The first two films have laid a good foundation, and "Saw 3" is in line with the consistent aesthetics of North American horror film fans, coupled with the appropriate elevation of the "jigsaw", which caters to the psychology of fans, and the film has been released since the first day, and the market response has been significantly higher than the first two.

On the first day of its release in North America, the film was in nearly 3,500 theaters and won $15.22 million, creating the best in the series.

Correspondingly, the higher the box office, the worse the reputation in a certain aspect tends to be.

The Rotten Tomatoes index of "Saw 3" also set a new low in the series, with a crash of 28% on the first day of release.

Various criticisms from film critics have emerged, some of which have even involved personal attacks on Wen Ziren.

These guys are also typical of bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and when facing Uwe Bauer's "Vampire Lane", even if they criticize and abuse, most of them stay at the level of the movie.

Because no one wants to try Brother Bao's iron fist.

But in the face of Wen Ziren, who has a gentle personality, they are like shrews scolding the street.

Frankly speaking, too many film critics have already crossed the line of criticizing movies, and they are highly personal attacks at every turn.

This is also somewhat related to the operation of Relativity Entertainment, which has the lowest investment in film review and public relations among all medium and large Hollywood studios.

Probably in the eyes of some film critics, if you don't scold these misers who are reluctant to spend money, do you want to scold the money owners who spend money?

"Saw 3" is exciting enough in the eyes of horror movie fans, and the negative film word-of-mouth has an impact, but it is limited after all.

Three days after the first weekend of its release in North America, "Saw 3" topped the North American box office charts with the best in the series of $38.77 million.

According to Cinema Score's predictions based on theatrical audience surveys, "Saw 3" will reach more than $100 million at the North American box office.

With a total investment of $4 million in production costs and $10 million in global publicity funds, Relativity Entertainment can not only pay for itself at the North American box office, but also generate large profits.

"Congratulations, James. ”

In the reception room on the top floor of the Relativity Building, Ronan shook hands with Wen Ziren: "Another great success. ”

Wen Ziren's face was full of oriental-style subtle smiles: "I didn't expect the box office to be so good." ”

Ronan asked for coffee to be brought in, cut straight to the point, and asked, "James, what are your plans next?"

Wen Ziren sat upright on the sofa and said: "I want to break through the more traditional North American horror film structure of "Chainsaw", and better combine the psychological horror of the East and the traditional elements of the West to shoot a horror film in a new style." ”

He glanced at Ronan, with a little caution, and said, "Even give up directly showing the bloody scenes, and create a terrifying atmosphere with details and environments." ”

Ronan said: "I understand it in a suitable oriental style to create a western horror theme, and there is nothing wrong with that. ”

"Yes, yes!" Wen Ziren nodded again and again: "That's what I think." ”

The words just now gave him encouragement: "Closely grasp people's psychology, exaggerate and weird scenes and objects that people are usually familiar with, and then match the scheduling and switching of the camera to increase the terrifying effect, so that people dare not look back at night after watching the film." ”

Ronan understands that after filming the "Chainsaw" series, Wen Ziren did not choose the wrong path at a fork in the road.

Wen Ziren continued: "I have a theme, but it is not completely determined, just some preliminary ideas. ”

Ronan looked at him, "Tell me about it." ”

"Well, it's kind of related to Saw Horror. Wen Ziren took out a half-palm-sized Billy puppet from his pocket: "Billy was designed and made by me, which gave me a lot of inspiration. I wondered, can we make a horror film with puppets as the protagonists? The gray tones, cold lines, and oozing dolls show an eerie art style......"

Ronan looked at Billy the puppet and said, "James, since you want to make a new style of horror film, I suggest you give up all of this related to Saw Horror." ”

Wen Ziren lowered his head and stared at the puppet proportions, as if he was lost in thought.

"As far as I know, horror films in the East are usually about ghosts. Ronan continued: "There are also themes in the West that have this theme. ”

Wen Ziren said: "Ghosts?

