screenwriter mystery

Chapter 170 Box Office
"If "The Blair Witch" is a fairly innovative gimmick movie, then "Spirit: Ghost Story" obviously inherited all of this and filmed a complete story. Since "The Blair Witch", "Pseudo-documentaries" have become flooded in the market, but there are few really successful films. Our confusion before was how many viewers would buy it when this live-broadcasting horror trick was used for the second time. But the results tell us that the devil can ring the doorbell twice, Zhao may not be a good director, but he is undoubtedly a successful screenwriter." - Roger Ebert.

"The Ghost Story is a unique horror film that sells horror and uses a "talk and tell" approach to suspense. Its story is simple but terrifying: a young couple Spooked by strange noises in their house at night, the couple decides to place a video camera in their bedroom to capture potential “spookiness.” This story, combined with the pseudo-documentary format, makes it both good and genuinely scary. "—80% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

"Spirit: Ghost Story" chose the midnight show as the main time period of the movie, which is obviously an extremely correct choice.

On the Internet, under the circumstance of word of mouth among a large number of horror movie lovers, the reputation of "Spiritual: Ghost Story" has rapidly fermented.

At the same time, professional film critics have also written their latest evaluations of the film.

It is worth mentioning that the veteran film critic Roger Ebert, who had left the worst evaluation on "The Blair Witch" in the past, was uncharacteristically, leaving a three-and-a-half-star evaluation for "Spiritual Ghost Records".

Perhaps because of the baptism of various 'pseudo-documentary' films during this period, Roger Ebert turned around and found that "The Blair Witch" was not bad.

The explosion on the Internet opened up word-of-mouth, and the success of "Spirit: Ghost Story" was reflected in the film's box office on the second day of its release.

In just three days, "Spirituality: Ghost Story" successfully took away 3200 million US dollars in the North American box office, and successfully became the champion of the North American weekend box office.And when the major Hollywood media production staff went to check the production cost of "Spirit: Ghost Story", they all took a deep breath.

The production cost of "Spirit: Ghost Story" is more 'cheap' than imagined, but such a 'cheap' production cost has caused such huge waves in the box office market, and the huge profits generated have almost made every company Hollywood production companies are jealous.

As a matter of course, Zhao Yuan, who created all these "miracles" behind the scenes, has once again become the object of discussion among major Hollywood film companies.

If it is said that the success of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", it can also be said that Wen Ziren has contributed to it.

"The Blair Witch"'s counterattack at the box office can be said to be a successful marketing promotion for Hollywood, then the performance of "Spiritual: Ghost Story" clearly proved to Hollywood that Zhao Yuan himself is not bad.

As the saying goes, there are only three things, and a dark horse at the box office once or twice can be called a counterattack.

And becoming a dark horse three times in a row, it's not just a dark horse that can explain clearly, it's a cash cow.

There is no doubt that Zhao Yuan at this moment has become a box office cash cow in the eyes of major Hollywood film production companies.

Moreover, the nutrients that this cash cow needs to input are extremely cheap, but it can grow Franklin that occupies the entire tree.

And just when the whole of Hollywood is crazy about "Spirit: Ghost Story".

The box office trend of "Spirit: Ghost Story" did not stop because of this. One week after its release, the film successfully took away 8250 million US dollars, surpassing the previous record of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2". He called Zhao Yuan and expressed his helplessness in addition to congratulations.

If you look at "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2" purely from the box office results, it is undoubtedly an excellent movie, and even as a sequel movie, it can get such a high box office, and Universal has already expressed its satisfaction.

However, comparing these results with "Spirit: Ghost Story", there is a huge gap.

After all, no matter how good "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" is, it is completely impossible to compare it with "Spirit: Ghost Story" in terms of investment ratio.

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"Okay, I admit, Zhao, I'm starting to regret it..."

On the phone with Universal, Ron Meyer's tone was full of regret.

"If Warner or Paramount's high-level executives hear what you are saying now, they may give you a punch. Ron, Universal has made a lot of money in "Spirit: Ghost Story."

On the other end of the phone, Zhao Yuan knew exactly what the so-called regret was referring to, but he didn't pick up the topic, but changed the subject instead.

San Marino, because of the recent "Spirit: Ghost Story".

Many newspaper reporters have already appeared near the residence.

The troubles of Hollywood celebrities also began to appear on Zhao Yuan.

However, Zhao Yuan didn't pay much attention to this point. On the contrary, the more famous he was, the more he was able to hide his other identity.

After all, who would have thought that a celebrity would appear under the lens of media reporters every day.

Behind the scenes, there will be a man behind the scenes who changes the world.

"However, Universal could have earned more."

Hearing Zhao Yuan's answer, Ron Meyer's tone became even more depressed.

At the beginning, because the negotiation focused on the copyright of the sequel of "The Blair Witch", although Universal also invested in "Spirituality: Ghost Story", it did not invest in advance, and the other investment object was Zhao Yuan.

The cost of the movie "Smart: Ghost Story" was already low, and Zhao Yuan also served as director, screenwriter and producer, and actually accounted for one-third of the film's share.

Such a share calculation, if "Spirit: Ghost Story" hadn't exploded at the box office, Universal might not have cared too much.

However, seeing the box office of "Spirit: Ghost Story" is getting higher and higher, which means that the higher the box office of the movie in the future, the more shares will be given to Zhao Yuan, and the money that Universal can get will be less. less.

Such a result undoubtedly made Ron Meyer, but there was nothing he could do.

After all, although he had thought that "Spirituality: Ghost Story" would achieve results at the box office, he never expected that the results would be so amazing.

"Now, Universal is making a lot of money. The higher the box office of "Spirit: Ghost Story", it is a good thing for all of us."

(End of this chapter)