Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 812 First weekend box office hits

  The Twin Theater in New York is smaller than the one in Los Angeles, and can only accommodate 500 spectators without a screening hall. That's because it was the first twin movie theater built in 1971, with two identical screening halls.

  The designer is Drew Eberson, the famous designer who has designed the University of Florida. He is most famous for leaving a dozen cinemas in New York with different shapes but very artistic.

   This is because he was an assistant director in Hollywood when he was young. I still have a passion for movies.

  The Twin Theatre in New York is located on the corner of 64th Street and 2nd Avenue. It looks like an old theater with a neoclassical portico.

  The photojournalist is facing the entrance of the porch, and is desperately taking pictures. The continuous flash lights illuminate the entrance as if it were daytime, and there is no time to darken it for a moment.

   "Patrick, look here, look here."

  Patrick Schwytz at the New York premiere of "Dancing Hot" with his wife, Lisa Nimi.

   Ronald and Helen Slater hurriedly went up to greet them, and the four of them posed for pictures by their own photographers at the scene.

   "Helen, it's nice to see you again." Lisa Niemi once visited the class during the filming phase of "Dancing Hot" to cut off the delusions of the heroine Jennifer Gray. It happened that Helen also went to the crew to visit the class, and the two hugged happily.

   "Are you okay?" Ronald stood by and chatted with Schwytz. He looked at their two female companions, who were very attractive in their clothes.

  Lisa Nimi was wearing a black openwork lace dress with no jewelry aside from a necklace of turquoise and gold amber. She is also a dancer and has an outstanding temperament. The blond fine curly hair, flowing naturally on the shoulders, smiled sweetly.

  Helen went beyond Ronald's expectations and took a neutral and tough style. The hair is pulled up and pulled loosely into a bun. Two exaggerated star-shaped pendant earrings adorn her slightly immature face with a boyish temperament.

  The upper body is wearing a masculine gold and silver pattern, decorated vest. A grey men's trench coat was worn over it, with high shoulder pads and an exaggerated neckline. Below is the dark black trousers, which makes Helen look androgynous for a while.

   "Ah...fortunately you reminded me", Patrick Schwytz made a weird face to Ronald, "Those film critics were so enthusiastic, at the afternoon party, they were lining up to dance with me."

"Ahem..." Ronald almost couldn't hold back his laughter. Schwytz's dancing in the movie was **** and powerful. Those female film critics, when they said good things about their films, booked the premiere time , You must dance with the hero Schwytz to enjoy the "welfare" that Baby can enjoy.

   "Lisa comes with you, so you can save a lot of trouble." Ronald patted Schwytz's arm, reached out to take Helen's arm, and let the Schwytz couple go in.

   "Patrick, say one, say one..."

   Seeing that the male lead was leaving, the photojournalist below stopped working with the female show host who came to visit the TV station and shouted at Schwyz.

   "Say one, say something?" Schwytz was inexplicable, and seemed to have a big question mark in his mind.

   "Say that - 'No one can keep Baby in the corner."

   "Uh..." Schwyz suddenly had two wrinkles on his forehead. Ronald also felt amused when he heard such a request.

   At the end of the movie, Johnny came back from out of town and danced a dance with Baby that promised her. He walked to the table where the Hausmans were, and Baby was sitting in the corner of the wall.

   "No one can put Baby in the corner. (NobodyPutBabyintheCorner., as soon as this sentence was said, Baby's eyes lit up obviously, and then happily stood up and accepted the invitation to dance together.

   "Speak, speak..."

   This line has been widely publicized in film reviews by female film critics such as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Journal, Los Angeles Times, etc. The audience already knows such a moving line without watching the movie.

  Ronald was obviously a little embarrassed to see Schwytz. This act of reproducing the scene of the movie on the spot was too shameful for a person with actor self-discipline.

   "Comeon", Ronald made a fuss when he saw the female audience below, as if he wouldn't let you go without saying anything. Had to go over to hold Schwytz by the shoulder and whisper in his ear, "It's part of your job, Patrick. If you don't talk today, it looks like they won't let you go."

"Okay, okay," Schwytz also felt that he had to say it again, he took two steps, stood in front of the audience and the TV host, then took a serious face, brewed a feeling, including an affectionate look at the camera said:

   "No one can put Baby in the corner. (NobodyPutBabyintheCorner.

   "Yeah... he said it, he said it..." the audience shouted happily, and the two middle-aged female audience members in the front row were about to cry while covering their faces with their palms.

"Audience friends, we are now at the door of the Twin Theatres. Today is the premiere of the movie 'Dancing Hot'. Just now, the actor Patrick Schwytz recreated his classic lines in the movie to all the audience who gathered at the door. ,Should not be missed."

