On March 15th, Legend of the Night was officially screened in the United States, in fact, this is not a very good schedule, and the schedule in North America is divided into five, namely spring, summer, autumn and winter and Christmas.

Every year from January 3 to March 10 is the winter file, March 11 to May 6 is the spring file, about May 7 to September 5 is the long and hot summer file, September 6 began to enter the autumn file, and lasted until November 18. After that, the United States began to enter the holiday after the year, and North American movies began to gradually enter the Christmas file, which is actually called a holiday file, because during this time, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day, several of the most important holidays in North America are during this time.

Among them, the most important is the summer and autumn files and the festival files, the summer files and the autumn files are about three and a half months long, which plays a decisive role in the box office of the whole year, and the Christmas files are very important for those who want to hit the Oscar movies, and Christmas is also a time for the whole family, as the United States has become a culture of watching movies, at this time it is basically the whole family, and the summer files are naturally needless to say, the most free at this time of the year is naturally the children and young people who are on vacation, The viewing potential of this part of the population is extremely huge, especially a movie that children love to watch will inevitably lead to the participation of parents, so the entire summer file is a bridgehead for commercial blockbusters.

Basically, the number of films released in these three schedules accounts for 70% of the year, and the box office is basically this proportion.

The autumn and winter seasons are not so popular, because at this time, the weekends in North America are basically filled with major heavyweight sporting events (NBA All-Star, Major League Rugby, National Hockey League) and various awards activities (Oscars, Grammys, Emmys, Golden Globes, Directors Guild Awards, Los Angeles Film Critics Awards, etc.), occupying the audience's attention, and at the same time, as the main group of students, are busy with their studies at the moment, so this schedule is generally released some low-budget movies or independent productions distributed on behalf of others.

So why is it that such a big production as Legend of the Night is not put in the summer or autumn file and the spring file that is not favored is put down?

In fact, this is also a helpless move, because 99 is the last year before the millennium, and the major film companies are ready to make a big profit, and the competition in the summer file is particularly fierce, except for the same Su Zhen's work, Twilight who cooperated with Paramount, not to mention, the upcoming Star Wars prequel - Phantom Crisis in May is almost like a mountain that overwhelms major companies.

There is also a legend of gods and ghosts (mummy) before it, Su Zhen knows the amazing strength of this movie, if it is not unlucky to meet BT like Star Wars, it is unknown whether its box office can be doubled, Europe and the United States have always favored this kind of Indiana Jones-style film, not to mention that under the nose of a masterpiece like Star Wars, a movie that can still collect hundreds of millions of box office by relying on second-rate actors and second-rate directors will be weak?

June is even more exaggerated, Tarzan of the Apes, Fake Dad, and Ace Spy 2 came together, and Su Zhen had no confidence at all when he saw the names of these movies.

There are no big competitors in July, but the number of films released is too much, and many studios have hid until this month in order to avoid the threat of Star Wars and the pursuit of Tarzan, and it is crowded, especially the perverted witch Blair.

August? Excuse me...... Twilight is scheduled to release this month. At the same time, there is also a sixth sense, which is a masterpiece, and there is no place for it.

I won't talk about it later.,Elf Mouse Brother、Toy Story and other series of masterpieces.。

To fight to the death with these movies? Not to mention that Su Zhen disagreed, and Lionsgate was not happy, as a new company, Lionsgate was still counting on the dark night to open up the situation, and the major film companies were struggling, obviously there was no benefit, and after repeated consideration and discussion, the two sides set the schedule on March 15th, for what? Because there are no strong competitors at this time, secondly, at this time, the school is on spring break, which is the best schedule in spring.

Now Su Zhen understands a little bit about why the Matrix can get a higher box office than in his previous life when it was released last year, and the feeling is that the competition is too fierce this year, and this year's competitiveness is estimated to be that the Titanic is coming, and I am afraid that it will have to sink again.

On the night of the movie's release, Su Zhen also pulled Liu Shihua together, and found a nearby theater to watch the night, although he had watched it several times after the movie was made, but the main purpose of his visit this time was to observe the movie, because his reputation in Los Angeles was still relatively big, for fear of being discovered by tabloid reporters, Su Zhen still brought a big sunglasses, but no one recognized him.

Entered the theater, Liu Shihua volunteered to buy a ticket, Su Zhen was also happy, the United States because watching movies is already a culture, so the ticket price is not high, the ticket price at this time in 99 is only 5 US dollars, each ticket gives Coke and popcorn, very cost-effective, unlike watching a movie in China, it is a very luxurious thing for many poor students, Su Zhen remembered that he would pay fifty or sixty yuan for a movie ticket when he went to college in his last life, which was not cheap, and it was almost 10 dollars when it was calculated as a dollar, and he had to pay extra money to buy drinks and popcorn, What's even more pitiful is that Coke and popcorn are much more expensive than outside, and it costs almost 200 yuan to take his girlfriend to watch a movie.

When he entered the screening hall, Su Zhen found a very serious problem, Liu Shihua actually bought a couple's seat??? Seeing Liu Shihua sit directly in the booth, Su Zhen was dumbfounded, this is not sitting, not sitting.

"Why are you still stunned? Sit down! Liu Shihua looked at Su Zhensilly standing still, "What do you think, I bought a couple's seat just because the sofa is larger and more comfortable, and no one disturbs the booth, don't think about it."

Su Zhen thought about it, it seemed that it was like that, it seemed that he was thinking too much, so he sat down next to Liu Shihua.

Because it was dark in the screening room, Su Zhen didn't see that Liu Shihua's cheeks were already red.

The movie started, Su Zhen took a look, although the entire screening hall was not full, but the attendance rate basically reached 9 floors, and it seemed that the attendance rate was okay.

This dark night should be said to be very different from the original dark night, because except for the heroine Kate, from the male protagonist to the director to all the staff, it is a complete change inside and out. And Kate at this time is obviously younger, sexier and more attractive, the actor Matt Damon's performance is obviously much better than Scott Bidman, and director Zaxneid is obviously better than Len Wiseman in plot design and special effects, speaking of Zaxnyder becoming the director of this movie is quite dramatic, originally Snyder was still a MV director at this time, but his classmate Michael Bay has already become famous, Zhilu Dao only became famous after flopping "Dawn of the Living Dead" in 2003.

But even if he was lucky, Su Zhen still remembered the 300 warriors he filmed in his previous life, so he remembered this director who was a big deal, and then was recommended by Su Zhen to become the director of the night, Lionsgate was originally unwilling, because he had no experience in film coaching, but under Su Zhen's recommendation, plus this year's well-known directors who had schedules really couldn't be found, so they got this opportunity.

In Su Zhen's opinion, this dark night today is obviously more perfect than the one in his previous life, but whether the audience can accept it at this time, he really doesn't have much bottom in his heart.