Hollywood Hunter

Waking up by the phone ringing in the morning, Simon opened his eyes and found that Catherine was looking at herself, with a little confusion and panic in her eyes after she was suddenly awakened.

Simon took the woman over and put his arms in his arms, and kissed her on the lips before reaching for the microphone on the bedside table.

The call was from Pat Kingsley, because of the recording of "Johnny Carson Tonight Show", Pat Kingsley, who is Simon's public relations manager, was in New York in recent days. The content of Jinsli's call was about a gossip published today in the "Daily News" newspaper in New York.

"The Palme d'Or judges stay at the Cannes mansion in Westeros".

The thing that Natasha Kinsky borrowed from Simon was still picked up. The Daily News rendered the incident as a lace news in the article, but it is not difficult to find that the other party The fundamental purpose is to question the fairness of Simon's acquisition of Palme d'Or.

Simon was not surprised to hear the news.

The summer competition has entered the most intense stage, and more than ten blockbuster new movies will be released in recent weeks. Because of the changing characteristics of the box office market, at this time, if you suppress the opponent's momentum, you will be able to gain more market space.

The two stuck together, and Catherine naturally heard the conversation between Simon and Jinsli. When Simon hung up, the mood in Catherine's eyes had changed, but she still looked at him firmly. Obviously, the focus of women's attention is not in the deep meaning of the "Daily News" report.

Simon was watched by Catherine and had to take the initiative to explain: "I have nothing to do with that woman, and she is already married."

Catherine gave a hum, got out of Simon's arms, and said lightly: "This is Jenny's business, it has nothing to do with me."

Simon smiled and wanted to move forward, but was pushed away by Catherine, and had to ask: "What do you want for breakfast?"

Catherine did not answer this question, but said: "You are responsible for fixing my shirt buttons."

"There seems to be no needle and thread at home, you can wear my clothes," Simon sat up and planned to get up, found his shirt and gestured to the woman, and said: "You must look better in men's shirts."

Catherine reached out and pushed him, dissatisfied: "It will be seen by others."

Regarding the relationship between the two, Simon knew that Catherine was more cautious than himself, so he nodded: "Well, I'll let Neal send some needles and threads later."

The two had breakfast. Catherine still stayed in the apartment and planned to leave quietly. Simon rushed to the headquarters of Westeros to discuss with James Rebald about taking the debt-to-equity swap to win New World Entertainment.

On the other side, the report on the "Daily Shimbun" was really just the beginning, and similar news came from the west coast. The public relations teams of Daenerys Films and Orion also began to enter the market to guide public opinion.

Under this kind of battle, the next day, "Pulp Fiction" was officially screened in North American theaters. At the same time, "Flying the Future" starring Tom Hanks produced by Fox Pictures and Chevy Chase under Warner Bros. Starring in "Funny Farm".

In addition, the North American box office data for the past week has also been released.

The Crocodile Dundee 2 with 2,837 opening screens won the box office of $30.17 million in the first seven days of a full week and easily won the single-week box office championship. Counting the cumulative two days of the previous week, the total box office of this movie has reached 34.92 million US dollars.

However, the reputation of "Crocodile Dundee 2" is in stark contrast to its huge pre-publicity and large-scale opening screen. The North American media have almost overwhelmingly criticized the film.

"Variety" magazine commented "Crocodile Dundee 2" as an adventure film with too plain plot, as a comedy film without much laughter.

The critics of the "New York Times" are even more fierce: "The default strategy for most sequels is to extract the advantages of the previous work as much as possible to give the audience more elements they love, but "Crocodile Dundee 2" is like an idiot. And okay, it almost discarded everything that was eye-catching in the first part, it seemed mediocre and boring."

Although the media reputation of "First Blood 3" starring Stallone is better than "Crocodile Dundee 2," it is only relatively speaking.

Moreover, with the same large-scale opening of 2,562 screens, "First Blood 3", a sequel with a huge production cost of $63 million, had the same box office revenue as "Crocodile Dundee 2" two days before it opened. In the first full week, the box office was quickly thrown off by the other party. In seven days, the box office received 2017 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office was 24.63 million US dollars.

The third place on the list, "The Meeting of the Wind", the next week's box office drop was only 16%, and another 9.26 million US dollars. However, due to the weak start, the cumulative box office of "Fairy Meeting" in two weeks was only 20.32 million US dollars.

