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589 [Withdrawal]

With the arrival of July, the movie "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was officially released.

On the eve of the release of the movie, fierce conflicts broke out again between the Tongxie group and the Anti-Tongxie group.

In Los Angeles, same-sex groups held events, calling on fellow people to come forward and support "The Spirit of Aura".

At the same time as the event was held, the anti-homogeneous group also held an event at the same location, calling on the people to boycott "The Spirit of Aura".

At the beginning, both sides still carried out their own activities and restrained each other. But soon after, verbal conflicts began and soon turned into street melee.

The two sides fought together, and thousands of people participated, fists, sticks, and bricks rushed up... The conflict lasted for nearly an hour before it was stopped by the police.

This conflict caused more than 500 people to be injured and more than 300 people were rushed to the hospital, including more than ten critically injured, which can be said to be a disaster.

After the conflict was reported live on three major TV broadcasts in Asia and America, it also made the 220 million American people frightened.

...

Seeing this situation, all Hollywood knows that the movie "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is destined to fail.

Before the movie was officially released, there was such a big conflict and so many people were killed or injured. It would be strange if its box office could be high.

Speaking of which, Ye Jin was also unlucky. A good movie was accidentally mixed up with Tong Ying. As a result, such a big storm was caused and he was destined to lose a lot of money. It was really unfavorable for the passing year.

Fox Film and several theater companies in Asiatica, seeing this situation, hurriedly asked Ye Jin for advice on whether to withdraw the "Spiritual" from the show to avoid causing even greater trouble.

"Mr. Ye, this happened. I suggest that "The Legend of Aura" be temporarily withdrawn and find a suitable opportunity to release it in the future." Damian Carret suggested to Ye Jin.

"Removal of the file?! What a joke?" Ye Jin denied it when he heard it.

Although something sad has happened now, it is still far from being withdrawn.

Back then, there was a gun incident on the first day of the release of "Batman: The Dark Knight", with as many as 12 dead and more than 70 injured. Even so, Warner Pictures did not think about withdrawing the file.

The movie ended up having a box office of one billion US dollars, winning the fourth place in North American film history and 13th place in the global box office. The gunshot incident did not affect its box office at all.

The production cost of "The Awesomeness" is $15 million, and the promotion and distribution cost reaches $8 million, totaling $23 million.

Once it is withdrawn, the 23 million US dollars will be wasted, which will cause his first loss after taking charge of Fox Group ("The Past of the United States" is an investment from Myth Films, not counted in Fox Group's accounts).

Two thousand and three million US dollars can be considered a huge loss, and Ye Jin doesn't want to spread such a heavy loss. Therefore, the movie "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" must be released, and it can make as much as the box office can make, which is better than losing all.

"But, Mr. Ye..." Damian Carret wanted to persuade him again.

This conflict has caused more than ten people to be seriously injured. If it continues to be released, if it causes a more intense conflict...

"Okay, that's it. We are filmmakers, not social activists, we are only responsible for making movies. "The Legend of Aura" is just a romantic comedy, and its release is completely reasonable and legal, and there is no need to be withdrawn." Ye Jin said firmly.

After hearing what he said, Damian Carret was not easy to tell, so he nodded, "I understand, Mr. Ye, I will do whatever I want."

...

On July 2, the movie "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" officially landed in major theaters in Asia and America.

Due to the influence of previous storms, many theaters have withdrawn from distribution, making the release scale of this movie less than 400 theaters, which is smaller than the release scale of horror films such as "Ghost Street" and "Halloween".

Whether inside or outside Fox, there is no hope for its box office, and he believes that Ye Jin's insistence on release is just a failure.

The movie "The Legend of Aura" has a bad reputation, but the advance production, publicity and distribution funds have been spent. If the release is withdrawn, it will be all lost. Just grit the bullet and release it. The box office can make a little profit, which is better than losing all.

On the day of its official release, more than a dozen conflicts broke out in various parts of North America, all caused by the same group and anti-sweeping group.

Fortunately, after the last conflict, the Asian American police were prepared and intervened in advance, making the conflict no longer as intense as last time.

"The fight started again. It seems that Ye Jin is really in trouble this time."

"He has been so glorious in the past two years, but he finally suffered a fall!"

"Okay, as soon as "The Spirit of Spirit" collapses, we can compete for the summer season."

Many industry insiders gloat at the media reports.

Ye Jin has been so glorious in the past two years. The movies he launched nearly monopolized all schedules and made other companies' movies fall into pieces. So he was so unlucky that everyone was naturally happy to watch jokes.

...

After twelve o'clock in the evening, all theater manufacturers reported the box office data of the day to Fox Pictures and major media, and the data summarized surprised everyone.

The first day of "The Legend of Aura" actually had a box office of as much as two million US dollars, with an average attendance rate of 67%. Such data is really amazing.

You know, when "Rocky 2" was released, even if it had a good reputation for its predecessor and a star like Stallone, the attendance rate on the first day was only 55%.

"The reputation of this movie is already terrible, how can it still have such a high attendance rate?"

"This data statistics are wrong. Can 400 theaters sell for $2 million?!"

"How can such a movie that is resisted by mainstream people still get 67% attendance? How much is the same as Ameriga?"

People talked about it, and couldn't believe that the data was true.

But they also know that theater dealers will not deliberately deceive them.

The North American film industry is already very mature, with a complete system and complete enamel rules. If there were irregular operations such as exaggerating box office and concealing box office decades ago, it would be absolutely impossible to have it now.

If any theater company dares to falsely report the box office, what they will be waiting for is the sanctions and severe punishments of Falu, as well as the suppression and ban in the industry, no one dares to do anything randomly.

Therefore, although these data are shocking, they are indeed real data.

"How could this happen? Why is its box office unaffected?"

"Now, the same people are supporting each other. In a few days, the box office will naturally drop."

Everyone started to find reasons.

...

However, to everyone's surprise, a week later, the attendance rate of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" did not drop, but more and more people watched the movie.

One week after its release, its cumulative box office has reached 18 million US dollars, while the average attendance rate remains around 60%, which is very strong.

The theater chain dealer that had previously withdrawn from the issuance is already requesting Fox Pictures to cooperate again and participate in the release of "Shenqiu".

They had seen frequent conflicts before, thinking that "The Legend of Aura" would not be a big seller. But now their good data proves that they have misjudged all of them, so they had to go back to make money.
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