On the first day of the release of "The Hangover", the box office was only 1.235,600 US dollars, which was not high, but the media's evaluation of it was very good.

The New York Times commented that it was a funny family comedy and it was very flavorful.

The Washington Post commented that "Hangover" is a surprising movie, which sets an unbreakable iron rule: on the eve of the wedding, bad friends had a crazy bachelor's party, and after a night of hangover, they lost their memory completely, but the whole crew collapsed and fell into crisis, so they had to solve the mystery and save their lives.

The Los Angeles Times commented that the humor of "The Hangover" continues to flow in the valley like flowing water, and thanks to the outstanding performance of the three starring actors Michael Keaton, Tim Kerry and John Candy, the familiar scenes that the audience maintain a balance between freshness and intimacy.

In addition to the media's reviews, the audience's reviews are also good.

Xia Tian went to the theater in person and enjoyed the movie with American audiences, and obtained first-hand information at close range.

He wrote down that in the one hour and forty minutes of the movie, the audience burst into laughter as many as twenty-two times, and on average once in six minutes. In addition, the number of chuckles is quite large, especially in the second half, the audience is simply laughing from ear to ear.

A comedy that makes people laugh, no matter how vulgar its style is, it has succeeded.

In fact, the audience's evaluation of it is quite good.

"A very interesting movie!", "I have never seen such a funny movie!", "I really hope I have so many bad friends too!", "A very cool movie!"

These reviews are the most commonly heard comments when watching movies in theaters in summer, which shows how much the audience likes it.

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"The box office is only 1.23 million US dollars, not that high, Mr. Xia." Long Mayer frowned and said to Xia Tian.

The total investment of the movie "Hangover" is $20 million, of which $13 million is in production costs, as well as $7 million in publicity and distribution costs.

Logically speaking, the United States can only ensure that the movie does not lose money if it receives at least $30 million in box office. The box office on the first day is only $1.2 million, which is not a good phenomenon.

You should know that the box office of the movies is relatively high in the first two weeks, and the box office of the movies will be lower the day they go. At that time, it is very likely that they will not even be able to recover their capital.

"It's okay, haven't you read the reviews in the newspaper? They have a very high evaluation of our movie." Xia Tian said with a smile.

"It's useless to have a high evaluation. Are there fewer movies that are not popular?" Long Mayer shook his head.

"The Wizard of Oz", which MGM Pictures invested in 1939, cost 2.77 million yuan and had a total box office of only 3.01 million yuan. It is called MGM's most failed investment. However, this film was ranked sixth among the top 100 classic films, an unquestionable classic work.

"Cleopatra", which Fox invested in and filmed in 1963, is known as a classic Hollywood epic film. However, the investment of 44 million yuan was not recovered by 48 million US dollars in 1970s. It can be said that it suffered a huge loss, which almost caused Fox to go bankrupt.

"The Gate of Heaven" filmed by Lianyi in 1980 has a total investment of 44 million US dollars. Although it has a good reputation, it only earned 348 million yuan in box office. It can be said that it lost all its money, and even caused Lianyi Company to almost shut down.

"Don't worry, wait a few more days to see." Xia Tian smiled.

He naturally knew that in the history of film, there were some movies with good reputation and low box office. However, most of those movies were art films, which were niche themes and did not have many audiences. Even if they were regarded as masterpieces in small circles, they were not as good as the public taste, so no matter how good the reputation was, the box office would not be high.

For example, Wang Jiawei's movies are regarded as classic by petty bourgeoisie, but the box office is more dismal than the other. Even the big names "East Evil and West Poison", the box office is only 9 million Hong Kong dollars, which is not enough to pay the stars.

"Hangover" is an authentic commercial film and comedy film, and good reputation can easily bring it a high box office. For example, the reason why "Avatar" can earn $2.7 billion worldwide is related to its reputation fermentation.

Everyone who has watched this movie praised its gorgeous special effects, realistic 3D images, and extraordinary imagination, which has attracted many followers from the melon-eating crowd.

For example, "Wolf Warrior 2", which has caused a sensation recently, was once deserted when it was released due to lack of publicity funds and celebrity celebrities.

However, as the reputation fermented, the box office of this movie was rising steadily, and even formed a craze for the whole nation to watch movies. As a result, the box office eventually exceeded 5 billion yuan, creating an extraordinary miracle.

So Summer is very confident in the movie "Hangover". Even though it performed poorly on the first day of the box office, he still expects it to rise afterwards.

"Mr. Xia, why are you always so confident?" Seeing Xia Tian say this, Long Mayer couldn't help but frown.

He was about to be worried about the poor box office performance of "The Hangover", but Xia Tian still looked confident. In his opinion, it was really annoying.

He felt that Xia Tian's confidence had reached a point of being arrogant, he was completely unaware of the reality, and was always immersed in his own world.

He really wanted to step forward and grab Xia Tian's collar and question him, "Do you think the world is around you? If you are optimistic about "The Hangover", do you think that all Americans are optimistic about it like you?"

"Because I believe in my works, because I have confidence in my works." Xia Tian smiled when he saw him ask.

"What if I fail?" Long Mayer couldn't help asking after seeing Xia Tian still looked coquettish.

"It won't fail." Xia Tian smiled.

"Then do you dare to fight with me?" Long Mayer couldn't help but say.

"Catching?!" Xia Tian was stunned and then smiled.

Before, he was chasing Long Mayer to fight, but he didn't expect that this time he took the initiative to deliver it to his door. This is really a place where there is Lure in heaven and no way to go, and hell will come to his own way.

"What do you want to bet?" he asked with a smile.

"Just to win the box office of this movie. If it doesn't reach 50 million US dollars, then you lose one thousand dollars to me; if it exceeds it, then I lose one thousand dollars to you. How about it?" Long Mayer thought for a moment.

"Is one thousand dollars worth paying?" Xia Tian couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "Let's do it. If the box office exceeds 50 million US dollars, then you sign a ten-year contract with the company, and your annual salary is only 2 million US dollars, no dividends or benefits; if the box office does not exceed it, then your annual salary will rise to 10 million US dollars, and you will also have 5% of the annual profit to pay dividends. How about it?"

"..." When Long Mayer heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate.

It’s okay to win, but his salary is more than tripled. But if he loses, it’s really a bit troublesome. Ten years, two million, no dividends or benefits, then his losses will be too great.

"I'm talking about the North American box office." Xia Tian said with a smile when he saw him hesitating.

"Okay, but it can only be released for one month." Long Mayer nodded vigorously when he heard this.
Chapter completed!