America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM

Chapter 50 Just asking you whether it will explode or not? (Please collect and read)

"You should really go to the cinema and see the audience, it's so funny.

At the Cooper's house, Eric, Warren, Bordeaux and Judy were sitting in front of the TV, which was showing footage from the cinema.

As for Billy, he hasn't come back from the UK yet. Michael Dobbs, the author of "House of Cards", is not just a writer. His main job is a politician, a Conservative MP and a special adviser to the government. He is very busy every day.

Billy had been dating for a long time, and he only agreed to meet because he was on vacation recently.

On the TV screen, I saw groups of young people walking into the cinema, buying tickets for Sharknado, and talking while waiting for the movie to start.

"You heard me right, I was browsing IMDB last night, and suddenly there were a lot of comments under "Jaws", all talking about "Sharknado", saying that it is comparable to "Jaws" It’s a pioneering work, I must check it out.”

"Compared to "Jaws"? Are you kidding? That's Spielberg's movie. I've never heard of this director. Anthony Ferrante, do you know who he is? And this AK Film and Television, he is definitely not an arms dealer. ?”

"Jeff! Don't plant prejudices in your mind before watching a movie. That's wrong. Spielberg was a newcomer before he made "Jaws." Who knows if Anthony Ferrante will do it? Where's a Spielberg?"

A young couple was eating ice cream. The girl frowned and asked, "Why are you watching this movie, Charles? "Date A Live" is obviously better.

The boy shook his head: "Lola, it was Howard who recommended it to me. He watched it yesterday and said that this movie is so awesome that we must watch it."

"But I want to watch Date A Live."

"Don't worry, after watching "Sharknado", we can continue to watch "Date Live", the night is still long."

Judy asked a little strangely: "Why are all the people buying tickets young? Are there no audiences of other age groups?"

"Because the main promotion strategy used is to post comments online, most of the people who like to surf the Internet now are young people."

"And young people like to do weird things. I can't let others escape if I'm unlucky. How can office workers have such free time?"

Bordeaux brought a plate of beer: "Is this kind of publicity strategy considered a scam?"

Eric laughed loudly: "Things about movies and art, everyone's understanding and pursuit of art are different, how can it be considered fraud?"

"Have you ever seen any movie that has 100% positive reviews? "The Godfather"? "The Shawshank Redemption"? "12 Angry Men"? No one can do that. This is art!"

The three of them nodded, making sense.

On the TV, the scene next showed the group of people walking out of the screening room. It was obvious that they had been fooled and were furious.

"This is what you call a classic movie comparable to "Jaws"? Are you crazy? This is simply the worst movie I have ever seen!" A young man yelled at his friend.

The other person whispered: "It's rare to see a movie this bad. Isn't it considered a pioneering work?"

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"That makes sense!"

"Laura, Laura, don't be like this, don't act like this, how about we watch "Date A Live"? Don't you want to watch it? Please don't leave."

The little girl on the screen sighed: "Charles, forget it today, my head hurts and I feel like a shark is gnawing on it."

As a result, a voice-over sounded next to it: "Then you should stick it with a pool cue!"

Hahahaha, the cinema suddenly burst into laughter.

"Poor Charles! Warren, you killed that young man. He won't get a reward tonight."

Warren smiled evilly and said: "Then do you think he will be angry? And if he is angry, will he continue to recommend "Sharknado" to his friends?"

"Bing go! This is the characteristic of human beings, he will definitely do this!" Eric snapped his fingers

Bang!

The two clinked their glasses and drank the beer in one gulp.

In this situation where teenagers spread the word spontaneously in order to seek psychological balance, and the Internet trolls add fuel to the fire.

The box office of "Sharknado" was released on the second day, and it tripled to more than 4 million US dollars. It has already recovered its investment and achieved profit.

After getting this data, everyone at AK Film and Television cheered. Everyone knew that "Sharknado" was going to make a lot of money.

On December 18, "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" was released, and the Battle of Helm's Deep began. The cavalry from the Fallen Khan and the orc army fought to the death on the screen. The exaggerated momentum created a magnificent war effect, just like a horse. The racing horses rushed into the distance.

On December 19, the Iron Cavalry from Middle-earth swept across the entire North American film market. All other films were affected without exception and were killed and defeated.

"Sharknado" was not immune. The box office dropped to more than 2 million on the third day. This was because many people finished watching "The Lord of the Rings 2" and chose to watch "Sharknado" to relax.

This state of decline lasted for three days, until the end of the first weekend of "Lord of the Rings 2", and the monster's strongest stage was finally passed.

The first weekend box office of "Lord of the Rings 2" was US$62 million, which is still a long way from "Spider-Man 1".

In addition, the first weekend box office of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" was 88 million US dollars, which also did not break the record of 1.3 billion US dollars for "Spider-Man 1".

Until next year, "Spider-Man 1" has completely secured its first weekend box office title.

With the end of the strong period of "The Lord of the Rings" and the fact that Pema Hardy has approved another 500,000 yuan to hire a navy to promote it, "Sharknado", which had originally declined in popularity, has once again become popular.

The box office on the sixth day returned to 3.5 million, the box office on the seventh day was 4.4 million, and the total box office in the first week and seven days was 12.7 million. After deducting production and publicity costs, it has made 4 million US dollars.

Compared with the screening scale of 435 cinemas, the box office of 12.7 million is really inconspicuous. Generally speaking, this kind of movie will reduce its scale in the second week, and then roll off the big screen after the second week.

But "Sharknado" is an exception, because its box office continues to grow while all movies continue to decline at the box office.

This phenomenon rarely occurs, but when it does it usually represents a situation, that is, the film is of excellent quality, has an explosive reputation, and has been spontaneously promoted by movie fans.

Don't worry about whether it's a good reputation or a bad reputation, I'm just asking you whether it's going to explode or not?

So after the first week's box office was released, especially after looking at the growth chart, Charlie Cooper made a big move to expand theaters to second-tier cities. The number of theaters showing "Sharknado" also increased to 970.

In the Christmas war, that fox that fishes in troubled waters is about to start showing off its strength.

The humble author prays online!