Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1639 Catering to the rules of the game
"The number of screens for "Rush Hour" is 2000 yuan, and "Life of Dawn" is 3000 yuan. If the box office situation is satisfactory, an additional 1000 yuan for screens will be added in the future."

In two days before Christmas, in MGM's meeting room, Lin Daoqiu summoned all the high-level executives.

Judging from the current situation, MGM released two blockbuster movies at the same time during the Christmas schedule. The result of this approach is that it cannot get too many screens.

In addition, Lin Daoqiu insisted on withdrawing from the ACC theaters, which caused the number of screens to shrink by almost [-]%.

And this shrinking [-]% of the number of screens, the reaction at the box office will be equal to [-]% of the box office.

After all, most of the movie theaters in the ACC theater chain are located in relatively good locations, and the ticket price is 0.5-1 US dollars more expensive than other theaters.

Lin Daoqiu really doesn't want to break up with ACC if he can, but if he doesn't, MGM may always be inferior to Paramount and Fox. This is definitely not what Lin Daoqiu wants to see.

Unlike in Xiangjiang, Lin Daoqiu has no absolute possibility of crushing other film companies in Hollywood.

Unless every movie Lin Daoqiu makes is as successful as "Godzilla", there is no way he can beat Paramount and Fox to death.

Since development in Hollywood requires compliance with the rules of the game here, what Lin Daoqiu wants to do is to let the rules of the game develop in a direction that is beneficial to him.

He wants to be the top priority in the theaters, but it doesn't mean that Lin Daoqiu will ask the theaters he cooperates with not to show other companies' movies.

But as for how to do this, Lin Daoqiu still needs some time.

"Don't worry, I'll figure out the problem with the screen."

As long as "Rush Hour" and "Life of Dawn" do well at the box office, Lin Daoqiu can still get 2000 yuan in screens from Universal. After all, whoever has money will push it out.

As for the ACC and RT theaters, Lin Daoqiu does not plan to cooperate with them for the time being, and will hang on to them first.

There is nothing like letting the capitalists look at the money that originally belonged to them and fly away from them but have no choice. This is no less than killing them.

On December 12th, the Christmas schedule officially opened. "Rush Hour", "Life of Dawn", "Star Trek 16: Saving the Future", and other films constituted the 4 North American Christmas schedule.

Barry Diller, who is full of confidence in "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future", brought the director and starring team of "Star Trek" to the premiere of the film.

On the other side, Lin Daoqiu led a group of MGM executives, as well as the cast and crew of "Life of Dawn", and held a premiere ceremony in the cinema on the other side.

The reason for choosing to hold the premiere of "Life of Dawn" is entirely because of the influence of the "007" series in the United States.

"Rush Hour" is a new movie, and the protagonists are two stars who are not well-known in the United States.

If Lin Daoqiu insisted on holding a premiere for this movie, the effect would definitely not be as good as doing it for "Lives of Dawn".

Jackie Chan also expressed his understanding of this, he knows that his influence in the United States is definitely not as good as "007", a classic movie that has been popular in the United States for decades.

It's just that understanding is understanding. After Lin Daoqiu and Jackie Chan mentioned this matter, Jackie Chan also secretly made up his mind that this time he must make a name for himself in Hollywood.

For "Film Entertainment", which was able to get an exclusive interview with Lin Daoqiu, this time naturally got some inside news.

Before "Life of Dawn" was released, "Film Entertainment" disclosed a lot of inside information, but of course none of these related to the core plot of the movie.

Just the still photos published in the weekly magazine and the two half-covered ultra-luxury sports cars make people full of interest in this drama.

And "Life of Dawn" is also the first time Lin Daoqiu has directed the MGM series of classic films since he bought MGM. Many people are indeed curious about what the effect will be.

Before entering the arena, Richardson came to Lin Daoqiu's side and whispered.

"The pre-sales of "Life of Dawn" and "Rush Hour" are very good. Today's box office has been sold out, and tomorrow's pre-sales have also sold [-]%.

Lin Daoqiu nodded. The movie has not yet started to be released. With "007" and his own influence, it can be regarded as a good start. The next step is to see how "Rush Hour" and "Live of Dawn" follow-up.

On the other side, the pre-sales of "Star Trek 4: Rescue the Future" are also very good, but because of the 8000 yuan screen, the sales of this show are still lower than those of "Rush Hour" and "Life of Dawn". It's a bit short.

However, in terms of the total number of tickets sold, "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future" is still ahead of "Living by Dawn" and "Rush Hour".

As for another movie "Platoon", it was postponed to December 12.

However, because most of the movie theaters are divided up by big companies, the number of theaters that can be allocated to "Platoon" is pitifully small, and so far it has been scheduled to be screened in six movie theaters.

No one could have imagined that this movie, which has been underestimated by the distributor to such an extent, will set off an incredible trend in Hollywood in the coming time.

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"The box office on the first day came out. "Rush Hour" won 500 million box office on the first day, while "Life of Dawn" got 800 million. This has broken the first-day box office record of the "007" series in North America. .”

Richardson walked in quickly from the outside, and seeing his joyful expression, he knew that such box office results were very good.

Lin Daoqiu didn't have a particularly happy expression on his face after hearing the news, he asked unhurriedly.

"What about Star Trek: Save the Future's first-day box office?"

Asked by Lin Daoqiu, Richardson hurriedly read the file recording the box office data in his hand again.

""Star Trek 4: Saving the Future" got 800 million box office on the first day..."

After Richardson finished speaking, a slightly embarrassed expression appeared on his face, but he felt that this was also a normal thing.

"Rush Hour" and "Life of Dawn" are only 5000 yuan for the screen.

And "Star Trek 4: Rescue the Future" monopolizes 8000 yuan of screens, and the box office of the other party is higher than the sum of their two movies. This is also a normal thing, and there is nothing to be sad about.

"Well, it seems that Barry Diller and the others will definitely be in a good mood today, but we still have something to work on. I will work hard for you in the next few weeks."

Although he was hit by the box office of "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future", Lin Daoqiu didn't seem to care about it.

Originally, Richardson was worried that Lin Daoqiu would be emotionally depressed because of the news, but at present, he thought too much.

(End of this chapter)