Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1626 Released at the same time
With the deepening of the filming of "Life of Dawn", Pierce Brosnan and Maria Dabo have a deeper understanding of the roles they play.

Two months passed in a flash, and the shooting plan in Austria finally ended smoothly.

At the same time, in Monaco on the other side, Terry Leonard also built a small military airport according to the requirements of the plot.

If all goes well, "Living by Dawn" could even be released in time for Christmas.

For the North American film market, the world's largest at this time, the holidays of Christmas and New Year's Day are definitely a good time to harvest box office.

Compared with the Xiangjiang side, it is almost as good as the Spring Festival stalls.

At this time, Lin Daoqiu is facing a problem, should "Life of Dawn" be released on Christmas?

If "Life of Dawn" wants to get a good result, then Christmas this year is the most suitable time for the show to be released.

If this opportunity is missed, "Life of Dawn" can only be released on weekdays.

At that time, unless the word-of-mouth is overwhelming, the box office of this movie will probably only fluctuate around [-] to [-] million in the end.

And the reason why Lin Daoqiu hesitated so much is of course because of "Rush Hour".

If the two films are released at the same time on the Christmas schedule, it is likely to affect the box office revenue of the other film.

As far as Lin Daoqiu knows, among the films that will be released on Christmas this year, there are "Platoon" and "Star Trek 4: Rescue the Future".

If he puts "Rush Hour" and "007" on the Christmas schedule to compete with them, Lin Daoqiu doesn't know what will happen then.

In the end, it may be able to get a good result, and it is possible to even win the Christmas box office champion, but Lin Daoqiu is worried that the performance in terms of box office revenue may not be satisfactory.

On the phone with Richardson, Lin Daoqiu also talked about it with him.

"Putting 'Rush Hour' and '007' into the Christmas slot? That's a crazy idea, and I think it's better to release them separately."

Richardson felt that Lin Daoqiu's idea was really crazy, because doing so would definitely affect the final results of the two plays.

Even if the Christmas schedule is very prosperous, there is no reason to take out two strong films of your own to fight, and you will only be injured in the end.

Lin Daoqiu didn't think there was anything wrong with not being able to get Richardson's support, because in his opinion Richardson's thinking was normal.

"Boss, if I'm allowed to choose, I think it's best to release "Life of Dawn" on the Christmas schedule, and "Rush Hour" can be delayed a little bit."

Not only did Richardson not want to release the two films at the same time on Christmas, he even hoped to reverse the order of the release, move "Life of Dawn" to Christmas, and postpone the release of "Rush Hour".

Because in Richardson's view, "Life of Dawn" is obviously more familiar to everyone, and this is the first "007" adapted by Lin Daoqiu. The promotion alone will attract many viewers to watch.

Although "Rush Hour" is also a script written by Lin Daoqiu, compared with "Life of Dawn", it will inevitably be inferior to the other party in terms of publicity.

Lin Daoqiu didn't answer Richardson's words, and the other end of the phone was very quiet. After Richardson finished speaking, he found that Lin Daoqiu didn't know a word, and he didn't know what the other party was thinking.

"How do you think Star Trek: Save the Future compares to our two shows?"

Lin Daoqiu wanted to hear the real answer.

Richardson hesitated before replying.

"Star Trek IV: Salvage the Future is said to be very good, which is one of the reasons why I hope to bring "Living Daylight" out to fight against them."

In Richardson's view, if you want to stand out in this year's Christmas schedule, you must come up with your best movies.

But he does not mean that "Rush Hour" is not good, but in Richardson's view, he prefers "Life of Dawn". After all, "007" is an enduring film of MGM, and after so many years at the box office The results are very stable.

Since it is going to be a showdown in the most important period of the North American film market, of course it is possible to win the film with the most confident film.

"Since this is the case, then I have decided that "Rush Hour" and "Life of Dawn" will be scheduled for Christmas, and you have the publicity department get ready. This time, the promotional fee will be increased to 2000 million US dollars."

Lin Daoqiu directly decided on this matter, and Richardson on the other end of the phone was stunned.

"I know that you are worried that two movies released at the same time will have a crowding out effect, or even worry that two movies of the same type will divert the audience, but I can tell you that you don't need to worry at all."

For Lin Daoqiu, he has always been so confident, at least throughout the 80s, except for "Star Wars", Lin Daoqiu didn't think there was any movie worthy of his attention.

"Boss, do you want to think about it?"

Richardson felt that Lin Daoqiu's decision was too much of a gamble, and he hoped that the other party would consider it.

"Don't think about it. In my opinion, there won't be any problems. Just do what I say, and let the propaganda department start as soon as possible."

Hearing Lin Daoqiu's firm answer, Richardson didn't know what to say.

Although he is the president of MGM, Lin Daoqiu is the boss of the company. Now that he has made such a decision, Richardson can only implement it even if he objects in his heart.

After putting down the phone, Lin Daoqiu called Lang Mayer directly.

On the phone, Lin Daoqiu directly repeated what he said to Richardson just now.

Sure enough, after Lang Mayer heard what Lin Daoqiu said, he couldn't help but blurted out.

"Lin, are you crazy? Two movies are released at the same time? The box office of these two movies will definitely be greatly affected. I think it's better not to do this."

Langmeyer and Richardson had exactly the same idea. He thought Lin Daoqiu's arrangement was crazy.

Although the Christmas schedule is very important, it does not mean that two action movies of the same type will have the effect of 1+1=2.

It is even possible that the audience will be seriously diverted in the end. After all, which drama "Rush Hour" or "Life of Dawn" is more popular with the audience will not be known until after it is released.

It is by no means a good thing that Lin Daoqiu is in such a hurry to release these two films together.

(End of this chapter)