"Hey, Drew, Chen, Darren..."

Walking alone through the short red carpet, Ryan came to the theater and greeted Drew, Chen Jiazheng, Darren Bowsman and others one by one, "Hello everyone."

Everyone and the crew stood in a row in front of the huge poster, allowing few reporters to take photos.

"I don't know how many of these reporters came for Ryan." They are all old friends, and Darren Bowsman is not polite.

"Don't forget, there's Drew." Ryan waved to the audience around the red carpet and walked into the theater with the crew.

This is just a not-too-large theater in Los Angeles. The investment and genre of the film are all here, and it is impossible to have a premiere on a large scale.

Like all movies that sell well at a low cost, the cost of the film in publicity far exceeds the cost of production. As of today, the cost of the film in publicity and distribution has reached 15 million US dollars.

How is it possible to make a movie that costs a small cost and does not join a celebrity to sell well and not spend a lot of effort on publicity?

There are not many people who come to attend the premiere, most of them are friends invited by Drew. The premiere is somewhat deserted, but this is also a normal phenomenon for a niche movie.

"I didn't expect our first movie to be truly meaningful..."

David looked at Chen Jiazheng and seemed to sigh from this, "It's the last cooperation."

After a brief social engagement with the people who came to support the show, Ryan and others invited them to walk into the main hall together. Compared with the premiere of those blockbusters, it was indeed a bit simpler.

"Maybe you will cooperate across countries in the future."

There is still some time before the movie begins. After sitting down, Ryan continues David's previous topic, "Produce a new horror film that combines China and the United States."

"I heard from Chen that he still has a long way to go before he takes charge of a movie." Darren Bowsman seemed a little sorry for his friend, "Chan. You really should stay in Hollywood."

"Chen has his own ideal." Ryan patted his shoulder and whispered, "just like your ideal is to take the most disgusting plasma film."

"Hey, Ryan." Darren Bowsman waved his hand in protest. "This is also a kind of art, and most importantly, this type of movie can make money."

"So you are very confident in the box office?" Chen Jiazheng looked over with a smile.

"Of course." Darren Bowsmann focused heavily, "We are...well, I'm afraid the genius foursome in the film."

"It should be..." Drew, who was sitting in the back row, suddenly came over, "Is the fool four?"

"Miss Barrymore..."

Reese posed for a serious gentleman. "You should prepare our dividend check in advance."

Several people laughed. Although it was a niche movie and it looked ordinary, the ending was destined to be not an ordinary niche movie.

The ending comes from Ryan's proposal, and the other plot changes are the conceptions of Darren Bowsman and others. Compared with the one with the same name in the previous life, there are huge changes in plots.

The two protagonists are not in the toilet, but in a small warehouse in an abandoned factory, with the murder mechanisms and means in it. Most of them come from Darren Bowsman, a crazy plasma film enthusiast. Although it is different from his previous life, it has not changed the essence of traditional American horror films, which is just a murder show.

In the film, no matter how many reasons the protagonist has to kill, it still cannot change the nature of him being just a perverted murderer.

In fact, although the first half of the movie is suspense, it is definitely not outstanding. A mere millions of dollars of investment is placed there, and there is inevitably some lack in handling pictures and some props.

The first half is completely attracted by bloody and horrifying scenes. It is probably as far away from the gorgeousness as California to New Jersey. No matter how you look at it, it is just retro, similar to the heavy-flavored B-level films from Hollywood in the 1970s.

Like Bodyguard, a classic shot can save a vulgar movie.

When the male protagonist chooses to cut off his legs and the corpse lying in the middle stands up with dripping blood, the movie is instantly raised to a higher level and can even become a classic scene in American horror movies.

Similarly, in the silent theater, many viewers made low surprises.

This low-key surprise is enough for such a movie, and it cannot become a popular movie. Even in North America, the film tastes too heavy, although it will be praised among those who like it.

However, those who can watch this kind of movie are those who are heavy-tasting enthusiasts. Judging from the warm applause at the end of the show, this movie will at least not lack audiences in this specific audience.

Such a type of film will naturally not receive good reviews from the critics.

Perhaps because Ryan's name was hanging in the producer's column, many well-known film critics actually posted relevant comments as soon as possible.

