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There was a light rain last night, and Lehman returned to Los Angeles under some damp air.

He was in a good mood along the way.

Even though his working hours are not fixed and he is not bound by the administrative office, that is, the rules and regulations set by Joseph, he still works very hard.

When he got home, Lehman took over several newspapers and periodicals handed over by the housekeeper, and soon discovered that no matter which one, he could see the hot reports of "New Moon".

It is in the off-season, and even a niche subject like "Reaper 4" can be crowned, not to mention the charm of the "Twilight" series, a popular female film that makes it difficult for audiences to resist.

And Liam’s long-established propaganda strategy—"all-weather, all-round, all-time" information bombardment, combined with the film’s outstanding to excellent fan reputation, the effect of push delivery is simply to dominate the people’s lives.

"No one can stop it."

Putting down the newspaper, Lehman sighed.

There is no need to question how profitable and profitable "New Moon" is. Whether it is a theater or Lionsgate, they all agree that the sequel can surpass the results of the first, and market feedback is also moving in this direction.

In the evening, the news reported by Ryan with a smile on his face also corroborated the bright money scene of "New Moon."

"How effective is the road show?"

"Without security, you can't even get off the stage. Those little girls are so crazy, I have their screams in my head now."

"Haha, this proves that our films have captured a considerable number of fans, with a good foundation and room for improvement in market potential."

"By the way, tomorrow Monday, Lionsgate wants to hold an internal launch cocktail party. Several overseas channels have been invited to participate. Are you going?"

"No, Liam will let him go at his convenience. I will talk to Chris Weitz tomorrow."

If the preparatory process of the project depends on the management of the production departments of Garcia and Black to control the progress, then once the film is launched, it will rely on the director's directing ability.

What's more, the filming system of Firefly, the producers only act as supervision and collaboration, and they rarely intervene in the actual implementation and play. Moreover, Lehman thinks Chris Weitz is very suitable for the "Twilight" series. His experience , A humorous light comedy style, and an understanding of special effects shots can all be bonus points.

In other words, Lehman wants to bind Chris Weitz, just like Paramount signed a number of drama contracts with Michael Bay, so that he can't be distracted by other projects, and check the "Transformers" series more... ...

"How about it, the recent schedule is a bit tired."

The next day, in the office of the Firefly Building, Lyman looked at Chris Weitz with a kind face.

In fact, Lehman has always treated the director very politely. After all, he himself was born in this industry and has no sense of inexplicable superiority under the producer-centric system.

"It's okay, the main part of the hard work during the promotion period is the leading role." Chris Weitz still doesn't talk much, but he can see that he is in a good mood and full of spirit.

Among other things, the success of "New Moon" relieved his great pressure. No director wanted to bear the failure of "Golden Compass", especially in Hollywood, where competition is cruel. This situation is also known to Lehman, so He will immediately come to contact the relationship.

"That's it," Lehman looked at him with a smile after the greeting, "I want you to continue to be the director of the "Twilight" series and be in charge of the third and fourth parts. Would you like to? "

"Sir...give me some time to think about it." Chris replied somewhat uncomfortably. There was a pause in the middle, and his thoughts did fluctuate.

"It's okay. Although it's a little sudden, but I'm sincerely inviting you to talk about any concerns."

"Let me talk about our conditions first. You have also seen that after the release of "New Moon", it has attracted a large number of fans. It is very popular among female audiences. After all, there are too few movies that focus on the heroine. In this, your credit is not small.

So, what I mean is that I want to sign two film contracts with you for 25 million, and there is no accident that I will not interfere with your shooting creation..."

Suddenly, the balance of Chris' choice began to fall to Lyman's side.

Without him, 25 million two play contracts, plus the fact that Firefly always spares no money at the box office and used a part of the rewards for the main creative and production. It is very likely that 30 million will be obtained after two movies, an average of 15 million, and the chips will be given. It's very tempting.

Of course, the strength shown by Chris Weitz is also worthy of such investment by Lehman. As long as the "Twilight" series maintains a certain level of performance, the Firefly holding the copyright can get more.

Furthermore, with the continuous development of Mann Media, the demand for director talents will only increase. Even if there are 4 directors in the first echelon, including Lehman, directors at other levels are also in demand. The amount is not small.

"Happy cooperation."

In the end, Chris still failed to refuse.

......

At the end of last weekend (September 11 to September 13), "New Moon" lived up to expectations and maintained its screening advantage to the end. 4,020 theaters, three days (including midnight), accounted for 140.7 million, which broke "Transformers 2" "It set a record of 108 million premieres in the summer and became the movie with the highest grossing revenue in the first weekend of 2009——

The first weekend box office of 140 million ranked third in North American film history, second only to "The Dark Knight" and "Spider-Man 3". At the same time, "Twilight Saga 2" also successfully became the highest-grossing film in North American film history in the first weekend of September , The first day's box office revenue of 72.7 million US dollars, is also the highest box office on the first day of North American film history.

Of course, "Twilight 2" broke the box office record more than that.Let’s put it this way, I can start with a medium-to-low-cost posture, and finally achieved such a result without a big star and luxurious publicity scale, and the second film has an increase of 200% over the first film ("Twilight" first 69.63 million on the weekend), which is unique in the entire history of North American film.

As soon as the data was disclosed, neither Blue Butterfly nor Lionsgate’s publicity teams had let go of such good materials, instantly making fans who liked the game proud.For a long time, "Twilight Saga 2" has been criticized by male film critics, and now it is fine, no matter how you evaluate it, or it is a super high box office piled up by fans, it also reveals a sour taste.

When a lemon is eaten, at least the conscientiousness of cursing is much weaker. If any "bad film" can break various records, and even be engraved into the history of North American film, what can I say.

After all, even Warner and the rejuvenated Paramount are learning from the "Twilight" series, and no longer ignore the growing number of female consumers.

Therefore, the reaction of the studios was not so excited. Every year, unimaginable explosions are born. Who has no experience yet.

Even being stepped underneath by "Twilight 2: New Moon", squeezing too much share of the animation "Machine No. 9"-produced by Focus Pictures, invested 27 million, and harvested an average yield in 1661 movie theaters. Timo Beckmanbetov, the producer of the box office in the first week with a total revenue of about US$6530 and a total harvest of US$10.86 million, also publicly praised the pioneering nature of "Twilight 2".

"This is visible to everyone. It has crushed other movies of the same period and increased the movie market by 27%. Without it, it would be impossible to attract so many audiences to support. This is it. Credit."