Chapter 786 786. Christmas War [Thanks to jeffreyjoshu for the reward]

Chapter 786 786. Christmas War [Thanks to jeffreyjoshu for the reward]

When Thomas finally contacted Nie Wei and asked about his inner doubts, Nie Wei told him directly that it was the power of money.

Just like what is said in Zeng Guang Xian Wen, clear wine makes people's faces red, and money moves people's hearts.

Some things are not absolute, just like why Iger asked Thomas to ask Nie Wei's opinion, isn't it to give Nie Wei a hint that he needs greater benefits?

Obviously, Thomas also saw that this movie has the potential to sell well. Similarly, he also has some concerns, and what Nie Wei needs to do is to take out more chips to make Iger have the confidence to gamble with Nie Wei.

So Nie Wei increased the chips, and Iger also gave his "goodwill".

When both parties released their "goodwill", the seemingly unchangeable things changed naturally.

"Mr. Nie Wei, I have to admire your courage." Thomas couldn't help but sighed after figuring out Nie Wei's answer to him.

After all, that was a five-percentage-point profit. If the movie really sold well, it might be worth tens of millions of dollars. Nie Wei promised it, which made Thomas wonder how to comment on it.

Nie Wei also admitted that it was indeed risky for him to do so. If the movie didn't sell well, he would suffer greater losses, but Nie Wei had his own reasons.

You have to know that this is the Christmas season, a Christmas season full of Hollywood movies.

Let's take a look at the opponents that "Assassin's League" will face. First of all, "Four Christmases" will be released on December 26th. The starring role is Reese, a Hollywood first-line actress and Oscar winner. Maybe some people are unfamiliar with her name, but they must know the movies she has played, such as "Legally Blonde" or "Vanity Fair".

Moreover, this movie was typically shot to cater to the Christmas atmosphere. Even the name clearly has Christmas. It is simply an American version of the New Year's movie, and it is also a movie favored by countless local film critics.

In addition, David Frankel brought his latest work "Marley and Me". This movie is also his return work after "The Devil Wears Prada" after two years, and it has also attracted the attention of many fans.

There is also "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", which was released only one day after "The Assassin's League". This movie is directed by the great director David Fincher and starred by Brad Pitt, a Hollywood superstar. Nie Wei also remembered that this movie should have good reputation and box office, and even entered the top 20 of the North American box office annual rankings that year.

In addition, the currently popular "Gran Turismo" is also a threat to "The Assassin's League". In addition, "The Nice Guys", which was released a few days earlier than "The Assassin's League", starred Jim Carrey. This person's status in the Hollywood circle is equivalent to Zhou Xingxing in the Chinese film industry. They are all comedy kings in their own country's film and television circles.

So many movies that are either big productions or highly popular starring actors are put together, Nie Wei really can't wait.

If it were normal, he might not give up this part of the profit in exchange for the number of premiere screens. After all, 1,300 screens are not bad. If the performance is good, Disney will also take the initiative to help Nie Wei increase the number of screens.

But this time Nie Wei can't wait. He must increase the number of screens to a certain number at the premiere. The income can make the movie enter the weekly box office chart. Otherwise, if "Assassin's League" does not perform well on the first day, it is very likely to be submerged in these films and never stand out again.

Therefore, Nie Wei would rather give up part of the profit and strive for the opportunity for "Assassin's League" to stand out as soon as possible.

And as long as the box office of the movie sells well, he will not lose money. Similarly, Disney will get a larger share of the profits and will do its best to promote "Assassin's League".

Only when "Assassin's League" performs well, it will be a win-win situation. If the movie does not perform well, it will be a lose-lose situation.

Now, Nie Wei has paid a little percentage, but he has tied Disney firmly to the chariot of "Assassin's League". The rest depends on the results after the release.

It must be said that Nie Wei's choice of Thomas as a partner was indeed accurate. Although this guy is greedy for money, he is also very moral. If he receives your money, he will definitely try his best to help you.

