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In the North American film market around mid-March, there is still no shortage of works to be released.

Among them are the action movie "Brave Me" released by Disney, the horror movie "Midnight Ring 2" from DreamWorks, and the Colombian romance movie "Black and White Boys and Girls".

Of course, the theaters are far more than these three movies, but only these three movies can pose a threat to "Daydreamer".

This is not the arrogance of Blue Butterfly Pictures, but that the competitors really have nothing to fight, even if they do, they are not embarrassed to do so.

You see, the top box office the day before yesterday was "Brave Me", starring Van Diesel, which has been screened for 9 days.Such a big bald man with a big bald head did not fight and kill, but turned into a housewife who takes care of the family. The plot is still very hilarious. The director is another Adam Schackman who is very good at comedy. , Under the strong cooperation, the first week accumulated 30.2 million US dollars and won the championship.

However, its good days seem to be over...

On March 21, the second day after "Daydreamer" was released, the average attendance rate was as high as 80%, and the theaters in some prosperous areas were full, and the phenomenon of waiting in line occurred.

These theaters are all talented people. Naturally, it is impossible to have money without making money, which directly increases the intensity of resource tilt.

In caa's office, Kim Carey read more than a dozen newspapers with a large circulation. To his surprise, except for one or two of these newspapers, they all gave very positive compliments.

If it hadn’t been known that Staunton and others had counted media reports, Kim Kerry would have suspected that they hadn’t even bought those newspapers with bad reviews.

After all, he is always criticized, no matter whether the box office is good or not, there are strange things that make Kim Carey a little unaccustomed to this situation...

After another while, the office door was pushed open, and an assistant rushed in, "Good news, everyone. Mr. Kim Carey, Mr. Staunton, all the box office statistics of yesterday's movie have been made."

"Really, get it here." Staunton felt that the assistant was in a good mood, it should be a beautiful data, and there was some joy in his heart, so he stood up and took the box office report.

When everyone surrounded, Kim Carey only felt relieved instantly.

"Is it correct?" someone asked.

"Yes, I've been right several times." The assistant nodded seriously.

"That's good."

For a time, the group felt that the burden was much lighter, and they could even imagine how much bonus they could get.

I saw that on that clear report, the name of "Daydreamer" was so high and the data was so wonderful.

On the first day of 24.75 million US dollars, the daily box office champion, accounting for 27% of the box office share of North American theaters.

Yes, a movie has more than one-fifth of the market, which means potential.

If the box office is not suddenly cut in half, the weekly box office champion of this week has almost been locked. This is the simplest idea of ​​Kim Carey.

Then I started to calculate, in addition to the basic salary, according to the actor contract signed with Firefly Pictures, I also enjoy 3% of the North American box office share. On the first day of 24.75 million, I can get 730,000 US dollars. if……

Perhaps this time participating in the performance can earn more than 17 million yuan, which has already satisfied Kim Carey.

You know, even though he has entered the US$20 million actor club, it has been difficult for Kim Carey to get a relatively high profit in the poor market for so many years. If he can earn more than 17 million, he will also gain a good reputation. That is ten thousand willing.

He is not short of money, but does not want to lose his position in the circle.

Staunton saw Kim Kerry raising his eyebrows and smiling, obviously immersed in joy and excitement, but he quickly suggested: "From now on, you still need a lot of public relations with your personal image to restore the past decline. This is a good opportunity. , Just use it to increase your chips."

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On the other side of Blue Butterfly Pictures, Liam and other employees in charge of film distribution are also enjoying the joy of victory after getting the film's box office data.

You know, "Day Dreamer" won the daily box office championship without any suspense, but more importantly, several competitors were greatly affected.

Like the box office hegemon the day before yesterday, "Brave Daddy", directly from the daily income of 8-9 million, directly dropped to 6.52 million US dollars, a drop of more than 30%, even the first place in the past, not to mention the other few. , Are all squeezed miserably.

After all, there are only so many large-scale audiences on schedule. When "Daydreamer" is in the top position, naturally someone wants to spit out the market in this area.

In the top five lists, "Boys and Girls in Black and White" 5.24 million, "Midnight Ring" remake of the US version of the sequel 4.76 million, MGM's "The Sopranos 2" 4.28 million, the four together can be considered a win. A "Day Dreamer", it can be said that they have no strength to fight with it, which means that if the audience's reputation for watching movies does not collapse, the market performance will be stable.

Furthermore, if you compare the number of screens of several movies, the gap is even greater.

Among the five movies, except for "Brave Me", which has more than 1,800 screens, none of them are much more than "Daydreamer", but almost all of them remain near 1,000, except for "The Sopranos 2". The box office was a bit worse, shrinking to more than 870.

But that's the case. The box office of "Daydreamer" is several times that of the following single movie. In fact, the single library has collected more than 23,000 US dollars. How can it not make people happy and feel stable.

Moreover, I got this kind of result at the beginning, or it was not a popular time, and the pressure was not so great. It is estimated that it is not a problem for North America to break 100 million. Then, what about the world?

You know, Lehman is afraid that the film will be "unacceptable" when the film is shot a few years in advance. He also deliberately adopts a very cautious distribution model. The number of paintings has not been expanded at all, and there is room for it, just for fear that the market will not perform well. , Which can reduce investment in publicity and distribution in time and reduce risks.

But if this box office momentum continues, will there be no pressure to pay back?

You know, the original version does not have the blessing of a traffic movie star like Jin-Kerry, and has received more than 180 million.

Perhaps now, this film with an investment of no more than 55 million US dollars is expected to exceed 200 million.

At least, this movie has chosen a fairly good schedule, which obviously suppressed the limelight of several other works and took a large part of the market share.

When Lehman learned of all this, although he was also happy, he was not only happy, but also worried about the story of the new film.

CG special effects, not too little use of visual technology, otherwise it will not actually promote the digital field.

What should I choose to shoot?Can’t be too advanced, can’t use too little technology, limited conditions...

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