The Greatest Showman (Big Play Bone)
Chapter 1607: Tight-fitting effect
The first week of 2014.
There are 155 theaters on the screen, with a box office of 50,000 US dollars for a single library, and a box office of 7.75 million US dollars on weekends. It ranks ninth in the weekend box office rankings in North America and has a cumulative box office of US$20 million during the five weeks of the show.
This is the report card handed over by "Drunk Country Folk Songs"!
Even if the attention was drawn, even if the expectations were raised, even if there was a foreboding, after the actual results were released, there was still an exclamation: Sony Classics planned the "Dream Back to Kerosene Lamp Bar" concert, and it was really successful!
Entering the stage of the fifth week of the screening, the box office data of "Drunk Country Folk Songs" still maintains amazing vitality, especially when miracles have been repeated before, so the performance of the single library is even more amazing, showing this once again. This work continues to rise in terms of topical interest and eye-catching expectations. The combination of "Coen Brothers + Blue Li" is undoubtedly the biggest contributor to the detonation of the film market; at the same time, it also really allows people to see the market potential of art films——
Because the movie is still at the stage of screening, it also means that the general public still has not entered the theater line for the first time. The main audience is still senior movie fans, or professional or fanatical or interested movie fans, who have the ability to appreciate art. The ability of movies also yearns for the charm of art movies.
The North American market has always recognized that this group of so-called "senior movie fans" is a niche group. It is not compared with the general public of commercial popcorn, but compared with the market box office data of art films. The box office numbers are always unsatisfactory, so that the entire independent film production market is centered on the awards season. Other art film industries The development of China is getting more and more sluggish.
The works during the awards season always bear the Oscar label; and many works of art, however, do not necessarily conform to the Oscar aesthetic.
David Fincher is a typical victim of such a system. When interviewed at the Telluride Film Festival, when the reporter asked about the new film plan, David expressed regret, "Now Hollywood is affected by two kinds of Surrounded by tights, one is the summer superhero tights, and the other is the winter golden figure tights. Other than that, there is almost no room for survival in other movies, and I am just the other kind."
Looking at the directorial works of David's career, what he is good at is medium-cost works. It is not a small cost or a high cost, but a medium cost that requires a certain degree of investment. It happens to be stuck in a position where it can't be higher; at the same time, the sword is gone. The slanted image composition and sharp and compact editing style can often endow the film with a wonderful authorial temperament, from the "Seven Deadly Sins" to the "Fight Club" to the "Zodiac", from "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" to "Social Network" When it comes to the "girl with dragon tattoo", it's all the same.
To put it simply, David is not the favorite style of the Oscars, but his works have undoubtedly powerful charm.
The "Social Network" in 2010 is almost the pinnacle of his career. He found a delicate balance between his personal style and academy preferences, and the whole awards season showed the domineering arrogance of someone else. , But inexplicably lost to "The King's Speech", even the best director lost to the mediocre Tom Hopper.
The Hollywood industry has always believed that Tom Hober is the most "watery" Oscar director in the past two decades, and there is not much controversy even to extend the time period to the entire Oscar history.
On the one hand, it is indeed because Tom Hopper really has no style at all. In "The King’s Speech", you can see the script, the actors, but the director, and the traces of the director are almost completely submerged in the movie. , Which makes movies and TV movies not much different.
On the other hand, they are also grieving for David Fincher. Even if "Brokeback Mountain" lost to "Crash", at least Lee/Ann still won the best director, while David Fincher lost to Tom Hober in the best director award. This is indeed impressive. Sorrowful. This also proves that David is incompatible with the college style.
In 2014, after David filmed "The Lost Lover", he almost drifted away from the film industry-because he hoped to film projects that he couldn't find investment. Yes, the famous David Fincher could not find funding for filming. He went around in 2018 but still no new film project was launched. He just shot a TV series "Mind Hunter", which received rave reviews, but after all TV series instead of movies.
Even David Fincher is facing such a dilemma, let alone other directors?
As David said, Hollywood movies have been surrounded by two kinds of tights, and there is little room for other movies to survive.
It must be admitted that this is a problem for the entire industry. From academies to film companies to market feedback, a vicious circle system has been formed in all aspects, and this has led to the final outcome step by step. However, if the potential of the art film market is far beyond imagination, but the distribution company has not been able to tap it out?
