Hollywood Hunter

Simon believed that as long as the Hurst family did not lose their minds, the matter would end here.

The family that has accumulated for a hundred years may be deeply rooted, but it will inevitably lose its spirit.

It is difficult for the Hearst Group to recklessly make “innovations” such as provoking the Spanish-American War. When encountering opponents who do not play cards according to common sense and are strong enough, they will inevitably give birth to a bit of porcelain. The tiles are timid.

What's more, this time the opponent is not a tile, more like an iron knot.

In the next few days, news came from North America that William Hirst III fired most of the servants in the family. Not only was the matter stabbed in the newspaper, some people tried to initiate a lawsuit.

Obviously the Hurst family also reacted.

Of course, it costs $1 million for Hirst to buy the people around Simon, and the price for Simon to buy gifts to the Hirst family is much cheaper.

Some newspapers focusing on anecdotes reported that a couple in San Francisco was arrested by aliens when they were dating. After waking up, they appeared in a remote seaport town on Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, and were sitting in their original place. In the car.

The southern hemisphere is experiencing a cold winter, and Tierra del Fuego is already within the Antarctic Circle.

It is rumored that the two people who had been in a coma for a week woke up extremely weak and almost died of freezing. Many people in the seaport town have proved that they saw the white Toyota sedan with a photo of San Francisco and the two in a panic.

It's just that the news didn't spread quickly.

It seems that there is a big hand preventing the further expansion of the matter. Even the photos taken by the residents of the seaport town of Tierra del Fuego have been bought, and the identity of the men and women has never been exposed.

Obviously, the evil government is monopolizing the news of the alien kidnapping case.

Traditional media are unable to obtain more information. Many mysterious event forums on the Internet are discussed in a clear-cut manner, and some people call on the federal government to disclose the truth.

Naturally there is no response.

Simon and his wife arrived in Melbourne on June 15 and departed back on June 25.

Meanwhile, another box office week from June 18 to June 24 has passed.

"Superman", which was released in the third week of its release, has contracted its decline this week to 32% and continued to receive 41.33 million US dollars. It easily won the single-week box office champion. The cumulative box office in three weeks officially exceeded 200 million US dollars, reaching 214.76 million US dollars.

The second place on the list is not "Phantom Heroes", which has the most attention, but the popularity of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan starring in the romance "Night Sleep in Seattle". Relying on its excellent reputation and popularity, this romance film with an opening screen of 2,369 yuan, won the box office of 33.81 million US dollars in the first week and seven days, and the museum reached 14,000 US dollars.

What makes other Hollywood studios feel most complicated is probably the cost of Sleepless in Seattle.

As a romance film, although Tom Hanks's salary has reached the first-line $8 million level, the final cost of the film is only $25 million.

Only the first week’s box office has exceeded the production cost of the film. Considering the long-term nature of topical romance films, the film started at 33.81 million US dollars. It is not difficult for the local box office to exceed 100 million yuan. Daenerys Entertainment and Disney only made the money through the local box office. Can make a fortune.

"Phantom Heroes", which ranked third on the list this week, is in sharp contrast with "Night Sleep in Seattle".

With a production cost of US$85 million and a publicity budget of US$30 million, the box office for the first week of the week was only US$21.93 million, and the opening of the gallery was even less than US$10,000.

In contrast to the sluggish box office, the reputation of the film is also bleak.

The media generally predict that the box office of "Phantom Heroes" will fall by more than 40% in the next week, and the final North American box office will probably be only about 50 million US dollars.

With a total investment of 115 million US dollars and the North American box office forecast of 50 million US dollars, it is obvious that the huge losses of the project can no longer be avoided. Even if relying on Schwarzenegger's overseas box office appeal to double the overseas box office to 100 million US dollars, Columbia Pictures can only recover more than 60 million US dollars. At least in the next year, Colombia will bear a huge loss of at least 50 million US dollars.

With the huge loss of "Phantom Heroes", Sony could no longer let the film company, which was acquired heavily at the time, actively dispatched a working group to Los Angeles. Hollywood media predicts that Peter Cooper, who is in charge of Columbia Pictures, is not far from stepping down.

Last week, the last new film "Terrorism", the first week of the opening of the painting, the box office was 11.69 million U.S. dollars, compared with the opening scale of 1,517 screens, the museum is 7,705 U.S. dollars, the box office performance is not too bad, but also Far less than the "Hand Shaking Cradle" three years ago.

According to the film’s box office and word-of-mouth status, it is preliminarily predicted that the total box office of the film in North America is about 30 million US dollars.

