Producer and journalist Christian Nelson, influencer on social networking sites, and Gerak Tabag, released their new movie, which managed to lead the American box office in the United States, after they took advantage of a "naive vulnerability" that arose from the pandemic of the emerging Corona virus, which is represented in Close theaters in most states of the state.
The two made a short horror movie called Unsubscribe, and filmed its footage via the Zoom app in a week.
A zero-dollar budget tops Box Office in the United States!
"We have joked," Nelson says, "that any movie that will be screened right now will immediately top the American box office." He also added: “Realizing that the current situation has brought a hole, we came up with a plan.”After that, Nelson and Tabac bought a showroom in Westhampton Beach, New York, where they released their movie without an audience.
For his part, Tabak explains, in a behind-the-scenes video clip posted on his YouTube channel: “Our movie is 30 minutes long; So if we rent the theater for two and a half hours, we can play it five times. ”
He also added: “If the ticket is sold for 12 dollars, and 425 people attend the movie, this means returns of 25 thousand and 500 dollars. So if any film does not achieve revenues higher than this amount, on that particular day, the movie will become the highest revenue in American theaters. ”
Tabak also stated that they had chosen to limit the maximum number of performances; Because they already had to buy tickets; To make the process "legitimate".
In the video, the two men appear behind the scenes, while attending the "premiere", dressed in tuxedos and enjoying popcorn.
Film revenue figures show that Unsubscribe made the highest revenue in the United States on June 10, at $ 25,488; This means that the Nelson and Tabak plan succeeded.
"We have seen a silly loophole in the system that cannot be exploited at any other time, and we think it is funny," Nelson said.
He added: “Last year, the box office at that time topped the second part of The Secret Life of Pets. But this year, she released a horror movie with a budget of $ 0, produced through Zoom.
According to Box Office Mojo, Unsubscribe film came third at the box office during the week of June 5-11.
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