Chapter 964 - The Least Profitable Movie

Because of Charlie Sheen, everyone in Hollywood is at risk, and this statement is not an exaggeration at all.

If nothing else, inside the Relativity Building, many executives with good personal relationships often talk about a topic when they discuss it in private, that is, did you go for an inspection?

That's right, this turmoil inevitably spilled over into Relativity Entertainment.

Probably the circle of Relativity Entertainment is far away from the circle of Charlie Sheen, who has never cooperated, and no one has been recruited for the time being.

Relativity Entertainment is one of the few large companies in Hollywood, and it is inevitably affected by the atmosphere in the circle.

Ronan wouldn't be so stupid as to stipulate that company executives can't associate with Hollywood actors or anything like that, which is obviously impossible.

In this circle, there are some common phenomena that cannot be taken too seriously.

Besides, he couldn't do it himself.

Just like the affirmative action movement, it is impossible for the power of an individual or a company to confront the general social phenomenon, and even if it wants to confront, it must be slowly figured out, rather than denying everything when it comes up.

That would be counterproductive.

However, Ronan has stressed more than once in the company's internal meetings that nothing anyone does must harm the interests of the company, and everything must be carried out on the basis of the company's interests.

For example, Robert Pattinson went to the house of female director Kathleen Hardwick to audition, and in the end Robert Pattinson got the deciding factor for the role, or he himself performed really well in the audition and was one of the several male actors who met the requirements of the role.

If the audition doesn't work out, it's useless for Robert Pattinson to report to Catherine Hardwick's house every night.

The last step for the actor candidates for all the protagonists of the Relativity Entertainment crew is to have Ronan to approve, and Ronan has the right of veto.

It's just that most of the crews with small and medium-sized investments, Ronan doesn't care much about the specific actors.

Because these films, even if they are known as art films that require acting skills very much, they are also role-determining actors, and Hollywood has never lacked actors.

As long as it's not Natalie Portman to Jane Foster, Ronan basically doesn't interfere with the casting of the crew.

Charlie Sheen has completely ruined his career.

But Hollywood's various carnivals have not diminished because of this.

However, Ronan did pay attention to a lot, for example, Gianna proposed to invite the two actresses Li and Song to Los Angeles together, but he politely refused.

As for Will Smith's party celebrating the safety of the blood test, Ronan naturally won't go to it.

I haven't been to a similar party before, and I won't be in the future.

In fact, with the further growth of mental age and financial status, Ronan is also undergoing some changes unconsciously, but some changes are often imperceptible to themselves.

Luckily, these are mostly positive-minded changes.

Especially with the increase of psychological age, Ronan inevitably began to think about a problem, a question that it is impossible for any Oriental not to think about it.

In the future, who will inherit his super assets of tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of dollars?

You can't have a charity fundraiser, right?

Ronan has never denied that he is a rather selfish person, not great at all.

What can only be done by legendary saints, Ronan can't do it at all.

Many questions, with the further growth of age and experience, will inevitably appear in people's minds.

Ronan is a very normal person, and it is difficult to avoid vulgarity.

However, Ronan will not lose his mind either, after all, as Ronan Anderson, he is only twenty-eight years old and has plenty of time to plan.

Charlie Sheen's affair inevitably had a series of effects on him.

In the past, Ronan had heard of many celebrities suffering from AIDS, but that was only heard, and it was quite far away.

But Will Smith as a good friend, with Charlie Sheen becoming like-minded with Dennis Richards, and the example of being just one step away from AIDS is in front of him, and Ronan can't turn a blind eye.

The frightened Will Smith gave Ronan a lot of touches at the time.

Will Smith, who threw a party to celebrate wildly after safety, touched Ronan even more.

It's Will Smith's way of life, and Ronan can't change it.

Ronan was most touched by Charlie Sheen, in fact, there is not much difference from what Heath Ledger and others brought him, they are all the same - do not do or die.

In October 2006, a special time that Hollywood insiders could not forget, celebrities or bigwigs of all sizes in the circle spent their lives in danger, and donated a large amount of money for examination fees for those private hospitals with high confidentiality.

It is estimated that the most desirable thing for these high-end private hospitals located all over Los Angeles is that Hollywood produces a few Charlie Sheen every year.

This is more effective than the best advertising, the strictest confidentiality measures, can effectively drive their business.

Also this month, "Deadly Magic", directed by Christopher Nolan, was pushed into North American theaters by Embassy Pictures and officially released to the market.

