In mid-November, the trailer for "Zombie Dana" aired in the late-night hours of local TV stations in Los Angeles and Atlanta.

Lionsgate professionals cut out the best sequences, such as trapeze and machine gun dances. The ad also featured a late-night play by Gray's Company, which had consistently received good ratings.

Then there are the trailers and poster columns of the theaters. For screenings, the distribution company has limited resources and only targets the target audience.

After just a week of quiet publicity, "Zombie Dani" opened in eight independent theaters in Los Angeles and Atlanta at the same time.

On this day, Elena rested, and Martin made an appointment with her to go to the movies in the afternoon. Lily followed with a grim face.

With two adults, plus Lily is well developed, it is easy to sneak into the theater, after all, it is only R-level, not 17 forbidden.

There were plenty of empty seats in the slightly old auditorium, and the three of them chose the back row, and when they sat down, Lily slipped past Elena and sat down on Martin's left.

Elena, to Martin's right, looked at it and said, "Watch the movie, keep your mouth shut." Lily nodded and said, "There are not many people, Martin, no one has watched the movie you acted?" Martin stuffed the popcorn in his hand to her: "Eat, talk less." Elena handed Martin a glass of Coke and asked in a low voice, "Is the audience a little small?" "In the old theater that can accommodate nearly 200 people, there are less than 40 people sitting in the sparse place.

The zombie dancer was screened in the theater, Martin's goal has been achieved, and he has a good mentality: "A small-budget B-grade film, only three months after filming and production, you can't count on how many audiences there are." Lily wanted to speak again, and Martin stuffed her with a Coke: "Drink water." When the opening ad played, Lily quickly counted and said, "Not counting us, 37 people." She muttered: "I'll do the math, the movie ticket is $6 a piece, and this one is $240 at the box office." Elena wondered, "What are you counting?" "She's counting the box office," Martin said. ”

"The movie he's acting in is going to be released." Lily stuck out her finger and poked Martin, "I looked to a movie magazine and researched how to calculate the box office. She glanced at Elena's slightly higher chest, and scolded the old lady's chest in inverse proportion to her brain capacity, and continued: "This film is short, only 92 minutes, and it can be shown 9 times a day, taking this afternoon show as an average, 2160 US dollars for a single day and a single museum." Elena said, "You miscalculated, it should be $1,860." Martin wouldn't be stupid enough to contradict Elena, saying: "Starting on Friday, this film will be screened at a single-theater box office of almost $6,000 on the weekend." "Because the number of spectators at each show is different, it may be more or less.

Elena was still wrestling her fingers there, and finally gave up completely, she was surprised: "Martin, you dropped out of school earlier than me, why can you figure it out, but I can't figure it out?" Lily's mouth is faster than her brain: "Because your mind is full of how to make a gram." Elena took the bottle of Coke upside down, and smashed it on Lily's head through Martin.

With a bang, Lily became depressed. Martin hurriedly grabbed Elena: "Don't disturb people watching the movie." "The main line and basic content of the film have not changed, but some redundant shots have been cut out, and the scale is slightly smaller to cope with the mpAA rating.

From the beginning of the film, Lily looked stupid. She thought that Martin's late-night scenes, such as Ma Zhen or something, were exaggerated enough, but she didn't expect this film to be even more exaggerated.

Flying trapeze! It also absorbs the essence! Elena held Martin's hand tightly, her body was attached to Martin, and with her personality of doing it when she thought of it, she dared to sit directly on Martin's lap without Lily's words next to her.

Martin quietly scratched her palm and gave her a look. Elena is patient and will wait until she gets back to the movie.

Lily turned her head and looked at Martin: "When you were shooting, really haircut?" Martin glared at her: "Idiot, don't insult the art of cinema!" Do you know what art is? "The atmosphere in the theater is good, and the audience in front of them laughs constantly, and occasionally there are exclamations.

The audience who can come in to watch this film is undoubtedly a B-grade movie lover, this bad movie that makes some new ideas about the old zombie plasma theme, makes them a little enjoyable to watch.

At the end of the scene, many people sprayed the plot sparsely, but praised the ingenious and wonderful performance of the actor in several scenes.

Walking out of the exit of the theater, Lily snorted angrily: "What idiot would have thought of this kind of sand sculpture setting, so that the hero and heroine can fight hard through Falke." Martin curled his fingers and flicked her brain: "Shut up." Lily was shocked: "It's you?" Elena regretted taking her out: "Don't force me to do it." Reading the words that Lily blocked in her throat, she raised her cheeks like an oversized frog.

Back at her home in the community, Lily tries to talk to Elena about the movie she just watched, only to find that Martin and Elena's idiots are missing.

She sneaked out, set up a wooden ladder, climbed up to the roof, and looked around by the moonlight, which was still bright.

Soon, I found that the BMW car in the backyard next door was shaking.

