Hollywood Lover

For director Smith Zhang, well, besides making countless people argue, think, sigh and have their thoughts impacted, there is another more important thing.

Box office, box office!

Zhang Dongcheng clenched his fists, waiting for the release of the box office data. No one knew whether American audiences would buy into this literary film. This was the first time for him to face it head-on.

You must know that in the original time and space, Perfume was only screened in the United States for one round, and it was offline after taking in box office figures of two million US dollars. It cannot be compared to the grand occasion of being released in 3,000 cinemas across the United States.

After a sleepless night, Zhang Dongcheng rushed to the company early. He really didn't want to wait for the results at home. He was impatient and just wanted to know for the first time whether his first literary film would be recognized by the box office. .

The hard-core bad friend Adaman came earlier. Zhang Dongcheng looked at his red eyes and knew that this guy didn't sleep well last night. He was probably worried about the performance of the perfume like himself, so he patted him with a smile. Shoulder, said: "Adaman, please pay attention to your health! Is there any box office data calculated now?"

Adaman shook his head and said to Zhang Dongcheng: "Not yet. You must know that the fifty continents in the United States span six time zones. Due to the time difference, last night's movie box office data has not been fully calculated, but it will soon It’s estimated that AC Nielsen will provide specific data by noon.”

In North America, that is, the United States and Canada, as the world's recognized major film production and consumption areas, box office statistics are completed by third-party independent agencies. Movie box office and related data mainly come from two companies: "Lantrac Group" founded in 1977 and "Nielsen eDI" founded in 1976. These two companies respectively provide more than 80,000 movies in 23 countries and regions around the world. Screen and more than 50,000 screens in 14 countries provide a variety of data, industry analysis and research reports and other services.

North American box office statistics agencies all have "third-party independence", that is, they do not engage in any direct commercial activities such as film investment, production, distribution, screening, and peripheral product operations. Their business scope is limited to the statistics and analysis of movie box office data. and publish to achieve profitability. Some basic data (such as daily or weekly movie box office rankings) are often used as open data and released to the public for free on their official website or their authorized partner media.

"OK, well, I hope there will be a good result. Let me know as soon as there is any news!" Zhang Dongcheng warned Adaman. He also knew that he was too impatient.

Adaman patted his chest, saying don't worry, and then asked: "Smith, how was the situation you observed in the cinema yesterday?"

Although Zhang Dongcheng doesn't like to hold fake premieres, and the few he does are reluctant to do so for the sake of box office, he likes to visit privately incognito, buy tickets by himself, go to the cinema to peek at movie fans their most direct reaction.

His makeup skills are getting better and better now, and he has even made Adaman completely unrecognizable several times, so no one noticed when he went to the cinema.

Zhang Dongcheng laughed, then walked to his office, smiling at Adaman and saying: "The first show was full, but I was afraid that the audience in the first show would curse during the second show, causing the people behind to stop watching!"

"This kind of situation should not happen..." After hearing Zhang Dongcheng's words, Adaman was dumbfounded and expressed that he was very surprised. This was because Zhang Dongcheng's face was concerned. Although it is common for literary and artistic films to not get too high box office, But if the invincible Zhang Dongcheng loses this time, what will outside investors think? .

"Haha, it's okay. When I left the cinema, the audience had their heads down and didn't know what they were thinking. Maybe they can accept it!" Zhang Dongcheng recalled yesterday's scene and smiled to let Adaman relax.

"Halo, don't scare me! I'm going to work first. I'll let you know immediately if there's any news." Adaman finally breathed a sigh of relief and also smiled. Then perform your duties.

Seeing Adaman running away in a hurry, Zhang Dongcheng came to his office.

Sitting on the comfortable and spacious boss chair, Zhang Dongcheng picked up a laptop nearby and searched for online reviews.

After opening the website of Dongcheng Pictures, under the huge title of Perfume, many comments from viewers appeared. Like ImDb, there are many movie reviews uploaded by fans immediately after watching Perfume.

"If you have ever felt the slightest bit of hatred towards the killer while watching the movie, then you are worldly and impure!"

Wow, there's no need to rise to such a height... Zhang Dongcheng could only curl his lips when he saw this almost provocative comment.

"This is simply a history of the development of capitalism. He was born in the most filthy and putrid place, but he pursues the purest beauty. He gains the power to confuse people through killing. Even the people who hate him the most are willing to surrender. In the end, it is like Fables generally disappear from this world..."

Oh my god, are there any followers of Marxism-Leninism leaving messages? I don’t want to get involved in politics... Zhang Dongcheng smiled bitterly.

"Someone once told me that what he was desperately looking for was actually the smell of love. Does love also have a fragrance? He tried to have the most bizarre and holy perfume in the world. When the world carnivaled in the square to reach the peak of love and desire, he ended up in the end. Discovered that he had lost the ability to love. Without love, the fragrance disappeared. It was as if he had never existed."

Well, this kind of movie review makes some sense.

