Chapter 1167

It was evening in Europe when Simon was in Greenwich to greet the eleventh child of the Westeros.

Venice, Italy.

The 54th Venice Film Festival in 1997 is drawing to a close.

Just like the 50th Cannes Film Festival, which produced films such as "the six heroes of the pig" and "the soul shifting girl" in May, the Venice Film Festival also has a lot of topics.

The reason starts with Cannes in May.

Under the strong public relations of danielis entertainment, the 50th Cannes British film "the six heroes of the pig" won the golden palm. Relying on the aura of this award, coupled with the social hot debate caused by the film itself, the box office has been booming since it opened in Britain on August 8, becoming the biggest box office black horse in Britain in 1997.

Just in the past box office week ending September 11, the cumulative box office of "six heroes of pigs" in the UK has reached 50.41 million pounds, equivalent to about 77 million US dollars, which has set the box office record of 15 + rated films in the UK.

The production cost of "six heroes of the pig" is only 2 million pounds.

Considering that the box office volume of the film in the latest week still reaches 4.62 million pounds, and there will be at least 10 million pounds in the future, it is estimated that the total box office volume in the UK will exceed 60 million pounds, which will be close to 100 million US dollars.

Influenced by the aura of golden palm and the phenomenal sales in the UK, "the six heroes of the light pig" has reached the highest expectations in many countries and regions around the world. In North America, it's September 12 that the painting starts today, with 1435 screens. It's just the feedback from some cinemas in the daytime on the first day that the film's sales at least 50 million can be expected in North America. Moreover, in the eyes of many film critics, the film is basically locked in an Oscar nomination for best picture in 1998.

According to feedback from the UK and North America, this low-cost feature film with an investment of only 2 million pounds worldwide is expected to reach 300 million US dollars at the global box office.

The cost return ratio of box office is close to 100 times.

No one will deny that the beginning of all this is a golden palm in Cannes.

Golden Palm's award aura has at least saved tens of millions of pounds of advertising expenses for the publicity of "six heroes of the pig" in Britain, making the film's reputation reach its peak without fermentation.

The same is true.

In Simon's memory, the British box office of "six heroes of the pig" was about 52 million pounds. This time, it is estimated that it will be 10 million pounds more than in the original time and space. This is the gain brought by the golden palm.

Moreover, the value of palms of gold is more outside the UK.

After all, it's a very regional film, such as the rotten boy gang film in the United States, the art film in France and so on.

Without the aura of Palme d'Or, even overseas, the phenomenal box office in the UK will also sell well, which will eventually be greatly limited. With the phenomenal box office in the UK and the Golden Palm aura which has strong recognition worldwide, compared with the global 257 million data in history, the global box office volume of "six heroes of the pig" this time, the estimate of $300 million level is still conservative.

On the other hand, this year's Cannes Film Festival not only created "six heroes of the light pig", Cannes premiered "Crouching Tiger, hidden dragon", but also created an overseas box office record for Chinese films.

There is also "soul shifting girl", which won the best actress of MIA koshner and Angelina Jolie in Cannes. It was released in North America on August 22. As of the past three weeks, the cumulative box office has reached US $34.16 million. It is estimated that the box office in North America is about us $50 million, and the global box office can reach US $100 million at least.

The production cost of the film is 20 million US dollars. Only in North America, it has already started to make profits. The overseas distribution in succession will also bring more generous returns.

It can be said that once in Cannes, the total cost of the three films "six heroes of the light pig", "Crouching Tiger, hidden dragon" and "soul shifting girl" is 40 million US dollars, which is expected to bring danilisi entertainment 600 million box office in the world, equivalent to the size of a "tornado" super blockbuster.

So, what about Venice this time?

You know, the upcoming 54th Venice Film Festival, danielis Entertainment's film lineup and Cannes are almost the same.

There are two short listed films in the main competition, one is Giuseppe tonadore's new work "pianist on the sea", and the other is Roberto benini's "beautiful life", which is similar to the Cannes Film Festival's "six heroes of the pig" and "soul moving girl".

Moreover, both films have won wide acclaim after their premiere in the film festival. The premiere of "beautiful life" not only won the audience's standing ovation for a long time, but also made many people cry for this touching story.

Then, similar to crouching tiger, hidden dragon, the long delayed $200 million blockbuster "Titanic" of danielis entertainment chose to make its global premiere at this Venice Film Festival.

It's today.

Whether it's film and television related media, fans who pay more attention to the dynamic of the industry, or even the Organizing Committee of Venice Film Festival, the perception of danelis entertainment is very complex.On the one hand, if danielis entertainment can copy the success of the previous three Cannes films, it can highlight the value of the festival to a great extent.

On the other hand, if daenerys entertainment is a great success again, it will inevitably give people a feeling that daenerys entertainment is the only one in the major film festivals. Then, do other people still play? In such a huge film festival market, even if danielis entertainment is large enough, this one alone will not be able to sustain.

The world premiere of Titanic begins at 5 p.m. local time in Venice.

First of all, the red carpet ceremony.

Under the strong appeal of danielis entertainment, the jury and people headed by Jane Campion of the film festival attended by famous film makers from all continents of Venice, as well as film critics and media reporters from all over the world. Because of the commercial location of Titanic,

also invited a large number of lucky fans to watch the movie together. The official also sent questionnaires to the fans who got the viewing opportunity in advance, so as to make possible final adjustments to the film according to the public screening.

The red carpet ceremony lasted an hour.

Near six o'clock, James Cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio and Rachel Vichy appeared on the red carpet, announcing the climax of the red carpet ceremony.

