Chapter 353 Shocked Hollywood and Overseas Distribution

In fact, a movie that grossed over 70 million in the first three days is definitely not enough to shock the entire Hollywood.

At most it would raise some eyebrows, after all, there are already several Hollywood movies whose box office revenue exceeded 100 million in the first three days.

But who is to blame for everyone's dislike of the movie "Twilight"?

So I had a preconceived notion that this movie would flop at the box office.

But now, the box office of "Twilight" not only did not fail, but it exploded, which created a huge sense of gap, so it shocked everyone.

Not only that, the imdb public rating later gave "Twilight" a high score of 7.6, which is not a score that a bad movie can get.

This shows that the audience who have seen this movie thinks that "Twilight" is well made.

Meanwhile, Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an 80% freshness rating at the start.

This rating website doesn’t care whether it is an art film or a popcorn movie, they value more the sense of surprise that the movie brings.

Apparently, Twilight is still quite satisfying to everyone.

Although the movie has only been online for a short time and there may be fluctuations in the future, it seems that the foundation of "Twilight" is stable enough, and even if there are fluctuations, they will not be too big.

This also makes everyone realize that the reputation of "Twilight" is actually quite good.

Others can realize it, and Anthony Edwards certainly can realize it too.

With such outstanding performance in its first week, "Twilight" will definitely continue to expand its screening scale.

Thanks to his strenuous efforts in the past two days, the number of theaters showing "Twilight" will increase to 2,800 starting next week.

There is no way. Summit Entertainment’s distribution capabilities are limited, and it can only attract so many theaters at most.

Movies produced by the seven major Hollywood studios usually open in more than 3,000 theaters.

But there is nothing to envy. As long as Summit Entertainment continues to produce high-quality movies in the future, its distribution capabilities will naturally increase slowly.

The next day, which was Monday, all movie box office sales plummeted, and Twilight was no exception.

So even though the number of theaters showing the film increased, the box office actually dropped slightly, taking in only 21 million U.S. dollars.

In the following days, the box office fell below 20 million, and it was not until the weekend that the box office returned to over 20 million US dollars.

"Twilight" grossed $86 million in its second week of release, a full seven days.

In total, "Twilight" earned $1.57 million in ten days of release.

Although the film’s box office potential has been largely consumed, there should be no problem for the total box office to exceed 200 million.

The outstanding performance of "Twilight" once again shocked many media and peers who have been paying attention to this movie.

Moreover, some of his Hollywood colleagues were not only shocked, but also deeply envious.

You have to know that "Twilight" is not a one-time deal, there are several novels to come.

It can be said that Summit Entertainment already has a hit film series on its hands at this point.

At this point, apart from the Big Seven in Hollywood, which other company could have a hit movie series?
Even New Line and Lionsgate, the strongest companies under the Big Seven in Hollywood, don't have them.

The benefits of having a hit film franchise are well known in the industry.

In the next few years, even if Summit Entertainment does not launch other projects, it will be able to make a lot of money just from the "Twilight" series.

This is a total treasure trove.

At this time, Liu Zhou, who was in the hotel room, looked at the headline of the entertainment section of the Los Angeles Times, which read:

"Winning the weekly championship for two consecutive weeks, Twilight is popular in North America"

Liu Zhou couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth slightly.

To be honest, the performance of "Twilight" was also a bit beyond Liu Zhou's expectations.

Historically, the total North American box office of "Twilight" was only 1.6 million, but now, after only ten days of release, the movie is almost reaching this result.

But it's normal to think about it. When "Twilight" was released, Summit Entertainment didn't have much budget to promote the movie.

The three shareholders of Summit Entertainment are already struggling to save themselves, so how could they have the spare energy to operate "Twilight"?
Perhaps they gritted their teeth and pushed forward to release "Twilight".

After all, the film has already been made, and this may be the last straw for them.

If the movie is a success, the music and the dance can continue; if it fails, the company will go bankrupt and liquidate, and everything will go back to the days before liberation overnight.

Later they won the bet, and the box office performance of "Twilight" was better than they expected.

So historically, "Twilight" achieved a box office revenue of 1.6 million without much publicity.

This time, Summit Entertainment has formulated a strict publicity and promotion plan for the release of "Twilight" and invested a lot of energy.

This fully unleashed the box office potential of Twilight.

It now seems that even though we are about to enter the summer season, there should be no problem for "Twilight" to break 200 million in total box office.

At this time, Kristen Stewart, who had just finished taking a shower, walked out of the bathroom with her hair loose and wearing only a white shirt.

After more than a week of promotion, the reputation and influence of "Twilight" had completely spread, and there was no need to continue promoting it, and the main creative team officially announced its disbandment.

But Christine came to Liu Zhou again, wanting Liu Zhou to teach her how to train a horse.

Liu Zhou certainly felt obliged to do this, and last night he taught her several sets of horse training techniques and postures.

