"This Man is from Earth" entered the November schedule, and it took less than a month from filming to release, which made everyone feel crazy.

No one is as fast as Chen Tian, even though it's only a low-budget film.

The November schedule is close to the hottest schedule of the year in the entire film market, Christmas, which runs from Thanksgiving at the end of November to the end of Christmas.

Although the release date has not yet reached Thanksgiving, the film market has gradually shaken off the downturn of the fall schedule.

Coupled with the release of "The Matrix 3", this schedule will get more attention from fans.

But Chen Tian's "This Man from Earth" is not favored to enter this schedule, and "The Matrix 3" is destined to seize most of the box office in the market in the eyes of everyone.

And "The Matrix 3" is a real special effects sci-fi blockbuster, the first two "The Matrix" released in 1999 "The Matrix 1" and "The Matrix 2" released in May this year have a total global box office of $1.2 billion.

The global influence is at the top level, and the sales of VCD, DVD and related game products are also booming.

"The Matrix 3" has received the attention of countless fans before it was released, compared with such a real special effects blockbuster.

Shooting in just seven hours, plus post-production took less than three days and less than $100,000 to make, "This Man Is From Earth" looks like a joke.

It doesn't take much time to think about it, and 90% of people will make a choice between watching The Matrix 3.

The remaining 10 percent are die-hard fans of Tian Chen, Natalie Portman, and some curiosity seekers who want to see what "This Man Is From Earth" really is.

Chen Tian was not surprised by such a situation.

If this is not the case. Chen Tiancai was surprised.

"Justin. No one is optimistic about us now. Scarlett Johansson waved the newspaper in her hand. The page is full of news about "This Man is from Earth".

"I don't want them to look up to me, I wish they weren't.

It's best to associate us with The Matrix 3 every time, and I don't mind being used as a negative textbook.

I'm a fool if I don't want free publicity. Chen Tian said with a smile.

Just as Chen Tian thought, whether it is the promotion of "The Matrix 3" in the newspaper, or the discussion of "The Matrix 3" on the forum, there will be some people mentioning "This Man is from Earth".

Subtly, it is equivalent to changing the direction to promote "This Man is from Earth", once "The Matrix 3" has a bad reputation like later generations.

The box office took a big dive in the second week, and that was when "This Man is from Earth" began to explode.

Later, Chen Tian will talk to Eric Lomis about cooperation. As long as the negotiation is completed, then in the publicity, Chen Tian will suggest that MGM should not forget to hug "The Matrix 3" for bundled promotion.

"Wait a minute, go see that little fellow Edda, she must miss you so much.

I'll go shopping with you in the afternoon, and I'll meet Eric later to talk about the release.

By the way, Nata, she's going to fly to Melbourne, or you should send her off. ”

Scarlett glared at Chen Tian: "I don't need you to say that I know how to go and see it, Nata, I will send it away, you don't have to worry about it, in fact, it's also very good for you to send it, continue to fantasize about the media, that will also be conducive to publicity." ”

"Forget it. It's still important to get down to business, so I'll go first. Chen Tian took the sample and went to MGM.

What Chen Tian didn't expect was. In the screening room of MGM, Chen Tian met Tom Thornberg and Nicky Rocco.

Because only Eric Lomis contacted him, Chen Tian thought that only MGM was interested in working with him this time, but he didn't expect to meet Lionsgate and Universal people here.

"Justin, your expression is surprised, don't you welcome us?" said Tom Thornberg with a smile.

"I'm not as good as Eric or Tom, but I'm a new friend, and I think you're going to welcome us, aren't you?"

Chen Tian laughed: "Of course it won't be unwelcome, but this is not my home field, this is Eric's place." ”

Eric Lomis spreads his hands: "It's ours, but you're our protagonist, and we'd all love to see the Miracle Movie." ”

Chen Tian didn't think much about it, and directly handed over the sample to the staff.

All four sat down, and the film was quickly screened.

The poorly produced "This Man from Earth" made Eric Lomis frown, but it was relieved to think that the shoot had been completed in seven hours.

The plot at the beginning is very simple, and there is nothing too brilliant about it.

The male protagonist, John, proposes to discuss the possibility of a person living from the Paleolithic to the modern age, and several professors begin to discuss this possibility.

The professor of biology even proposed the possibility of this from the perspective of the internal structure of the human body and the metabolism of the body.

However, John doesn't seem to be joking, and keeps coming up with his own explanations in the face of doubt.

The three people in the screening room, Eric Lomis, were also not optimistic at the beginning, and slowly entered the role of themselves as the audience.

From the beginning, I thought that Chen Tian's film was built on the basis of madness, and slowly followed the questions of several professors in the film and thought.

At the same time, I also look forward to what John's answer will be in the film, and after John's answer.

