Chapter 895: Huge Economic Losses?
October 14th.
The box office came out on the opening day of "The Grim Reaper".
The box office was very good, reaching a staggering nine million dollars!
Yes, the box office of "The Grim Reaper" broke $9 million on the opening day in the United States, and "The Grim Reaper" directly broke the record in the horror and suspense films, topping the annual horror film premiere box office, and at the same time ranking second in the Hollywood horror film all-time premiere box office list, only a small gap of $300,000 from the classic horror film "Midnight Terror".
This data is enough to sensational the entire American film industry, enough to set off turbulent waves in the Hollywood horror film market, and enough to blow up the media editors in the major film and television circles......
But......
In the early morning of the next day, the media in the American entertainment industry did not publish the news about the box office record of "The Grim Reaper", but directly published the huge impact of "The Grim Reaper" on airports in many places in the United States......
After seeing these media reports, netizens were dumbfounded.
The media claimed that the refund rate of flight 182 of San Francisco International Airport, which was supposed to go to Paris, France, directly accounted for half, and even the passengers who were about to get on the plane immediately hoped that the staff of flight 182 could repeatedly check all aspects of the aircraft, focusing on checking the plane's fuel pipes......
They threatened not to want to see the plane explode on takeoff, they wanted to be alive, and at the same time, more than one passenger suggested that they would not even be able to approach the airport if they were not really going to Paris for something important!
The strange reaction of the passengers made the airport staff very helpless!
They kept explaining to these people that they were one of the safest airlines in the world, that there was absolutely no such thing as a plane explosion, and that they even patted their chests to ensure that planes were the safest means of transportation in the world, much safer than cars!
But......
The explanation of the staff was of little use.
It was not only San Francisco International Airport that was speechless on this day, but also most airports in the United States.
In particular, the number of passengers on the plane from New York to Paris has decreased by more than half, and although the airport staff have unanimously assured that the plane will not have an accident, the number of passengers who come to refund their tickets has not decreased, but has begun to increase......
The whole day of October 14th.
Airlines in the United States are in a very troubled state.
""Death is Coming" is indeed a very good movie, Mr. Lu Yuan is also a very famous and excellent screenwriter, but "Death is Coming" is just a movie, and all the plots in this movie are fictional, I hope everyone can distinguish between reality and movies, just as it is impossible for an airplane to explode......"
On the evening of the 14th.
Lawrence posted a video on the media in the United States.
He called on everyone to be calm, not to be affected by the movie, there can be no accidents, and there can be no disasters.
Everything is fictional.
Everything is fake.
Unfortunately, this video of Lawrence's appeal is like what airport staff say to passengers......
No one will believe it.
After all......
The plane flies in the sky, it doesn't have islands like ships, it doesn't stay on land at least like cars, and if the plane really has an accident, it will end up in a group.
When fans watched "The Grim Reaper", although they felt that there were some things in it that were very nonsense, they had a feeling of being scary after watching it.
Accidents are everywhere, they see in the news every day that there is a car accident here, there is a car hit there, and at the same time, maybe it is because they saw that the movie "Death is Coming" suddenly caused such a huge impact, some unscrupulous media turned over the history of the air crash a few years ago, and at the same time described the "accident" of the air crash and the situation after it happened in great detail, and what is even more embarrassing is that the history of this air crash instantly soared to the top of the hot list of major websites, and the following are all "God" I'm not flying anymore", "I'm not going to Paris anymore", "I'm not going to ...... either".
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The box office and popularity of "The Grim Reaper is Coming" have been rising, and the major movie theaters are full.
But America's aviation industry has taken a hit.
As of the early morning of October 15.
The U.S. aviation industry lost nearly $30 million in a single day, a record low.
It's a statistic that's a headache for everyone.
What's even worse is that the craze for ticket refunds is becoming more and more surging.
Looking at this posture, the impact of the aviation industry on the 16th will be even greater!
Passengers want to refund their tickets, can you not let them?
Of course not!
In fact, some panic is contagious.
The passengers, who didn't understand what was going on, were also invisibly frightened when they saw the chattering voices of the people around them.
If there is no such thing as an air crash in human history, then "Death is Coming" has no impact.
But......
However, there have been many air crashes in human history, and the causes of air accidents are basically the negligence of the aircraft itself and the crew, except for the weather.
So......
Who can rest assured?
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"Remote" entertainment.
The box office of "The Grim Reaper" came out the next day.
The next day, it directly reached the figure of 15 million US dollars, directly surpassing the box office of "Midnight Terror" on the second day.
If this momentum continues, "The Grim Reaper" will definitely surpass "Midnight Terror" and will directly top the history of Hollywood horror films!
After Lu Yuan saw the box office results, he was not as happy as he imagined.
In fact, he has already received complaints from many companies in the past day.
