Chapter 284: To Change the Sky

In the third week of "Saw Horror", it swept North America with a screening scale of 2,674 theaters.

Not only that, with the fermentation of word-of-mouth, the influence of the film is increasing day by day, and it has begun to land in Europe one after another.

Although the film is so horrific that many countries ban it from being released in theaters and can only be in the form of videotapes and DVDs, as a low-budget B-grade film, it can be screened worldwide, which is enough to show its success.

This week, in the face of competition from many commercial blockbusters such as "Christmas Grin" and "Breaking Bad 1", "Chainsaw" did not show weakness, with a single-week box office of $24.42 million!

Especially in the three days of the weekend, it swept $13.2 million at the box office, second only to the $17.62 million "Christmas Grin", $22.72 million "Little Ghost in Paris", and $13.36 million "Breaking Bad 1", ranking fourth!

even surpassed Sony's new film "The Sixth Day", and as for Miramax's "It's You", even if it is heavily promoted, it is not an opponent at all.

So far, the North American box office of "Chainsaw" has exceeded $30 million! Compared with "Soul Shifter", which has been released for more than three months, it is only $3 million less at the box office.

Next weekend, "Chainsaw" will usher in an even bigger challenge, Disney's suspense production "Undead", will be released soon!

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The original version of "Saw Horror" ran for two months and grossed $56 million at the North American box office, but that was in 2004.

The current "Chainsaw" is written and planned by Donn, and the director has been replaced by Zack Schneider, who has a more impactful picture style.

According to the prediction of the evaluation agency, the North American box office of the film is likely to exceed 80 million US dollars!

Although it can't be compared with last year's "Blair the Witch", everyone who understands knows that "Blair the Witch" relies on false propaganda and horror marketing, which to put it bluntly is to deceive consumers, and there is no persistence at all.

For example, this year's "Blair the Witch 2" hit the street directly.

Unlike "Saw Horror", this is a complete story with a lot of room for a sequel, far more remarkable than the prospects of "Blair the Witch".

Don went to New York to watch a Victoria's Secret show and delayed filming for two days, so this weekend, he honestly worked overtime in the crew to film.

In the bar, Nicole Kidman held a glass of wine and looked at the slightly sluggish young man in front of him with a smile, "You don't like to talk much, do you?"

Russell Crowe said nervously, "I can't tell you anything about work, Alicia. ”

Nicole Kidman shook her head, "I don't mean work. ”

Russell Crowe frowned and sighed, "I found that it takes a lot of effort to perfect my social skills. I sometimes spit in a more direct way, but it usually doesn't work well. ”

Nicole Kidman smiled and winked playfully, "Try it with me." ”

"Okay. Russell Crowe took a deep breath, "I think you're charming, you want to conquer me, and I feel that way....... But the traditions of the past require us to complete some trivial norms...... Well, I'll follow these rules of conduct before we make out. But actually, what I want most to do is to have sex with you as soon as possible!"

Nicole Kidman's eyes widened with surprise.

"Okay, this is over! The scenes in the bar are over, change the venue!"

Don waved his hand, stood up, and stretched.

The filming of "A Beautiful Mind" has come to an end, and if nothing else, it will be completed in two weeks.

The crew began to pack up their things and prepare to leave.

Russell Crowe came to Donn's side and asked in a low voice, "Director, next, can you shoot my scene first?"

"Huh?"

"Well, one of my new films, Evidence of Life, is going to be released on December 8th, and the distributor asked me to join the publicity team. ”

Don frowned, a little displeased, but suddenly thought of something, "Evidence of Life?"

"Yes, Warner is in charge of the distribution. ”

"You know, I've worked with Warners a little bit, so this movie, I know a little bit about it. Donn's expression was very cautious, vigilantly admonishing, "Russell, this movie...... I advise you to be cautious and keep a low profile. ”

Russell Crowe said: "I have a clear agreement with the distributor that I have to do the pre-promotion of the film. ”

"No, no, no, Russell, you're mistaken. In fact, "A Beautiful Mind" can be completed in two weeks, and if you shoot your scene first, you can complete the work within a week. I mean...... movie "Evidence of Life", the subject matter is too sensitive. Don spoke earnestly.

This is by no means alarmist.

In his previous life, it was because Russell Crowe starred in the film "Evidence of Life" that he directly angered the South American crime syndicate, offered a reward of $13 million, and clamored to kidnap him.

And there is no ransom, cut a finger every day, and after ten days, directly tear the ticket!

Such a terrorist threat directly shook Hollywood, and even the FBI personally stepped forward and sent agents to protect Russell Crowe for 3 months.

So much so that Russell Crowe was quite tired, trembling, and sullen when he received the Oscar for Best Actor.

Don didn't want to cause a butterfly effect because of his appearance, and let Russell Crowe die.

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On Wednesday, November 22, two more blockbusters hit the market, Disney's "Undead" and Twentieth Century Fox's "X-Men."

In the past two working days, "Saw" has grossed only $2.9 million, and in this situation, it is impossible to suppress "Undead" unless a miracle happens.

But......

Miracles, will it happen?

Now "Undead", starring Bruce Willis has once again exposed a scandal, and at the same time, another superhero movie "X-Men" has been introduced to the market.

The global box office of "Spider-Man" has exceeded $1.25 billion, how much will "X-Men" have? Even if it is only $250 million, it is enough to set off this Christmas file!

On the day of its premiere, the box office of "Undead Robbery" was 2.49 million, not to mention compared with "X-Men", which had a box office of 8.63 million US dollars, and "Christmas Grin", "Breaking Baby 1" and other old films are incomparable.

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Joe Ruth stood tremblingly in front of Michael Eisner, showing a smile that was more ugly than crying, "The box office of "Undead" is indeed not as good as "X-Men", but we surpassed "Chainsaw", isn't it? As for "X-Men", there is really no way, with the momentum of "Spider-Man", the market for this kind of comic superhero movies is hot. ”

Michael Eisner pointed at Joe Russ, looking at his shameless quibbles, and was speechless with anger.

"Saw Horror" grossed $1.46 million on the same day, which is indeed inferior to "Immortal", but is the box office data of the two movies so compared?

On the first day of its premiere, Disney's hard-working and painstaking commercial blockbuster was only $1 million more than the box office of Donn Pictures' three-week B-grade film "Chainsaw", so he was complacent and couldn't afford to lose this person!

You must know that "Chainsaw" is only the work of a subsidiary of Focus Pictures, a subsidiary of Down Pictures, and for Down Pictures, it is not in the stream at all!

And it is such a casual and shoddy production, which can be comparable to Disney's commercial blockbusters, which makes Disney, which has been shocking Hollywood for decades, where to put his face?

The movie promoted by Disney is actually at the same level as the movie of Tang En Pictures' Sun Company?

It's a shame!

In this case, you still have the face to make a big fuss!

"Fuck off, fuck me off!"

Michael Eisner was furious, and his anger was like a thunderbolt, and he erupted with great intimidation.

He thought of the ban order of Don Films, and thought of the pain he had suffered on Don in the past few months, all because of the person in front of him - Joe Ruth!

"Get out of here and never come back!"

Michael Eisner's voice, roaring in the office.

Joe Ruth had understood what he meant, and his dull face was full of woodenness.

What should come will come.

Disney's production department is about to change!