   "Hahaha..." Seeing this scene, Helen leaned back and forth with laughter. "Did the screenwriter Eleanor just follow Patrick's way and write this sentence on purpose. It's really cool for him..."

   "Not only that, Eleanor also took advantage of the joke and danced the Mamba with Patrick for a long time."

   Today, Schwytz is wearing a hair-style stand-collar shirt, and a dark gray coat. He looks polite, not similar to the character in the movie whose testosterone is about to overflow the screen.

But those viewers are obviously die-hard fans. They had seen the "Dancing Hot" in advance on Friday and Saturday, and now they come to the premiere to interact with Schwytz, the love of their dreams. of.

   "Crazy, crazy..." It was also the first time that Ronald saw the enthusiasm of female audiences for his movie hero.

   Unlike the female fans of Tom Cruise, Patrick Schwytz's female fans are older, and many of them are about 30 years old with him. These fans who have become mothers are going crazy, which is even more staggering.

   "Hello, Cynthia. This must be Richard."

   The second pair of actors is Cynthia Rhodes who plays Penny. She was wearing a long black velvet dress today with silver botanical embellishments on her shoulders. A head of light blond hair is particularly spirited.

Behind    is a man much younger than Cynthia, wearing a leather suit, very coquettish. The middle part of the hair is combed high, the sides of the forehead are shaved short, and the long hair of the shawl is left behind.

   It was Richard Marks, a singer who pursued Cynthia Rhodes.

   "Hello, Ronald", Richard Max came up and hugged Ronald.

   "Richard is writing songs for Barbra Streisand now." Cynthia looked at Richard with admiring eyes. It seems that after making up his mind, Cynthia's relationship with him is going well.

   "That's amazing." Ronald took pictures with them and then took them in himself.

   "Cynthia seems to be very happy with him." Helen watched as the two walked in with their fingers interlocked, and came over to gossip with Ronald.

   "Yeah, being able to write songs for Barbra Streisand shows that he is very strong in the industry." Ronald had to echo from this perspective.

   He also took Helen Slater's hand. Today, her heroic and valiant temperament is completely different from her gentle appearance before.

   Several main characters have arrived, only the heroine has not arrived yet.

"Is Jennifer coming today? Will she bring a boyfriend?" Helen still remembered that during the filming, she heard that the heroine Jennifer Gray was infatuated with Patrick Schwytz, and Schwytz's wife Lisa, who was finally visited, I was so angry that I almost didn't talk to the male protagonist.

  So today, seeing that the other two leading actors are both in and out, Helen's gossip is soaring, and she wants to see who Jennifer Gray will bring.

   "Don't look, her boyfriend Brodick is still in the hospital, it's not that easy to break two legs." Ronald smiled.

   Jennifer's neck has been cultivated for a few days, and today she can finally take off the protective cover, put on beautiful clothes, and attend the New York premiere of the hottest movie she has ever starred in.

  Her father, Joel Gray, called Ronald himself. Worried about his daughter's health, he and his divorced ex-wife came to participate in the grand appearance of his daughter Jennifer.

   "Ronald, thank you so much."

  Joel Gray pulled his daughter over and hugged Ronald when he came up. It was really not easy for my daughter to escape the accident this time.

   "Look at you guys, I really regret not deadlifting you to play Baby's father."

  Joel Gray is a veteran movie star who has won a Tony Award. He came to play the father in the play, and there is actually no problem with his acting skills. Ronald said this on purpose to make the family of three happier.

   "Thank you, I'm so happy today."

   The family of three took a rare group photo. Joel and Jennifer's mother walked into the theater, leaving their daughter at the door to continue the tour of reporters.

  Today is Jennifer Gray's night, she turned her body and let the photojournalist take enough.

  Jennifer Gray wore a bright red dress, showing her shoulders and neck, with a slightly natural curly mess, Gray was the most beautiful star tonight.

   After finally showing off her figure, Jennifer Gray came over to hug Ronald and Helen, and apologized and thanked him.

   "Sorry, I almost couldn't participate in the movie's marketing campaign this time. Thank you."

  Ronald saw that she was dressed very carefully today, so he stopped mentioning the unhappiness in the past, and reached out to let her show some beautiful body again to reporters and TV cameras.

   "Is your neck okay?"

   Ronald asked with concern when he saw that Gray's neck was still a little stiff and unnatural, and when he saw that she was wearing a dress with a one-shoulder revealing a beautiful neck.

   "It's okay, as long as it doesn't... ah..."

   "Jennifer, why are you alone, I'll protect you."