"It's shameless, hide and send a k!" Lily was furious, picked up a piece of wood, and threw it towards the yard over there.

Soon the chickens and dogs jump, and Elena chases after Lily with a shotgun. Martin, Harris, and Hall watch the sisters kill together.

............ "Zombie Dani" was screened in three theaters in Atlanta, with an average of $6,423 per theater over the weekend.

Los Angeles is better, with 5 theaters averaging more than $8,000 per theater. Not too good, but not bad either.

The screening is specifically aimed at the target audience, and it is normal for some films with excellent screening results to have 20,000+ in a single museum.

The worse ones, of course, are three-day or one-day tours of the theater. This was enough for Lionsgate to further expand its distribution and increase its promotional budget.

Commercials and short promos for the film began to appear on some websites, especially forums for B-movie enthusiasts.

Television commercials and print media are also all invested. In the weekend leading up to Thanksgiving, "Zombie Dani" expanded to 54 theaters in North America, and the weekend box office skyrocketed to $425,000.

Counting the previous weekend and weekday box office, the B-movie grossed more than $500,000 in North America.

As for word-of-mouth, B-grade films talk about word-of-mouth all floating clouds. On the contrary, the actor's three wonderful performances have been talked about by a group of B-movie lovers on several movie websites.

Two days before Thanksgiving, Zombie Dancer Studios received a business letter from Lionsgate, immediately informing Martin, Catherine, and Benjamin to come for a meeting.

Because the studio's office was small enough to accommodate only two operators, the meeting took place at Gray & Co.

Benjamin was in a very good mood and hugged Martin hard when they met: "Man, we're going to be famous." Martin smiled and said, "Is it so exaggerated? Benjamin was the first to come and whispered, "We're going to Los Angeles." Catherine was excited: "To Hollywood? Benjamin did not answer.

Kelly Gray took Ella into the conference room at this time, nodded slightly to the three of them, and said, "Lionsgate just informed us that 'Zombie Danigo' will be expanded to 650 theaters this weekend, covering all states in the United States, and we succeeded. Martin leaned back in his chair and looked up at the ceiling, his hands raised into fists, his gaze through the obstacles, as if he could see the sky, the sky was so blue, the sun was so bright, the bald Benjamin was so handsome, the freckles on Ella's face were so beautiful, and Kelly and Catherine were beautiful messes.

When you are happy, everything is pleasing to the eye. Even if the old black comes, Martin can call him a handsome guy. Because the impact of on-demand screenings and large-scale screenings is very different.

Martin jumped up and down like a monkey for nearly half a year, wasn't that what he was doing? Benjamin happily slammed the conference table hard, and saw Martin reach for him with his fist outstretched and bump into him.

I was too excited, I used too much force, and I cried out in pain. Catherine was slow to react, or didn't realize what 650 theaters could bring, pinched her face and asked, "Ms. Gray, can we go to Hollywood?" Kelly looked at Martin and said, "Lionsgate is going to hold a fan and media meeting in Los Angeles to further promote the film, please go to Los Angeles, they have booked the plane tickets, you will spend Thanksgiving in Atlanta, and you will leave early on Friday morning." ”

"Can I go to Hollywood?" Catherine's first sentence was a question, and the second sentence became an affirmation: "I can go to Hollywood!" She suddenly screamed, hugged her blond hair, and stood up and spun back and forth.

How tempting fame is for an ordinary actor, how excited Catherine is at this moment. Even Martin kept staring at Kelly Gray and laughing.

Why hide being happy? The actor is already emotionally outgoing. After screaming loudly, Catherine calmed down a little, sat down in her chair, and smiled embarrassedly: "Sorry, I lost my temper, this is ...... for me It's so important to me. She reached out and high-fived Martin and Benjamin: "Thank you!" Thank you! It has been a great pleasure to work with you. Martin smiled and nodded, "Me too." Kelly then said: "Dave got $5,000 for each of you in the negotiations with Lionsgate, but you have to cooperate with Lionsgate throughout the whole process when you arrive in Los Angeles." Benjamin was so emotional that he even popped out the swear words: "As long as they don't fuck my ass, I will absolutely cooperate." Then he was ruthless: "Even if you fuck my ass, I'll endure it!" Kelly said to the assistant, "Ella, go get the wine, we're going to celebrate." Ella quickly brought champagne and goblets, and several people shared a drink in the conference room.

Benjamin and Catherine soon left hand in hand. Martin had lunch with Kylie and went to her luxurious apartment.

As the two lay in the warm tub, Kelly said, "Your wish has been granted." Martin said, "It was our wish that came true." Kelly did not deny that Martin got the leading actor in a theatrical film and obtained an important qualification, and her company profited from the project and had more money to invest in new dramas and the renovation of the studio in the automobile industrial park.

Martin thought for a moment and said sincerely, "Kelly, I wish you an early date to become a councilor." Kelly Gray laughed: "Martin, I wish you a superstar soon." ”