Chapter 300: 25.5 Million in the First Weekend

Although Zhou Yan did not attend the premiere of "The Sixth Sense", the scene was still very lively. Columbia did not miss the heat of Zhou Yan winning the Oscar for Best Original Score and has been promoting it in recent days.

In addition, there were many guests at the ceremony. The creators of "Sense and Sensibility" had attended the Oscars two days ago and went to the premiere of "The Sixth Sense".

After all, both movies were produced by Columbia, so An Li and others naturally had to give face.

Interestingly, Backstreet Boys and Mariah Carey also came to the scene, but they did not perform on the scene, just went to watch the ceremony.

In addition, many music media reporters also came to the premiere ceremony.

Now the European and American music industry is very concerned about Zhou Yan. After all, the soundtrack of "The Sixth Sense" was also composed by Zhou Yan, so reporters all wanted to come and see it.

Although "The Sixth Sense" had already been released before, everyone was still curious whether the music of the remake was different from the original.

After the premiere, many media gave very positive comments.

However, before the reviews of the film critics and journalists were published, the film was released in North America two days later.

…

"Bob, are you going to the movies today?"

After school, Dwight invited his good brother.

"Are there any new movies released?" Bob asked.

"The Sixth Sense, released today."

"The Sixth Sense?" Bob frowned and thought for a while, "Who is the lead actor?"

Dwight shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know."

"What kind of movie is it?" Bob asked again.

"It seems to be... a thriller?" Dwight was not sure either.

Seeing that he knew nothing about the movie, Bob curled his lips, "You don't know anything, why do you want to watch it? I don't want to waste time on rubbish movies."

"I've been hearing people talking about this movie recently, maybe it's good? I heard that the director made "Scent of a Woman" and the soundtrack of the movie was composed by the same person as "Sense and Sensibility", and he just won the Oscar for Best Original Score."

Bob looked at Dwight in surprise, "You actually pay attention to the soundtrack of a movie?"

"Because I keep seeing it on the news recently, I know about it. Let's go and see it. It's too boring for me to watch movies alone."

"Okay." Dwight nodded, and then said, "But I remind you, this movie It is very likely not good, otherwise, why promote the soundtrack? Have you seen a movie that mainly promotes the soundtrack? "

"Sense and Sensibility, I often saw news about the soundtrack of Sense and Sensibility before."

"Well, I just said it is very likely not good, not for sure."

"Let's go."

...

After going to the cinema, Bob was surprised, "So many people watched this movie?"

"I said it was very popular, right?"

"Are you sure it's a thriller?"

"Yes, look at the rating of this movie, pg-13, doesn't it explain the problem?"

The attendance rate of the show they watched was very high. When the two entered the theater, it was basically full.

Before the movie started, Bob heard a couple chatting in the back.

"I heard the original version was pretty good, I wonder how it's going to turn out after the remake."

"Yeah, it's a pity I didn't know about this movie at the time, otherwise I would definitely come to the cinema to watch it."

"I heard the box office was good, more than 10 million US dollars."

"More than 10 million US dollars, is that good?"

"That's a Chinese movie, I heard the cost was only 2 million US dollars."

"Oh, that's true."

...

Hearing the two people's discussion, Bob turned around and asked Dwight, "Is this movie a remake?"

Dwight shook his head, "I don't know."

"You don't know anything." Bob rolled his eyes, "I heard from the people behind that it's a remake of a Chinese movie."

"Who cares, it doesn't affect our watching the movie."

When Bob wanted to ask something, the movie had already started.

The first shot of the movie was no different from the original, with the heroine walking down the cellar.

When Dwight saw the heroine Catherine appear, his eyes lit up. Apart from anything else, this heroine is pretty.

And the beginning of the movie is not bad either. Although it doesn't explain anything, it can attract people to continue watching.

The movie exudes a sense of tension from the beginning, as if something unexpected might happen at any time.

It turns out that this atmosphere is not laid out casually, and soon, an unexpected situation occurs.

A naked man breaks into the home of the male and female protagonists. This man is very emotionally unstable and keeps accusing the male protagonist. From their conversation, it can be heard that this man was once the male protagonist's patient, but the male protagonist did not believe him at that time.

Finally, with a gunshot, the male protagonist was shot and fell to the ground.

When Bob saw the male protagonist was shot and fell to the ground, he was a little surprised, thinking that he had guessed the protagonist wrong?

But this man is Kevin Costner. Is Kevin Costner just a small role with few scenes in this movie? Is this possible?

Soon, Bob's doubts were dispelled.

The male protagonist did not die.

The time came to the autumn of the second day, and the male protagonist seemed to have found another patient with the same symptoms as the man who shot him last year.

…

After the appearance of the little boy, Bob's full attention was on the movie, and he had no time to think about other things.

