Chapter 98: Box Office Success
Alex's Easter egg is a musical story told by MTV about the Baroness reminiscing about her past with the Colonel when she leaves Austria. The background music is Matthew Lane's "Bressenon", but now it has been changed to "Salzburg", which is a very sad English song.
In the first part of MTV, the Baroness watched the wedding from a distance on color film, and the memories were on black and white film.
The MTV easter egg about the Baroness's love soon sparked a big debate among the people, and many people felt the same way, so they firmly sided with the Baroness. They feel that this is the real world, and only after adding this paragraph can the story appear real.
There are also people who are strongly opposed, thinking that Alex is playing with people's feelings in this movie. People first mistakenly think that this is a comedy, and then ruthlessly throw people into tragedy.
People on both sides of the strait have their own opinions, and they don't give in to each other, and they have argued endlessly in newspapers and TV programs.
The Times commented: "Alex spent 174 minutes telling a joyful love story, and then another 6 minutes turning it into a sad love story." ”
The Washington Post commented: "Bergman should also be the lead character in the film, and her outstanding performance should have earned her the Best Actress award." ”
"ABC" said on the program: "This is the real world!" I only see the newcomer laughing, but I don't hear the old person crying! ”
The Chicago Tribune commented: "In a shocking reversal, Alex negated everything that had been good before in the last 6 minutes. Mary is an abominable third party! ”
The heated debate made more people go into the cinema to see "The Sound of Music", and they wanted to see what was going on. This part of the people would not have been attracted to the cinema, but when too many people are arguing about something, more people will want to know about it. Especially when the reputation of this movie is good, and it is really good.
When these people walk out of the cinema, they bring more people in to see it. Faced with this situation, Alex and Morris both laughed from ear to ear, and the box office rose again and again, with no sign of decline.
It was just that things got a little out of hand, and the controversy in the newspapers began to expand and involved Maria and her children, who were touring everywhere, and many reporters chased them to ask about the facts of the year.
Some small newspapers began to write nonsense, saying that Sister Mary had only succeeded in ascending to the throne after she had squeezed out the Baroness. Many people mistakenly believe that the Baroness is real. Some newspapers began to attack the real Mary, believing that she was ruining the happiness of others.
Alex had to come forward to clarify, telling everyone that the Baroness's character did not really exist.
"It's a fictional character, and there's no such thing as a baroness." Alex said when facing reporters.
"Excuse me, did you write the song "Salzburg"? Why is it so touching, did you fall in love with that girl when you were filming a movie? Some reporters asked.
Alex replied as a matter of course: "I wrote it on the train when I left Salzburg." At that time, I was in a drowsy, and in my sleep I seemed to hear the monastery bells, and I also faintly heard the sound of music. So when I woke up, I wrote down the music. ”
The reporter listened to Alex's nonsense and wrote straight: "Genius Alex, composing music in a dream!" ”
Soon, the song also spread immediately, and this sad song sounded in many places. Its melody is so beautiful, and the feelings are so sad that people can't help but listen to it.
Alex has already recorded a lot of songs since filming this musical film. Among them, in the film, there are "The Sound of Music", "The Lonely Shepherd", "Edelweiss", "Doremi", "Good Night, See You Again!" and so on. As soon as these records were released, they were sold out. It was released as a disc album and quickly sold three million copies, each with a total of six records, selling for a whopping $12.
A Broadway producer watched the "The Sound of Music" movie and thought it was a musical that could be brought to the stage right away, and it was a great musical. So he immediately approached DreamWorks and asked for the rights to adapt it into a musical. Alex agreed and soon performed at the Ruud Fontern Theater on Broadway in New York. The show had already sold $2 million in tickets before it was released.
In the end, "The Sound of Music" ran 1,443 shows on Broadway and won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical!
Alex also recorded three additional songs written during the filming, namely "HEY, SOULSISTER", "MoreThanICanSay", and "Salzburg". At Mark's suggestion, the three songs were taken apart and paired with the three songs written by Richard.
Mark exclaimed: "These three songs, each taken out individually, can be used as the title song and can be on the list. Alex, you've really exploded this time! ”
In order not to compete with itself, Carpenter Records also plans to open the time to go public in order to buffer the market. Alex vetoed their suggestion. He believes that either we can make it bigger, don't procrastinate, and push it out little by little.
