Chapter 579： 29,870,000

Rust Mansion in Beverly Hills.

In the study, the hour hand walked slowly and firmly, and finally stopped at the number 1.

Before waiting ten minutes, Lyman, who was sitting in front of the computer, also received an email from Liam on time.

This is a summary of the data from the theater chain. After roughly scanning the distribution cities, screening times, and average attendance, and pulling it to the bottom of the real-time box office statistics, Lehman felt relieved.

29.87 million, with an average attendance rate of 82%, and an average box office of more than 11,000 per game.

Lehman fell asleep with satisfaction. Although he has directed many movies, he will still be nervous after the movie is released, but now, he can have a good dream.

But this night, many people are destined to be unable to sleep.

Liam didn't sleep happily, and spent the night discussing the next topic hype with Warner's publicity department;

Some industry insiders didn't sleep, and they needed to know the first-day results of "Monster in the Lake" as a reference target;

Many of the media people in the morning paper didn't sleep either. After the results were released, they had to hurry up to publish the next day's news.

But the first-day box office of 29.87 million still surprised many people.

Although 29.87 million did not break any box office records, it also occupies a place in the entire long film history, ranking among the top five in the box office data on the first day.

"Star Wars 3", "Harry Potter - and the Philosopher's Stone", "Spider-Man 2", the fourth is "The Monster in the Lake", and the fifth is "Harry Potter - and the Chamber of Secrets".

Looking at the above movies, you will soon find that these are works that book fans and movie fans can easily gather to watch movies. Therefore, although the total box office of "The Lord of the Rings 3" is high, the box office on the first day is not comparable, because of the cohesion of die-hard movie fans. It's not as good as the "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars" series. This kind of youth market is like a "traffic star", which rises and falls quickly.

As for why "Monster in the Lake" has such a high first-day box office, it may be because of the blessings of the right time and place.

Tianshi is naturally a good schedule selection. Except for one "Chicken Story" in November, it is still strong, and the box office of many movies is not high, and "Chicken Story" is an animation movie, and the audience overlap is not high; "Walking with the Song" is more in-depth, and the main groups are still not overlapping;

Is the location favorable? Warner’s strong publicity and the optimism of the theater dealers. As early as the internal preview, it was agreed that the film’s performance would not be low, so more than 2,800 theaters were arranged;

People and people are the basis of passersby laid by Lehman's so many works and the market capacity of disaster films themselves. Take the example of "Jaws" which finally won more than 470 million US dollars with a budget of 9 million in 1975. If inflation is calculated , It is definitely the existence of the first few films in the history of the film, and "The Day After Tomorrow", which dominated the summer of 2004, also had a box office of 24.3 million on the first day. At that time, the competitors were even more fierce.

Of course, Warner is also very surprised.

They expected the "Monster in the Lake" to be good, but they didn't expect it to be so good.

But movies are such an unpredictable industry. If you can see it accurately at all times, there will be no big loss projects.

Colleagues in the film industry, looking at the data collected in their hands, are somewhat envious.

Fame and fortune, as long as a blockbuster work can be all harvested.

Mads Mikkelsen has become popular, a righteous lawyer played by a Danish actor. I don't know if his image will take over Hanni's TV series. However, he is indeed good and evil, and he is very malleable; originally Paul Bettany, who was just a low-level actor, also jumped up and doubled his salary.

As for Matthew McConaughey, who had fallen into a trough, it is only natural that he will return to the peak of his career.

However, his mood is the most complicated, because he has lost it, so after getting it again, he seems to cherish it very much. The specific performance lies in the film contract that flew like a snowflake. After the initial screening of the agent, he was also very cautious and did not dare to agree easily.

On the second day of the film's release, Lyman received a call from Top, saying that he was invited to dinner.

But when he walked into the private room, the attitude of the spinning top was very enthusiastic, which made Lehman feel strange.

This enthusiasm is overdone.

"Is there a problem with the project? Need to increase the budget?" Lehmann said actively.

If so, the source of the enthusiasm is clear.

After all, not every director is like Cameron. The film budget is not enough and he is not convinced, and he will force the investors to jump into the sea.

Shooting? It's not always smooth sailing. As long as it's not too much, Lehmann is willing to pay more.

But I didn't think that the top is not for "Pan's Labyrinth". The film is still in the selection of location, the progress is very slow, and the top has spent a lot of thought, and I don't want to be too casual. Keep improving.

Before the food came up, the top congratulated first: "Lyman, congratulations on the box office sale of "Monster in the Lake"."

Lehman waved his hand, "There's nothing to do, this is only the second day."

"The attendance rate and the first-day results are very good, and it will not be bad."

"Okay, is there anything you want to say? This is not your style." Lyman teased.

Top is a person with a relatively straight personality, otherwise he would not have cooperated directly with New Line Cinema because of the investment in "Hellboy".

When this question was asked, the top did not continue to say any polite words.

He made a direct statement, saying that he wanted to introduce a director to see if he could do it, that is, it was a matter of attaching to the studio.

Okay, this is asking for others, no wonder the attitude is so enthusiastic.

You know, this guy has never been so enthusiastic about looking for Lehman investment with "Pan's Labyrinth".

When Lyman heard the words, he did not immediately agree. Instead, he asked the spinning top, who would come to Firefly Pictures.

The spinning top replied that it was a friend of his own, Alfonso Cuaron. After attending the premiere of "The Monster in the Lake" that day, I saw that he was interested, so I asked him for help. ask.

As for whether or not to ask, of course, it is a polite word. Gyro can't directly say that he is afraid that Firefly will not give any good conditions. It is better to let his friends continue to work hard with Warner.

But Leiman knew that Alfonso's directing ability was excellent. He wanted to join Firefly. It was too late to welcome him, and he would definitely not refuse.

After all, Alfonso's style is the most comprehensive among the three in Mexico, and he will also compromise the market. He is a director similar to Wen Ziren.

You know, the "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" filmed by this guy is the second rated in the entire series - the first "Deathly Hallows" sequel ate emotional points, after all, it is the end, and it is the media The film has the best reputation among film critics and fans of the original work. Of course, because it is too restored, the tone and theme are dark and dark, and it is not as bright as the previous works, resulting in the lowest box office.

But this is not a problem for Lehmann. What Firefly lacks now is talent.

Therefore, Lehman nodded decisively and agreed, and asked Top to contact him as soon as possible.