Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1932 One special effects blockbuster a year

Because Lin Daoqiu told Barry Diller in advance that "1992" will be released this Christmas, Paramount's "Fatal Attraction", which was originally planned to be released during Christmas, was urgently moved up.

The box office revenue in the first week reached 5000 million U.S. dollars, which can be said to be a good momentum. Barry Diller and others predict that "Fatal Attraction" will at least win more than [-] million box office after its release.

And Disney's "Three Dads and One Baby" was also released three weeks before Christmas. Originally, this movie was tailor-made by Disney for Christmas, but unfortunately they encountered the mountain of "1992" .

In fact, Michael Eisner's thoughts are a bit cautious, because "Three Dads and One Baby" and "1992" are not the same type of movie.

If this movie was released on Christmas, the box office revenue should not be too bad, but Michael Eisner did not dare to gamble with Lin Daoqiu with this movie, so he chose to release it early to ensure the box office.

After Universal, Fox, and Warner have been dragged by Lin Daoqiu, it can be said that Lin Daoqiu has no rivals for this year's Christmas schedule in Hollywood.

Even those movies released on Christmas are not big productions, and those opponents who regard Lin Daoqiu as an enemy have temporarily died down.

When faced with a blockbuster with super special effects like "1992", no one will be so stubborn as to confront it head-on.

After all, the original "Godzilla" shocked them so much that they suffered heavy losses during the release of "Godzilla", and the attendance rate was cut in half.

So Barry Diller and others have strategically given up Christmas this year. Although this is a very helpless choice, as a company leader, sometimes you have to make a choice.

The RT theater chain acquired by Lin Daoqiu has undergone a round of major renovations and can provide 1992 yuan of screens for "500" this year.

Including MGM’s own theaters and those three partners, the number of screens that “1992” can get must be over [-], and it is almost certain that the number of screens will exceed that of “Godzilla” again. new record.

At MGM's headquarters, Richardson issued invitation letters to all the media that could be invited to attend the "1992" release press conference.

Although it is already certain that "1992" will never have any competitors in the Christmas schedule, Lin Daoqiu still hopes to make "1992" more popular.

The film conference was live broadcast unprecedentedly. It can be said that Hollywood has fully paid for "1992".

"As a member of the earth, when making the film "1992", MGM considered to give everyone a warning, so that everyone began to pay attention to the issue of environmental protection."

To have such a grand ceremony when a movie is released, only Lin Daoqiu's movie can do it.

Hundreds of media outlets packed the conference room to the brim. It can be said that "1992" is the most watched film in all major film markets around the world this year.

It can be said that there is very little information about the movie "1992" before, even so little that everyone thinks that it will take at least one or two years before the movie is released.

However, MGM suddenly announced that "1992" will be scheduled for this year's Christmas, and the news immediately caused an uproar.

Lin Daoqiu and Langmeyer were sitting in the office above the conference site watching the live broadcast on the TV.

While chatting with Lin Daoqiu, Langmeyer suddenly made a very extravagant suggestion.

"It would be a wonderful thing if MGM could release a special effects blockbuster every year."

Of course, Langmeyer didn't expect his extravagant wish to come true, but MGM must maintain a special effects blockbuster for at least two years now, otherwise such a good momentum will be in vain.

"That is, if you dare to have such an idea, it would be a remarkable thing for another film company to be able to release a blockbuster with special effects like "1992" for three years."

Although Lin Daoqiu said so, Langmeyer's proposal was not impossible for him.

Lin Daoqiu couldn't do it before because of the limited production capacity of Magic Studio, but now Magic Studio has studios in Hong Kong and Hollywood, and it is certain that Lin Daoqiu will increase the production capacity of special effects in the future.

Lin Daoqiu is even considering that in addition to his own independent production of special effects blockbusters, he also plans to cooperate with other film companies.

Otherwise, it would be too wasteful to pull up the production capacity of Magic Studio and only make low-to-medium-level special effects movies.

"Don't tell me you don't have such an idea, unless you are already very satisfied with the status quo and plan to keep it like this?"

Although Langmeyer didn't know Lin Daoqiu well, he still knew Lin Daoqiu quite well.

If the production capacity is sufficient, it is absolutely possible for MGM to produce a special effects blockbuster Lin Daoqiu a year, no matter in terms of capital or technology.

If Langmeyer had done it himself, he would have put this matter on the agenda long ago.

"That's not true, but the script is a big problem for me. Although the special effects blockbuster is amazing, but without the support of an eye-catching script, it will definitely end up losing money."

Lin Daoqiu knew very well that the gimmick of special effects blockbusters would become weaker and weaker in the near future. Although they would still be more popular than ordinary movies, the probability of failure would also start to rise.

If such a movie hits the street, the loss will be as high as hundreds of millions of dollars. For an ordinary film company, this level of loss is enough to hurt their vitality and even bankrupt the company.

Even though Lin Daoqiu's wallet is full now, he dare not make such a decision lightly, after all, one good script is one less.

"Your record so far can be said to be victorious. To be honest, I have never seen anyone like you in this industry for so many years. Is it luck or strength? I really don't understand."

Langmeyer is really curious. Lin Daoqiu has never encountered failure since he started filming. He is really curious about how Lin Daoqiu got his head and luck.

"There are a lot of unsolved mysteries in the world, and I'm successful because I have a better understanding of the tastes of movies and audiences, so far but I'm not sure in the future."

Lin Daoqiu didn't think that he would maintain this record of victories in all battles in the future, so he had to make enough preparations before failure came.

(End of this chapter)