Roger Albert only gave this movie five points, the reason was that although the movie achieved the effect of a thriller, it was absolutely not worth it to endure these disgusting tortures.

He was a little better. Peter Travers from Rolling Stone magazine only gave the shortest comment - extremely disgusting!

At the same time, it gave the movie a pitiful four points.

These are nothing. Miami Herald critic René Rodriguez gave the movie three points, saying that 'The movie has no evil like a demon, only an idiot like radiation.'

Of course, there is a lower-than-than-than-than-than-than-than-a-model critic from Chicago who has been popular among the critics recently, the younger Geneson Jones, who only gave the movie one point.

"In addition to abuse, the movie is full of absurdity. One point is given to the movie with a slightly innovative ending. Such perverted movies are simply disgusting for disgust."

This is his comment.

Although many criticisms are too much, this type of movie is bound to encounter. Niche genre films are niche genre films, and it is too difficult to get mainstream recognition.

Similarly, the group who likes this type of movie is also very fixed. This time of year is their carnival.

Among the genre films released at this time, "Saw" is obviously more attractive than other films, and the ending is just enough to attract viewers who like this type to enter the theater.

It is obviously impossible for "Saw" to win a large-scale theater chain without trying the waters. Flower Pictures, as the distributor, did a lot of work and won nearly 2,300 theater chains for the film in the first week.

Even for these 2,300 theaters, the audience attendance rate is not particularly high.

The film won a North American box office of $19.24 million on its first weekend, with a single-player score of less than $8,000.

But this result also exceeded expectations of Darren Bowsman, Drew Barrymore and others. In the following weekend, the theaters increased by more than 100, but the box office dropped to $12.11 million.

For a horror movie, popularity is always the biggest problem it faces.

In the following period, the box office of the movie fell sharply like a roller coaster that had reached the peak, and never achieved a box office of more than $10 million in a single week. After only staying in the theater for 8 weeks, he had to withdraw from North American theaters because of the low attendance rate.

There is nothing unexpected about these things, and most horror films are like this. Ryan vaguely remembers that the work of the same name in his previous life did not stay in theaters for a long time. He also fell out of the box because of the lack of audiences.

Although the movie is a veritable small production, the cost after the release is as high as 20 million US dollars. Fortunately, the film took more than 58 million US dollars from North America. With the copyright of the TV and DVD video tape sold after the negotiations, it is no problem to achieve profitability.

There is also an overseas market. Flower Pictures chose to sell off the screening rights and sold the overseas copyright of the film to Paramount Pictures for $15 million. After all, this film has too many uncomfortable and disgusting shots for most viewers, and it takes a lot of work to enter certain overseas markets.

Of course, Disney will not release such movies. Even its subsidiary Bowei Pictures will not release them. This type of movie is simply a sign-breaking thing for companies like Disney.

This has nothing to do with the quality of the movie, but the type of the movie is not suitable.

So far, not counting other subsidiaries, Disney Pictures itself has not released any movies above the PG level.

After North America was down, including the sold jigsaw dolls and various peripheral copyrights, it had a pre-tax profit of more than 20 million US dollars. Darren Bowsman and others received a considerable share of money and became a highly-watched director of the genre film.

"How much share did you get?"

At the oak table, Nicole was having breakfast while asking Ryan across the street, "It seems like you invested a lot of money in this movie?"

"About one-third." Ryan drank a cup of hot milk, wiped his mouth, and put down the spoon. "There will be some more discs and videotapes in the future."

"I heard that Drew is planning to shoot the second episode?"

Maybe I haven't been very busy recently, and Nicole has also cared about these things. "I met her when I went to a party the day before yesterday."

"These types of films are the easiest to fix the audience." Ryan stood up and packed his own tableware. "Since you can make money, you will definitely shoot a sequel."

"I'll just pack up."

Nicole also finished breakfast, took the porcelain plate from Ryan and walked towards the kitchen, "You go and prepare, don't forget we're going to the hospital next."

Hearing the hospital, Ryan couldn't help but stop, "That... Nicole, can it be done another day?"

"Why not today?" Nicole also stopped, her golden eyebrows gradually frowned, and her light blue eyes stared at Ryan. "I remember when I called a few days ago, you said there was no job to deal with today, and I had already made an appointment with someone."

"Okay." Ryan sighed softly.
Chapter completed!