"It's a rare ending that's half-human."
William, who was sitting at the North American premiere, nodded continuously: "Recently, Kiryu Nanaya has been showing us the Bad End. I am really not used to the sudden warm ending."
Ed said uncertainly, "Maybe he has turned over a new leaf. Robert, what do you think?"
He turned his head to look at the other side and found that Donny was kissing his wife Susan.
"It's a very touching story." Susan held Donny's hand, "Do you think we will be together forever like them?"
"Of course, honey. I want your promise."
[Don't show off your affection in the theater! ]
Ed turned his head back angrily.
[I am not angry, I am not jealous, I am not envious. ]
[Calm down, Ed. You are a married man.]
[Damn it! Why would I come to see such a dog-food movie! And sit next to a couple who like to show off their affection! ]
Deep down, Ed really wanted to quit his job and return to Japan to be with his wife.
While viewers were happy about Tsukihime's happy ending, there was one thing they didn't know.
Nanaya originally wanted an ending where Arcueid left Shiki.
However, Shiki Matsuno considered that it would be more auspicious to watch a romantic movie on Valentine's Day, so he chose the story of Arcueid and Shiki Tohno living together.
Nanaya didn't agree with this. He also thought that Shiki Matsuno must not know the joke about "lovers eventually become siblings".
However, Nanaya probably forgot about it, given his current lifestyle.
He, Nanaya Kiryu, will definitely be tied to the stake by the FFF Group.
The release of "Tsuki-hime" naturally triggered great enthusiasm in the North American film market in February.
January of every year is known as the garbage month in the North American market.
Most of the movies released this month are leftover garbage from last year.
So after enduring a month of bad movies, the audience naturally needs a movie to change their minds.
In addition, "Tsuki-hime" took advantage of the popularity of "Inferno", so it naturally had the potential to be a big seller.
In fact, the race of vampires first appeared in literary works.
There is no difference between them and the original werewolves, zombies, demons and other monsters.
They basically appear in horror novels or thriller novels.
However, with the development of the times, more and more monsters have broken away from their original gloomy and terrifying appearance and begun to develop into various story genres.
Among them, vampires should be the type of ghost that has been adapted the most by major creators.
In modern times, there are so many types of stories involving vampires, starting from legendary ghost stories and extending outward to science fiction, action, literary, comedy and even love stories.
Love story is probably the most adapted genre.
Perhaps it is because vampires are set to be handsome men and beautiful women, and their looks are naturally superior to other monsters, so they have the potential to become the protagonists of love stories.
The extremely high appearance value always makes the audience subconsciously forget some things.
For example, in the earliest version of the setting, vampires had no body temperature.
And their bodies are as hard as stone.
Such a cold and hard body obviously would not make people feel comfortable.
If you really don't believe it, you can put the [beep!] utensils in the refrigerator for a few hours and then use them.
Nanaya believed that the feeling of "beep!" towards the popsicle was definitely not pleasant.
This is true for both men and women.
After all, the essence of love is just appearance and wallet.
Of course, the latter is far more important than the former.
This is probably the biggest reason why one of Nanaya's author friends remained single until the end of his life.
Anyway, in Hollywood, vampire-themed romance movies are always common.
But the whole of Hollywood is in the era of "serialization", and a single blockbuster work like "Interview with the Vampire" in the last century can no longer meet the greedy demands of film companies.
Nanaya feels that Twilight cannot be the only movie that has a monopoly on the vampire romance market.
After all, eating alone is usually an outrageous thing.
As a member of the Type-Moon worldview, the work "Tsuki-hime" naturally has the potential to be made into a series.
Apart from anything else, there are many stories to write about the 27th ancestor's pit alone.
At worst, we could describe Arcueid as a character similar to Tang Monk, and Shiki Tohno as a bodyguard like Sun Wukong.
Getting two people married becomes the ultimate mission like the pilgrimage to the West in the "Tsuki-hime" series.
The 27 ancestors and their men formed a group and became monsters who wanted to suck the blood of "Arcueid".
Following this line of thought, Nanaya felt that filming the 81 difficulties would not be a problem at all.
Anyway, there are no mushrooms and no Takeuchi in this world.
Apart from the story that has already been confirmed, Nanaya has the final say on how the rest of the story will develop.
More importantly, only by serializing the film can the benefits be maximized.
But when it comes down to it, the market positioning of "Tsuki-hime" is a romance movie.
In this case, the love factor should still be the mainstream of the film.
If a love movie wants to stand out, it naturally has to be made as romantic as possible.
However, the movie story can be romantic, the shots can be romantic, but the characters must not be "romantic".
Even if the original story of "Tsuki-hime" is an restricted work, if the plot of the characters screaming in the "waves" and "turbulent" waves is really presented on the screen.
Whether it can pass the review is a question.
Besides, "Tsuki-hime" is a love movie aimed at men.
It's easy for characters to get into trouble, especially female characters.
By then, fans sending razor blades to the film company will be the least of their worries.
However, judging from the finished film produced by Shiki Matsuno, "Tsuki-hime" is really romantic.
