Chapter 29 Lower-than-expected performance
Time passed minute by minute, as the seats behind gradually filled up, the discussions became lower and lower with the reminder of the staff. When the big screen lighted up, it had disappeared.
After the opening of the logo Disney Company, Light Media and Zhao Liying Studio passed, the video entered the main content.
Chen Linci is the director of the big production and definitely has no final editing rights.
Therefore, it is impossible to lay the plot according to the original version.
Although the kernel still loves the more time and latitude, it will definitely be weakened.
After all, the American moviegoers should not be the ones who can accept the 3-hour torture!
The scene at the beginning of the movie has not changed from before. First, two old ladies are interviewed and recall the earth.
Then the screen switches, and what attracts your eyes is a green cornfield.
The video text begins.
First, it was family scenes, then it was natural to go into the space agency, and then it was the theme of interstellar.
Two hours passed, and there was almost no sound except for the occasional sob in the entire screening room!
Chen Lin was a little panicked.
Whether it is good or bad, why didn’t you see these people talking?
Cookdick nodded in a clear way, then called the person in charge of the publicity and discussed a few words in a low voice.
"What did you say to him?"
"Nothing, this drama is unlikely to exceed 150 million US dollars in box office. We are considering how to promote it!"
But 150 million?
How did this come to the conclusion?
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Chicago Business Daily: The investment of this movie is nearly 150 million. After watching it, I think it’s about the same, but the special effects are not done well. Maybe it’s because the director doesn’t like CG very much!
Washington Post: The film has no big problem, it is just the slack of high-tech equipment. The loneliness in space and the emptiness is not at all. Shen Lin is still not suitable for science fiction films, so he should still shoot dramas that he is good at;
Hollywood Movie Review: The movie’s portrayal of doomsday is not realistic enough, and some of the actors’ lines are inexplicably wonderful. For example, the pilot specially gave the hero a piece of paper to explain what a wormhole is. The rhythm of the whole movie is a little slow.
Los Angeles Film Review: Chen Lin is indeed a master of architecture in terms of storytelling. The narrative control can be called world-class. Unfortunately, the action scenes and the high-tech scenes are rough. Think about the dormant warehouse in the spacecraft. The robots in the spacecraft are too far behind Avatar’s dormant warehouse!
On the day of its mass release, most professional film reviews were not particularly optimistic about this movie, and believed that the popcorn index was insufficient.
But there is no saying that the movie is a bad movie, it is just that the special effects are insufficient.
Most viewers who have watched the movie also gave a comment. Many people think that the special effects of the movie are not very good, but compared to the 2D movie, it is quite OK!
"Matthew's acting skills are really good, but Scarlett is a bit inferior, but I would like to say, isn't the investment in this drama 150 million? Why are the costumes and props still stuck in Hollywood in the 1990s?"
"The visual effect is impeccable, the story is a bit brain-burning, and some of the professional words are not understood, but it is still a science fiction masterpiece worth watching!"
"Maybe it's relatively niche. The biggest feature of this film is that it highly restores the scenes in space. At the same time, the shuttle between time and space makes people feel a bit philosophical and numerological. However, science fiction movies with this kind of theme are still very attractive to me."
"Since "2oo1 Space Odyssey" in the 1960s and 1970s, the film and television industry has been constantly exploring the world suitable for human survival in outer space. As ordinary people, we cannot clearly understand the current overall situation of the earth and the exploration progress in reality, but through the film, we understand the vastness of the universe and the infinite possibilities of survival, as long as there is hope for it to remain."
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Chen Lin woke up and rushed to Disney eagerly.
Cookdick was sitting in front of the computer and carefully reading the audience's comments, "Chen Lin, you are here, sit there."
"How about it?"
Chen Lin had no idea to sit down. What he cares most about now is box office statistics.
"It's not bad. Yesterday's early box office was 6.54 million, and the audience's reputation is also good. According to relevant statistics, the final box office in North America is estimated to be between 140 million and 200 million US dollars!"
"Only 140 million"
Chen Lin frowned.
Isn’t it said that the dream of relying on box office to recover costs has been ruined?
"140 million is already very good, after all, it is your first big production!"
Cook Dick pointed to one of the film reviews: "The things involved in "Interstellar" are actually relatively niche. With the original movie, the box office of this movie is definitely not as good as that of Marvel's big movies. However, only such movies should be made more, after all, Hollywood has few such novel filmmakers!"
"What about the surrounding area?"
The real box office statistics depend on tomorrow, and the surrounding project is the focus!
"The surrounding area is very good!" Cook was a little excited to open another web page on the computer, "Look, especially the case and kIpp, these two iron sticks actually sold for $20,000!"
$20,000? Is it very high?
"Do you know "The Matrix"?"
Seeing Chen Lin seemed a little confused, Cook asked about a very famous movie.
"Of course I know, what's wrong?"
"The Matrix has only $120,000 in the day, but its final peripheral revenue is as high as 1.2 billion!"
I went, it was so profitable around me!
"Then is it possible for Interstellar to reap the costs based on the surrounding areas?"
If Disney really loses money, I guess I have to pay a complete greeting for Chen Lin’s trip to Hollywood!
"Of course, Chen Lin, I would like to remind you that as a Hollywood director, you must look around the world! Even if North America cannot recover costs, we have a broad overseas market! The box office in China's region yesterday has already come out, guess how many are there?"
“China region?”
Chen Lin thought about it and shook his head honestly.
Where can I go to "Interstellar" to be screened at the same time in more than 80 countries!
"Close to $130,000!"
I'll go! That's so tall?
130,000 yuan, that's more than 70 million yuan!
"You have succeeded!"
That’s right, although the box office and reputation in North America are a bit worse than expected, "Interstellar" has indeed attracted crazy popularity around the world!
Especially in China, a record of 2D movies has been set!
South Korea and Japan are not bad either, they are definitely a big deal!
"But after I read these newspapers, their comments were not very good!"
Chen Lin is a little confused. According to the scores given by professional film reviews, movies like "Interstellar" are a bit outdated and should not appear in theaters in the new century.
However, as a senior Hollywood filmmaker, Cook Dick's conclusions are completely opposite.
Why is this?
Chapter completed!