Chapter 1542 The movie is nothing more than a commodity futures (Part 2)

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Is there any instinct for horror movies?

This is not necessary to consider in later generations.

Even under the market conditions in the mainland, there are many horror-themed movies with small profits and big profits on time, which shows the market for horror movies.

The history of horror films is basically similar to the development history of films. The first horror film was born in France in 1896 - the three-minute "Ghost Castle". It was truly mass-produced around the 1930s in Hollywood. Before and after World War II, horror films developed towards B-level films.

When it comes to the development of horror movies, it is inseparable from a hot man, yes, Hitchcock!

"Shock Night" is considered a turning point in a horror film.

The emergence of zombie films during this period marked the emergence of an important pillar of horror films - "Night of the Living Dead". Many settings of zombie movies in later generations originated from this movie.

The 1970s and 1980s were the real blowout era of horror films, such as "The Exorcist", "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Alien", "Razor Edge", etc.

In the 1990s, the success of "The Silence of the Lambs" at the Oscars marked the true peak of horror films.

Of course, this is the category of general horror movies.

To make the low-cost horror films become popular, we have to wait for the witch - "The Witch Black". The branch of horror films in the form of pseudo-documentary became an important part of horror films, and the later "Ghost Records" also represented this.

"Blake the Witch" is still one of the most successful cases of low-cost independent horror movies in later generations.

This movie actually shows nothing, but it induces you to believe that everything in front of you is a documentary image.

The production cost was US$22,000, and the digital camera was photographed for 8 days, with a total revenue of more than US$240.5 million.

This set a Guinness World Record for the film's ROI.

In other words, every dollar spent by the producer brings 10,931 no returns.

certainly--

This does not count marketing expenses.

Few people know that the marketing of this movie is also a famous marketing case in film history.

However, that was a "scam" in horror movies.

In fact, during this period, after experiencing the peak of "The Silence of the Lambs", orthodox horror films fell into a low point and bottleneck... until later, "The Joker's Return", "Soul Conjuring Universe" and so on appeared.

Therefore, even though horror movies are still springing up like mushrooms after a rain, it has to be admitted that at this point in time, horror movies are actually thundering, or lukewarm, and are not really "resisting" in the market. Unlike later generations, horror movies appeared in the summer season, which led to the miracle of "The Joker", which invested $35 million, finally earning more than $700 million worldwide.

This series has also become the most successful horror film series in history, no doubt about it.

In this era, horror movies or B-level horror movies have not actually received any attention.

After watching Wu Xiaozu, the way out for an independent film company is actually B-level films.

So, the horror films he mentioned are actually not accurate. Generally speaking, what he really values ​​is the B-level film market-

A B-grade film does not equal a R-grade film.

Whether it can become a heavy-tasting upstart actually has a blank space in the B-level horror market.

On the one hand, supporting DreamWorks and allowing it to act as a shield and thigh, which allows Wu Xiaozu to access many mainstream resources and facilitate the departure of Chinese-language films. On the other hand, he has developed the B-level film market and become an emerging force in an independent film company. This has actually given him a safe place to settle in Hollywood.

Then……

Nothing then.

When there was one day, either sold to the Hollywood giant or patted the butt and left.

"Our development of B-level films is in line with our positioning. Your "Fear Room" (Saw) series has a high occupancy rate in North America. It can be said that it is one of the most popular series in North America for Chinese films." Zhang Jiazhen took a cigar and took a sip.

"But in this way, we may have to adjust the company's positioning and strategy."

"I think I can operate a separate label to produce it. How about Lions gate films? I happened to have a Lions gate bridge in Vancouver, Canada some time ago." Wu Xiaozu said seriously.

For some reason.

When Wu Xiaozu recited the "Lion Gate", Zhang Jiazhen felt that he was lucky enough to add his body, and he felt that the name was well named.

As for the name comes from the Lion Gate Bridge...

Don't care.

Anyway, he is the boss.

"The company can enable more local North American managers and is committed to buying some interesting low-cost movies at film festivals such as Sundance. These movies are not expensive to purchase and the chance of losing money will not be too high."

Wu Xiaozu didn't want to compete with those giants on the main track.

Basically, meat buns go and go but never return when they beat dogs.

Don't talk about him, didn't Spielberg's DreamWorks eventually fall on the road?

As it turns out, this path is difficult to follow.

Instead of thinking about becoming a big shot, it is better to take the opportunity to sink, then hold your thighs tightly and follow the trend.

Anyway, unless Wu Xiaozu also considers immigration one day, it may be difficult for him to gain "dominate" in this land.

In fact, movies are just 'futures' products.

It is an unknown and high-risk commodity, and every investment is actually a futures judgment.

And there is no barometer to judge the future performance of this futures.

Very gambler.

At the same time, such futures also have the risk of capital retention.

Even now, the new line is still 'dragging' his money.

If it weren't for his deep connections now that Jerry Brookheimer had become his partner, he might not have integrated into the mainstream market so smoothly.

Of course, there is no free lunch in the world.

At least the other party has obtained priority investment rights in the movie "Source Code" and has once again served as one of the producers of the movie.

Wu Xiaozu reciprocates and will serve as the producer and film consultant of Jerry Brookheimer's "The Jedi Men" directed by Michael Bay.

Wu Xiaozu did not refuse such a connection.

"We have also participated in the investment in "Jedi Men", and Brookheimer is also urging you to join the crew." Zhang Jiazhen reminded, "The crew of "Source Code" in Australia is also waiting to start construction."

Wu Xiaozu shrugged helplessly.

I, a billionaire, aren't the same as 996!

These days, Wang Zuxian squatted, Wang Zuxian squatted, Wang Zuxian finished squat, Aunt Lin sat; Aunt Lin sat, Aunt Lin sat, Aunt Lin sat, Teacher Liu clipped...

It's 996!

"I asked him to have coffee in the afternoon." Wu Xiaozu smiled and shook his head.

If you want to gain "friendship", then you have to prove your worth.
Chapter completed!