Chapter 329 Film Critics
What is the standard for measuring the success of a movie? Different types of movies must have different answers, but the audience's recognition of the movie is an indispensable factor.
To put it bluntly, without the support of the audience, the movie is actually nothing.
Looking at a pure entertainment movie from the perspective of art films, in Ryan's words, what else can those film critics bring besides showing themselves being unique and showing off their own unique appearance and only I have a brilliant vision in the world?
Could it be that their words are really authority? Or are they the spokespersons of art?
Faced with the fierce movie viewing craze, they could not even affect the status of "Jurassic Park" in the minds of supporters, and they were destined to jump around like a clown.
The younger generation does not believe in authority, not to mention that they are not authoritative. Ryan's influence on this young group and the most important consumer group in the film market can at least be so far away from the Los Angeles City Hall to the Santa Monica Business Center.
Whether these people really don't like the movie or get some hinting at it deliberately - don't think that the critics are just, their remarks are no more firm than the media that carry them - "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" is destined to set off a dinosaur frenzy again this summer.
In just three days of the movie's first week, the box office exceeded 90 million US dollars. Even if it only emerged, it was enough to sweep all other opponents. What made Ryan and his partner even more happy was that all derivative products, including the dinosaur doll model, were almost sold out.
The peripherals of this series of movies once again showed great power. Even the popularity of the peripheral products of "Titanic" last year cannot be compared.
What is most shocking is that the top three in the new North American weekly box office rankings are all occupied by Ryan and his related works. "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" deserves to be the champion. "The Bug Crisis" shows great stability, surpassing other competitors and ranks second. "Save Private Ryan" still maintains enough vitality and wins the third place.
This is a very competitive summer season!
Ryan is not worried about being too arrogant. He just wants to show his strength to give some people confidence. Besides, these movies have many partners, and the strategy of equalizing interests will make those people surround him.
After the full second week, "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" did not get rid of the normal film rules. The box office inevitably declined, but the figure of more than $70 million is still jealous and shocking.
This summer, how much US dollar bills should Ryan Jenkins take for himself and his partner? This has become a hot topic for many people.
Almost all of his eyes were attracted by these big productions. Among the 30 inconspicuous theaters in the Los Angeles area, a documentary called "Ghost" was quietly released.
Many people who have watched short videos broadcast on the Discovery Channel and learned through viral publicity on the Internet that this movie is said to be a person who was filmed by a missing young couple. They all walked into the theater.
Although he received a call from Drew Barrymore, Ryan was not interested in watching it. The trembling camera and blurry scenes only felt bored for someone like him who knew the truth.
Although Ryan only gave a few short ideas, after Drew asked professionals to supplement it, all the movies he has made in recent years have been successful. He believed in his words and set up a publicity team specifically for "Ghost" to be responsible for the development of specific business.
This pseudo-documentary that has almost nothing to do with his previous life, Ryan just gave Drew a general publicity advice. Those Hollywood veterans are far more professional than him, and viral marketing is not new. At his prompt, these people quickly formulated a complete publicity plan.
I have to say that although this woman's private life is as bad as she can, she was able to develop her company to a later scale in her previous life. In addition to the huge network of personal connections, she also has quite strong abilities.
Of course, Drew Barrymore is not stupid either. It is best to use this false propaganda only once. In Ryan's words, it will "destroy the character."
This is also the reason why Ryan refused to participate in it personally. Don’t think that he is not old and will laugh it off after the public and the media learn the truth. I am afraid that all the criticism will be concentrated on him at that time. After all, with his current identity and status, doing such fooling things will only attract laughing stocks.
As for the quality of the movie? Whether this movie will be a big seller has nothing to do with the quality.
As long as the theater chain business can see enough profits, let alone shifting the screening time to the best prime time periods, it will not be a problem to increase enough theater chains within a week.
The premise of all this is to prepare enough copy numbers.
Under Ryan's solemn advice, Drew invested a huge amount of money without hesitation and prepared more than 2,000 copies in advance.