The rhythm of "The Sixth Sense" is very good, and almost every plot has something to attract the audience to continue watching.

There are some horror elements in the movie, mainly due to the little boy's ability to see the dead.

However, Bob believes that this movie is not scary at all, but very warm, and there is no need to rank the movie at pg13.

This is an unconventional redemption story, with two male protagonists redeeming each other.

The male protagonist, Malcon, is full of guilt because of the patient last year, and wants to solve the knot by solving the little boy Cole who has the same symptoms.

And Cole fell into serious psychological problems because of his special ability, and he thought that no one could help him solve it.

But in the end, with Malcon's constant persistence, Cole gradually got rid of his inner demons, accepted his abilities, and tried to use his special abilities to help others.

At this moment, the movie is very warm, especially when the little boy was in the car to resolve the misunderstanding between his mother and his deceased mother, Bob's eyes were red.

He suddenly remembered his grandmother, who passed away when he was twelve years old.

His grandmother passed away so suddenly that neither he nor his mother saw her for the last time.

If he had such ability, would he be able to see his grandmother?

After watching this scene, Bob took a breath and tried his best to prevent the tears from flowing down his eyes.

He gently applauded the movie. Dwight's choice was not wrong. This was indeed a very good movie. If the full score was ten, he would give it eight points.

However, just when he thought he had understood the movie, the ending was a shocking reversal.

The male protagonist was actually dead.

"What's going on?"

Bob heard someone exclaim behind him, and this exclamation also shouted out the doubts in his heart.

How could the male protagonist have died? Obviously so many people have seen it...

No, Bob suddenly remembered that from beginning to end, except Cole, no one had ever spoken to Malcom, including Malcom's wife, who never responded to him.

In other words, he had actually died in the accident last year, and now only Cole, who can see the dead, can see him.

No wonder!

No wonder Cole had that reaction when he saw Malcom at the beginning.

When he saw that scene at that time, Bob felt a little strange. Even if Cole didn't want to see a doctor, he shouldn't have that expression. Now it seems that Cole knew that Malcom was a dead ghost, so he was afraid.

Bob felt that he was suddenly poured with a basin of cold water, which made his head cold, but the rest of his body was very hot.

He regretted that he didn't pay attention to the details in the movie when he watched the movie before, so that he found it a little vague when he recalled it now. During the whole viewing process, his thoughts were completely led by the plot of the movie, and he had no time to think about other things.

Now that he knows the ending, if he looks back, he will definitely notice some clues.

When the closing music sounded, the audience in the theater talked a lot, and everyone was shocked by the ending.

After a long time, the audience got up and left.

Bob didn't move, and Dwight next to him pushed him, "Bob, let's go."

"Oh, okay." Bob nodded, stood up and followed Dwight out of the cinema.

On the way out of the cinema, you can still hear everyone discussing the details of the movie.

"I remember Malcom and his wife had dinner together in the restaurant? It was their wedding anniversary. Is this a loophole?"

"You remembered it wrongly. Malcom and his wife didn't have dinner in the restaurant at all. As soon as Malcom arrived, his wife paid the bill and left."

"I remember his wife talked to him."

"His wife didn't talk to him. She talked to the table at that time."

"But I..."

"This is the brilliance of the screenwriter and director. They made you make some wrong associations."

"Yes, that's right. When Malcom and Cole met at Cole's house, although Malcom and Cole's mother sat face to face, they didn't talk, and the mother didn't introduce Malcom."

"Wow, Cole is so cute."

"There are many details in this movie. Did you notice the thermometer outside when Cole went to the bathroom? The temperature will drop where the dead appear."

"Cole's acting is really good. He is still so young."

...

Bob listened carefully to some discussions and heard some details that he hadn't noticed before.

The more he listened to other people's discussions, the better he thought the movie was.

He admitted that he had given the score too hastily before. Now if he were asked to rate the movie again, he would give it 9.5 out of 10.

There are very few movies that can make Bob want to watch it a second time immediately after watching it for the first time. "The Sixth Sense" did it.

And listening to other people's discussions, he is not the only one who has this idea. Many people want to watch this movie again.

Seeing Bob stunned, Dwight smiled proudly and said, "How about it, this movie is good."

Bob nodded, "It's a very good movie. This should be the best movie I have seen in the past two years."

"Is it better than "Sense and Sensibility"? Or how about "Brave Heart"?

Bob shook his head, "They are not the same type of movies, and I won't compare them together. Just like novels, some novels you know are good, but you need to spend time reading them slowly, and you can't be impatient, or even have to Push yourself to read it, but there are some novels that you can read in one sitting without any effort.”

“How was the soundtrack of the movie?”

