hollywood melon man

Chapter 260 It’s hard to get a vote

In Los Angeles, Salati Merton recently got a new boyfriend.

They, the Little Gilbert Fans Association at UCLA, went their separate ways after leaving campus, and it had been a long time since they had gone to watch a Little Gilbert movie together.

But it doesn’t matter, Salati Merton’s new boyfriend is also a fan of Little Gilbert, and the two met through an online chat room.

While discussing Little Gilbert's movie online, the two had a good chat. After learning that they were both in Los Angeles, they met offline.

This can be regarded as a very ancient online dating. It is still very simple now, there are not so many fishermen and immortals, so the two naturally developed into a couple.

This time, Gilbert's new film "Chicago", her boyfriend said he was not very interested, but Sarati was very interested.

She called several nearby theaters showing "Chicago" one after another, and was told that all tickets were sold out.

Sarati complained: "Really, doesn't it mean that everyone doesn't like to watch musicals? Why can't I buy a ticket?"

Her boyfriend David said: "Salati, your news is out of date. The latest news is that "Chicago" is very popular."

It's not just Broadway theaters that are popular. "Chicago" has made fans complain because of its spot-release strategy because there were too few tickets.

The theater manager knew exactly who brought it all. Little Gilbert and his "Chicago", with their nostalgic themes, once again attracted people's interest in musicals and Broadway.

"Really?" Sarati said that she really didn't know about it. It wasn't until David showed her the front page of the New York Times that Sarati felt that she had missed 100 million.

"I asked a friend to get the tickets for the Broadway show of "Chicago." David was very proud.

And not only are these old audiences returning, theater managers see more young people entering the theater because of movies.

This has the effect that because there are so many audiences, it is impossible to get movie tickets, and it is also difficult to get tickets for Broadway.

Even if less than 10% of these audiences become Broadway audiences later, it will be a huge profit for the theater.

"Boss, I think the number of performances of "Chicago" should be increased. Now the audience comes for "Chicago", and the performances of other plays should be reduced..."

David pointed to the news playing on the TV and said: "It's hard to get a ticket for "Chicago" now. I heard it's very good, so I'm interested in it."

David comforted: "It's not too late to go and see it. Maybe we will have a chance to see the leading actors perform another show."

Salati Merton rolled her eyes and said, "It's all your fault. If it weren't for you, we would have watched "Chicago."

Tom Cruise, Naomi Watts and others also performed in the show, which caused a sensation. Now Broadway tickets are as hard to get as movie tickets. "

He seemed to have seen the glorious days of musicals a long time ago, when Broadway was such a grand event and it was packed every night.

David put on a mysterious look and said: "You don't know this, dear, yesterday the leading actor of the movie version made his debut on Broadway.

In a theater on Broadway, the theater manager looked at the sea of ​​spectators in a daze.

Sarati said disdainfully: "Who wants to go to the theater to watch such a thing?"

In view of this, the theater manager felt that he must seize this rare opportunity, so he called the theater owner.

It wasn't just Sarati and David who took the same action. Other movie fans who also couldn't buy tickets also chose to go to the Broadway show.

"what?"

"Blame me, blame me, blame me," David looked a little regretful, but he quickly reached behind his back and took out two tickets: "Look, what is this?"

"That's great," Sarati clapped her hands and said excitedly, "I'll buy a plane ticket."

Almost as soon as a movie was scheduled, the tickets were sold out in less than a minute.

Even the not-so-good seats in the theater were not reserved, the audience was so enthusiastic.

Most of these viewers who have watched the movie were conquered and couldn't help but share their feelings about watching the movie with others after coming out. With such word-of-mouth reputation, "Chicago" began to spread like a virus.

Movie fans in some areas even protested against theaters, asking why they didn't sell standing tickets and open more shows to let them see the movie.

"Here I am at a movie theater in Cambridge, Boston, and behind me I can see more than a hundred people holding signs protesting "Chicago."

It’s not that I object to the release of this film, but that fans feel that the film’s schedule is too small and they can’t see it, so they protest...”

People have seen various reasons for protesting against the movie. They were dissatisfied with the adaptation of the original work, the harm to animals, and the lack of black actors.

But this is the first time that I have seen movie fans protesting because there are too few theaters scheduled and they cannot see the film. This is a great anecdote, and it proves that "Chicago" is indeed popular now.

Ever since he saw the Broadway show and saw the appearances of Tom Cruise and Naomi Watts, Richard had been itching.

Later he learned that the person sitting in box number one that day was Gilbert Jr., the director of the movie version of "Chicago."

Richard regretted it. If he had known he should have gone to visit, maybe he could have gotten a movie ticket. Instead of being like now, there is a shortage of tickets everywhere and movie tickets cannot be bought anywhere.

