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On the first weekend of September, North America welcomed several new films, and the market remained above the level of year-on-year growth. The Chainsaw 2 produced by Firefly Pictures and distributed by Paramount Pictures Continuing the popularity of the previous work, it landed in nearly 2,600 theaters on the opening day, and it earned 7.23 million US dollars on the first day, beating The Princess Diaries 2 with a revenue of 5.36 million US dollars, ranking first in the single-day box office.

As expected, the new film is not as competitive as Princess Diaries 2, which has not been shown for more than two weeks.

Although most of the film reviews in the newspapers are still based on harsh criticism, the ridicule of the quality of the film itself is not so serious.

For example, The Hollywood Reporter complains that the director's camera editing always likes blood, and it can be avoided with a little attention.

Unfortunately, many film critics do not understand the selectivity of the market.

For some passers-by who may support it, it also requires courage to abandon the cult group that has laid the foundation itself.

You know, most horror and thriller movies use blood plasma on a large scale, precisely because such fans like this tune.

This can be seen from the audience comments on IMDB.

Most of them didn't say anything about the flaws in this regard, and instead discussed those ingenious killing machines enthusiastically.

Some offbeat film review columns even stated: The antisocial character of Jigsaw is the most successful in the entire series, and has a certain quality that is very memorable.

In the end, IMDB's rating for Chainsaw 2 remained at 7.3 points.

According to the latest statistics released on Saturday by the research firm hired by the company, Saw 2 received an average of B in theater audiences and is expected to hit no less than $60 million at the North American box office.

This is a very good reputation and evaluation for an R-rated film.

Paramount also developed a follow-up promotion plan.

With the Internet and traditional media industries as the core, online and offline cooperative marketing has always maintained a certain degree of popularity.

As of the premiere day, Paramount Pictures has invested a total of more than 10 million US dollars in the promotion and distribution of this film, which is considered a conscience compared to the cost of shooting.

Of course, Paramount's own calculation rules for input and output are in line with market prospects.

They didn't mess around.

The effect is also obvious.

On Sunday, the single-day box office of Chainsaw 2 was not affected by too many film critics at all, and the output rose again, with a harvest of 9.26 million US dollars.

Continue to press Princess Diaries 2, which earned $5.43 million that day, to defend the top spot.

In the first three days of the first weekend, the North American box office of Chainsaw 2 exceeded 20 million.

However, the audience for the film itself is still too low.

According to the survey, moviegoers are concentrated among young men over the age of 16, and female moviegoers are very few, less than 10% of the whole.

The peers in the film industry are also staring at the performance of the market.

Because they need to determine the future audience direction based on market changes.

When I was a little bit hot, I just felt that Firefly Pictures had done a good business.

Paramount is naturally the group in a good mood.

The only one with some mixed feelings may be Lionsgate, no doubt.

Because Lehman personally met with Gusta, the major shareholder, and asked Lionsgate to help him, the condition he offered was the follow-up distribution rights of Chainsaw.

Although the production of the second part has already been completed, and Lionsgate will not be able to intervene, most of them still feel a little uncomfortable.

Confused.

The Hollywood-based staff of Europa Pictures also took the opportunity to return to Paris, France with a copy of Saw 2.

Basically, after two weeks of screening in North America, overseas markets will also follow the trend.

As for Europa Pictures, their partnership with Lehmann is still pretty good, and the share they give is also very friendly to Firefly Pictures, so they don’t worry about any additional changes within three years.

By the next week.

Lionsgate's president, Jon Feilemay, also called Lehmann to get together.

Lyman was also very generous, and went with Ray Warner, who had just finished filming Saw 3.

When they walked into the private room of the private club, Jon Feilermei's attitude was extraordinarily enthusiastic - nonsense, a business with an annual income of 10 to 20 million yuan, it is really willing to give a smile.

After chatting together.

Before waiting for the dishes to be ready, Jon Feilermei deliberately reminded: Ryman, the box office of Chainsaw 2 is more than 24 million.

Lehman waved his hand, It's not so fast. The audience accumulated in the previous work has contributed to the box office a few days ago. Now the rise has slowed down. It is estimated that after a few weeks, the painting will be finished.

Yes, cult films are still a bit niche. However, there is not much investment, and there is still a profit.

Well, if you add the overseas share, there should be a profit of 20 to 30 million. Lehman said along the topic.

This film sells better offline. I've heard before that it can sell hundreds of thousands of CDs in a month at most.

With this kind of offline performance, even Lionsgate, run by Jon Feilermeier, started out with thriller and horror-themed movies, and he couldn't help but sigh.

The profit of a single disc, excluding the costs of site, recording, transportation, etc., and other peripheral distribution costs, and sharing the profits with offline giants such as Blockbuster, can basically bring the production and distribution companies 2 to 3 US dollars in revenue.

A division of the two, coupled with small profits but quick turnover, even a potential market that can be sold for several years, there are also seven or eight million divided in various interest chains every year.

That's not even counting, TV-on-demand needs to pay for it.

All in all, a publisher like Paramount is also eating oil.

Lehmann thought about it for a while, and was not modest, This type of movie usually doesn't sell too badly offline.

This is also true.

However, Jon Feilermei still asked seemingly casually: The market performance of Saw Cry 2 is not expected to be bad. Have you considered when the third part will be released?

Hearing this, Lyman already understood Jon's purpose.

Maybe it's a reminder to myself.

Lehman smiled and said: The sequel has been filmed and is still in the post-production stage. If it is released, it will definitely have to wait until next year. After next year, you can find a release date. We promise to cooperate.

One release a year is already fast.

If it is faster, it will kill the chicken and get the eggs.

Lyman's meaning couldn't be clearer.

Jon Feilermei just wanted to remind one or two.

After getting the guarantee, it is also polite to change the topic and chat.

Ray Naval, as the director of the third film, was naturally introduced to Jon by Lyman.

For a while, the atmosphere became warm.

Cups and cups staggered, so lively.

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