American fame and fortune

Heading into mid-November, local television stations in Los Angeles and Atlanta played a trailer for Zombie Gigolo on late-night slots.

Professionals from Lionsgate Films cut highlights such as trapeze and machine gun dancing.

The ad also features Gray's late-night show, which has consistently received good ratings.

Then there are trailers and bulletin boards in movie theaters.

For screening, the distribution company invests very limited resources and only targets the target audience.

After just a week of low-profile publicity, "Zombie Gigolo" opened simultaneously in eight independent theaters in Los Angeles and Atlanta.

Elena had a rest that day, and Martin made an appointment with her to go to the movies in the afternoon.

Lily followed out with a shameless face.

Following two adults, plus Lily's tall head, it's easy to sneak into the theater. After all, it's only rated R, not 17.

There were a lot of vacant seats in the slightly old theater, and the three of them chose the row at the back. When they sat down, Lily slipped past Elena and sat on Martin's left.

Elena on Martin's right glanced at her and said, "Watch a movie and keep your mouth shut."

Lily nodded and said, "There aren't many people. No one will watch the movie you acted in Martin?"

Martin stuffed her with popcorn: "Eat, don't talk."

Elena handed Martin a glass of Coke and asked in a low voice, "Is the audience a bit small?"

In the old theater that can hold nearly 200 people, there are less than forty people sitting sparsely.

Zombie Gigolo was screened in theaters, and Martin's goal had already been achieved, and he was in a good mood: "A low-budget B-grade movie only took three months of shooting and production, so we can't expect many viewers."

Lily wanted to talk again, but Martin gave her the Coke: "Drink water."

When the opening commercial was played, Lily quickly counted and said, "Not counting us, 37 people."

She muttered: "I'll do the math, the movie ticket is rounded up to 6 dollars, and this show is 240 dollars at the box office."

Elena was curious: "What are you counting?"

"She's counting the box office," Martin said.

"The movie he acted in is going to be released." Lily stretched out her finger and poked Martin. "I asked movie magazines to research the calculation method of the box office."

She glanced at Elena's slightly higher breasts, and complained that the size of the elder sister's breasts is inversely proportional to the volume of the brain, and continued: "This film is short, only 92 minutes, and it can be played 9 times a day. Take this afternoon as an average." That’s $2,160 for a single hall per day.”

Elena said: "You miscalculated, it should be 1860 dollars."

Martin would not be so stupid as to refute Elena, saying: "Starting screenings on Friday, this film will have a box office of almost $6,000 in a single theater on the weekend of screenings."

Because the number of spectators in each session is different, it may be more or less.

Elena was still snapping her fingers, and finally gave up. She was surprised: "Martin, you dropped out of school earlier than me, why can you figure it out, but I can't?"

Lily's mouth was faster than her brain: "Because you are really stupid, even more stupid than Martin..."

Elena took the bottle of Coke upside down and smashed it on Lily's head through Martin.

With a bang, Lily became depressed.

Martin quickly grabbed Elena: "Don't disturb people watching the movie."

The main line and basic content of the movie have not changed, but some redundant shots have been cut, and the scale has been slightly smaller to cope with the MPAA rating.

From the beginning of the movie, Elena was dumbfounded.

She thought Martin's late-night scenes, such as Ma Zhen, were exaggerated enough, but she didn't expect this film to be even more exaggerated.

Elena held Martin's hand tightly, and her body stuck to Martin's body. With the character she wanted, she dared to sit directly on Martin's lap if there was no one around.

Martin quietly scratched her palm and gave her a look.

Elena held her temper and waited until she got back from the movie.

The atmosphere in the auditorium was good, and the audience in front kept laughing and occasionally exclaiming.

The audience who can come to watch this movie are undoubtedly B-grade movie lovers. This bad movie that combines the old zombie blood theme with some new ideas makes them a bit enjoyable to watch.

At the end of the show, many people complained that the plot was poor, but they praised the actor's ingenuity in several scenes and his wonderful performance.

Walking out of the theater exit, Lily raged: "Which idiot thought of such an idiot setting?"

Elena regretted taking her out: "Don't force me to do it."

When Lily stuck her throat, she raised her cheeks like an oversized frog.

Back at home in the community, Lily wanted to talk to Elena about the movie she just watched, and found that the pair of idiots Martin and Elena had disappeared.

She sneaked out, set up a wooden ladder, climbed up to the roof, and looked around in the bright moonlight.

Soon, Elena chased and killed Lily with a shotgun.

Martin, Harris, and Hall watch Sisters Kill together.

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"Zombie Gigolo" was screened in three theaters in Atlanta, with an average box office of $6,423 for a three-day weekend.

