Two Hundred and Thirty - Exceeded 200 Million, Logged in Overseas

Wayne is not in a hurry to negotiate actor contracts, nor is he in a hurry to communicate with his favorite actors, which is part of this purpose.

As the box office of "The Return of the Clown" is getting higher and higher, those actors are bound to become more communicative, which can help to lower their salaries, leaving more production funds to invest in film production. .

After waving his hand and letting the two girls continue eating breakfast, he got up and took Nina out of the restaurant. He sat on the sofa next to the phone in the living room and dialed the number of producer Tim Burton.

The bell rang twice, and the other party quickly picked up the phone, and Tim Burton's voice came from the phone.

"Hello! Wayne, I knew you wouldn't be able to help but call back. Don't worry, I will try to keep their pay as low as possible. Believe me, the box office results of "The Return of the Clown" have made many people give up their damn persistence! "

The voice came out through the microphone, and you could easily tell the excitement in the producer's tone.

"I'm not worried about Michael Caine, but Liam Neeson just got an Oscar nomination, so it might not be easy to talk about. I heard he wants to talk to me?"

"Yes, his agent didn't act too impatient. It seems that this Oscar winner candidate should have no shortage of audition invitations."

Wayne thought for a while and said, "Okay, I will make an appointment in the near future and I will go to the studio to talk to him. By the way, what does Gary Oldman say? Still unwilling to sign a long-term contract?"

As for the candidate to play Officer Jim Gordon, he is actually not that strict. If Gary Oldman is really unwilling to sign a long-term contract, he will be ready to replace him directly.

In his plan, the character of Jim Gordon will be played in at least two to three films. The middle timeline should be relatively long, which may take several years. In order to avoid accidents of changing actors midway, actors must be required Sign a long-term contract.

"He's already done it." Tim Burton's proud voice continued. "Gary Oldman's agent was unwilling to sign a long-term contract because it would tie up his client for several years. However, he convinced his agent that the result would be within two days.

The conditions I set out were that a contract for at least five films must be signed, and the remuneration can increase with the films. This can effectively limit the actors' appetite for sequels. By the way, there is also news about the Samuel Jackson you asked me to find. You can meet him sometime. "

Wayne laughed when he heard the name, "Mom" provoked "Fuck" Xia, and what he didn't expect was yet to come.

Tim Burton paused for a moment on the microphone, probably looking for the actor's resume. After a while, his voice rang again. "This Samuel L. Jackson has just participated in Quentin Tarantino's new film "Pulp Fiction." This film should premiere in early October. There was also a film "Jungle Fever" before it, which won the top prize at Cannes. He was the first black person to win the award for Best Supporting Actor."

Upon hearing about "Pulp Fiction", Wayne said directly: "I will go to the premiere of that film. There is no need to make an appointment with Samuel Jackson. I will talk to him then. And about the Scarecrow. Actor, if you have anyone to recommend, you can make an appointment and I’ll meet you later.”

"Okay, we've all been contacted, I'll let you know."

"no problem!"

After speaking, Wayne hung up the phone and tapped his fingers on the armrest of the sofa, thinking about these supporting characters.

Scarecrow, when he mentioned this, he thought of Tom Shelby in "Peaky Blinders". Especially the ironic sentence "The fog in London is the smoke exhaled by the Razorbacks, and the Shelby family has whiskey flowing in their bodies!"

It's a pity that the current Cillian Murphy should still be in Cork, Ireland. His age is not qualified. Otherwise, Wayne might actually send people to Ireland to find him for bad fun.

As another weekend begins, there is no hint of fierce competition in the theater market.

Although countless media and film critics have collectively applauded "The Shawshank Redemption" and the film has maintained extremely high professional ratings, in the theater market, "The Return of the Clown" still dominates.

Facing "The Return of the Clown" in its third week of release, "The Shawshank Redemption" did not show any rebound trend. Instead, the box office continued to decline, and was replaced by "Forrest Gump" which had been released for several months. surpassed it at the box office in a single day.

The starring cast of this film itself is unattractive. Morgan Freeman is also busy being questioned for assaulting a young girl, which makes fans less interested in choosing this prison-themed film.

Some media specifically interviewed moviegoers and asked them what they thought of "The Shawshank Redemption" after watching it. However, fans were very lackluster, although most of them gave positive reviews.

"The film is great and the plot is very touching. However, this subject matter is too depressing and not suitable for watching with friends on the weekend."