This small and medium-sized production with a production cost of $40 million, the premiere is not too big, and basically the stars or celebrities who have worked with Christopher Nolan in the past are cheering.

Magic-themed films are not considered popular themes, even if the director is Christopher Nolan, and the actors include Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson, Embassy Pictures is not particularly optimistic about the prospects of the film, and deliberately avoided the summer and year-end holidays that compete for records, and chose to release it in October.

The scale of the premiere is not large, because "The Dark Knight" has not yet been released, Christopher Nolan is still far from a first-line director, although he has a large number of fans through "Time to Go to War", but the influence is not comparable to the future at all.

It is impossible for the embassy film industry to invest too much publicity and distribution resources in magic-themed movies.

This type of film, if you want to make a profit, you have to be careful with your budget.

Fortunately, the quality of the film is indeed guaranteed, although among all of Christopher Nolan's works, it is not outstanding, but it is also above the average level.

Christopher Nolan has long proven his creative talent for film, and his work is known for creating a sense of mystery and confusion, arguably the kind of all-round director who eats the indie film industry and the Hollywood mainstream.

However, anyone who follows Hollywood combs through the history of the industry's films, and it happens that most directors and producers are actually trying to avoid mentioning everything related to magic in their work.

Because they think that the audience will have a preconceived notion that it is too easy to fake in a movie, and even if it is really magic, others will not think so......

Cinema and magic are inseparable, and even today, it's an unconventional idea.

Christopher Nolan used "Deadly Magic" to combine movies and magic quite perfectly.

Perhaps, the views of "Entertainment Weekly" after the screening best reflect the characteristics of this film.

"It's not a mainstream movie, but it's still a lot of fun. ”

"Deadly Magic" has received an excellent audience reputation, with an average IMDB audience rating of 8.8 after the first day of release, and a "A" in Cinema Score's theater audience rating.

These data show that audiences who enter the theater to watch the film are generally more likely to recognize "Deadly Magic".

But sometimes, not only the overwhelming reputation of film critics has nothing to do with the market response, but also a good audience reputation cannot determine the market trend of the film.

"Deadly Magic" is a film that not only has many characteristics of commercial films, but also a thought-provoking video work, which shows the audience a variety of visual wonders, twists and turns of the plot setting, and abrupt ending, so that the audience maintains a strong enthusiasm for watching the whole process of watching the movie.

However, the congenital defect of the film's relatively niche subject matter is not at all compensated by a good audience reputation.

The scope of the subject matter of this film may not be as good as "Juno".

Hollywood magic-themed movies can super explode at the box office, not extremely rare, but never.

If the director of "Deadly Magic" was not Christopher Nolan, and if it were not for Christopher Nolan's great value in the future, Ronan would not have been able to invest in such a magic-themed film.

The most fortunate thing is that Christopher Nolan's films have enough guarantees at the lower limit, not only in terms of word of mouth, but also at the box office.

In the first weekend of "Deadly Magic" in North America, it was limited to the niche of the subject matter, and did not explode at the box office, but it got $23.89 million at the box office in 3,215 theaters.

The average box office is less than $10,000.

This result could only rank second in the North American box office charts that weekend.

The box office top spot was won by Warner Bros. animated film "Happy Feet", which was released the previous weekend.

This animated feature film produced by Warner Bros. Animation Studios won another $29.87 million in North America the following weekend, beating the newly released "Deadly Magic" and achieving two consecutive North American box office titles, after receiving $45.68 million at the North American box office in the first week.

Even if the director is Christopher Nolan, it is impossible for a film with a very niche subject matter to hit the box office.

Fortunately, the audience of "Deadly Magic" was applauded, and even after three days of the first weekend, IMDB's audience score was still as high as 8.6 points, which also ensured that the film could have a relatively stable box office trend at a certain level.

The following weekend, "Deadly Magic" was down just 35 percent from its opening weekend, earning $15.53 million.

Combined with the income of the previous four working days, the film has accumulated $42.37 million in North America, successfully crossing the production cost line.

However, based on market data collected from various sources, Embassy Pictures predicts that the North American box office of "Deadly Magic" is unlikely to exceed $80 million, and there is no possibility of recovering the cost through the North American box office.

The business goal of this project is very clear, to recover the cost as much as possible through the global box office, and to generate profits through offline multi-channel channels.

"Deadly Magic" is probably one of the least profitable movies of the year for Relativity Entertainment.

Because the purpose of investment is in the future.