Los Angeles is better. The average single-house box office of the five theaters exceeds 8,000 US dollars.

Not great, but not bad either.

Dot screening is specifically aimed at the target audience. It is normal for some films with excellent performance in dot screening to explode 20,000+ in a single hall.

The poor ones, of course, are three-day tours or one-day tours of on-demand theaters.

This achievement is enough for Lionsgate to further expand its distribution and increase its promotional budget.

Advertisements and short promos for the film began to appear on some websites, especially forums where B-movie lovers gather.

TV commercials and print media are also fully invested.

In the weekend before Thanksgiving, "Zombie Gigolo" expanded to 54 theaters in North America, and the weekend box office soared to 425,000 US dollars.

Including the previous weekend and weekday box office, the B-movie grossed more than $500,000 in North America.

As for word-of-mouth, the word-of-mouth talk about B-grade movies is full of clouds.

On the contrary, the actor's three wonderful performances were talked about by many B-movie lovers on several movie websites.

Two days before Thanksgiving, Zombie Gigolo Studios received a business letter from Lionsgate and immediately notified Martin, Catherine and Benjamin to come to a meeting.

Because the office space of the studio is so small that it can only accommodate two operators, the meeting place is in Gray's company.

Benjamin was in a great mood, and hugged Martin hard when they met: "Man, we are going to be famous."

Martin smiled and said, "Is that an exaggeration?"

Benjamin was the first to come over and said softly, "We're going to Los Angeles."

Catherine was very excited: "To Hollywood?"

Benjamin didn't answer.

Kelly Gray brought Ella into the conference room at this time, nodded slightly to the three, and said, "Lionsgate just informed us that "Zombie Gigolo" will be screened in 650 theaters this weekend, covering the entire United States. All states, we succeeded."

Martin leaned back on the seat, looked up at the ceiling, raised his hands and clenched them into fists, his eyes passed through many obstacles, as if he could see the sky, the innocence is so blue, the sun is so bright, and the bald Benjamin is so handsome , the freckles on Ella's face are so beautiful, Kelly and Catherine are so beautiful.

With joy, everything is pleasing to the eye.

Even if Old Hei comes over, Martin can still call him handsome.

Because the influence of on-demand screenings and large-scale screenings is very different.

Martin has been jumping up and down like a monkey for nearly half a year, isn't that what it is for?

Benjamin happily slammed down the conference table, seeing Martin stretch out his fist and hit him.

I was too excited, I used too much force, and I cried out in pain.

Catherine was slow to react, or she hadn't realized what the screening in 650 theaters would bring. She pinched her face and asked, "Ms. Gray, can we go to Hollywood?"

Kelly glanced at Martin and said: "Lionsgate is going to hold a meeting with fans and media in Los Angeles to further promote the film. Please go to Los Angeles. They have booked your tickets. You will spend Thanksgiving in Atlanta. Week Depart early on Friday."

"Can I go to Hollywood?" Catherine's first sentence was doubtful, but the second sentence became affirmation: "I can go to Hollywood!"

She screamed suddenly, hugged her blonde hair, stood up and spun around.

How much temptation is fame to an ordinary actor, and Catherine is so excited at this moment.

Even Martin has been staring at Kelly Gray and laughing.

Why do you want to hide your happiness?

Actors are emotionally extroverted.

After screaming loudly, Catherine calmed down a little, sat down on the chair, and smiled embarrassedly: "Sorry, I lost my composure, this is...to me too important."

She reached out her hand and gave Martin and Benjamin a high five: "Thank you! Thank you! It is a great honor to cooperate with you."

Martin smiled and nodded: "Me too."

Kelly said at this time: "During the negotiation with Lionsgate, Dave won each of you 5,000 US dollars in compensation, but when you arrive in Los Angeles, you must cooperate with Lionsgate throughout the process."

Benjamin was so emotional that he even uttered swear words: "As long as they don't fuck my ass, I will definitely cooperate." Then he said harshly: "Even if they fuck my ass, I will bear it!"

Kelly said to the assistant: "Ella, go get a drink, we're going to celebrate."

Ella quickly came over with champagne and a goblet, and several people had a drink together in the conference room.

Benjamin and Catherine soon left hand in hand.

Martin had lunch with Kelly and went to her luxurious apartment.

"Your wish has come true," Kelly said.

"It was our wish," Martin said.

Kelly did not deny that Martin got the leading role in a theatrical movie and gained an important qualification. Her company profited from the project and had more abundant funds to invest in new movies and the transformation of the studio in the auto industry park.

Martin thought for a while, and said sincerely, "Kelly, I wish you a chance to become an MP."

Kelly Gray laughed: "Martin, I wish you a superstar soon."