Hollywood legendary director

The Rust mansion in Beverly Hills.

In the study, the hour hand walked slowly and firmly, and finally stopped at the number 1.

Before waiting for ten minutes, Lehman, who was sitting in front of the computer, received the email from Liam on time.

This is the data collected by the theaters. After roughly scanning the data of the distribution city, the screening period, and the average attendance, it is pulled to the bottom of the real-time box office statistics, and Lehmann feels relaxed.

29.87 million, an average attendance rate of 82%, and an average of more than 11 thousand box offices per game.

Lyman fell asleep with satisfaction. Although he has directed many movies, he still feels nervous after the movies are released, but now he can have a good dream.

But this night, many people are destined to be unable to sleep.

Liam didn't sleep happily, and discussed the next topic hype with the Warner Propaganda Department all night;

Some industry insiders did not sleep, they need to know the first day results of "Water Monster in the Lake" as a reference target;

Many people in the Zaobao media didn't sleep either. After the results were released, they had to hurry up to write the next day's news.

But the first-day box office of 29.87 million still surprised many people.

Although 29.87 million did not break any box office record, it also occupies a place in the entire long film history, ranking among the top five in the first day's box office data.

"Star Wars 3", "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "Spider-Man 2", the fourth is "Water Monster in the Lake", and the fifth is "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets".

Looking at the above-mentioned movies, you will soon find that these are works that are easy for book fans and movie fans to gather to watch movies. Therefore, although the total box office of "The Lord of the Rings 3" is very high, the first day box office is not comparable because of the cohesion of die-hard fans Inferior to the "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars" series, this kind of youth market is like a "traffic star", which rises quickly and falls quickly.

As for why "Water Monster in the Lake" has such a high first-day box office, perhaps it is because of the blessings of the right time and place.

Tianshi is naturally a good schedule. In November, except for "Chicken Story", which is still strong, the box office of many movies is not high, and "Chicken Story" is an animated film, and the audience overlap is not high; in live-action movies "Walk with the Song" is more in-depth, and the main groups are still not overlapped;

Is the location right? It is Warner's strong publicity and the optimism of the theater operators. As early as the internal trial screening, it was agreed that the performance of the film would not be low, so more than 2,800 theaters were arranged;

Renhe is the foundation of passersby laid by so many works by Lehman and the market capacity of the disaster film itself. Take the example of "Jaws" that won over 470 million US dollars in 1975 with a budget of 9 million. If inflation is calculated , Now it is definitely a few of the predecessors of movie history, and the 2004 summer file "The Day After Tomorrow", the first day of box office also has 24.3 million, when the competition was even stronger.

Of course, Warner was also very surprised.

They expected the performance of "Water Monster in the Lake" to be good, but they never expected it to be so good.

But movies are such an industry full of unexpected expectations. If you watch them accurately at all times, there will be no big losses.

My colleagues in the film industry are somewhat envious of the data collected in their hands.

Fame and fortune, as long as a hit work can be all harvested.

Mads Mikkelsen has become popular, a justice lawyer played by a Danish actor. I don’t know if his image will take on Hannibal’s TV series. However, he is indeed good and evil, and he is very malleable; Paul Bettany, who is just a low-profile actor, also jumped up and his pay doubled.

As for Matthew McConaughey, who had fallen into a trough, he naturally returned to the peak of his career.

However, his mood is the most complicated, because he has lost it, so he cherishes it after regaining it. The specific manifestation lies in the flew of snowflakes. After the initial screening of the agent, he is also very cautious and dare not easily agree.

On the second day of the movie's release, Lehman received a call from Gyro, saying that he was inviting him out for dinner.

But when he walked into the private room, the top attitude was very enthusiastic, which surprised Lehmann.

This enthusiasm is too much.

"Is there something wrong with the project? Need to increase the budget?" Lehman said actively.

If so, the source of enthusiasm is clear.

After all, not every director is like Cameron. The filming budget is not enough and he is not convinced, and he is going to force investors to jump into the sea.

Shooting? It will not always be smooth sailing. As long as it is not too much, Lehman is willing to add more money.

Unexpectedly, the top is not for "Pan's Labyrinth". The film is still choosing location. The progress is very slow. It is also because the top has spent a lot of thought and does not want to be too casual.Keep improving.

Before the food came up, the top said congratulations: "Lyman, congratulations to the box office sales of "Water Monster in the Lake"."

Lyman waved his hand, "I haven't done anything yet, this is only the next day."

"Attendance and first-day results are very good, it will not be bad."

"Well, is there anything you want to say? This is not your style." Lehman teased.

Gyro is a relatively straightforward person, otherwise he would not stop cooperating directly after he had a little disagreement with New Line Film because of the investment in Hellboy.

When I asked this question, the top didn't continue to say anything polite.

He directly stated that he wanted to introduce a director to see if it would work, that is, it was a matter of affiliation with the studio.

Okay, this is asking for others, no wonder the attitude is so enthusiastic.

You know, this guy has never been so enthusiastic about looking for Lehman to invest in "Pan's Labyrinth".

Lehman heard the words, but did not immediately agree, but asked the top, who is coming to Firefly Pictures.

Gyro replied, saying that it was a friend of his own place, Alfonso Cuarón. After attending the premiere of "Water Monster in the Lake" that day, I thought he was interested, so I helped him ask.

As for this question, it is of course a polite remark. The top can't directly say that it is afraid that the fireflies will not provide any good conditions. It is better to let your friends continue to work hard with Warner.

But Lehmann knew that Alfonso's director ability was excellent. He wanted to join the Firefly. It was too late to welcome him and he would definitely not refuse.

After all, Alfonso’s style is the most comprehensive and will compromise the market. He is a director similar to Wen Ziren.

You know, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" is the second-rated sequel in the entire series-the first "Death Hallows" sequel has a sentimental point. After all, it is the end of the article and it is the media. The film with the best reputation among film critics and original works, of course, because it is too restorative of the novel, the tone and theme are too dark, and it is not as bright as the past works, resulting in the lowest box office.

But this is not a problem for Lehman. What Firefly lacks is talent.

Therefore, Lehman nodded decisively and asked the top to contact him as soon as possible.