The My Hollywood System
Chapter 41

"How much did you say?"

Will's voice choked as he received the number that George had just said. He expected a pretty good box office count, but it was still too much.

yep, I'm surprised too, Haha. That's about 17 million for the first week. Will, you don't realize it, but we're doing a lot better than most movies at the box office right now."

"That means we've recovered the cost and even made a huge profit."

yeah, and it's only the first week! Will, you and your movie are awesome! A gift from Jesus!

One could clearly feel George's excitement from his voice, and even Will could not help but laugh out loud.

17 Million dollars in the first week is no joke!

And it should be noted that this is only the first week and the level of occupancy in theaters is increasing day by day, especially midnight shows that will give real fear to viewers.

Many people who claimed to be strong watched it just to see if they would be scared and end up scared to death.

At the same time, 17 million means [Blair Witch Project] has ranked 4th in the North American Weekly Box Office Rankings!

The movie at the top of the 3rd rank is [The World of the Dead]. Although the film was bad, the marketing costs were too much, and it barely passed [Blair Witch Project] because of this.

It's hard to say if this Lauren Studios movie will at least break even, especially with the hype of [The Blair Witch Project], a film of the same genre.

Will is sure the movie will be through soon.

In addition, the other two films are [The Knight' Prince], a medieval fantasy led by Frank Joe, one of the oldest actors in Hollywood, and the other is [Love me, who is the oldest actor in Hollywood, Zinon], a rom-com produced by one of the top six studios in Hollywood.

Both films ran for weeks and slowed down.

Will feels starting next week, [The Blair Witch Project] will definitely rank 1st and will go into film history.

As the hype surrounding the film intensified, even the media began to notice it, and some reporters even went to the Wheel Works studio office and interviewed George.

In the interview, he said that the director of the film was a 21-year-old dropout from EUC, and the film was made on a budget of less than 100 thousand dollars.

Just this one sentence spread like wildfire, and suddenly, the media began to advertise the fact.

***

As the madness of [The Blair Witch Project] began to settle in the hearts of the crowd, the media in the United States in particular could not let go of such an opportunity.

Famous news channels send their reporters to hunt humans literally because at least 1-2 reporters are placed in every medium to large sized cinema with the aim of interviewing people who have just watched a movie those.

A young reporter holding her microphone in front of a cameraman starts with a summary of the film when she realizes that the movie inside the Blue Bell theater in Las Vegas has come to an end.

“I'm reporter David from BNN news with cameraman Thomas. The madness of [The Blair Witch Project] is increasing day by day as horror genre connoisseurs call it the standard for all Hollywood movies. The story is about three students who went to shoot a documentary about the legendary witch Blair, but this student never came back.”

“A year later, found their footage that seemed to tell the story they were going through, of course, this did not match the confirmation from the distribution company. However, there are people who still call it a true story.”

As people walked out, a middle-aged woman with gray hair came out; a reporter directly came to her to take her review.

“What do you think about the film?”

The woman looked surprised at first, then noticed the microphone and camera.

“Two words, absolutely fantastic! This is the scariest experience ever.”

He said with moving eyes as if reassuring a reporter.

"Why? Why do you think so?”

David asks to outline his views, which are continued vigorously by the woman.

"I don't know! It seemed like they were taking a concept and sticking it to a very great level. In my opinion, the performances of the three actors are very realistic and. I just found everything very....fresh, fresh and .. haha scary. ”

David, who saw the woman as cooperative, asked another question.

The woman just smiled and looked at the reporter ID and said.

“David…. I'm tempted to think that whatever happens on screen is real and natural, that's how fun a movie is, and how good the 'realism' factor of the movie is. I love being scared for no reason from this movie. ”

The interview continued for a while, and the woman's interesting answers were spread all over the media and the internet. The special clip of his review got almost over 500 thousand views on MeTube

***

When reviews like this from the audience became famous, the popularity of [The Blair Witch Project] soared.

Every day, there will be some other incidents that are enough to make the headlines. Even Will would doubt this incident as a marketing stunt if he wasn't the director himself.

The film became very popular due to factors that Will did not even consider. First is the woman's review. Second, some strange men adorn the parking lot of his neighborhood with the Blair Witch cross mark, scaring people and being arrested in the process.

However, incidents of this kind continue to happen, and some media channels try to question the authenticity of these events, only to be diverted by some other incidents.

The film grossed $40 million in its second week and $77 million in its third week, leaving everyone in awe.

It was the film's third week of premiere, and remained at #1 for the last two weeks in a row. The highly anticipated films that would be released were already afraid of their box office being affected due to [The Blair Witch Project].

Soon, when the popularity of the film reached a certain point, people finally started questioning the director and the actor of the film.

They are not kept in the dark as long as Wheel Works posts information regarding directors, actors, and cast on their MeTube website and channel.

This led to another wave in the audience and audience as they did not believe such a young director was behind this masterpiece. He also broke a Hollywood record as the youngest director to make more than 50 million in the first month of the premiere, while the first month has yet to come to an end.

Everyone from the main cast received a lot of attention from the media as they dug through the information from each of the main cast and director, bringing along another row of exclamations filled with admiration and disbelief.

The female lead, June Roberts, is an actor who has never played any role other than as an extra, making people angry because they think that other directors are unfair to her talent, like his appearance in [The Blair Witch Project] was too amazing.

The other two main cast members, Marcus and Zach, are also lower-class actors with no particular film or fame to support them, but they perform with outstanding performances.

The most remarkable of the group was its own director. Will Evans, a 21-year-old EUC dropout with no previous support or achievements, appears to appear out of nowhere as he embarks on his journey to Hollywood.

Not only did he become the film director that caused this furore, but he was also the screenwriter and producer. How he got the funds to make the film was another question altogether when people found out about his broken rental apartment.

His history was not something spectacular, and he was never too brilliant as the person people expected to be the star of the future.

But here he is, coming out with a very risky yet genius movie. The interest and attention of the people was piqued, and 'Will Evans', this name became the center of attention among young and old.

There were many unanswered questions about him, so the media dug in and interviewed his former classmates with his current landlord.

They learn that Will is a man who has just been orphaned, and after losing his father, his attitude changes, and he begins to work on [The Blair Witch Project].

There are a lot of intriguing stories being made-up related to his past, and the media uses the fact that he is someone who has just been orphaned to garner more sympathy from viewers and audiences.

On the other hand, some well-known critics finally took the time to watch and review horror films that began to craze it.

Erwin Marshal, a longtime critic, called the film "A fresh breath of air with unique way to capture the story."

Lisa Hudson gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of five and called it, "The biggest black horse of the year."

Suraj Kumar, a film reviewer from the Los Angeles Daily, called it "Something unprecedented that has managed to captivate audiences and rightly so!"

It's not just positive reviews. Many critics say that the film is a documentary and not a real film with a bland storyline.

A well-known reviewer with a personal blog, user name Zayn F called the film "A bland storyline and something that doesn't scare me. Don't waste your time on it!"

Even with negative and positive reviews, the film worked spectacularly, and everyone involved was quite happy.

Will, the cause of all this commotion, finally decides to buy a car. He bought a car that resembled a Hyundai Equus from his past life, which was silver in color.

June finally returns from her parents' place, and Will decides to pick her up from the airport.