Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 461 The most competitive Hollywood summer movie
Nathan looked at the comments given by some of the audience.

“It brings me back to the days when I watched Resident Evil.”

“The settings of different movie worlds are very interesting. Although I haven’t seen Resident Evil, I have seen Alien.

Back then, I thought about what I would do if I met a member of the opposite sex. While watching the film, I felt like the characters were playing for me, which was very exciting.”

Nathan suddenly realized something, which touched the audience's emotions.

He suddenly had new ideas about the promotion of "Infinite World".

At the same time, Chen Linfeng received a call from Bruckheimer.

"Chen, the investment promotion conference just ended. The company, the theater chain, and the fans all gave very good reviews to the movie."

Bruckheimer talked about the results of the next three screenings.

"Nice, that's good news."

"There's even better news: Infinity is expected to open in 3800 theaters on its opening weekend, slightly more than Pirates of the Caribbean did."

Chen Linfeng chuckled, "It's good to express your support with practical actions."

"But you must be referring to the first one. Isn't Pirates 4 going to be released soon? How many theaters will be showing it at the same time this time?"

"Well, this... more than 4100. But Chen, this is not comparable. After all, that is Captain Jack Sparrow."

"I know, so I'm really happy."

Chen Linfeng asked, "By the way, when did the captain appear for the fourth time?"

"On May 5, this is the first Hollywood blockbuster to hit the summer season."

At this point, Bruckheimer frowned, "Chen, there were few good movies in the summer season last year, but this year is different. There are many threatening competitors."

"Oh?" Chen Linfeng asked casually, "Which ones are there?"

"Forget about Pirates of the Caribbean 5 in May. We won't release it so early."

Bruckheimer then went on to list several threatening movies scheduled to be released during the summer.

"X-Men: First Class" in early June, "Green Lantern" on June 6;
7月1日《变形金刚3》，7月15日，《哈利波特7下半》。

"These are all films that have done a lot of publicity before, and are valued and promoted by various companies."

"Fuck," Chen Linfeng couldn't help but spit out a curse.

After he came back from London, he only had a few days off as he had a lot of things to do afterwards and didn't pay much attention to the situation of this summer season.

Now that I think about it, 2011 does seem to be the year with the most intense competition in the summer movie season in the first half of the decade.

"Pirates of the Caribbean 4", "Transformers 3" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" are all films with global box office revenue exceeding $7 billion.

Chen Linfeng thought about the schedule that Bruckheimer had just mentioned. July is simply the month of death.

The two movies will be released for half a month each, and it is estimated that they will drain the box office of the film market.

He suddenly became nervous.

"Jerry, when is your scheduled screening?"

"Or more precisely, who do you want to bump into?"

The summer schedule has been so full in recent years that, judging from the surface, there is not a single weak candidate.

Therefore, there is no other way but to confront others head-on.

"The internal plan now is to release it in late June, which is on the 6th, so as to avoid the impact of several movies as much as possible."

Bruckheimer doesn't know exactly how much box office these movies will earn.

But based on my intuition, I feel that July is not suitable.

Marvel's previous superhero movies have also achieved good results.

He didn't want a head-on collision either.

Therefore, he chose a time slot between Green Lantern and Transformers 3.

It’s not possible in August, although this is also the summer vacation period.

But at this time, many students, who are the main force of moviegoers during the summer vacation, have already seen the movie.

They may not be willing to spend money to watch movies.

Therefore, the box office potential in August has always been lower than in previous months.

"Why not earlier?"

Chen Linfeng said bluntly, "I don't think this time is appropriate."

Bruckheimer hesitated, "You're not thinking of rubbing shoulders with X-Men or Green Lantern, are you?"

He was worried that Chen was young and hot-headed and wanted to become famous in one battle.

Therefore, he earnestly advised, "It's better for everyone to avoid some of them. The big Hollywood companies have their own tacit understanding. The key projects of each company usually won't confront each other directly."

"Of course I know this, and I didn't want to schedule it at the same time as these films."

"But I think June 6th is a better date."

Chen Linfeng smiled slightly, revealing his white teeth.

He didn't want to compete head-on with others in the first week, but wanted to use the second week to compete with other movies and take in more.

The Green Lantern is a soft persimmon, but it is a rare delicacy.

In the later Easter eggs of "Deadpool 2", Deadpool traveled back to before Ryan Reynolds took on the role of "Green Lantern" to kill this alien counterpart.

It can be seen that the box office of "Green Lantern" is basically a joke.

