044.【Reverse Sky Box Office】

Yi Feiyang had a very pleasant negotiation with Gusta, the owner of Lionsgate, and the next day, the two people made a comprehensive and detailed discussion on the intention of cooperation between them.

During this period, both of them have each other's lawyers ready to sign contracts at any time.

Gusta's lawyer is Mr. Elder Old, the head of a well-known Hollywood law firm. This gentleman is also a generation of cattle who will help Gusta dominate Hollywood in the future, and he has countless big cases in his hands, including the injection drug case that led to the death of the king Michael Jay Kerson, and the inheritance dispute case of Elizabeth Taylor.

The lawyer who represented Yi Feiyang is not well-known, but for Yi Feiyang, he is an old friend, that is, Louis Carr, the young lawyer he wanted to woo when he bought the copyright last time.

Last time, Yi Feiyang said to Carl, let's work together to sell this copyright for 1 million.

Louis Carr thought he was joking, and in his heart he didn't think that this Chinese was so powerful. But less than a month later, the other party actually called him and said that he wanted him to help sign the new documents.

When Louis Carr learned what was new in this "new document", he was completely shocked.

Three million dollars, say lose it!

Instead, you can directly cooperate with Lionsgate to play and share, and you can only get dividends if you break 100 million!

Breaking 100 million? What is this concept?!

Even if it is a big-budget movie, it may not be able to break 100 million, let alone this kind of film?!

Isn't that crazy?!

It doesn't matter to those bigwigs, but for a person who is still renting a house, this courage and arrogance are unmatched.

From selling copyrights to becoming a Lionsgate partner, Yi Feiyang's shock to Carl is even more difficult to add.

Perhaps, Carl thought, this Chinese Yi, who is good at magic, will be the upstart of Hollywood in the future!

The change in Louis Carr's heart definitely can't escape Yi Feiyang's eyes, so after signing the contract. Yi Feiyang patted Carl on the shoulder and said, "That Elder barrister, do you know him?" ”

"Yes, I know, he's a well-known figure in Hollywood, specializing in some big star cases. To tell you the truth, he paid enough money to open a bottle of champagne for me for a year! ”

"Do you envy him?"

"Of course, I envy!"

"Do you want to be like him?"

"What do you mean......"

Yi Feiyang let go of his eyes and looked at the high-rise buildings in Los Angeles, "Actually, you, like me, are looking for your own piece of sky!" It's not that we don't have the ability, we just don't have the time; Now, the time has come, would you like to go down with me?! ”

Yi Feiyang spoke sonorously and profoundly.

Louis Carr looked at the high-spirited Chinese in front of him, and then looked at the surrounding high-rise buildings, as well as the vast sky above the high-rise buildings, he took a deep breath and said, "I do!" ”

……

Lionsgate spent a lot of money to get a low-budget small film from a Chinese, and vowed to go against the sky, such news was spread by which guy spread and went.

Immediately, Lionsgate became the laughing stock of the entire Hollywood.

"Look, that newly formed film company actually bought a bad movie!"

"Poor fool, I can't imagine that Lionsgate, which has always been known for its prudence, would also engage in this kind of plane!"

"Shit, you don't need to look at it to know the result, you will die directly!"

……

The seven major Hollywood film companies, led by MGM and Fox, said in an old man's tone: "Experience, this is the result of lack of experience!" It's not so simple to make a movie! ”

"Yes, I thought it was easy to make money from movies, and we also suffered losses to get to where we are today!"

"Eat a trench and grow a wisdom! Lionsgate will learn its lesson! ”

……

And as the head of Lionsgate, Gusta is even more idiot, a fool and synonymous with two hundred and five, and some people even say that a guy like him can go back to the financial world to play investment, the movie is too deep, he can't afford to play!

In the face of such negative news, Yi Feiyang was a little worried at first, afraid that Nagusta would not be able to withstand the pressure and would retreat. But what Yi Feiyang didn't expect was that this Gusta was really a strong man, and in the face of these rumors, he didn't hear them all, and started the next step without hesitation.

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In Hollywood, there is never a shortage of good movies, and there is no shortage of dark horses. However, if the dark horse wants to run, it also needs to be fed. And this so-called "fodder" is propaganda!

A movie tycoon once said that the United States, as the world's leading film empire, has a total investment of nearly 10 billion US dollars in film production every year, and most of it is publicity money!

