Heads Up Hollywood

On Tuesday, August 15th, the award-winning film "The Girl Who Moved Soul", which won the Palme d'Or at the 53rd Cannes Film Festival, was officially released in North America.

This is a typical literary film, and the release schedule is very awkward. Even if the producer is named "Dawn Walker", there is no possibility of any box office hit.

It is estimated that after February next year, when the awards season comes, and "The Soul-shifting Girl" becomes a regular guest of all major awards seasons, it will really arouse the enthusiasm of American audiences.

As for the Palme d'Or...sorry, most of the American people don't even know where Cannes is.

Fortunately, the film stars Nicole Kidman and Natalie Portman, which can be considered to have some appeal. In terms of box office data, it is not too embarrassing.

Among all the films released, the appeal to the audience is second only to the four films "Space Cowboy", "Transparent Demon", "Ten Perfect Men", and "Invasion of Brain Cells".

For such a literary film without any commercial atmosphere, the box office reached 1.76 million US dollars on the first day, whether it is Universal Pictures or Tang En Pictures, they are all satisfied.

After all, the award season is the period when this type of film is in full swing.

For the movie "The Girl Who Moved the Soul", Tang En Pictures' requirements are not high, and the global box office has reached 50 million U.S. dollars, so it is satisfied.

After all, this is a European Palme d'Or film, and it is reasonable to be nominated for next year's Oscars. It will definitely drive the sales of peripheral copyrights, as long as the investment cost of 40 million US dollars is recovered.

But the media is clearly not used to this feeling.

Movies produced by Tang En Pictures... When did they follow the trend in the box office market?

Since the first "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", the films produced by Dunn Films have been leading the box office trend.

The obscurity of "The Girl Who Moved the Soul" is too abnormal, isn't it?

Many media contacted Tang En Pictures, the producer, but were told that they had no comment; they also contacted Universal Pictures, the distributor, but they were also confused by various excuses, and did not give a positive explanation at all.

Abnormal ass!

Who stipulated that Tang En Pictures must produce movies that sell well at the box office?

Tang En Pictures not only has commercial capabilities, but also artistic pursuits!

Seeing that "The Girl Who Moved Soul" has been released for two days, the media has not dug up enough hype material from this new movie of Tang En Pictures. They are both anxious and disappointed.

In the past, the movies produced by Twain Films were the focus of their hype and sales, but "The Girl Who Moved Soul" made them helpless.

I only comment on this movie from a professional point of view. The audience must like to read professional newspapers such as "The New Yorker", "The New Republic", "Village Voice", and "Film Review". Who would be interested in gossip newspapers?

Do it in a hurry!

...

"Everything is done, we can make a move."

On the phone, Michael Ovitz's voice was ordinary, but to Tang En's ears, it was like a fairy song!

Isla Fisher, who knew the inside story, couldn't hide her joy when she saw Tang En hanging up the phone with a smile on his face, "Tang En, can we deal with Disney now?"

Tang En slapped his thigh, gritted his teeth, and said, "We've been angry for seven or eight days, now, it's time to show our courage!"

Isla Fisher said excitedly: "I will fax the prepared statement to the major brokerage companies."

"Not in a hurry!"

Tang En waved his hand and interrupted her. He murmured for a moment and curled his mouth, "I've endured it for so many days, it doesn't matter if I have one more day. I heard that there are many media recently who want to interview me?"

Isla Fisher said: "The box office of "The Girl Who Moved"...is not very good, they want to ask your opinion."

Tang En nodded and said, "Okay, contact an influential newspaper and ask them to send someone over for an exclusive interview this afternoon, and there is an additional condition that it must appear in the newspaper tomorrow!"

...

In the afternoon of that day, Tang En saw an interview team in his office. There were more than a dozen people. Some took pictures, some took photos, some recorded, and some interviewed...

I don't know, I thought it was a TV station, but in fact, it was just the entertainment interview team of the "Los Angeles Times".

The main person responsible for asking questions was a middle-aged reporter in his forties named Tony Duvall. He was a little bald and had a lot of experience in interviewing.

Because there was an explanation before, there was a lot of nonsense in the opening. Tony Duval first congratulated Twain that the global box office of "Spider-Man" exceeded 1.1 billion US dollars, and then asked the real question, "Director Walker, what do you think about "Spider-Man"?" What do you think of the movie "Girls"?"

"This is adapted from the autobiographical novel of Ms. Suzanne Kaysen. The whole story is full of human introspection and philosophical thinking. Director Mendes handled many details very well, and won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival. Well deserved."

The interview questions had a clear framework, and Tang En had already obtained them, so he had already prepared the answers and followed the script.

