Chapter 287 Break through the cost line
Please give me a monthly ticket and a recommendation ticket!
After the party, Matthew took the car of Shanghai Ren Herman and returned to Burbank together. He inevitably followed the paparazzi. Now it is the release period of the film. In addition, the aftermath of the previous scandal hype is still there. He has been a media attention recently, and the paparazzi have once again helped to watch outside his house.
"Send me home just now." Matthew was not polite at all and said to Helen Herman directly.
Helen Hermann did not answer his words, but said, "Why not take the car you rented."
Matthew talked casually, "It's not as comfortable as your car."
Helen Hermann glanced at him quickly, and Matthew said the truth, "When the car came, there was something wrong with the engine, I sent it away in advance."
He also reminded Helen Herman, "Don't forget to negotiate with them tomorrow, and the car rental fee will be deducted at least half."
"You need a personal assistant," Helen Hermann said lightly, "You have to leave this kind of thing to your personal assistant."
Matthew almost forgot about this and said, "I understand. I'll send a job advertisement when I look back."
Helen Herman knew that Matthew didn't want to use her people, otherwise there would be many suitable candidates for Angel Agency, and said, "You have to hurry up on this matter. I can do some things, but not for too long, and I can't focus on these trivial matters."
Matthew nodded, "Don't worry, I remember."
Indeed, letting Helen Hermann handle such small things is simply a waste of talent. Wasting Helen Hermann's time is to reduce his chances in some ways.
The car was parked in front of Matthew's house. Matthew pushed the door and got out of the car, turned around before closing the door and asked, "Do you want to come in and sit?"
He had no other meaning, just a polite sentence.
Helen Hermann knew this and waved his hands casually, "If you don't go, I will feel gloomy when I enter your door."
Matthew closed the car door and waved his hand until Helen Hermann started the car and left. He opened the door and returned home. As soon as he entered the door, he sat in front of the computer. He first logged in to several websites related to movie reviews to see the response after "Dawn of the Living Dead".
He came back from the party, and it was a while since the premiere and early stage ended, and it was almost midnight. In this era of rapid development of the Internet, comments about "Dawn of the Living Dead" on the Internet can be seen almost everywhere on the movie website.
Rotten Tomatoes have long been lifted from the freshness of "Dawn of the Living Dead", and the freshness is currently 78%, which is slightly lower than when he watched it last time.
"The only improvement in the remake of "Dawn of the Living Dead" is the quality of fake blood!"
This is the latest professional film review collected by the website. Obviously, I don’t like this version shot by Zach Schneider.
But more praises.
"The remake of "The Living Dead" is like the 1978 film, which is full of plasma, zombies and death. But Zach Schneider is not as simple as just being satisfied with a remake. He jumped out of the disgusting zombie film and took a different approach, especially the scene where the male protagonist played by Matthew Horner played chess with his friends from afar and finally had to commit suicide by himself, which was moving."
There are many similar praises.
"A good zombie film with a compact rhythm. Facing the zombies all over the city, a few uninfected people work together to cooperate. The kindness and greed side of human nature suddenly magnifies. Matthew Horner's interpretation is very eye-catching, recommended."
Although the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes does not have a particularly big impact on the box office of a commercial film on the first weekend, if there is a positive review, it will be related to the trend after the first weekend of the film.
Of course, it is unrealistic to expect a zombie film to draw a super stable trend like "Pirates of the Caribbean".
This type of film has a particularly short theater cycle and often consumes box office potential within a few weeks, and the box office on the first weekend is even more important.
Matthew turned off the Rotten Tomatoes, looked at it on imdb again, and found that the number of comments increased, imdb scored also, with a score of 7.8 points.
This is definitely a high score among horror movies and zombie movies.
This is also proven by the comments from fans in the comments column below.
"As the first film, the remake of Zach Schneider version is more advanced, higher-end, more eye-catching, more fancy, more exciting and more enjoyable than the Romero version. In short, I just want to sigh that I haven't seen such a good zombie movie for a long time!"
"The plot is smooth and the hero has a very distinct personality. Will Turner can not only fight pirates, but also kill zombies. In the end, he almost cried after committing suicide after the rear."
"The picture is good, the makeup is good, the actors are good, the scene is good, the sound is good, it is a very good zombie movie. There is a scene where Matthew Horner plays chess in the middle, which is still very warm."
"This is a very outstanding zombie film, which is a light, horror and heavy action type. The whole film focuses on highlighting the male lead played by Matthew Horner. Matthew Horner did not disappoint and was still powerful! Matthew Horner is very manly! The male lead is also very manly!"
