Screenwriter Mystery

"If "Blair the Witch" is a relatively new gimmick movie, then "Smart: Ghost Story" obviously inherits all of this and shoots a complete story. Since "Blair Witch", The 'pseudo-documentary' on the market has become flooded, but there are few really successful films. Before, our confusion was how many audiences would buy it when this live-broadcast horror trick was used for the second time. But it turns out that the devil can ring the doorbell twice, Zhao may not be a good director, but he is undoubtedly a successful screenwriter." - Roger Ebert.

"Smart: Ghost Records is a unique horror film that uses horror as its selling point and uses a 'tell nothing' approach to create suspense. Its story is very simple, but very terrifying: a young couple The couple, frightened by the strange noises in their house at night, decided to put a camera in the bedroom to capture the potential 'weird phenomenon.' This kind of story combined with the pseudo-documentary format makes it both nice and really scary. "- 80% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

"Smart: Ghost Recording" chose midnight as the main time slot of the movie, which is obviously a very correct choice.

On the Internet, under the circumstance that a large number of horror movie lovers spread word of mouth, the word-of-mouth of "Smart: Ghost Recording" quickly fermented.

At the same time, professional film critics have also written their latest evaluations of the film.

It is worth mentioning that the veteran film critic Roger Ebert, who has left the worst review on "Blair Witch" in the past, has uncharacteristically left a three-and-a-half star rating for "Smart: The Ghost Story".

Perhaps it was because of the baptism of various 'pseudo-documentary' films during this period that Roger Albert turned his head and found that "Blair Witch" was not bad.

The explosion on the Internet opened up word-of-mouth, and the second day after the release of "Smart: Ghost Story" was successfully reflected in the film's box office.

In just three days, "Smart: Ghost Recording" successfully swept US$32 million at the North American box office and successfully became the champion of the North American weekend box office. And when the major Hollywood media production workers went to check the production cost of "Smart: Ghost Recording", they all took a breath.

The production cost of "Smart: Ghost Recording" is more 'cheap' than expected, but such a 'cheap' production cost has caused such huge waves in the box office market, and the huge profits generated have made almost every company Hollywood production companies are jealous.

Of course, Zhao Yuan, who created all these "miracles" behind this, has once again become the object of discussion among major Hollywood film companies.

If we say that the success of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" can also be said to have Wen Ziren's credit.

If "Blair Witch" counterattacked at the box office, it can be said that it was a successful marketing promotion in Hollywood, then the performance of "Smart: Ghost Recording" clearly proved to Hollywood that Zhao Yuan himself is not bad.

As the saying goes, there are only three things, and a dark horse at the box office once or twice can be called a counterattack.

And if it becomes a dark horse three times in a row, it is not only a dark horse that can be explained clearly, a cash cow.

There is no doubt that Zhao Yuan at this moment has become a box office cash cow in the eyes of major Hollywood film production companies.

Moreover, the nutrients that this money tree needs to input are extremely cheap, but it can grow a Franklin that occupies the entire tree.

And in the whole of Hollywood, crazy for "Smart: Ghost Recording".

The trend at the box office of "Smart: Ghost Story" did not stop because of this. One week after its release, the film successfully swept away $82.5 million, surpassing the previous record of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2". Calling Zhao Yuan, in addition to congratulations, he also expressed his helplessness.

If you only look at the box office results, "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" is undoubtedly an excellent film, and even as a sequel film can get such a high box office, Universal has expressed satisfaction.

However, when these achievements are compared with "Smart: Ghost Record", there is a huge gap.

After all, no matter how good "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" is, in terms of investment ratio, it is completely impossible to compare with "Smart: Ghost Story".

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"Okay, I admit, Zhao, I'm starting to regret it..."

On the phone with Universal, Ron Mayer's tone was full of regret.

"If the executives of Warner or Paramount hear what you are saying now, they may give you a punch. Ron, Universal made a lot of money in "Smart: Ghost Record"."

On the other end of the phone, Zhao Yuan knew exactly what the so-called regret was referring to, but he didn't pick up the topic, but turned around.

San Marino, because of the recent "Smart: Ghost Recording" relationship.

A number of newspaper reporters have appeared near the residence.

The troubles of celebrities in Hollywood also began to appear on Zhao Yuan.

However, Zhao Yuan didn't care too much about this. On the contrary, the more famous he was, the more he could hide his other identity.

After all, who would have thought of a celebrity who appears under the lens of media reporters every day.

Behind the scenes, there will be a behind-the-scenes mastermind who changes the world.

"However, Universal could have made more money."

Hearing Zhao Yuan's answer, Ron Mayer's tone became a bit more depressed.

At the beginning ~www.readwn.com~ Because the focus of the negotiations was on the copyright of the sequel to "Blair Witch", although Universal also invested in "Smart: Ghost Story", it did not invest in the front, and the other investment object was Zhao Original.

The movie "Smart: Ghost Recording" was originally low-cost, and Zhao Yuan was also the director, screenwriter and producer, accounting for one-third of the movie's share.

Such a division calculation, if the box office of "Smart: Ghost Recording" does not explode, Universal may not care too much.

However, seeing that the box office of "Smart: Ghost Recording" is getting higher and higher, which means that the higher the box office of Ming's films in the future, the more shares will be given to Zhao Yuan, and the money that Universal can get will be the same. less.

Such a result is undoubtedly for Ron Mayer, but there is nothing he can do.

After all, although he had thought that "Smart: Ghost Recording" would have a success at the box office, he never thought that this result would be so amazing.

"Now, Universal is making a lot of money. The higher the box office of "Smart: Ghost Story", it is a good thing for all of us."