Hollywood legendary director

On July 15, the North American film market ushered in two more masterpieces.

One is the romantic comedy "The Wedding Proud" by New Line Pictures, and the second is the fantasy film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" shot by the talented director Tim Burton and released by Warner Bros.

The release of these two films also means that the summer vacation of 2005 has come to an end.

Although the post-production work of "The Water Monster in the Lake" did not become easy because the editing was completed, Lehman, as the owner of a film company, still paid close attention to the works of other film companies.

Among them, the quality of "The Wedding Proud" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" are very good. The former box office in the first week is 33.9 million US dollars, with more than 1,900 screens; the latter box office in the first week is 56.17 million US dollars with more than 2,400 screens. , And basically occupy one or two places on the weekly box office list based on performance.

However, in comparison, the new line film industry suffers from a loss in its announcements. It is not as good as Warner. The number of screens it gets is too small. Otherwise, "The Wedding Pride" is not necessarily better than "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". As for "Xia Ying" "Mystery" has been in theaters for a month, and most of the box office that should be received have been received. It doesn't matter whether there are new films released, whether it's selling or not, anyway, the box office of one or two million dollars is hanging every day.

Let’s go back to the previous comparison. In fact, Tim Burton’s style is too personal, and the consequence of stylization is that he loves very much. If he doesn’t like it, he won’t go to the cinema to support it. "This kind of market level acceptable to the giggling public.

This director, who was born in 1958 and is 47 years old today, is always known as "weird", and you can see it from his circle of friends-his favorite actor is Johnny Depp, and he and "Red Queen" Helena Bonham Carter was married.

If the entire Hollywood director circle selects the weirdest person, then it is definitely him.

Quiet words, curious imagination, coupled with a unique "Boltonian" flamboyant visual style, often make his works gothic, curious, and bizarre labels, and his recognition is exploding.

Take a look at the characters in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", a little boy who was put on exaggerated equipment to prevent tooth decay, and finally became the world's largest chocolate producer. Don't mention the style of painting. This product is a professional painter. If you can't be a director, you can be a cartoonist.

Then, coupled with the wonderful performance of Johnny Depp, with the support of many fans, it has been suppressing "The Wedding Proud" from the beginning.

But the box office trend of "The Wedding Proud Guy" was too stable. The next week it was only a drop of less than 15%, and in the third week it fell 23%, far more stable than that of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

So, in the middle of the third week, "The Wedding Proud" strongly overtook, and then went on all the way.

Facts have proved that comedy is comedy. No matter which country it is in, it is the easiest to beat the big one. Is the director David Dawkin better known than Tim Bolton?

Are the actors in it more talkative than Johnny Depp after starring in "Pirates of the Caribbean"?

Even if it compares investment and publicity, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" won.

But the charm of the movie lies in how many audiences it can please, not in the lineup that can determine the outcome.

Therefore, Xinxian, Lionsgate, Firefly Pictures, and Mubao Pictures can sometimes beat the six major players, instead of losing out directly because of the theater line.

In terms of film scheduling, of course Warner has the upper hand, but in the film market, it is impossible to ask the theaters not to diversify resources.

Moreover, the theater chain is not a company that has the final say.

In the fourth week, the box office of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" plunged by more than 45%, while "The Wedding Proud" remained stable, only down 30%, and finally surpassed the total box office. Up.

The box office evaluation agency directly made the reservation, saying that "The Wedding Proud" can win at least 2 million box office of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".

But in the end, "The Wedding Proud Guy" not only squeezed "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by 2 million, but close to 3 million US dollars. In the last few days, it turned out to be a peculiar box office rebound, and took an extra 7 to 800 million. Win by a narrow margin.

Since then, "Wedding Proud" has accumulated more than 299 million in North America and currently ranks fourth in the annual box office rankings, while "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" ranked fifth with more than 260 million. The sixth is "Batman: The Mystery of Shadows", which won more than 250 million US dollars.

And Lehmann's "The Mist" temporarily ranks third with more than 219 million, and the second is Spielberg's "War of the World", which has a box office of more than 230 million in North America; the first, needless to say, is also " "Star Wars 3", the US has more than 380 million, and the global score of 850 million, it is really impossible to catch up.

After entering August, when Lehmann continued the post-production of "Water Monster in the Lake", the special effects work in the digital field had been completed-if it weren't for the work in the digital field, the post-production of "Water Monster in the Lake" wouldn't be needed. Long.

In fact, it takes two weeks to edit and one week to record sound effects, and the time is already very loose.

In the meantime, Lehman even accompanied Eva to MGM.

In other words, MGM is really in decline, there are really not many projects that can be taken, and the management is incomparably chaotic, often changing the helmsman, changing three terms in two years, and then becoming even more chaotic. I don’t know what is behind. What are the shareholders doing?

Of course, how MGM doesn't have much to do with Lehman, and even the worse they are. For competitors like Firefly Pictures, it is actually very happy to see the situation.

And that time in the past, it was also Eva who decided to participate in "007: Battle Royal Casino" and first signed a participation contract.

In terms of remuneration, the conditions are pretty good.

Just acting a vase gave 7 million yuan plus box office incentives, which is more than the leading actor Daniel's-the new "Bond" was selected, and MGM still took a fancy to Daniel Craig.

This person is also very good at coming, and when he saw Lyman and Eva that day, he took the initiative to chat.

His emotional intelligence is not low, he knows that the heroine is Eva, and he also took the initiative to ask MGM to delete the intimate scenes in "Casino Royale". As for the nudity plot, there will be no.

Even if it is a kiss scene, it can actually be taken on loan, which is also a condition for Eva's willingness to participate.

Originally, Lehman thought Eva was worth a lot now, and the conditions put forward were also very harsh. Maybe MGM gave up.

But who knows that they have calculated that they want Lehman to be the project producer-because of the change of "Bond", MGM is also afraid that the latest issue of "007" will have a bad start to the market, so I want to take insurance .

After thinking about it, and feeling that Lehman has a market vision, I invited Eva to participate in the show to show goodwill to Lehman.

This matter, Lehman also agreed.

Isn't it just filmmaking?No need for him to shoot.Give some suggestions, grasp the overall situation and not deviate from the original, the box office will not be bad.

Moreover, MGM is also interesting enough. One producer gave Lehman 10% of the North American box office.

Of course, there are no other remuneration packages for this condition. Anyway, the more the movie box office is, the more Lehman takes it, which can be regarded as a small calculation by MGM.

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