Chatty Hollywood

　　 Actually, what Charlotte and Charlize said, he had already told the producer Westwood before the film was released. The two also had a headache at the time. Although they received a lot of exposure and free publicity because of Allen's affairs, they had to enter this devil's schedule and fight against a group of fierce blockbusters.

Although according to Charlotte’s analysis, it is true that "Fatal Turn" may rely on playing differentiated cards to break a **** path from the blockbuster siege, but as an insider, Westwood can see at a glance that "Wolf" The film producer 80% also hit the same idea. And between these two movies, you can really only fight each other, and the brave wins when you meet in a narrow path.

　　 "We don't need to take the initiative to discredit each other's films!"

　　 On this point, the views of Mr. Producer and Charlotte are the same. This is not because of any psychological cleanliness, but purely because it is unnecessary. You know, although Jack Nicholson is a great acting performer, his box office appeal is really average, after all, his honor is there.

　　 And even if someone would watch this film at Michelle Pfeiffer, in this kind of thriller type of film, the appeal of female stars is ultimately limited.

"In other words, ignoring them, they are limited by their own appeal, and they may not be able to cause many storms, but if you fight with them in a propaganda war, it may cause some viewers to be curious and watch this "Wolf". It won't be great if they are instigated by them-after all, both of them have good acting skills."

　　 Based on this consideration, Westwood did not take the initiative to provoke a propaganda battle between "Fatal Turn" and "Wolf", but this does not mean that he did nothing. Especially in the two days after the release of "Fatal Bend", with the help of the FBI's discovery of a large number of missing bodies in the Vianes Valley, he made waves in the media-on the one hand, he did for "Fatal Bend". Propaganda is to keep the heat away. On the other hand, it is to suppress the propaganda page that the "Wolf" crew may use as much as possible to reduce the chance of the other party making a sound.

　　 "Thanks to Judy Foster's additional investment, otherwise it would be a bit laborious to play like this. After all, the so-called reduction of the opportunity for the other party to speak out will essentially spend more money to buy the layout."

　　 Mr. Producer thought to himself that he felt a sense of accomplishment of being a behind-the-scenes man...

　　 Just like that, the new week has arrived.

　　 "Our box office reached 15 million US dollars during the opening week?"

　　 Although Charlotte was very confident during the previous analysis, he still felt like he had won the jackpot when the box office was really in front of him in the first week.

　　 "The situation is more optimistic than we expected."

　　 Anthony Westwood smiles like a Maitreya Buddha at this time,

　　 "Although "Life and Death" is indeed a box office bomb, the audience they target is different from ours, and it does not have much impact on our box office, and "The Lion King"—"

　　 Mr. Producer laughed loudly.

　　 "Disney probably failed too many times in animation films in the past few years. I was afraid of it. This time I opened the painting only on two screens. It should be a model of starting a small amount of screening to accumulate word-of-mouth, and then long-term screening for profit..."

　　 At this time, Disney is not the later generation that acquired Marvel and Lucas Studios, holding two major IP systems, it can punch Paramount and kick Warner Bros’ Dibao. They are still under the control of tyrant Michael Eisner, and they are undergoing a difficult transition.

　　 "No matter what Disney did, they arranged the screening of "The Lion King" in this way, and it really gave us a precious time difference."

　　 Charlotte was also very pleased with the news.

　　 In fact, unlike feature films that can be screened for a long time, the box office potential of horror films tends to be quickly exhausted within more than a month after the opening of the film. After all, the selling point of a horror movie is scary. After a long release time, many interesting points will become no longer fresh due to private communication among viewers, and naturally they will lose their appeal at that time.

　　 This rule, few horror movies can escape, and Charlotte does not think "Fatal Corner" can be an exception. The plan he discussed with Westwood before was to play fast and slow, and to use the gap of about two weeks before the release of "Forrest Gump" to try to get a higher box office. During this period, the main opponents they faced were "Life and Death", "Wolf" and "The Lion King."

　　 Although according to the previous analysis, "Life and Death" and "The Lion King" should not have much impact on the box office of "Fatal Corner" because of the different film types, but this is only a relative point of view. Now that "The Lion King" wants to take the long-term screening mode because of lack of confidence, it has taken the initiative to retreat, which is naturally a good thing.

Charlotte knows the horror of "The Lion King". The box office accumulated in the later stage of this animated film is quite high. Otherwise, there will be no birth of "The Lion King 2" and "The Lion King 3"-after all, investing in people's brains It's quite clear that if you want to make a sequel to a movie that doesn't make money, how can that be possible?

　　 However, how to make money in the "Lion King" series in the future has nothing to do with Charlotte. "Fatal Corner" follows a typical box office horror film release model. Waiting for "The Lion King" to accumulate enough word-of-mouth to start working hard, they have already squeezed all the money they should earn into their pockets.

　　 "It's the movie "Wolf", really our rival!"

　　 Just now, Mr. Producer, who was still laughing at Disney’s courage, sighed.

"Although there is no little tricks Charlotte prepared ~www.readwn.com~, judging from the feedback on the day of the painting, the reputation of "Wolf" should not be lower than ours, and their screens also have more than 2,000... Had it not been for our efforts in publicity before, and taking advantage of Allen's power, now the single-day box office might have been surpassed by them."

　　 "You don't actually need to compare with them."

　　 Charlotte’s mentality at this time is rather open-minded,

　　 "If you think about it, how much does "Fatal Turn" cost, and how much does "Wolf" cost? Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer alone can afford them!"

"indeed."

　　 Thinking about it this way, Westwood's mentality is also a lot more balanced.

　　Because there is not a famous person among the actors, the shooting cost of this version of "Fatal Turn" is much lower than that of "Fatal Turn" in real history. It's only a few million when it comes to full play. Calculated on the basis that 1/3 of the North American box office is the profit of the film party, just the box office opened in the first week is enough for the crew of "Fatal Corner" to recover the filming cost.

　　 And even with the various production and publicity costs in the later period, the total cost of "Fatal Corner" is only a mere ten million dollars. This cost, according to the current box office trend, should be recovered in two weeks at most.

　　 is pure profit.

　　 And this has not been counted as other income such as later video tapes.

　　 Westwood suddenly felt that perhaps this "Fatal Corner", which was almost unable to start due to the director's disappearance a few days before filming, was the most profitable movie he had ever made in his life.

　　 "Charlotte, let's have a celebration party!"

"good."

　　Charlotte nodded,

　　 "I just have a script, and I would like to invite several investors including Judy Foster to take a look."