For example, Thomas really tried his best to help Nie Wei fight for the number of screens. Although the result was not satisfactory, if he had not insisted, Iger would have listened to Jess and only given "Assassin's League" a few hundred screens, which would have been a disaster.

Although Thomas did not fulfill his promise, at least he still felt guilty, so when Disney arranged the promotion of "Assassin's League" next, Thomas could be said to have been watching from beginning to end.

In terms of resource arrangement, he could not make too many decisions with his position in Disney, but he played a good supervisory role. At least under his supervision, those underground employees basically did not cheat when promoting this movie.

With a warm-up period of about a month, many American movie fans also knew that a movie about the DC Brotherhood story directed by a Chinese director would be released on Christmas Eve.

Because it is a movie adapted from DC comics, it still attracted the attention of some DC comics fans, but the number is not large. After all, the Brotherhood itself is a villain organization in DC comics and is not very popular.

Especially compared with DC's Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, there is a big gap in popularity. Even the second-tier Flash and Green Arrow are more well-known than this organization, otherwise Nie Wei would not have been able to get the film and television copyright for only a small price.

Fortunately, the trailer edited by Nie Wei is excellent, with high-quality special effects, coupled with hot and exciting action scenes, plus Disney's hard work in publicity, it has also won the curiosity of some audiences, and the pre-sale box office has exceeded 10 million on the eve of the release.

Of course, this number is dwarfed by "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". Under the popular call of the starring Brad Pitt, the pre-sale box office of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" exceeded 22 million, which is twice the data of "Assassins of the Alliance", and the number of screens for the premiere of the other party is also as high as 4,100, which is twice the number of screens for the premiere of "Assassins of the Alliance".

The second most anticipated movie in the Christmas season is also not "The Assassins", but "The Nice Guys" starring Jim Carrey. Although this comedy king has been out of fashion in recent years, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. He has been in the film industry for so many years and has a huge fan base, and the support for him is also very strong. Before the release of "The Nice Guys", the pre-sale box office reached 18 million.

Next is the movie "Four Christmases", with a pre-sale box office of 15 million.

Next is "Marley and Me", which was released on the same day as "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". The pre-sale box office is also 15 million, which is less than 100,000 pre-sale box office data from "Four Christmases", and it will be released four days later than "Four Christmases", so the pre-sale box office data will definitely surpass "Four Christmases".

Next is "The Assassins", and the pre-sale box office before the final release barely exceeded 10 million, but it is worth mentioning that this data is the best pre-sale box office performance achieved by Chinese films in Hollywood in the United States in the past five years.

The pre-sale of the box office ranked fifth, which was neither good nor bad, but for Disney and Nie Wei, they both breathed a sigh of relief. At least there was a box office data of tens of millions, and the box office results of the first week should not be too bad.

Time quickly came to December 24th. A very beautifully cut Christmas tree was placed in the lobby of the hotel where Nie Wei lived. It was hung with colorful lights, and there were gift boxes around the tree roots. The hotel even arranged employees to dress up as Santa Claus and gave a gift to each guest.

However, the value of this gift was not equal. Guests of ordinary guest rooms would only receive a simple Christmas card, while VIP guests of the hotel who lived in a 70-square-meter luxury room like Nei Wei received more than one Christmas gift.

Starting from the morning, Nie Wei first received a Christmas greeting card written by the hotel spokesperson. At noon, the hotel sent a set of exquisite and luxurious lunch. In the evening, Nie Wei also received concert tickets from the hotel. Of course, Christmas necessities such as apples were also indispensable.

The lunch was exquisite and luxurious, but it was not to Nie Wei's taste, so he gave it directly to Luo Kai who came to the United States with him. Nie Wei also gave the concert ticket to the curious Luo Kai, but Luo Kai suffered from insomnia when he returned to the hotel room after the concert because he slept too much during the concert.

Of the two apples delivered at night, Nie Wei kept one for himself and gave the other to Luo Kai. The two ate apples and stood in front of the huge French window of Nie Wei's luxury room, looking at the city view outside. Even though it was already nine or ten o'clock, there was still a crowd of people outside.

