After the large-scale release of "Hard Candy", it got 15.65 million at the box office on Friday, and 12.23 million on Saturday, still beating the 10.75 million of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" to win the single-day box office.

At the box office on Sunday, "Hard Fruit Candy" had a certain decline, and only got 7.34 million.

But even so, 7.34 million surpassed the 6.72 million of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and the 6 million of "Kill Bill" to win the single-day box office for the third consecutive day.

"Hard Candy" also won the single-week box office championship with a single-week box office result of 36.12 million in the second week, beating the single-week 28.11 million of the newly released "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Kill Bill" with 14.55 million.

This result far exceeded the expectations of "Fruit Hard Candy" before its release, with a box office of 65.1 million in ten days of release, which is the box office of "Fruit Hard Candy" with a cost of only 1 million.

And "Runaway Jury", which cost 60 million for the film released by 20th Century Fox, only received 11.84 million in the first three days, which is a box office report card that is destined to lose money.

"The First Weekly Champion Is By No Means the End" - "The Hollywood Reporter" said: "Last week's accident case made the weekly box office champion that should have been in hand a regret, and "Hard Candy", which had been off for almost four days, showed a fierce and unstoppable side.

has made his own way in a number of films, and the unexpected case has become the best publicity weapon for "Hard Candy" under excellent public relations.

With a cost of $36.12 million and a cost of $1 million in a single week, this is the first film in Justin Chen's career to win the weekly box office. This is just the beginning, not the end!"

"Variety" magazine, which is as famous as "The Hollywood Reporter", also talked about Chen Tian in the latest issue. Not only praise for "Hard Fruit Candy". also mentioned Chen Tian's excellent ability in screenwriting and directing.

And "Super Burger King" also officially refreshed the box office record of North American documentaries with a box office score of 24.23 million.

The successive successes of "Hard Fruit Candy" and "Super Burger King", coupled with the scandal with Jessica Alba, Chen Tian has become the most exposed person in Hollywood during this time.

When Chen Tian returned to Los Angeles, Wen Ziren came with news.

By the time he traveled to Boston, filming of Saw was complete, and post-editing was complete.

Driving the Hummer, Chen Tian prepared to go to the rented theater screening room next to Sunset Boulevard.

There, Chen Tian will see the new "Chainsaw". Just as Chen Tian drove to Sunset Avenue, his mobile phone rang.

"Tom Thornberg?"

Pulling the car over the side of the road, Chen Tian took out his mobile phone.

"Justin, congratulations on the big sales of "Hard Candy" and "Burger King", and the sales of DVDs and Blu-rays of "Buried Alive" also started last week, and the results are not bad.

You are his creator and I feel compelled to share with you that the past week has reached 30 million sales. ”

30 million sales, it sounds good, but this result is far from being compared with some blockbusters, Mission Impossible 3DVD sales day. Single-day sales are said to have reached 100 million.

Listening to Tom Thornberg's tone, Chen Tian didn't think that he was just trying to tell him about the excellent results of "Buried Alive".

What's more, the CD of "Buried Alive" sells well. This part of the income has nothing to do with Chen Tian, the sharing agreement signed between Chen Tian and Lionsgate was only a box office share, and all other revenues belonged to Lionsgate.

"Tom, we're old friends, let's talk about something. ”

Tom Thornberg on the other end of the phone touched his nose a little embarrassed, because the CD sales of "Buried Alive" were very good.

Coupled with the excellence of "Super Burger King" and "Hard Fruit Candy", the idea of Lionsgate's top management was further strengthened.

James Bucky failed to bring Chen Tian back to work with Lionsgate within the time limit, and the top management has decided to fire James Budge.

This result was completely unexpected by Lionsgate, and although it was originally mentioned at the meeting, it was not expected to be actually done.

Tom Thornberg had seen the script for "Saw", and he thought that the film Lionsgate would be released.

But Lionsgate's partnership with Chen Tian was so short-lived that Tom Thornberg forgot about it for a while.

It wasn't until yesterday that he saw a reporter interviewing David Ellison, and David Ellison's revelation reminded Tom Thornberg of this.

He remembered that Chen Tian had said that Wen Ziren's ability was very good, and he was very interested in the script before.

So he made this call, ready to test Chen Tian's meaning.

Of course, there is another important factor that cannot be ignored, and that is that Chairman Steve Bickers has spoken to him.

If Chen Tian can be brought back to work with Lionsgate, then he will be promoted to deputy general manager of Lionsgate, and at the same time serve as the head of the film buying department.

This was a huge temptation for Tom Thornberg, and he wanted to try it.

"Justin, James Bucky has been fired, and there should be news in the next two days, which says a lot about our Lionsgate attitude, and I want you to think about it.

I've heard that Saw is finished, I've read the script, it's exactly what we love and are good at, and I hope we have a chance to work together.

After all, your collaboration with MGM is not fixed, and you have other options, don't you?

MGM has a lot of film reviews released, and you also have "Little Sunshine Beauty" to hand over to them, and "Chainsaw" is what we are good at, and I think it is no worse than them to hand it over to us.

And this time we can give the maximum amount of agreement, as long as you bring it up, there is room for negotiation. ”

"As long as I bring it up, there is room for negotiation?"

"Yes, that's what Lionsgate is all about, and what we want at Lionsgate is not for you to work with us all the time, but for a chance to at least compete fairly with other companies!" Tom Thornberg said in a firm tone.

What he can do now is to pull Chen Tian over little by little, cooperate first, and then talk about whether he wants to cooperate stably for a long time in the future.

"Tom, though we are friends, you know that now I am the one being pursued, just as a man pursues a woman, even though I don't like the analogy.

You want me to cooperate with you, and how many conditions are you willing to offer. ”

Chen Tian didn't want to give up the initiative, so he simply asked Lionsgate to make conditions.

Although he and Lionsgate only collaborated on "Buried Alive", the cooperation was quite pleasant.

If it weren't for James Budge's intervention, Chen Tian would not have broken up with Lionsgate.

As Tom Thornberg said, Lionsgate's ability to distribute thrillers and horror films is unique, and that's what Lionsgate relies on.

Now James Budge is gone, and Lionsgate is once again talking about friendly cooperation.

Chen Tian is also unwilling to completely break with the Lion Gate, at least the transaction will not be benevolent.

"30% of the North American box office, 40% for DVD and Blu-ray Discs, both of which are given to you.

We will bear a series of expenses such as publicity, distribution, guilds, and copies, and we will also give you the director's fee and screenwriter's fee. ”

Tom Thornberg's proposal made Chen Tian gasp, Lionsgate was really ruthless this time, such a proposal is completely crazy. (To be continued......)

PS: The first update, there is another one later!