"What about the box office?" Tony Duval smiled, ""The Girl Who Moved Soul" has been in theaters for two days, but as far as we know, the attendance rate of the movie is not satisfactory, which is not in contrast to Tang En Pictures' past movies Small."

Tang En said calmly: "After all, it is a working day, and the attendance rate is lower, which is normal. "The Girl Who Moved Soul" is a literary film. It is not of the same type as the commercial films produced by Tang En Pictures in the past few years."

Tony Duval half-jokingly said: "It turns out that Director Walker must also follow the laws of the market. The movies you participate in making are not destined to be big at the box office."

"Of course, the law of the market is the general trend, and no one can change it."

Dunn paused for a moment, then glanced at Tony Duval.

The above questions and answers are all in accordance with the setting. Next, Tang En will raise the key point, "For example, some film companies think that relying on decades of influence can make the movie box office a hit. Obviously absurd."

Tony Duval frowned, and took a deep look at Tang En, "Can you tell me more about it?"

Tang En smiled and said: "Well, I'll just give you an example, such as Disney. You know, Disney released an action blockbuster "Sixty Seconds" this summer, but it was a pity that it ran into my "Spider-Man". The box office results were dismal."

Tony Duval nodded cooperatively, "Yes, I heard that the global box office of "Sixty Seconds" has not yet exceeded 100 million. It is conservatively estimated that this movie will cause a loss of 30 million US dollars to Disney."

Tang En said: "Yeah, this is the power of the laws of the market. Disney is an established studio for decades, but what about Tang En Pictures? It has only been established for 3 years. It is because "Spider-Man" is more in line with market trends, even if it is Disney, too, will be ravaged, crushed, and crushed, and it is reasonable for "Sixty Seconds" to be reduced to cannon fodder."

Tony Duval was not stupid, of course he could see that Dunn was very keen on this topic.

As for this topic, Tang En Pictures did not inform in advance.

As a well-known reporter on the entertainment section of the "Los Angeles Times", Tony Duvall certainly knew about the grievances between Dunn Pictures and Disney.

Twain is now making a public statement, satirizing Disney, this is definitely a hot gimmick!

Tony Duval saw the potential for a big sale at a glance, so he naturally wanted to follow Tang En's topic and continue on.

The profession of journalists, especially entertainment journalists, is afraid that the world will not be chaotic!

"I remember that it's not just "Sixty Seconds". Disney seems to have released several movies this summer?" Tony Duval looked at the enthusiastic Twain, and knew that he had asked the right question again.

Tang En said in a familiar manner: "That's right, besides "Sixty Seconds", there are also "Scary Movie", "Girls Club", oh yes, there is also a movie called "Return My Childhood". Before that, I didn't know that Disney had released such a movie, but after checking it, I found out that the star of this movie is Bruce Willis, haha."

"Ah, "Return My Childhood", I know that movie, it is a comedy. It's a pity that when it was released, it was suddenly reported that he cheated in marriage, which caused the movie's attendance rate to be extremely poor. I heard that now It has been forced to downshift." Tony Duval looked at him with a smile.

Anyone in the industry knows who Bruce Willis messed with.

Tang En pretended to be sympathetic and sighed, "I heard that the movie "Return My Childhood" had an investment of 65 million U.S. dollars, and the box office was less than 10 million U.S. dollars. Disney estimated that it would lose 40 to 50 million U.S. dollars. What a pity! !"

Tony Duval almost couldn't hold back, Tang En's hypocrisy was really shameless.

"Director Walker, what do you think is the reason why the films produced by an established studio like Disney have repeatedly failed at the box office, while Tang En Pictures has repeatedly achieved great success?"

Tang En pondered slowly, "It's hard to say, maybe it's a matter of philosophy, I heard... Disney's management is dictatorial? I'm not very clear, Disney is a listed company, and more than 70% of the shares are in the hands of retail investors. How can the general meeting of shareholders allow authoritarian management? Maybe I got it wrong."

"I heard that Disney's chairman, Michael Eisner, is not very popular in Hollywood, and he often uses Disney's influence to suppress DreamWorks animations, right?"

Tony Duval's question made Tang En frowned.

Don't talk nonsense on this topic!

Tang En's previous topics had always revolved around Disney, and his words unabashedly expressed mockery and belittling of Disney. Anyway, Tang En Pictures and Disney have completely fallen out, so they can simply confront each other openly!

But now Tony Duval has involved the whole of Hollywood, and even directly exposed the bad habits within the industry, which has crossed the bottom line.

Hollywood is a big circle. Even if the inside of the industry is stinky, it must create a beautiful and glamorous appearance, so as to attract more people's attention and love for this circle.

This is not only related to the interests of Hollywood, but also to the long-term stability of the industry.

The internal scandal must never be revealed!