The production budget of "Terrorist" is 12 million U.S. dollars, and the North American box office of 30 million U.S. dollars obviously did not meet the expectations of New World Pictures in a popular period such as the summer. However, the profitability of the project is determined.

On June 25th, on the day Simon returned to North America, three new films were released during the summer vacation. They were Disney’s "Superstar Dad" starring Michael Fox and MGM’s "Body Heat Edge" starring Nick Kidman. The rock actress Tina Turner's music biopic "What Do You Do With Love" produced by He Gaomen Pictures.

Both "Super Star Dad" and "The Edge of Body Heat" are typical summer commercial films. Simon pays more attention to the Tina Turner biopic "What to do with Love" produced by Gaomen Pictures.

Tina Turner, the female rock star who is in her fifties this year, is a typical late bloomer. As a mixed descendant of blacks and Indians, Tina Turner, who started her debut at the age of 16, didn't taste it until the early 1980s. It's a big hit, when the singer was over forty.

Then it was popular throughout the 1980s, during which he also participated in "Mad Max 3" starring Mel Gibson.

The film "What to Do with Love" is not about Tina Turner's experience after she became popular, but about her 16-year bumpy marriage. The singer married her mentor and Bole Ike Turner at the age of 16. The marriage lasted for 16 years, during which Ike Turner had violently abused Tina Turner for a long time. After the last conflict, the actress finally decided to leave, and even failed to get a share of the property during the marriage.

Later, when many people thought that after leaving Ike Turner's resources and channels, Tina Turner would be devastated. After a few years of silence, Tina Turner, who was over forty years old, became popular again and became a big hit. Purple surprised everyone.

"What to do with love" is one of Tina Turner's best-selling album's lead singles in the 1980s. Because it fits the theme of the story, it happens to be used as the name of the movie.

Musical biopics are a very important subject in Hollywood. However, two years ago, Oliver Stone directed the film "The Gate" directed by the gate band, and the box office failure was imminent. When the project "What to do with Love" was established, Gaomen Pictures The team is not sure whether the project will be successful or not. The budget of the film is $15 million, which is not high at the level of Hollywood as a whole, and it is not low for Gaomen Films, which focuses on low-cost literary films.

In the end, Simon himself approved the decision.

It's a risk.

Because there is not much information about the film in memory, the film obviously did not reach the high-selling level. However, with an investment of 15 million US dollars, even if the box office fails, Gaomen Pictures will be enough to bear the loss.

Out of uncertainty about the film's box office prospects, the number of opening screens of "Why Do You With Love" is only 107. In this summer season, it is a very conservative distribution strategy.

In the end, the box office of "What To Love" did not disappoint.

Only the first three days of the painting’s first weekend, the museum averaged more than $17,000. From June 25 to July 1, the seven days of the first week of "Why Do With Love" reached $33,000. It only relied on 107 screens. $3.61 million at the box office.

You know, the Disney comedy "Super Star Dad", which was released in the same period, had 1,366 screens, more than ten times that of "Why Do You Love", and the box office for the first week of the week was only $4.39 million.

"The Edge of Body Heat" starring Nick Kidman has the best box office performance among the three new films in the same period. The box office in the first week of the painting was US$16.38 million, exceeding MGM’s expectations. The total North American box office of the film is expected to be 4000 Between 10,000 and 50 million US dollars. The production budget of "The Edge of Body Heat" is 20 million US dollars, and the publicity budget is 8 million US dollars. Only relying on the North American box office can basically recover the total investment in production and publicity.

In terms of old films, after two consecutive weeks of significant declines of more than 30%, the box office drop in the fourth week of "Superman" finally narrowed to 23%. This week it earned $31.83 million, maintaining the single-week box office champion for the fourth consecutive week. position. In four weeks, the film's cumulative box office reached 346.59 million US dollars.

Because the new films this Wednesday are not strong, the box office of "Night in Seattle" dropped only 21% the next week, and it again earned $26.72 million.

Within two weeks of opening, the cumulative box office of "Night in Seattle" reached 60.53 million U.S. dollars. The project has begun to realize profitability. The total North American box office of the film is expected to reach 120 million to 130 million U.S. dollars, becoming another Hollywood movie in 1993. Works with a box office exceeding 100 million.

Moreover, with the success of "Sleepless in Seattle", the video tape of the old Hollywood classic romance film "The Golden League", which is frequently mentioned in the film, suddenly became popular.

Just two weeks after the film was released, the "Golden Jade League" videotape quickly sold 300,000 boxes. In this unexpected videotape selling event, Blockbuster relied on the corporate information feedback system that Nancy Brill has been continuously optimizing. , Reacted immediately. In the previous two weeks, 300,000 boxes of "Golden Jade League" video tapes, more than 200,000 boxes were sold or leased through Blockbuster channels.