"It's good, but I'm not a professional. I just think the soundtrack is quite suitable and I don't have any special impression. This is different from "Sense and Sensibility". A lot of the music in "Sense and Sensibility" was picked up while watching the movie. I want to know what they are. Just like wearing clothes, the clothes in "The Sixth Sense" are very suitable for the scene. Wear suits for formal occasions, wear sportswear for outdoor sports, and wear pajamas before going to bed."

"What about Sense and Sensibility?"

"The soundtrack in "Sense and Sensibility" is like a big show. The clothes not only suit the model's temperament, but are eye-catching and can be remembered at a glance."

Dwight smiled and said, "You also said that you are unprofessional. Isn't this a very good metaphor?"

…

The day after "The Sixth Sense" was released, reviews of the movie appeared on a large scale, and most of the critics were full of praise for the movie.

However, some film critics criticized the remake of "The Sixth Sense" for being too similar to the original "The Sixth Sense", with the plot of the story basically unchanged and lacking in new ideas.

Colombia doesn't care at all about such movie reviews. Anyway, the box office of the original version was only more than 10 million US dollars, and most people have never seen it.

At that time, they took a fancy to the story and never thought of making major changes.

Moreover, although the storyline of the movie is similar and the structure has not changed, in fact many details have been changed, and relatively large-scale changes have been made to the settings of some characters and the historical background.

For example, in the original version of "The Sixth Sense", there was no Christian content, let alone plots related to American history, but this version adds them.

In addition, the overall style is also very different. Zhou Yan’s version is relatively subtle.

In addition, when Zhou Yan was composing the soundtrack for the remake, he also acted more directly and focused more on the horror elements of the film.

Therefore, this remake must be more suitable for European and American audiences from the inside out.

Facts have proved that the audience really bought into it.

The first weekend box office of "The Sixth Sense" came out quickly. It was a figure that was not an exaggeration, but was enough to surprise everyone - 25.5 million US dollars.

You have to say that this first weekend has a high box office, but there are also many movies that have a box office of US$40 to 50 million in their first weekend.

But you have to say that the box office of this opening weekend is not high. So far this year, there has not been a movie with a box office of more than 20 million US dollars in its opening weekend.

"The Birdcage", which was released in early March, did well, but its first weekend box office was only US$18 million.

In this kind of schedule, it is another movie with a budget of only more than 20 million US dollars. It took in 25 million US dollars in the first weekend. It is definitely a big dark horse.

The key is that the potential of this movie has not yet been tapped. Now all walks of life have good reviews of the movie, which means that the box office will be very strong in the future.

…

On April 12, before Zhou Yan went to Neon with Li Yiding and the others, news came out that the North American box office of "The Sixth Sense" had exceeded US$60 million.

Bregman called Zhou Yan excitedly.

"Y, I'm afraid you have to come to the United States in a while. The North American box office of "The Sixth Sense" has already exceeded 60 million U.S. dollars, and there will be no problem if the final box office exceeds 100 million U.S. dollars."

Although the sound on the phone was severely distorted, Zhou Yan still heard the excitement in Bregman's tone.

For a movie with a budget of more than 21 million U.S. dollars, it only took 10 days to earn 60 million U.S. dollars at the box office. Anyone would be excited.

"The Sixth Sense" is no longer aiming to hit US$100 million at the box office. Columbia's current goal is to hit US$200 million at the North American box office.

This is still a place in North America, and there will be other countries and regions later, and I don’t know what its global box office will be like.

But now it seems that the return rate of more than ten times is certain, and the global box office will definitely exceed 200 million US dollars.

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "I will get there."

"The Sixth Sense" did not disappoint him. This movie can bring Zhou at least 10 million U.S. dollars in box office share, and this is just a guarantee. The final revenue may be far more than 10 million U.S. dollars.

Now it seems that he can find land in advance and build a modern studio building.

"I will inform you after we confirm the celebration banquet."

"no problem."

…

After hanging up Bregman's phone, Zhou Yan simply packed up and rushed to the airport.

There were a lot of people going to Neon this time. In addition to the Broadcasting Arts Orchestra and Chorus, there were about seventy or eighty people going, plus some people from the production center.

Because there were so many people, we were divided into two groups.

Zhou Yan did not go with them, because he wanted to bring Qingyinfang with him, and there were many people there, so he went over late.

There are six concerts with the theme of "Three Kingdoms" in total, two of which are in Tokyo.

Zhang Youan also contacted Qingyinfang for five announcements, two of which were music program recordings, one TV program interview, and two campus concerts, held at Dongda University and Dongyi University respectively.

Of course, this is not fixed. If the concerts at Tokyo University and Tokyo University of the Arts are good, Qingyinfang will perform more concerts in Japan. This kind of campus concert is relatively simple to organize.

It is impossible to make money from such campus concerts. The purpose is to make Qingyinfang known to the public as soon as possible.

Students have the strongest information penetration, so by targeting schools, there is hope to quickly open up the Japanese market. (End of this chapter)