"Blockbusters are prone to high box offices?! This statement is simply absurd. Mr. Ye's "Dragon Hard Boy", "Rocky" and "Weekend Night Mania" invested only one million yuan, but the box office was over 100 million US dollars.

On the contrary, the high-priced investments in "Death Game", "Blood on the Black Street" and "The Witcher's War" invested more than ten million dollars, but the box office ended in a bleak box office." After hearing Katherine's words, Damian Carret retorted loudly.

"Space horror movies, this type is too weird. If the investment is small, it is a low-quality B-level movie. If the investment is high, it is likely to lose money.

If you want to take advantage of the popularity of "Star Wars", why not consider shooting a cosmic hero movie? We may be able to buy the film and television adaptation rights of "Flying God"." Proposes Mathilde Phil, the creative manager.

Horror films are mostly B-level films. In order to achieve a scary effect, their stories often exaggerate elements such as blood, cesium, violence, etc., which runs contrary to the style of mainstream commercial films.

Second, horror movies are niche movies. Although it has a large number of loyal fans, it has much less audience than mainstream commercial movies. Therefore, its box office is limited, usually only tens of millions of dollars.

In comparison, mainstream commercial films like Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Rocky may have a box office of more than $200 million.

Therefore, investing in horror movies requires the cost to be controlled, at most no more than $5 million, otherwise, there is a risk of losing money.

The story of "Alien" takes place in space, and it requires a lot of special effects. Just like "Star Wars", special effects cost millions of dollars.

If there is not so much money to invest, then "Alien" is a low-quality B-level film with special effects, and the quality is not as good as horror films on earth such as "Ghost Street" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre".

If the quality of special effects is to be guaranteed, the investment in "Alien" is likely to exceed tens of millions of dollars. At that time, there will be a risk of losing money. Therefore, this movie must not be filmed.

After hearing Damian Carret and Mathilde Phil's words, several people nodded in support.

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"If the horror movie is well shot, the box office will be very high. "The Great White Jaw" is the best example. This shark swept the box office of 400 million US dollars worldwide. If our "Alien" is well shot, the achievements may not be inferior to "The Great White Jaw"." Katherine Phil fought back.

"And I have data in my hands now. After my statistics and summary over the past few months, I have enough evidence to prove that [blockbusters are easier to get high box office]." Catherine took out a stack of documents from her bag and said, "Mr. Ye, please check it out."

Ye Jin nodded, took the information and started to look carefully.

It was seen that Katherine really did count the box office and cost of movies in recent years and produced detailed charts so that people could see it at a glance.

As can be seen from the chart, the cost and box office of a movie do have the same growth curve. The higher the cost, the easier it is to achieve a higher box office.

In fact, Ye Jin also knew that this theory was true.

The investments in Hollywood blockbusters, such as the Marvel Universe series, Pirates of the Caribbean series, Lord of the Rings series, Harry Potter series, 007 series, etc. are quite huge.

For example, the production cost of "Avatar" is as high as 230 million US dollars, and the promotional cost is as high as 150 million US dollars. It is this high investment that has enabled "Avatar" to produce such beautiful special effects, feasting the audience's eyes.

It is precisely this cost-effective publicity that makes both peddlers and high-level people know the movie "Avatar", which has set off a global movie viewing frenzy.

Therefore, blockbusters are easy to achieve high box office, which is a very correct theory. Hollywood movies use blockbusters as stepping stones and open up all the film markets around the world.

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"Everyone, let's take a look." Ye Jin then passed the documents to everyone and said.

After everyone finished watching, they stopped making sounds.

They originally did not believe Catherine's theory, but now they see that their theory is supported by evidence, so they can't believe it, so they have to keep silent.

"Okay, do you have any different opinions on Catherine's suggestion?" Ye Jin glanced at everyone and said.

Everyone looks at me, I look at you, it’s hard to speak for a while.

In the end, Damian Carret spoke, "Mr. Ye, I always feel that the movie "Alien" is too investment and too risky.

"Jaws" is indeed very popular, but that movie is phenomenal and difficult to replicate. Universal Pictures' own "Jaws 2" has not achieved the same success. Is our "Alien" sure? If you lose money, it will be a loss of tens of millions of dollars. I hope you must be cautious."

After hearing what he said, everyone nodded in support.

"Who else has different opinions except Mr. Carret?" Ye Jin looked around and said.

Everyone stopped talking. Damian Carret had already made it clear that they had nothing to add.

"Okay, since you have all expressed your opinions, I'll say a few words." Ye Jin smiled slightly, "I support Catherine in the beginning."

"The reason I support her is that the project "Alien" is indeed good. I think everyone should know the selling points of horror movies, which is that there must be a distinctive and unique villain boss.

Freddy in "The Ghost Street", the Skinny Face in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", the Man-Eater Shark in "The Great White Jaws"... These big villains have distinctive characteristics and are chilling.

The villain Alien in "Alien" is even cold-blooded, murderous, powerful, and almost unrivaled. Such monsters can be said to be unique and will definitely be welcomed by movie fans.

The second is the reason Damian said before, the genre of science fiction horror films is really weird. Why is it weird? It is because no one has filmed it before, so this subject is very fresh.

Are fresh themes and novel stories not enough to try? When Star Wars was first released, some people thought the movie was weird, but what was the result?”

After hearing Ye Jin's words, everyone looked at each other, trying to refute but couldn't find a reason.

Especially Ye Jin launched "Star Wars" as an example, this move is really too ruthless.

Because the six giants in Hollywood, except Disney, all other companies have fallen into it. No one expected that such a weird work would become a phenomenal movie.

The global box office has accumulated a total of 600 million US dollars, making it one of the most popular movies in film history today. The creator of this movie is Ye Jin.

He has always been known for his precise investment vision. Now he supports Alien. What else can anyone say?!
Chapter completed!