  A tall actor, who seemed to be drinking too much, rushed behind Jennifer Gray, hugged Gray's chest with both hands, and then arched his mouth around Gray's neck.

   "Ah..." Gray hadn't reacted from the shock, but he quickly tried to avoid the other's stinky mouth, which affected his neck injury and cried out in pain.

   "Hey, you're drunk."

   Ronald got angry, grabbed the back of the opponent's hand, and twisted it half a turn.

  The actor was taken away from behind Jennifer Gray and fell down, with a pig croak that was louder than Gray just now.

   "Ronald, Ronald, it's me...it's me, Eric."

   Ronald took a closer look, he knew this long-faced actor. It was Eric Roberts, who played the supporting actor in "The Runaway Train" written by Akira Kurosawa and directed by Konchalovsky, the director who defected from the Soviet Union at the time.

   He also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination, but why is he so drunk?

  Ronald's hands were relaxed, making Roberts less miserable. Then reach out and pull him.

   "Um... how much did you drink?" Ronald shouted, covering his nose after pulling Eric Roberts up.

   A stench like two bottles of rum that I haven't showered for a few days hit my face.

   "I came here to see my sister, she didn't want to see me, so she drank two more glasses, hiccup..."

   "Take him away and take him to the hotel to wake up." Ronald instructed a daydreaming staff member to take away Roberts who had been drinking too much.

   "Oh..." A woman walked up to Ronald and vomited.

   "Ha, Cher. Long time no see." Ronald looked at the heroine of "Moonlight Sultry", Cher. He really hadn't seen each other for months. Today, Cher did not wear those see-through, leather, fancy clothes, and came to the premiere wearing a low-key dress normally.

   "Long time no see." Cher hugged Ronald and took a group photo.

   "This is her boyfriend?" Helen's gossip mentality came again.

   "Yes, that's the baker who made the lye bagel."

   Ronald shook his head, the power of love is really great, such a fashion-forward Cher, actually dressed like a housewife for her boyfriend.

  There are more and more actors in New York, as well as celebrities and socialites from all walks of life.

  Ronald's film has shown great signs of momentum, and the word-of-mouth of the media and audience has begun to explode. Open any TV station, or open a newspaper, there are news reports about "hot dance".

  Hollywood is like this. Someone is about to become popular and become super rich. Immediately, there will be a lot of people who will come after smelling and asking.

  …

   "Fortunately, you are here, saving me a lot of bees and butterflies, and the people who asked me to invest in their movies."

  The New York premiere ended, and the audience also went back to buy tickets for the second show. Ronald was in a good mood. He didn't stop at the premiere party too much this time, and dragged Helen to the large suite he had ordered at the Waldorf Hotel.

   "Haha... It's really good. Would you like to vote for my movie too?" Helen took off her coat, wearing a white shirt, and put her arms around Ronald.

   "You don't need me to worry about financing your movie." Ronald knew that her father was a big man in the TV industry, and he was worried that no one would invest.

   "I just wanted to hear what you said." Helen was also very happy to see Ronald, and rubbed her nose on Ronald's face.

   "Of course, if you need it again, I'll always be there." Ronald touched Helen's hand, and Helen's small gesture made him very happy.

  “Bell bell bell…”

   The phone rang.

   Ronald knew that it was the report call from Cannold, who was staying in Los Angeles, and made a shush gesture to Helen.

"How about it?"

   "Saturday's momentum was also very good, with more than 3 million box office in a single day. With one day on Sunday, the box office numbers are expected to be known tomorrow morning. Anyway, the first week was a great success. Congratulations, Ronald."

   "Congratulations too, Michelle. This was a huge success of our daydream."

   "Hahaha..." The two of them started laughing on both sides of the phone. The sweetness of success is really more exciting than the appreciation of film critics.

  "I'm so happy", Ronald hung up the phone, hugged Helen and kissed.

  “Bell bell bell…”

  “Bell bell bell…”

   On Monday morning, the phone in the room rang several times, and Ronald finally reached out of his bed and answered the phone.

   "Hey, it's me, Ronald. You better wake me up with something urgent."

  Last night had a crazy time with Helen, Ronald looked at his watch very early and was a little unhappy.

   "The box office broke 6 million in the first weekend and is expected to be number one. We won."

   "Whose phone number?" Helen reached out sleepily and rubbed her eyes.

   "Hahaha, I made money." Ronald slammed into the bed and kissed Helen.

   "Hahaha..." Helen was itchy from Ronald's stubble, and stretched out her fair arms to tell him not to make such a fool of yourself.

   For a while, Ronald's ecstatic laughter filled the room:

   "Get rich!"

   (end of this chapter)