Seeing her charming and seductive figure at this time, Liu Zhou's eyes suddenly brightened, and then he said to her with a smile:

"Kristen, you are going to be famous this time. You are the most popular actress in Hollywood right now." Hearing Liu Zhou's words, a smile immediately appeared on Kristen's face. In fact, she had already felt it a few days ago when she was doing publicity.

More and more media reporters are following him, and her agent is receiving more and more invitations.

However, she was not overwhelmed by this sudden popularity. She knew that if she wanted to continue to maintain this popularity, she would need to rely on the "Twilight" series before proving her box office appeal.

So maybe the feeling she had that day was unforgettable to her, and Christine went to visit Liu Zhou again for some unknown reason.

Last night, Christine once again felt that ultimate feeling of floating in the clouds and her soul leaving her body.

This feeling made her a little obsessed.

"This is only temporary. I am still far from those really popular actresses."

"It seems that you are quite sober, but there is no need to underestimate yourself. You are now a person with representative works. As long as Twilight is still being filmed, you will continue to be popular."

"I hope I can continue to be popular even after leaving Twilight."

"It all depends on your efforts."

Hearing Liu Zhou's words, Kristine slowly walked up to Liu Zhou, then sat directly in Liu Zhou's arms, put her arms around his neck, and whispered in Liu Zhou's ear:

"Didn't I try hard enough last night?"

"Don't play with fire. People are already very angry so early in the morning."

"If you are angry, then let it out."

Seeing Christine provoking him like that, Liu Zhou couldn't bear it any longer and was about to teach her a lesson, but at this moment, Liu Zhou's cell phone suddenly rang.

Liu Zhou didn't intend to pay attention to it, but when he saw the caller ID, he temporarily suppressed his anger and patted Christine's shoulder in his arms.

Kristen immediately understood what Liu Zhou meant and rolled her eyes at him. She then stood up and slowly knelt in front of Liu Zhou.

After a while, Liu Zhou felt comfortable, then leaned back on the sofa and answered the phone.

"Liu, why did it take so long to get through? Did I disturb you?"

"You really disturbed me, so, Mr. Gustave, what are you calling me about now?"

"Isn't this to discuss with you the overseas distribution of Twilight?"

"I thought you were not interested in the overseas distribution of Twilight. Greg from Warner Bros. communicated with me three days ago and wanted to help Summit Entertainment distribute the film overseas."

"Liu, you won't agree to him, right? We agreed to cooperate with each other and jointly deal with the pressure from the Hollywood Big Seven."

"Don't worry, since we have already made an agreement, I will not break my promise. I reject Greg."

"That's good. I'm very sorry this time. I was delayed because of some things in Maple Leaf Country."

"Okay, let's talk about overseas distribution."

"Liu, how about 15 percent? Generally, overseas distribution fees are 20 percent."

“Twenty percent is the standard set by the Big Seven, and the reason why the Big Seven set it so high is because they have strong overseas distribution capabilities.

I rejected Greg because I was waiting for you. You should know that if I had talked to him, Warner would have lowered the distribution fee.

Warner's overseas distribution capabilities are much stronger than Lionsgate's, and by then, Twilight will have a higher overseas box office."

What Liu Zhou said is the truth. If Liu Zhou went to Warner for cooperation, this would indeed be the case.

However, Liu Zhou had already reached a verbal agreement with Lionsgate on mutual cooperation, so it would be difficult for him to break it now.

And there is no need to tear it apart, as Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate are indeed complementary partners.

"Liu, there is no need for us to bargain anymore. Twelve percent is my bottom line."

"Okay, deal, 12 percent then. I'll have Anthony go to Lionsgate to sign the contract tomorrow."

The cost of overseas distribution is generally quite expensive, and Gustavo is able to give 12%, which is really sincere.

"Then ask him to come over tomorrow."

"By the way, I have to tell you that we will distribute Twilight in Asia ourselves."

"Sure. I've heard that your Chinese film and television company has strong distribution capabilities in Asia. I'm prepared for this."

"Ok, that's fine with me. In fact, I think Lionsgate can focus on Europe when building its overseas distribution channels, so that we can complement each other very well."

"I'll see when the time comes. By the way, can't we work together on The Hunger Games?"

"I don't really care about this specific matter. You can discuss it with Anthony tomorrow."

"Ok."

Then the two chatted briefly and hung up the phone.

Liu Zhou let out a long sigh, then couldn't help but smile when he saw Christine's head rising and falling.

Because of the popularity of "Twilight", Kristen, as the heroine, has become an idol for many young people.

But if they knew that the idol they were following was working hard, I wonder if their hearts would break into four pieces.

After a while, Liu Zhou suddenly felt his scalp tingling.

Then he stood up immediately, and held Christine's head with both hands, and quickly...

(End of this chapter)