Chapter 147: The Matter of Movies, Solved with Movies

"Shrek 2" was released on May 19, which can be said to have opened the prelude to the 2004 summer vacation, this animated blockbuster (production fee 0. 7.5 billion) took only five and a half days to break through $100 million at the North American box office, this is a blockbuster, this is summer!

In the summer, there will always be high-profile movies on the big screen, such as "The Day After Tomorrow", which was released on May 28 and starring Roland Emmerich and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and others (production fee 1. 2.5 billion), "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" on June 4 (production fee 1. 300 million);

On June 18, Spielberg and Hanks teamed up for "Happiness Terminal" (production fee 0. 600 million), June 30 "Spider-Man 2" (production fee 200 million) ......

Welcome to see the bright light of the summer vacation file!

But none of this has anything to do with "The Wedding is Coming", it is not a member of that world, except for the screening a day in advance to seize the media space on the 28th (if it is squeezed to the 28th, whether it is good or bad, the 29th is all "The Day After Tomorrow"), it has no competition with these behemoths.

How much box office it will have during its screening week depends on Ye Wei's popularity and its own reputation.

It's not 100%, this kind of thing is not 100%, there will definitely be viewers who are faced with the dilemma of choice, this night I want to watch a new comedy, so watch "The Wedding is Coming" or?

"Soul Dream Flying", which was released on the 28th, if there is a competition, it can only be this R-rated comedy with a spoof nature.

MGM, one of the "Big Six", produced and distributed, with a production cost of 16 million, and 1500+ opening theaters are booked, starring Tom Arnold (supporting role in "Ace Spy"), Kevin Hart (supporting role in "Scream 3"), Snoopy Dogg (rap rap superstar), ...... It's ambitious!

The cost, cast, and distribution of "Wedding Soon" is like a second-hand van leaning next to an airplane, and it's a remake.

Every summer is going to be lively, but not every movie is eligible to be a part of it.

But every movie to be released has publicity, and Jesse Tello (African-American), the 28-year-old director and producer of "Soul Dream Flight", was recently interviewed by "Variety Daily" and was asked, "Ye Wei and "The Wedding is Coming" is one of the hot spots recently, your movies are all spoof comedies, they are all screen debuts, and they are all minority works. ”

Telo laughed and replied, "It's rare, I haven't learned more about "The Wedding is Coming", but I'm not worried about competition, I really don't worry." ”

Of course, the reason why he is willing to answer such a boring question is because he doesn't take it seriously at all, competition!? Which country is this a joke?

1 theater vs more than 1,500, 2 million production fees vs 16 million, how stupid do you have to think so! What if the other party has a superstar cameo, if a superstar cameo can collect the box office, no movie in the world will lose money. What "The Wedding Date is Coming", just a lame commercial hype.

Originally, Tylor didn't have this idea, but now he laughed about it, and he was very happy when he mentioned it to his friends: "It's not just "The Day After Tomorrow", it's "The Wedding is Coming" that makes me trouble, hahaha! My mommy, 16-year-old teenagers are the hardest, I'm going to be smoked like a black slave on a southern plantation, hahaha!"

Many people also came to amuse the report.

Co-producer David Rubin laughed, "You really shouldn't be answering this question, they're stealing our popularity! Executive producer Paul Hal said: "We're R-rated, for adults, they're supposed to be G-rated, for children, there's not much competition. Wait guy, I just know that we are in the first round of theaters, and they are the second round of theaters, which doesn't seem to be competitive. ”

"That kid is going to be in front of me, I have to slap him and tell him that this is the strength of the spoof!" Tom Arnold seemed to be joking.

"He's just a baby crying for candy, and he knows what to do. Kevin Hart was also upset.

This is all because of the article "Spoof of the Past and Present Life", how much rely on Ye Wei's "cheap and stupid parody" to get lucky and make money people are unhappy with him, what is he? A child who has never done anything dares to make irresponsible remarks about their jobs? He is a fart!

It's not even a fart, the fart can still stink a little, he and his "spoof boutique" will disappear after a pop, and no one can stink.

Competition!? Everyone almost died laughing.

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"i-don't-want-no-teenage-queen!"

i-just-want-my-movie-dream!

if-i-die-in-the-studio-room!

box-me-up-and-drive-me-home!

put-my-camera-upon-my-chest!)

tell-my-mom-i've-done-my-best!"

In the sound studio, it was close to the wee hours of the morning, and only a black-haired boy was still working in front of the mixing console, proudly singing Ye Wei's version of the military song "Full Metal Shell"!

