This is indeed just the beginning, and everyone did not expect that whether it is Weinstein or Vladimir, or the screenwriter and heroine Nia, this movie can get 11 million box office in the first week of release. Sean didn't expect that although he had some confidence in his intuition, the preliminary estimate was only a few million, which was about the same as the number of theaters, who knew that it was not only so much higher, but also topped the North American box office list!

You must know that "BJ's Single Diary", which ranks second, is only a few hundred thousand, and although it has been released for a week, it has been released in more than 2,000 theaters! So, once this result is announced, everyone loses their voices, even if "My Grand Greek Wedding" is a good movie, but it's too exaggerated, right?

At the same time, Miramax is also very proud, because on this week's North American box office list, the top three movies "My Grand Greek Wedding", "BJ's Single Diary" and "Very Little Spy" were all released by them, and they were not in the limelight for a while.

However, even more exaggerated is still to come, a movie was well received, the box office was quite good, and the theater chain inevitably increased the number of screens screened, so by the second week, the number of theaters released almost doubled, increasing to 1,300, and the weekend box office reached 17.5 million! The newly released, starring Stallone, which got 12 million "Life and Death", was firmly pressed below, and won the top spot in the box office list.

This is another miracle, generally speaking, after the movie is released, after consuming a certain amount of audience enthusiasm, the box office will fall to some extent, and this figure is generally around 30%, while the decline of "My Grand Greek Wedding" is only about 20%. Although there is an increase in theaters, the decline is too low, and most of this situation will only occur in movies that have passed their peak.

This only shows that the film is very popular with audiences, who are all looking forward to seeing it in theaters, but ...... How is this possible?!

Even so, this low-budget aiqing comedy is still soaring on the road, and in the third week, although Universal's "The Mummy Returns" topped the North American box office chart with a first-week box office of nearly 70 million, "My Grand Greek Wedding", which has increased to 2,000 theaters, still won 23.2 million.

Then in the fourth week, when the theater chain remained stable, although there was finally a more obvious decline, only 1680 weekend box office, although "The Mummy Returns", which got more than 33 million, was still strong, but it still surpassed the just-released Columbia, only 16.5 million "Holy War Knight" firmly held the second position, and the total box office was more than 80 million, and it was only a matter of time before North America broke 100 million.

The glasses were shattered, and in the eyes of countless people, an aiqing comedy with a vulgar plot and an investment of no more than 5 million yuan could win nearly 100 million at the box office from the end of April to the beginning of May! Is this shijie crazy? Even those critics who were optimistic about this movie before never thought that it would be so good.

"The biggest dark horse in the whole April is Samsara Pictures' "My Grand Greek Wedding", an inconspicuous aiqing comedy, which showed amazing explosiveness after its release, and sat at the top of the North American box office for two consecutive weeks. As an aiqing comedy theme that has been produced by countless directors, it is already quite outstanding to have such a level, maybe after entering the summer file, its momentum will be curbed, but it cannot be erased, as it was released in late April, but it is one of the most successful movies in April. This is the summary of "The Hollywood Reporter", although it has been given a high evaluation, but now it seems that it is still too underestimated to look down on this movie.

"I can't believe it, in a week or two at most, the North American box office will definitely exceed 100 million, and ...... If this momentum can be maintained, it is possible to win another 40 million to 50 million box office...... How do you tell, Sean? In the office of Reincarnation Pictures, Vladimir asked Sean very calmly.

When he went to the villa that day and told him in person about the box office of the first week, he was already a little uneasy, and it was released in late April when the off-season was about to end, and it was a bit exaggerated to get a box office of 11 million with 700 theaters. But four weeks later, every weekend when the box office numbers came out, he had to ask himself: Is this an exaggeration?

Vladimir thought that he had seen the wind and waves in Bowei, and the unexpected success of "Blair the Witch" became a typical example of fighting big with small things, which did not touch him much, but this time he was still shocked.

"I said, it's intuition." Sean smiled reservedly, "Reality is always more bizarre than fiction." ”

He couldn't help but be surprised, box office figures are the most convincing thing, and even many well-known actors, film critics, and film company owners are speechless in the face of this situation, let alone gossip tabloids like the New York Post. So from the second week of the movie's release, they didn't say a word, and they couldn't find any news in the newspapers about "My Grand Greek Wedding", as if the movie didn't exist, even if someone ridiculed them on blogs or other media outlets, they didn't make any excuses.

