Chapter 33: A small box office hit
On May 2, 2002, the day after the premiere of "Chainsaw", many newspapers and magazines in North America reported on "Chainsaw".
"International Screen": An excessively young Chinese director, with an ingenious plot that breaks the more and more routine horror film model, "Chainsaw" is about to lead a new round of horror films with its amazing creativity.
IndieWIRE: There is no doubt that this is a horror movie comparable to "The Grim Reaper", and whether it is a classic or not may still need to be tested by the market and the audience, but the audience's reaction at the premiere is enough to show that "Chainsaw" is half the success of this low-budget horror movie!
"Complete Movie": Because of the low cost of production, and the extremely short shooting period (it is said that it takes less than 30 days from preparation to completion, which is an astonishing speed), the film is undoubtedly rough in some aspects, but the flaws are not concealed, and this small shortcoming does not hide its inner brilliance.
"Entertainment Weekly": The plot of "Chainsaw" is undoubtedly rigorous, the interlocking plot, and the suspense that advances layer by layer, all affect the hearts of the audience, this is a horror movie with no urine points throughout the whole process, in addition, this film is extremely bloody and terrifying, don't watch it for the faint of heart!
Most of the media comments are very pertinent and even praised, and even if there are some media criticisms, they are just grasping the roughness and other problems in the production of "Chainsaw".
And in the social circle of horror movie lovers, "Chainsaw" has become the most anticipated horror movie, especially after knowing that "Chainsaw" is about to be a small-scale movie in several cities, many horror movie lovers are even ready to drive dozens of kilometers to watch "Chainsaw".
In any case, thanks to the media publicity and the word-of-mouth spread of the audience at the first premiere, the fame of "Chainsaw" has been hit, and with the $4 million publicity fee, Galaxy Pictures has placed advertisements on many websites and American dramas.
Although it is not said that everyone knows everything, many people have a relatively clear concept of "Chainsaw", that is, there is a good horror movie to be released soon, called "Chainsaw", and being able to do this has proven that "Chainsaw" has been successful in publicity.
The rest is to wait for the large-scale release and let the audience go into the cinema to watch it, and then make an evaluation.
On the other side of the world, in the Huaxia region, in Shanghai, in the Yipin Huafu, in the Lin Mansion villa, at nine o'clock in the morning.
"Okay, okay, I know, I'm going to set off, and I'm expected to arrive at your company at about ten o'clock, and we'll talk about it then!" Lin Han said with his mobile phone, after hanging up, Lin Han walked out of his room and found Yang Yi, who was asking Old Sean how to cultivate flowers and plants.
"Yang Yi, change clothes, we're going to leave for Haohan Pictures." Seeing Yang Yi's calf wrapped in half-truncated white stockings, Lin Han secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said sternly on the surface.
Yang Yi felt that Lin Han's gaze stayed somewhere on his body for a short while, and somehow in his heart, he was in a good mood, but his face was impatient and said: "Okay, okay, I know!" Old Sean, that's all for today, I'll go to work first, bye-bye! ”
Old Sean smiled kindly and nodded, signaling Yang Yi to go to work quickly, and then took the scissors to prune the flowers and plants in the Lin Mansion villa, that elegant style, so that Lin Han had an illusion, as if Old Sean was the owner of this villa, that calm and calm, it was accumulated from generation to generation, and Lin Han couldn't learn it if he wanted to.
However, Lin Han was not interested in the aristocratic demeanor of old Sean, he was more interested in following behind Yang Yi, looking at the **** wrapped in her maid skirt with a very feminine taste as she walked, and then up, it was a small waist that suddenly shrank, and the curve of the small waist suddenly increased, and the traces of underwear were clearly visible, well, it was white today.
Lin Han hurriedly walked a few steps, and when he reached Yang Yi's side, he saw a trace of pure white from the slightly exposed short-sleeved cuffs, so he couldn't help muttering: "Hey, it's lace!" ”
Although Lin Han had tried his best to keep his voice low, the two were too close at the moment, and the Lin Mansion Villa was located in the depths of Yipin Huafu, with a quiet environment, so Lin Han's muttered words were heard word by word by Yang Yi.
Even though he was teased by Lin Han many times, at this moment, Yang Yi was told about the material of his underwear, and his face was still blushing, and there was a tendency to continue to spread to the neck.
"Little, little pervert! Hum! Yang Yi turned his head and glared at Lin Han a little annoyed, scolded in a low voice, and then raised his long legs and ran back to his room like a gust of wind.
"Uh......" Lin Han stayed in place, a little distracted, not because Yang Yi scolded him, but because of Yang Yi's shy and angry gaze, and the charm revealed in his eyes made Lin Han fall into it, and he almost couldn't extricate himself.
Touching his nose, Lin Han shook his head, turned around and went to find Li Qiang and them, and asked them to prepare their vehicles and prepare to set off for the Haohan Film Group.
More than ten minutes later, three Range Rovers drove out of Linfu Villa, drove away from Yipin Huafu Villa Community, and then drove all the way along the main road to the center of Shanghai.
At ten o'clock, Lin Han and his entourage came to the Haohan Film Group located in the business center, a hundred-storey building stands, Haohan Pictures and other subsidiaries of the parent company Haohan Group are among them, Haohan Pictures occupies the top ten floors, which can also know the status of Haohan Pictures within the group.