"When Harry Meets Sally" is still ranked fourth, and in the 12th week of its release, it continued to earn 3.32 million US dollars, with a total box office of 97.55 million, which is only one step away from breaking 100 million.

Compared with the previous "Crocodile Dundee 2" and other new films, the three films released on June 3 have a very good reputation.

Tom Hanks's "Flying Over the Future" can be said to be the famous work of this Hollywood super star, and Yuan Shikong also brought him the first Oscar nomination for best actor. Chevy Chase, the veteran comedian,’s "Funny Farm" also received a lot of praise.

However, neither of these two new films has the strength to fight back against "Pulp Fiction", which is destined to be recorded in the annals of film history.

The halo of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Robert De Niro, John Travolta, Robert Redford, Madonna, Sean Penn and other big coffees have joined the popularity.

Simon has accumulated a huge fan base since "Lola Run".

The high topic heat brought by praise and controversy.

All these factors make Pulp Fiction the most watched movie this summer.

Obviously in order to curb the momentum of "Pulp Fiction", as the film was released, some media simply spurred the controversy over Simon's acquisition of Palme d'Or and unabashedly questioned the possibility of awards at the Cannes Film Festival just past.

Faced with these doubts, Cannes officials had to respond publicly again.

The media will naturally not give up easily. Natasha Kinski's loan of Simon's mansion was quickly fired as one of the most important insider evidence, and many newspapers followed this point and began to fight.

Because this incident was linked to lace news, Natasha Kinsky’s wealthy Egyptian businessman husband also got in, and personally rushed to the Le Cannes district of Cannes to bring his wife home. Natasha, a quirky and persistent personality Kinsky obviously couldn't give in easily.

The two were originally separated. After being rejected, the wealthy Egyptian businessman felt greatly ashamed and publicly announced that they would divorce Natasha Kinsky.

With such a disturbance, things suddenly become more lively.

Simon Westero not only lures the judges to manipulate the award, but also destroys other people's families.

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Before the media chasing this incident had time to concoct more ‘massive materials’, the matter suddenly reversed 180 degrees.

On June 7, Natasha Kinsky, who was besieged by countless tabloid reporters swarming from all over the world to annoyance, suddenly announced to reporters who followed him during a shopping trip that she had not been in the process of awarding the award. Without supporting "Pulp Fiction", she voted for "Segregated World".

As soon as the woman's remarks came out, all the media who were chasing the matter immediately ‘WTF’.

Okay? !

The selection of the Cannes Film Festival does not have the rigorous voting procedure of the Oscars. Sometimes, if the judges can reach a verbal agreement, the attribution of the award can be determined without voting at all. However, in the past this year, the voting process was initiated because of the differences of opinions of the judges.

Natasha Kinsky publicly stated that the organizers of the Cannes Film Festival, which had been a little battered under the bombing of the media, immediately found the voting card from the just sealed film festival archives. Because it was a voting card with the name written directly, and Natasha Kinsky's handwriting was easy to recognize, the woman really voted for "Separated World".

Confirming this, the organizers of the Cannes Film Festival, relieved, immediately published a photocopy of Natasha Kinsky's voting card in the newspaper.

The famous Italian director Eto Scola, who served as the judge of the previous main competition unit, also publicly stated later that Natasha Kinski did lean towards "Segregated World" during the review and discussion process. In the competition of Palme d’Or, "Vulgar" The ratio of votes to "Fiction" and "Separated World" is six to four.

The news was announced that even Simon, who had just returned to Los Angeles, himself was "WTF".

Sister, I borrowed your place and hired a lot of housekeepers, cooks, servants, drivers, and a lot of bills. Is this really good for you?

After learning about this, Janet laughed so hard that she couldn't stand up, and by the way, she severely despised Simon, the ‘big head’.

Although the truth is a bit dumbfounding, some insider doubts about the media's effort to attack have vanished in an instant.

With such a tearing, "Pulp Fiction" has gained a new level of attention. Moreover, the overwhelming praise of "Pulp Fiction" by most of the media in North America and the audience's own word of mouth on the quality of the film also turned things around completely.

In the hustle and bustle, on June 10, another week of summer vacation passed.

