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In Lehman's office, the spinning top sat on the opposite side, quite nervous.

He knows that Lehman trusts the director and is willing to delegate power, but he really wants to make a foreign film, and he is still worried about the project being shot.

After all, who wants to invest in a movie that does not know the market prospects?

Even he himself was on a whim. He put his passion into this work for a while. He never thought about whether he could make money or whether he could make money.

However, he came with an inexplicable mood, even if he was rejected, he would not take it seriously.

At this moment, he said with a touch of sentiment: ""Pan's Labyrinth" is based on Spain during World War II in 1945. It has a certain era background and uses a girl who is very sensitive in adolescence to describe the high pressure at that time. Domination, said to be fantasy, is actually escape and comfort. Why are those that seem illusory and not real? Sometimes human hearts are more scary than monsters with abominations..."

"It seems that you are thinking a lot." Lyman smiled.

"Well, I've been thinking about it for several nights. Sometimes I dream about this story. Although it is... Uh, weird, I really put in a lot and I can't let it go, so I want to finish it."

"Do you think such movies can sell at the box office in the United States or other European regions?"

"Perhaps, I don't know. I haven't thought about this." The top is a little tired.

"How much to invest?"

"what?"

"I asked you how much money you need to complete these plans."

The top warmed his heart and rubbed his thighs with his hands. After thinking about it, he said, "At least more than 17 million yuan. The spending on the service must be the bulk of it."

"What about the actors?"

"As for the actors, you can save a little bit, try more auditions, and find some cheaper ones."

Lehman pointed to the corner of Fawon in the script-a half-man, half-sheep and half-beast guardian with transparent eyes, and said: "Isn't this role played by Ron Pullman?"

"Lang is too expensive. If you find him, at least the shooting budget will be 5 million more." The guy at Gyro still thinks about Lehman. He doesn't want to cost too much and lose too much money.

After all, he really doesn't have much confidence that the film will be a hit-who knows that "Pan Shen's Labyrinth" will be unanimously praised by film critics, and then they will win awards one after another. They just rely on the popularity of the awards to seduce a group of young literary youths. I got curiosity, and I got the box office.

This is not the same as the annual Oscar best film performance. Cannes Palme d'Or has a reputation throughout the world, and the literary audience cannot help but buy it.

The sky can see pity, these routines, the top has never thought about it, and dare not think about it.

This product has never won any credible awards before this. In this respect, Cannes is a little fairer than Oscars. It does not look at seniority so much, and there is no rule that it is difficult to nominate the best film for the first time. Just gave the top a surprise.

Of course, he still has a mentality of saving money and losing a little bit-no bottom.

"Let’s find him. The right cast can add a lot to a movie. Since it’s suitable, don’t miss it." Lehman said seriously: "As long as the project does not exceed the budget of 25 million, I will cover it. Up."

Ron Pullman is a very favorite actor candidate for Gyro. The two have cooperated many times and they are very familiar with each other. Seeing that Lehman took the initiative to increase the shooting budget, I am grateful, and of course I will not refuse-who would not choose the best The production team?

"I must take good shots and make good movies."

Finally, the top put away the script and left Firefly Pictures full of energy.

In fact, the director style of Gyro is not only like using fantasy monsters and other setting materials, he is very serious in filming, and he is not lazy, perhaps because the opportunity is hard to come by. He can come from a filmmaker from Mexico. At this step today, I don’t know how much suffering I have suffered, how many local circles have been ostracized and discriminated against. It is a careful calculation along the way.

And because of his experience in the use of service, this piece has already saved a lot of budget for this film, and it may not be able to stop at 25 million when it is replaced by another director.

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On October 10, the number of screens of "Dead Silence" in North American theaters was less than 200, which is also a precursor to the painting in another week.

At this time, the box office performance of "Dead Silence" basically has no momentum, and I can get a little bit every day.

The film was released for 23 days, and the North American box office totaled 121.6 million, which is also a good box office performance. As for the overseas screening market, which will be launched two weeks later, the situation is also very optimistic.

Although traditional film markets such as Britain, France, and Italy are not able to accept a horror movie, European audiences generally don't like this tune.

However, in Asia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore and other places still supported the screening of "Dead Silence".

Relying on the powerful theater promotion, just as "Dead Silence" was about to be released in North America, the global box office had reached 194 million US dollars.

The distance to the 200 million mark is only more than 50 million.

Although overseas regions are not well-received, there are so many screenings, your family, my family, no matter how bad it is, there is still some contribution of hundreds of thousands of dollars, all together, the overseas results are of course not bad.

In this regard, if it is a Hollywood commercial blockbuster that satisfies the tastes of the masses, overseas performance can basically be higher than the North American box office.

For example, in "Star Wars 3", there are only more than 380 million in North America, but more than 400 million overseas, which adds up to more than 850 million, which is called making money.

There are also 3D animation films of Pixar Studios, which are basically higher overseas than domestic ones, making money wildly.

Among these, there is actually no cultural barrier in these films, or that the filmmakers deliberately reduce cultural differences.

However, "Dead Silence" is obviously a negative example. This film can be regarded as a very culturally separated work. Because of the influence of Eastern thought, Asian audiences can accept the settings inside, while European ticket warehouses have few supporters. Makes overseas box office growth very slow.

Basically, it can be seen from the data growth that "Dead Silence" will not be very popular. It is estimated that the results of so many regions can be equal to that of North America, which is considered good.

However, when the results of "Dead Silence" spread to Hollywood, many filmmakers still have red eyes.

This year, there are not many films that can exceed 200 million globally. Although the North American film market continues to grow, and the number of theaters is increasing, making movies is still very risky.

Although it looks very profitable, the profit is quite high, a hit can make quick money for several years, but why not look at the companies that have lost money and went bankrupt?

Therefore, the result of "Dead Silence" is still enviable, and the small cost of investment is also the most recognized place by everyone.

For a while, Hollywood has also risen in the trend of shooting horror subjects.

Unfortunately, this subject is not something that any director can play...

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