Hollywood Director 1992

On the fourth day of the release of "Paranormal Activity", the weekend box office results were released.

The film grossed a total of $1.596 million in 14 theaters, with an average of $38,000 per theater per day.

The weekend daily average per theater reached $56,000, with an attendance rate of over 92%, almost every show was sold out.

Because the movie was very popular, many viewers wanted to watch it but found that the surrounding theaters were not showing it.

Many movie fans reacted to the theaters, requesting to expand the screening scale of "Paranormal Activity".

AMC Theatres also saw the film's excellent limited release box office results and suggested to Link to end the limited release early and screen "Paranormal Activity" in more of its theaters.

With the coordination of Guessing Game Films and AMC Theatres, starting from Monday, "Paranormal Activity" expanded from 14 to 437 theaters, with screenings in major cities across the United States.

Influenced by the viewing highlights, more viewers flocked to the cinemas to watch "Paranormal Activity".

"Paranormal Activity" itself is also good, the plot is very thrilling, and many viewers recommended it to people around them after watching it.

"Paranormal Activity" has not yet been released on a large scale, but it has already shown a popular trend in the American film market.

In view of this situation, Regal Cinemas, Cinemark Theatres, Carmike Cinemas, and other theater chains took the initiative to contact Guessing Game Films, willing to provide more theaters and screening rates for this film.

With the liaison and coordination of Guessing Game Films, starting next Monday, "Paranormal Activity" will be screened in 1,873 theaters with a total of 14,417 screens in North America.

The screening scale is not much different from several commercial films released in the same period.

In its second week of release, "Paranormal Activity" took in $13.18 million in 437 theaters under AMC Theatres, soaring from 13th to third in the weekly box office chart.

The box office champion was the action thriller "Patriot Games", released this Friday, starring Harrison Ford, Sean Bean, Anne Archer and other stars.

The production company is Paramount Pictures, and the production cost is $45 million.

It grossed $18.51 million in 2,365 theaters in the first three days, becoming the weekly box office champion.

Not bad.

The runner-up is the drama "A Few Good Men" released in the early summer season.

The film is jointly produced by Columbia Pictures and Castle Rock Entertainment, starring big stars such as Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, and Kiefer Sutherland.

The production cost is $20 million.

It grossed $63.12 million in 1,925 theaters in the first three weeks.

This week, it grossed $16.18 million in 2,201 theaters, with great box office potential. It is also considered one of the top ten films of the year and one of the highest-grossing films of the summer season.

Ranked third is "Paranormal Activity" produced by Guessing Game Films, with no big-name actors, produced by a small company, with a production cost of $20,000.

This week's box office is $13.18 million.

The cumulative box office for ten days of release is $14.77 million.

Ranked fourth is the commercial blockbuster "Batman Returns", which is in its sixth week of release.

This week's box office is $8.12 million, with a cumulative box office of $147 million.

Ranked fifth is "Hero", which was released at the same time as "Paranormal Activity".

Starring Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman, Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actress Geena Davis, and Andy Garcia, who was nominated for both the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor last year.

It is almost a full star and full acting lineup.

However, the box office performance was very average.

This week, it was released in 1,826 theaters and only grossed $5.21 million, less than one-third of "Paranormal Activity".

On this week's box office chart, there are also popular movies such as "Unforgiven", "Death Becomes Her", and "Single White Female", whose box office results this week are all behind "Paranormal Activity".

After the list was announced by media such as "Total Film" and "The Hollywood Reporter", public opinion was in an uproar.

The main reason is that the box office performance of "Paranormal Activity" is too amazing.

With a cost of only $20,000, it was released in 437 theaters, and the weekly box office could actually exceed 10 million, reaching an astonishing $13.18 million.

It even trampled commercial blockbusters and high-quality movies such as "Batman Returns", "Unforgiven", and "Death Becomes Her" under its feet.

This result is too thrilling, more thrilling than "Paranormal Activity" itself.

"$13.18 million?! "Paranormal Activity" grossed $13.18 million this week? How is this possible? The production cost of this movie is only $20,000, and it was only released in more than 400 theaters, how could it get so much box office?"

Miramax Films, Harvey Weinstein saw the data in the newspaper, and the fat on his face was trembling slightly.

Shock!

Incredible!

Regret! Annoyance!

The thought of missing out on a hundred million was scurrying around in his head.

"How could there be so much box office? Damn it! That day at the screening, my attitude should have been more firm, and I should have given Link more benefits. If the distribution rights of this movie were in our hands, we would have a share of these box office."

Harvey Weinstein said annoyedly.

"It's too late to say this now, just like we missed "Buried" at the Sundance Film Festival."

Bob Weinstein looked at the box office results of "Paranormal Activity" and was also envious.

The production cost was $20,000, and it grossed $14.77 million in ten days of release. The profit ratio reached more than 700 times, and this is only the result of 10 days of release.

How much box office will there be in a month?

According to the current situation, the box office performance of "Paranormal Activity" is very likely to exceed "Buried" and create a larger box office profit ratio record.

This movie is too profitable.

It's too bad not to be able to participate and get a share of the pie.

"How could this be?"

Harvey Weinstein said with trembling corners of his mouth, "After watching "Paranormal Activity", I can also see that this movie is good, and I have the intention to buy it for distribution, but the profit sharing method proposed by Link is relatively exaggerated, and a lot of money has to be invested in the promotion of this movie. Considering that Link's previous movie was a big hit, the probability of two consecutive movies being a big hit is not high, so I didn't continue to pester him.

But who would have thought that Link's first movie would be a big hit, and the second movie would still be a big hit, and the box office profit ratio is even better than the first one, which is too incredible. No one has ever been able to do it before."

Bob Weinstein took a breath. Indeed, no one has ever been able to do this before.

Many directors' debut films are very amazing, with good box office and word of mouth.

By the second and third films, the quality will fluctuate greatly. Some grow in the fluctuation and become famous directors, while others fall in the fluctuation and become a shooting star in Hollywood.

It is almost unheard of for a new director's first two films to be consecutive hits, and the second one is even more popular than the first.

But now Link has done it and accomplished something that seemed impossible.

I am afraid that this matter is not only unacceptable to Harvey, but also difficult for many peers in Hollywood to accept.

"I was wrong, I underestimated Link. He deserves us to win him over with a more sincere attitude."

Harvey quickly recovered from the shock, picked up the phone on his desk and called Link, preparing to congratulate him on the big hit of his new movie.

He called once and didn't get through, the second time was still busy. After more than ten minutes, he finally got through to Link's phone.

Harvey sighed secretly. With the big hit of "Paranormal Activity", Link's reputation in the entertainment industry has gone a step further. In the future, more and more people will look for him to cooperate, and it will not be easy to cooperate with him in the future.

If he had known that Link was so strong, he would have bought his movie at the Sundance Film Festival.

Harvey once again regretted that he was not patient enough with Link, the Chinese director, at the Sundance Film Festival.