"Ryan, if this movie cannot be sold well, I will bring two thousand copies and block the door of Jenkins Manor to set fire!" This is what Drew said at the time.
In addition to the publisher of Flower Pictures, which is well prepared, the matter related to "Ghost Shadow" is almost a copy of "The Witch Blair" in his previous life. This pseudo-documentary that is not even a third-rate or even a fifth-rate has been full on the first day of its release.
The next day, the theater chain increased to fifty departments, and it was still full. On the third day, it increased to two hundred theater chains, but it was still full...
In addition, various remarks appeared on the Internet. According to Ryan's suggestion at the time, the publicity team specially guided them, which made more people enter the theater because of curiosity.
The production cost is only 50,000 US dollars. The film, shot by four students from the University of Southern California Film Academy, finally attracted more theaters. With the public relations of Flower Pictures, the number of theaters surged to nearly 2,000 by the second week. The copies prepared in advance not only came in handy, but also needed to prepare more.
The box office of the movie in the first week actually exceeded 5 million US dollars, and the cost was almost recovered.
Although the production cost of the movie is less than $50,000, the subsequent promotion, public relations, and printing and copying costs are enough for millions of dollars.
So, after the second week, North American media suddenly discovered that a movie they didn't pay much attention to and could hardly call out the name actually ranked second in the North American weekly box office rankings with a box office of more than $30 million, second only to "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" which was released for three weeks.
Where did this movie come up? Who is the director? Who is the starring?
Soon, these traditional media dug out relevant news from the Internet and found the distributor of the film, Huadu Film, but the staff of Huadu Film had long received Drew's harsh warning. In the face of reporters' inquiries, the tone of answering was extremely unified - there was nothing to say.
The film critic also discovered that he ignored an important work and walked into the theater.
Those film critics who have high professionalism and fast-witted brains immediately discovered the tricks.
As for all the film critics and industry insiders, they would foolishly think that this is really a documentary editing. Is that possible? This student-level technique can only fool the audience of laymen.
Even though Ryan doesn't like most critics, he has to admit that some of them still have considerable professional qualities. Such a film with quality that can be described as garbage can naturally be hidden from their eyes.
The media began to reveal the facts, while Flower Pictures remained silent. Many viewers were curious and walked into the theater again.
After the third week, "Ghost" once again won more than $30 million in box office, but Flower Pictures was under tremendous pressure, and both the fans and the media asked them to give prepared answers.
Just like "The Witch Blair" in his previous life, Flower Pictures admitted that the movie was not a real documentary, but an experimental feature film taken by students from the University of Southern California Film Academy. As for publicity, it was just some special techniques.
The generous audience laughed it off, and some of the audience who felt fooled were venting their anger in protest. Although the media felt that this propaganda method was a bit novel, several mainstream newspapers slammed Flower Pictures' approach.
Although many people were curiously entering the theater, the box office of the movie began to plummet, just like a movie would be recognized by professionals as not a documentary, which is something that no one can stop.
However, the movie signed a screening contract that was nearly two months ago. As long as the number of viewers does not exceed the lower limit, the source of profits will continue to generate.
Only a limited number of people like Drew and Darren knew about the things that could make money without hurting their character. He liked the most.
As for Miss Drew Barrymore, who was called a liar, would she care about this voice? She has experienced many times in recent years that she has criticized her more violently than this. As long as she has money, she doesn't care.
When "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" made rapid progress, the box office in North America exceeded 200 million US dollars, and "Ghost" gradually approached the 100 million yuan box office mark, Ryan threw all the liveliest summer season and the troubles in Los Angeles behind his head, took his own business jet to leave North America, and once again set foot on the island belonging to Fiji.
More than one-third of the remaining shots of "The Rest of the Desert Island" need to be filmed. The crew needs to close the camera as soon as possible to leave enough post-production time for Robert Zemikis, otherwise it would only become empty talk if it wants to be released within the year.
Chapter completed!