Richard originally planned to organize the company's employees to watch the "Chicago" movie together. However, several people in the company were lucky enough to watch the movie, and they all reported that the movie was beyond imagination and very good. This super high evaluation made Richard feel itchy and wanted to read it even more.

In order to urge the movie to be screened more times, Richard simply called his golfing friend, the manager of New York's Imperial Cinemas: "Hey, what did you do?

"Chicago" is such a popular movie, why is it still being screened? Don't want to make money anymore? "

The manager of New York's Imperial Cinemas was also helpless: "It's not that we don't want to increase the film schedule, it's just that the distributor is still adopting a conservative distribution strategy. If we can't get copies, there's nothing we can do."

Richard could only complain: "Is the distributor sick? Or is there something wrong with his brain? Can't you see that the movie is very popular now?"

Of course the distributor knows that starting from the screening on December 18th, the box office data of the screening every day has been transmitted to Touchstone Pictures.

The excellent data performance tells the publisher how popular "Chicago" is now.

Robert Iger sat in his new vice president's office and listened to a report from his assistant.

Because Michael Eisner is not in good health and has been recuperating at home recently, he, Disney's vice president, has become the de facto head of Disney.

Robert Iger enjoys this concentration of power.

However, he will not be arrogant or forget his roots. He knows whose support this is. Without little Gilbert, he would never have been able to sit in this position so easily.

So little Gilbert's project is his most important work.

Assistant Report: "Currently we have visited theaters and interviewed 4156 viewers. Ninety-three percent of the viewers gave it a rating of A or above, and less than % gave it a rating of C or below. The audience is outstanding."

"What about the box office?" Robert Iger asked.

The assistant also had data and continued to report: "Currently, "Chicago" has accumulated a box office of 145 million US dollars in North America. In some prosperous regional theaters, it is difficult to get a ticket.

A theater under the AMG Cinemas chain in Manhattan, New York, set a single-venue box office record of US$55000 yesterday. The box office of other cinemas in a single theater is basically more than US$.

This is still subject to strict film arrangement restrictions, otherwise it will be higher.

Sir, I suggest that we increase the schedule of "Chicago" as soon as possible. The video was so popular that it exceeded our expectations. "

Following the assistant's advice, Robert Egger knocked on the table rhythmically, then picked up a phone on the table and dialed it.

"Hey! Anna, is little Gilbert here? I have something to discuss with him."

After waiting for little Gilbert on the other end of the phone to answer the phone, Robert Iger repeated the assistant's report to little Gilbert and suggested: "We don't have to wait for the Oscars anymore. I think it can be released on a large scale in advance. "

According to the original strategy, screenings would continue until the Oscars, but now it seems that it is completely unnecessary.

Little Gilbert actually felt that this distribution strategy was very conservative, but he also knew that the format of musicals would indeed bring some concerns, so he did not object at the beginning.

After "Chicago" conquers movie fans, the distributors themselves will be unable to help themselves and increase the scale of screenings.

What are Oscars for? Not for the honor, but because winning an Oscar ensures that the film will be profitable. But now that profits can be achieved without Oscars, how can publishers endure it?
So little Gilbert agreed: "Then let's show it on a large scale!"

After reaching a consensus, Touchstone Pictures quickly communicated with theaters and increased the film schedule. The 2300 theaters that were initially screened expanded to theaters in the United States during the Christmas holiday.

The film has not been idle. Now that it has been released on a large scale, although the promotion work has been done for a long time, the long-awaited premiere was held at the Chinese Grand Theater on Christmas Eve, announcing that the film has officially entered the Christmas schedule.

After sufficient word-of-mouth accumulation, "Chicago" exploded with unparalleled energy. The red carpet ceremony on the day of the film's premiere was crowded with fans from all over the world.

When the film's leading actors appeared, cheers and screams filled the sky.

Catherine Zeta-Jones walked onto the red carpet alone, listening to the cheers around her and the fans holding her posters and shouting the name of her character crazily.

She finally became famous, although it was a little later than Rachel Weisz, that bitch, but she finally became famous.

This is Hollywood, everything here is so psychedelic and addictive.

Catherine lingered on the red carpet for a long time before walking onto the stage for interviews with reporters and talked about her opportunity to star in "Chicago."

“I met Director Gilbert Jr. at the West End Theater in London. At that time, he said that he was preparing a musical and invited me to star in it.

I have been preparing for this for a long time and really hope to be recognized, and finally I have lived up to the audience's expectations. "

After the interview, Catherine walked into the theater.

"How does it feel to be famous? Catherine." Little Gilbert asked.

"It's intoxicating." Catherine enjoyed this feeling. She looked into little Gilbert's eyes and said, "You brought all this. I am very grateful to you."

"You're welcome, Catherine." Little Gilbert waved his hand and said, "If you don't work hard, you won't get such an opportunity."

(End of this chapter)