494 All or Nothing

Although Tracy was still in a very 'agitated' state at this time, her feelings had calmed down, and she began to try to think calmly about how to fight it.

In fact, as Martin said, the best way is to start with yourself, as long as you can continue to launch excellent works, then the scope of power in Hollywood will continue to expand, and then seek opportunities, as long as Hugo has a slack, that is Tracy **** moment.

In Hollywood, that's the case, with personal attacks, news hype, and rumors...... None of this qiē means can compare to the work itself, Warren Beatty (Y)'s amorous 'sex', Sean Penn's violent tendencies, Woody Allen's uninhibitedness, Marlon Brando's fiery temper, Vivien Leigh's (Vivien). Leigh......) These shortcomings are tolerated because of the talent they have shown in their respective works, and people ignore whether they are likable as a "person" and pay more attention to the light that shines in their works.

Therefore, what depends on one's Hollywood future and status is always the work, and it always is. If you fail this time, you can make a comeback next time; Just because it was successful this time doesn't mean you can replicate it again next time.

But Tracy didn't want to wait, she didn't want to wait even for a moment, she had already missed the opportunity to hit Hugo three times before and after "Smelling the Fragrance and Knowing the 'Woman'", "The Heroic Wind of the Righteous Sea", and "Sleepless in Seattle", all three of which leaked to Hugo from her fingers, and Hugo succeeded. Now, she won't give Hugo any more chances! So, now is the moment, the all-or-nothing moment!

So, what should the confrontation between the two works start with? In fact, it is very simple, the quality of the work itself is the first step, then the film review, then the box office, and finally the rumors of the crew, and these are the contents in the general direction.

They have missed the first step, and now they have missed the second step, leaving less and less room for them. First of all, "Farewell to Lovers" and "Schindler's List" are both masterpieces, there is no doubt that the quality of the works themselves is very good, which has also been recognized by film critics, so the next confrontation must not find a breakthrough from the work itself, it can only be the box office and the crew.

It's unknown how much "Schindler's List" will be at the box office, but there's not much room left for Tracy to gamble with, and with Steven Spielberg plus Hugo Lancaster plus a bad word of mouth, it's hard for them to make pessimistic predictions about the box office prospects.

At present, there is no box office prediction in the first reviews, but it is clear that the attitude of industry insiders is gradually becoming clear, and the box office of "Schindler's List" should be a positive trend.

"What do you think the single-theater box office of this movie will be?" Tracy pointed to the blurred "Los Angeles Times" on the table, where a picture of the "Schindler's List" poster could be faintly seen.

Brad sat on the couch and didn't speak, he was an actor and didn't have any experience or knowledge at all about box office predictions, so it was naturally difficult for him to make a judgment. In fact, box office prediction is a very professional thing, and only professionals can make speculations after a series of calculations, but agents, producers, and other old fritters who have been rolling in the circle for many years will also have a certain ability to speculate.

Martin thought for a moment, "The previous 'Entertainment Weekly' predicted 20,000, and looking at the current evaluation, maybe another 3,000 can be mentioned." Although "Schindler's List" is currently in good faith, because this is a very strict and heavy film, and the main audience will be Jews, these are all factors that restrict the film's 'outstanding' results at the box office during the screening period. So, Martin's prediction is already very bold.

Tracy thought about it carefully, the box office of a single theater of 23,000 US dollars is not excellent, but considering factors such as politics, military, racial discrimination, and the weakness of Jews in the United States, this number is already very rare, and it is more in line with her inner thoughts, "How many theaters are there in the world, twenty-five?" I remember it was this number. ”

"That's right." Martin nodded in the affirmative, then lowered his head and calculated with paper money on the coffee table, "Then the box office for the opening weekend should be about fifty-five thousand dollars." ”

"We were ...... at the box office last week One million and seven million, right? Tracy carefully recalled, "Farewell to Love" got $1.7 million at the weekend box office in 200 theaters last week, which is really bleak, and the prospects are not optimistic, "What is the scale of our expansion this week?" ”

"Five hundred and twenty." Martin knew that Tracy must be hoping to make a big fuss at the box office, although the expansion scale of "Farewell to Love" is more than 500, and "Schindler's List" is only screened in 25 theaters, which is not a large-scale screening at all, and it is natural that the box office of "Farewell to Love" will exceed "Schindler's List", but Tracy must hope to get more beautiful results at the box office of a single theater and be able to beat the morale of "Schindler's List", but ......" What are you going to do? ”

The box office is the most uncontrollable part of the film company, what the film company can do is to formulate a distribution strategy, a publicity strategy, and then implement it thoroughly, and the rest can only be 'handed over' to the market. But there isn't much the producer can do other than publicity and hype to try to 'provoke' the box office during the release of a movie like Tracy.

