Chatty Hollywood

"So, Alexis is finally willing to talk to you today?"

"Yes, but she still doesn't want to talk to you."

Charlize said bitterly to Charlotte, who looked embarrassed.

It's been two days since the premiere of "Happy Death Day" and today happens to be Christmas.

As a director, Charlotte is in a moment of relaxation after the release of the film. Charlize was also taking a break because of Christmas, so the two got together again at noon.

Only this time, the atmosphere between the two was slightly awkward——

Because of the sense of achievement of defeating the evil god, Charlotte's self-control declined significantly at that time. When he and Charlize "celebrated" fiercely in the world of painted walls, they completely forgot that there was another permanent tenant in the girl's body. .

Alexis!

He completely forgot to block the other party this time!

When Charlotte remembered this, not only had the premiere of "Happy Death Day" ended, but the second screening had also passed.

Not only did he and Charlize "celebrate" in the mural world, but they also did it again immediately after coming out.

——After all, the world of painted walls only consumes mental power, but not physical energy at all.

From this perspective, Charlotte has discovered a very cool way to play, but——

"This feels so weird!!"

Charlize's tone was still hateful, but her face was a little red.

In fact, she found the gameplay that day very exciting, otherwise she would not have acquiesced to Charlotte tying her up...

However, after the incident, when she thought of Alexis’s existence, the girl’s feelings became more complicated——

It's obviously a matter of two people, why does it feel like there are three of us together! ?

Anyway, she felt very awkward at the time.

This awkward feeling made her ignore Charlotte for the past two days, just like Alexis also ignored her for the past two days.

Fortunately, this morning, faced with Charlize's Christmas greetings, Alexis finally responded.

As for the content of the response...

Anyway, the result of the discussion between the two girls, one person and one ghost, is that this is all Charlotte's fault!

Therefore, when we came to meet today, Charlize was quite intent on calling the shots. But how should I say this?

She had never encountered such a situation before, and had never even seen it on TV or in books, which left the girl at a loss for words.

But Charlotte responded very quickly. Seeing the opportunity, he immediately started to change the topic:

"The box office performance of "Happy Death Day" in the past two days has been very good, exceeding the 10 million mark. Counting today, it should be able to fully recover the cost."

"That's great!"

Charlize marveled.

Half-intentionally and half-consciously, she allowed Charlotte to change the subject. After all, it was a bit embarrassing to talk about, so she thought she might as well give up.

In comparison, the results of "Happy Death Day" are indeed more important.

"Because 'Happy Death Day' is PG-13, it has a much wider audience than the R-rated 'The Turn'."

Charlotte continued her analysis,

"This larger audience will bring more box office revenue, not to mention that our opponents this time are much weaker than in "Fatal Turn"."

Although the Christmas period is a very important period in the North American film market, compared to the summer period, which is often crowded with blockbuster movies, the competition in the Christmas period is much milder.

This is because many of the movies released around Christmas are aimed at competing for awards at next year's Oscars. These films are often shown for a long time.

On the one hand, this is to stay in the theater for a while longer, so that the Oscar judges can watch it at any time - of course, whether the judges will watch it is another matter.

On the other hand, it is also because these films have limited box office harvesting capabilities, so they have to adopt a long-term screening and protracted war model.

In this way, accumulated over a long period of time, as long as the quality of the film is decent, it will eventually be able to accumulate a considerable box office.

——Although this also means that the film studio must give up profits to the theaters.

After all, the theater chain is not a success and there are not enough benefits. Why should people show these tepid award-winning art films instead of commercial films that are more profitable at the box office?

In fact, as the release time of a movie increases, the share ratio of theaters will generally become higher and higher, while the film producers will get less and less.

This is why film companies generally prefer commercial films that can quickly harvest box office.

After all, no matter how much the box office is on the surface, the money that falls into your own hands is the real money.

In this year's Christmas season, the main opponents of "Happy Death Day" are all this kind of literary and artistic films that are not very popular——

"Love Day" was released on the same day as "Happy Death Day".

Although the leading actors Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins are both well-known figures, and the latter also won a statuette for "The Silence of the Lambs", this film is a point-and-click model, with the screen opening It's only 6 yuan, so you can imagine the box office.

This can be said to be a relatively typical award-winning film.

In contrast, Winona Ryder's "Little Women" is a bit different.

This movie adapted from a famous novel is said to be a full-fledged literary film and should be a candidate for awards. But because of the popularity of the lead actress Winona, it managed to get more than 1,500 opening screens, making it look like a commercial film.

Of course, having the appearance of a commercial film does not mean that it will have the income of a commercial film. Judging from the current signs, Charlotte feels that the box office of "Little Women" in the first week will not be too high, with more than two million US dollars being enough to top the sky. .

Of course, this does not mean that the subsequent results of "Little Women" will be poor. After all, it is a literary film...

But in any case, literary films such as "Little Women" are no match for "Happy Death Day" in recent weeks.

As a horror film, it is actually a campus youth comedy, and "Happy Death Day" has a PG-13 rating. It can be said that it is its home in a family-friendly time like Christmas.

Not to mention the boring literary and artistic films, even the commercial films of the same period, there are few that can rival it.

Of course, it is not appropriate to say that there are no opponents at all. "Little Tarzan" directed by Stephen Sommers was very important to Charlotte.

After all, not to mention that Stephen Sommers was the director of the later "Mummy" series. He is very good and cannot be taken lightly. Just the name "Little Taishan" is not easy to mess with.

——Tarzan is a well-known king of the jungle on the big screen, but it has been remade countless times. This can also be regarded as a big IP in North America.

The plot of "Little Tarzan" is exactly the same as that of Tarzan, but it has become a youth version. Such a movie, if it is made, will not only leverage Taishan's IP, but also get box office bonuses for all age groups, which is naturally not to be underestimated.

Fortunately, from the current point of view, the power of "Little Tarzan" is still limited.

“Probably because there are so many similar movies, everyone’s interest is only moderate!”

Charlotte guessed.

Overall, Happy Death Day's Christmas season is smooth sailing. Of course, going too smoothly can also bring about some unexpected troubles. For example--

"Are you Charlize? Charlize Theron!?"

Looking at the bright eyes of the little girl next to him, Charlize suddenly felt something was wrong.

PS1: "Almost Famous" is a movie about rock music released in 2000. It seems to have a lot of beauties in it. Unfortunately, I have no interest in rock music. I haven't seen it, so I won't recommend it. PS2: Winona Ryder was indeed very popular at the time. If she hadn't committed suicide later, she would still be a well-known figure now. I will write about her in detail later, so I won’t go into details here. PS3: Tarzan is a bit similar to King Kong, the kind where the old version is great and there are constant remakes, but none of them are big hits. But overall Tarzan is better than King Kong, and there are also good ones in the remake. PS4: Speaking of which, Stephen Sommers, the director of "The Mummy", has filmed "Little Tarzan", and the star Brendan Fisher has also played Tarzan. The two of them are destined to be together. PS5: As we all know, in entertainment literature, there must be a process of showing off after the movie is released, so this chapter... PS6: Some book friends asked whether more chapters can be added for rewards, and I have to say, I want to add them. , but the hand speed is limited. So I plan to read more during the Chinese New Year. If I save some, I will add a few more chapters. PS7: Finally, please subscribe. After all, one stage of the story has passed, and everyone who has supported it can take action. If you keep it, it will kill you. Especially the recent subscription may determine whether the book will continue to run naked in the next two to three weeks. Please support it. If there are really good recommendations, I will definitely add more during the Chinese New Year to give back to everyone.