It can be seen that publicity is the royal road to whether a drama can really become popular.

Don't say how mature the Hollywood market is, how much it will reject bad movies, in fact, otherwise, Americans will also be fooled by advertising and will pay for movie promotion.

Not to mention anything else, the reason why this "Blair the Witch" was so rebellious in the previous life was also because the company that issued it took out more than 10 million real money for publicity.

There is only one thing in this world that can make money, so use money to make money!

Having said that, before, Yi Feiyang took out his only remaining more than 10,000 US dollars to launch the promotion of "Blair the Witch" in the city of Los Angeles. The results can be seen that in just ten days, the box office reached 130,000.

And now, Lionsgate has invested a lot of 6 million, and all 6 million is publicity money, there is no doubt that this small production movie, which costs only 20,000 US dollars, will be hyped into what Yi Feiyang calls a blockbuster!

What can six million do in Hollywood?!

It can take the front page headlines of all the mainstream media; You can continuously scroll through your own ads on the TV; You can open a million-dollar prize essay for "Blair the Witch"; It can also explore overseas markets in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea, India...... Throw in the propaganda bombs and carpet bomb!

How effective is such a fierce propaganda offensive?!

Aside from the rest of North America, Los Angeles alone has formed an overwhelming "Blair the Witch" craze.

With Lionsgate announced, the show will be officially released tonight...... Before, Yi Feiyang's small movie theaters were purely petty fights, and the news was like a bombshell, which directly attracted those curious young people.

Although the ticket price has risen from $2 to $5 or $7 in the underground movie theater, this small increase in ticket prices has not stopped the curious and sullen hearts of those fanatics!

As a result, these college students flocked to Lionsgate's movie theaters from all over the world to get a sneak peek of the legendary "devil's movie" and "death movie" of the play.

Curiosity kills cats, this is a Western proverb that is used in film marketing strategies, and the same applies.

People in Los Angeles are crazy.

Movie theaters in Los Angeles are full!

You can see endless queues at the entrance of movie theaters in various blocks!

Blacks, whites, Chinese, and people of all colors huddle together just to get into the cinema and see it!

No one could have imagined that the drama purchased by Lionsgate would be so crazy and incredible.

"Blair the Witch" ranked among the top 10 at the North American box office for two consecutive weeks after its release, which can be said to be a rare miracle for the American film industry with a high rate of film elimination.

This low-budget horror film was originally only screened in 27 theaters in the first week, but unexpectedly, the response after its release was enthusiastic, and the number of theaters suddenly expanded from 31 in the second week to 1,100.

The 2,142 copies of the theaters kept the Lionsgate and the copy printing company, which had become a laughing stock, busy.

This kind of hot movie-watching situation is like an incredible virus, from Los Angeles to New York, from New York to Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia...... Spread, spread, boundless, to overseas markets!

"Blair the Witch" was successfully released for a month.

The North American box office charts are as follows:

First place: "Saving Private Ryan", the North American box office was 23 million that month.

Second place: "Peerless Tribulation", the box office in North America was 21.12 million that month.

Third place: "I'm Crazy for Mary", the box office in North America was 19.5 million that month.

Fourth place: "Bug Crisis", the box office in North America was 14.32 million that month.

Fifth place: "Blair the Witch", the North American box office was 13.6 million that month.

Sixth place: "Rushing Forward in a Stupid Manner", the box office in North America was 8.25 million that month.

To know that "Blair the Witch" was able to collect more than 13 million box office in the first month with a low-cost production fee of 20,000 US dollars, which is incredible enough in the eyes of many people.

But the madness and the unbelievable continue.

Immediately afterwards, as the drama heated up sharply, countless audiences poured into the cinema to see the true face of this dark horse film.

So, in the second month, the monthly box office rankings in North America changed.

First place: "Saving Private Ryan", the box office in North America was 23.4 million that month.

Second place: "Peerless Tribulation", the box office in North America was 22.18 million that month.

Third place: "I'm crazy for Mary", the box office in North America was 17.55 million that month.

Fourth place: "Blair the Witch", the North American box office was 15.2 million that month.

Fifth place: "Bug Crisis", North America box office 11.5 million that month.

Sixth place: "Godzilla", the box office in North America was 8.55 million that month.