Tracy didn't answer immediately, but bit her lower lip until the lip flap completely lost its color, and then she let go, as if she had made up her mind, and said word by word, "I want to buy the box office!" ”

Martin and Brad were both stunned, frightened by Tracy's madness, to be precise, once again.

Any industry has an insider, and the insider is naturally all aspects. For example, in the record industry, record companies buy a large number of albums by themselves to sell them for singers; For example, the record company invites a large audience to cheer for the singer's book signing...... These are all very normal, as long as the company has the financial resources, and then has the confidence, it can be done. To put it simply, it is to burn money and brush the number of jù.

The same is true for the film industry. In order to make the premiere look a little more lively, it is not unusual to pay extras to arrive at the scene to cheer and shout; And the film company pays for movie tickets by itself, and it is not a shocking thing to brush the box office in this way, and there have been cases before that the box office of the movie is very 'outstanding', but when you walk into the cinema and find that there is no audience, such a mess shows that the film company itself is brushing the box office.

However, because the cost of brushing the box office is too large, and there are fewer and fewer rich people who are willing to become wronged, coupled with the increasingly strict regulation of the industry, it has gradually disappeared. Of course, there are still people who secretly brush the box office on a small scale, making the box office number of the movie look more 'colorful', but the amplitude of the brush count is much more convergent than before, and the means are much more hidden.

Now, Tracy is going crazy to make a move at the box office in order to be able to make "Farewell to Lovers" defeat "Schindler's List". You must know that Tracy is a maker, not a consortium, she doesn't have countless banknotes to squander, and now that the film industry has been regulated, the more the box office is investigated, things are not so simple.

"Uh......" Even Martin, who had seen countless big scenes, was speechless at this time.

Tracy didn't notice anything unusual, but quickly finished building the plan, "Don't worry, I'm not so stupid to let the union find out the anomaly." This week, I'll brush $500,000 first, and that's enough for them. ”

Since this week's "Farewell to Lovers" was released in 520 theaters, if you brush $500,000 at the box office, it is actually equivalent to raising the box office of a single theater by $100, which is not a big move, and for the box office of a single theater last week was only 9,000 US dollars, a single box office increase of $100 is already a very good number.

The most important thing is that the difference of $500,000 means that there is a gap of $2,000 at the box office of a single theater to catch up with "Schindler's List", which is only released in 25 theaters.

Looking at the confident Tracy, Martin's persuasion to his lips swallowed hard, he knew that Tracy had lost his mind, his persuasion had no effect, but might 'provoke' her, so he could only say, "You can get sponsorship?" ”

"No, I'm on my own savings." Tracy smiled lightly, she would do whatever it took to snipe Hugo! This made both Martin and Brad shiver.

"In addition, hasn't there been rumors of the conflict between Hugo and Joseph in the circle recently? What the hell is going on? Tracy clearly didn't want to stop there, she also wanted to make a fuss about the negative press, undermine Hugo's box office appeal, or diminish Hugo's success with the film.

Martin waved his hand emptily, trying to hide his embarrassment in this way, "Uh, Lang, Lang wants to sign Hugo into the banner, you know, the competition within the International Innovation Management Company." "It's an open secret within the industry, and now a lot of people are trying to grab artists from international innovation management companies. So Martin knows that very well, too.

"Very well, I think we can take advantage of it." Tracy didn't miss a chance, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Brad, who hadn't said a word next to her, "Do you have any news?" ”

Brad didn't have time to react, just subconsciously glanced at Martin, Martin shook his head slightly, signaling Brad not to speak, but Brad involuntarily said, "I heard that Hugo drank a lot of wine in the crew?" ”

"Alcoholism, you mean?" Tracy vaguely saw this detail herself, but she didn't remember it, she nodded slightly, "This is an entry point." There's a win-winning smile on Tracy's face, all that madness disappears from her face, hidden deep in her heart, but her calm eyes reveal more madness, "Hugo Lancaster, are you ready?" ”