Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 44 The "Happiness" of Sandwich Cookies

Over the next week, the screening rate of "Shrek the Monsters" continued to increase, from 15% to 30%.

With the increase in screenings, the weekly box office reached 6000 million US dollars.

Not only that, the IMDB score continues to rise, from 7.7 to 7.9. It can be said that it is blooming in all aspects and is unstoppable.

If the performance of "Shrek the Monsters" is already very impressive, then "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", which was released just a week ago, has dropped countless jaws.

In its first weekend, it grossed $1.2 million.

It is not inferior to the box office performance of "The Mummy Returns" in its first week.

But this was achieved with a 25% screening rate, and without any box office inflation, demonstrating the dominance of a true box office king.

Lin Yuan loved the Harry Potter movie series in his previous life, and he loves it even more in this life.

After all, he was an ally who helped him dig a trap to bury Director Sommers, even if it was just an unintentional coincidence.

He also accidentally noticed a detail: the actors in the "Harry Potter" series of movies are all British!

This was something he hadn't noticed in his previous life. At that time, he was just an ordinary audience member. Who would be interested in knowing what nationality the actors were?
It is said that in order to maintain the pure British flavor of the "Harry Potter" series of films, author JK Rowling strongly demanded that all actors must be British. Americans, Canadians, and New Zealanders, who are also Anglo-Saxons, do not have that flavor, so they cannot be used.

This may be enough to fool fans outside the circle, but for Lin Yuan, who is also in the circle, it is simply ridiculous.

Since when did the original author have such a high say?

It is obviously the result of the operation of capital in the British film industry. They need a star product to mass-produce a group of British stars, so they invest all their money in this project.

Director Sommers could only see the production cost of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", but he could not see the countless potential supports behind it, while Lin Yuan saw it all.

Therefore, the good performance of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is not only due to the good quality of the film, but also because of the desperate gamble of the British film industry capital behind it to create a god.

How could a movie that took so much effort to create use foreigners?

JK Rowling's disagreement is just a fig leaf thrown out.

As a reborn person, Lin Yuan certainly knows that the Harry Potter film series supports 25% of British actors. From the leading actors to the supporting roles, all are British. This is the real livelihood of millions of British workers.

Not having played a role in "Harry Potter" has become an eternal pain for British actors and evidence of being excluded by the mainstream.

The reason why Lin Yuan cares about this matter is that the capital power of the British film and television industry is not only strong, but also his natural ally that he can unite with.

Its strength is reflected in the fact that the later TV series "Game of Thrones" is also a masterpiece that the British film and television industry has copied from the original.

This TV series is claimed to be an American drama, but the actors are almost all British, so it can be called a British drama.

The point of unity is that when facing the rigid-minded old white men in Hollywood, Lin Yuan needs more external force and help.

In any case, capital from the British film and television industry is a good choice.

In response to this, Lin Yuan extended his olive branch and used his influence on IMDB to help positively guide the film rating of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".

As a result, the score of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on IMDB quickly rushed to 7.6 points, and together with "Shrek the Monsters" with a score of 7.9, it squeezed "The Mummy Returns" with a score of only 6.4 points, creating a crushing effect in word-of-mouth.

With the explosive success of "Harry Potter", it is inevitable that the screening rate will be further increased, and the screening rate of "The Mummy Returns", which originally had only 20%, will be further compressed.

It can be said that in the past week, the situation of "The Mummy Returns", which seemed to be very good, was completely reversed.

Everyone could see that it was doomed to fail.

But Director Sommers obviously did not want to accept his fate and was still struggling.

At the Egyptian Theatre, where "The Mummy Returns" premiered and which is considered the main cinema, the previously high 60% of the screenings were now only 25%. Director Sommers stopped the theater owner, Mr. Rand, at the entrance.

"Mr. Rand, I beg you to schedule more screenings for me, at least for another two weeks, and don't rush to reduce my screening rate." Director Sommers' voice was a little humble.

It is his turn to bow his head now. The high publicity and promotion costs of "The Mummy Returns" are coupled with the current declining box office.

If this continues, he will be further and further away from the goal of a global box office of $6 million, and he will definitely be in trouble.

If he really lost to Lin Yuan, he would absolutely not be able to accept it.

The Egyptian Theatre represents the attitude of hundreds of cinemas in California. If they can deal with Mr. Rand, they can stabilize the screening rate.

"Director Sommers, I also want to help you from a personal perspective. But this is a matter involving hundreds of cinemas, and no one can go against money. Your request is really too difficult for me." Mr. Rand rejected his request.

"What do you want me to do to help you?"

"Unless you promise to guarantee the box office, and make up the difference yourself, then I can consider continuing to maintain your screening schedule." Mr. Rand put forward his own conditions.

"..."

Director Sommers hesitated. He had already put his savings of many years into buying tickets himself. Now if he was promised a box office guarantee, he would have to mortgage his property for a loan.

If something unexpected happens in the end, he will really lose everything.

Do you want to give it your all and take this gamble?

Director Sommers began to have second thoughts in his mind: why not just give up, at least don't destroy my own future.

"Hey? Isn't this Director Sommers? You look like a clown now."

A shrill laugh was heard, and this sound made Director Sommers hate it to the core.

If it weren't for him, how would I have ended up in these fields?
The budget will be calculated by him, and we will be forced to bear the high publicity and promotion costs, which will make it difficult to back down.

He also designed the premiere time himself. At first, he thought May 5th would be a better time, but he didn't expect it to be a hellish monster room.

"Lin! Yuan!" Director Sommers roared word by word, his eyes red as he stared directly at Lin Yuan: "Damn it, why are you here?"

"I'm here with Director Cohen to visit Mr. Rand. After all, the movie is coming out next month."

"Nothing good will come of it for you!"

"It must be better than you! You are about to lose, and it's really ugly to look like you can't afford to lose." Lin Yuan's smile was full of sarcasm.

"No! I haven't lost yet! I still have a chance!"

"Since we've met, I'll give you some advice: Stop it! Don't let yourself lose everything."

Lin Yuan certainly knew that saying this would only have the opposite effect, but this was exactly what he wanted.

"No! I will win. I will see you leave in disgrace." Director Sommers said viciously as if he had made up his mind.

He turned to look at Mr. Rand, the theater owner: "I'll give you a guaranteed minimum, please continue to support me."

Seeing this scene, Lin Yuan sneered and said nothing. He knew that Director Sommers was completely finished.

The road to hell is paved with extravagant hopes.

The strong wind on the rooftop is quite fierce...

(End of this chapter)