 million viewers!
At first, the parents were quite worried about whether it would be a problem to let their children watch such movies, even though they themselves came from the 80s and [-]s, but rock and roll still left some bad impressions on people.
However, after these clips and film reviews were released, everyone felt relieved, and even felt that this was a family movie, where children and parents grow up and reflect together.
"Are these rock musicians here to be funny? That clip on the plane is hilarious."
"I love this music so much!"
"Eve laughed and cried, her acting skills are too good!"
"Honestly, my mom doesn't like rock and roll and got scolded when I told her I wanted to be in a band after school. I wanted to take her to see this movie, and rock and roll can be good sometimes."
"Who has seen this movie? How was it?"
"The movie theater is full of people, why not arrange two more screening halls for "Almost Famous"?"
"It's very good-looking. The only problem is that the video is a little long. It is recommended to go to the bathroom before entering."
"I know Penny really loves Rosol, and I hope she can have a good time in Morocco."
"I loved how this story ended! Highly recommended."
"To be honest, our family was going to see a Jim Carrey movie, but now we all decided to watch this rock and roll road movie. Oprah recommended it, it must be very good."
When Eve and other main creators flew from Los Angeles to New York to appear on another promotional program, the Oprah Show was broadcast. The influence of this program was extraordinary, and the immediate effect was that the box office of the film ushered in a surge. Soaring!
11月23日的时候，单日票房才870万美元，位居单日No.3。第一的《圣诞怪杰》1205万美元笑傲群雄，第二位的《不死劫》以885万的成绩险胜一位。
But on the 24th, it had already reached 1150 million US dollars, directly surpassing "Undead" and came to the second place, but the No.1 "The Grinch" skyrocketed to the level of 1900 million US dollars in a single day. Word of mouth and box office are completely different. two extremes.
Thanks to the spread of word-of-mouth and the recommendation of the Oprah show, on the 25th, the single-day box office of "Almost Famous" increased to 1410 million US dollars.On the other hand, its competitors died down one by one. "Undead" officially withdrew from the runner-up competition, and the box office hardly increased.
The original king "The Grinch" was affected by word-of-mouth, and the number of films was gradually eroded by "Almost Famous".
Film and television fans, film companies, and the media are all looking forward to when "Almost Famous" will be able to complete the overtake, and the gap is getting smaller and smaller!
November 11 is Saturday, which is also the penultimate day of the Thanksgiving holiday, and it is basically the day with the highest box office during the Thanksgiving holiday.
"Almost Famous" has become more and more courageous, and the single-day box office continued to grow, reaching 1490 million US dollars. Too long still has an impact on the film schedule, but the momentum of continued decline is too obvious.
"The Grinch" couldn't maintain its current box office. It dropped to 1650 million US dollars in a single day, and the gap between the two films was getting closer.
Many people thought that during Thanksgiving, "Almost Famous" basically couldn't surpass it, and could only wait for next week to fight back with its excellent word-of-mouth, after all, word-of-mouth has not yet fully fermented.
Many people don’t read newspapers or the Internet during their breaks, and only rely on their first impressions to buy tickets. A comedy film is definitely more attractive than a rock road movie on the first impression.
In addition, there is still a difference between starring Jim Carrey and amateur actors. Although Keanu is a superstar, he is a supporting role after all, and his box office appeal is not as good as Jim Carrey who plays a comedy.
Jim Carrey is the first actor in Hollywood to receive a salary of 2000 million US dollars. He was so popular at the beginning of the century. As long as he starred in comedies, there are no big hits, which is completely guaranteed at the box office.
Even compared with Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Leonardo, etc., not only is it not inferior, but it will be stronger. The average box office of each movie exceeds [-] million.
Despite the huge gap in word-of-mouth, no one thinks that Jim Carrey's movie will be surpassed in the first weekend.
It turned out to be a thunderstorm on the last day of the Thanksgiving holiday!
On the last day of each holiday, the box office will drop to varying degrees, because many viewers have to embark on a return journey, prepare for work and school, and dare not stay up late.
Under such circumstances, the entire box office market has ushered in a sharp drop, and no film's box office is in a state of growth, and even "Almost Famous" cannot break this market rule.
"The Grinch" plummeted 35%, and the single-day box office barely managed to hold the tens of millions level, closing at US$1075 million.
"Undead" plummeted by 50%. Originally, the single-day box office was only more than 900 million, and now it is only 450 million US dollars.
The most eye-catching thing is "Almost Famous". The decline of this movie is extremely well controlled, and it only fell by 25%!
From $1490 million in a single day, it fell to $1117 million.
Five days, just five days, a two-hour and 40-minute literary film actually pulled the comedy film starring Jim Carrey from the top of the single-day box office champion!
Almost everyone was shocked when they saw this rough box office report, the box office has changed too fast.
Everyone thought it would take a few more days, but they didn't expect this movie to bring such a big surprise.
During the five days of Thanksgiving, "The Grinch" won a total of US$7650 million in the North American box office. Even if the single-day box office was counterattacked on the last day, the advantage in the first four days was obvious.This number is really not surprising.
"Almost Famous" is completely a box office dark horse, with a total box office income of 6037 million US dollars during the five-day holiday, which is even higher than the 5000 million US dollars given by the box office forecasting agencies!
Breaking through [-] million is no longer a problem, [-] million is within range, and the annual crown is really no longer an illusory goal.
Of course, this figure is obviously much higher than a normal weekend. First of all, the counting time is two days longer, and there is also a holiday bonus. If calculated according to four times the stamina, it can even approach the North American box office of [-] million US dollars!
People from Columbia and Sony Pictures were almost stunned. They really just wanted to recover their investment in the film and get a few Oscars by the way.
Who would have thought that there is a chance to win the North American annual championship now, and the chance is really not small!
"Almost Famous" has a bursting start like a commercial movie, and has the tough stamina like a literary movie. Coupled with the blessing of the awards season, unless there are some other scary movies, the annual crown is really a certainty.
"This time I really made a lot of money!"
"It was a total unexpected gain."
"It's done very well. The combination of Eve and Keanu is really good. In addition, Cameron's script and filming are also very good. I suggest to continue to maintain a cooperative relationship with them. Maybe this time it will take off."
"It's a pity. It would have been better if Cameron hadn't been given such a high box office dividend at that time. He was actually given 15% of the dividend, and Keanu was only 5% in North America."
There was a hint of regret in the chat among the executives. If they really knew that the box office was so high, they would rather give a fixed salary than take a share.
Now when I think that Cameron Crowe will get such a high dividend, everyone feels distressed.
Cameron is not only the director of the film, but also the screenwriter and producer. He has done three jobs by himself, and it is actually reasonable to get 15% of the dividends together.
The producer of the film, Ian Bryce, said with emotion: "Eve is still the most cost-effective. It only cost a mere $100 million to achieve the current effect."
"Have you noticed that Eve's movies this year are not just as simple as making all profits, each movie has exceeded [-] million! It proves that the audience likes her very much, and she is now at the best time of luck. I suggest continuing Work with her, don't alienate the relationship."
Almost every superstar or star-level actor will have a one-to-two-year breakout period. During the breakout period, what movies are popular and what movies are made, box office, word of mouth, and awards.
Now the executives of Columbia Pictures feel that Eve is in a period of explosion and wants to cooperate with such an actress.
"At present, there is no cooperation project with her. There is only one Spiderman left, but she has not replied to me. It is estimated that if she is to be signed to play the heroine now, the salary of 1000 million US dollars may not be enough." Ian- Bryce was a little bit emotional, "The price of a movie has soared ten times, it's too fast!"