Movie Queen Development Plan

There was no large-scale promotion when the two sequels of "Kara" started filming, but this does not mean that the new film does not need promotion.

There was no promotion before because Lin Bao's overall focus was still on "Goblin Slayer" at the time, and the audience needed to keep paying attention to Goblin Slayer.

At this time, the box office of "Goblin Slayer" has come to an end, and Lin Bao feels that it is time to use Nanaya's new film to boost the box office again.

After all, a few million yen is still box office revenue, and the more the better.

So they arranged a movie press conference for Nanaya today about the sequel to "Kara no Kyoukai".

More importantly, it's almost October now.

Although there are still three months until the end of 2002, for people in the entertainment industry it is almost the end of the year.

As the award season in November is approaching, various film producers have begun to promote their films.

As the only movie of Nanaya this year, Goblin Slayer needs to be promoted.

Using the name of a new film launch to promote one of their old movies is something every director has learned without any instruction.

Although "Goblin Slayer" is a commercial film, it is also an R-rated movie.

But the problem is that it was too successful, so successful that in Japan it could make up for its shortcomings in subject matter with its box office performance.

The box office results of "Goblin Slayer" are basically out. Except for a few places like Japan where it is still being shown, it has basically been taken off the screen in other countries and regions.

But it was an unprecedented box office success.

The North American box office was 320 million and the global box office was 590 million.

Although "Goblin Slayer" lost to "Star Wars" and could only rank third globally, in North America "Goblin Slayer" defeated "Star Wars" with a slight advantage of 10 million and took the runner-up position.

Although Nanaya is well aware that by the end of the year, the North American box office ranking of "Goblin Slayer" and the global box office ranking of "Star Wars" will drop one place because of "The Two Towers", Nanaya is already very satisfied.

You know, it is no exaggeration to say that this result is the best R-rated movie in film history.

In this era when 3D has not yet been widely used and IMAX cinemas are not yet popular, the box office of "Goblin Slayer" basically represents the pinnacle that an R-rated movie can reach.

As for The Passion of the Christ, which was released a few years later, Nanaya feels that it still has the upper hand because of its religious theme.

After all, Jesus is probably one of the most widely known figures in the world, and the protagonist himself is a kind of invisible publicity.

The previous box office forecasting agency made a mistake in predicting the global box office of $550 million. The actual box office was a full $40 million higher than their expectations.

At that time, the review agency thought that the R element of "Goblin Slayer" would make it difficult for other countries and regions other than the United States to accept such an overly sensitive subject matter, but from the actual results, global audiences did not seem to mind.

I can't say such a box office result will have an impact on film awards in other countries, but it is a great boost to film awards in Japan.

The minds of the old academicians have not become as completely rigid as they would be a few years later. They may not like commercial films, but when a film reaches a crushing box office level, they will have to consider its influence.

The most obvious examples are Titanic a few years ago and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King next year.

Although the structure of commercial films is very disliked by the old men, the huge influence brought by the movies forces those old men to choose them.

Although the box office of "Goblin Slayer" in North America has not yet reached the point where art needs to give way to box office, there is no problem at all in Japan.

Although "Goblin Slayer" has not been taken off the shelves in Japan yet, based on the current situation, it is estimated that the box office in Japan will be around 13 billion yen.

Compared to the incredible box office of "Spirited Away", there is still a big gap, but it is also the best live-action movie in Japan in recent years (local director, local consortium investment).

Combined with the global box office revenue of 590 million U.S. dollars, Nanaya estimates that he will definitely gain a lot in this awards season in Japan.

Putting aside other things, even if I can't win all the technical awards and reach the Grand Slam, at least there will be no problem taking most of them.

However, no matter how amazing the results are, related publicity is still necessary.

Although this press conference was for the sequel to "Kara", any reporter with a normal brain would definitely mention "Goblin Slayer" when writing the article.

Just like when the media mentions Robert Downey Jr.'s other movies in the future, they always mention "Iron Man" and Tony Stark.

Of course, since the investment in "Kara" itself is not too high (compared to "Goblin Slayer"), the scale of the press conference can only be considered medium in Japan.

However, what surprised Nanaya was that countless reporters gathered at the press conference, including almost all the top film-related media in Japan.

This shows that Nanaya is still very attractive to the Japanese media.

"There are so many people."

Hearing Nanaya's answer, Hanai Ryuichi laughed.

"You are now considered a celebrity, no, you are a superstar." Ryuichi put one hand on Nanaya's shoulder and said, "Be more confident, you are now a director with a salary of 80 billion. You are much more powerful than an old man like me."

"Teacher, why do you say that too?"

Nanaya's face was full of black lines. He finally saw the true nature of this old man.

[80 billion director] is the nickname that the Japanese media gave to Nanaya recently. Because "Goblin Slayer" grossed 590 million US dollars worldwide, these Japanese reporters directly converted it into Japanese yen according to the exchange rate and gave Nanaya the title of 80 billion.

Why is it the Japanese yen?

Only a large amount of money can attract the attention of passers-by. Just like when movies from other countries are released in the United States, the box office is never calculated in US dollars, but in the local currency.

In this way, even a box office of hundreds of thousands of dollars can instantly reach millions. Such a title is really powerful.

