Chapter 631: Word-of-mouth box office double explosion (12,000 per day, ask for subscription~)
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for many people.
"Ghost Love" and "Back to the Future 3" were released on the same day, which also means that the struggle between Phantom Entertainment and Hollywood's Jewish circle has entered a white-hot stage, and everyone wants to see whether Phantom Entertainment's upstart shines, or Hollywood's Jewish circle is still majestic.
This battle can even be said to affect the future pattern change of Hollywood.
The CEOs of all the production companies are waiting for the box office of the first day of the movie to come out.
But now there is no e-mail at all, and everyone has to stay in front of the phone, waiting for their own people to tell them the answer.
Wu Jianye did not rest, and sat in his study at this time, waiting for Johnson's call.
Zhu Yan gently pushed open the door and saw Wu Jianye sitting in the study, with some cigarette butts in the ashtray on the desk, and a half-burned cigarette in his hand.
"Worried?" Zhu Xuan put the tea in his hand in front of Wu Jianye.
Wu Jianye showed a relieved smile and said, "No, if you don't stay here, Johnson's phone should be on the phone in a while, but you can't sleep!"
Zhu Yan said angrily: "If you don't worry, just smoke less!"
Wu Jianye nodded and said, "Find a time to quit smoking!"
Zhu Yan glanced at Wu Jianye in disbelief and said, "Can you quit smoking?"
Zhu Yan knows how big Wu Jianye's smoking addiction is, in fact, Wu Jianye is not diligent in smoking on weekdays, and only when he is creating, he will smoke very fiercely.
"It should be possible!" Wu Jianye was not very sure, and asked with a smile, "What about Li Xiuming?"
Zhu Yan said: "I've rested, she was worried about you, but you also know her current body, it's not good to stay up late!"
"Hmm!" Wu Jianye nodded, now Li Xiuming is eight months pregnant, and there are doctors in the manor who are guarding 24 hours a day, in order to ensure her safety.
The two sat on the sofa in the study, and Wu Jianye asked, "How is it, during this time of coming, I haven't accompanied you to have a good walk, are you still used to the environment here?"
Zhu Yan smiled: "It's okay, now I follow the teacher to learn English every day, which is quite fulfilling, and I don't have much time to go out for a walk!"
Although Zhu Xuan has a certain level of foreign language, it is limited to the most basic daily communication, and this time in order to shoot "Jurassic Park", there will be a large amount of English dialogue, and there are also a lot of professional vocabulary, which are all things that Zhu Xuan needs to learn.
"Why don't you wait for the release of "People and Ghosts" to stabilize, and then I'll take you out for a walk?" Wu Jianye proposed.
Zhu Yan shook his head, did not agree to Wu Jianye's proposal, and said: "Forget it, she has two months to give birth there, plus the movie "Jurassic Park", you have to hurry up and prepare, how can you have time!"
Wu Jianye smiled bitterly, the nature of the work of the two also led to the fact that they couldn't go out to travel or something like ordinary couples.
"Wait a little longer, in two years, when my plan is almost over, let's go out and have a good time. ”
Zhu Yan looked at Wu Jianye curiously and asked, "I've always been curious, what is your plan?"
Although the two have been married for many years and have Wu Nianyi, Zhu Yan has never seriously asked Wu Jianye's plan is.
Wu Jianye said with a smile: "Actually, it's very simple, I hope that Huaxia movies can go to the world as soon as possible!"
Zhu Yan looked at Wu Jianye in surprise, "It's still simple, do you know what the situation is in China now?"
Although she is not sensitive to politics, Zhu Xuan, as one of the hottest actresses in China now, is still relatively clear about some things.
Wu Jianye said confidently: "It's just the darkness before dawn, just wait for the past two years!"
Zhu Yan asked with some disbelief, "Really?"
With the end of the last turmoil, the country will firmly follow the path of reform and opening up, and the film industry will also take advantage of this spring breeze to usher in its own era of rapid development in 93.
