hollywood melon man

Chapter 476 Charming Moment
"Two tickets for the movie 'Wushuang'..."

"A ticket for Van Helsing, please."

"Five tickets for 'Wushuang', for consecutive seats."

"Unparalleled..."

"Unparalleled..."

"Van Helsing..."

At ten o'clock on Friday morning, a movie theater in a central block of Chicago welcomed a large number of viewers.

Raymond was a staff member at the ticket window. There were quite a lot of audiences coming to watch the movie in the morning. He was busy for a while before he took a breath and drank some water.

At this time, a colleague said to Raymond, "In the three theaters here this morning, we sold 183 tickets for the three screenings of "Wushuang", while there were only 32 tickets for "Van Helsing". The gap is quite large."

Raymond put down his coffee, did some statistics, and said in the same way: "My situation is similar. 'Wushuang' sold 112 copies, while 'Van Helsing' only sold 29 copies."

"So, there were only 62 tickets sold in the three theaters for Van Helsing, while the three theaters for The Invincibles sold a total of 295 tickets?"

"It seems so."

Raymond nodded: "I will report this data to the manager..."

This cinema is affiliated to the Imperial Cinemas chain. It has twelve theaters and an IMAX theater under construction which has not yet been opened.

There is also a VIP theater with greater privacy, but this VIP theater has been reserved.

According to the screening plan, there are three theaters for both "Wushuang" and "Van Helsing" from morning to 4 p.m.

One large theater and two medium-sized theaters make up the scale of the morning screenings of "Wushuang" and "Van Helsing".

The remaining four small theaters will show other movies, and after 4 pm, two theaters will be vacated for "Wushuang" and "Van Helsing".

Raymond found the manager and reported the situation to him.

The manager asked, “What suggestions do you have?”

Raymond said: "I suggest that all the theaters that are vacant after 4 pm be reserved for The Invincible. Now most of the phone orders are for The Invincible."

The manager thought for a moment and made up his mind: "Just do as you say..."

After Raymond left, the manager called the managers of theaters in the Chicago area and said, "I suggest reducing the screening space for Van Helsing. This movie is no match for The Invincibles."

No one would think that "Van Helsing" is a rival to "The Invincibles". After the midnight show, even the confident David Ellison was hit by the huge gap.

But he has no way out. After all, it is too late to withdraw the film now, so he can only go ahead with it.

Moreover, the fan attributes of the midnight show are very important. Maybe "Van Helsing" will be able to overtake "The Invincible" when it officially premieres later?

However, the situation reported in the morning made David Ellison feel bad. From box office data to word of mouth, the results of the Sky Studios investigators were not good.

The word of mouth of film critics, the word of mouth of preview screenings, and the word of mouth of premieres can all be faked.

However, it is unlikely that the data from the first-line survey is falsified, and it is also survey data collected after a large number of samples.

Data shows that "Van Helsing" received an average audience score of B-, with most viewers commenting that the film was boring, made them sleepy, and made them want to go to the bathroom, etc.

"How's the situation with 'Wushuang'?" David Ellison asked Michael Ovitz with a gloomy face.

Michael Ovitz replied: “I don’t know the exact data yet, but the average audience rating is A, with most people giving it positive reviews.

Most importantly, the film has been hotly discussed online, mostly focusing on the film itself. There has been considerable discussion about the characters and the plot."

David Ellison is a young man and understands better that the popularity of online discussions represents the topicality of a movie.

A movie like "The Wandering Earth" allows the audience to focus on the movie itself rather than on the several Hollywood stars who starred in it, which is enough to prove the excellence of this movie.

David Ellison sighed. Is it true that Gilbert Jr. is invincible in the summer season? Can't even be touched?
Actually, it is not the case. Gilbert Jr. once said: "It is not that "Wushuang" is too strong, but that the quality of "Van Helsing" is really average.

Audiences are not fools, and they can still tell which movie is exciting and good to watch."

Sheena Boone suggested: "The gap between word-of-mouth and box office is widening, and the theater chain will definitely reduce the scale of screening of Van Helsing. We must strive for it."

"It's inevitable. It all depends on the first week's box office." Gilbert Jr. agreed: "Then you can contact the head of Disney's distribution department."

"Okay," Sheena Boone said, getting it.

This time, "Dynasty Warriors" will be released in North America and more than 30 overseas countries and regions on the same weekend, excluding China, because it still needs to be reviewed by the Big Scissors.

It is estimated that there will be a few missing shots, but it will not affect the final release in the mainland Chinese market.

Compared with the performance of overseas markets, Gilbert Jr. will undoubtedly pay more attention to the North American market, because the North American market is the foundation. If the North American market performs poorly, then the overseas market will probably not be much stronger.

Gilbert was still satisfied with the box office results of the midnight show, so it all depends on whether the box office data in the first week is good.

