Chapter 543 The Industry of Film Critics

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"Indeed... so." Natalie nodded in agreement after wiping off the dripping coffee.

Beckoning to Scarlett Johansson who was walking to the side to remove her makeup, Ryan continued, "The era when movie critics influenced movies is about to pass. Now is the era when commercial movies on the Hollywood industrial production line dominate the world, and the impact of movie reviews on movies. Not as powerful as before, let alone influencing the market and audiences on a large scale, a movie can be a hit with film critics alone. The era when the box office of commercial films can plummet..."

Ryan spread his hands and said, "It's already over!"

Even if the critic is called Roger Albert. In addition to the professional scope and the older generation of movie fans, the influence on the moviegoing crowd, which occupies the vast majority of the market, can only be described as negligible.

"Then they criticized a movie so high-profile recently..." Natalie is a smart person, and she knows that the fairness of the film critics is just a joke, "I want to show the existence of those people and show that they still have grievances against the film industry. Extraordinary influence, right?"

"Unfortunately, it is counterproductive." Ryan shook his head and put the newspaper on the table aside, "interests determine the position of the butt, and the influence of the film critic industry has plummeted in recent years, resulting in a sharp drop in the income of film critics, for the sake of the industry. And self-interest, they will certainly have the same voice at some point to demonstrate the necessity of their existence, but they are a group that is destined to decline."

"Then there will be no film critics?"

Scarlett Johansson, wearing a tight T-shirt and carrying a short jacket, sat beside Natalie, "Will this industry disappear?"

Ryan put a new mug in front of her, pouring coffee, and said, "Of course not, because producers always need film critics to wave their flags to attract some older audiences, even if it's just in form, even if it's just for shock. awards."

Natalie curled her lips helplessly, while Scarlett shrugged, "As you always do?"

Shaking his finger, Ryan didn't answer, and looked to the side, where the crew was packing the equipment under the command of the assistant director.

"Traditional film critics can switch to the Internet." After a few words of communication with her assistant, Natalie turned to Ryan and said, "For example, a blog or something."

"My dear, the Internet belongs to the navy's territory."

As soon as Ryan finished speaking, Scarlett seemed to remember something.

Putting down the coffee cup he was holding, "This seems to be your team's forte, I know."

"Isn't there still a professional website like imdb?" Natalie seemed to want to argue.

"Let's not talk about the professional sailors on imdb."

Knocking his finger, Ryan asked back, "Which is the highest rated movie on imdb now?"

"Sometimes it's The Godfather, sometimes it's The Shawshank Redemption," Scarlett said first.

"The Godfather is too far away, let's just talk about the more recent "The Shawshank Redemption"" Ryan frowned slightly, recalling the market benefits related to the film, "We don't discuss the artistry of the film, we only talk about the market and profit."

As if knowing that Ryan would say so, Natalie made a gesture of please.

"The movie market can be simply divided into theaters and surrounding areas. "The Shawshank Redemption" was released once in 1993, and it landed in North American theaters once after the Oscars in 1994. The two times received a total of more than 28 million US dollars at the box office."

What Ryan said are the box office results of the movie in this life, which is almost no different from the previous life. "Although the media called it the most perfect movie in history because of the big defeat of the Oscar, it entered the theater for the second time. The box office situation There is no improvement, and obviously the theater market doesn't buy it."

"Now about peripherals, in the next few years, it became a big winner in the video rental market." Ryan continued, "And the sales of TV rights, which brought a lot of income to the film, and this part of the income. How many are there?"

"It's about $43 million now." This is not a secret in the industry, and Natalie has heard of it.

"In my opinion, this movie will definitely become the first movie rated by imdb in the future, and maybe the media will continue to call it the most perfect movie." Ryan raised a finger. Shaking in front of the two girls, "So favored by professional websites and professional film critics, how much do you think the peripheral income of this movie will accumulate in another ten years?"

"Two hundred million dollars?" Scarlett said weakly.

"No more than $100 million."

The trajectory of this movie in this life and past life has not changed much. Ryan still remembers that in the last year of the previous life, "The Shawshank Redemption", excluding the box office of more than 28 million US dollars, has a total income of about 8,800 yuan. around $10,000.

How long did it take for the film to go from return to profit?

The production cost of the film was $25 million. The cost of publicity and public relations will not be less than this figure, especially for the second release, without paying a certain price. Those vampire-like theater businessmen will make a heavy prison theme return to theaters again?

"No one can deny The Shawshank Redemption's artistic achievements, and few films can take its place among fans who love it."

Seeing Natalie pouting, Ryan laughed, "But professionalism and art have never been directly related to the market. Especially when information is so developed today, without the market, it means being eliminated by history."

He turned the topic back to the beginning, "So. The decline of the film critic industry is unavoidable, and even if Roger Albert goes into battle, it cannot be changed. How much of the new generation of audience will care about the voice of film critics?"

Natalie and Scarlett glanced at each other, then raised their coffee cups.

Ryan continued, "There will be more and more movies that will be scolded by film critics as worthless, failed imdb scores, but can sell very well at the box office. After all, in this market, audiences choose movies, not film critics and film critics. The website chooses the movies for them.”

"I'll sort it out for you." Natalie folded her arms and stared straight at Ryan, "You've said so much, in fact, it can be summed up in one sentence, what you need is the audience's movie tickets. , rather than art and professional film criticism.”

Seeing Natalie posing as a sub-debate, Ryan simply looked at the girl next to her, "Scarlett, you can also express your opinion."

"Me?" She pointed to her chin, "Well, I can't tell you anything else right now, all I know is that "Princess Diaries" is the best-selling and one of the most popular of all my movies. Department, and also helped me achieve a single film salary of more than 10 million US dollars for the first time... Oh, this is calculated together, and there may be more in the future."

Scarlett suddenly hugged Natalie's arm and said with a smile, "But, I still like the role Sophia prepared for me the most."

"Lost in Tokyo?" Natalie looked at her, and Scarlett nodded, "Well, I guess I'll be going to Tokyo in the second half of the year."

While they were chatting, the small crew had been sorted out. After greeting, the assistant director led the team away.

"Let's go to dinner." Ryan walked out of the shop first, and asked Natalie next to him, "What would you like to eat?"

"Scarlett said she was going to treat her." Natalie held Ryan very naturally, and Scarlett on the other side nodded in agreement, "Nate has discussed a lot with me about acting, Ryan. , you recommended me to play Princess Mia, my remuneration and share have been received, how can I thank you."

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