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The magical box office curve

Claire and her film crew did not stop in London and started promoting the film in one city after another.

The second stop was to Birmingham in the middle of the country.

As usual, Claire will perform a ballet for the lucky audience who come to the road show in the evening.

Tonight, there were an especially large crowd of reporters and spectators outside Birmingham’s largest theatre.

Claire, director Stephen, screenwriter Hall and producer Ms. Tessa came outside the theater.

“Hey, there are a lot of people tonight.” Director Stephen said with some surprise.

“Of course, the BBC actually reported the news about our new movie in the news program during the day!” Ms. Tessa smiled from ear to ear. “I thought I was old and confused, and I couldn’t remember when I gave the BBC promotional money.”

“These viewers probably came here after watching the BBC news.”

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from Birmingham to Liverpool, and then to Edinburgh, Scotland.

Finally, the crew arrived at the last stop in the UK – Manchester.

On the road, the first box office of “Billy Elliot” also came out, which was not too high – 1.5 million pounds. After all, there was not much publicity in the early stage of the release.

However, the subsequent box office trend showed a magical curve.

On the second day, Claire and her party had just arrived in Birmingham, and the single-day box office statistics exceeded that of the first day, reaching more than 3.2 million! It was more than double the box office on the first day.

The third day was the day of the road show in Birmingham. The box office bucked the trend again, earning 6 million pounds! A lot of people in the industry were shocked. Is this really the box office growth curve that a literary and artistic film should have?

On this day, JK Rowling’s film review was also published in the British “Daily Mail”.

Producer Ms. Tessa grabbed the “Daily Mail” and said with excitement and trembling: “Oh my God, God. Who invited this popular female writer-Ms. J.K. Rowling?” “Uh, I’m here

. I met Ms. Rowling when we were filming in London. This time we asked her to help promote our new movie. She thought it was very good after watching it, so she readily agreed.” Claire responded from the side.

“Oh, my god!” Ms. Tessa rushed over and hugged Claire. “You are really our little lucky star of this movie! Ms. Rowling’s review has been of great help to us!” Claire

said I silently praise myself in my heart. This must also be due to the [spreading loudspeaker]!

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The total investment in “Billy Elliot” was only over 3.2 million pounds. Based on three times the box office return, the total box office reached 10 million pounds on only the third day of release!

It has completely paid back! For a small-budget literary feature film, this has to be said to be a miracle!

However, on the fourth day, the box office statistics shocked everyone’s jaws – it magically fell again! Received 6.9 million box office!

The total box office has accumulated to 17.6 million pounds!

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Such an unexpected box office trend has also attracted the attention of major British radio stations, newspapers and other media.

In the BBC studio, the host held up a display board with the box office curve of “Billy Elliot” on it! Experts gathered around the display board and started analyzing and discussing.

Even “The Times” reported on the film’s miraculous box office performance, and at the end of the article encouraged the entire British literary and artistic community to roll up their sleeves and work hard! Building Together has pushed the British film industry to one peak after another.

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On the fifth day, the box office of “Billy Elliot” finally fell, earning 5.5 million pounds, ending several consecutive days of reverse decline. Even the creators of the movie breathed a sigh of relief and seemed to be back to normal?

The box office for five consecutive days has accumulated to 23.1 million pounds! According to last year’s box office results, it is certain that it will enter the top ten or top five of the annual box office rankings.

Moreover, the most important thing is that the investment in this film was only 3.2 million pounds, and the current investment return rate of the film is close to 8 times! According to estimates by industry insiders, the conservative return on investment for “Billy Elliot” before the movie is released is estimated to be more than 10 times.

Producer Ms. Tessa really woke up laughing from her dream!

On the way to the next stop, Edinburgh, Tessa announced even more boldly that everyone would get a bonus! There was a burst of cheers from everyone in the crew.

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Ms. Tessa also came to Claire and Roxy in private to explain separately: Claire will be given a reward of 500,000 pounds, which is approximately more than 600,000 US dollars, which is more than double the salary Claire received originally!

This surprised and delighted Claire, she suddenly became a millionaire! It is also a small progress in life!

Claire excitedly asks Roxy when he will get his box office cut.

After hearing this, Roxy sneered and said: “Want to get involved in the box office dividends? Your current position is far from enough.” ”

When will that happen?”

“There are two ways, either you go to Tom Hanks and Tom “Cruise, with his double status, is eligible for a salary of 20 million + 20% share. This is only a few in the entire Hollywood. No female star has reached this status so far.” Roxy shook her head and said, ” The other one is very simple, you participate in the investment and distribution yourself. This requires risking real money.”

Claire understood, she either has money or is famous enough to carry the box office! Otherwise, no need to discuss.

“Don’t be too ambitious. You have to be down-to-earth and accumulate one movie at a time.” Roxy reminded Claire quickly, fearing that she would be dazzled by success.

“Yeah, yeah, I still know this about myself. I was just…thinking about it a little bit! Hehe~” It seems that his dream was too exaggerated and even scared Roxy.

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The final leg of the UK roadshow ends in Manchester.

The creative team returned to London to rest for a few days, and then began promotion in several foreign capitals. Of course, the main box office is still in the UK, and no one has much hope for the box office in other countries, just treat it as a public trip.

Over the past week, although the box office of “Billy Elliot” has been declining day by day, it has been a relatively stable decline, and the total box office has steadily reached the 30 million mark!

With 30 million pounds, in a normal year, it would not be a big problem to stay in the top three at the UK box office for the whole year.

As the total box office continues to rise, the film’s reputation has basically been maintained.

Film critics from all walks of life expressed their opinions on TV stations or newspapers.

“The overall tone of the film is bright and concise, the development of the plot is not sluggish, and the interweaving of the main plot and background is natural and smooth. The film’s soundtrack and picture processing are also very appropriate. Although the film itself does not have any film techniques or storytelling techniques It adopts fancy treatment, but moves people with emotion, returns to simplicity, and makes people cry.”

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