Chapter 41: Box Office Frenzy

More specially sent an assistant to make a statistic, about 30% of the audience who have watched this movie choose to watch it again, some people even watched it for one night, watched it no less than five times, and each show could not satisfy the audience outside, and finally Moore had to change "Blair the Witch" to the first screening hall, a large screening hall of 2,500 people, although 2,500 seats still could not meet the needs of the audience, but it could also be temporarily relieved. By early morning, the movie tickets for "Blair the Witch" had already sold out all the tickets for that night.

Here in Moore alone, after the box office statistics of 1,000 companies that earned more than 300,000 dollars in one night came out, it shocked their theatrical alliance and also shocked the top management of Warner Studios.

Overnight, a thousand movie theaters had a box office of $17 million

When Rory came to work early in the morning, he received a notice of a company meeting and sent him a report, which was the box office statistics of yesterday's "Blair the Witch".

Seventeen million dollars, making Rory feel like he was in a dream.

Rory still remembers that the week before, Warner cooperated with 500 movie theaters to screen it, and the box office was only 3 million a week, which was a typical case of loss, and many DreamWorks filmmakers gave examples of this movie when they gave examples of loss-making movies. Some people calculate that Warner will lose about 10 million, which is to include the box office in the next month. And Warner's total investment in this film is about 17 million dollars.

The theme of the meeting was also the film, and Rory became the focus because the film's collaboration with Warner was proposed and responsible. Previously, "Blair the Witch" hit the box office, and Rory was also reprimanded by the board of directors for this, risking his dismissal to fight for the prime-time screening on the first day.

Unexpectedly, it really achieved unexpected results, which is absolutely unexpected for everyone, of course, in the eyes of the rest of the company, Luo Rui is a discerning Bole, who has always advocated supporting this movie, and has also achieved good results at this time.

As for the box office hit the street in the previous week...... Who will remember?

The 20 million box office put "Blair the Witch" in 15th place on the weekly box office list. It seems to be relatively low, but with the current rising rate of the box office of "Blair the Witch", it may be able to catch up with the first place in less than a week.

It's like a thunderclap on the ground! Film companies and entertainment media throughout North America were shaken, and film critics and fans were also shaken, and they were speechless when they looked at the charts. Many people don't even know what type of movie "Blair the Witch" is? Sci-fi? Scary? Or is it a comedy?

"The dark horse of the box office - "Blair the Witch" created a box office of 17 million overnight"

"Nineteen-year-old director Chen Feng's first work "Blair the Witch" created a miracle of great reversal"

"Marvel at the classic horror movie "Blair the Witch""

"'The Miracle of China' leads the madness of the United States, and "Blair the Witch" may be a miracle."

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The headlines of the big exclamation points on the entertainment newspaper are very eye-catching, and every word is not far from Chen Feng and his movie "Blair the Witch".

"No one could have imagined that this film, which had a box office of only 3 million a week before, has been canceled by the exhibitors, and after the re-release, it broke out in one fell swoop and the box office exceeded 10 million overnight, reaching a height of 17 million, which is only the box office of 1,000 movie theaters, and their previous plan was only to show two shows but the audience has repeatedly asked for additional screenings, until now, these 1,000 movie theaters have been screened all day, and even some two screenings at the same time. It is unimaginable why this movie only achieved 3 million box office in the previous week, and it may be able to get 3 million box office every two hours at this time, this movie may be the biggest dark horse of the year, and the box office battle is even more intense" - DreamWorks Post.

The headline of DreamWorks Entertainment Weekly is a reflection on the film behind the film: "The Rise of Chinese Cinema? The general content of the article is "As we all know, the rice entertainment area has always been the mainstream of world entertainment, and the rice entertainment industry accounts for more than 50% of the world. However, the film that is now the core of the entertainment of the United States has been challenged by China. The debut of a nineteen-year-old director made the people of the United States 'frightened', and "Blair the Witch" challenged many American films as a dark horse, does this indicate the rise of the next generation of Chinese directors represented by Chen Feng, and bring a strong impact on the future of American films? ”

Of course, not everyone thinks "Blair the Witch" can scare people to death, and there are many media outlets that pour cold water, and Kevin, a film critic for the Los Angeles Times, said, "It's a boring movie, like a kid playing a game of 'acting director and actor'." His tone was vicious: "The performances of the male and female protagonists of the movie are extremely bad, and seeing them on the screen is like a disaster." The youngest director? Oh, that's a lucky little guy, but that's it, in another ten years, people may remember "Blair the Witch", but not Chen Feng. ”

Of course, this does not hinder the curiosity of the people of the United States for this movie, and the number of people watching the movie has not only not decreased, but also increased at a considerable rate.

