Chapter 156 (1/2)

Easter in 1988 is April 3, during which American high schools and universities usually give students one or two weeks of spring break. Young people are the main audience in the film market, and Easter has naturally become an important time in North America.

On March 25, the Easter schedule opened. When Harry meets Sally, which has been on demand for two weeks, was officially shown on a large scale of 1077 screens.

In addition, Universal Pictures' ”soldier of genius”, Orion pictures' ”good Johnny” and Paramount Pictures' ”a lot of good things about a single man” were launched on the same day.

It's no coincidence that the star of ”soldier of genius” happens to be Matthew Broderick, who had a conflict with Simon before. Matthew Broderick and Michael fox are the two most popular male stars in this era. That's why Michael Fox's ”the road to prosperity” last year was also scheduled for Easter.

Compared with the previous two works with general reputation, Matthew Brodrick's new film ”soldier of genius” has won the general recognition of the media. If not for when Harry meets Sally, soldier of genius is destined to be the most popular work this Easter.

Now, thanks to Disney's hard-working publicity and the public praise accumulated two weeks in advance, plus the hype about a restaurant scene of Meg Ryan, ”when Harry meets Sally” is far more popular than other works just released in this Easter season.

What's more, when Harry meets Sally, a classic movie still talked about by fans after decades, is certainly not comparable to the young popcorn movies such as ”soldier of genius” and ”good Johnny”, which are specially made for the Easter season by studios.

So, in the first week of large-scale painting, ”when Harry meets Sally” easily won $17.81 million at the box office.

By comparison, the ranking is not good.

Pointing to the big screen ahead, Michael owitz said: ”Michael, if Simon westero didn't sign such a seemingly losing contract, would Disney spare no effort to promote the film?”

Michael essnaton nodded, shook his head with a wry smile, and said, ”no, and if it's a regular distribution agency, I'm sure I won't give the film an Easter schedule and a screen of more than 1000.”

Michael owitz shrugged and said, ”so do you still think that young man can't run a company? In my opinion, he knows Hollywood as well as you and me. Moreover, this is a young man who knows how to make choices. He knows that only when he pays enough can he get what he wants. Now, when Harry meets Sally, even if the North American box office of this movie is calculated according to 100 million US dollars, the proportion of cinemas is calculated as 50%, and Disney can get 18 million US dollars, which seems very rich. However, Denise pictures, which also controls all the distribution rights of channels other than the local cinemas, will make more profits in the future. ”

The people in the projection hall gradually dispersed, and the two also got up and began to walk out.