Beauty Comprehensive 1999

Chapter 290 Box Office Explosion

After the premiere of Lost, the audience who watched the movie were most impressed by the beauty of the scenes and the looks of the male and female protagonists.

As for the smoothness of the story, they think it can be ranked at the back.

Not to mention the appearance of the male protagonist, even his figure is excellent. He is tall and strong but not bloated. He looks slender and slim, but has strong muscles. Although only half of his body is exposed, he simply surpasses the standard male figure of an art student. Model kind of beauty.

Of course, the heroine is not bad either. Sophia's looks are still very good. I don't say that she is a Hollywood actress, but she can at least be ranked among the top ten in the federation. Moreover, she is young and has a great director. Thanks to the fame of their daughters, the two leading actors became instantly famous after the movie was aired and became the hottest spokespersons for the new generation of handsome people.

Even Xie Zihao's side has sent endorsement invitations through James Berkeley. Of course, they are basically second-tier and third-tier clothing brands, or men's clothing series of those first-tier brands.

It's just that Xie Zihao's celebrity status is not enough at present, so those big brands only invite him to be the spokesperson of a certain series, rather than the brand spokesperson.

At this time, the movie had been released for three days. The main creators of the Lost movie gathered together, got into the luxury business car arranged by Sophia, and went to the southern city of San Diego to start the second promotion work outside Los Angeles.

The business car was fully equipped and was used by Sophie as a nanny car. It was spacious enough to seat four people, and the bodyguards, assistants and other entourage drove behind and followed her.

Sophia is on the phone with the studio.

"How's the box office going?"

After ending the call, Tracy, who followed him, immediately asked, looking as if she was more concerned than Sophia, the director and creator.

A rare smile appeared on Sophia's cold face.

"It's very good. It's better than I expected. As of yesterday's midnight box office, the latest box office has accumulated 1.55 million pounds. This is only the figure on the west coast. The east coast will have to wait a few more days due to the time difference and distance. It will take an hour to come out.”

Tracy cheered:

"That's great! I never thought I could make a lot of money just by investing some money!"

Sofia glared at her best friend, thinking that this woman had never expected her movie to be successful before!

James Berkeley, who came with Xie Zihao, also happily praised:

"This is really a great result. In terms of the performance of literary and artistic films, Lost has a high probability of hitting the number one box office position in the art category this year! Even if it hits the top ten at the box office for the whole year, there is no chance..."

Don't blame him for being happy. As long as the movie is a big success, his employer, Xie Zihao himself, will be able to further increase his celebrity status, and he will be able to earn more wealth from Xie Zihao.

And this is not just a matter of money. Before he resigned from VVA, there was a lot of negative news in the circle. Later, it was even said that he resigned after knowing each other before he was kicked out. Coupled with the impact of the divorce lawsuit, For a time, James Berkeley was as worthless in the industry as a washed-up star.

And when he once again promoted a popular new star and achieved success step by step, this achievement was not only a gain for Xie Zihao, but also helped him clear away the negative rumors and re-establish his image.

It proves that James Berkeley is still a senior agent with outstanding abilities and connections in Hollywood, and is not a down-and-out tramp who was kicked out.

Due to the biased laws in the federation, many heads of families have lost their jobs and houses due to divorce lawsuits. They can only watch other men living in their houses, sleeping with their wives, beating their children, and have been destitute and living on the streets ever since.

What's more, sometimes even if the wife cheats unilaterally, the husband is always the one hurt in the end, so it's no wonder that many wealthy people sign a prenuptial agreement before marriage.

The reason why Berkley is so happy is because the benefit this movie has brought to Xie Zihao's acting career is immeasurable. It is a bit exaggerated to say that Tianhu's start is about the same, but it is almost the same. In one fell swoop, Xie Zihao was just starting out in the TV series. A young actor grew up to be a hot newcomer in Hollywood, and became a well-known film actor with some fame all over the world.

Let’s not talk about the movie awards that have not yet been revealed, but Lost’s box office in its first weekend was more than 1.5 million, and the East Coast can at least have almost the same figure. Doubling it is 3 million pounds. This is a good comparison for a movie. It's definitely a hit for a literary film.

This means that it is certain that the total box office of Lost will be at least over 10 million. The exact amount it will get is still uncertain, but there will be video copyright income after the release. It can be said that Sofia Cole Studio has made a lot of money now.

According to Xie Zihao's understanding, tens of millions of pounds is similar to the US box office of over 100 million in the previous life, so it is no wonder that many people want to develop in the entertainment industry, because money comes in too fast.

In an era when one can be called a rich man with a fortune of one million pounds, a box office of 10 million is definitely an income that even the rich will be jealous of, even if most of it has to be given to distributors and theater chains.

As an insider, Berkeley understands what this result represents.

You must know that the opening weekend box office of last year's box office champion was only more than 8 million pounds, which seems to be several times higher than that of Lost, but the cost of that blockbuster was also dozens of times that of Lost.

Lost is a movie that Sophia directed and starred in. In order to save costs, she did not charge any remuneration. The actors' remuneration and the director's remuneration were converted into the box office share. Except for the remuneration paid to Xie Zihao, all other expenses for the film were conventional expenses. Mainly labor, all the equipment was rented from my father's film company. As a literary film, there are no stunts and special effects shots. Those are the bulk of the money spent in film production.

Therefore, the cost of Lost is only a few hundred thousand gold pounds, which is a huge sum of money for ordinary people, but it can only be regarded as a small cost for a movie.

If it were some directors who were good at saving costs, they could have produced a similar movie at a third of the cost. However, Sofia has relatively high requirements for her debut film, and she is not short of money, so she has to do a lot of things. It will cost more to achieve perfection.

However, the first weekend's score of around 3 million, after deducting the accounts shared by the distributor and theaters, allowed the film to make back its money within three days of its release and make a lot of money. All box office sales can be said to be net profits.

Not to mention the theaters, which took away a lot of box office revenue, MGM Pictures, as one of the investors and overseas distributors, is already laughing. It was originally because of the great director Cole that it invested in this project. 20%, now it seems that this transaction is definitely a profit.

The huge sales of the movie "Lost" is definitely the best news they have heard in more than half a year for MGM, which has already lost money on several movies this year.

Although one movie can't get MGM out of the money-losing situation, it is definitely a shot in the arm for MGM, which is in turmoil and people's hearts are floating. At least the stock price will not continue to fall so sharply that it gives them hope.

Ease of blood recovery opportunities.

Therefore, MGM has contacted overseas channels and invited the film's creative staff to go to major countries in Europe to conduct roadshows to promote the film, in order to strive for a big overseas box office.

Although the overseas distribution was entrusted to MGM, the box office share allocated to Sofia as a producer was much less than that in China. As a director, everyone wants their work to achieve better results, so Sofia also agreed to MGM.

Mei's request to cooperate with the other party's plan for publicity.

As the leading actor, Xie Zihao was of course involved, but considering that Xie Zihao's status was unusual, Sophia also politely asked for his opinion.

(End of chapter)