Although there will be some detours in the middle, these detours are not given by the general trend, and according to Wu Jianye's current influence, he can completely avoid these detours.
"Don't worry, it will come true!"
Zhu Yan glanced at Wu Jianye, and said with some distress: "But this will be very tiring!"
Wu Jianye: "It's okay, I always have to find something to do for myself, and strive to retire and enjoy life before the age of 50!"
Zhu Yan said with some longing: "Really?"
Wu Jianye nodded, "Of course, when the time comes, I will take you around the world!"
When Zhu Yan heard these words, he pinched Wu Jianye with anger on his face.......
Jingle bells!
That's when the phone rang.
Wu Jianye glanced at Zhu Xuan with a smile and said, "See, the call is coming!"
After speaking, he walked over and picked up the phone, and Johnson's excited voice came from the other side of the phone, "Wu, $17.36 million, $17.36 million!"
The first-day box office of "Ghost Love" came out, $17.36 million!
Although this data does not look very beautiful, considering that their opponent is "Back to the Future 3", a movie with a strong audience, and the previous discussion of the movie "Ghost Love" in the United States, this box office is enough to satisfy Wu Jianye.
And most importantly, the film surpassed the first-day box office of $12.19 million when it was released in another time and space!
I believe that with the word-of-mouth fermentation of the movie "Ghost Love" in the later stage, it will bring better box office to this movie.
"You shouldn't be happy!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
Looking at the box office on the first day now, if nothing else, the box office of the movie "Ghost Love" in North America will definitely be able to exceed 100 million, if this is the case, Wu Jianye's gambling agreement with old Johnson will win!
On the other end of the phone, Johnson's expression froze, yes, he shouldn't be happy, why is he so happy?
Johnson, who didn't figure it out, smiled: "No matter, anyway, it's okay if our movie box office is good!"
Wu Jianye smiled and asked, "How is the box office of "Back to the Future 3"?"
When it comes to the box office of "Back to the Future 3", Johnson's voice is a little lost, saying: "It exceeds our box office, it is 19.3 million US dollars!"
Wu Jianye nodded, this box office is acceptable, after all, the movie "Back to the Future 3" has the first two parts for him.
"Don't be disappointed, this is just the beginning, and the rest is the most important!" Wu Jianye said.
"Well, I know, I just got the news that the audience over there is not very optimistic about this movie, and we are very likely to turn them around in the future!" Johnson also said seriously.
"Okay, the box office knows, let's go rest!" Wu Jianye said, waiting for Johnson's call, it was already past 2 o'clock in the morning.
Without waiting for Johnson to reply, Wu Jianye hung up the phone and took Zhu Xuan back to his room to rest.
The next day, Wu Jian got up at night, and today's newspaper had been delivered.
Sitting in the living room, Wu Jianye looked at today's newspapers and magazines, and the news about the entertainment section was naturally a column about the two movies "People and Ghosts" and "Back to the Future 3".
"A superb film, sincere and spiritual, perfectly performed by the four main actors, a gripping story. The graphics have a soft, rich quality, and it's a mythical tale that you'll want to believe, and it's not overshadowed by the comedic component of the gags. --San Francisco Chronicle
"The love affair between the hero and heroine in "Ghost Love" will move everyone, and its appearance can be said to be a major event in the Hollywood film industry, because it is refreshing for American audiences who are addicted to bloody violence and disorder, and perhaps people should re-examine some kind of love that is going on around them or themselves. --Time Magazine
Obviously, the movie "Ghost Love" first conquered these film critics in North America.
At the same time, Martin Lloyd also published his own review of this movie in the newspaper!
"First of all, I want to apologize to Director Wu, before that, like many Americans, I thought that Director Wu's movies would encounter a situation in North America, but when I saw the movie "Ghost Love" yesterday, I knew what a real genius is, why do I respect Director Wu so much.
This movie is almost no problem in my eyes, for ordinary audiences, this is a simple but arouse everyone's yearning for beautiful love movie, for professional film practitioners, this movie seems to have opened another door to us, the original simple story can also be filmed so moving, in this movie, it seems that Director Wu did not use a variety of complex narrative means, but can tell this story within a simple timeline, telling this story is unforgettable.......