At the door, a male assistant led Lin Han and others into the elevator, and after he took out the access card to scan it and verify the palm print, the elevator slowly started.
Lin Han looked at it, yes, this is almost iris recognition, it is the same as the agent headquarters in the 007 movie, this vast film industry is really heavily guarded.
However, thinking about the events in Hollywood history that caused heavy losses to the movies released due to various leaks, Lin Han felt that it was not an exaggeration to be so careful with Haohan Pictures.
A good movie can create hundreds of millions or even billions of economic benefits, which are huge enough to be worthy of such strict precautions.
Without further ado, Lin Han and the others quickly arrived at the Haohan Film Company on the 80th floor, and at the elevator exit, they also passed through a security gate, and four elite security personnel stood by at any time.
"Hello, I'm Zhao Yunzhi who talked to you before, responsible for the specific matters of "Chainsaw" in the Eastern Market, let's go to the conference room first!" As soon as Lin Han and the others walked into the hall, a tall professional-dressed woman with five-point high heels on her feet greeted her, stretched out her hand and shook Lin Han's hand, and then led the way in front, quite vigorously.
Seeing Zhao Yunzhi's tall and charming back, Lin Han couldn't help but compare it with Yang Yi next to him, if Yang Yi is still a half-mature girl who has no personnel, then Zhao Yunzhi, a woman aged twenty-six or seven, is a ripe peach, the kind that comes out of the water when she pinchs it casually.
Of course, this is not to say that Zhao Yunzhi is the kind of casual woman, just that her maturity has a fatal attraction to men, especially for a man like Lin Han who has a sturdy youthful body and a mature soul, it is more like a pile of fire oil that fell into a little spark, and it is about to explode!
Yang Yi next to her naturally also saw that Lin Han's eyes were on Zhao Yunzhi in front, and somehow, her heart suddenly became sour, and then, she deliberately crossed Lin Han by half a step, and then straightened up her chest, she couldn't compare to the woman in front of her in height and maturity, but she also had her own advantages, that is, she was very big!
Sure enough, as soon as Yang Yi did this, Lin Han's eyes suddenly focused on Yang Yi's chest again, looking at the white rabbit that was about to jump out and jump, Lin Han suddenly felt that he was in the two heavens of ice and fire, and the feeling was painful and sour, just don't want it!
Finally arrived at the conference room, Lin Han was the first to rush in and sat down on the seat, Zhao Yunzhi glanced at Lin Han a little inexplicably, and then asked Lin Han and the others what they wanted to drink, Lin Han asked for a cup of tea, Yang Yi followed him, so Zhao Yunzhi went to make tea.
After drinking most of the cup of tea, the surging power in Lin Han's body calmed down, and then he spoke: "Okay, let's talk about the screening of "Chainsaw", I think this screening should be placed in the cinema theater under Haohan Pictures, because in this way to protect the film from ......."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Lin Han talked endlessly about various screenings, including possible problems and emergency plans, and most of the time Zhao Yunzhi, the representative of Haohan Pictures, was listening, occasionally asking a few questions.
The negotiations lasted from the morning to the afternoon, and after the two sides settled lunch in the staff cafeteria of the Haohan Group Building, they continued to discuss various matters related to the screening.
After discussion, the scale of the screening of "Chainsaw" this time is controlled on 1,000 screens of 500 movies in the theaters of Haohan Pictures, and at the same time, in order to avoid a head-to-head confrontation with the superhero blockbuster "Spider-Man" that will be released tomorrow, the large-scale screening time of "Chainsaw" is placed on Monday, May 6.
Although "Saw Horror" is good enough, "Spider-Man" is a super blockbuster production of 139 million US dollars, not to mention anything else, the total cost of "Chainsaw" is several streets away from the publicity cost alone, and Lin Han is not stupid, so he will naturally choose to avoid the edge for the time being.
On May 3rd, on the evening, Lin Han bought movie tickets with Yang Yi, Li Qiang and others, and went to the cinema to watch "Spider-Man".
Entering the cinema, Lin Han found that the situation was fine, because this was the first movie of "Spider-Man" to be released in China, and there was no strong feeling about "Spider-Man" in China, but under the large-scale publicity, there were still many audiences who were attracted to the cinema.
May 3 happened to be Friday again, so there were still a lot of people who brought family and friends into the theater to watch the movie at night.
From the 3rd to the 5th, "Spider-Man" quickly detonated the global film market for three days on the first weekend of its release, setting a number of records in box office history.
For example, "Spider-Man" is the first film in history to open to more than 100 million US dollars, breaking the opening record of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" of 91.3 million US dollars!
In the first three days of the first weekend, "Spider-Man" hit a box office of more than 200 million US dollars in dozens of markets around the world, including North America, China, and Europe.
And when "Spider-Man" swept the Quartet, on Monday, May 6, "Chainsaw" was quietly released, and when everyone's attention was attracted by "Spider-Man", "Chainsaw" won $1.5 million on the first day of screening in 20 theaters in several cities in North America, and it exploded at the box office!
In Lin Han's home field in China, "Chainsaw" was screened on a large scale on 1,000 screens in 500 theaters, and won 15 million yuan at the box office on the first day, equivalent to 3 million US dollars!
Lin Han, as a director, received a rough box office report from Haohan Pictures the next day, and his heart was suddenly relieved, there is no need to worry about the box office of "Chainsaw", and now Lin Han is thinking about how far "Chainsaw" can go and how much income he can create.
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