The streets were also full of colorful lights, and many businesses also put up large and small Christmas trees shining with various colors at the door, which made Nie Wei suddenly feel like celebrating a festival, after all, the festive atmosphere was too strong.

"Has the first game started?" Luo Kai looked at his watch and suddenly said.

Although Luo Kai did not explain what the "first game" was, Nie Wei knew that Nie Wei was talking about "Assassin's League" as soon as he heard it.

Today, "Assassin's Alliance" was officially released in 1,050 theaters in North America at 8:10. The number of screens showing the film is 2,006 to be exact, and the screening rate accounts for 9.3% of the total screenings of the day.

"It started early, and the first show should have been played for almost half of the time." Nie Wei subconsciously looked at the time, and then replied with a smile.

"Nie Wei, should we go to the theater to have a look?" Luo Kai suggested. He and Nie Wei had done the "secret visit" thing before, so he wanted to do it today.

The main reason was that he was always a little worried about whether the audience would respond well to this movie. He always felt that he could feel more at ease after seeing it with his own eyes.

"Okay, let's go and have a look." Anyway, he was free, so Nie Wei nodded and agreed.

The two did not need to pretend. After all, Nie Wei's popularity in the United States was far from comparable to that in Asia. Moreover, just like Asians are somewhat face-blind when looking at Europeans and Americans, Europeans and Americans also have cognitive impairments when looking at Asians. Nie Wei did not think that he would be watched here.

"That's the good thing about being here. You don't have to cover yourself up like a psycho." Luo Kai couldn't help but laugh as he watched Nie Wei's outfit.

You have to know that Nie Wei's popularity has remained high over the years since his debut, except for the first half year when he was filming "The Story of a Noble Family" because he was not popular and no one knew him. If he appeared on the Internet, he would be surrounded by passers-by in less than five minutes, just like when he "eloped" with Shu Chang, in just half an hour, most of the city's people followed him crazily.

The result was that Nie Wei and Shu Chang were both blocked by fans in the amusement park. This incident was not reported by the media for a while, and became a topic of conversation for many young people.

"I hope that one day, I can be welcomed by so many people in this country like in China." Nie Wei said with a smile.

"There will definitely be such a day. I believe you can do it." Hearing Nie Wei's words, Luo Kai was stunned for a moment, but soon came to his senses and answered with conviction.

Soon, Nie Wei and Luo Kai came to a cinema near the hotel.

At this moment, many people gathered in the cinema hall, especially young couples. It seems that Christmas is a very "important" holiday for couples, whether in China or abroad.

Nie Wei took Luo Kai to the ticket window and asked for two tickets for "Assassin's Alliance". While the ticket seller was taking the tickets, Nie Wei asked with a smile: "How is the movie selling?"

"Not bad." The ticket seller also smiled and replied: "Many of the people who bought the tickets are Chinese like you. I deeply feel your unity and support for the movies in my hometown."

Nie Wei shrugged his shoulders and handed over the movie tickets without asking any other questions.

"What were you talking about just now?" Luo Kai waited until Nie Wei handed him the movie tickets and couldn't help asking curiously. His English was not very good, so he only understood a little about the communication between Nie Wei and the ticket seller just now.

Nie Wei smiled and didn't answer. The ticket seller of the theater obviously discriminated against "Assassin's Alliance". There was a hint of irony in his words that the box office of this movie now depends on the relationship with Chinese people. Nie Wei really felt uncomfortable when he heard this.

However, he did not loudly refute the ticket seller on the spot, because it was meaningless to do so. Even if the ticket seller was punished in the end, some things still need to be spoken with practical actions. For example, if you want to slap the ticket seller in the face, you have to slap him with box office results, so that he can feel hurt.

Nie Wei did not answer, and Luo Kai did not ask further. Just as they were preparing to find a place to wait for the second game of "Assassin's League", a sudden conversation aroused Nie Wei's interest.

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