The response from imdb was also good overall. After closing the website, Matthew came to his blog, plugged in the U disk, and updated a blog post.
U disk is some non-release photos taken by the official premiere today, and all of them were posted on the blog.
His blog has long become a gathering place for movie fans, and the message column is full of voices about "Dawn of the Living Dead".
"Matthew and the sharpshooter guys play chess on the rooftop, so I want to ask why it's not Johnny Depp playing the sharpshooter?"
"It's a pretty zombie movie. The chess game on Matthew's roof is really romantic. Enjoy this fearless tension. Ask me why it's not Depp's role as a sharpshooter? That would make you feel more, right?"
Someone answered below, "Because the crew can't afford Johnny Depp's pay!"
After a brief look, Matthew closed his blog and looked at the time. It was already midnight. It was probably the box office statistics for the early game were almost out.
He opened the email address and took a look. There was no new email. After waiting for more than ten minutes, a message popped up.
After Matthew clicked on it, he looked directly at the number at the end, $3.56 million!
Then, Helen Hermann called.
"Did you see the email I gave you?" she asked directly.
"See it." Matthew replied, "It's OK, $5.56 million."
Helen Hermann on the other side of the phone said, "If nothing unexpected happens, the box office on the first day will exceed $15 million, and the box office on the first weekend will definitely reach the expected $25 million, and maybe it will exceed $30 million."
When Matthew heard the number of $30 million, he was still a little excited and asked, "The first weekend of $30 million, is there a hope for the box office in North America that exceeds 100 million?"
"It's hard to say." Helen Hermann's voice seemed calm as before. "The stamina of this type of film is often a problem."
Matthew leaned against the chair and said, "Don't worry about that for now. It's getting late, let's take a break." He stretched, "I'm going to go to bed."
After hanging up the phone, Matthew stopped considering movies for the time being and went to bed.
The midnight box office of "Dawn of the Living Dead" has given him a reassurance.
The early results of more than $5 million may not be anything for a summer commercial blockbuster, but it is very eye-catching for a zombie film with a production cost of less than $30 million.
Judging from the current reputation of the film and the midnight box office, Matthew confidently concluded that the box office of "Dawn of the Living Dead" in the first weekend could exceed the production cost line.
After the box office in North America exceeds the production cost line, he can get the box office share.
In addition to the basic salary of $5 million, the two parties agreed to use the production cost line of $28 million as the trigger point for the share clause. If the North American box office of "Dawn of the Living Dead" reaches $28 million, the absolute male protagonist can receive one percent of the North American box office as a reward, which will increase to two percent when it reaches $50 million, and $70 million is three percent, $90 million is four percent, and $100 million is five percent.
Five percent is also the capped proportion.
In terms of money income alone, Matthew also hopes that the film's box office in North America can exceed 100 million, so that the box office alone will be $5 million.
Of course, this possibility is very small, otherwise the crew would not have signed such a box office share agreement.
According to normal circumstances, the box office of North America exceeds 100 million yuan, which can only be a good hope.
Friday is coming soon, and the latest situation of "Dawn of the Living Dead" is constantly being reported here through the crew. March is the traditional off-season of the North American film market. The film has not encountered strong competitors, and the overall attendance is pretty good.
As the evening approached, the box office in North America was close to $10 million.
After all, Friday's day is a weekday, and Friday's box office bursts often focus on the evening.
On Friday night, the theater screening rate and attendance rate of "Dawn of the Living Dead" increased, and the attendance rate of theaters in some popular areas even exceeded 50%.
By early Saturday morning, Matthew received the first-day box office statistics for "Dawn of the Living Dead", and his heart was completely put back in his stomach.
$15.2 million!
On the first day of the film's release, the box office in North America reached more than half of the production cost line.
Because the film has a good reputation, there are no very strong competitors in the same period, and the aftermath of the previous publicity and hype is still there, on Saturday, the attendance rate continued to rise, and major commercial theaters also increased the screening rate of "Dawn of the Living Dead". More screening means more screenings, and the most direct result is more box office revenue.
The box office of "Dawn of the Living Dead" on Saturday has increased significantly compared to Friday when it eliminated $5.56 million in advance, earning $11.8 million.
With the addition of two days of box office, the North American box office of "Dawn of the Living Dead" is about to break through the cost line.
Compared to cost, a big sale of the video is inevitable, and this is something that anyone can see.
Chapter completed!