Unlike Li Zi and Rachel, who are relatively relaxed, James Cameron, who has been suffering for more than a year, is now basically in a broken mood.

In any case, it's a relief.

With the leading actor and heroine all the way through the red carpet, he politely interacted with the fans and took photos cooperatively. Cameron did not hear the hoarse questions from the reporters in the media area. After all, from last year when the project got out of control, even with Denise Entertainment's control, he saw too many negative comments on the project in the media.

What's the point now? It works?

Not at all.

Love how how kind of, it's too much to be a director.

Entering the Movie Palace, the broadcast will begin soon.

In addition to the attitude is not clear, I do not know whether it is sitting in Diaoyutai or the same broken pot of their own boss, danielis entertainment up and down no one is optimistic about the film, however, publicity, there is still no slack, because Simon set the rules is like this, you can have problems with ability, but not attitude.

As a result, mark Belford, vice president of global operations of danielis entertainment, personally came to arrange and host the premiere.

Mark Belford attracted Simon's attention with the publicity of scream. He has been responsible for the construction of the global production and distribution network outside of North America for many years. He has also extended his business to games, music and other business fields. He has made outstanding contributions and belongs to the inside story of danilisi entertainment, second only to Simon himself, Amy Pascal and Nancy ·No. 5 executive under Brill and Robert egger.

Mark Belford was personally in charge of the premiere of Titanic, and it can be seen that daenerys did not give up the project.

Actually, it's easy to understand.

Who dares to give up the record breaking super heavy bomb costing 200 million?

However, it is only in one's heart that one knows whether or not to listen to the destiny.

At least some media have judged that Denise Entertainment's confidence in "Titanic" is obviously insufficient based on various clues.

For example, if the film chooses to premiere today, it is neither the opening nor the closing of the film festival, which is not inferior.

With the entertainment energy of danielis, it's absolutely easy to win the opening or closing films for Titanic.

In addition, the first Hall of the film palace, which can accommodate thousands of people, is not used in the film. Instead, the vice hall, which has only 1032 seats, is not full. In addition to more than 200 guests from all walks of life, it is only 500 ordinary fans selected carefully, with a total of less than 800 people.

This series of actions, in fact, show that Denise entertainment is deliberately keeping a low profile.

Why keep a low profile?

It's obvious.

In case the film's reputation is not recognized after the premiere ceremony, it can also be handled in a low-key way, so as not to completely rot before the release at the end of the year.

Venice Film palace.

Seeing Cameron's appearance, mark Belford left Jane Campion, who was chatting with him, walked over here and exchanged greetings with Cameron with a warm smile. He could not see any negative emotions caused by the ship's out of control.

After greeting, others entered the screening hall one after another. Mark Belford personally checked the preparation of the publicity team responsible for the questionnaire survey, including the small gifts that the audience could get after delivering the questionnaire, and finally stepped into the screening hall at the time when the light was just dark.

It's six o'clock sharp.

On the big screen, the immortal bird of danielis film is reborn in the fire, and the title of the film appears, announcing the official start of the film.

Not only is the heroine replaced by Rachel Vichy, but many details of the new version of Titanic are inevitably different from the original. However, with Simon's personal intervention, the new version of the ship, as it used to be, is still 194 minutes long.Three hours and 14 minutes is suicide for a commercial movie.

Many senior executives of danielis even think that their boss probably gave up on the film completely, so that they can make such a film that lasts more than three hours.

One of the most important questions in this batch of public questionnaires is whether the audience thinks the film is too long?

If everyone thinks so, there is still time to shorten the movie.

Of course, Simon certainly didn't plan to shorten it.

As the film begins to show, James Cameron stares directly at the big screen in the hall, leaving him in the situation of forgetting everything. Anyway, this film is like his child, or maybe his last "child" in Hollywood. No matter what other people think, Cameron is very satisfied with this "child", and he has done what he can Everything.

The film begins with an expedition to find the famous gem "heart of the sea", which is said to have sunk with the Titanic.

The treasure hunting team found a safe. After opening it, they found a woman's sketch instead of a gem, which attracted a centenarian who claimed to be the man in the painting, Ruth.

With the memory of the old man, a dust laden past with the Titanic for decades is displayed in front of the public.

In the projection Hall of the movie palace.

The movie lasts for 20 minutes. In the shot, on the crowded wharf, the audience finally see the big ship for the first time, which was more than half a century ago.

Some journalists or film critics who are inevitably biased towards this project have a first impression that they know where the 200 million dollars are spent. It is obvious that such a large ship with such a real texture can not be made by pure CG. In fact, the model ship on the Golden Coast, a resort in the South of Brisbane, Australia, has been exposed by many media and is still there There is.

It's just because the project is out of control, under all kinds of negative conditions, since it is a "loser", not many people pay attention to the model ship.

After all, there are only a few people who hold prejudice. Most of the people in the screening hall, especially the ordinary fans who are lucky enough to get the chance to watch the film, are shocked to see the Titanic's huge body on the big screen at first sight.

Even though the tonnage of cruise ships has reached more than 200000 tons at this stage, the public who have taken giant cruise ships are in the minority.

Then, Rachael Vichy and Li Zi, who are both at the peak of their appearance, appear one after another, together with the giant oil tanker itself, which become three good catalysts, making most of the audience in the screening hall thoroughly integrate into the smooth plot.

Time goes by.

Rhythm.

After all, it's rhythm.

Simon has always respected movies that can make people forget the time. Cameron's terminator is a typical example. The whole story goes through in one go. It is only when the subtitles rise that the audience finds that the movie is over. Even though Titanic lasts more than three hours, James Cameron, who has already integrated some techniques into the director's instinct, has actually done the same.