The screening on the screen is not over yet.

Although the Scarlett Johansson family of four has come together again, the matter is far from over.

At the end of the film, a rabbinical priest who drove away with a dead box is hit by a truck and flies away, and everything is back to square one, and the dead box will wait for the next victim.

Kate McGoley slowly retracted her gaze and said, "The second Saw series?"

Obviously, the ending left by the film is to pave the plot for the sequel.

"Not every horror movie is "Saw Horror" and can be a big hit one after another. Roland Emmerich said in a very flat tone: "Invasion of Evil Spirits, it is difficult to be the next Saw series. ”

The series of films is a treasure that Hollywood studios rely on to survive, and the "Saw Horror" series is obviously the best of them.

In contrast, "Invasion of Evil Spirits", which has just ended its screening, can hardly become the next "Chainsaw".

To put it bluntly, the plot content of "Invasion of Evil Spirits", in terms of commercial value, is more than a notch worse than "Chainsaw".

With the end of the film screening, next, a group of main creative actors began to be interviewed by media reporters to promote the following screening.

However, Ryan declined media interviews and returned to the break room.

Unless it's a director at the level of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, it's hard to get media attention.

The core of the film's promotion is always a group of actors, not directors.

"Sophia!"

Ryan greeted Sophia and said, "Remember to book your ticket for tomorrow morning, I don't want to stay in Los Angeles for too long." ”

The film's publicity plan makes no difference whether the director participates or not, and he can't stay in the United States all the time, leaving the Canadian crew alone.

"Okay. ”

Sofia Coppola agreed, and then asked, "Camelot talked to me for a while just now. ”

"He seems to want to ask, do you have any plans to continue writing the next "Evil Invasion"!"

The next "Invasion of Evil Spirits"!

Ryan showed a puzzled look and said: "It seems that Twentieth Century Fox thinks that the box office of "Invasion of Evil Spirits" will not meet expectations, and it should not continue to make the next one!"

"Who knows. Sofia Coppola shrugged her shoulders and said, "Maybe it was a sudden change of mind." ”

——————

"Tell him I don't have a schedule. Ryan refused directly, what are you kidding, "Invasion of the Evil Spirits 2"?

He wasn't interested in directing a horror sequel, and he didn't have the time.

"Wise decision. Sofia Coppola gave a rare compliment.

"Then I would like to ask Miss Sophia, would I like to invite you to taste the food of the Chinese restaurant? Ryan said very gentlemanly.

Ryan has complained countless times about the diet of the Canadian crew, and now that he is back in Los Angeles, he naturally wants to find a Chinese restaurant to have a big meal.

For example, Mr. Zhou's restaurant near Beverly Hills.

"For the sake of food, I can reluctantly agree. Sofia Coppola pouted, but finally chose to agree.

It's obviously not a good idea to go out for a meal with a playboy in the evening.

The next day it will definitely appear on the lace news of the gossip tabloids.

At that moment, the two left the China Grand Theater and drove to Mr. Zhou's restaurant.

In contrast, the rest of the crew still needs to be busy, dealing with media interviews and participating in a Fox TV program promotion.

At the same time, 20th Century Fox's surveyors in major North American cities began to gather data from the film's midnight show in order to adjust the next promotional plan.

After 12 o'clock in the morning, on the first day of September, "Invasion of Evil Spirits" will officially start screening on 480 screens.

For a time, countless audiences in North America walked into the cinema.

In a short period of time, the midnight show easily won $1.1 million at the box office, which is a decent midnight performance, at least in horror films, which is not bad.

However, the word of mouth is not too good.

Generally speaking, people who can go to the midnight show to watch a movie are undoubtedly some horror movie fans, which can be of great help to the word-of-mouth of the film.

However, the reputation of the midnight scene of "Invasion of Evil Spirits" is at best half good and half bad.

"A complete garbage film, except that the little girl is pretty and the whole film is almost useless. ”

"It's okay, it's just not too scary, not like Ryan Gosling's usual style. ”

"The plot is very original, the plot design is very warm, and at least in my opinion, it is a really good film. ”

"What horror movie? Sorry, I always thought it was a family drama. ”

At the end of the midnight session, all kinds of voices gradually began to appear.