Such an answer was not mentioned by one or two viewers. This also let the distributor Columbia know that their film has basically lost hope in the theater market if it wants to turn around.

On Friday, whether it was in terms of attendance or number of moviegoers, "The Return of the Clown", which had been in theaters for three weeks, was far ahead. On Saturday morning, the box office figures that Wayne saw in the newspaper completely put him down. Heart.

Compared with Thursday, the 3-room market experienced a strong rebound. Although it did not exceed 10 million US dollars, "The Return of the Clown" closed with an unrivaled advantage on the same day, occupying the dominant position this weekend.

In second place is "Forrest Gump," which has been in theaters for a few months. This film has already earned 200 million copies, and it once again earned 3 million dollars that day, nearly exceeding 300 million US dollars.

This was followed by $2 million for "The Shawshank Redemption," $1.7 million for "The Lion King," and $1.2 million for "The Gunslinger."

The films released in the past few weeks have also troubled various forecasting companies in North America. The strong trend of "The Return of the Clown" that does not follow market rules has caused them to raise the predicted box office endpoint time and time again.

"The Shawshank Redemption" is another situation. It became a hit as soon as it was released, but it has terrible professional ratings and reputation, which makes them dare not draw conclusions easily. However, the total box office is only over 10 million, making Issuing companies have lost confidence and have cut their subsequent investment in publicity and distribution in order to stop losses as soon as possible.

This is an unusual September schedule. No one expected that a pure horror film would dominate the theater market, but you have to admit its greatness.

On Saturday, "Return of the Clown", as the leader, once again scored 133, which surpassed all the films currently in theaters and once again won the box office championship of the day.

After the box office results came out on this day, all the distribution companies vaguely understood one thing. The film critics association and the media, the so-called professional reputation of the film, actually have a very limited impact on movie fans.

These are all good movies in the eyes of film critics, and the people they can influence through their viewing guidance and recommendations are all older movie fans.

However, young people, the main contributors to the box office, have their own ideas and are not affected by professional authorities. If you want them to go into theaters and support the film, professional reputation is not as useful as media hype.

This is actually a trend. From the next few years, film critics will have less and less influence on summer movies. This box office carnival movie mainly composed of young people basically ignores the opinions of professional reputation.

If more than ten years pass, film critics will have little impact not to mention the summer season, even the Christmas season, and their role will gradually be limited to the awards season. This is a general trend that no one can change.

After the third weekend, "The Return of the Clown" followed Friday's weekend score of 1.33 and also received $7.24 million at the box office, achieving its third consecutive win in the North American theater market.

In the three weekends since the film was released, it has grossed a total of US$227.88 million at the box office. It exceeded US$200 million without any suspense. Now everyone is looking forward to whether there will be a horror film with a North American box office exceeding US$300 million.

Also this weekend, "The Return of the Clown" began its overseas screening tour, premiering in more than 40 countries and regions around the world, led by the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and other countries and regions.

The publicity team composed of the main actors of the film crew also started a European promotional tour from the UK as usual. After the film was screened for three days on the first weekend, these young actors and Li Guohao also received countless cheers wherever they went.

Although the response of this horror film overseas was not as enthusiastic as that in North America, it also triggered a movie-watching trend. Young people from different countries bought tickets and went to the theater.

Even many well-known European film critics have published articles discussing the social issues in it, which has also allowed this pure horror film to top the weekend box office in the regions where it was screened.

Three days after the film was released, it collected US$12.07 million in the British Isles, US$7.2 million in Germany, US$4.3 million in Brazil, New Zealand, Australia,...

According to rough statistics from the overseas distribution department of Warner Bros., the box office revenue of "The Return of the Clown" in its first three days was more than 77 million U.S. dollars.

No one would be stupid enough to compare this film with Wayne Greenberg's previous film. As a genre film alone, the achievements it has created are brilliant enough.

Media in various regions also have different attitudes towards the film. The strong intrusion of Hollywood films has also made local media nervous.

"Wayne Greenberg excessively abuses bloody scenes and plays too much with the weaknesses of human nature. He is trying to use dark stunts to win more eyeballs!" --- Spanish "AS"

"Hollywood is crazy. It would include so many restricted scenes in a movie starring children. They are desperate for business." - French "Le Figaro"

The film has only been released overseas for three days and has caused controversy in various regions.