Hollywood Hunter - Chapter 1546: : Start at the end of the year

Long Island, East Hampton.

After finishing work yesterday, coming here to watch a group of girls dancing at night, and staying at a nearby manor at night always reminds Simon of a group of women with the words ‘not early’.

Unknowingly, another winter has arrived, and the first snow has fallen on Long Island recently. Standing outdoors, because the land is wide and sparsely populated, it is easy to make people feel like the sky is high and the earth is vast.

It is inevitable to get up a little late.

Reflecting the outdoor snow scene, I walked around the manor and returned to the restaurant in the villa. Just after sitting down, a woman walked in with the waitress who came in. Simon was reading a box office report for the past weekend. Seeing the woman approaching, he raised his head and glanced at the fish brocade, Caisang’s younger sister. The woman’s face was ruddy, but her face was timid.

Simon didn’t signal her to sit down with herself, but just asked, “What’s the matter?”

The brocade of fish glanced at the waitress next to her until they put down their breakfast and left, then whispered: “Mr. Westeros, I, I want to go to Canada and see my son.”

Simon nodded: “Yeah.”

The woman blinked and asked, “Mr. Westeros, do you agree?”

“Well,” Simon nodded again: “Get out.”

I got confirmation from Simon, the brocade of fish was a little joyful, and then thought of something, and said sadly: “Mr. Westeros, you, I mean, with Miss Chen, she might not agree. Can you talk to her? Talk about it.”

Simon frowned slightly, looked up at the woman next to him, raised his hand and patted on his lap: “Come on.”

The brocade suddenly knew that he was talking too much and did not dare to resist. He stepped forward carefully, and was hugged by the man on his lap. Then he continued to silently read the materials in his hand full of English and numbers. He also picked up the tableware and ate slowly. Things, she can only shrink as much as possible, without hindering him.

I haven’t eaten breakfast yet, it is inevitable that I am a little hungry.

Simon ate a few pieces of lamb chops, took a sip of warm milk next to him, and then remembered one thing, and asked the woman with alluring fragrance in her arms: “How old is your son?”

Yu Brocade Xiaoxiao swallowed. Hearing this question, she was inexplicably guilty, paused, and said, “Ten…seventeen years old.”

Simon seemed to remember: “Xiao Qing said, do you have two sons?”

The fish brocade is more guilty and nods gently.

Simon didn’t let her go: “Where is the other one?”

The brocade of fish hesitated, did not dare to lie, still whispered: “Twenty-three.”

Simon shook his head: “They are all grown-ups, and they are not children. What else are you going to see, can they not take care of themselves?”

The woman’s eyes were red and pitiful. She turned her head and looked at Simon beggingly: “Mr. Westeros, please, Xiaoguang and Xiaoyi, they have never been far before, this time…please .”

Simon saw that the woman started to cry, because he was in a good mood, so he opened the net and said, “Okay, go, Xiaoqing also said that I said it.”

The woman immediately turned from sorrow to joy again, and turned around in Simon’s arms: “Thank you, Mr. Westeros.”

Simon turned his face slightly: “Is it just a verbal thank you?”

The woman’s tears hadn’t gone away, and she turned shy again, but she still leaned in and kissed Simon on the face.

Simon smiled and gestured to the large table top: “Climb up and assume my favorite posture.”

The woman still obediently followed.

Simon turned a page of the documents in his hand, glanced up, shook his head and said: “Turn around, facing me…very good.”

With the addition of a charming and charming beauty, the breakfast is more enjoyable.

Forcibly restrained the idea of ​​staying for one more day, and after breakfast, Simon set off to fly back to the West Coast.

This is November 8, 1999.

on Monday.

Because of the fierce competition in the end-of-year schedule, the Thanksgiving holiday schedule in North America opened last Friday, and Simon read the official North American box office data for the past weekend during breakfast.

Three days ago, on November 5th, the painting of “Mount Everest” in China was lively. At the same time, there were also four new films on the North American side. Minghella directed the new film, “Genius Ripley”.

After Simon was only willing to give a budget of 30 million US dollars, the creative team was unable to invite Madame students to participate. The two male protagonists of the new version, one is the original Jude Law, and the other one plays the protagonist of Ripley. Determined to be Christian Bale, the former Nolan version of “Batman”.

Christian Bale was born as a child star. He played Steven Spielberg’s “Empire of the Sun” very early. He is only 25 years old this year, but he has more than ten years of acting experience. Although he has always been regarded as a second-line player, The acting is absolutely outstanding, and Bell’s degree of dedication is also well known.

Just say this time, because the image of Bell and Jude is quite different, in order to adapt to the setting of the story, Bell, who belongs to the awl face, not only increased his weight to a certain extent, but also wore a special one throughout the whole process. His braces, so that, when the role was finalized, coupled with the cooperation of Jude Law, who was also aroused by the desire for drama, Simon did not recognize who was who at a glance, only felt that the two male protagonists were really alike.

In addition to the two male protagonists, the female protagonist, who once belonged to the role of Gwyneth Paltrow, has naturally fallen to Vanessa Johnson this time.

The final film effect is obviously beyond the previous one.

