Chapter 970: Prelude to the Release
"More than 10 million? You say more than 10 million?" Anna couldn't cry or laugh, sure enough, Cameron's product is really unreliable, that's 500 million dollars, and there are only more than 10 million left in this product.
This reminded her of a sentence in the director's world: Don't give Cameron too much money, because no matter how much money he has, he can spend it for you, and he can leave you speechless.
She finally understood what it meant. Cameron, a technology maniac, really doesn't treat money as his own, and he doesn't feel distressed to use it, right?
No wonder "Avatar" has not been completed for more than a year, obviously because of insufficient funds, and investors are unwilling to reinvest.
You must know that the initial budget of "Avatar" was only 200 million US dollars, and in the end, it was close to 400 million, and this is still not including the cost of publicity.
The investors are obviously empty, 400 million US dollars, according to the share of American films, at least twice as much, 800 million US dollars to recover the cost.
800 million, how many movies can reach this box office in this era.
Therefore, the investors are empty, because of insufficient funds, the post-production of "Avatar" has only taken more than a year, and it has not been completed yet.
If these guys were bold and daring to invest, "Avatar" would have been produced a long time ago and might have been released, so how could her "The Last Days" still win the top spot in 3D movies?
However, she is also full of speechlessness. A movie cost nearly $500 million, and she didn't know what else to say.
It's also that she has absolute confidence in her own movies, and she doesn't have a very serious concept of money, otherwise, she might have been angry a long time ago, right?
"Okay, James, tell me where you're spending your money. I've been following up, and it looks like $400 million is about the same, isn't it? The publicity cost is not much, it's about 30 million. Anna asked.
Seeing that Anna had no tendency to get angry, Cameron breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "400 million dollars, it's no problem to complete the production of the movie, the 100 million you gave me, I used 30 million to promote, and the rest ...... Ahem, I think the movie still has some things that could be improved, so ......"
"Hey, I've got you. Anna sighed with a headache, but she didn't blame him, after all, what he did was for the movie. It is worth the extra money to make the movie better.
Moreover, when she gave this hundred million dollars, she didn't think about how much Cameron had left.
"But you remember, this is the last time, and the remaining 10 million yuan, you can do it yourself. Anna reminded, "If you don't run out of enough, you'll have to figure it out on your own, and I don't have anything to spare." ”
"OK, I see. Cameron laughed.
The movie has been completely done, and there is no place to use the money, so let's wait for the crazy money!
Of the more than 10 million, he planned to use it to organize a celebration banquet, and he even booked a hotel.
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The movie will be released in less than half a month, and the crew of "The Last Days" has begun its final efforts.
After a word from the top boss, Universal Universal, one of the six major film factories in Hollywood, was going crazy, and he tried his best to vigorously promote "The End of the World".
For a while, the entire film industry seemed to be occupied by "The Last Days". It's all over the news about the film.
The Internet, newspapers, even street advertisements, posters posted on the subway, etc., are all "The End of the World", and those who follow the movie all know that this super production is about to be released. Even people who don't pay much attention to movies are intrigued.
On June 7, a week in advance, the pre-sale of movie tickets for "The Last Days" officially began, and movie fans frantically gathered around.
Thousands of 3D screens across the United States, hundreds of thousands of times, four shows a day, and all the tickets for the first day were sold in just one hour. Two hours later, the next day's movie tickets were 80 percent sold.
Three hours later, the tickets for the second day were sold out, and 60 percent of the tickets were pre-sold on the third day......
Day 4, Day 5......
On June 7, this day, it only took one day for all the movie tickets for "The Last Days" for the next week to be sold out.
Those with a lot of curiosity calculated that a standard 3D screen is 200 seats, and four shows a day is 800. In a week, that's 5,600, and nearly 4,000 screens in the United States, that's 22,004......
3D movie tickets are more expensive than 2D, generally costing 15 to 20 dollars each, so ......
That's $300 million to $500 million......
Everyone was stupefied by the number. It's just the United States, and it's still a week's box office results. Even if it's a little different, it's not much.
It's just three to five hundred million a week, how many are there in that month?
800 million, or a billion, or ...... Higher?
And that's just the United States, but what about the whole world?
People are looking to other countries.
This time, Universal did its best, and there was even the shadow of the Zheng Group, so in the end, "The End of the World 1 - The Beginning" was released worldwide.
China, Japan, India, Europe, Australia...... All countries, released on the 15th of reunification, no country is different.
So, in these countries, movie tickets for "The Last Days" are also on sale.
The result, of course, was a big deal, and almost every national movie ticket was sold out on the same day.
Especially in South Korea, because Anna has too many fans, coupled with the extreme nationalism of Korean instincts, under the slogan of supporting quiet, the movie tickets were really robbed crazy when they came out, and even a ticket office was smashed by crazy fans because there were no tickets.
On the Internet, a scalper ticket was also copied to a sky-high price......
Based on China's huge population base and huge market, there are more 3D cinemas in China than in the United States.
And the tickets are also selling very well, even if they are not as crazy as in Korea, but they are all sold.
This time, thanks to the full promotion of "The End of the World" during this time, the whole world is his shadow, and Huaxia is no exception.
And this time, the Zheng family secretly contributed, and the Huaxia officials, who have always been strict with foreign films, also relaxed the system, turning a blind eye, so that "The Last Days" could quickly arrange a schedule in China.
At this point, "The Last Days" is finally ready and waiting for the next release.
However, there has to be a premiere ceremony before the release.
The so-called premiere is to choose a theater before the official release of the movie, invite some celebrities, and those well-known film critics to watch some movie trailers, or a complete movie.
Then use these people to promote the film, so as to increase the popularity of the movie.