It would be a crime not to take a big sip at this point.

Bruckheimer hesitated, "Are you sure this is a better time?"

"I'm sure this is a kind of intuition."

What Chen Linfeng said was very mysterious and illogical.

Yet Bruckheimer was more relieved.

"Okay, I'll talk to Disney. The time hasn't been announced yet, so there's still time to make changes."

He immediately contacted Disney's marketing department.

I specifically emphasized that this was Chen's intuition, he thought June 6th was a better time.

Not long afterward, Chen Linfeng received the news that the date was set on June 6th.

"I really don't know what kind of rumors have been spread about me over there."

Chen Linfeng shook his head.

He had heard some news that Chen's luck was not right, so he just said it was his intuition during the previous phone call.

I thought that if it didn't work, I would switch to more specific analysis to encourage the other party to change their mind.

Unexpectedly, it worked in no time.

Although things were going well.

But Chen Linfeng always felt something was wrong.

It doesn't seem like a serious process.

……

In mid-May, there were some hot topics on the Internet about Emily Ken.

"If you were to travel to a world of Resident Evil, how long could you survive?"

"How to guard against creatures like aliens."

"How to deal with the ghosts from the East?"

All the hot topics are about classic thrillers from the past.

Netizens imagined how they would escape if they appeared in these films.

It was originally just a general topic, but somehow, the discussion about it became more and more heated.

Even in some offline campuses, many students are discussing this.

In the disc rental market, the number of rentals of several classic thrillers has increased significantly.

A small number of people, especially book fans who have read the novel "Infinite World", can probably guess that there may be a driving force behind it.

But they had no intention of exposing it. Instead, they participated in the discussion with great interest.

Most of the rest of the people don't have this brain at all.

When you see a hot topic, you naturally join in.

Subsequently, some behind-the-scenes footage of the filming of "Infinite World" and some promotional materials began to be released gradually.

Book fans who have been following the movie since the year before last were cheered up.

It seems that the movie is finally ready, and it’s time to start the advance promotion.

Soon, the first promotional video of the movie "Infinite World" was released on social platforms.

Daniel, who has become an office worker, is still a fan of the book "Infinite World".

Now I have been following the progress of the movie.

It's slightly different from the video that made him so excited that year.

In the new promotional video, Zheng Zha is not as powerful as he was back then when he kicked the steel pipe and killed the zombies instantly.

Instead, it was full of the embarrassment of ordinary people at the beginning.

But at the critical moment, he looked very handsome with a dazed look and unlocked genetic lock.

Even after it was released, the screaming weakling state was quite funny in comparison.

Dennis's heart was filled with nostalgia, all of which were the plots that appeared in the book.

He looked carefully at the release date, June 6th, which was next month.

Daniel thought about it, picked up the phone and called his friend.

"Oliver, do you want to go to the movies together next month?"

"I rarely see you calling me."

Oliver, who had just got off work, lay on the bed and didn't want to move.

He was surprised and asked, "What kind of movie is it that made you invite me?"

The two have had a good relationship since middle school.

But after we started working, our communication gradually became less and less.

We are not as close as before.

"Infinite Worlds" is finally going to be released.

"What? Is it true?"

"Yeah, I just watched the new promo."

Oliver immediately turned over. Ever since he watched the video and was recommended to him by Daniel, he also became fascinated by the "Infinity" series of novels.

After that, the two often discussed the plot of the book.

Oliver turned on his computer and found the promotional video the other party mentioned.

The phone was not hung up.

Whenever he saw a plot in a book, he would pause to discuss it with the other person.

There is no longer any fatigue from work, but instead I am full of passion.

Everything seemed to have returned to the past.

The fan base of "Infinite Worlds" is very large, second only to "Harry Potter" in Emily Ken.

People who like to read this series of novels are of all ages, mostly males.

Many of the book fans who were students back then have now entered society.

These people have the loudest voices on social platforms.

This led to a very heated discussion.

Combined with the topic marketing that Disney had secretly been doing before, the popularity of the event skyrocketed.

Only slightly lower than Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

There is no way, this is the final and final film of "Harry Potter", with 10 years of nostalgia added to it.

Other people's feelings are above yours.

However, Emma Watson, who has received attention because of this, is the heroine in "Infinite World".

Her fans also paid more attention to the movie.

Subsequently, a new trailer for "Infinite World" was released.

The theme of the previous trailer was the biochemical world, but this time it was changed to the alien world.

It has also attracted the attention of fans who have seen "Alien".

(End of this chapter)