Disaster Artist

In July, there is fire, and in August it is not yet.

The heat wave of midsummer is still going on, the hustle and bustle of the movie market is still going on, and the commercial blockbusters that come on stage are still releasing energy.

"Unfriend" is no exception.

The film stayed in the top ten of the global weekend box office for another six weeks, before the film boom showed a clear sign of ebb, and the film arrangement of the seven major theaters also fell sharply. If it is cut off, the stamina of the movie will be washed away.

In the end, the release cycle of the movie was still relatively short, and it was completely offline in the eighteenth week, which was lower than the average release cycle of commercial movies.

At this point, it can be seen that without the operation of the distribution company, in the later stage, there will be no rules for the arrangement of the cinema, which still has a significant impact on the follow-up curve of the box office.

Nonetheless, from missing the big screen to successfully showing for 18 weeks, "Unfriending" has been an incredible journey, writing a myth, and undoubtedly becoming the biggest dark horse this year. It is also a top-level existence that is difficult to surpass.

In the end, the global cumulative box office of "Unfriending" stopped at 2.8 billion. After all, it was not able to break the shackles and join the 3 billion club.

Regret?

Not at all.

For a film with an investment of only 600,000 yuan, such box office figures have made "Unfriend" one of the most profitable movies in history. Who can ask for more?

Moreover, the crew directly contacted the theater, and the box office dividends obviously exceeded the ratio that new directors and general film companies could get.

Although the specific box office and the corresponding dividends are still being counted, and the specific terms of the seven major theater chains are slightly different in detail, the estimated results have already come out——

Ji Xu and Lu Qian should be able to share about 1.13 billion in dividends.

Of course, they need to pay taxes, and the four investors also need to divide them proportionally, and the number that finally falls into each person's pocket is still to be determined.

But, with an investment of 600,000, the income is 1.1 billion?

With such numbers, it is difficult for even the seven major film companies not to be jealous.

Quietly, a dark tide is surging within the industry.

Obviously, the major film companies and major distribution companies can feel the strong aftershocks. Although they still need to look at the streamer film industry and make a fuss without making a fuss, the whole phenomenon-level event is still stirring up layers upon layers. Ripples, aftermath.

Gate Pictures, once the closest company to "unfriending", did not have the chaos as imagined.

They still maintained their rationality. Distribution channels are indeed very important for Damen Films. Once they can establish their own distribution channels, the benefits involved are tens of billions and hundreds of billions. It is definitely not comparable to "Unfriending". Yes, they don't have to regret the choice.

If they did it all over again, they would still make the same decision.

What really makes Damen Films embarrassed is "reputation".

When netizens learned that Damen Pictures had also refused to "unfriend", they expressed "disappointment":

"I thought Gate was different from other companies", "Shouldn't Gate be the most supportive of thriller/horror film innovation", "Can't believe Gate missed 'Unfriend'", "You've changed at Gate", " Alas... the recent film works of the gate do seem to have lost their former edges and corners"...

These impressions are the ones that need to be paid attention to by the gate film industry.

Rumor has it that the atmosphere at the middle and senior management meeting of Damen Films was very solemn.

They need to think more rationally about the company's development direction and focus, and reflect on whether they have devoted too much energy to distribution channels and neglected the management of the works themselves. Caution is smarter.

However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Jiang Haowen is in a happy mood, and even the one who walks with wind conveys joy from the inside out.

Liuguang Film Industry is peaceful and peaceful.

The company was all quiet and silent, as if nothing happened, but is that really the case?

If there is really nothing, then they will not refuse to mention any topic related to "unfriending". The behavior of covering up their ears and stealing bells instead exposes the turmoil inside the company. All employees are silent, and no one dares to speak on any occasion. Bring up the movie or Lu Qian.

As long as you don't say it, "unfriending" never happened.

As long as he didn't mention it, Lu Qian never appeared.

Behind the "calm and calm", there is panic and tension.

In fact, for a company of this level of Streamer Films, Lu Qian is really nothing, and "unfriending" is nothing. The mere success of a movie is nothing at all. Like a comet, it was born and disappeared in the blink of an eye. There are really not too many cases in the entertainment industry.

In other words, Lu Qian is not worth mentioning at all, at least for now.

However, the reaction of the streamer film industry made Lu Qian seem very important, so that those employees who did not know what Lu Qian had to do with the company also began to gossip in private, and the secrets that were once "no one's attention" were also It became the focus and became widely known.

This is also... I can't help laughing~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The only thing that can be sure is that this time, there should be a high-level person in the streamer film industry who is really ready to take action.

If it was just a look and a hint before, and even the "blocking order" was too lazy, because Lu Qian was not worthy; then now they need to be serious. Before Lu Qian really "has the ability to compete", they need to take Lu Qian's rise. The momentum is extinguished, and everything is smothered in the bud.

block?

This time it's true.

A chilling aura is quietly pervading.

But the question is, can Streamer Films make everyone obey orders? Can Liuguang Pictures make everyone forget the existence of Lu Qian?

At least the attitude shown by the Xia Solstice Cinema exposed a fact——

The concubine couldn't do it.

Seven of the eight major theater chains in the world are all playing "Unfriend", only the Xia Solstice Cinema is unique and can't see the schedule at all.

As a result, Xia Solstice Cinema was strongly counterattacked by its members. Complaints and protests continued, and the cases of paying members refusing to renew their fees increased sharply; what’s worse, the box office results of “Unfriending” were really amazing, which is the real result of the cinema chain. Able to see the benefits, but not their portion.

The board of directors was furious, expressing strong dissatisfaction with the decision and judgment of the theater management, and then asked the management to give an explanation.

In the end, Xia Solstice Cinema fired four high-level executives, which ended the turmoil. In this way, they showed their embarrassment and regret, and they were also the most direct victims of this "unfriend" storm. , the strong earthquake aftermath deeply shook the theater line up and down.

Lu Qian didn't expect that he would inadvertently create such a mess, and it's not over yet!