The emergence of "Drunk Country Folk Songs" raises such questions.
Someone will inevitably say that "Drunk Country Folk Songs" is a typical awards season work. It is still changing the soup without changing the medicine. Its box office results have no reference value for other works of art, and it is not for David Fincher's situation. Improved; but the truth is that this is not a work that the academy likes.
First of all, this is not a biography of a real person, but a story based on the experience of a real person.
Secondly, this is not an inspirational story or a story that reflects social issues. Strictly speaking, the Coen brothers only present a state, and such a state does not have any appeal to the college-the difference between Los Angeles and New York It is the best iron proof.
Again, this is a small format work. All the weight of the story falls on Levine Davis. Even the ending of the story is not sublimated or refined. The Coen brothers have always used black humor to mock social reality. Sharp has also become gentle, lacking a little weight.
Finally, this is a music movie. The Golden Globe Awards established the category of comedy musical films, but the era of musical films has long been left in the past. The last musical films nominated for Oscars were "Chicago" in 2000 and "Moulin Rouge" in 2001. That is The last glory; the next music film nominated for an Oscar is the "City of Philharmonic" in 2016, but this work tells Hollywood's own story——
Everyone knows that the academy is the most narcissistic group of old scholars, who always love movies that reflect Hollywood. This is true for "artists" and so is "City of Philharmonic".
Based on comprehensive considerations, "Drunk Country Folk Songs" is simply the most overlooked type of work during the awards season. Even with the support of the Coen Brothers, it will be difficult to reverse the situation.
In the previous life, "Drunk Country Folk Songs" won the Best Musical Comedy Film, Best Musical Comedy Actor and Best Original Song Nominations at the Golden Globe Awards, and won the Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Song at the British Academy Awards. Nominations for best photography and best sound effects, and only the nominations for best photography and best sound effects above the Oscars——
Go downhill step by step.
In fact, "Drunk Country Folk Songs" is the top spot on the list of the top ten movies in 2013 by magazines such as "Movie Review", "Voice of the Village", "New York Times", and "Empire"; Shanghai also generally ranks among the top ten, including the French "Cinema Manual" and so on, but its Oscar prospects are still embarrassing.
Essentially, this is not the type you like during the awards season. It is more of a type liked by down-and-out artists who are immersed in their art and dreams, just like between Dave Van Langk and Bob Dylan. The difference between New York, Paris and London is crazy about it, loves it, and mesmerized, but it's not Los Angeles.
The same is true in this life.
When "Drunk Country Folk Songs" won applause in Cannes, the industry is generally not optimistic about the awards season prospects for this work, and the Coen brothers also admitted that they were not filming for the awards season, when they were looking for investment funds. Also encountered difficulties, just like David Fincher.
Sony Classics has always been cautious when arranging and planning the expansion of "Drunk Country Folk Songs", even a little too cautious. The side also proved this point of view: If you want to put "Drunk Country Folk Songs" into the sight of the awards season They need to plan more carefully and comprehensively.
As a result, the four weeks of screening—more precisely, it should be five weeks of screening. The box office curve of "Drunk Country Folk Songs" has created such outstanding results, and this has been able to trigger so many discussions.
If the market potential of art films is far beyond imagination, and those senior fans are still willing to go to theaters to support these works of art, then the box office data and the subsequent video tape rental market are more worth looking forward to, which also means cost recovery and even profitability changes. It's easier ~lightnovelpub.net~ Major film companies will also be more willing to invest in those works of art.
Even if it is not for the awards season, but also to expand its market share.
Then, directors like David Fincher, David Lynch, and the Coen brothers who hope to shoot unique works can find more living ground.
By the way, this is the difference between European and American films.
European films are still willing to set up various sponsorship funds to support such art films, and art films can always find their own audience groups and realize benefits after they land in theaters. Therefore, France, Italy, Germany, and Northern Europe, etc. You can see different styles and types of art movies all year round.
American films are market-oriented. Summer files and award seasons have accounted for more than 90% of the market, and even more. This makes other films almost no room for survival, and the development of the film industry has gradually fallen into a dead end. ——Disney can become more and more dominant.
Now, first "gravity" breaks the shackles of the autumn files; then "drunk folk songs" breaks the shackles of the awards season. How can industry insiders not pay attention?