At first it was a complaint from the airline, then it was followed by advertising companies, shower head retail companies, cable companies......
It is worth mentioning that KA brand bathroom company publicly scolded the movie "Death is Coming"!
They suffered the most.
Why?
Because the brand of the bathtub and sprinkler head that James photographed belongs to theirs.
Their series of orders were directly rejected by users, and countless people even questioned their safety factor.
This made their business instantly notorious among the user community in the past two days.
Morning.
Lu Yuan rubbed his head and looked at the audition plan of "Titanic", and then watched the movie "Death is Coming", which was hot all the way, second only to "Titanic......
Lu Yuan had the feeling of a dog in the sun.
Lu Yuan never dreamed that "Death is Coming" would have such a big impact!
And the impact is basically negative.
Lu Yuan suddenly remembered a movie "Jaws" in the original world, when "Jaws" pulled a wave of horror box office in the original world of the United States, it indirectly hit the coastal tourism industry in the United States, causing many beaches in the United States to fall into a deserted state, and many coastline tourism companies directly lost so much that they wanted to cry.
And what about this world?
Obviously, the movie "The Grim Reaper is Coming" exploded!
The box office not only surpassed the original world's "Death is Coming", but even caused an impact even greater than "Jaws"!
The complaints from many companies made Lu Yuan feel a little sore in the head.
He suddenly realized that it was fortunate that he had told the two shipyards that the cruise ship they had built would sink, and asked them to think carefully before choosing to cooperate or not.
Otherwise......
Lu Yuan is especially worried that when "Titanic" is released, these two shipyards will suffer even more.
"Doodoo"
Just as Lu Yuan was pondering, his mobile phone rang.
He looked.
It was James' call.
"Boss ......"
"James, what's wrong?"
"Let's re-cut the movie, cancel the slogan based on reality, and cut out the trademark of the KA brand bathroom?"
"Good. ”
"And ...... Boss, I personally issued a statement that the story of "The Grim Reaper is Coming" is fictional, otherwise, the impact of tomorrow may be even greater, not only in the United States, but also in the early hours of this morning, I saw that planes flying to Paris around the world are showing a state of dissatisfaction with passengers......"
"Well, good. ”
After chatting with James, Lu Yuan closed his eyes.
This wave ......
It's a no-brainer.
In fact, the promotion of "The Grim Reaper" was completely controlled by Jade.
Lu Yuan agreed.
It's just that......
No one would have imagined that "The Grim Reaper" would suddenly counterattack into such a movie that affects reality.
James was under much heavier pressure than himself today, and Lu Yuan even heard the US authorities suggest that James should take a slight attitude.
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On the morning of the fifteenth.
"The Grim Reaper is Coming" was suspended for half a day.
Half a day later, when "Death is Coming" was released again, all fans suddenly found that the slogan "based on real events in reality" in this movie was gone, and the story became pure fiction.
At the same time, James also showed his head on the entertainment channel of ABC TV in the United States, saying something like "the world is safe, don't panic".
But......
A dramatic scene happened!
Not long after James's words were finished, the entertainment news became American news, and the first news was broadcast about a brake accident failure and a car crash in California!
This kind of news used to be very common in the United States, and it wasn't even news anymore.
After all, car accidents are not uncommon in the news in China.
But......
This kind of news came after James said the phrase "the world is safe ............
It's really ......
"Damn, Director James, have you been kidnapped, if you are kidnapped and someone forces you to say this, you will blink......"
"I'm laughing to death, Director James, why are you so good, can't you finish it sooner or later?"
"Wait, Director James, after I watched your video, why do I feel like the world is more insecure?"
"yes, I feel that way too......"
"Director James is too showy, why do I feel like this is a reverse reminder?"
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Early morning of the 16th.
Lawrence was silent after looking at a record of refunds at San Francisco International Airport during the day and the financial damage.
"The Grim Reaper" reached a high point of $17 million at the box office on its third day!
And the economic damage at San Francisco International Airport today is once again at an all-time low......
There was even a situation where there were only more than a dozen passengers on the flight at the beginning of 18.
He exhaled deeply.
And then......
He found that he really couldn't help it!
Let "The Grim Reaper Come" not be released?
How can it be!
He can't do it at all, okay?
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It was also early in the morning.
"Ah, Mr. Orma?"
“……”
"Mr. Orma, I really can't help it, I have rectified everything that should be done and rectified, and now I really can't help it......"
“……”
"Why hasn't the audition for "Titanic" started yet? Isn't this a messy complaint about "The Grim Reaper", I just want to delay it...... Mr. Orma, I've done my best, really, I've really done my best!"
“……”
The phone hung up.
Lu Yuan silently closed his eyes, and then looked at the moon outside the window.
Can I be blamed for this?
This......
Ay......
Who is it!
Let his grievances flow backwards?