Movies released in the North American market don't take too long at all, and most of them can be deduced after the first day, as long as the box office, audience structure and audience reputation and other data on the first day are fully collected, it is basically clear whether a film is losing money or making a profit.

Of course, there are some individual exceptions, such as "Titanic", who would have predicted the future after watching the box office trend of the first day of the big ship and the audience's word of mouth?

But in general, the North American film market is quite mature, whether it is the target age composition, the distribution of various types of films, word-of-mouth preview promotion, and viral publicity methods, etc., all have mature operation methods.

Movies that show box office potential, theaters are also willing to invest resources.

In fact, without waiting for Lionsgate to contact, theaters on the front line of the market have begun to increase the schedule of "Human Eradication Project".

Theaters are commercial companies that will adjust accordingly according to the market response of the film.

A film is menacing, occupying a very high screen and schedule on the first day, but the box office revenue and audience reputation are not ideal, and the theater will naturally not invest too much resources in this film.

Vice versa.

Moreover, horror films released during Halloween cannot be screened exclusively.

Lionsgate mobilized resources and actively contacted theater companies, and the theaters of "Human Erasure Project" did not increase much, but the average screening rate increased by nearly six percentage points.

As the number of viewers increases, it is not surprising that the word-of-mouth of "The Human Eradication Project" is completely polarized.

In the eyes of some viewers, watching this film is more refreshing than drinking a bottle of cold Coke in the middle of summer, but in the eyes of others, this film is useless at all.

Founded in 1990, IMDB is an online database of movie actors, movies, TV shows, TV stars, and movie productions, where even the most casual movie fans can rate and comment on a film as long as they sign up.

This website has been established for eight years and has accumulated a lot of users, and it is one of the most famous among many movie websites.

At present, the average IMDB score of "Human Removal Project" is 6.4 points, which is neither high nor low among horror films.

But there is a very peculiar phenomenon, thousands of user ratings, most of which are above 7.5 and below 4.5.

On another note, "Human Erasure Project" is doing very poorly at the box office in some southern states.

The three days of the weekend passed quickly, and the new week arrived on time.

The newsstand on 13th Street in Burbank opened its doors, and the boss took out the latest weekly magazines, put the best-selling copies in front of them, and pulled up the lanyard to hang DC and the amazing superhero comics.

As soon as this was done, several trucks carrying newspapers came one after another, and more than a dozen bundles of newspapers were piled up in front of the newsstand.

The boss looked back at the newsstand and shouted, "Lisa, come out to work!" Seeing that there was no movement, he roared angrily, "Damn it!

The voice spread far away, and the fat woman immediately squeezed out of the newsstand.

"What are you shouting!" The fat woman's voice was not small: "Isn't this coming!"

She came to the pile of newspapers, stretched out two fingers with both hands, hooked the bindings on the newspapers, and left, and soon moved all the newspapers into the newsstand.

Then, he assisted the boss in setting up the newspaper.

By the time all this was done, the sun had climbed out of the horizon.

The fat woman wiped her sweat, took a newspaper in her hand, and sat down on the chair at the door of the newsstand as usual, and the chair creaked again.

One after another, people came to buy newspapers, and the boss collected money and delivered newspapers, and he was very busy.

The fat woman flipped through the entertainment version, and there was a huge title on the front page - "Halloween 7" was the top box office in North America last week, and the dark horse "Human Removal Plan" followed!

"Human Eradication Project"? is a very familiar name, where have you heard it? It seems to ......

The fat woman thought about it at this time, and her face was instantly full of horror, how could this be? She couldn't help but look up at the sky, the end of the world had arrived, or had aliens arrived?

She casually pulled another newspaper, which was "The Hollywood Reporter", which specializes in covering the entertainment industry, and quickly opened it to find the weekend box office report page.

"Scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis is back in horror, starring in "Halloween 7", which opened last Friday and earned $16.1 million over the three days of the weekend, landing at the top of the North American box office charts. ”

"The Human Eradication Project," which came in second at the box office, was the biggest dark horse in the North American film market last week, and the horror thriller brought a surprising box office result, earning $15.2 million over three days over the weekend, becoming the runner-up at the box office. ”

The fat woman jumped past the detailed report on Halloween 7 and hurried to see the analysis of the Human Eradication Plan.

"According to Cinema Score and several market organizations, the final North American box office of 'Human Erasure Project' is expected to hit $40 million......"

Seeing this, the fat woman's head buzzed, and the loser who walked in front of her every day turned over like this?

The old lady gets up early every day to help the newspaper, and she is busy working to earn a few thousand dollars at most, why does this loser earn tens of millions of dollars a movie?

She couldn't help but think of some of the novels she had read, counterattacking or something, the most annoying!

"What do you want?" a roar exploded in front of me: "Didn't you hear the shout, give me a copy of Vogue"

The fat woman quickly came back to her senses, took the magazine to the customer, waited for the other party to leave, pulled the boss's clothes, and said, "That...... That loser ......"

The boss reminded, "Little Anderson!"

"Yes! Little Anderson. The fat woman swallowed and foamed, the loser can't talk casually anymore, the rich are not easy to mess with, "It's not the loser, it's little Anderson." ”

She quickened her pace and said, "As we said some time ago, the new film that Anderson Jr. invested in was released last week. ”

"Lost again?" the boss's first reaction.

The fat woman shook her head: "There is no compensation." Anderson Jr.'s new film grossed $15.2 million in its first week, with market experts predicting it could end up surpassing $40 million......

The boss was quite surprised: "Turned over?"

The fat woman looked up at the office building behind her and muttered, "I can't see the jump." ”

The boss opened the newspaper and roughly browsed the relevant reports, and said: "It took Mr. Anderson Sr. ten years to become a millionaire, but I didn't expect Mr. Anderson Jr. to become a multimillionaire." ”

After a moment's pause, a voice suddenly sounded: "Give me a copy of the Los Angeles Times." ”

The boss hurriedly took the money, handed over the newspaper, saw the familiar face, and hurriedly said, "Good morning, little Mr. Anderson." Congratulations, the new movie is a big hit. ”

Ronan smiled and said, "Thank you." ”

With a briefcase in one hand and a newspaper in the other, he walked into the office building and met many faces that he could see every day.

Some of them were enthusiastic today and took the initiative to say hello.

Ronan responded with a polite smile no matter who the other party was.

Pushing open the door of the company, before I could fully enter, I heard a few "bangs", and countless streamers floated down from above and landed on my head.

"Wow-"

Excited shouts rang out.

Ronan looked at George and Robert, the initiators, and said with a smile, "We made it!"

There was another shout of excitement in the office.

I haven't experienced the despair of being close to bankruptcy, and I can't appreciate the sweetness of success at all.

"Ronan!" Robert shook Ronan's hand excitedly, "You are the second person I really admire besides your father!"

George also walked over and smiled with a big wrinkle on his face: "You led us to success!"

Mary stretched out her hand and hugged Rhona: "Ronan, your father will be pleased." ”

Only they know that Ronan is the key to this success.

Ronan ripped off the ribbon on his head and said loudly, "Everyone, we will definitely continue to succeed!"

(On the issue of the box office, the number of theaters and screens in 1998 was much lower than that of 2013, the ticket prices were cheaper, and the fledgling Lionsgate was not as good as Warner Bros. in terms of distribution, and there were no famous stars like Ethan Hawke in the film cast, so the total box office was definitely lower than the original.) ）