Like the professors, they wondered if John had seen it in the book.

Asked over and over again, answered over and over again, they have unconsciously decided that John is the one who has lived for 14,000 years.

They no longer question, but over the years.

John explained the landscape, the history, the religion, from the vast plains to the mountains and peaks, from Columbus to Jesus, everything made sense.

Chen Tian takes advantage of this, and once the audience is substituted, then they will think that the film is a wonderful film.

When the film comes to the second half. When they are listening distractedly. The psychologist suddenly asks John to stop this frivolous lie.

John said. End of story.

Despite feeling some regrets, all three of them felt that it was an excellent low-budget film.

But they always felt that something was missing, even if the last 80 minutes had benefited them a lot.

Just when the friends were leaving one after another, the three of them also had a slight characterization of "This Man is from Earth" in their hearts.

The film was an excellent feature film, but they didn't think it would be too high at the box office.

It is impossible to reach at least 100 million, unless some miracle happens.

Linked to Chen Tian and the New York Post's naked bet, then Chen Tian's naked running is basically inevitable.

Minutes into the final minutes of the film, Waltz's John and Natalie Portman are standing outside the house. There was a conversation.

Natalie Portman's heroine apparently believes Waltz's 140th-century story, and when John drives away, Natalie Portman decides to leave with John.

Such an ending seems too banal to them, and there is a lot of difference between it and the wonderful plot built by language at the beginning of the film.

This inevitably disappointed the three of them, and in their opinion, Chen Tian should be able to direct a pretty good film.

Eric Lomis turned his head to look at Tom Thornberg and Nicky Rocco, and he thought they should have the same idea as he did.

But when I think about it, Chen Tian's film only cost $100,000, and it only took seven hours, so I don't think it's that bad.

That's when Natalie Portman got into John's car, and the psychologist Gruber saw a book drop on the floor.

When he turned the page, his expression immediately changed.

The camera immediately gives a close-up, and the photograph and caption on the page clearly show: "My son Gruber." Love your dad forever, John Thomas Patti. ”

The photo shows a black and white photo of a family of three, and it looks very happy.

This one changed suddenly. The three of them were surprised, if they thought that this good film was ruined by the ending.

Then this unexpected ending lights up the whole film, raising the film from a passing score to a score of 9.

Gruber walked out of the house, and John Odom carried Sandy away in the dim light.

With complicated eyes, reluctant and entangled, Gruber looked at the car in the distance with a sideways face.

The camera gradually lengthens, and the license plate gets farther and farther away.

A tear ran down from the corner of Gruber's eye, and the car grew farther and smaller.

Eventually, it vanished, and the screen went dark.

The screen soon came back on, and Eric Lomis reminisced about the whole film.

The last ending is enough to increase the box office of this film a lot, which is the biggest difference between a good ending and a bad ending.

It is this ending that makes all the words of John come true throughout the film.

It's obviously hard to get through the film all over again, and this ending makes those who like the film and want to figure it out walk into the theater for the second or even third time.

Chen Tian was not in a hurry, he felt that they should be able to see the excellence of this film.

Eric Lomis applauded and exclaimed, "Justin, you are truly a miracle director!"

"Eric you robbed me of the word, Justin This is a real sci-fi film, and its plot has firmly captured my heart. Nicky Rocco continued.

He doesn't have much expectation for this film, what he wants is to hook up with Chen Tian and let Chen Tian help direct Universal's "Master Key".

However, this film gave him an unexpected joy, in the era of special effects sci-fi blockbusters, the appearance of "This Man is from Earth" undoubtedly gives people another feeling.

This reminds him of "Twelve Angry Men" decades ago, if nothing else, then it is not a fantasy that this film is properly promoted and has a box office of more than 50 million.

However, 100 million box office is not much possible in Nicky Rocco's opinion, and Tom Thornberg on the other side has similar ideas with both of them.

"Justin, Nicky and I are here today.

I think you know what we're here for. Tom Thornberg gestured to the screen.

Chen Tian nodded: "Of course I understand, no matter who publishes it."

I've prepared a release plan, including the two music videos I shot yesterday. ”

Eric Lomis glanced at Tom Thornberg and Nicky Rocco. All three understood each other's thoughts.

Eric Lomis groaned, "Justin. It's an excellent film. A real sci-fi film.

It's not like what we think of as a sci-fi thriller, but Justin, you know that it's really hard to get over $100 million. ”

"I know it's hard, but it's not like it's not at all. Of course, Chen Tian himself knows how difficult it is for a science fiction film like "This Man is from Earth" to be very high at the box office.

The three of them all looked at Chen Tian, and they heard a trace of confidence in the box office from Chen Tian's tone.