In three days, the box office broke through the 50 million mark, and each of the 1,000 movie theaters had an average of two all-weather shows, and the theaters were full, and the movie tickets had been sold out a week in advance, and the fourth day would relieve too much pressure on the audience, because 3,000 movie theaters would release the film.

And Rory's film was also blown up, and many exhibitors came to the door to ask for cooperation in screening, including the 500 movie theater companies that first screened the film

The 500 movie theaters belonged to three companies, which by this time had become synonymous with Hollywood, because they almost buried a classic horror movie. Many newspapers have targeted the three companies for their lack of eyesight. And these three companies also can't say that when they were screened on the first day, the box office was indeed dismal, and then they made a decision together to fulfill the minimum contract. Unexpectedly, in the hands of Warner Bros. collaborators, it was only the prime time of the first day that exploded with huge box office appeal.

50 million box office in three days and this is only the income of 1,000 movie theaters, and the bosses of these three companies can't watch the dollars fly by without taking them, so they cheekily contacted Rory again to seek cooperation.

And other film companies want to cooperate with Warner, including Michael Mail, Universal, and other movie giants, but Lowry refuses them all, and idiots will give them the money.

Knowing this, DreamWorks' film companies were envious of Warner Pictures, and they quietly picked up a big leak. This time, Warner made at least tens of millions of dollars in profits from it.

On the fourth day of the release of "Blair the Witch", which was also the first day of large-scale release in 3,000 movie theaters, everyone was waiting for box office data.

Naturally, Rory received the news as soon as possible, and received a report from Warner Pictures early in the morning.

Twenty-three million.

Huhuhu...... Rory breathed a few times rapidly, his face flushed, and quickly took out the sedative medicine that was ready at any time from the drawer, swallowed the next two tablets, and then continued to read.

Confirm that you are not mistaken, the box office is 23 million US dollars! Add to that the previous $53 million, $86 million. $86 million a week, enough to reach fourth place at the box office.

"$23 million in a single day! Miracles continue to play out......" "Blair the Witch"! The box office has created a miracle again......"

"A classic, recognized by the world! The box office is unstoppable! ”

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The big titles attracted the attention of the people, and Chen Feng's name was also remembered by the people of the United States--- the youngest director in history, the future star of Huaguo.

When the news of "Blair the Witch" reaching $370 million at the final box office in the United States reached China, all the media were shocked. A box office of 370 million is also rare in the United States, let alone a foreign movie. You must know that in the past, it was all rice movies that conquered the box office of other countries, but few films from other countries could stand in the United States, let alone beat the local films of the United States and occupy the box office champion.

Huaguo entertainment media went crazy.

"One of the greatest overseas login movies in the history of China."

"Chen Feng --- the world's top director in the future."

"The rise of Chinese films is hopeful --- Chen Feng."

"An absolute classic--- 'Blair the Witch.'"

All kinds of eye-catching and gorgeous titles appeared in the eyes of the public, and all kinds of gorgeous words and praises were added to Chen Feng and "Blair the Witch". Huaguo has been silent for too long, it needs catharsis, it needs to erupt. Perhaps this is a turning point for Chinese films. Chinese movies are not as bad as imagined, so vulnerable. And those media who were originally satirical about "Blair the Witch" and Chen Feng fell silent.

Dongfang Yanran took the report and news newspaper in her hand, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice. Fortunately, the human resources manager at that time planned to watch the movie that Chen Feng brought at that time, and at the same time, he was secretly glad that he believed Chen Feng at that time and released this movie. This "Blair the Witch" has not only achieved great success in China, made Oriental Films earn a lot of profits, and made the Oriental Film brand appear in the eyes of the public again, but also achieved great success in overseas entertainment areas such as United States, and also laid a good foundation for Oriental Films to cooperate overseas.

Chen Feng, how can I thank you! Dongfang Yanran's mind once again appeared next to Chen Feng's delicate and extremely confident face.

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