Chapter 152: Word of Mouth Exploded
After the one-and-a-half-hour movie of "Begin Again, the song changes lives" was played, and when the black subtitles were raised, thunderous applause immediately rang out in Radio Music City.
Everyone couldn't help but stand up, and everyone around them wanted Sid and the main creators to congratulate, and the success of this film was undoubted.
Many viewers have left hot tears, just a few months after 911, such a "timely" movie came out, and it cannot but be said that it is the fusion of Sid's genius and inspiration that led to such an outstanding movie.
The premiere scene only appeared in the scene of the European film festival, and even after Sid and others took the stage to be interviewed by reporters, the excited applause of the audience lasted for 15 minutes.
The New York Times was touched to say, "This is Sid's perfect love letter to New York!"
The New Yorker enthusiastically praised, "This is the best musical movie since Singin' in the Rain!"
Whether it is the media or the audience, everyone is unanimously word-of-mouth.
This time, whether it is the East Coast or the West Coast media and filmmakers, they are all one-sided explosive praise, and it seems that it has been a long time since the North American film industry has caused such a film to cause such widespread praise.
In just one week, everyone knew about Sid's new film "Begin Again", and the film has been expanded from a small screening in New York to a nationwide release.
With the expansion of the scope of the release, more and more media and film critics have joined in, and everyone immediately understands Sid's "purpose" after watching it.
Even the less acclaimed media, such as The Hollywood Reporter, dare to say that the film is not perfect, but in terms of style and personality, it manages to be speechless, and the whole film is intoxicating.
It is said that things should be done according to the trend, and during the period from 2001 to 2002, the terrorist effect of 911 and the healing of the heart and soul were absolutely indisputable.
Released on the same day as "Begin Again", "A Beautiful Mind", which was just a large-scale premiere, was widely praised because of the same effect.
However, with the expansion of the release of "Begin Again, the song changes lives", its explosive word-of-mouth and popular effect immediately posed a huge threat to "A Beautiful Mind".
DreamWorks and Universal Pictures, which produced and distributed the film, immediately found it tricky.
Although "A Beautiful Mind" broke 100 million at the box office in two weeks because of the same effect of the soul bridger, the gradual expansion of the scope of the release of "Begin Again, the song changes lives" has come from behind under the dual effects of explosive word-of-mouth and hunger effect.
Just a week after its premiere, "Begin Again" has finally been released in 2,000 theaters across the United States.
In the first week of its large-scale release, it surpassed the 16 million of "A Beautiful Mind" with $19 million.
Whether it is the box office or evaluation, "Begin Again, the song changes your life" beat "A Beautiful Mind" and became the biggest upset since the awards season.
And just before Christmas, the Golden Globe Awards, the brightest before the Oscars, announced its list of nominees, among which "A Beautiful Mind" debuted with 6 nominations for Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress in the Drama category, Best Screenplay, and Best Film Score.
Nicole Kidman's "Moulin Rouge" also debuted with 6 nominations - Best Picture in a Musical Comedy, Best Director, Best Actor in a Musical Comedy, Best Actress in a Musical Comedy, Best Film Score and Best Original Song.
But in the end, Sid's new film "Begin Again" was included in the Golden Globe Awards for the first time, and it was nominated for 6 nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor in a Musical Comedy, Best Actress in a Musical Comedy, Best Screenplay, and Best Original Song.
This also makes this year's Golden Globe Awards a rare occurrence, the three films are all 6 nominations of super intense phenomenon, and it can be regarded as a big gift for Sid to be late at the Golden Globe Awards.
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Awards season continues, whether it's "Begin Again" or "A Beautiful Mind" or "The Lord of the Rings", the wheels of Hollywood are still moving forward, and no one can stop it, but you can decide how you use it and spend it.
"This ...... Shirley, am I misreading a zero?" Sid looked up and looked at Shirley Sandberg next to him with a puzzled expression.
Unlike other listed companies, the annual financial report of the Fire Lion Group is placed in December of each year to review and review the past year in detail, and annual rewards are also distributed to all employees according to the premiere status of the whole group.
Today is the annual financial report meeting of the Fire Lion Group, and the heads of various departments have attended.
Jon Fairheimer of Fire Lion Pictures, Old Man Charles of Fire Lion Television, Barry Weiss and Max Martin of Fire Lion Records.
There are not many people, but they are all the top heads of various departments.
And Sid just saw a dazzling number on the financial report, saying that he couldn't help but look up and ask Shirley.
Shirley looked down at her financial report, "If you're on the same page as mine, there's nothing wrong with that." ”
Sid took Shirley's financial report and looked at it again, yes, it was exactly the same as the number on his own data.
"So, we now have a ...... cumulative profit $10 billion?!" Sid asked hesitantly.
"That's right, even this number. Shirley Sandberg nodded affirmatively.
"Holy-Fu--!" Sid said bluntly, causing Shirley to roll her eyes, "Uh, I'm sorry. ”
Everyone else in the room smiled and shook their heads to indicate that it was okay.
"How can there be so many?" Sid, the boss, asked a funny question, but it was a curious question.
The real collectivization of the Fire Lion was only three years ago after Shirley joined and served as the COO of the group, even if the previous profits are added, it is difficult to imagine that in just four years, the Fire Lion Group has reaped such huge profits.
Not to mention the manufacturing industry, even the financial investment banks on Wall Street are difficult to have such high profits, no wonder so many people are squeezing their heads to climb into Hollywood!
"Ell, if Sid wants to know more about it, I can explain it, the detailed data and information are at the back of the financial statements. Under Shirley's guidance, Sid flipped through the back information.
"First of all, this total profit figure is not the income of the last year, but the sum of all the profits of the past four years. The television division accounted for 47.2% of this total profit, or $4.72 billion, of which the reality show division made a comprehensive profit of $3.15 billion. ”