This director only makes bad movies

The movie "Washington" suddenly became a hit, beyond everyone's expectations.

It was really sudden, no one expected it, even Xu Nan was very confused about this matter.

The reason is that during an election campaign, Paris made a bold statement in front of tens of thousands of people, saying that she was the reincarnation of Washington. If you don't believe it, you can go see the movie "Washington".

Movies starring presidential candidates are so strange that the American people are very interested in them.

On the first day, with less than 200 theaters showing, "Washington" bucked the trend and grossed 4.5 million at the box office.

The next day, both Imperial Cinemas and Disney Cinemas reacted and decisively increased the number of screening theaters and the proportion of films scheduled. As a result, the box office of "Washington" skyrocketed to more than 13 million US dollars.

Seeing this exaggerated figure, Imperial Cinemas and Disney Cinemas once again increased the number of screening theaters and the proportion of film schedules. The box office of the movie "Washington" rose to 16 million US dollars.

Looking at the rising box office figures, the two major theater chains are happy. These are all money.

Moreover, Xu Nan can only share the box office, but the crowds brought by the movie will also lead to other consumption, which belongs to the two theater companies.

AMC Theaters, one of the three major theater chains, was confused and felt like a joke.

Originally, they had a share of the money feast brought about by the movie's popularity, but due to Netflix's request, they released the movie "Washington" in advance. Now they can only watch the two old rivals. Not to mention how depressed I feel about making money.

"Why did the movie become a huge hit right after it was released?"

"It's because of Paris that the American people are very interested in movies starring presidential candidates."

"This kind of thing can happen. It's so rare. It's been a long time since this kind of thing has happened in Hollywood."

"Without this movie, we would be at a bit of a disadvantage."

"Because they couldn't see the movie, many customers were taken away by the other two theater chains."

"Why are you still hesitating? Contact the Chinese director immediately and ask him to send the movie for screening."

AMC Cinemas responded quickly and quickly found Xu Nan and asked him to re-release the movie.

Although they have a cooperative relationship with Netflix, when it comes to money, no relationship will work.

As for the previous unpleasantness, AMC Theaters quickly forgot about it and pretended it didn't exist.

Xu Nan will definitely not forget the previous behavior of AMC Theaters that added insult to injury. He re-signed a contract with this theater chain, but increased the share of the movie's box office, and AMC Theaters had no choice but to agree.

After all, it was one of the three major theater chains in the United States, and Xu Nan didn't want to get too serious with them, so the matter just passed.

And AMC Theaters is not the mastermind, the mastermind is Netflix.

They knew that after the movie "Washington" became a hit, they were a little surprised. It was so rare that a movie that was about to be released could also become a hit.

Because of this incident, Netflix also held a meeting to discuss whether to increase purchase fees.

According to industry practice, the higher the box office of a movie, the higher the price of online broadcast rights.

If it had been someone else, the acquisition fee would have been increased, but Xu Nan contacted Disney. Netflix just decided to give him a little show, and it would increase the acquisition fee. Isn't it too embarrassing?

They are different from the AMC theater chain. There are three major theater chains in the United States, and the competition is still fierce. However, in the field of streaming media, they are unique, so they are not too panicked.

But debate is inevitable.

"The acquisition price must be increased. The box office of the movie "Washington" has already reached 180 million US dollars. The original acquisition price is no longer appropriate."

"The Chinese director has contacted Disney. This is a provocation to us. We cannot condone him."

"If we continue to acquire it at the original price, Disney will definitely pay a high price to buy back the film rights. In that case, we will lose a movie that can bring us traffic."

"It doesn't matter if one movie is missing. We have the most comprehensive film and television library in the United States, so one missing movie is nothing."

"But Director Hua Xia doesn't just have one movie, he also has a film and television company with a steady stream of copycat movies, and the movie "Washington" is just the beginning of a series of spoofs, and there will be more to come. Movie."

"That can't be compromised. We at Netflix don't need to compromise at all."

The debate on Netflix's side is fierce, and no result can be reached in a short time.

The explosion of the movie "Washington" continued, and soon bucked the trend and exceeded 200 million US dollars, breaking a group of people's jaws.

The eyes of people in the circle almost exploded.

"Oh my god, it's so rare. A movie that's about to be released can actually become a hit. When has such a thing ever happened in Hollywood?"

