A big premiere is coming to Disneyland again.

Maybe it's because "Alien Battlefield" may make a difference in the amusement park project. As the distributor, Disney Pictures deliberately put the film's world premiere at Disneyland in California, and widely distributed the hero Tera people to help out. .

As a partner of Walt Disney, Matthew naturally also received an invitation.

Walking down the long red carpet to the door of the newly opened Disney Theater, Matthew met Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger.

"What's the matter?" Matthew shook hands with Robert Iger and asked curiously, "Are you frowning?"

Robert Iger glanced at the huge poster of "Alien Battlefield" placed in front of the theater and sighed, "The recent movies have not been very smooth."

Hearing this, Matthew was a little angry and said, "Disney's movies this year are not going well? Please, Bob, can you take into account other people's feelings?"

Robert Iger spread his hands, "It's true."

Matthew directly said, "The global box office of "Alice in Wonderland" released at the beginning of the year exceeded one billion, right? "Iron Man 2" has been released to the North American box office of 300 million US dollars and the global box office of 700 million US dollars? More than half a month. The previously released "Toy Story 3" was a hit at both the box office and word of mouth, and it's obviously a movie with 300 million+ in North America and 800 million+ in the world!"

He couldn't help shaking his head, "Disney's movies are not going well? Small companies like us have passed."

Robert Iger smiled like Mickey Mouse again, and then pointed to the poster of "Alien Battlefield", "I'm talking about this movie."

Matthew put on a curious look, "Is the test screening bad?"

Up to now, the ratings of "Alien Battlefield" on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB have not been lifted, but this film has held many test screenings.

Generally, after the official screening meeting, the commercial blockbuster will lift the word-of-mouth ban, because if the word-of-mouth is good, it is also an excellent publicity.

On the other hand, those who do not lift the word-of-mouth ban are either films that have not had a test screening, or a blockbuster with super-confidence like "Avatar", or the test-screening word of mouth is very unsatisfactory.

He has been paying attention to "Alien Battlefield". The word-of-mouth of this film has not been lifted, but there are many film reviews saying that the film is very good.

Of course, people in the circle will not take these seriously. Everyone knows that most film critics are people who work with money.

"It's not ideal." Robert Iger shook his head slowly, "I'm mentally prepared for failure."

"Oh?" Matthew frowned slightly.

Robert Iger sighed, "Andrew's ability in live-action films is not even one-tenth of that of animated feature films." He also had a bit of luck, "Fortunately, Disney only invested fifty million dollars in this film."

Matthew didn't know what to say, after all, this film almost cast him as the male lead.

Robert Iger suddenly looked at the red carpet, and the handsome Brad Pitt in an off-white dress had already stepped onto the red carpet.

"Fortunately, the $200 million in funding for this film came from Brad Pitt's investment and financing." He said slowly, "Otherwise, Disney may face an extremely brutal failure and loss."

Matthew thought about it and asked, "Is it that serious?"

After all, looking at it here, Brad Pitt was all smiles and complacent on the red carpet, as if the film had already been a huge success.

"It's worse than the worst you can imagine."

The film is about to be released, and Robert Iger has no need to hide, "Do you know how much the pre-sale of this film is?"

Matthew shook his head, "No public data."

Robert Iger sighed again, "Because Brad Pitt's Plan B cost a lot of money and blocked the pre-sale data."

"Very bad?" Matthew asked again.

Robert Iger nodded lightly, "Well, the North American box office pre-sale in the first weekend was less than $5 million."

Matthew was silent for a moment. For a mega-production with a production cost of $250 million, a $5 million pre-sale is not bad enough to describe.

The next moment, he turned into a good friend who was very considerate of partners, and suggested, "Bob, it's best for Disney to see the box office response on the first day of the release, and then decide on the follow-up publicity investment."

From a stop loss perspective, this is undoubtedly the most sensible.

Robert Iger said with a helpless smile, "I've temporarily stopped letting Disney spend any more promotional money on this film."

Knowing that a movie is very likely to lose money, and increase investment in it, isn't that a problem with your head?

Besides, Disney is not Plan B and Brad Pitt, and there is no way to go except "Alien".

Matthew saw someone coming to say hello to Robert Iger and took the initiative to leave, but instead of entering the Disney Theater, he watched Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman walk into "Alien". Premiere red carpet.

If you want to become a qualified actor, you must first have a thick skin. From the faces of Natalie Portman and Brad Pitt, you can't see any worries about "Alien Battlefield". It seems that this film is a big hit Not difficult.