Of course, the biggest winner is Fox, who holds the copyright of "Jade League".

300,000 videotapes were sold in two weeks. With the popularity of "Night Sleep in Seattle", the total sales of "Golden Jade League" video tapes are expected to reach 2 million boxes, and Fox has totally collected tens of millions of dollars in profits. . "The Hollywood Reporter" even teased that "The Golden League" may be Fox's most profitable movie this summer.

It is almost true in Simon's view.

Fox has a total of four new film release plans this summer. The original 3D animation film "Once Upon a Time in the Forest" has ended in failure, and the other three are not hit projects in Simon's memory.

On July 2nd, North American theaters entered the most important week of the summer. Although this year’s Independence Day holiday rushed to Sunday, as usual, the North American audience’s enthusiasm for watching movies will increase significantly this week.

"Sugar Coated Trap", which was invested and released by Daenerys Pictures, was released on this day, and the number of screens opened was 2,393.

The other two new films are both heavyweights.

"The Rising Sun" produced by Fox, starring Sean Connery, has a production budget of 35 million U.S. dollars and a total of 2,177 screens.

The comedy "Honeymoon Dangerous Period" produced by Samsung, a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, starring Mike Myers, is also the star's first film outside of the "Anti-Wild Stars" series. The budget cost is 20 million US dollars. The number of screens drawn is 1731.

In addition, after the first week of gaining US$33,000 in museum averages, Daenerys Entertainment’s "Why Are You With Love" produced by Gaomen Pictures will directly increase the number of screens from 107 to 863 this week. It will reach around 1500 yuan in the next week.

The competition has intensified sharply, and "Superman", which has maintained the box office championship for four weeks, is finally squeezed out of the first place.

However, from July 2nd to July 8th, due to the significant increase in the number of moviegoers during the Independent Day holiday, the weekly decline of "Superman" narrowed again to 19%. In the fifth week of its release, it received another $25.76 million, and the cumulative box office was 2 It is estimated to exceed the 300 million mark in the next two weeks.

The Warner Bros. publishing team therefore adjusted the North American gross box office forecast of "Superman" to the range of US$350 million to US$370 million.

The three new films that opened on July 2, "The Rising Sun" starring Sean Connery and "The Honeymoon Dangerous Period" starring Mike Myers seem to be the most likely to sell, but Keanu "Sugar Coated Trap" starring Reeves won the highest box office and squeezed "Superman" from the single-week box office champion.

In the first week of the painting, relying on the popularity of the original novel and the direct investment of Daenerys Pictures’ budget of 20 million US dollars, the box office of "Sugar Coated Trap" reached 36.18 million US dollars in the first week and seven days. As a large-scale commercial film, the museum has reached a very successful $15,000.

From the original boyfriend in "Lola Run" to the cute boy in "The Adventures of Abbie" and then to the tough guy in "Storm Point", this time, Keanu Reeves has successfully portrayed The image of a struggling and contradictory lawyer.

With the success of "Sugar Coated Trap", well-informed Hollywood media will inevitably contribute to the flames or fan the flames, saying that Keanu Reeves has replaced Tom Cruise's popular niche position in the 1980s.

As long as the box office of "Sugar Coated Trap" breaks 100 million yuan in North America, this will basically become a reality.

The box office in the first week was 36.18 million U.S. dollars, and "Sugar-Coated Trap" broke 100 million yuan.

In contrast, despite the brilliance of "High Aspirations", Tom Cruise's downward trend in recent years is very obvious, and there are no new films launched this summer.

Sean Connery’s "The Rising Sun" was ranked third after "Sugar Coated Trap" and "Superman", and ranked third on the list of the week of the Independence Day holiday. It earned $22.08 million in seven days in the first week. The specific box office The prospect depends on subsequent trends.

Mike Myers’ "Honeymoon Dangerous Period" was a complete failure.

For the first seven days of the first week of the painting, "Honeymoon Dangerous Period" received only 5.36 million US dollars at the box office, and the museum averaged less than 3,000 US dollars, which was far lower than the producer's expectations. It is expected that the theater will be launched in two weeks.

Mike Myers was originally performing at the box office of "Honeymoon Dangerous Period" in order to gain more initiative in the negotiation of the third film of "Anti-Wisdom". With the failure of "Honeymoon Dangerous Period", he could not prove that he was in Out of the box office appeal of the "Wisdom Fighting" series, this comedy star not only did not get the initiative he wanted, but became more passive.