Nine hundred and sixtieth chapters second to none
As the first film to be released in September to exceed 100 million US dollars since its birth, the great success of "American Sniper" is also related to the indifference of the North American film market in August.
In August this year, the North American film market experienced the most deserted situation in the past decade.
After writing the lowest box office record in 15 years in August, the North American film market has been accumulating strength to wait for the arrival of a "market rescuer". Finally, after entering the second week of the fall, "American Sniper" approached the North American film market as a "theone".
After more than a month of "depression", the North American film market needed an explosion point, and "American Sniper" had all the requirements for the explosion point.
September is the traditional off-season for films. Any popular movies would rather be released in April and October than in September.
Matthew reviewed the list of films released in September, such as "The End of Alert", "In the Curve", "Ghost Resentment", which are either small productions or B-level films. They cannot bring any threats or impacts in front of "American Sniper".
It is difficult for off-season videos to break out, as long as they break out, it will definitely be a dominant situation.
Although the weekend has passed and the popularity of any film inevitably decreases, "American Sniper" still maintains a good attendance rate, with the box office of all four working days remaining above tens of millions of dollars, easily earning 45.3 million US dollars.
Before the new weekend, the North American box office of "American Sniper" has approached the $200 million mark.
The overall social situation is favorable and the box office continues to be hot. Whether it is the producer represented by Matthew or the publisher of Warner Bros., they continue to increase publicity for this film, and various soft articles are being praised in paper media and the Internet.
Coupled with the already overwhelming reputation and comments, the mainstream media's views are surprisingly consistent, and they are basically praising the film.
As we all know, with the prosperity of social networking websites, the promotion of social soft articles has become increasingly important.
"This is what Clint Eastwood's good film is like, 'it's empty, but buzzing', like a piece of red hot charcoal, not burning, but with a higher temperature."
"Although the name of "American Sniper", it is actually not a traditional war film. When the anti-war theme is the only politically correct and popular in the world, this film uses a special perspective to present us with a life's ups and downs between war and peace. Clint Eastwood successfully restored the legend on the altar to a flesh-and-blood man, and also shaped the skeleton and soul for this film."
"The film's description of war can be said to be at the upper and lower level. Even if war is not the main content of this film, the director has restored all kinds of things on the battlefield relatively realistically. Of course, some people still criticize it for not being popular enough. This type of audience recommends paying attention to the "Supervision Squad" series."
Affected by the attack on the Benghazi Consulate, although "American Sniper" has caused some controversy, political correctness is unquestionable in mainstream public opinion.
"This American Sniper, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Matthew Horner, is undoubtedly a model of success. The fierce war scenes and detailed descriptions of the heart all add a lot to the film itself. The heroic spirit in it hits people's hearts and allows the audience to redefine the concept of the term war."
"War itself represents not only weapons, equipment, killing, blood, defense of territory, absolute ownership of territory, passive attack after the regime is destroyed, but also determines the fate of soldiers who personally participate in the war, and implicates the millions of families behind the charge-taking soldiers. This is also the significance of the war movie."
As long as it conforms to the trend of the times and conforms to the needs of mainstream society, just like the former Black Panther, no matter how well a movie is, it can become synonymous with good movies!
Of course, as the leading actor of the film and Hollywood's leading business superstar, there are also many soft articles praising Matthew.
"Matthew's most substantial performance in this film, I think it's the part after the hero returns to peace. When his wife was about to give birth in the car, Matthew's emergency turn on the road was simply regarded as the American rural road as the desert of Iraq. Matthew's roar outside the hospital delivery room showed the excitement of the war and revealed Matthew's helplessness in the face of family needs. As a father, he could not respond to his daughter's crying. I believe he was also heartbroken."
"Also, Matthew was particularly outstanding in drinking in a bar after returning home. He had returned to the United States with his coffin, but he could not let himself go home because his heart was still there, on the battlefield, with the comrades he wanted to protect. He regretted and felt guilty. He was afraid on the battlefield filled with yellow and shady battlefield. He threw down his weapons and equipment. The fear of death made him think of going home, like a coward and a deserter. If his wife had not called her phone at the right time, he would have been able to return to the battlefield directly."
