Although Zhou Yan did not attend the premiere of "The Sixth Sense", the scene was still very lively. Colombia did not let go of Zhou Yan's enthusiasm for winning the Oscar for Best Score. It has been hyping it up these days.
And there were quite a lot of guests at the ceremony. The creators of "Sense and Sensibility" were attending the Oscars two days ago and stopped by the premiere of "The Sixth Sense" .
After all, both movies are produced by Colombia, so An Li and the others naturally have to give them face.
What’s interesting is that the Backstreet Boys and Mariah Carey were also present, but they didn’t perform live, they just went to watch the ceremony.
Moreover, many music media reporters came to the premiere ceremony.
Nowadays, the European and American music circles are paying great attention to Zhou Yan. After all, the soundtrack of "The Sixth Sense" was also composed by Zhou Yan, so reporters all want to take a look.
Although "The Sixth Sense" has been released before, everyone is still curious whether the music in the remake is different from the original version.
After the premiere ceremony, many media gave very positive comments.
However, before the reviews from film critics and reporters were published, the film began to be released in North America two days later.
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"Bob, do you want to go see a movie today?"
After school, Dwight sent an invitation to his good brothers.
"Are there any new movies coming out?" Bob asked.
“The Sixth Sense, released today.”
“The Sixth Sense?” Bob frowned and thought for a moment, “Who starred in it?”
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Dwight shrugged, "I don't know."
"What type of movie is it?" Bob asked again.
"It seems...thriller type?" Dwight was not sure either.
Seeing that he didn't know anything about the movie, Bob curled his lips and said, "You don't know anything, why do you want to watch it? I don't want to waste my time on junk movies."
"I've been hearing people talk about this movie lately. Maybe it's good? I heard that the director made "Scent of a Woman" and the soundtrack for the movie was composed by the same person as "Sense and Sensibility". He just won an Oscar. The best soundtrack.”
Bob looked at Dwight in surprise, "You actually pay attention to the soundtrack of a movie?"
"I only found out because I kept seeing it on the news during this period. Go check it out. "It's too boring for me to watch movies alone."
"Okay." Dwight nodded, and then said, "But I remind you, this movie is probably not good. Otherwise, why?" Want to promote the soundtrack? Which movie have you seen that mainly promotes the soundtrack? ""Sense and Sensibility", I have often seen news about the soundtrack of "Sense and Sensibility"." br>“Well, I just said it probably won’t look good, I didn’t say definitely.”
"Let's go."
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After going to the cinema, Bob was surprised, "Have so many people watched this movie?"
"I just It’s quite popular, right?”
“Are you sure it’s a thriller?”
"Yeah, when you look at the rating of this movie, pg-13, doesn't that explain the problem?"
The attendance rate for the show they watched was very high. When the two of them entered the theater, they were basically It was already full.
When the movie was not starting, Bob heard a couple chatting behind him.
“I heard that the original version was quite good, but I don’t know what will happen after the remake.”
“Yeah, it’s a pity that I didn’t know about this movie at the time, otherwise I would definitely come to the cinema to watch it.”
"I heard that the box office was good, more than ten million US dollars."
"Is the box office of more than ten million US dollars considered good?"
"That's a Chinese movie, I heard The cost is only two million U.S. dollars.”
“Oh, that’s true.”
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After hearing the discussion between the two, Bob turned to ask Dwight, "Is this movie a remake?"
Dwight shook his head, "I don't know."
"What are you doing?" I don’t even know.” Bob rolled his eyes, “I heard from the people behind that it was a remake of a Chinese movie.”
“Whatever, it doesn’t affect our movie viewing.”
When Bob wanted to ask anything else, the movie had already started.
The first shot of the movie is the same as the original, with the heroine walking down into the cellar.
When he saw the heroine Catherine appear, Dwight's eyes lit up. If nothing else, this heroine was quite pretty.
And the beginning of the movie is also good. Although it doesn't explain anything, it can attract people to continue watching.
The movie reveals a tense feeling from the beginning, as if something unexpected might happen at any time.
Facts proved that this atmosphere was not created casually, and emergencies soon emerged.
A naked man breaks into the home of the hero and heroine. This man is very emotionally unstable and keeps accusing the hero. From their conversation, it can be heard that this man was once a patient of the hero, but at that time The hero doesn't believe him.
Finally, with a gunshot, the male protagonist was shot and fell to the ground.
When he saw the male protagonist being shot and falling to the ground, Bob was a little surprised and wondered whether he had guessed the wrong protagonist?
But this man is Kevin Costner. Is it possible that Kevin Costner is just a small role with a small role in this movie? Is this possible?
Soon, Bob’s doubts were dispelled.
The hero is not dead.
The next day in autumn, the male protagonist seems to have found another patient with the same symptoms as the man who shot him last year.
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After the young male protagonist appeared, Bob focused all his attention on the movie and had no time to think about other things.
