Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 205 The Fire is a Mess

Because of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, Warner Films Japan paid more attention to "Death Note" than the original version of Tatsuya Fujiwara. Therefore, the number of screens allocated by Warner to this movie was a full 400 yuan. As much as the number of screens is dozens more than the original number.

You know, the total number of screens in Japan is only more than 3000. The 400 yuan screen has already accounted for one-tenth of the total number of screens in Japan. Moreover, these dozens of screens are still from Warner. In the hands of the film company, it was borrowed.

It was also because of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's appeal to young audiences that Warner made such a bold move.

Don't underestimate the dozens of screens, these are real box office. If on weekends, when the number of viewers is the largest, even a single screen can be sold at the box office for a day, ranging from five to 60 yen, as much as Then over a million!
It is conceivable that in the two days of the weekend, these dozens of extra screens may add more than 6000 million yen to the box office of "Death Note"!
Of course, this also requires the movie to be loved by the public. Only when every show is sold out can there be so many box office.

Just like "Aquaman 2", which was released on May 315th, with 9.65 screens, the box office reached [-] million yen in two weekends!
Although the box office began to decline on the weekend of the second week, it still achieved a good score of 7.05 million, and the box office did not drop very sharply.

As of June NO.17, this "Sea Ape 2" was released for six weeks and received 58.3 billion box office.

Moreover, this movie has not yet shown a significant decline, and it continues to be popular even though the number of screens has only been reduced by more than [-] yuan.

According to the speculations of various film critics and film magazines, this "Sea Ape 2" is likely to exceed 80 billion box office.

Such box office results are enough to win the annual box office champion of Japan's local live-action movies.

And under such circumstances, the box office of the movie "Death Note" starring the popular little heavenly king, the national boy god, and Kiyoshi Sakamoto in the two days of the weekend has been calculated.

400 yuan screen, 7 million yen box office! ! !
This figure is definitely nothing compared to the first weekend box office of "Aquaman 2".

You know, the number of screens in "Sea Ape 2" is only 315, which is nearly a hundred less than the number of screens in "Death Note".

However, compared to the over 2 billion shooting cost of "Aquaman 30", "Death Note" only had a shooting cost of 20 billion. Such a good result is enough to make Warner Bros. Japan laugh.

After all, with a filming cost of 20 billion, it was still made into the first part and the second part, two movies. Calculated in this way, it is equal to the shooting cost of one movie, which is only a mere billion. The money from Aquaman 2 can be used to make three "Death Note".

Of course, it’s not calculated like this. One is a disaster movie and the other is a drama movie. At most, there are just a little more special effects, which are incomparable.

Disaster films and sci-fi films are the most expensive types of films to shoot. They cost more than 40 billion yuan at every turn. Even the three oldest film companies in Japan, Toho, Toei, and Shochiku, dare not shoot them casually. Money-burning movies.

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Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was at home, also received a box office fax from Warner Bros.

He personally doesn't quite understand the concept of 7 million, whether it is more or less, whether it belongs to very good grades or very good grades.

As for poor grades, he didn't think about it.

Because, 7 million, how much is 7 million, Kiyoshi Sakamoto still has a little idea.

If the two-day box office in the first weekend can get 7 million, it must be considered a success.

What he cares about is whether this number can catch the eyes of the public or make it amazing.

Because this is his first starring role in a movie, what he wants is not just good, but very good, very good!

When he called Uncle Ishida and asked him, Kiyoshi Sakamoto learned the meaning of this number from Ishida's old fritters.

"Let me tell you this, the 7 million opening weekend box office is the best result so far this year, except for "Sea Ape 2"! That is to say, this movie is a huge hit!" Uncle Ishida The tone was very excited on the phone, talking to Kiyoshi Sakamoto like this.

Only then did Kiyoshi Sakamoto know that his first movie was a success!
It seems to correspond to what Uncle Ishida said, this "Death Note", which has a deep fan base of the original manga, is really a mess!
Once it was released, it attracted a large number of fans of the original manga, as well as fans of Kiyoshi Sakamoto himself, who entered the theater to watch it.