Of course, if we look at the current actual exchange rate, Nanaya's is definitely less than 80 billion, it should be around 77 billion yen.

However, these Japanese reporters changed the concept. They used the excuse that the exchange rate of the US dollar against the Japanese yen continued to fall, and calculated according to previous years, and added the more than 3 billion box office of "Kara 1" in Japan, and made up an 80 billion.

After all, a number starting with 8 is definitely more shocking than one starting with 7, isn't it?

But this was not particularly wonderful for Nanaya, as he had been almost annoyed by the noise he had been experiencing recently.

Everyone seemed to believe that he had earned 80 billion yuan in net worth, rather than 70 billion yuan in box office revenue, and people from all walks of life came in droves to borrow money through connections.

The largest number of people came from Nanaya's hometown and his college classmates.

Nanaya could also understand his hometown. Having spent his childhood and youth there, he knew very well that it was just a poor mountain valley with nothing.

But Comrade Nanaya is not very happy to lend money directly to outsiders who have nothing to do with him. But you have to give some alms, after all, you still have to pay attention to the reputation of the villagers.

In addition, the success of "Goblin Slayer" did allow Nanaya to have more money - Shion was very satisfied with Nanaya's achievements and gave him an extra bonus of nearly 1 million US dollars.

Thinking that instead of handing the money over to the tax bureau, it would be better to use it to do something good, Nanaya took a portion of it to support his hometown.

Nanaya asked his mother in his hometown to help two families who had almost no source of income because the male head of the family was ill, and regarded it as supporting charity.

Then Nanaya donated a sum of money to the village for infrastructure construction. Nanaya's father withheld the money and gave it to the most needed areas in the village.

If Nanaya gives the money directly to the village government, it will definitely disappear before the end of the year for various reasons.

When it comes to the evil in human nature, Nanaya always assumes the worst.

But Nanaya was not so polite to these classmates.

Among this group of people, except Shiki, they looked down on him when they were in school.

Both Nanaya's identity as a country boy and his philosophy of making commercial films seemed ridiculous to them.

"Maybe he went crazy because of poverty in the mountains. He's a fool with no artistic pursuits at all."

This was the evaluation given to him by Nanaya's classmates.

However, now these people are shamelessly asking me to give them funding to shoot their art films.

Looking at these guys' flattering attitude and corny compliments, Nanaya felt only anger and disgust.

"Even if I were to use the money to support my alma mater, I would never give it to you to make a movie!"

Nanaya replied angrily, and at the same time he ordered Ori to forbid anyone except Shiki to approach the studio.

These so-called classmates asked for a movie budget of hundreds of millions of yen. Nanaya estimated that he really funded these guys, and it would be good enough to have 30 million yen to enter the filming process.

Of course, Nanaya is also very aware of the importance of the alumni circle. If he hadn't been a student at Tokyo Arts University, he wouldn't have become friends with Shiki, and he wouldn't have had the opportunity to join his teacher's crew.

Therefore, Nanaya still has very deep feelings for his alma mater, and his statement about supporting his alma mater was not a lie.

He donated $100,000 to his alma mater, Tokyo University of the Arts, so that the school could use it to update teaching equipment and tools.

You have to know that film shooting relies more and more on equipment, so letting your younger classmates use better tools can be considered as helping them integrate with society earlier.

Of course, the nickname [80 Billion Director] does not only mean that Nanaya is here to ask for money. For the people around Nanaya, this nickname also allows them to tease Nanaya for a while.

Especially Nanaya's teacher, Ryuichi Hanai, who gives the old man a hard time every time he sees him during this period.

"Teacher, is it so fun to play teasing on me?" Nanaya asked weakly.

"Of course it's interesting."

Hanai Ryuichi patted Nanaya's shoulder and said, "Okay, don't be discouraged."

"Stand up straight! You are my disciple!"

"Yes, my old man."

Nanaya replied helplessly.

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This press conference was held in the lecture hall inside Linbao Company.

The press conference was small in scale and all processes were kept simple.

Nanaya himself also tried to answer various questions in concise language.

"Director Kiryu, what kind of story will the sequel to "Kara no Kyoukai" be about? Will it still be an urban legend?"

The first question at the press conference was, of course, the one arranged by the authorities.

"That's for sure. This is the theme of the "Kara no Kyoukai" series. Ryougi Shiki, Kokutou Mikiya, and Aozaki Touko will encounter new bizarre events, and they will rely on their own abilities to solve new events."

Another reporter immediately followed up with another question: "I've seen the information Lin Bao has released so far, and your new film seems to feature a group of delinquent teenagers. Is this your reflection on current social issues?"

[You really dare to think that when you were a kid, you must have gotten full marks for reading comprehension, right? ]

Although he kept complaining in his heart, Nanaya still answered as concisely as possible: "These are just the settings to pave the way for the story to unfold."

"After all, even though Kara no Kyoukai itself is a supernatural and bizarre story, in order to make the audience feel more involved in the story, I chose to start with a relatively familiar plot."

"This will be a wonderful story. While maintaining the bizarre and fantastic ideas of the previous film, I will also add more magic skills to let everyone better understand the world of Kara no Kyoukai."