It can be seen from the box office list that "Blair the Witch" collected more than 15 million at the box office that month, directly throwing the comedy cartoon "Bug Crisis" behind the ass.

The comedy "Stupid Rush Forward", which originally occupied the sixth place in the box office charts, was defeated by the newly released sci-fi blockbuster "Godzilla", and its position slipped outside the top six.

This month's list, slightly shuffled. But the biggest highlight is still "Blair the Witch".

Just when all Hollywood filmmakers and North American audiences were blown up and their adrenalines accelerated by the fact that this kind of small film was constantly climbing and beating blockbusters, the North American box office rankings for the third month came down again.

First place: "Peerless Tribulation", the box office in North America was 23.96 million that month.

second place: "Saving Private Ryan", the box office in North America was 23.58 million that month.

Third place: "Blair the Witch", the box office in North America was 20.65 million that month.

Fourth place: "I'm Crazy for Mary", the North American box office was 16.8 million that month.

Fifth place: "Bug Crisis", the box office in North America was 13.5 million that month.

Sixth place: "Godzilla", the North American box office was 8.67 million that month.

This time, the box office rankings are very interesting, the super blockbuster "Peerless Tribulation", which has always been the runner-up, finally turned over, jumped from the second millennium to the first place, and became the champion of the month with a slight advantage of 380,000 over "Saving Private Ryan". And the box office of this drama in the overseas market is even more aggressive, and it occupies the throne of the total box office champion with an overwhelming advantage.

From this, Hollywood has come to a law, all sci-fi war films PK, almost all North American war films win, and once they reach the overseas market, they are the world of sci-fi films.

Of course, this is not the point, the point is that this month's super dark horse "Blair the Witch" has been more against the sky.

It can be said that from the third month of this drama, it was like an excite~ agent, and made persistent efforts, and the box office soared to more than 20 million that month, once again ousting the comedy "I'm Crazy for Mary" and sitting on the third place in the box office list!

Such awesome results surprised everyone, especially those bigwigs who thought they were Hollywood, and their jaws dropped!

How can it be?!

I invested hundreds of millions of dollars in "Saving Private Ryan", is it not as good as this small movie made of 20,000 yuan?!

unimaginable! Absolutely unimaginable!

My poor crazy "Mary", why are you being PK by other witches like this?!

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The whole Hollywood was in a hurry, and they were stunned by the results of this small film!

But what stunned everyone even more was still to come, three months later, according to the North American box office statistics, the total box office of the remarkable drama "Blair the Witch" successfully exceeded 100 million!

And according to the current box office trend, if nothing else, plus the overseas box office of this drama, the total box office will reach an astonishing 260 million in three months!!

In other words, this DV film, which costs only 20,000 yuan, has created the biggest miracle in Hollywood's history! And become the leader among the dark horses, about to go down in history!

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The seven major Hollywood studios are dumbfounded!

Those company bosses are like seeing ghosts!

I have lived for so much of my life, and now I know what it means to be small and big!

Lionsgate is completely raised eyebrows!

See, who's the idiot? Who's the stupid?!

Lionsgate boss Gusta gave an exclusive interview to Los Angeles TV, in which he spoke about the hardships of launching "Blair the Witch" and what he achieved at this time.

As a believer, Mr. Gusta thanked him for his almighty God, and then had to mention how he obtained the rights to the play, how he had the courage to recognize the hero, and how he worked hand in hand with a Chinese to achieve today's gratifying box office miracle.

And the name "Yi Feiyang", as a Chinese who created 200 million miracles, undoubtedly broke into the field of vision of many Hollywood people.

The mystery of the Orientals, the driving force behind the miracles.

Many news media have a deep curiosity about this Chinese, for a while, who this Chinese is, how he created miracles, how old is he, and what does he look like...... There are so many questions that drive these media crazy.

In terms of news value, the freshness brought by "Yi Feiyang" at this moment has surpassed that of Lionsgate's bigwig Gusta, and the director of "Saving Private Ryan" Spiel Berger, who has become the target of many senior news people.

For a while, everyone was asking: who is he?!

(I have a severe cold, I feel very uncomfortable, and I have to save the manuscript, and I can't keep two shifts a day, please forgive me, but as soon as I get better, I will immediately resume two shifts a day.) )