Chapter 502： unpopular

"Boss, the box office is 21.34 million US dollars, 21.34 million US dollars."

Lyman woke up early in the morning, and Liam, CEO of Blue Butterfly Pictures, reported on the phone with great excitement: "The Mist has an average attendance rate of 76% on the first day of its release, and the word of mouth remains good."

Of course, Liam was excited for a reason.

Good box office is only one of them, and more importantly, he has proved that under his management, Blue Butterfly Pictures can achieve North American distribution-although publicity channels are still a big problem, but at least it can be achieved.

This also shows that he doesn't have to worry about being fired suddenly.

After all, since he joined Lehman's camp, he has not achieved much success. After so many months, the company's business development is still limited to the old foundation left before, how can people not be anxious and worried.

And without achievements, it is impossible to secure the position of CEO. He knew this from the beginning.

Therefore, the release of "The Mist" is a test. Lyman thought so too.

And the single-day box office of 20 million US dollars is still a horror movie, which can be regarded as passing the standard.

Judging from this performance, Lyman thought: Liam can still take on the heavy responsibility of distribution.

In addition, the box office performance of "The Fog" has greatly reduced the living space of all works in the same period, and "The Rival of All People" has directly cut the box office drop by nearly 40%, with a single-day output of 5.68 million US dollars. All in all, a bit miserable.

Speaking of which, these two films actually have some inherent deficiencies. "The Mist" has a bit of humanistic thinking, the coolness is not enough, and the subject matter suffers. Many passers-by and audiences don't like to see it - twenty years ahead, twenty years later In 2010, no horror movie in Hollywood history has ever won the annual box office championship, never.

And what about "The Enemy of the People"?

The content is too old-fashioned and nothing new.

There are too many movies in Hollywood like this kind of comedy and romance with a bit of a yy nature.

The audience is a little tired, because the homogenization is serious.

Speaking of which, the previous version of Tu Neng sold 150 million, which is surprising.

Even Universal couldn't believe it. They made this movie for the overseas market, and as a result, the local area recovered the distribution cost.

This also further proves Will Smith's market appeal, that is, the audience is good.

But in fact, at least 60% of the reason for the big sale of "The Rival of the People" is on the schedule. Because of the lack of performance of Warner's "Hell Star", the entire February schedule was almost occupied by the "Rivals of the Whole People" family. Could it be a box office?

But now, the audience has other choices, and the phenomenon of diversion is more prominent, which is also the biggest factor behind the decline of the box office of "Rivals in Love".

After its release, "The Mist" stepped on "The Rival of All People" and beaten it wildly, but even so, "Rival of All People" was still the runner-up in the box office list. Universal also felt it was okay-they originally predicted the market to be able to make money. , but a big explosion is unlikely.

This performance is in their understanding.

Until three days after the weekend, "The Mist" accumulated 63.25 million US dollars in the first week, and "The Rival of the People" was 36.22 million.

Judging from the data alone, it was almost crushed. But "The Enemy in Love" was first shown for more than a week, and the time cannot be completely compared. People have already eaten up the largest piece of dividends. It can only be said that the continuity of the box office has not been maintained well.

"The Los Angeles Express" commented: "The Mist, directed by the high-profile Lehman, won the box office championship of the week without a doubt, and once again proved that he can play any subject matter unexpectedly well."

"A breakdown of Lehman's past works, the breadth of genres and the high level of control, can't help but remind people of another director, Spielberg, but Lehman is undoubtedly a faster and more successful transformation, even the director's The road is smoother and smoother, which makes one wonder: How did he get his directorial ability?" - "The Hollywood Observer".

"...Obviously, "The Mist" will dominate the February schedule. Judging from the data disclosed by the theater, we can't see any opponents that can threaten. Last week's weekly box office champion "The Rival of All People" has been far surpassed. ."

"According to the survey data released by Blue Butterfly Pictures, the audience's evaluation of "The Mist" is quite positive. Among the random field interviews of 1,000 people, more than 700 people gave a rating, and more than 100 gave b , the remaining less than 200 people have some opinions and do not agree with it..."

Blue Butterfly Pictures did not give up the guidance of publicity after the film was released. Besides, the results were good, which also means that the news of "The Mist" in the next period of time will naturally represent the value of traffic. Instead, it needs to increase its promotion.

However, these trivial matters were temporarily left behind by Lehman, because Scott-Ross has reached an agreement with the shareholders of the board of directors to welcome Lehman's investment.

After communicating with the negotiators several times, Lehman officially spent more than 120 million to get 37% of the shares in the digital field, while Scott Ross, the former second shareholder, reduced his holdings by 8% and cashed out more than 23 million. , with only 7% in hand, and continue to serve as CEO.

After the digital field was settled, Lehman formally negotiated a quotation with Cameron.

It was also at this time that Cameron announced that the digital field was going to change hands. Because of the discord with the board of directors, almost no one had discussed with him about Lehmann's entry - and from the side, he could see how unpopular this fellow was. , At the beginning, he invited his friend Stan to join the digital field, but because of the proposal to kick Scott and replace the company's CEO, he fell out directly.

Two of the three founders will quit.

However, when he was angry, Cameron expressed his willingness to talk to Lehmann more enthusiastically.

After all, this guy has restructured a special effects studio that serves him personally. When he was burning money, someone gave him money, why not?

After receiving an affirmative answer, Lehman also began to prepare funds.

He didn't hesitate too much. The 200 million payment from those film companies in France was definitely not enough, and he knew it himself.

The reason why I still borrow so much is not only because I don’t want to pay too high a price, but also because the second share of “The Walking Dead” and the last overseas share of “New York Row” and the market revenue of offline DVDs have been beaten by several partners one after another. into the account of Firefly Pictures. Almost $120 million.

Of course, Gusta still has to pay the bills.

After the phone call, Lehmann paid $50 million, and the remaining debt plus interest was close to 75 million, but Gusta was happy to suspend it for three more months-several cooperation with Firefly Pictures, Lionsgate. The company's market share has improved rapidly, and the profits of the cooperation are high. Lionsgate is eager to hold the shares of Firefly Pictures and deepen the cooperative relationship between the two.

After the funds were ready, Lehman immediately invited Cameron, and the other party agreed immediately.

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