In later generations of Hollywood, the reason why original movies are declining day by day, and adaptations and sequel movies are popular, is mainly the problem of fan base.

You must know that although there is a difference between the reputation of the movie, in the final analysis, except for a few people who like to watch more, most people can only contribute one movie ticket to a movie.

This means that, in a way, movies are actually a one-shot deal.

As long as he spends money to watch it, no matter what the audience's evaluation of the movie is, his personal contribution to the box office of the movie will basically not change.

And word-of-mouth is a thing that gradually becomes accurate with the passage of time when the movie is released.

- In the early stage of the release, you can also spend money to brush up on a wave of praise. But when the word-of-mouth evaluation gradually ferments, the praise you brush will gradually become useless.

In this case, the sooner the likely target audience is brought into the cinema, the less affected the film's box office performance is by word of mouth.

- For movies with good reputations, this doesn't really make a difference, but for movies with poor word-of-mouth or average, it means more income.

After all, even if you run away after a wave of fraud, you will eventually make money.

What's more, the sharing mechanism between the filmmaker and the cinema family also makes the filmmaker more willing to concentrate the income in the early stage of release.

You must know that with the extension of the release time, the box office share will gradually tilt towards the theater chain responsible for screening.

In other words, it is also a small goal of achieving a box office of 100 million, and the income that the film can get is actually different if it is achieved in three days of release and one month after release.

This naturally makes the filmmakers more willing to make money quickly.

- Because it means not only stability, but also more.

As for the cinema chain, although the share ratio is a little less than that of long-term screenings, shorter screening time means that more new movies can be released.

The shortening of the screening cycle also makes it easier for the theater to fill up.

- In general, the cinema side is also profitable.

Therefore, shortening the screening cycle can be said to be the common wish of the film industry.

Before the 90s of the 20th century, due to the shortage of theaters, the speed of media publicity could not keep up, so that the box office potential of a film could not explode in the short term. So most movies need to be screened for a long time.

But after the 90s, with the development of the Internet industry, the media's ability to publicize and promote has become stronger and stronger, shortening the release cycle, and quickly tapping out the box office potential of the movie, which is feasible.

Many big commercial productions have begun to use large-scale publicity to make box office revenues explode in a short period of time.

After 2000, there were many movies that broke 100 million in the first week of box office release.

- Tobey Maguire's version of Spider-Man is the best example of this.

However, if you want to break 100 million at the box office in the first week, it often means that a lot of pre-publicity is needed, which invisibly will generate a lot of publicity costs.

At this time, how to reduce the cost of publicity on the premise of ensuring the effectiveness of publicity has become an important topic.

At the same time, this is also the reason why after 2000, adapted movies and sequel movies became popular, while original films gradually drifted away.

- Because the adaptation or sequel of the movie, with the original book or the previous episode as the foundation, will leave a lot of fans.

This makes it a lot easier to get the word out.

And these fans are often the most hardcore audiences - their viewing tendencies are the least affected by word-of-mouth, and they are often the ones who like to watch the premiere.

This is also the reason why Hollywood production companies feel that adaptations and sequels have a higher success rate.

And now, "Hell Detective", as an adaptation of the famous comic "Constantine", has naturally received the early box office bonus of the comic book movie-

"The box office exceeded 100 million in the first week!"

On Monday morning, looking at the box office report in his hand, Aziva Gossman trembled with excitement.

You must know that unlike after 2000, now in 1997, it is not common for the box office to break 100 million in the first week.

Although in the first two days of its release, the total box office of "Detective Hell" has reached a staggering $90 million.

At that time, Aziva felt the possibility of breaking 100 million at the box office in the first week.

But until the truth came, he still couldn't believe the reality.

Until now—

"The box office on Sunday was also $43 million, so that adds up, the box office in my hand even reached $133 million, which is just-"

Aziva no longer knew what to say.

However, he felt that those high-level executives within Warner Bros. should be very entangled at this time-

The box office success of "Detective Hell" naturally proved that they made the right choice to hand over the comic book adaptation rights of "Constantine" to Charlotte Booth;

But on the other hand, the box office success of "Detective Hell" was too successful, and they would regret why they sold part of the copyright of the movie to Charlotte Booth.

- What seemed like a brilliant move that could significantly reduce Warner's investment and risk now seems like a brain in water.

"The bosses of the headquarters must have hit the wall with regret!"

Aziva Gosman gloated.

As a small producer, he wouldn't the bosses.

At this time, what he wanted more was to further push up the box office of "Hell Detective".

After all, he also knows that even if "Hell Detective" has a good reputation at present, this kind of perverted box office trend cannot be sustained for a long time.

"However, even with the fan bonus of the original book, to be able to do this level, Charlotte Booth is powerful enough!"

Aziva sighed in his heart.

Through the audience questionnaire report, he saw it very clearly -

Charlotte Booth, the director, is the third biggest factor that attracts audiences to the cinema after the two factors of "Constantine" and "Keanu Reeves".

even surpassed Jodie Foster as the heroine.

It can be said that the box office of "Hell Detective" was able to break 100 million in the first week, not only because of Charlotte's directing ability as a director, but also because of his fame-

As an emerging commercial film director who has never failed at the box office, his status in the hearts of the audience is very high.

And film critics, who have always had congenital contempt for manga movies, also took a rare look at "Hell Detective" this time-

"This is an unusual comic film, which is both commercial and explores human nature, even more than many feature films......"

- Roger Albert rarely gave two thumbs up to a comic book movie.

You must know that "Batman Forever", which also belonged to Warner, was sprayed by him.

As for Kenneth Turan, who has always liked commercial movies, this time he sang the praises of "Hell Detective" -

"The story is well-designed, with repeated twists and turns, and the pacing is moderate, and Charlotte Booth tells a great story. And even better, is the big battle at the end of the film, which is simply a classic action movie ......"

- It can be seen that, like many viewers and critics, Kenneth Turan also likes the action scene where Konstantin singles himself out on many demons in the later part of the film, and he is full of praise for the director Charlotte who directed the scene.

In contrast, Richard Manson, who likes to comment on acting, pays more attention to acting -

"Keanu Reeves gave a rare performance, and Jodie Foster even played Angela, a policewoman - I think director Charlotte Booth must have a magic wand that he can use to tap at the actor, and the actor can get his senses. ”

"So, those stars who don't have acting skills, your chance has come!"