I conclude that this will be a classic, and "Ghost Love" will not disappoint every viewer. This sci-fi love feature film, "The Love of People and Ghosts" deeply touched the hearts of the audience. The hero, Sam, once said, "When I feel happy, the most I fear is to lose it." Perhaps it was this sentence that laid the tone of the plot development of the later films.
The film uses a sequential structure of time and space, and the story develops according to the development of time...... Therefore, the order of the time-space transformation of "People and Ghosts" is arranged in accordance with the order of the story and the occurrence of **.
At the beginning of the film, a noise begins the development of the film, and the chaotic scenes, eerie images, an irregular lighting, and ghostly music make the beginning of the film full of eerie atmosphere. At this time, the narrowness of time and space is unsettling and depressing. This is the foreshadowing in the early stage, which lays the groundwork for the development of the story.......
The first scene of the film is a description of the relationship between the male protagonist Mori and his girlfriend Molly and their good friend, the male number two Carl. The film has several long shots. At this time, the use of long lenses has several layers of .......
In the following scene, the scene where Sen and Molly are making pottery has to be mentioned, and it is the various factors of this scene that affect the development of the story later, the most noteworthy is the use of music in this scene......
At this time, the director used the expressive technique of psychological montage, using pottery and music to create an atmosphere that aroused people's associations, so as to achieve the director's purpose of expressing the story......
Later in the story, there is also a "Ghost Love" music, so that when Sam borrows the body of a female psychic medium to meet Molly again, the use of music can echo each other back and forth...... Music acts as a medium for people's minds to travel back and forth between time and space.
In the next scene, Sam and Molly see the crash** on TV, which is a use of metaphorical montage.......
The development of the story unfolds with twists and turns.......
In addition, it should be mentioned that the director fully embodies the spirit of good people going to heaven and bad people going to hell in the film. Perhaps this is the idea of all good people, the robbers and Karl were dragged to hell after their deaths, which also sounded the death knell for the evildoers and aroused people's love and kindness.
The story of "People and Ghosts" is not complicated, but I think that "People and Ghosts are not over" is the key to the true feelings, of course, various montage techniques and the clever conversion of time and space to the film to construct a wonderful atmosphere, the use of montage is just right, especially the switching of various time and space in the film, the different time and space where people and ghosts are located, this is the difficulty of the film, and it is also the key part. The director used different perspectives and different scenes to make careful arrangements. In the end, the time and space transformation of the film became the most exciting part of the film. People and ghosts exist in different time and space, which provides a reference for us to make our own films in the future. ”
Martin Lloyd's film review is very long, and when Wu Jian finished reading it at night, he had already finished breakfast, and Zhu Xuan and Li Xiuming also saw this film review.
Li Xiuming stroked his stomach and said with a smile: "This Martin Lloyd admires this movie very much, I want to watch it!"
Wu Jianye said with a smile: "If you want to watch it, I asked the company to send a plate of negatives, and you can watch it in the theater at home!"
Zhu Xuan and Li Xiuming nodded happily, Zhu Xuan wants to learn English, Li Xiuming wants to raise the fetus with peace of mind, the two naturally have no way to go to the theater to enjoy this movie, and now Wu Jianye wants the company to bring it, and it is naturally best to watch it at home.
"Then you come back at night to watch us!" Zhu said with a smile.
Wu Jianye: "Okay!"
Today, Wu Jianye is going to Phantom Entertainment, one is that the reputation of "Ghost Love" is very good, and it is stronger than "Back to the Future 3", and the publicity work of Phantom Entertainment will naturally continue to increase.
At the same time, Wu Jianye also asked about the preparatory work of "Jurassic Park", this movie is different from other movies, what he wants to open is not only the influence of Phantom Entertainment on the movie itself, but also about the sales of peripheral products of this movie.
Since Phantom Entertainment wants to be a media group, it must not be able to simply focus on box office revenue!