Due to the plan to create a movie with a female protagonist, Ada Wong, as a supporting role, will shine, but she will not have too many scenes. Therefore, although Chen Xingwei has no acting experience, it will not be a problem to get started with such a role after receiving some acting training.
On the plane to Los Angeles.
Chen Xingwei asked a few more questions in the envious eyes of the girls around him. Even though he was a little disappointed with the zombie theme, he still agreed.
Then he carefully asked whether he could stay in Los Angeles because of this.
Simon had no problem with that.
However, back in North America, a group of fairies from the Chinese style art troupe briefly stayed on the West Coast for a few days to have fun. When they left, Chen Xingwei followed them back together.
He probably realized one thing. Staying in Los Angeles is very close to the big boss, that's true, but even closer to the boss's wife. The boss lady seems to have a similar personality to the big boss and is easy to get along with. However, when a group of girls were summoned by the boss lady, Chen Qing looked like a well-behaved kitten in front of her. It was obvious that things were not simple.
The smart Chen Xingwei made a very wise choice.
Simon ignored these details, returned to North America, and quickly got into his daily busy work.
On the other hand, the much-anticipated "Titanic" is still going strong. When the box office week from January 30 to February 5 ended, many people went crazy again because last week it was a rather small 23% After the decline, in the eighth week of its release, "Titanic" once again saw a single-week decline of only 3%, almost the same as in the seventh week, with revenue still reaching US$32.15 million.
Eight weeks after its release, nearly two months later, this phenomenon-level blockbuster's cumulative box office has reached US$388.06 million, and is on the verge of breaking the US$400 million mark.
Taking into account the upcoming Valentine's Day schedule, this super blockbuster that made countless girls burst into tears in the theater will inevitably rebound. The current North American media has become somewhat numb to predicting the box office of "Titanic".
I really can't understand it.
Because "Titanic" is too shining, another "Blair Witch" that Daenerys Entertainment focuses on seems a bit embarrassing.
This is the second pseudo-documentary film produced by Daenerys Entertainment after "The Ghost Story". It has been conducting viral marketing in a new way since last year, and the effect is remarkable. However, under the light of "Titanic" , everyone is a little worried about the future of "Blair Witch".
In order to increase the popularity of "Blair Witch" as much as possible, Lena Kane, who is behind the project, continues to find another way, and recently made a small news again.
The problem lies with a certain girl who doubles for Rachel McAdams in one of the final scenes.
Simon had chosen the girl himself, because everyone knew his boss's quirks. Among the pile of information, Simon randomly picked a name that impressed him in his memory, Dita Vantees.
This woman who was once known as the most famous prostitute in the world has an incredible figure.
But then Simon put it in the back of his mind.
too busy.
The women around him couldn't handle it, so of course they didn't bother to pay attention.
Lena Kane did not forget that as the film was about to be released, she suddenly manipulated the girl to sue the crew of "The Blair Witch Project" on the grounds that the stand-in should also have the right to be credited. However, while watching the movie at Sundance, she discovered that her name did not appear in the film from beginning to end. Name, that's not fair.
Along with the lawsuit, Dita Von Teese was quickly featured in the latest issue of Playboy, and her YouTube, Facebook and Instagram accounts were promoted and her follower count increased significantly.
Under the operation of the "Blair Witch" team, the topic was quickly deflected, once again focusing on Dita Von Teese's figure and even "Blair Witch" itself.
How and where this sexy beauty with a hot figure appeared has aroused strong interest from the audience.
This triggered a wave of public opinion.
In any case, since the schedule has been confirmed, it still needs to be posted.
On February 6, after a small premiere held in Los Angeles the day before, "Blair Witch" officially opened in North America, with a screening screen size of 2,673. Compared with the cost, it can also be seen that Daenerys is interested in The movie is promising.
Everything that needs to be done has been done, and what happens next will naturally be determined by the market.
The subsequent development did not disappoint.
After a large-scale release, the comprehensive media score of "Blair Witch" finally reached 8.6 points, which is quite close to the classic level. Moreover, many film critics intentionally or unintentionally compared "Blair Witch" with last year's "The Ghost Story". In the end, Almost overwhelmingly, most film critics believe that "The Blair Witch Project" is superior in terms of camera, narrative, editing, etc. It can even be said that it is far ahead of "The Ghost Story".
Daenerys Entertainment is also happy to see this trend of public opinion.
Anyway, the box office of "The Haunting of Shadows" has been settled. "The Haunting of Hill House 2" will be discussed next, and "Blair Witch" is still the main one at the moment.
The harsher the praise, the better. It doesn’t matter if the front wave is photographed.
In the end, thanks to the popularity accumulated in the past few months and excellent media reputation, "Blair Witch" earned US$8.31 million at the box office on its first day of release.
