Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood
Chapter 296 Fame and fortune
Chapter 296 Fame and fortune
"Lin Yuan, this is the first time I've seen these mainstream media praising a person and a movie so much," said Director Cohen.
"Yes, they often praise people. But they always like to look down on people and 'point out' their shortcomings after praising them. But now they praise them to the point that even I feel sick." Mr. Eisen also said.
"There's nothing we can do about it. The mainstream public opinion right now is that people are fanatically fond of this movie. If these media outlets dare to say a bad word about it, they might be immediately attacked by angry fans," said Director Cohen.
"I'm just curious about what MGM and Columbia Pictures should do now," said Lin Yuan.
"What can we do? We can only lie down and play dead. Did you know that a few days ago, when they tried to organize a water army on IMDB to give "King of Spy" a low score and make malicious comments, they were immediately overwhelmed by countless netizens." Director Cohen said,
"I know about this. Netizens gave "King of Spy Wars" a retaliatory 10-point rating, saying it was to offset the malicious ratings.
These netizens are so cute that they even gave low scores to those three movies.
你知道吗?威尔.史密斯的《绝地战警2》已经从6.7分掉到了5.1分,上座率也直接掉到了谷底,原本每天700万美元的票房现在只剩下200万美元了。”艾森先生说道。
"MGM's 'Limited Time' and 'Young Cody' fared even worse, with one scoring only 4.7 and the other 3.8. Poor Denzel Washington, this should be the lowest-rated movie in his career," Director Cohen continued.
Lin Yuan nodded, he already knew all this.
Because "The King of Spy Wars" was squeezed out of the screening schedule by these three movies, movie fans are now pouring all their anger on its opponents.
Although "The King of Spy" performed very well this week, due to the existence of the box office betting agreement, the screening schedules of these three films cannot be squeezed for the time being.
The cinema gave almost all of its remaining screenings to "The King of Spy Wars", raising the screening rate from 27% at the time of release to 35%, but it was still not enough.
After the box office betting agreements expire in batches next week, the screening rate of "The King of Spy Wars" will continue to rise, and the problem of difficulty in buying tickets should be alleviated at that time.
Until then, fans will continue to vent their anger.
Compared to the miserable situation of its opponents, "The King of Spy" has a rating of...9.3 on IMDB.
This score exceeds the 9.1 points of "The Godfather" which ranked second.
It also surpassed the 9.2 points of "The Shawshank Redemption", which ranked first.
Officially topped the IMDB rankings!
Lin Yuan and director Coen have the same feeling. They both know that the score of "The King of Spy" must be very high, even reaching 8.7 points or above.
But I didn't expect that I could directly reach the top of the list.
"The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Godfather" are both spiritual totems in the European and American cultural field. It is almost impossible to beat these two films.
This conclusion is indeed true in the field of traditional film reviews. If professional film critics were asked to rate it, "The King of Spy Wars" would definitely not beat those two films.
But IMDB represents the feelings of the general public on the Internet.
Movies with profound connotations are not necessarily better than "vulgar and simple" action movies, especially Lin Yuan's "The King of Spy War".
Countless netizens expressed their support for Lin Yuan by voting.
The result was that Lin Yuan won, and he took the first place on the IMDB rating list!
The most popular pinned comment reads:
"If someone says 'King of Spy' isn't good, then they absolutely have no conscience! I suggest you stay away from people like that, because if they get struck by lightning, you could easily be implicated!"
This comment really reminded Lin Yuan of someone, and he couldn't help laughing.
In any case, taking the top spot on the IMDB rating list is of great significance to Lin Yuan.
People tend to only remember the first place. The gap between the first and second place may seem small, but the actual difference in influence is huge.
It is no wonder that Time magazine has included him among the candidates for this year's Person of the Year.
"You need both fame and fortune. We have already gained the fame, and now it's time to count the profits we have made," said Mr. Eisen.
"How much is the box office in the first week? What is the expected global box office?" Lin Yuan asked directly.
"The same old rules apply. You guess the North American box office for the first week. If the error is within 500 million U.S. dollars, you win. If you win, I'll give you an extra dividend. If you lose, I'll arrange for a cameo role in my next movie." Mr. Eisen said with a smile.
Previously, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" took in $45 million in its first week with a 9600% screening rate.
The first-week screening rate of "The King's Avatar" was 27%, which is obviously much lower, but considering that the ticket price is 1.5 times that of "Pirates of the Caribbean", it is still a good choice.
The first-week box office of "The King of Spy Wars" should be around 9500 million.
But Lin Yuan learned his lesson this time. Mr. Eisen would definitely not let him guess the answer easily.
So he added another $500 million to make it a round number, and then announced his answer: "My guess is $1 million."
"wrong!"
"What? You didn't even guess that right? So how much is it?"
"The answer is $1 million!"
Lin Yuan was also shocked by this result: "How can it be so high? It's a bit outrageous!"
After all, the screening rate is only 27%, and it can still get such a high box office. Then, after the screening rate goes up in a few days, won’t it directly break through the current box office ceiling?
"This achievement is achieved not only because the single ticket price is as high as $20, but also because every show is full!" said Mr. Eisen.
Lin Yuan nodded. Tickets for "The King of Spy Wars" were hard to come by. Moviegoers had to pay several times the price to get tickets from scalpers. How could there be tickets at the original price that couldn't be sold?
The attendance rate must be 100%, and Lin Yuan believes that even after the screening rate increases next week, it will still be full.
It will take a month after the movie is released before the price will slowly drop.
How much box office revenue can be earned in these four weeks of full-scale operation?
The thought that this result might exceed his own expectations by far made Lin Yuan's heart burn with excitement.
He asked, "So what's the projected North American box office revenue? And what about the global box office?"
"The Lord of the Rings: Rise of the King" grossed $3 million in North America and $3.8 billion worldwide.
This achievement would be unbeatable in the country even in 2003, let alone 2024.
At that time, the exchange rate of US dollar to RMB was about 8.7, so the box office of 11.54 billion US dollars was nearly 100 billion RMB.
Combined with the gap in purchasing power, it is at least equivalent to RMB 2024 billion in 400.
(When evaluating purchasing power, we can't simply use housing prices. We need to consider multiple factors, including CPI, PPI, and salary levels. The comprehensive calculation results show a purchasing power gap of approximately four times.)
(The calculation also combines the M2 growth rate and the actual inflation rate after deducting the GDP growth rate. However, the domestic M2 also reflects the increase in currency hedging for foreign direct investment. Generally speaking, this is probably the case.)
How could it not shock the world?
And now this shock will be refreshed by Lin Yuan's "The King of Spy War".
He earned $27 million in the first week with only 1.18% of the screening schedule. What about the entire cycle?
(End of this chapter)
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