Disaster Artist

Time always passes by inadvertently.

"Deadpool" turned out to subvert the autumn file and write a new mythology in one fell swoop. It seems that it was only last week, but in a blink of an eye, December is already halfway through.

It's the end of the year again.

Before we have time to enjoy autumn, the New Year is already waiting around the corner, and it seems that it is the traditional celebration season for a year's harvest summary.

In just over two months, Lanchuan was full of turmoil and excitement.

On that side, the awards season is unprecedentedly noisy. After last year’s chaos and a whole year of brewing, the scene of a hundred schools of thought contending is eye-catching. The film industry generally believes that this will be a great year for the awards season—

The most competitive and closest session in the past two decades.

Not only large film companies, but also small and medium-sized film companies that are usually suppressed and ignored and have to survive in the cracks are also making full efforts.

Wonderful, beautiful, and full of suspense.

This kind of awards season really makes people fondle admiringly, but they don't know who can stand out, and they don't know whether it will be a hundred flowers blooming or one family will dominate.

Here, the film market also presents a scene of infinite possibilities, not only because the fall film seems to have truly broken free from the shackles, but also because the impact of the awards season brings a new atmosphere to the holiday film.

On the one hand, "The Woman Who Left" made history and was released simultaneously in theaters and streaming media for the first time, completely subverting the choice of traditional movie viewing methods.

As a result, the results are actually good!

Precisely because of the noise of the media, the "leaving woman" attracted a lot of attention as the first person to eat crabs, and young people also voted with practical actions—

Heading to theaters, or opting for the Echo?

In the end, "The Woman Who Left" actually won 23 million box office data in theaters. Although the number is not high, it far exceeds the evaluation of the Lanxia film market

At that time, Lanxia professionals believed that even if the film was released in theaters, the box office would hardly exceed 2 million, so that no one cared about it. Even after the film won the award, it did not change the predicament.

But now, the movie has grossed 23 million yuan, which is eleven times the expected box office; at the same time, compared to the production cost of the movie, it is also gratifying, and there is no need to wait for the awards season to win, or even to be nominated , the film has already earned nearly 10 million yuan!

Rumor has it that Luo Jiang has signed a contract with Blue Whale Films to prepare for his next work.

And, that's not all.

"The Woman Who Left" also won attention in the Echo, easily harvesting 50 million on-demand data, and won a vote of likes and support from the Echo's **** paying subscribers.

The on-demand data is a drop in the bucket compared to the popular dramas of Echo; at the same time, don’t forget the water content of the data, because the third-party statistical data only counts the number of times it has been played for more than 30 minutes, and "The Woman Who Left" is four full. Hours, that is to say, among the 50 million playback times, it is impossible to determine how many people have watched the entire movie.

but!

This still establishes the Echo brand image—

People finally understand exactly what is going on with the "movie sense" score. No wonder the echo platform also recommends that "The Woman Who Left" is suitable for theater viewing.

The Echo platform only provides a platform for fans who don’t want to go to theaters, have no way to go to theaters, miss theater screenings but are still interested in art films, so that they can also see more diverse films outside of mainstream theaters. work.

Lu Qian, it really is Lu Qian, how could this director who makes his living on the big screen betray the theater?

A rumor that has not been officially confirmed, just the work of "The Woman Who Left" has added more than 30 million paying subscribers to Echo.

Of course, compared with the world's seven billion people, it is simply sprinkled with water, but this rumor made the major film companies realize for the first time:

It turns out that art films have so many fanatical supporters—or in other words, there is such a wide space waiting to be tapped outside the mainstream market.

On the other hand, a series of movies including "Doctor Strange", "Purge 2" and "Princess of the Sea" landed in the holiday season and made great achievements. The frenzy of the autumn season continued all the way.

What is particularly gratifying is that, in addition to commercial films, the excitement of this year's awards season has also attracted a lot of attention. The box office data of art theaters and selected works have increased to a certain extent, making people feel the overall excitement of the film market.

Suddenly, it seems to be back to the summer vacation again.

Of course, the evaluation performance of the box office figures is definitely not as good as that of summer, but the popularity of social networks and the passenger flow of theaters are all creating new highs.

A piece of good news!

Perhaps, after this year, the film market will indeed usher in a new scene. The success of commercial films will drive different schedules, and the success of the awards season will enrich the types of films. With a two-pronged approach, the future can be expected.

However, behind the hustle and bustle, the turbulent undercurrent is also constantly surging——

Blue Whale Films.

From the success of "The Woman Who Left", to the success of "Deadpool" and "The Purge 2", Blue Whale Pictures has been provoking the bottom line of theaters.

You don't need the level of a professional in the industry to see the tricks of the theater alliance.

They compromised once for the box office of "Deadpool", and then lost the opportunity; then they were slapped in the face by "The Woman Who Left", but they didn't do anything because of the good box office performance of "Purge Human 2".

what happened?

So, has the theater alliance collapsed? Did they just swallow their anger and let Blue Whale Films dance wantonly on their heads? Aren't they ready to fight back just because there is too much thunder and little rain?

Questions, UU reading www.uukanshu. com is spreading.

Not to mention people in the industry, even the people who eat melons on social networks gloated and watched the show.

But true professionals know that all of this is just the calm before the storm, and it is impossible for the theater alliance to surrender, let alone give up—

The significance of "Deadpool" to the autumn file is indeed special, but they just didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at that time, and they simply thought it was okay to wait, and they never paid enough attention to the streaming media, so they let it go.

If the theater alliance is truly aware of the crisis, let alone one "Deadpool", I am afraid that even ten films will not be able to stop their determination to attack Blue Whale Films.

Like now.

Silence is not surrender, but a balance of interests and a big move brewing.

Sure enough, the day didn't take long.

Just when Blue Whale Films is celebrating this year’s autumn and holiday files, it has taken a solid first step in the overall plan and is preparing for the awards season. The theater alliance is brewing, brewing, and waiting. The big trick that I have been waiting for is finally on the scene.

The five major theater chains headed by Belden Group issued a joint announcement:

All of their theaters will refuse to show "Starfall".

Of course, they understood that this was a violation of the agreement between the theater chain and Blue Whale Films, but they emphasized that this was a response to Blue Whale Films’ first violation of the agreement; Opted to have "The Woman Who Left" be shown simultaneously in theaters and on the Echo.

Moreover, this is only the first step. If Blue Whale Films refuses to fulfill the agreement, the theater alliance will terminate the agreement in the future and refuse to release any works of Blue Whale Films forever.

With tough words and a firm attitude, the theater alliance showed its iron fist.