Among them, many viewers think that the style of the film, unlike Ryan Gosling's previous style, is not a real horror film at all, and it is a complete failure.

There are also some viewers who think that the content and plot of the film are okay, at least they can be watched.

The rest of the audience thinks that the plot of the film is full of family care, and it is a very good film.

Early the next morning, inside the Twentieth Century Fox office building.

"According to the survey data of the midnight show last night, including several art theaters. ”

Colette Singer came to Tom Rothman's office and said in a hoarse voice: "More than half of the audience thinks this is a failed horror film, but most female viewers think the opposite is true, they think the plot of the film is very novel, and the rest of the audience say that it can be watched." ”

Tom Rothman closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said, "In other words, as Ryan Gosling predicted, the audience for "Evil Ghost Invasion" is female viewers over the age of thirty!"

"I think so. Camelot Singh nodded with some difficulty and said: "Next, as long as you adjust the publicity direction a little, the box office of "Evil Spirit Invasion", even if it cannot meet expectations, is enough to recover the investment cost." ”

"Do what you think. Tom Rothman sighed, it seemed that "Evil Invasion" could not be another "Saw".

Female audiences over the age of 30 have never been the mainstream of the North American film market, they rarely go to the cinema alone, and more often, they choose to accompany their families to watch movies.

This creates a very embarrassing problem, "Evil Invasion" is a horror movie, not an all-age film, and it is not suitable for a family to watch.

The media reports above are almost the same as the survey data, and they think that it is a mixed film.

Many critics believe that the film's director, Ryan Gosling, was clearly influenced by "The Exorcist".

According to the data released by a number of evaluation agencies, the live audience score of "Invasion of Evil Spirits" is only "D", and it is expected that the North American box office will hardly exceed $30 million.

However, to the stunned eyes of many media and film critics, "Evil Ghost Invasion" earned $5.5 million at the box office on Friday alone.

By Saturday, the single-day box office of "Invasion of Evil Spirits" did not seem to be affected by negative reviews at all, and instead of falling, it rose, earning $6.48 million at the box office in a single day.

In just two days, the North American box office of "Invasion of Evil Spirits" reached $13.08 million, and the number on the books has exceeded the investment cost of the film.

By Sunday, the box office of "Invasion of Evil Spirits" inevitably dropped a little, but not by a large margin, earning $5.98 million again.

In the first three days of the weekend, he earned $19.06 million and became the box office champion of this weekend.

In second place was "Empire of the Devil," which grossed $6.28 million over three days over the weekend, and third was a film produced by Disney.

For a low-budget horror film with an investment of only $10 million, it can be said to be a success.

In other words, the final North American box office of the film will definitely be more than $30 million.

The following Monday, which coincided with the Thanksgiving holiday, theater companies began to increase the number of screens screened and the scheduling rate, reaching 865 screens.

A scene that seems to be very familiar once again appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and many media have remembered that at this time last year, "Chainsaw" directed by Ryan Gosling became a dark horse at the box office at the end of the summer season.

It seems to be very similar to the current situation of "Invasion of Evil Spirits".

However, "Invasion of Evil Spirits" is not as good as "Chainsaw" after all, and many people, including Ryan himself, are well aware of this.

However, it still can't change the fact that in the face of the box office of $19.06 million in the first three days of the opening weekend, Twentieth Century Fox has not only recovered its investment costs, publicity budget, printing and other expenses, but even generated a meager profit.

It is conceivable that the next screening period, as well as overseas regions that have not yet been released, will be the profits of Twentieth Century Fox.

This is not counting the copyright income of the film.

To this end, Twentieth Century Fox has publicly announced that it will continue its partnership with film director Ryan Gosling.

It is expected that the next "Saw 3" will be released around Thanksgiving, and a very generous red envelope will be given to every member of the crew of "Invasion of Evil Spirits".

At the same time, a grand celebration banquet will be held on the second day after the end of Labor Day.

Although "Invasion of Evil Spirits" did not meet expectations, it still made many people relieved to receive $19.06 million at the box office in the first three days of the opening weekend.