From June 3 to June 9, the release of old and new films increased the total North American box office this week to 92.67 million US dollars. In comparison, in the previous week from May 27 to June 2, the total box office in North America in a single week was only $73.87 million.

The high-profile "Pulp Fiction" won the North American box office chart of the new week without any suspense. The scale of the opening screen was 1,569, and the box office in the first week was $27.53 million.

Although it failed to reach the $30.17 million level of "Crocodile Dundee 2" last week, no one would doubt the strength of "Pulp Fiction".

After all, "Crocodile Dundee 2" has 2,837 opening screens, but "Pulp Fiction" has only 1,569 opening screens. On average in a single library, "Crocodile Dundee 2" last week reached $10,636, while "Pulp Fiction" was as high as $17,546.

What's more, "Crocodile Dundee 2" last week only had one competitor of "First Blood 3", perhaps barely adding a "League of Legends" with a sluggish box office. But this week, "Pulp Fiction" is in a scuffle with other four films, "Flying Over the Future", "Funny Farm", "Crocodile Dundee 2" and "First Blood 3".

After "Pulp Fiction", due to poor reputation and excessively squeezing market potential from large-scale paintings, "Crocodile Dundee 2" dropped 41% from last week's box office, and the box office was only $17.87 million.

But even so, the opening scale of more than 2,800 screens allowed the film's North American box office to easily break the $50 million mark.

The third place on the list is Fox Pictures' "Flying Over the Future", with a box office of $12.59 million in the first week. Because Fox Pictures only arranged 1,132 opening screens for this new film, this single-week box office transcript that exceeded $10,000 per week was not bad.

In Simon's memory, "Flying Over the Future" achieved the 100 million mark in North America. If history had not changed, "Flying Over the Future" would have a very good box office curve next.

Stallone's "First Blood 3" ranked fourth, and the box office fell even more miserably than "Crocodile Dundee 2", reaching 47%. This week, it only received 10.62 million US dollars and the cumulative box office was 35.26 million US dollars. According to this decline curve, the total North American box office of "First Blood 3" may not even reach the production cost of 63 million US dollars.

Chevy Chase's "Funny Farm" ranked fifth with a box office of $8.11 million in the first week.

"Funny Farm" has an opening screen of 1,557 yuan equivalent to "Pulp Fiction", but the first week of the single library only has a little over $5,000, which is less than one-third of "Pulp Fiction." The first film of Warner Bros. Pictures' summer archive was undoubtedly a dud.

At the beginning of $8.11 million, even if the next decline curve is relatively good-looking, the total box office in North America is hardly high.

Outside of the top five, the sixth-placed "The Meeting of the Wind" continued to earn US$7.08 million in the third week of its release, with a cumulative box office of US$27.4 million.

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The seventh-placed "When Harry Meets Sally" received another $2.66 million at the box office. This 13-week film finally broke through the $100 million box office mark in the expectations of many people, with a total box office of 1. With a total of US$20.21 million, it officially became the first North American film in 1988 to exceed 100 million at the box office.

In the discussion of "When Harry Meets Sally" the North American box office exceeded 100 million, some media suddenly discovered that Daenerys Pictures successfully completed a box office relay.

"Pulp Fiction" only received $27.53 million in the box office in the first week of its opening. The film's reputation, cast and popularity are impeccable, and no one would doubt that it can easily break the threshold of over 100 million in North American box office.

You know, when "When Harry Met Sally" was screened, the large-scale box office in the first week after the screening was only $17.81 million, and the first week of "Pulp Fiction" almost exceeded that of "When Harry Met Sally". 10 million US dollars.

The North American box office of the two films exceeded 100 million, which has been the same as Simon Westero's performance last year.

Previously in 1987, Simon's "Running Laura" and "Butterfly Effect" both achieved good results in the North American box office of over 100 million yuan.

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Now that 1988 has not passed halfway, Simon Westero has already tied the box office he achieved last year. Then, what's next?

"Pulp Fiction" relay "When Harry Meets Sally" continues to sprint the North American box office to break 100 million. In the middle of next month, will the same "Instinct" written by Simon himself?

After "Instinct", Daenerys Pictures released a series of productions including "Screaming", "Rain Man", "Death Poetry Society" and "Steel Magnolia".

Although in the eyes of many people these films are not very attractive, however, Simon Westeros has created too many miracles.

Boldly imagine, if these films continue to continue...

Gee!