Of course, there are not a few films that have a bad reputation in the test screenings and which have exploded at the box office after the release.

Therefore, this huge premiere jointly invested by Disney Pictures and Plan B went according to plan, and I am afraid that Robert Iger is not without luck in case of success.

But the pre-sale was extremely poor, and the test screening reputation was bad, which was enough for Matthew to come to a clear judgment that "Alien Battlefield" would follow the old path.

Moreover, Robert Iger just said that there was something wrong with the director Andrew Stanton.

There are problems with the actors, but the director's direction has caused problems, which is fatal to any film.

Matthew took another look at the creators of the "Alien Battlefield" who were huddled in front of the background board for a group photo, then turned and walked towards the theater door.

The film has a fatal problem, isn't that what he wants?

Think about it, if the box office of this film is average, and Disney Pictures deducts the distribution fee and the pre-paid promotion fee, how much of the later share will fall to the plan B side?

Maybe Plan B and Brad Pitt invested a lot of money, and even a tenth of it could not be recovered.

Which film crew with a slightly larger investment will dare to use Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman in the future?

Failing once may be bad luck, **** up two big productions in a row, not to mention them, even a star of Matthew's level will suffer a huge negative impact.

Shortly after Matthew entered the Disney Grand Theater, the group photo of the "Alien Battlefield" crew ended. Brad Pitt walked towards the entrance of the theater alone. He turned his body and didn't need to face the media anymore. The smile on that handsome face immediately Disappeared without a trace, worry took over almost all expressions.

Even if the preview is bad, the pre-sale is also bad, which really worries him.

Pre-sale often represents the real appeal of a movie, a director, and the leading actors of the movie.

The pre-sale box office of less than 5 million US dollars also made him completely understand that Andrew Stanton, who left Pixar's animated feature films, was basically unattractive to fans, and he and Natalie Portman, the two protagonists, were not at all attractive. Not much commercial appeal.

This is especially frustrating, but there is no escape.

Maybe choosing a big-budget commercial was a mistake? Brad Pitt had a sudden insight.

But if you want to become a superstar, this is a necessary choice. In this day and age, without the support of the commercial box office, an actor cannot touch the threshold of a superstar at all.

Brad Pitt walked into the theater in a whim, and as soon as he entered the door, someone suddenly flashed in front of him.

The man was wearing glasses and a black dress, and his face was full of shrewdness and ability belonging to the business elite.

"Antonios, why are you here?" Brad Pitt's originally melancholy face was a little angry.

"I am the VIP who accepted the invitation." The middle-aged man named Antonios didn't seem to see the expression on Brad Pitt's face, "I came here to remind you of one thing."

Brad Pitt looked around, pointed to an empty corner of the theater's front hall, and said, "Let's go over there and talk."

The two came to the corner one after the other, and Antonios said directly, "Brad, I need to remind you that the debt you owe must be repaid in time."

Brad Pitt's face was gloomy and uncertain, "I owe you a lot of money."

Antonios laughed suddenly, "I don't know what you pay for it? Don't tell me it's the revenue share from "Alien Battlefield"?" He didn't give Brad Pitt a chance to speak, "I suggest that you sell yours in time. Fixed properties, if we apply for enforcement in the future, they will be very low on funds."

Brad Pitt's hand trembled slightly, but he didn't panic.

"We have forgiven the debt you dismantled on "Cloud Atlas", allowing you to defer repayment until this year." Antonios continued ~lightnovelpub.net~ The grace is only once, and there will be no second time. "

He was a debt collection agent for several lending funds and banking consortiums, and had been staring at Plan B and Brad Pitt, the pilots and pre-sale of "Alien" and couldn't hide it from them.

"I'll think about it," Brad Pitt said, resisting his displeasure. "My film hasn't been released yet, and nothing has been decided yet!"

Antonios achieved the purpose of reminding him of his debt, and he left at the right time. Before leaving, he said, "I wish you and "Alien Battlefield" good luck."

Watching the man go away, Brad Pitt stood silent for a while. The two projects "Cloud Atlas" and "Alien Battlefield" had borrowed and mortgaged loans of up to hundreds of millions of dollars.

This is not counting the interest, and the financing that has been pulled...

Brad Pitt's body trembled at the thought of the consequences of failure, which would have left him with nothing!

Do not! No - Brad Pitt shook his head, "Alien Battlefield" hasn't been released yet, who said he couldn't make this film a hit at the box office?