The singing sounded loudly -

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A few days ago, Ramo Willis received Ye Wei's invitation to attend the screening of "The Wedding is Coming", although her old man had a lot of trouble with him, she maintained a good friendship with him and Lily, so she readily agreed, that old man would do stupid things, she wouldn't do it.

The old man's recent fortune is really not good, "Ten Yards" has been released for more than a month, but this movie, which cost 40 million production fees (although a large part of it is the old man's salary), only received a pitiful box office of more than 16 million, from more than 2,600 opening theaters to more than 50 now, with a freshness of 4% on Rotten Tomatoes......

That's the equivalent of saying, "You're a mess of vomit that has been vomited out and eaten back into your stomach and vomited out!"

Such a word-of-mouth, needless to say, will also be terrible in the future DVD sales, "The Whole Eleven Yards" and "The Whole Twelve Yards" are all pipe dreams, and the cost is impossible to recover, and Cheyenne Enterprise has suffered another heavy blow. As for how much money she will lose, she doesn't know, but looking at the old man's black face, she knows that there must be a lot.

There is no time for Cheyenne enterprises to make money. She had already said that Arnold Rifkin was a sycophant who cheated money, and he would only use tricks to make the old man happy, and if this continued, the company would collapse sooner or later. The old man is not stupid, he participated in the production of "Confrontation in the Line of Fire", which was completed a few days ago, and asked about Rifkin's affairs.

But what can he do, he is not a movie wizard, he is powerful when he stands in front of the screen, but he is a mess behind the scenes.

This Sunday, the idle old man took the three sisters out for breakfast again, and at Belle's strong request, went to the Ivy Restaurant.

The morning sun shines on the restaurant's Louwai dining area, making the smiles brighter for customers, who occasionally look at a table where a screen superstar sits and waiters walk around, serving steaming delicious food.

And across the street, a group of paparazzi are gathered there, making the same chatter and laughter that can be heard here, and their cameras are filming every movement of the star.

"That Papa garbage is so annoying!" Laru couldn't stand it a little, "why didn't anyone come to trick them away, like Ye Wei did last time." ”

Hearing this name, Bai Li suddenly remembered something, and exclaimed, "That funny guy! I haven't seen him for a long time, and he seems to have become a star recently, which is really funny." ”

"Why don't we go into the restaurant and eat?" Willis had a faint smile on his old face, as if he hadn't heard his daughters talk about Ye Wei.

Rameau rolled her eyes, "Why are you coming to the Ivy Restaurant to eat?" she said as she cut the steak with a knife, "That funny guy is now called Viy, and one of his remastered movies is about to be released." I wasn't surprised at all a long time ago that he was able to do this. ”

"What's the movie called? Wedding...... Soon!" LaRue asked, remembering that he had heard more than once. She became interested, and the knife and fork that were cutting the fried eggs stopped, and asked, "Dad, aren't you going to cooperate?"

"Huh. Ramo let out a strange laugh, Larue and Belle didn't know what had happened in the past six months, they didn't care, she didn't say anything.

Willis's face turned cold for a moment, and for a moment, he smiled again, "It didn't work out, that kid is very stubborn." ”

Ramo nibbled on the delicious beef and said lazily: "It was originally done, and then it has changed, Hollywood." But he found someone else to invest in him, and "The Wedding is Coming" may be able to see what the return is, it's really hard to say, a movie with a cost of tens of millions can be like this, and who knows if a movie with a cost of millions can be like that. ”

"Ramo......" Willis's smile could not be maintained, "no matter what he does, it has nothing to do with us!"

Bai Li didn't end the topic there, and said a little angrily: "His movie is going to be released, did you invite us to watch it?" The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became, thinking about how happy the funny guys were to say a word to them at that time, and this time she was not afraid of angering them?

"He hasn't answered me about the dog yet!" she said, with a commanding look, "Daddy, give him a call and call him over." ”

"Huh. Ramo laughed again, said no more, and continued to eat the steak.

"Okay, I'm going to ask him about the movie. Lalu was more interested, looking forward to his father's phone call to summon Ye Weilai.

"No, it's our Sunday, don't be disturbed by outsiders. Willis naturally refused his daughters' request, "Don't talk about him, he has nothing to ask about that movie, he is just messing around, he has a bit of a trick to mess around, but movies don't just mess around, that's not good." Okay, let's talk about something else, do you have anything you want to buy?"

"Yes, I have!" called Bailey.

Ramo still doesn't want to talk, the movie matter, solve it with the movie, if the box office of "The Wedding is Coming" exceeds "Ten Yards......

Is it possible? But hypothetical is not a sin, if it happens, I really don't know what this old man will say, I just hope he won't be so angry that he will be hospitalized.

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