All the sessions on the two days of the weekend were fully booked, and the attendance rate reached an astonishing 90.00%[-]!
In the next five working days, although the venue was not as full as it was on weekends, the attendance rate reached over 80.00%.

According to the statistics of the theater, more than 90.00% of the five audiences are young people under the age of 30.

This shows how popular this movie is among young people.

What's interesting is that the ratio of male to female audience is surprisingly 6:4.

In other words, out of [-] young viewers, [-] are women and only [-] are men.

As a dark, masculine manga, most of the readers of the original manga of "Death Note" are young men.

It stands to reason that this live-action movie adapted from comics should attract more male audiences, but from this statistics, there are more female audiences than male audiences.

The reason is very simple, because it is all thanks to Sakamoto Kiyoshi.

As mentioned above, as a super popular singer and idol, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has a large number of female fans, and this is the first movie starring Kiyoshi Sakamoto, how can you be worthy of your idol if you don’t support him?
Therefore, a large number of female fans of Kiyoshi Sakamoto flooded into theaters across the country, contributing their meager efforts to Kiyoshi Sakamoto, and also contributed to the box office of this movie.

That's why there are more female viewers than male viewers.

Moreover, the fans who originally came here for Kiyoshi Sakamoto's appearance were fascinated by a different, dark, and arrogant Kiyoshi Sakamoto in the movie.

Not only the female fans of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, but also the male audience who came for the name of the original manga, were also attracted by the "Yokamizuki" played by Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

After several months of honing, Kiyoshi Sakamoto perfectly integrated the character, characteristics and temperament of "Yakami Moon" into one, and his acting skills continued to improve with the passage of shooting time.

In the movie, he played the role of Ye Shenyue, who has multiple identities of "Savior", "Famous College Student" and "Genius", to the fullest.

During several identity changes, Sakamoto Kiyoshi's expressions and movements will change according to the different roles.

Whether it is the distrust of social security and the desire for justice before getting the Death Note; the contempt for the world and the disregard for life after getting the Death Note; Justice is upheld, and Kiyoto Sakamoto performed these subtle changes very well.

Coupled with Sakamoto Kiyoshi's tall figure and handsome appearance, it also adds a bit of charm to this "Yakamizuki", making people look at it, as if seeing the savior "Kira" in the comics.

Fans who have read the original comics all exclaimed, this is the "Yakami Moon" in our minds!
Not only that, but in this movie, as the biggest opponent of "Night God Moon", "L" has also been recognized by everyone.

Kenichi Matsuyama's superb acting skills allowed him to vividly present an "L" that best fits the original work in front of the audience.

The duel between the two protagonists also made the audience enjoy watching.

The film supervisor Shusuke Kaneko's control and processing of the film screen is also in place.

It is very reasonable to use a very compact method, coupled with occasional reasoning duels, to create a thrilling atmosphere, so as to present the tense storyline in front of the audience.

Although the special effects are not very good, but, after all, it is only a small-production feature film, limited by the shooting funds, so we can't ask for too much.

Fortunately, in movies, there are very few places where special effects are needed, and they are only used when the god of death appears, and the space occupied by the movie is not too much.

On the whole, the whole movie has many advantages and disadvantages, but the flaws do not cover up the advantages. It has to be said that it is a well-made commercial movie.

And the box office figures for the second week clearly tell everyone that this is a very successful commercial film!
The box office of "Death Note" in the second week is 10 billion!
This includes 5 million in the two days of the weekend, and the cumulative box office has reached 17 billion!
In this way, "Death Note" was released for two weeks, the exact number, nine days.

Nine days after the release, the cost was almost recovered. With such a profit ratio, Warner Japan was ready to open champagne to celebrate.

Careful people can see from the box office of the weekend of the first week and the box office of the weekend of the second week that the two-week box office decline rate is not obvious.

In other words, the public has a good reputation for the freshness and word-of-mouth of this movie.

On Yahoo's movie rating list, "Death Note" also scored 7 points.

Such a score is already a very high evaluation for a small commercial drama film.

It is also seen that this movie still has huge potential to be tapped, and Warner Japan is also preparing to continue investing in follow-up promotional plans.

However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was definitely not involved in these plans.

Because, he is still "on vacation". . .

(End of this chapter)