"What if 'The Matrix 3' is bad at the box office? How about we use 'The Matrix 3's science fiction film with only special effects?

At the same time, I think you also feel how interesting John's words are.

You must also want to know whether John's words are true or not, but you can't fully read them once, can you?

Someone who really loves it won't be stingy with $7 to go to the theater a few more times, will they?"

Tom Thornberg nodded: "Justin." We also know that this can drive the box office, but it's still not enough to keep you from running naked. ”

"That's going to call for publicity, bigger publicity, and NBC Radio will help us get the word out, and it's prime time. ”

Eric Lomis didn't expect Chen Tian to contact NBC Radio himself: "NBC Radio prime-time promotion?

"They gave me a million dollars. Chen Tian replied with a smile.

"NBC gave you a million back? Justin, how did you do that?" Nicky Rocco couldn't believe it.

Generally, they release trailers on platforms like NBC, or in prime time, and it is impossible to win without three or four million.

But instead of spending money, Chen Tian got a sum of money from NBC.

"Nata's music video is on NBC, and I'll add a 30-second trailer after the music video is at its highest.

Now I'm also ready to give Scarlett's music video to NBC. This time it's a free giveaway, and maybe a long-term relationship can be established.

In addition, I will cooperate with "World News Weekly". They are supermarket tabloids though.

But you must know how wide their coverage is, and they will continue to report the news of eternal life in the newspapers. ”

They didn't expect Chen Tian to publicize the plan and think so much, which undoubtedly saved them a lot of time.

Chen Tian continued: "Don't forget to bundle publicity with "The Matrix 3", elevate them to belittle us, or highlight our characteristics, and then actively pull Nata and my fans into the film.

The most important thing is word-of-mouth, and we need good word-of-mouth publicity from the media. ”

If you really follow Chen Tian's propaganda, and then invest a lot of advertising on the plane, on the Internet, outdoor billboards and radio, then the box office will be greatly improved.

Yesterday, the three of them had already negotiated, and the three of them jointly released the film.

This will undoubtedly maximize the influence and exposure of this film, and this film is destined to go for a long time, and once it goes for a long time, it will accumulate box office little by little.

So when this film goes offline, the box office is definitely a figure that can be expected, although there may still be some distance from 100 million yuan.

This film fully shows Chen Tian's directing skills, although it is based on the script adapted from the original book.

Eric Lomis has already thought about it, and will privately tell Chen Tian that MGM can take out one million or even five million to boost the box office, so as to build a stronger relationship with Chen Tian.

"Justin, the three of us have already figured it out, and we want to release this film together. Tom Thornberg brought it up.

"Joint issuance, the three of you together?" Chen Tian didn't expect this to be the result.

Tom Thornberg nodded: "Yes, we've already thought about it, but Justin, you also know that this film is destined to be niche."

If you like it, you will like it, but you won't like it, so the box office will definitely not be as optimistic as "Hard Candy" and "Buried Alive".

The three of us release it together to maximize the publicity of it, and we hope you don't lose the game.

We will give you a 40% share of the income from DVDs and other aspects, and you will take 5% of the North American box office if it exceeds 20 million, and 10% if it exceeds 50 million.

If it exceeds 100 million US dollars, it will be 20%, 10% at the overseas box office, and 10% for TV on demand.

The three of us bear all the publicity costs, and we will give you the adaptation fee and the screenwriter and director fee, and we will give you 10 million for these two aspects.

Justin, what do you think of this proposal, I know that this proposal is a bit different from the agreement between us regarding Chainsaw.

But Justin hopes you understand, after all, the audience for this film is a bit small. ”

Yesterday, while they were chatting, they came up with several sharing agreements.

After watching the film today, they felt that the DVD sales would definitely not be too high, and the box office was the big one.

So Tom Thornberg came up with the idea of a 40% DVD split, and the probability of a box office of $100 million is unlikely.

Even if it reaches 100 million, the three of them will only have to give Chen Tian 20 million, so that the three of them can almost share more than 10 million.

Tom Thornberg roughly estimated that after the three companies in this film remove everything, the costs should be no problem if the profits add up to 30 million.

Although it is not a very large number, it is already objective.

The important thing is that the reputation of this film is that they can predict that it will probably be excellent, and that is what they want to see.

Chen Tian thought about it, the three joint issuances can indeed maximize their influence, which is what he needs.

Although the income can be predicted and cannot be compared with "Buried Alive", the word of mouth is the most important thing.

"OK! I agree! I hope the cooperation is pleasant, I really don't want to run naked, so you ......" Chen Tian shrugged with a smile.

"Don't worry, the three of us will show the greatest sincerity to publicize, and if you run naked, we will mobilize people to block everyone's sight. Nicky Rocco said with a smile. (To be continued......)

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