Without competitors, North America's anti-terrorism wave is surging, and with the powerful publicity and promotion, the box office trend of "American Sniper" is so stable that it ends.
On the second weekend of release, the film's box office in three days fell by only 49% compared with the first weekend, and received another $69.2 million.
"American Sniper" took just ten days to sweep away $251.4 million from North America.
Taking advantage of American patriotism, Matthew had no intention of guilt at all.
He is not doing this alone, but it is all in Hollywood and the whole world.
However, due to the content and theme of the film, "American Sniper" has not been screened outside North America yet, but the box office and reputation of North America have attracted worldwide attention.
There were only less than 60 countries and regions that were originally determined to introduce this movie, and more overseas markets were on the stand-by and watch. After all, the type of the movie was here.
North America's box office hit in the first week, and the trend of the next weekend was extremely steady, instantly causing these waiters to throw away their doubts.
For commercial companies, as long as there is enough profit, any concern is unnecessary.
Matthew's latest news was that by the time the third week of "American Sniper" began, it was confirmed that more than 80 overseas countries and regions have been introduced.
Even a company on the other side of the Pacific has had preliminary contact with Bella Anderson, hoping to buy out the copyright of "American Sniper" over the way of discs and online videos.
It is impossible for this type of film to appear in the market across the Pacific Ocean, and selling off offline copyright is undoubtedly the best choice.
However, Matthew informed Bella Anderson not to worry, and it would not be too late to formally negotiate when "American Sniper" gets a higher box office in North America.
Starting next weekend, "American Sniper" will start an overseas screening journey. Matthew and other main creators will also cooperate with the screening plans of several major overseas markets to run away to the publicity notice.
While there was still some time in Los Angeles, Matthew rushed to handle some other work.
"The Hunger Games' North American box office share has arrived."
In the office of Studio 13, Bella Anderson reported to Matthew, "After the theater split, Warner Bros. deducted the advance publicity distribution fee and distribution commission, and the part we earned was $115.2 million."
Matthew nodded, "I remember we invested a total of $95 million in production and publicity?"
"Yes." Bella Anderson looked down at the report in his hand, "The exact statistics are $95.16 million."
Matthew was quite satisfied, "The North American box office alone has a profit of $20 million." Nowadays, many movies with big box office hits often cannot even recover the cost by relying on the North American box office alone. He asked again, "Where is the overseas box office?"
Bella Anderson replied, "The overseas screening of the film is not over yet. Warner Bros. has given the exact news that the overseas box office share will not be available until the end of January or early February next year."
"Well." Matthew was not in a hurry. Just like all business operations, it took time for the film to recover funds and profits. He thought about it and specifically reminded him, "After the profit of this film is deposited separately, I have other uses."
Bella Anderson replied, "Okay."
Matthew thought about it and said, "There are also "Avengers."
"This is the second part I want to report." Bella Anderson took over and said, "Disney Pictures just sent a formal letter the day before yesterday. The first North American box office share of "Avengers" will be paid at the end of next month, about 50 million US dollars. The remaining North American box office share will be paid in succession before the end of the year."
She took a sip of water and said, "The overseas box office share will be shared until next year."
Matthew nodded slightly, "The profits of these two videos are preserved separately, and I am useful."
The Hunger Games and the Avengers will undoubtedly generate huge profits. He had long thought about the use of these two sums of money, and a small part continued to be used for charity, while the rest was used to buy a private jet.
Since he had this idea, Matthew simply said, "Bella, collect information about private business aircraft and pay attention to it if you have a good reputation in the market."
"Okay." Bella Anderson knew what his boss was going to do.
The two discussed some business operations in the company. When Matthew was about to leave, Bella Anderson asked, "According to Miss Amanda's plan, the studio has a scholarship donation of a total of $5 million to Southern California this week. Am I there? Or are you there in person?"
Chapter completed!