Chapter 118 - Dumbfounded

The Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which rushed over with turbulent power and arrogance, was smashed by fans' bad reviews, and even the director himself did not expect to be so "punished."

It's not without praise. At least Cooper praised the film for the little thought in his heart. It is said that it tells a deep story with pictures full of southern style. A film that combines elements of homosexuality, crime, thriller, suspense, etc., presents the complexity and human nature of love-hate entanglement.

It is also said that the director Eastwood is indeed the best director who has won the Oscar. The depth of the film is not comparable to a small director who has made two low-cost horror films.

I believe no one will fail to tell who the little director he implicitly implies is.

Laila put down the New York Post, lightly tapping the steering wheel with her fingers in thought.

According to her original idea, she would not care about awards before she is 30 years old, just bury her head and make money first. Wait for the wallet to bulge up before making some award-winning movies to hit Hollywood's awards season.

Because she knows very well that her age is destined not to get any awards like best director, it has nothing to do with the movies she made, and the old thinking of the judges entirely causes it. There are thousands of Oscar reviewers, the average age is over 60 years old, and only 14% are younger than 50 years. You can imagine what these people think of young people.

But seeing Cooper blindly flattering Eastwood from the awards and belittling himself to be worthless, Laila was really upset.

After thinking about it for a while, she felt that she might be a horny horn. Why did she focus on the best director in the first place? Without the benefits of rebirth, even if she daydreamed in her previous life, she would not dare to dream that she would get the best director's figurine on the Oscar.

The reason why she dared to repay that prize at the age of nineteen with the confidence that she must win is that she relied on being a reborn person?

In her previous life, she endured so long and struggled so long to make a movie. To get the sponsorship, she used cannibalization to achieve her goal bit by bit. Although the ending was very chilling, she managed to do it, after all, didn't she?

Then why can't she do it again in this life? It's no longer as simple as making a movie, but the idea of winning the crown of the world's first director!

In this life, she has too many advantages over her previous life, and there is nothing wrong with raising her ideal height. Since Cooper can use the award to stimulate her, let her use the trophy to smash him in the face!

Laila threw the newspaper aside in a ball, two ice-blue eyes flashing with inexplicable light. Let him jump for a while, and it is better to slap him in the face with actual results no matter how much you say to such a person.

Smiling silently, she started the car and set off again to complete her journey.

While she was enjoying her happy time, saw's box office results for the second week came out, winning the weekly champion of the North American weekly box office rankings for $30.54 million.

This is an amazing result. You must know that this is already the second week, and there is also a (pseudo) strong enemy, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, grabbing the box office. It can be said that this result has shocked countless people's jaws. Even some film critics who are not optimistic about "saw" shut their mouths honestly.

Although compared to the $20 million in the first two days of the show, the $30 million box office has plunged a bit. But that is not entirely a problem of "saw" quality, but "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" still has some harmful effects.

The best directors and actors at the Oscar level and the best-selling films adapted from novels for five consecutive years. These alone are enough to make many fans interested in watching it. Even the theater owners are very optimistic about it.

For them, "saw" is just a small-cost horror film, which a 19-year-old girl filmed. Perhaps "The Blaire Witch" did cause a wave of movie watching and won more than $300 million box office worldwide with a dark horse, but no one can guarantee that the first one will be successful and the second one will also be successful.

Therefore, many of the theater owners who think they are very smart to have chosen to reduce the number of "saw" screens in the second week and transfer them to "Midnight in the Good and Evil Garden." Some simply signed up for a week and planned to keep all the screens to the very popular midnight.

As a result, there were more than 1,800 "saw" showing at the beginning of the show, which was reduced to more than 1,300 in the second week but still won an excellent result of more than $30 million US dollars.

The theater owners who had only signed for a week were also surprised when they saw the results of the first four days. Some people inevitably regret it, but they still pin their last hope on midnight, hoping that it can inherit the impact of "saw." Land earns a sum of money for them.

And the "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" premiere did win a good 7 million. Although not as fierce as saw, it is quite a brilliant result in this off-season. But no one thought that the second box office directly dived 50% and only won more than 3.5 million, accompanied by negative reviews from the audience and fans.

The theater owners were dumbfounded. What about the best Oscar-level movies? Why did it crash the next day?

This was only the second day, and on the third day, there was only a poor $1 million. It can be predicted that this movie can only use CD to earn back the cost in the future, and the box office won is not enough for the actors and directors.

The bosses on the lower theater line vomited blood and scolded "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" for cheating. They had known this pitfall a long time ago. Even if they asked grandpa to tell grandma, they would have to sign "saw" for a few more weeks and add a few more screens! But their minds didn't know if the door squeezed them, so they just changed the screen that was supposed to be reserved for "saw" to "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."

Seeing that there are only three or two kittens in my theater, and half of them are dozing off and then watching the theater on the opposite side of the theater full of "saw," the owners of some theaters want to cry.

It's a pity that even if they want to go back, they are subject to the contract they have signed, and they have to drink the bitter wine they brewed with their eyes closed.

Knowing these things, Phoenix Company sneered for a long time to their misfortune. Who told you not to sign us?

In just a few days, Louise received many calls from theaters, hoping to sign the screening rights of saw again. Of course, she is delighted to accept this. Business is business. Even if the other party had rejected them initially, she would not refuse them to cooperate again.

When you can make money, you will make it hard. No one will have enmity with money.

But Louise was not so simple to agree. Taking the opportunity, she not only negotiated a good price but also talked about the screening of Laila's third film, "Final Destination" by the way. It's a pity that there is another "Alien 4" coming out soon. This destined big-selling movie makes theater owners more cautious when negotiating with Phoenix. Otherwise, Louise can win more screens.