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As time entered May 20th, Paramount Pictures also stepped up its publicity efforts. There were a lot of news about "Infected" in the newspapers, which can be seen in places with a little higher traffic on the street and in various communities. A huge poster of "Infected".

However, Roman doesn’t pay much attention to this. He is now standing in front of a theater, ready to watch "Van Helsing", which has just been released for more than two weeks. He has only heard of the name of this film in his previous life. After all, he suffered a serious loss. have not seen.

"Give me a ticket for Van Helsing."

"Okay, sir."

Walking into the movie hall, Roman sat in the middle row, which was a very good spot for watching movies.

People came in one after another. When the film was about to start, Roman looked around and found that there were not too many people watching. Only one-tenth of the seats were seated, which would add up to 15 or 6 people.

After a while, the ceiling lights went out and the movie "Van Helsing" began...

On May 3 this year, Universal Pictures released "Van Helsing". As early as two years ago, the film "Van Helsing" was established, and the production cost was more than 160 million US dollars. It can be said to be one of the top Hollywood productions.

Universal Pictures also has high hopes for it and has invested heavily in publicity. During this period, the media reported every day that the posters of "Van Helsing" were everywhere, and you could see it wherever you went.

Roman is watching the movie seriously. To be honest, Roman, who has watched half of the plot, doesn't think "Van Helsing" is bad, at least it is a middle-to-the-middle movie. The protagonist Van Helsing played by Uncle Wolf Jackman and Anna the vampire hunter played by Kate Beckinsale also performed very well. Although the plot is slightly procrastinated, it is definitely a Western fantasy movie above the standard. Not knowing why it was so miserable, Roman continued to look down.

"Van Helsing" tells the story of the end of the nineteenth century when Van Helsing went to Eastern Europe, the hometown of the vampire Count Dracula, to hunt down those evil forces.

It was an age when darkness and evil gradually invaded humans. Ghosts were extremely extreme. Humans could be killed at any time. At that time, Van Helsing appeared. He rushed to Transylvania.

Because in the small town of Transylvania, the vampire Dracula has been entrenched here all year round, consuming the blood of countless humans.

At the other end, a fiery werewolf was also wantonly slaughtering humans in the town.

In this period, Frankenstein was also summoned. He was a monster created by scientist Frankenstein. He was protected by metal and was very difficult to deal with.

After Fan Haixin came to the town, he repelled the monsters many times, but his performance also made the humans in the town scared, because in their opinion, Fan Haixin was also very violent and was definitely not a good person...

After the film was over, Roman got up and left the theater. When he was watching it, he heard someone say that "Van Helsing" was a hodgepodge without meaning at all, and then left.

The hodgepodge is a hodgepodge, but the film is not terrible, at least Roman watched it. However, the audience does not approve it, and there is no way. Everyone has their own preferences and cannot be forced.

It's a pity that the two starring actors and directors in the play, Uncle Wolf is okay, and the "X-Men" series and the "Wolverine" series have been rescued, but the play has also been fixed. And Kate has never had a chance to star in a major production from now on, it can be described as a complete loss of good game. The director was even more miserable. Originally, with two big-selling "The Mummy" movies, he rose to the first-line director, and he was still a big hit. After that, the film fell directly to the bottom, and even the movie was not available. It took four or five years to stand up, but he couldn't return to his current glory.

Universal Pictures is also ambitious, investing so much money, and let its monster stars such as Dracula, Frankenstein, and Werewolf appear on the same screen. They obviously want to do a big job, but it's a pity that the audience won't buy it.

Speaking of the box office, the box office of "Van Helsing" was more than 54.2 million US dollars in the first weekend, which is definitely considered very good. It is a pity that the box office dropped by 70% in the second week, and various newspapers began to analyze it. "Fan Haixin" will be compensated. Although the movie has not been released yet, the box office trend is too scary, and no one is optimistic about it.

Most media believe that although the special effects of the film are shocking, the story is weak, the background of the three major monsters is unclear, and the rhythm is slightly slow.

The "Baltimore Sun" even pointed out: "The biggest failure of "Van Helsing" is that although it resurrected the classic monster images, it failed to make them scary."

By the third week, the box office was even smaller. At this time, the North American box office of "Van Helsing" was just over 100 million yuan. You must know that its production cost was as high as 160 million, not to mention the promotion costs invested by the world. At least there are more than 60 million, and publicity accounts for half of the cost, which is also the practice of Hollywood movies. Generally speaking, the publicity cost of such large-scale productions is higher than the convention.

I am afraid that the failed investment will be crying. Such a big loss, I don't know how many years it will take to recover.

This incident also sounded a wake-up call for Roman. You must not invest in this kind of large-scale production when you are not sure about it, otherwise, if it fails, it is estimated that you will have a chill.

It’s June, and it’s time for the movie "Infected" to be released soon. This year’s summer vacation "Van Helsing" has fallen behind, and there are very few screens and box office every day, but I am struggling with it. "Troy" has been released for more than a month, and the threat is not big, mainly Sony’s " "Spider-Man 2" will put pressure on "Infected", but it's nothing. After all, "Infected" will be released first, and the audience overlap is not high. "Spider-Man 2" focuses on pg13, and "Infected" no matter what Said it is also an R-rated film. Therefore, Roman is also confident to achieve a good result in the summer vacation.

The song "somewhereonlyweknow" is also very good. This time it has directly rushed to the top of the charts and reached the third position. It also allows more people to know the name of the movie, which is good news.

On June 4th, the giant billboard on Fifth Avenue in Hollywood.

James bought something and was walking towards his home. Suddenly, some voice came over. When he looked up, a trailer for the movie "Infected" was playing on the billboard on Fifth Avenue.

A large group of zombies are chasing and blocking a moving train. The crushed zombies are shuddering. James is quite interested in this. He stayed on the side until the trailer ended. The big screen said, June On the 5th, the shock struck.

On June 5th, I will definitely go to see this movie. James thought in his heart. He looked up and waited for a while, and found that there were no trailers. Then James returned home with his things.