In the sad eyes of the marketing department, these three newly recorded records were released together. They believe that the three records will affect each other and the sales will not be very high.
However, the facts disproved their suspicions. The market reaction to the three records was frenzied, and many record stores snapped up them as soon as they arrived. They produced day and night, suppressing more records in a row, but there was still no way to quench the hunger of the market. In the face of this situation, the people at Carpenter Records know that this year's prize money will definitely not be less.
The people who are affected by these records are other companies, and the sales of those companies have been crushed to the death, and they can't sell at all. There are already a lot of bands trying to figure out the style of the Carpenter brothers, especially Alex. They also want to learn something from it.
It's just that Alex's song style is erratic, but each style can find a large number of users in the market, and his user base is getting bigger and bigger, and it is growing rapidly like a snowball. At this time, the Carpenter brothers were already very famous brand guarantees, as long as they released records, they would not fail to sell.
Even if the Carpenter brothers put out songs in a style that people are not used to listening to occasionally, if you listen to them a few more times, they will become their diehards.
No matter how well the record sells, it can't compare to the revenue brought by the movie "The Sound of Music". The North American box office was quickly counted, and the movie turned out to be as high as $248.67 million! Compared with the 198.67 million dollar box office of 1932's "Gone with the Wind" (Gone with the Wind), it is $50 million higher!
"Gone with the Wind" has been holding the box office record for many years, and even if inflation and rising prices are not factored in, it has always been the box office record winner. Until now, this record has been broken by "The Sound of Music".
As soon as this data was counted, it immediately became the headline of various news.
"The box office record of "Gone with the Wind" was broken, and the box office of "The Sound of Music" reached $248.67 million!"
"The genius little director Alex created a miracle, and the box office of the first directed movie reached the top!"
"The richest kid in the world, Alex has become a billionaire!"
"DreamWorks excavates a big gold mine, and millions of investments earn back more than 100 million dollars!"
In the face of such a high box office, Alex was also surprised, he knew that the box office of the original version of "The Sound of Music" was 158.67 million, and it was precisely because the box office was so high that he chose to make this movie. However, what he didn't expect was that the movie he copied would be $90 million higher than the original. And that's just the North American box office.
In this era, overseas box office statistics are chaotic, and there is no such thing as global box office statistics. Because there are far fewer countries in which it will be released, and the currency exchange rate conversion is too complicated to calculate.
However, it is speculated that the overseas box office should be about twice as high as the North American box office. In other words, the total box office of this film may reach a huge 600 million. Even if Alex can't get all the money at the box office, he can divide it into 2 to 300 million. It's a long-term process, but it's better than money.
There were not as many dollars in this era as in later generations, nor did they depreciate as much. At this time, 100,000 dollars can buy a very good house, 100,000 dollars can live a very rich life, 10 million dollars is already a rich person, and hundreds of millions of dollars can already touch the edge of the upper class. As for the top-level society, it may take tens of billions, or even hundreds of billions, to be eligible.
The so-called top society should be Rockefeller, Morgan, DuPont and other figures, who control American society through their conglomerates. In the United States, a person's wealth is a symbol of the person's status. As a new billionaire, Alex is a little worried, so much wealth brings not only status, but also countless troubles.
Now, as soon as Alex appears in public, he is immediately watched. They all want to see what kind of kids can make hundreds of millions of dollars with just one movie.
To be on the safe side, Bart equips Alex with bodyguards. Let these people follow Alex 24 hours a day, uninterruptedly, for close protection. This annoyed Alex a lot, and when he didn't want to go to the toilet himself, there were people standing outside the door. However, he knew that this was for his safety, and he had to do so.
"Grandma's! I knew that Lu Dao would have chosen a movie with a low box office to shoot. It's good this time, and the one who has made his personal freedom is gone. Alex thought indignantly. He was thinking about how he could get out of his current predicament, and the best way to do it was to do nothing and go home and lie in bed and count the money. As long as the limelight passed, he was able to take it a little easier.
PS: I just got home today.,The chapters that are sent on a regular basis are gone.,Just turn on the phone and come up to get the new chapter.。 Almost nothing came out for seven days outside. It's better to be at home, and by the way, today is the birthday of the house cat! Well, yes, it's a birthday!