Ronan said: "For example, if a family stays in a haunted house and encounters a supernatural attack, there should be many similar rumors in the East and the West. ”

"I have it in my hometown. Wen Ziren said very seriously: "After coming to North America, I have heard a lot of such rumors, and Ray Warner and I have also visited several rumored haunted houses in Los Angeles. ”

Ronan picked up the information that had been collected a long time ago and handed it to Wen Ziren first: "Shahai Entertainment is creating a drama series about terrorist events in the United States, collecting a lot of rumored supernatural and ghost incidents in North America, and some of them I think are more suitable for filming, so I specially selected them, you can take a look, maybe it can give you a little inspiration." ”

Wen Ziren took the information and looked at it, this is a common type in North American supernatural legends, the family happily moved to a new house, and suddenly a lot of strange things happened, the boy in the family had an accident and fell unconscious, and after a few months, there was still no doctor who could put forward a reasonable explanation for the phenomenon of the boy being unconscious.

During this time, things that were wrong and inexplicable began to happen to the house, and they moved again in order to escape a series of strange events, only to find out that it was not the house that was wrong, and finally had to bring in special people......

"This kind of rumor is arguably one of the most common paranormal horror rumors in North America, and there are various similar versions among the people, and the public acceptance is very high, because similar rumors are all around them," Ronan said. ”

Wen Ziren said with a smile: "Yes, I have also heard and seen similar ones, although they are not exactly the same, but they are generally the same." He put away the puppet Billy: "I'm going to take a closer look at this with Ray Werner." ”

"And so. Ronan handed the second document to Wen Ziren, which also contained a book: "This is Andra Perron's horror "True Story: The House of Light, the House of Light", the copyright is already in the hands of Shahai Entertainment, according to the author's own description, this is based on real events. ”

He thought for a moment and added, "It's said to be a real incident that happened on the Warrens' farm. ”

Wen Ziren remembers hearing the name: "Mr. and Mrs. Warren?"

Ronan elaborated: "Ed Warren and Rowling Warren, the founders of the New England Association for the Study of the Mind, an American paranormal investigator and writer, have investigated many famous haunted events, and they also have a Warren Mystery Museum to their name. ”

Wen Ziren suddenly realized: "It's them, I've heard of it too." They have written numerous books on the paranormal and related private investigative reports, and claim to have investigated more than 10,000 cases in their careers, and were among the first to investigate the controversial Amityville haunting. ”

"The Amityville Haunting?" Ronan was a little confused.

"A couple in New York said decades ago that their house was attached to something violent and evil, and it was so bad that they had to move out of it," Wen explains. Many paranormal experts went to investigate, and some said it was a hoax, but Rowling Warren always insisted that there were evil spirits in the house. The 1977 book "The House of the Dead" and the 1979 and 2005 film of the same name, "Devil May Cry", are based on this event. ”

Ronan said: "James, let's not discuss the truth or falsehood, but in terms of film adaptation, don't you think the Warrens are very good movie protagonists?"

Wen Ziren thought for a while, recalled what he knew about the couple's behavior, and said: "They are simply natural movie protagonists!"

"We can take a lot of events as real, and the Warrens are some of the world's best paranormal experts......

Wen Ziren was clearly inspired, saying: "Combining the special effects, religion and music of Western horror films with Eastern mysteries and hints creates an even more eerie atmosphere......

He looked at Ronan, "Are the Warrens still alive? I want to visit them in person!"

Ronan pointed to the information handed to Wen Ziren: "There are their addresses and specific contact information on it, the people of Shahai Entertainment have already contacted them, they are very happy to see their lives brought to the big screen, if you want to visit them, let George Clint send someone to accompany you." ”

"Okay. Wen Ziren seemed to be unable to sit still.

Ronan reminded: "Don't worry, you can bring back these two parts of the information." James, you should do your research to see if you can adapt the movie, and if you adapt the movie, can you put it in the same background. ”

Wen Ziren glanced at the two documents one after another, and asked with a little surprise: "The same background?"

Ronan said simply: "It's in the background of the movie, they are in the same world, for example, in the first part of the document, the professionals that the family hired for their son can be the Warrens." Another example is the collection of some supernatural and terrifying items in the Warrens' mysterious museum, which can be taken out separately to make a movie. ”

Wen Ziren roughly understood: "It seems to be feasible." ”

Ronan reminded, "In this regard, we can call it the same universe or the same earth. James, don't you know if you read superhero comics?"

Wen Ziren smiled embarrassedly: "I basically haven't seen it." ”

"Well, you go to George Clint. Ronan felt that it was more intuitive to let Wen Ziren go directly to the relevant plan: "If you sign a secret jump, you can see a huge plan about the movie, and you will understand what I am talking about after watching it." ”

Wen Ziren glanced at his watch and seemed to be impatient: "I'm going to Shahai Entertainment to find George Clint." ”