The rhythm of "The Sixth Sense" is very good, and almost every plot has something to attract the audience to continue reading.
There are some horror elements in the movie, mainly due to the young male protagonist's ability to see the dead.
However, Bob believes that this movie is not scary at all, but very heartwarming. There is no need to classify the movie as pg13.
This is an unconventional redemption story in which the two male protagonists, big and small, redeem each other.
The male protagonist Malkan is filled with guilt because of what happened to the patient last year, and he wants to resolve his knot by solving the problem of the young male protagonist Cole, who has the same disease.
Because of his special abilities, Cole fell into serious psychological problems and thought that no one could help him solve them.
But in the end, with Malcon's constant persistence, Cole gradually relieved his inner demons, accepted his abilities, and tried to use his special abilities to help others.
At this moment, the movie is very heartwarming, especially when the young male protagonist resolves the misunderstanding between his mother and her deceased mother in the car, Bob's eyes are red.
He suddenly remembered his grandmother. When he was twelve years old, his grandmother passed away.
Grandma left so suddenly that neither he nor his mother saw her for the last time.
If he had such an ability, could he also see his grandmother?
After watching this scene, Bob took a breath and tried to prevent the tears from flowing down his eyes.
He gently applauded the movie, Dwight’s choice was not wrong, it was indeed a very good movie, and he was willing to give this movie eight out of ten.
However, just when he thought he had understood the movie, there was a shocking twist at the end.
The male protagonist is actually dead.
“What’s going on?”
Bob heard someone behind him exclaim, and this sound also revealed the doubts in his heart.
Why is the male protagonist already dead? Obviously so many people have seen it...
No, Bob suddenly remembered that from beginning to end, no one except Cole had spoken to Malcom, including Malcom's wife. Didn't respond to him. In other words, he actually died in the accident last year, and now only Cole, who can see the undead, can see him.
No wonder!
No wonder Cole reacted that way when he saw Malcom at the beginning.
When he saw that scene, Bob felt a little strange. Even if Cole didn't want to see a doctor, he shouldn't have that expression. Now it seems that Cole knew that Malcom was an undead, so he Fear.
Bob felt like someone had suddenly poured a basin of cold water on his head, making the top of his head cold, but the rest of his body was very hot.
He regretted that when he watched the movie before, he didn't pay attention to the details in the movie, so that now when he thought about it, he found that it was a bit blurry. During the entire movie watching, his thoughts were completely led by the plot of the movie, and he had no time at all. To think about something else.
Now that he knows the ending, if he looks back, he will definitely notice some clues.
When the closing music played, the audience in the theater talked a lot. Everyone was shocked by the ending.
After a while, the audience got up and left.
Bob didn't move, but Dwight pushed him and said, "Bob, let's go."
"Oh, okay." Bob nodded, got up and followed Dwight out. to the cinema.
On the way out of the cinema, I could hear everyone discussing the details of the movie.
"I remember, didn't Malcom and his wife have dinner together in the restaurant? It was their wedding anniversary. Is this a loophole?"
"You remember wrongly, Malcom and his wife did not eat in the restaurant at all. As soon as Malcom arrived, his wife paid the bill and left. "
"I remember his wife talking to him."
"His wife was not talking to him, she was talking to the table. "
"But I..."
"This is the genius of screenwriters and directors, making you have some wrong associations."
"Yes, that's right, when Malcolm and Cole met at Cole's house, although Malcolm and Cole My mother sat face to face, but did not speak, and my mother did not introduce Malcom."
"Wow, Cole is so cute."
"There are many details in this movie, please pay attention. When Cole goes to the bathroom, is the temperature outside where the undead appear? "
"Cole's acting is really good, he is still so young."
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Bob listened carefully to some discussions and also heard some details that he had not noticed before.
The more he listened to other people's discussions, the better he felt the movie was.
He admitted that his previous rating was too hasty. If he were asked to rate this movie again, he would give it nine-point five out of ten.
There are very few movies that can make Bob immediately want to watch a second time after watching it for the first time. "The Sixth Sense" did it.
And listening to other people's discussions, he is not the only one who has this idea. Many people want to watch this movie again.
Seeing Bob in a daze, Dwight smiled proudly and said, "How about it, this movie is good."
Bob nodded, "A very good movie, this should be It's the best movie I've seen in the past two years."
"Is it better than "Sense and Sensibility"? Or better than "Braveheart"?
Bob Shake? Shaking his head, "They are not the same type of movies. I won't compare them together. Just like novels, you know some novels are good, but you need to spend time reading them slowly, you can't be impatient, and you even have to push yourself. Go read it. But there are some novels that you can read in one sitting without any effort.”
"How is the soundtrack of the movie?"