In the original Damon version, Madam really didn’t look like a liar with a high IQ. After all, he was more suitable to play the role of Ryan who was rescued. Well, that’s not very smart. As a result, in the whole film, watching Madara change his identities and shuttle between different groups of people, there is no such thing as a level of ease at all. Instead, it is clumsy and embarrassing everywhere.

This time, I changed Bell. It was just the sample film during the shooting that made Simon’s eyes shine. Bell’s acting skills and thorough devotion exploded too much motor. At that time, the president of Gaomen Films was watching the sample film together. Ichman directly stated that this time at least one Oscar nomination can be obtained for Bell.

The premiere on November 3 was ahead of schedule, and the word-of-mouth ban was lifted the next day. Compared with Minghella’s last “British Patient”‘s comprehensive media score of 8.5 points, this time, “Genius Ripley” got a classic level of 9.2 points. Achievements, of which Bell’s performance was specifically mentioned by most film critics, obviously adding a lot to this excellent score.

Good word-of-mouth blessing, coupled with the strong announcement of Daenerys Entertainment, and the very wide popularity of the original book itself in the West, the first weekend of the painting, 2746 screens, four new films competing in the same period, “Genius Ripley 》In three days, he quickly won a box office of 21.45 million U.S. dollars.

I didn’t reach the high-selling level of the US$10,000 average in the first weekend, but seven days is definitely no problem. Moreover, this is already the best result of this Thursday’s new film, not only surpassing the other three new films this week, but also replacing it. Last week’s Halloween schedule “Ghost Sister”, topped the weekend box office list first.

It is expected that the box office of “Genius Ripley” will reach about 32 million US dollars in the first week of its completion.

The former “Genius Ripley”, as the key award-winning film of Miramax in 1999, won the box office of more than 80 million US dollars. “Ripley” still reaches the $80 million box office without a problem.

Moreover, because of the loss of the Oscars, the original overseas box office was very general.

This time, although Daenerys’s award is focused on “Chicago” in the Christmas file, even if it does not rely on the awards, it is just the quality of the film itself and Daenerys’s comprehensive overseas distribution network. Simon believes that this new version will be at least overseas. It can also get a box office equivalent to that of the mainland.

Immediately afterwards, a full box office week from November 5 to November 11, no surprises.

The excellent word-of-mouth “Genius Ripley” successfully reached the top. Seven days a week, this crime drama with a production cost of US$30 million and an expenditure of only US$10 million finally reached the box office of 32.79 million US dollars and successfully won the weekly box office list. Single first place.

The second place was won by the first part of the newest branch of the ghost movie universe last week, “Ghost Nun”. In two weeks, the cumulative box office totaled 87.33 million U.S. dollars, which is expected to exceed 100 million next week.

In addition to the two own films, the third place is an animated cartoon produced by Disney, not a veteran Disney fairy tale, but an animated film adapted from a classic game in collaboration with Nintendo of Japan, “Pokemon”.

At the same cost of 30 million US dollars, the box office of this animated film reached 19.14 million US dollars in the first week, ranking third this week.

Then, the fourth place was taken back by Daenerys. The US version of “Girls’ High School”, the third week of its release, continued to receive 8.37 million U.S. dollars, and the cumulative box office of the film reached 51.73 million U.S. dollars.

The other two new films on November 5th, one from Paramount and the other from Fox, ranked fifth and sixth respectively. They only had an opening box office of only 7.46 million US dollars and the other only 6.83 million US dollars. They were basically out in two weeks. The result is not worth mentioning.

Immediately afterwards.

On November 12, the dinner came.

This week, the large-scale release of films with more than 1,000 screens opened was one less than last week, but the volume of each was larger.

The first is another 3D animation film produced by Daenerys Entertainment, “Racing Mobilization”. The production cost of the film reached 100 million US dollars. Daenerys headquarters and many surrounding manufacturers cooperated, and the joint publicity resources invested are equivalent to $50 million is a big deal. Hasbro, which has been officially included in the Daenerys system, has also placed a heavy bet this time, and has rolled out a full set of peripheral toys related to this animated film in advance.

The number of opening screens of the film is 3041.

It’s not too high, because the animation film pursues the long-term, as long as the reputation is not too bad, you can go all the way through the two year-end schedules.

Then, MGM’s latest 007 masterpiece still follows the naming pattern of the 007 series, plus Simon’s slight interference, this time it is “007 Royal Casino”, and the previous “007 Ghost Party” , Compared to the past, the order is disrupted.

The film tells the story of James Bond who went further to investigate the truth after the appearance of the last Ghost Party. To a certain extent, it refers to the previous “Casino Royale”, but it also has considerable changes.

At the same time, compared to the 75 million US dollars cost of the previous 007, the budget of this “007 Casino Royale” has also reached a new high, reaching 90 million US dollars. MGM invested $50 million in the release of the film, with 3,776 screens opened.

The third part comes from Columbia Pictures, which is currently affiliated with Westinghouse Electric, and it happens to have some ‘relationship’ with Simon. It is the “Air Force One” that Simon had quietly suppressed Chris Lee.

Because of Simon’s optimism, although Daenerys was no longer involved in the same tacit understanding there, he boldly invested a budget of 80 million US dollars. This time the announcement was also quite big. Reached 3563 yuan.

Three new films, three super blockbusters, considering that next week is “Steel Bone 2”, you can imagine how the various Hollywood studios feel about such crowded schedules at the Shura level.