David Ellison was discussing with Michael Ovitz, but Martin Bob gave his opinion.

"Instead of counting on North American box office, we should put our hopes overseas."

"What do you mean?" The two looked at Martin Bob. Martin Bob said: "In recent years, the overseas market has grown very fast and has exceeded the proportion of the North American market.

David, this is your first film as a producer. It doesn't matter whether you can win Little Gilbert or not, what matters is that the film makes money."

Martin Bob's words reminded David Ellison that he was obsessed and had always regarded defeating Little Gilbert as his core goal.

But in fact this is not realistic, or it is not suitable as a short-term goal.

Gilbert Jr. has been in Hollywood for 14 years since his debut. Obviously, he is not someone that anyone can defeat. If you want to compete with Gilbert Jr., you first need to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood.

What is the basis for gaining a foothold in Hollywood? Making money.

David Ellison is an outsider who is not influenced by the traditional forces of Hollywood. Only if his movies can make money can he gain a foothold in Hollywood.

Michael Ovitz nodded to Martin Bob, motioning him to continue.

Martin Bob added: "Although the film "Van Helsing" may not perform well at the box office, it will be profitable through peripheral products and long-term revenue."

David Ellison was poured a bucket of cold water by the midnight show and survey data, and now he is starting to calm down.

He felt that what Martin Bob said made a lot of sense, so he nodded in agreement: "OK, let's do as you say."

Although David Ellison is crazy, he is not stupid, he is wise.

If he continued to fight against Little Gilbert and Wushuang, he would inevitably be attacked fiercely.

However, even so, because they were released in the same period, although the subject matter was different, "Wushuang" still affected the market performance of "Van Helsing".

Although Friday was one of the three days of the first weekend, it was obvious that most of the audience were at work on Friday, and only a small number of them watched movies.

It was not until the evening that the flow of people in the cinema gradually increased.

Popular movie theaters in major box office cities in North America are beginning to be packed with people, as everyone welcomes the arrival of the summer season in this way.

Among them, there was a very special group of people. They gathered in an organized manner, signed their names one by one, acted collectively, and then waited for the film to start before going in together.

Those who don't know him are even more puzzled: "This is like a religious fanatic. Are they going to church or to watch a movie?"

The person next to him answered: "Although it's not going to church, it's almost the same. In the eyes of these core fans, it's as sacred as going to church."

“Whose fans are they?”

"Who else? A fan of Little Gilbert!"

It suddenly dawned on him that those who now hated and opposed Gilbert Jr. described his fans as locusts, and when they gathered in large numbers, it was called a locust plague.

Although it is a sarcastic nickname, you have to say, these movie fans are really as exaggerated as a swarm of locusts.

Every summer, when a Gilbert Jr. movie is released, these fanatical fans go to the cinema like a religious pilgrimage.

These movie fans are organized, powerful, and united, and they are so arrogant.

If ordinary fans dared to say something bad about the movie before, they would be immediately criticized by these fans. There are many such fanatical fans not only in real life but also on the Internet.

Some ordinary movie fans and audiences could not bear the attacks, and with the instigation of the black fans and internet trolls, they finally became opponents of Gilbert Jr.

And as the community of ardent fans grows, so does the community of detractors.

There really isn't a good solution to this.

Muskmelon Studio contacted the fan organization very early on, and the fan organization was responsible for controlling the behavior of fans to avoid causing larger public opinion incidents.

Even so, because of Gilbert Jr.'s outstanding performance year after year, his fan base has continued to expand, and opponents can only silently endure some of the extreme behaviors of these fanatical fans.

Fortunately, it is precisely because of Gilbert Jr.'s success that today's fanatical fan base has high standards.

There is a sense of arrogance that even though I know you are slandering our favorite movies and directors, you don't deserve it.

If one day Gilbert Jr. faces failure and opponents stand up to mock and attack him, that’s when the fanatical fans will be defeated.

The scene of the two sides fighting each other will probably be very exciting, enough to keep Hollywood busy for a while.

However, Gilbert Jr. obviously does not want to give such an opportunity, so fanatical fans can still look at the world with a condescending attitude and laugh.

After the first day ended on Friday, the box office figures for "The Man with the Golden Globes" and "Van Helsing" were quickly calculated, sent to relevant parties, and also learned by major media.

Online media responded very quickly in this regard and quickly updated website dynamics and pop-ups.

"The Invincibles grossed $2342.6 million on its first day, achieving great box office and word-of-mouth success. However, Van Helsing only grossed $1350.4 million, with poor word-of-mouth, and may not be able to compete with The Invincibles."

“‘Wushuang’ brought together three Hollywood superstars and many talented actors, but it only earned $2342.6 million on its first day and is likely to perform poorly in the future.

Van Helsing has great potential and has a good chance of beating The Invincibles. ”

Two completely different online media news reports highlight the fascinating moments of journalism.

(End of this chapter)