"The biggest drawback is: I can't smell the perfume at all. Why are you intoxicated there?"

Oh, okay, you are so funny, I am defeated by you... Zhang Dongcheng could only be speechless when faced with such comments.

"Every genius is a paranoid person who transcends secular concepts and moral categories!"

This is true!

"It is a story that tells a story about love, preservation and destruction. The story ends in possession. Perhaps, when Grenouille has lost his own taste forever, the story will It's over. Everything he did after that, those beautiful delusions, crazy actions, were just a humble wretch trying to save his last bit of despair."

What a literary comment!

"The last shot made me dumbfounded! No wonder it's an R-rated movie. The crowd of tens of thousands of people having sex is so cool. The person who came up with this scene is really a genius!"

"Smith Zhang! Give us a movie. With your skills, it will definitely look great!"

Oh, it turns out that this is the most ridiculous comment. I spent so long thinking about it. Did you only see the tens of thousands of people at the back? Zhang Dongcheng was unable to complain.

After reading these comments full of praise or nonsense, Zhang Dongcheng logged on to Yahoo and read other comments. After all, the people who go to the official perfume website to support the movie are usually fans who really love the movie. So the opinions are mostly full of praise.

Whether it is a director or a film, only seeing the advantages without seeing the shortcomings will not make any progress. Zhang Dongcheng fully understands this.

Just go to other websites. Only then could Zhang Dongcheng see the comments about his shortcomings, and by the way, he could also look at the audience's evaluation of "The Lord of the Rings".

So although I saw a lot of bad comments. But Zhang Dongcheng still looked at these movie reviews calmly.

There was a knock on the door, the sound was a little urgent, but also seemed to be a little joyful.

Zhang Dongcheng raised his head and said outside: "Come in, the door is unlocked.".

Soon, Adaman walked in quickly, smiling with a document in his hand. He came to Zhang Dongcheng and handed the document in his hand: "Smith, this is the statistics just released by AC Nielsen." The box office data about the perfume yesterday came out. Take a look."

After hearing this, Zhang Dongcheng took the folder and opened it. Judging from Adaman's expression, the box office should be pretty good...

Zhang Dongcheng couldn't help but feel nervous. This was the first time that he was extremely worried about the box office after the movie ended.

After all, it is a literary film, and the reviews are no longer as overwhelmingly positive as before!

His eyes focused on the long list of numbers on the paper, and the data on the paper immediately made him breathe a sigh of relief, and Zhang Dongcheng finally relaxed.

Perfume was released in 3,005 cinemas, with an average of US$7,512 per cinema, and a box office result of US$22,573,560!

It collected US$22.5 million on the first day!

Zhang Dongcheng finally let go of the big stone in his heart. No matter how bad his performance is, it won't be much worse. Moreover, the debates and comments on the Internet are turbulent, which will indirectly stimulate the viewers who have never seen it to go to the school full of curiosity. Go see it in the cinema and contribute tens of millions of dollars by the way!

Amid the jubilation of Dongcheng Pictures, and in the carnival of another successful victory by the biggest boss Smith Zhang, the box office of "Perfume" finally received 59.89 million US dollars in its first week (it was released on Friday, which is equivalent to only one week in the first week). There are three days on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but these three days basically account for 78% of the box office for the whole week.)

This result puts Perfume at the top of the weekly box office rankings, far ahead of the pack. Dongcheng Pictures' other Halloween hit movie "Saw: Part III" earned $35.6 million. In second place, Zhang Dongcheng's nickname as the King of Halloween has been confirmed in one fell swoop.

In its second week, the classic action film "Charlie's Angels" with a female protagonist ranked third with a box office of US$24 million. It was screened in 3,037 theaters, dozens more than "Perfume" Home.

It was released for seven full days and played in more than dozens of theaters. It was less than half of the box office of "Perfume", which made many people start to reflect on this matter.

It's not just Zhang Dongcheng's movies that are better, and it's not just his movies that are updated. Some professional analysts believe that the promotion of "Perfume" on the Internet played a very decisive role. The whole world is changing, and Zhang Dongcheng is Someone who is intentionally pushing it to change.

In the future, the Internet will definitely be the best place to attract young people, and it will also be the main battlefield for whether the box office can meet expectations in the future. However, one thing all analysts admit is: "Now we are most concerned about the Internet, and the best promotion and use of it is , it’s Smith Zhang and his Dongcheng Pictures. Perhaps it’s because of Smith Zhang’s young status. At that time, the bosses of film companies who were full of fat heads and belly were still focusing on movie theaters, competing for prime time TV commercials and movie theaters. During the commercial, Smith and Zhang had already begun to quietly withdraw and moved to another place where young people gathered. No matter what era it is, young people are the real main force watching movies. In the future, we will see countless movie companies making movies on the Internet The advertising war, and now Smith-Chang is leading the way.”

