Chapter 249 Super Director
News about Paris Hilton, in April, this relatively light movie schedule actually occupied a considerable area of entertainment media across the United States, and many tabloids have even begun to explore Paris Hilton's growth process.
Paris Hilton's character cannot last for too long.
But the topic and attention caused by the wealthy daughter is enough for a small production like "House of Death" that costs only $1.2 million.
At the Los Angeles branch of Emperor Entertainment Group, Miller received Thomas from Embassy Films, and both sides wanted to finalize the opening of "House of Death".
"Our cooperation has always been pleasant, and Emperor Entertainment will continue to support Embassy Films."
Miller's attitude towards distribution companies that can make money from themselves has always been friendly: "So, this time we have drawn 400 theaters to support "House of Death."
Thomas smiled and said, "Thanks to Emperor Entertainment for their support. But Mr. Miller, are there a little 400 theaters?"
Miller frowned: "Are you less?" He was a little dissatisfied and said: "Thomas, you have not held any preview event for "House of Death". We have no way of knowing how good or bad the film is, and the production cost of "House of Death" is only $1.2 million."
Thomas's face remained unchanged and said, "The quality of the film is actually not important. Paris Hilton has attracted the attention of the public and the media. The first movie of this super rich daughter will attract a large number of people's attention and drive many people to buy tickets to watch."
Miller rubbed his chin, and he had also seen recent media reports, and inside Emperor Entertainment, including several assistants around him, occasionally talked about Paris Hilton's filming movies.
Thomas continued to smile and said, "The cost of $1.2 million is not a problem. The films of Shahai Entertainment and Embassy Films have always been low, but the box office is quite good."
Hearing this, Miller nodded slightly. Shahai Entertainment and Embassy Films seem to be the best at making big fame with small profits.
Thomas used his trump card: "Isn't this the same thing in "Blair the Witch" back then? "House of Death" is a movie run by Ronan himself."
Miller instantly remembered that super bad movie, which no one knew. As the direct person in charge of the release of "Blair the Witch" by the Imperial Entertainment Cinema, he knew very well that all the operations of "Blair the Witch" were written by Ronan Anderson.
"House of Death" turned out to be a film run by Ronan Anderson himself?
Miller couldn't help but ignore this!
"The increase in Emperor Entertainment has reached 500 cinemas." Miller has great power in this regard and made a decision directly: "400 of them will ensure a minimum of double cinema screenings."
Thomas quickly said, "Thank you. On behalf of Embassy Film, I would like to thank Mr. Miller and Emperor Entertainment for their support."
Miller nodded and asked again, "Are you ready for copying?"
Thomas replied: "It will definitely be delivered in place before it is released."
Leaving the Los Angeles branch of Emperor Entertainment, Thomas went to the two companies, A and UA, and finalized the number of theaters for "House of Death".
Thomas almost went to all North American commercial theater chains, and did not spend much effort. He just decided to open 2,200 painting theaters for a super bad movie like "House of Death" that was not even previewed.
As the direct person in charge of the online distribution of Embassy Pictures in North America, Thomas discovered something. It seems that the theater companies attach great importance to the films released by Embassy Pictures. Speaking of this, it was a film run by Ronan Anderson himself, and the theater companies happily added the opening theaters.
Thomas is very clear that opening a painting theater is very important for "House of Death". He has specially led people to do research based on past cases. The online release life of this "House of Death" is extremely short, and may not exceed six weeks, or even four weeks will be offline.
In this way, the first weekend box office will become extremely critical.
Potential audiences must be rushed into the theater as much as possible on the first weekend.
Otherwise, when the reputation of the film completely spreads, although it will still attract some curious audiences, the overall performance will definitely see a diving-like decline.
Thomas also made an estimate that the first week of "House of Death" will account for at least half of the total box office.
After all, this is a bad movie supported by gimmicks, and unlike the continuous attention caused by "Blair the Witch", the popularity caused by Paris Hilton will soon be consumed.
When the public lost enough curiosity about Paris Hilton, "House of Death" returned to its original form.
But he also knew that it was easy to make a profit in this low-cost film.
"House of Death" spends little on production and publicity, with production costs only $1.2 million, and the promotional budget started with only $500,000. Later, after Paris Hilton triggered a media boom, he added another $1.5 million in budget and prepared to hold a small premiere.
