Chatty Hollywood

In later generations of Hollywood, the main reason why original movies are languishing and adaptations and sequels are so popular is because of the fan base.

You know, although movies have different reputations, in the final analysis, except for a few people who like to watch more, most people can only contribute one movie ticket to a movie.

This means that, from a certain perspective, the movie is actually a one-time deal.

As long as he spends money to watch it, no matter how the audience evaluates the movie, his personal contribution to the movie's box office will basically not change.

As for word-of-mouth, it gradually becomes more accurate as the movie is released.

——In the early stage of the release, you can also spend money to get a wave of positive reviews. But when the word-of-mouth evaluation gradually fermented, the good reviews I earned gradually became useless.

In this case, the sooner possible target audiences can enter the cinema, it means that the film's box office performance will be less affected by word-of-mouth.

——For movies with good reputation, this actually has no impact, but for movies with poor or average reputation, it means more revenue.

After all, even if you cheat a lot and run away, you will still make money after all.

What's more, the sharing mechanism between the film studio and the theater chain home also makes the film studio more willing to concentrate the income in the early stage of the release.

You know, as the release time extends, the box office share will gradually tilt towards the theater chain responsible for the screening.

In other words, if it is to achieve the same small goal of 100 million box office, if it is achieved in three days of release and if it is achieved in one month of release, the revenue that the film producer can get is actually different.

This naturally makes the film studio more willing to make money quickly.

——Because this not only means stability, but also means more.

As for theaters, although the share ratio is a little lower than that of long-term screenings, the shorter screening time means that more new movies can be released.

The shortening of the screening cycle also makes it easier for cinema screening rooms to be full.

——In general, theaters are also making money.

Therefore, shortening the screening cycle can be said to be the common wish of the film industry.

Before the 1990s, due to insufficient theaters,

The media's promotion speed cannot keep up, making it impossible for a movie's box office potential to explode in a short period of time. So most movies need a long run.

But after the 1990s, with the development of the Internet industry, the media's publicity and promotion capabilities have become increasingly stronger. It has become feasible to shorten the release cycle and quickly tap the box office potential of movies.

Many major commercial productions have begun to use large-scale publicity to make their box office revenue explode in a short period of time.

After 2000, there were not a few movies with box office sales exceeding 100 million in the first week of release.

——Tobey Maguire’s version of “Spider-Man” is the best example.

However, if you want the box office to exceed 100 million in the first week, it often means that a lot of preliminary publicity is needed, which will inevitably incur a lot of publicity costs.

At this time, how to reduce publicity costs while ensuring publicity effects has become an important issue.

At the same time, this is also the reason why movie adaptations and sequels have become popular after 2000, while original movies have gradually drifted away.

——Because movie adaptations or sequels have the basis of the original work or the previous episode, and will leave a lot of fans.

This makes promotion a lot easier.

And these fans are often the most die-hard audiences - their movie-watching tendencies are least affected by word-of-mouth, and they are often the ones who like to watch premieres.

——This is also the reason why Hollywood production companies feel that adaptations and sequels have a higher success rate.

And now, "Hell Detective", as a movie adaptation of the famous comic "Constantine", has naturally received an early box office bonus from the comic-adapted movie——

“The box office exceeded 100 million in the first week!”

On Monday morning, looking at the box office report in his hand, Akiva Goldsman trembled with excitement.

You know, unlike after 2000, now in 1997, it is not common for a movie to have a box office of over 100 million in the first week.

Although in the first two days of release, the total box office of "Hell Detective" has reached an astonishing US$90 million.

At that time, Akiva felt the possibility of breaking 100 million at the box office in the first week.

But before the fact came, he still couldn't believe this reality.

Until now——

"The box office on Sunday was also 43 million U.S. dollars. In total, the box office in hand has even reached 133 million U.S. dollars. This is simply——"

Akiva didn't know what to say anymore.

However, he felt that the senior executives within Warner Bros. should be very confused at this time——

The box office success of the movie "Hell Detective" naturally proves that they made the right choice to hand over the comic adaptation rights of "Constantine" to Charlotte Booth;

But on the other hand, "Hell Detective" was so successful at the box office that it made them regret why they sold part of the film rights to Charlotte Booth.

——What seemed to be a very wise move at the beginning and could significantly reduce Warner's investment and risks, now seems like it is just like water in the brain.

"The bosses at the headquarters must be hitting the wall with regret!"

Akiva Goldsman thought gloatingly.

As a small producer, he doesn't care about those bosses.

At this time, what he wants more is to further boost the box office of "Hell Detective".

After all, he also knows that even if "Hell Detective" currently has a good reputation, this abnormal box office trend cannot be sustained for a long time.

"However, even with the bonus of being a fan of the original work, Charlotte Booth is quite powerful if she can achieve this level!"

Akiva sighed in his heart.

Through the audience survey report, he saw clearly——

The director Charlotte Booth is the third factor that attracts audiences to the cinema after the two factors of "The Original "Constantine"" and "Keanu Reeves".

Even more than the heroine Jodie Foster.

It can be said that the box office of "Hell Detective" was able to exceed 100 million in its first week, not only because of Charlotte's directing ability as a director, but also because of his fame——

As an emerging commercial film director who has never failed at the box office, his status in the eyes of the audience is very high.

Film critics who have always had a congenital disdain for comic-book movies also took a rare look at "Hell Detective" this time——

"This is an unusual comic book movie. While it is both commercial and commercial, it explores human nature even more than many feature films..."

——Roger Ebert rarely gave a comic book movie two thumbs up.

You know, "Batman Forever", which also belonged to Warner before, was completely sprayed by him.

As for Kenneth Turan, who has always liked commercial movies, this time he even sang praises for "Hell Detective"——

"The story is well designed, with repeated twists and turns, and the rhythm is moderate. Charlotte Booth tells a very good story. What's even better is the big battle at the end, which is simply a classic of action movies..."

——It can be seen that, like many viewers and film critics, Kenneth Turan also likes the action scene in which Constantine single-handedly fights many demons later in the movie. He expressed his disapproval of the director Charlotte who directed this scene. Full of praise.

In contrast, Richard Manson, who likes to comment on acting skills, pays more attention to performance——

"Keanu Reeves gave a rare and wonderful performance, and Jodie Foster brought the policewoman Angela to life - I think director Charlotte Booth must have a magic wand. , he just needs to point it at the actor, and the actor will be enlightened."

"So, those stars who have no acting skills, your chance is here!" ()