"It's very good, but I'm not a professional. I just think the soundtrack is quite suitable, and I don't have any special impression. This is different from "Sense and Sensibility". "Sense and Sensibility" A lot of the music in "Emotion" is what I wanted to know when I was watching the movie. Just like wearing clothes, the clothes in "The Sixth Sense" are very suitable for the scene. For formal occasions, wear suits, and for outdoor sports, wear sports. Wear pajamas before going to bed."
"What about "Sense and Sensibility"?"
"The soundtrack in "Sense and Sensibility" is like a big show, and the clothes are not just. It suits the temperament of a model, and it is eye-catching and can be remembered at a glance."
Dwight said with a smile, "You also said that you are not professional. Isn't this a very good metaphor?"
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On the second day after "The Sixth Sense" was released, reviews of the movie appeared on a large scale, and most of the critics were full of praise for the movie.
However, some film critics have criticized that the remake of "The Sixth Sense" is too similar to the original "The Sixth Sense". The plot of the story is basically unchanged and it is very lacking in new ideas.
Columbia doesn't care at all about such movie reviews. Anyway, the box office of the original version was only more than 10 million US dollars, and most people have never seen it.
At that time, they took a fancy to the story and never thought of making major changes.
Moreover, although the storyline of the movie is similar and the structure has not changed, in fact many details have been changed, and relatively large-scale changes have been made to the settings of some characters and the historical background.
For example, in the original version of "The Sixth Sense", there was no Christian content, let alone plots related to American history, but this version has it added.
In addition, the overall style is also very different. Zhou Yan’s version is relatively subtle.
In addition, when Zhou Yan scored the remake, he also acted more directly and focused more on the horror elements of the movie.
Therefore, this remake should be more suitable for European and American audiences from the inside out.
It turns out that the audience really bought into it.
The first weekend box office of "The Sixth Sense" came out quickly. It was a figure that was not an exaggeration, but was enough to surprise everyone - 25.5 million US dollars.
You have to say that this first weekend has a high box office, but there are also many movies that have a box office of 40 to 50 million US dollars in the first weekend.
But you have to say that the box office of this first weekend is not high. So far this year, no movie has a first weekend box office of more than 20 million US dollars
The results of "The Birdcage" released in early March Not bad, but the opening weekend box office was only $18 million.
In such a schedule, it is another movie with a budget of only more than 20 million U.S. dollars. It received 25 million U.S. dollars in the first weekend. It is definitely a big dark horse.
The key is that the potential of this movie has not yet been tapped. Now all walks of life have good reviews for this movie, which means that the box office will be very strong in the future.
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On April 12, before Zhou Yan went to Neon with Li Yiding and others, the news came out that the North American box office of "The Sixth Sense" exceeded 60 million US dollars.
Brigman called Zhou Yan excitedly.
"Y, I'm afraid you have to come to the United States in a while. The North American box office of "The Sixth Sense" has already exceeded 60 million U.S. dollars, and there will be no problem if the final box office exceeds 100 million U.S. dollars."
Although the phone sound was seriously distorted, Zhou Yan still heard the excitement in Bregman's tone.
A movie with a budget of more than 21 million U.S. dollars, and it only took 10 days to get 60 million U.S. dollars at the box office, anyone would be excited.
"The Sixth Sense" is no longer aiming to hit US$100 million at the box office. Columbia's current goal is to hit US$200 million at the North American box office.
This is still a place in North America, and there will be other countries and regions later. I don’t know what its global box office will be like.
But now it seems that the return rate of more than ten times is certain, and the global box office will definitely exceed 200 million US dollars.
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "I will get there."
"The Sixth Sense" did not disappoint him. This movie can bring at least a thousand dollars to Zhou A box office share of 10,000 US dollars, and this is just a guarantee, the final revenue may far exceed 10 million US dollars.
Now it seems that he can find land in advance and build a modern studio building.
“I will inform you after we confirm the celebration banquet.”
"No problem."
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After hanging up the phone from Bregman, Zhou Yan simply packed up and rushed to the airport.
A lot of people went to Neon this time. In addition to the Broadcasting Arts Orchestra and the choir, plus some people from the production center, there were about seventy or eighty people.
Because there were so many people, we were divided into two groups.
Zhou Yan did not go with them, because he wanted to bring Qingyinfang with him, and there were many people there, so he went over late.
There are six concerts with the theme of "Three Kingdoms" in total, two of which are in Tokyo.
Zhang Youan also contacted Qingyinfang with five announcements, two of which were music program recordings, one TV program interview, and two campus concerts, held at Dongda University and Dongyi University respectively.
Of course, this is not fixed. If the two concerts of Dongda University and Dongyi University are good, Qingyinfang will perform a few more shows in Neon. It is better to organize such campus concerts Simple.
It is impossible to make money with this kind of campus concert, the purpose is to make Qingyinfang known to the public quickly.
Students have the strongest information penetration, so targeting schools will hopefully quickly open up the neon market. (End of this chapter)