"There seems to have been one twenty years ago, but that was because all the crew members were in a car accident."

"This Chinese director is the illegitimate son of God. Why is his luck always so good?"

"It actually exceeded 200 million US dollars. Oh my God, the box office of this movie should not exceed 300 million US dollars. That is really crazy."

"It's really possible."

When Cameron heard that the movie "Washington" had a box office of over 200 million, he was so angry that he smashed things in the office.

Why?

Why is this Chinese director so lucky? A spoof film can exceed 200 million at the box office, and it is about to exceed 300 million.

Oh God, why do you love a heathen so much.

Al Gore, the director of "The Bourne Supremacy", was so angry that he vomited blood because the movie "Washington" was a box office hit and caused him a lot of losses.

The movie "The Bourne Supremacy" has not been released yet, and like the previous movie "Washington", it has entered a garbage time.

People who want to watch the movie have already finished watching the movie, and the rest are those who have no interest in the movie.

However, the quality of "The Bourne Supremacy" is higher than that of "The Fall of Washington", and theater chains are more optimistic about it. The theaters and film schedules provided are also higher, so the single-day box office of this movie is still over one million. A decent number.

Although the box office of a little over one million is not high, it is still money.

However, the movie "Washington" was a huge hit, and theater chains wanted to squeeze out theaters and film schedules for this movie, so they immediately axed several old movies that were currently in theaters, including "The Bourne Supremacy," which had already been released. Movies to be released soon.

How could Gore not be angry.

In the early stage, his film was suppressed by "Washington". He finally counterattacked, but was suppressed again in the later period.

A low-quality spoof film that can repeatedly suppress his good movies.

Why?

How could Hollywood become like this?

Some insiders dug up the oath Gore made in a previous interview.

When Gore was interviewed at that time, he said that if the box office of "Washington" exceeded 130 million US dollars, he would live broadcast the entire movie and eat a hundred cans of herring.

He thought that this movie would not be able to exceed 130 million US dollars, and it would indeed not be able to exceed it under normal circumstances.

But this is not an abnormal situation.

Not just 130 million US dollars, now the box office of the movie "Washington" has exceeded 230 million US dollars, okay?

So people in the industry began to laugh at him about this. After all, Gore had suddenly risen to prominence, and many people were jealous of him.

Gore felt uncomfortable and his success felt incomplete.

Is this Chinese director the nemesis of his career?

The box office miracle of the movie "Washington" continues.

However, after the movie's box office exceeded 250 million, the movie's box office trend began to return to normal and seemed to fall off a cliff.

The audience's enthusiasm came and went quickly. After the impact of Paris' candidacy was over, the film's box office stopped rising and entered garbage time again.

But even in garbage time, the movie's single-day box office is still about two million, which is much better than the last time.

It's mostly the audience that Paris brings, and as long as she's in the presidential race, the movie won't tank too much at the box office.

As we all know, American presidential elections tend to last for a long time, and as long as Paris does not lose, the popularity will not disappear.

This movie therefore has unique value.

Movies starring celebrities are watched by many audiences, but movies starring presidential candidates are still rare.

If it is put on the website, it will definitely bring huge traffic to the playback software.

Since Netflix can become the dominant streaming media platform, it can certainly see the value of this movie.

So the internal debate at Netflix began again.

"There is no doubt that we must get the rights to broadcast this movie. This is a movie starring a presidential candidate. It is unique and we cannot miss it."

"But Chinese directors have contacted Disney, which is our only competitor."

"But things are different now and we shouldn't hold on to the past."

On Netflix's side, voices tending to increase the acquisition price have gained the upper hand. Business is business, and as long as there is profit, you can put aside any dignity.

Now that Netflix can see the value of this movie, other streaming platforms can do the same.

Even Disney, which has always been slow, took the initiative to find Xu Nan and was willing to purchase the online broadcast rights of "Washington" for US$23 million.

Xu Nan was almost stunned when he heard the price.

No wonder Disney, with such a strong foundation, has been beaten to the punch by Netflix.

The price made him almost speechless.

If you really like this movie and really think this movie is valuable, why can't you pay a high price?

In this way, Xu Nan sold it decisively, and still had a bad breath about Netflix.

The price is 23 million, Disney, are you kidding me?