Although there are no Qiong Yao or Mary Sue-style lines that make people's hair stand on end.
But Shiki Matsuno filmed the story of "Tsukihime" very beautifully.
Whether it was Arcueid's beautiful figure under the moon, or her brilliant smile as she followed Shiki Tohno.
They all left a deep impression and endless reverie on the audience.
At least the male audiences who walked out of the theater felt that their trip was worthwhile, and they also fantasized that maybe they could have a love adventure.
As for female audiences, if they are young and already have a boyfriend that they are satisfied with - such as a Japanese lady.
Their reviews of the movie are still okay.
It's a pity that the proportion of such audiences among girls is too small.
So in the eyes of most female audiences, this is just a melodramatic love movie.
The only things worth watching are the settings and easter eggs of Type-Moon's world view, as well as the action scenes.
Therefore, in the eyes of these non-target audiences, the shortcomings of "Tsuki-hime" are quite obvious.
After all, the budget of "Tsuki-hime" was limited, and the special effects were only so-so.
After all, the production cost of "Tsuki-hime" was only 50 million US dollars.
The special effects shown are not novel at all in the eyes of European and American audiences who are already accustomed to watching various blockbusters.
Fortunately, at the end of the premiere, Nanaya still heard the audience applauding.
I think even if the movie is not very successful, it won't be a complete failure.
"You did a great job, Shiki."
Before Shiki and the crew went on stage to take their curtain calls, Nanaya hugged his best friend.
"Thank you for giving me this opportunity." Shiki said with a smile, "If the film is finally good, how about letting me star in a movie with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars?"
"I told you you were fat, and you're still panting."
Nanaya punched the other person on the shoulder and said, "Okay, as long as the box office performance of the movie meets the requirements, I will give you a singularity."
"That's what you said."
Shiki Matsuno waved to Nanaya.
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After the premiere, "Tsuki-hime" began to be released widely in North America.
Because there were too many romance films released at the same time, and the name of the Four Seasons director was not ranked at all in North America.
Therefore, even though Washimine Entertainment mobilized a large amount of resources and the film was rated PG, the number of theaters that ultimately opened the film was still not particularly large.
Other film distribution companies are no less capable than Washimine Entertainment.
And there are only so many screens in North America.
Once a large number of new movies appear in a short period of time, the number of theaters opening will naturally be affected.
The final result was that the number of theaters showing "Tsukihime" in its first weekend was only 3,214.
But on the first day of its release in North America, thanks to the enthusiasm left over from "Inferno", "Tsuki-hime"'s single-day single-theater box office exceeded 9,000 US dollars!
Many cinemas even exceeded $10,000.
As a result, the North American box office performance of "Tsuki-hime" on the first day reached 35.9 million US dollars!
Therefore, despite the fierce competition from similar films during the same period, "Tsuki-hime" is still the most competitive movie in all Valentine's Day schedules.
This is also thanks to the movie popularity accumulated by "Inferno".
It's like "Iron Man 3" in Nanaya's previous life.
This movie is the first Marvel movie released after the huge success of "Avengers 1".
So despite the controversial content of the movie, "Iron Man 3" still showed amazing box office potential.
It even became the second highest-grossing Marvel single-player superhero movie.
The same is true for the current "Tsukihime".
Although everyone knows that this movie is not the long-awaited sequel to Fate, the story still feels familiar to the audience as it is based on the same world view.
In particular, there are many easter eggs related to the Type-Moon world hidden in "Tsuki-hime".
For example, the character Aozaki Touko from Kara no Kyoukai is mentioned in the movie;
When Arcueid introduced magic, he mentioned that there was a genius lecturer in the Clock Tower;
Also, when the male and female protagonists saw the news on the hotel TV about the gas leak in Fuyuki City, which caused a large number of students to be poisoned by gas, they also complained about the product quality problems of the Fuyuki City Gas Company.
These Easter eggs are like treasures that audiences who like Fate movies are eager to pursue.
The only thing that makes the audience feel a little regretful is that there is no post-credits Easter egg in the movie.
In fact, Nanaya originally planned to put an Easter egg related to FGO, but Shiki Matsuno insisted not to do so.
In Shiki's view, the ending scene of the movie naturally means the end of the movie.
If there really are Easter eggs, they should be some insignificant little anecdotes or something like that.
Even if you want to lay the groundwork for the sequel to the movie, it should be done in the main film, rather than leaving it as an Easter egg.
Nanaya could naturally understand Shiki's thoughts and respected his choice.
There is nothing wrong in delaying the suspense of FGO a little longer, since it is still a long way to go before the film officially starts shooting.
With the release of the first day box office, Four Seasons received much better reviews in the North American film industry.
Many film critics think that the story of "Tsuki-hime" is good, at least it is not too money-conscious.
Most of the media outlets that had been pessimistic about "Tsuki-hime" before its release have also changed their stance.
At least they think that this film has achieved commercial success and has not buried the big IP of Type-Moon.
This should be their greatest compliment to Shiki Matsuno and Tsukihime.