"The scariest thing about this movie is that it makes you feel like this kind of thing is really going to happen, and it's already happening. I found myself unable to miss it for even a second, because it was always so gripping that it even made you feel suffocated. ”――3。 5/4, Spencer-s

"It's very good, much better than those follow-up films to The Exorcist, some of the demon scenes really scared me, and at the end it was sad and made me wish I hadn't seen the movie. Look at the clock, it's 3 a.m., but I can't sleep. - 4/4, Connor-L

"I want two tickets to The Exorcism Video, thank you. ”

"Please give us four copies of the Exorcism Video. ”

Under the dark night sky, the landmark cinemas in Los Angeles and the Odeo cinemas in Toronto, and the midnight show on Friday, or the two TET screening halls, have not changed the slightest position, but what is the difference! The auditorium is no longer a scattered and empty scene, and most of the audience has already sat down in ten minutes before leaving the venue, and most of the young people in their twenties have been in the past.

Most of them are obviously not random spectators, but are here for tet!

Kern, the investigator of tonight's night shift, stood at the door, watching the audience still walking in one after another, and couldn't help but sigh silently, this is a seated shì that is going to be full! I still remember that last year's midnight show on the opening weekend of "Trembling Ocean" was not like this, and "Chainsaw" was not like this......

Is it a brief burst of small energy, or is it a small leak of huge energy?

"Oh, it's going to be full...... I said I wanted to come early, the good seats are gone!" Another young couple audience, the girl immediately complained when she saw the situation in the theater. The boy's face was full of surprise: "How can there be so many people, I thought no one would watch it, didn't it mean a pseudo-documentary?"

The two walked by as they spoke, and Kern sighed softly, it turns out that someone will really watch the pseudo-documentary for the second time! He is now a diehard who wants Tet to rush into the sky, because it has made him even see Stephen King's side, and it almost makes him cry!

There are only two new films released on a large scale this week: the sci-fi film "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and the action thriller "Extreme Agent 2". It's not known if they're selling or not, but they don't seem to be the highest-grossing in these two studios......

The "Exorcism Video" is ringing, tickets are being sold, and exorcisms are being screened, screaming, dead and choking......

When the weekend of April 29th to May 1st passed, the weekend box office rankings were newly released, and Hollywood's "fear of tet box office outbreak" suddenly worsened, a group of distribution directors swallowed their saliva in embarrassment, and a group of top executives of the company slapped the table and threw things in pain.

It even included...... DreamWorks.

Looking at the box office statistics, the end of the survey statistics, and other reports, the headquarters of Lionsgate resounded with ecstatic cheers and applause, which is great! This box office figure is so beautiful! A commercial horror film that has been praised by film critics and paid attention to by the outside world has not unusually failed to sell, it is rising rapidly!

"We're going to have to start a campaign for it to be released in 2,000 theaters, there's no doubt about it. ”

On Monday, Jon Fellheimer made a resolute decision that if he didn't act, it would be a complete delay. Since it was a cooperative distribution, Lionsgate had to make a good distribution budget to ensure that it was profitable, but on the other hand, the more well-known the film, the better its DVDs would sell, and Lionsgate's brand value would increase, so it had to be treated with all its might.

In fact, since he got the midnight show on Friday, Oldenberg's smile has not disappeared......, the company's future is bright, and so is his future!

Jon was stunned, but also remembered that TET's distribution cooperation contract had a lot of strange clauses, one of which was that the cliff agreed before it could be released on a large scale. At that time, no one took it seriously, but now there are variables...... There's no reason to disagree, but the cliff movie is the equivalent of Yunik Kuller, and if that weirdo has any weird ideas......

"Hurry up and contact the cliff, and do your best to get the agreement, and it's best to convince Kuller that he is willing to show up, and get as much information as he can. Jon exhaled nervously.

Grande and the two of them. He tried to contact Cooler in person, and he wanted to establish a friendship with the new genius, talk about future collaborations, talk about the sequel rights of TET, and the possibility of Cooler continuing to create a series, but he couldn't get in touch.

"I tried my best. Oldenberg nodded.

Lionsgate got a reply from Cooler on the same day, and what is exciting is that it can be distributed on a large scale! What makes people hate is that "do a good job of secrecy" and keep his information more and better! As for the sequel copyright, there is no need to talk about it first, his original words "Now is not the time to talk about a sequel." ”

A talented director in the United States! This will definitely make the American media even more excited, another!

Of course, Lionsgate agreed, no company would stop now, even if "Doctor Who" was not conducive to publicity, and he would be made a promotional selling point.

......

29 April-5 May, 2005 -

Movies - Ranking - Number of Weeks in Release - Number of Theaters/Change - Average - Box Office of the Week - Total Box Office - Production Cost (Millions)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 1st place - Week 1 - 3133 - 8,295 - 25,989,450 - 25,989,450 - 50

"Extreme Agent 2" - 3rd place - 1st week - 3480 - 4,420 - 15,381,956 - 15,381,956 - 87

"Devil Cry and God Howl" - 4th place - 3rd week - 3058 - 3,272 - 10,005,960 - 56,960,802 - 19

"Exorcism Video" - 44th place (up 30) - week 2 - 2 - 50, 149 - 100, 298 - 121, 355 - 0. 45

"That's what you're saying it's not that good, and the audience you're talking about doesn't have to !!" Mike Pradley, CEO of Fountainhead, roared at the wooden-made Robbie Swinton, almost choking him by the neck, almost crying without tears, "I finally understand why Fountain is always unlucky, because your 'business vision' is a mess of!