The largest investment comes from copies, 3,000 copies and related issuance investments, totaling US$5 million.
With a total investment of $8 million, Thomas is very confident that he will be able to recover the cost in the first weekend.
As for how much profit it can be, it is difficult for him to estimate.
On April 20, 2001, the House of Death held its premiere at the just-renamed Nokia Theater.
The premiere cost only $200,000. This amount of money was a shortage of money to hold the premiere in Hollywood. Therefore, the premiere was very small and there were no heavyweight guests. The focus of the premiere was Paris Hilton and her sister group, as well as director Uvy Ball.
Paris Hilton has been the entertainment focus of media and public attention during this period.
Uvi Ball is relying on his strength to attract the attention of media reporters.
"What I do best is game-adapted movies, and I believe no one in Hollywood can do better than me."
Facing the interview with reporters, although Uvi Ball looked like an illiterate face, his words were even more confident than Spielberg: "The House of Death" is just the beginning of a series of game adaptations of my movies, and I still have many plans for it in the future."
This German director with a special appearance has snatched the attention of many media reporters from Paris Hilton with his strength.
The reporters saw that Uvi Ball was so confident and did not have the past directing experience as a comparison, and thought this person was very skilled.
A reporter immediately asked loudly: "Director Ball, what are your plans next?"
Uvi Ball is best at running trains all over his mouth, and he runs very smoothly at this time: "The Island Island Studio's "Metal Equipment", Blizzard's "Warcraft" and "Starcraft"..."
These are famous games, and many people who don’t play electronic games have also heard of their names.
Many reporters looked at Uvi Ball with a hot look, as if they had seen an ambitious successful director.
Uvi Ball is very good at beating people, otherwise he would not have been the king of bad movies before, and he could still fool him into investing.
"Very good." Ronan said, standing by the window on the second floor of the Nokia Theater: "Talents like Uvy Ball always have room to play."
Tony Koch, who had just arrived from Germany next to him, said: "I think Paris Hilton is more valuable."
Ronan shook his head: "Paris Hilton can only be used this time, and it will not have such a good effect if it is used again. And Uvi Ball..."
He didn't continue talking, Wu Bao was a super director who could win the throne!
Tony Koch asked curiously: "Ronan, how did you hook up Paris Hilton? You won't have a single affair, right?"
Ronan said lightly: "You're thinking too much." He changed the topic: "Have the tax refund application for several new projects been approved?"
"There is basically no problem." Tony Koch put away his joke and said seriously: "The investment in these projects is relatively low. I repackage them and operate them in the name of Koch Pictures' one-time investment. It is not a problem to get a tax refund. But the approval will be as soon as next month."
Ronan nodded: "Don't hurry, keep it steady."
Tony Koch said: "Don't worry if I do things."
Ronan smiled and said, "Don't be careless."
Any projects with larger investments in Shahai Entertainment will carry out tax refund operations in Germany. The tax refund of 10% of the expected income is also a large amount of money.
Many movies may not be able to make 10% profit after shooting.
Like traditional industrial products, 10% can be said to be a high-profit industry.
Ronan patted Tony Koch on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, let's go into the cinema and wait."
Audiences have entered the venue one after another, and there are also sparse audiences on the second floor. However, Ronan and Tony Koch are both unfamiliar faces to the audience, and no one noticed them.
Pedro took a poster of Paris Hilton's character and entered the cinema, found a seat to sit down, and found that many people were talking about Paris Hilton.
It seems that many people are looking at the goddess Bai and rich and beautiful.
For some reason, Pedro felt uncomfortable and felt like his own goddess was peeped by a vulgar man.
How great would it be if I could take it home and enjoy it slowly by myself?
Pedro's thinking was too active and he thought of something strange in an instant. How good would it be if Paris Hilton could make a San Fernando-type film for himself?
After the audience entered the venue, reporters and film critics from the media also walked in one after another.
Eric is among them.
Under the guidance of the staff, he came to the third row that was relatively high, and the people around him were basically in the same row.
Eric came here and checked it out specifically. In the past two years, Embassy Pictures has released many popular films, and film critics are also happy to comment on the films released by Embassy Pictures.
Only movies with popular audiences can be paid attention to by the critics’ comments—
Chapter completed!