I have to say that this trick is very clever, when the mouth should be unobstructed, when the mouth should be unobstructed, when the head of the turtle should be shrunk, it is unambiguous. If they are really cheeky and say that this is the work of other producers, Sean only needs to say what made this movie in the first place, which is enough to make them continue to lose face. As a tabloid that has existed for decades, there must be a set of guidelines for pursuing advantages and avoiding disadvantages.

Therefore, although Sean wanted to disgust them, he had no choice but to follow the advice of public relations for a while.

"You don't need to speak, and you don't need to appear in front of the media in person, as long as you let the crew let the director and the starring actors, continue to accept a certain degree of exposure, and let "My Grand Greek Wedding" continue to appear in the media, they can't say a single superfluous word." Richard? That's what Leyson said.

Well, so be it, what better than haunting someone or something in front of you, but you can only swallow your anger and pretend that you can't do anything you don't see, just like the ones you did before ...... New York Post.

But then again, he really didn't expect "My Grand Greek Wedding" to be so successful, I believe that although this movie in his previous life also performed well, it will definitely not be as popular as it is now, otherwise he will definitely have more impressions than always a vague feeling.

Rao is so, and it is too exaggerated, so he will sigh to Vladimir that reality is always more bizarre than fiction.

Sean didn't know that the release process of this movie in his previous life was also quite bizarre, Nia? Vadalas held on for several years before he got Tom? Hanks and his wife supported him, and then united several production companies to produce the film and have Nia play the heroine.

Even so, the production team is completely out of fame, Tom? Although Hanks has a signature in the producer column, he is quite low in the ranking, and he can almost be regarded as a pseudonym, and he will not notice it unless he deliberately looks for it. And there was not much publicity, and there was no way to participate in film festivals to expand popularity, after the production was completed, it was released at a random time, and the number of theaters was only 100 at the beginning, as if they had no hope for this movie at all.

Then, no one expected that "My Grand Greek Wedding" would be released in North America for a whole year and harvest 2. With a North American box office of 400 million, it has become the highest-grossing aiqing comedy in North America. It can be said that this movie is completely supported by word-of-mouth, this simple, unusually close to life aiqing comedy, let every audience praise it, and word of mouth has driven more people to the cinema, thus creating a miracle.

Like Melanie in this life? As Haas commented in his column, "If there's one thing that can't be ignored about this movie, it's that it's this authentic, completely life-like thing that happens around us."

So, the same Nia? In the present life of Vadallas as a screenwriter and heroine, she participated in the Sundance Film Festival with guaranteed film quality and received a very good reputation at the beginning, and then Sean teamed up with Vladimir, who wanted to gamble, and said that Weinstein, who was very curious about Sean, took over the distribution, so he threw off the original in terms of publicity from the beginning.

Then Miramax also used the means of viral marketing, various movie forums, as long as the aiqing comedy is discussed, it is guaranteed that someone will guide the topic to "My Grand Greek Wedding", and the official website of the movie also throws out some topical content from time to time, coupled with Google's dedicated promotion, there may not be much response in other media, but the network is quite lively.

zuihou, "The New York Post" ran out again to stir up a storm, driving a bunch of tabloids to sneer, although it was aimed at Sean, but at the same time, it was also a promotion for the movie. The timing was so good that Sean once wondered if Weinstein had secretly contacted him.

In short, it is precisely because of the combination of these factors that it eventually led to the blowout phenomenon after the release of "My Grand Greek Wedding", and it is no wonder that Sean sighed so much.

"It's also a credit to you, and I thank you for recommending the script, Todd." Sean finally didn't get carried away, and then said again.

"I thought the script was good, but I didn't expect it...... It will come to this point. Vladimir leaned back in his chair and sighed, but when he sat up straight, his eyes sharpened.

"What are you going to do next, Sean?" He asked, and looked at him with a smile, as if curious.

"What do you mean?" Sean asked quietly.

Vladimir did not answer directly, but looked at him for a while before saying: "The box office results exceed expectations, and the ledger may not be easy to do." ”