On the other side, Christopher Alleynes, CEO of Alliance, glared at the ashamed Ken Wellman, scolding, not scolding, not scolding, so angry that he felt like he was about to vomit blood, and he ......didn't want a gold mine for nothing! You know I appreciate you, but this time, you're giving me a reason not to punish you?"

"Damn tet!", "50,000 in a single museum!? hell!", "I don't understand what's going on, it's a pseudo-documentary, and the audience shouldn't be fooled again......"

Annoyed, remorseful, frustrated publishers!

Many people don't understand, or many people are gradually understanding, there is no such thing as "the audience is enough to consume pseudo-documentaries once", it is just a wrong group conjecture, and there is already a thing of the past, and the explosive growth of this week's highest single museum is 50,000!

When a PG-13 horror film has this momentum, everyone knows that a tens of millions of outbreaks are inevitable, and their illness is incurable.

Who was the first to say that pseudo-documentaries can't have take-twos?!

In the office of the distribution department of the new line company, everyone did not talk about this hot spot in the market, as if there was no tet to save zài, otherwise what could they do? What they said about the "stupid and poor producer" became a mysterious all-round genius, and the "rotten copycat exploitation film" became a blockbuster horror classic......

"Why don't you take a look? Maybe it's a surprise like The Lord of the Rings?" Kueller's words were treated as an office joke for half a year, and began to turn into a terrible nightmare.

When did the new thread become like an arrogant and stupid old woman, no one can say.

In the office of the DreamWorks Distribution Department, Price sighed and sighed, hugged his head and closed his eyes several times, feeling very depressed, and some trepidation, the last thing he wanted to happen was about to happen: TET has huge commercial value and can create a lot of profits!

And these belong to Lionsgate and the Cliffs, and have nothing to do with DreamWorks in substance.

How so, why? This is obviously a film that was created because of my LMS film shooting!

Suddenly, Ye Wei's words that day sounded so clearly in his heart:

"When a movie can take 2. With a global box office of 4.8 billion, how can it be a one-time consumption? The audience already knows that pseudo-documentaries are fake, but don't you know that movies are also fake? Is "Star Wars" real? "Jurassic Park" is real? The audience goes to see them all the same, and they are crazy about them, this is the magic of movies! This kind of magic will also appear in the pseudo-documentary genre, and that is enough. ”

That genius boy not only knew how to make movies, he understood the film market, he really understood ......

In the boxofficemojo weekly box office report, "Extreme Agent 2" is a very big failure, so big that the series ends and Sony will inevitably lose a lot of money, and TET is amazing:

"The Exorcism Video", which has attracted much attention in the market, has been strong this week, with an impressive average of 50,149 box office, breaking the market's old view of pseudo-documentaries. But Lionsgate remains cautious about distribution, expanding it to just five theaters next week. Now industry analysts generally believe that its performance will continue to at least one million box office, and will inevitably lead Hollywood to reevaluate pseudo-documentaries. ”

On May 6, a new weekend arrived, and "The Exorcism Video" began its third week of screenings in five theaters in Los Angeles, Toronto, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.

......

Seven months ago, DreamWorks could not have foreseen this week, when it landed on the Nasdaq in high spirits, and with the huge success of the "Shrek" series and the exciting publicity, it was very popular with Wall Street and investors, not only raising more than expected, but also the price of a share soared from $28 to 38 in just a few hours after going public. $75.

On May 10, a major event happened in the film industry, DreamWorks held a shareholders' meeting to release the dividend figures for the first quarter of the year, new market expectations, etc.

At the conference, Katzenberg lost his previous enthusiasm and announced to shareholders with a look of frustration that the global DVD sales of "Shrek 2" had now reached 35 million copies. This was a very good number, but it was too far from the expected 55 million, and he announced that due to the unexpectedly slow overseas sales, the sales forecast was adjusted to 50 million copies and cut by 5 million copies!

"We've learned a lot from this. Katzenberg said awkwardly, "But we have a lot of confidence in Madagascar." It will be the more successful film of "Shark Story" because it is of better quality. ”

There is a lot to learn!?Wall Street and all the shareholders are just disappointed!

Wall Street's consensus estimate of DreamWorks' Q1 dividend of 60 cents per share turned out to be just 44 cents per share, and the dividend report was shockingly poor.

Without real money to back it up, Katzenberg's uplifting "Hollywood story" would be unconvincing......

On the 11th, DreamWorks' stock price plummeted!

On the 12th, DreamWorks' stock price continued to fall sharply, and it was about to fall below $30, which was the lowest price after the listing date.

At the same time, DreamWorks shareholders filed four lawsuits in court, accusing DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg and other heads of the company of "creating false business expectations and investment proposals, using false information to mislead investors", to put it bluntly, not enough money to make what was originally promised!

Wall Street only needs money, investors only need money, and "Madagascar," which will be released on May 27, can make up for the shortfall in expectations for the whole year?

This independent company, which had just been vigorous and about to be promoted to a mainstream giant, suddenly showed signs of decline.

And at the end of the screening week from May 6th to May 12th, the box office of "Exorcism Video" continued to explode, continuing to shock the entire Hollywood!