In addition, some analysts are puzzled by Zhang Dongcheng's Dongcheng Pictures' strategy of making large investments and making huge profits. When the bosses of the eight major film companies saw that the directors of these blockbusters were getting their profits easily from Zhang Dongcheng, When investing hundreds of millions of dollars, they were all jealous and cursed that they would definitely fail, but in the end, they were beaten red and swollen by super profits of up to five or eight times...

Harry Potter, each episode is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Lord of the Rings, even before the first episode has been filmed, it is promoting a three-part series with a total investment of no less than 450 million, The Bourne Supremacy, At worst, there is an investment of 80 million US dollars!

Moreover, Zhang Dongcheng chased after these directors and asked, "Are you still short of money? I still have some! Do you want to invest more?"

I'm FUCK!

This made the directors under the eight major film companies all furious. Why is it that everyone is a director, so why is the director of Dongcheng Pictures so happy?

No matter how hard someone spends money, why should I have a dry mouth, headache, and brain fever when trying to get some investment from investors?

The bosses of the eight major film companies also have troubles that they cannot tell. Every time Smith and Zhang make a movie, it is like seeking death, but he just refuses to die. He is the only film company in Hollywood that dares to launch a film fund to the whole society and invest in it. All is shared among countless investors, and the high returns of five to eight times can be successful every time!

His sister's FUCK is successful every time!

There used to be small film companies that desperately followed Zhang Dongcheng's lead in issuing short-term film funds. The movies they spent tens of millions of dollars to make failed miserably at the box office, and the desperate boss lost his pants. Now, who else dares to Playing this kind of chess with Smith?

According to the old method in the past, small film companies such as Lionsgate have always used a fisherman's net operation strategy, buying many cheap independent films from small and independent companies without any publicity expenses, and arranging for trial runs in more than ten or twenty theaters. If it doesn't work for a week, it will be withdrawn. Many movies that prove to be unworkable in theaters will soon not be shown in the second week;

If there is profit, just like "The Ghost Story" became a global hit, then it will continue to be shown and the number of theaters will be increased depending on the situation. The problem is that they haven't found a treasure for a long time. This strategy is very stable, but it is impossible to develop rapidly.

Dongcheng Pictures, which only had a little over four years, relied on its boldness and boldness to fight its way through a movie with a bigger investment than the previous one. It almost lost its pants at Paramount and Universal, and made a movie After a super blockbuster called Titanic, they suddenly discovered that there were more and more movies with a cost close to that of Titanic, and all of them were produced by Dongcheng Pictures!

It made a lot of money from the box office alone, and according to analyst estimates, the profits from peripherals such as DVDs, toys, clothes, etc. were even greater!

Relative to investment, all income combined is estimated to have a return of ten to fifteen times more!

If you invest US$100 million, you can recover US$1.5 billion within a few years!

Especially for movies like Lord of the Rings, 10 million pieces of themed T-shirts, hats, etc. are sold across the United States alone, which can create revenue no less than ticket sales, and these items are even more profitable!

The entertainment kingdom belonging to Zhang Dongcheng has slowly begun to take shape. All the film company bosses are gritting their teeth with hatred, but they are helpless. They ride the wind and waves straight into the distance and can never stop!

The final score of Perfume finally stabilized at US$160 million in North America and over US$140 million in overseas box office. The total global score of US$300 million was completely beyond expectations for an R-rated movie. Zhang Dongcheng Once again he maintained his reputation as the undefeated God of War.

Leonardo's acting skills were finally proven in Perfume. The media hyped him as a strong contender for Best Actor at the Oscars next year, and Megan Fox and Jessica Alba also mingled in front of all the fans. They have a familiar face, and as long as they have the right movie, they will soon become a blockbuster and soar to the sky.

But the profits from perfume don't end there, for example, this day.

Founder Coco Chanel (original name: Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel; Chinese name: Gabrielle Coco Chanel) founded the Chanel brand in Paris, France in 1910. The brand has a wide range of products, including clothing, jewelry and accessories, cosmetics, skin care products, perfumes, etc. Each category of products is well-known, especially perfumes and fashion. CHANEL is a famous brand with a century-old history. Its fashion design always maintains an elegant, simple and exquisite style. Coco Chanel is good at breaking through tradition. As early as the 1940s, it successfully pushed the "five-flowered" women's clothing into simple and comfortable designs. This may be the earliest modern casual wear.

Chanel never married in her life. She created a great fashion empire while pursuing the life she wanted. She herself is the best example of female independence and the new-era woman who best understands the joy of emotions. She interacted with the British aristocrat ETIENNEBALSAN, who funded her to open the first millinery shop, while another ARTHURCAPEL funded the opening of a fashion store. She traveled with the Duke of Westminster and inspired the design of the first tweed suit. Every man in her life inspires a source of creativity. She does not rely on luck alone, but works very hard and conscientiously! Even when she was in her 70s, she still returned to work. The Chanel Group was appointed fashion director by Karl Lagerfeld in 1983, but to this day, each new season's new products still use the Chanel spirit as the design concept, Chanel - Chanel forever.