Then, in the three days of its first weekend, this pseudo-documentary film, which still had a production budget of only 1 million U.S. dollars, finally earned a box office of 23.62 million U.S. dollars. In one fell swoop, it achieved the success of "The Flash" which continued for 6 weeks after its first week. "Titanic" overtook "Titanic" during the same period, with a year-on-year weekend decline of 11%, earning $23.01 million, trailing "Blair Witch" by about $600,000.
This result makes Daenerys Entertainment a little entangled.
Everyone hopes to see "Titanic" continue to advance and create a higher box office miracle. Now, Lianzhuang has been interrupted, which has to be said to be a pity.
On the other hand, for "Blair Witch", everyone in the company, including Simon, has great expectations. With the strength of "Titanic", the film can win the weekend box office championship, which will be very beneficial to the subsequent trend.
Of course, in the eyes of other people in Hollywood, Daenerys's entanglement is simply a bit unsatisfactory.
This is obviously a repeat of last year’s trend of leading the market for almost the whole year.
Can you give me some way to survive
The market cannot hear the voices of these people, and the audience will only watch movies after all.
After the first weekend, "Blair Witch" finally had a box office of US$35.73 million in its first week, ranking first in the weekly box office.
The subsequent "Titanic" was a bit interesting. Compared with the 11% decline over the weekend, the full week's decline was 9%. However, the film's total box office in a single week was only 29.06 million US dollars.
Obviously, because it is a new film, the box office of "Blair Witch" on weekdays is also quite impressive, while for "Titanic", most of the box office was concentrated on the three weekend days.
In any case, in the North American film market, Daenerys Entertainment’s two films occupy the first and second places on the list respectively, and the two films share 76% of the total box office in a single week. As many people have seen In that way, he once again showed a dominating posture.
Then, Friday, February 13th.
Black Friday.
Valentine's Day is coming.
Last year's Valentine's Day, Daenerys Entertainment focused on "BJ's Diary". This year, of course, "Blair Witch" and "Titanic", which continues to create miracles, will definitely shine again during this Valentine's Day.
In addition, Daenerys Entertainment also launched two small films at once.
The main reason to say it is small is in terms of budget, which costs tens of millions to produce, but when it comes to the lineup, it is not too small.
The two films are "Club 54" and "Disco Armageddon", both of which are based on the disco craze in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s.
The former is named after the famous '54 Club' in New York during the disco boom. It tells the story of a suburban young man who loses himself in the bright lights of the metropolis. It is quite R-rated. Moreover, in order to show a certain kind of lively and luxurious life, under Simon's control, there are a bunch of supermodels making cameos in the film, and everything is included, which is quite eye-catching.
The latter's two leading actors are enough to attract attention. They are Kate Beckinsale and Rachel Weisz, a "Charlie's Angels", a "Titanic" actress who became famous with "The Mummy" and is now a phenomenon. host.
Just like "Two Smoking Barrels" and "The Following" were packaged and promoted early last year, "Club 54" and "Disco Doom" are also packaged and promoted this time. The opening scale of the two small films is similar, both around 1,500 screens. After the opening, the reputation is also similar, both are above 7 points, not amazing, but full of selling points.
In addition to the movie, many noteworthy things also happened during Simon's time traveling back and forth between China and the United States.
One of them is over in Washington.
The back-and-forth surrounding Clinton's Paula Jones case, which has continued until now, has finally taken another important turn. The wheels of history run into the same rut on two timelines, unexpectedly or not.
One of the key figures is Monica Lewinsky.
Simon actually noticed it early on.
It was no accident that this White House intern entered the White House job three years ago.
In fact, those who can enter the White House as interns will more or less have some family connections. Black guys from the slums, for example, cannot easily enter this kind of circle. And Lewinsky has a very deep connection, named Ron Perelman.
Yes, that Ron Perelman.
If Simon hadn't appeared, it would have been Ron Perelman, the famous Wall Street sniper, who took over Marvel Entertainment in the 1990s, and then repeatedly tossed and turned this famous comic company to pieces. The core superhero rights are almost sold out.
Monica Lewinsky entered the White House as an intern through Ron Perelman's introduction.
And then hooked up with Clinton.
Going back to the recent tumultuous Paula Jones case, in order to prove Clinton's lechery, the latest evidence suddenly submitted during this period was the affair between Clinton and Lewinsky.
The problem is that, for some reason, Monica Lewinsky left behind a dress that had some traces of her sex with Clinton on it. And for some unknown reason, when Lewinsky was chatting with her friends, she was recorded talking about her affair with Clinton. Somehow, all this evidence was in the hands of the special prosecutor team that has been keeping a close eye on Clinton.
Anyway, it just happened.