In fact, what Charlotte and Charlize said had already been told to producer Westwood before the film was released. The two were also very troubled at the time. Although they received a lot of exposure and free publicity due to the Allen incident, they had to enter this devilish period and fight against a group of fierce blockbusters.

Although according to Charlotte's analysis, "The Deadly Bend" may indeed be a way out of the blockbuster siege by playing differentiated cards, as an insider, Westwood can see at a glance that the producers of "Wolf" are probably the same idea. And between these two movies, they can only fight each other, and the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road.

"We don't need to take the initiative to smear each other's film!"

In this regard, Mr. Producer and Charlotte's views are consistent. This is not due to psychological cleanliness, but purely because it is unnecessary. You know, although Jack Nicholson is an actress, his box office appeal is really average, after all, his honor is there.

Even if someone watches this movie for Michelle Pfeiffer, in this kind of thriller movie, the appeal of female stars is ultimately limited.

"In other words, ignoring them, their own appeal may not necessarily cause much storm. But if they fight a propaganda war with them, it may make some viewers curious. When they watch this "Wolf", it will be bad if they are instigated by them - after all, these two have good acting skills."

Based on this consideration, Westwood did not take the initiative to provoke the promotional war between "The Deadly Bend" and "Wolf", but this does not mean that he did nothing. Especially in the two days after the release of "The Deadly Bend", he took advantage of the FBI's discovery of a large number of missing persons in the Viailles Valley, and he made waves in the media - on the one hand, he promoted "The Deadly Bend" and took advantage of the popularity, while on the other hand, he suppressed the promotional layout that the crew of "The Wolf" might use to reduce the other party's chances of making a sound.

"Thanks to Judy Foster's additional investment, it would be a bit difficult to play like this. After all, the so-called reduction of the opportunity for the other party to speak out will essentially spend more money to buy the page."

The producer thought to himself that he felt a sense of accomplishment as the mastermind behind the scenes...

In this way, a new week has arrived.

"Our box office in the opening week actually reached $15 million?"

Although Charlotte was very confident when conducting analysis before, when the box office in the first week was really in front of him, he still felt like he had won the jackpot.

“The situation is more optimistic than we expected.”

Anthony Westwood smiled like a Maitreya Buddha at this time.

"Although "The Speed ​​of Life and Death" is indeed a box office bomb, the audience they target is different from us and does not have much impact on our box office. "The Lion King"—"

The producer laughed loudly,

"Disney was probably afraid of failing in animated movies a few years ago. This time, he only had two screens on the painting. He probably wanted to use a model of previewing a small number of reputations and then making profits in the long-term screening..."

At this time, Disney was not the later generations who acquired Marvel and Lucas Studios, holding two major IP systems, and could punch Paramount and Warner Bros. They are still under the control of the tyrant Michael Eisner and are undergoing transformation with difficulty.

"No matter what Disney does, they have arranged the screening of "The Lion King" like this, which really gives us a precious time difference."

Charlotte was also very happy to face the news.

In fact, unlike feature films that can be screened for a long time, the box office potential of horror movies is often quickly exhausted within more than a month after the painting is started. After all, the selling point of horror movies is scary. After a long time of release, many interesting points will become no longer new due to private communication between audiences, and will naturally lose their attractiveness.

Few horror movies can escape this rule, and Charlotte doesn't think "The Deadly Behind" is an exception. The plan he discussed with Westwood before was to fight slow, and use the gap between the two weeks before the release of "Forrest Gump" to try to achieve higher box office. During this period, their main opponents were "Speed ​​of Life and Death", "Wolf" and "The Lion King".

Although according to previous analysis, "The Speed ​​of Life and Death" and "The Lion King" should not have a big impact on the box office of "The Deadly Behind", this is only relatively speaking. Now, "The Lion King" wants to go through the long-term screening mode because of lack of confidence and wants to take the long-term screening mode and actively retreat, which is naturally a good thing.

Charlotte knew the horror of "The Lion King". The box office accumulated in the later stages of this animated film was quite high, and it would not be the birth of "The Lion King 2" and "The Lion King 3" - after all, investors are very clear about their minds. If a movie that is not profitable and wants to make sequels, how can it be?

However, no matter how much money is made in the "Lion King" series, it has nothing to do with Charlotte. "The Deadly Behind" follows a typical horror film release mode that harvests box office. Waiting for "The Lion King" to accumulate enough reputation and start to make efforts, they have long put all the money they should make into their pockets.

"It's the movie "Wolf" that is really our rival!"

The only time he was laughing at Disney's courageless producer sighed,

"Although there are no small tricks you prepared by Charlotte, judging from the feedback on the day of the painting, the reputation of "Wolf" should be no less than that of us, and their screens also had more than 2,000... If we hadn't been on the publicity before and borrowed the power of that guy Alan, the box office in a single day might have been surpassed by them."

"You don't actually have to compete with them."

Charlotte's mentality is quite open-minded at this time.

"Think about it, how much does "The Deadly Bend" cost, and how much does "Wolf" have? Just the pay for Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer is enough for them!"

"indeed."

Thinking of this, Westwood's mentality became much more balanced.

Because there is not a single famous actor in the cast, the shooting cost of this version of "The Deadly Bend" is much lower than that of "The Deadly Bend" in real history. It only takes a few million yuan to calculate it. According to 1/3 of the North American box office, the film company's profit is calculated. Just the box office opened in the first week is enough for the crew to recover the shooting cost.

Even if the various production and promotional costs were added in the later stages, the total cost of "The Deadly Behind" was only over 10 million US dollars. This cost, according to the current box office trend, should be recovered in at most two weeks.

The one behind is net profit.

And this has not counted other income such as videotapes in the later stages.

Westwood suddenly felt that perhaps the "Deadly Behind" that almost couldn't be started a few days ago because of the director's disappearance a few days ago is the most profitable movie he has ever made in his life.

"Charlotte, let's hold a celebration banquet!"

"good."

Charlotte nodded,

"I happened to have a script, and I would like to ask a few investors, including Judy Foster, to read it."
Chapter completed!