Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 673 Chapter 3 Breaking Records at the Box Office in the First Weekend
"I recently saw my friend Ronald's new movie 'Top Gun' and honestly it will appeal to young people, the cinematography is superb, the aerobatics, the dog fights of the fighter planes are really good, he can film war scenes first class.

I can't make this kind of movie. My movie is another extreme, telling the cruelty of war and the destruction of human nature.

Top Gun advertises that wars are clean and wars are easy to win...but no one in the movie mentions that Tom Cruise's character just started WW[-]! "

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Ronald watched the interview with Oliver Stone and couldn't help but laugh.This high-achieving student at Yale University, George Jr.’s classmate is a wonderful person, and the whole interview where he said "Top Gun" is full of small curses and big help.

The best part is that this interview was published in the latest issue of Playboy magazine.

In an adult magazine that is the favorite of male teenagers, the largest audience group for "Top Gun", saying that Ronald's movie Fighter is good-looking is tantamount to boosting his own box office.

As for the plot where the Lone Ranger shot down three Souvier Alliance MiG-28 fighter jets in the Indian Ocean, to be honest, even if such a thing happened in the real world, it is unlikely to trigger World War III .

This is Hollywood, fuck it.In the end, if there is no heroic behavior, how can the audience obediently buy tickets to come in?

However, what Stone said actually aroused the curiosity of young audiences. If they want to see the plot of this movie, how could it trigger World War III?
Following the New York premiere, Paramount held a premiere in San Diego, California.

The premiere was held at the Naval Air Force Base in Miramar.

All the Naval Airmen who supported the shoot, the pilots who participated in the film, Christine Fox, who McGillis played Charlie was based on, Lloyd "Bozo" Abell who did the most difficult aerobatic shots, and the Navy's Liaison officer Matthew and former Top Gun instructor Pete Pettigrew brought their families to the premiere.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Bozo, who has already switched careers to an airline to fly passenger planes, was very happy to see the scene where he flew the tomcat off the deck of the aircraft carrier in the opening scene.

The Boeing 707 series does not have the function of turning the world upside down like the Tomcat. He is used to flying airliners that require stability and landing without passengers feeling. Bozo misses his navy years very much.

"Hey, so much roll, what's the use in a dogfight?"

The pilot saw a lot of shots of Ronald interspersed with rolls in the dog fight, and complained to Pettigrew, who was serving as a consultant, "My 8-year-old son knows that rolls can't avoid the MiGs behind him." Cannon, can't you have some more barrel rolls?"

"Don't scold me, I've tried my best, if I didn't get in the way, that young director, Ronald, can film dog fights as break dances?"

"Oh my God, it's good to have you, Pete."

Pettigrew is sweating like rain. The dog fighting scenes in this movie are fake according to the experts.There's only a dozen-second scissor maneuver that a true Top Gun pilot would employ in a dogfight.

Several wingmen cooperated with the lead plane to cross and exchange positions during the pursuit, so as to expose the enemy plane in front as long as possible to the position that the missiles and machine guns can lock on.

"Relax, Pete," Ronald noticed Pettigrew's uncomfortable look. In his eyes, the film shot in this way may be like a novel about film-making, changing the camera from a long shot to a close-up instead of a close-up. It was unbearable for him to change the lens.

"God, I didn't expect that after a few months, this movie is still so unbearable to me. I hope these pilots will not trouble me after it is officially released."

"Wh... bang!"

The movie was put at the end of the Lone Ranger fighting 5 MiG-28s alone. A Sidewinder missile flew out from under the wing of the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet and hit the wing of the MiG-28.The MiG-28, with half of its wing cut off, rolled and fell down, and then a ball of fire rose up and disintegrated in the air.

"Oh...it's a rattlesnake!" The pilot's 8-year-old child clapped happily after seeing this scene.He often took the F-14 model driven by his father and played games with the neighbor boy at home. He thought about the scene of the rattlesnake hitting the enemy plane thousands of times in his heart, but he did not expect it to be so beautiful on the screen. .

"This missile shot is not bad," his father, the pilot, rubbed his chin beside him. "Top Gun" still has a real place to shoot.

"Is this the third round? Is there a fourth round?" Matthew, the liaison officer assigned by the Navy to the crew, silently counted the Sidewinder missiles fired in the movie, and then wrote them down in his notebook.At that time, the Secretary of the Navy specially approved two sidewinder launches for real shooting. Why are there four here?
"Could it be that the weapons personnel at the Miramar base were bribed by them? Such a real launch scene is likely to be stolen! Report it to the Ministry of the Navy immediately to see if the minister wants to set up an investigation team to start investigating!"

Ronald didn't see the expression of liaison officer Matthew, he was immersed in the real naval officer's view of the movie.Although they watched some battle scenes with disapproval, the rest of the scenes still fit their taste.

After all, who wouldn't want a handsome guy like Tom Cruise or Val Kilmer to play him?
Aircraft carrier fighter pilot is a profession that requires high IQ, high education, and incomparable courage.Any pilot who dares to land on an aircraft carrier at night is a warrior with an extremely strong heart.

They are very satisfied with how the film beautifies them.Even with the admiration of the family members, their dissatisfaction with Ronald's tampering with the dog fighting action was also alleviated.

Smiling and saying goodbye to the pilots, Ronald drove his Ferrari back to Hollywood.

He parked the car directly under the office of CAA. Michael Ovitz's business grew bigger and bigger. Several movies packaged by CAA were very good at the box office, and they made tens of millions of dollars.

In order to build an office that matches his own identity, Ovitz also contacted the famous Chinese architect, I.M. Pei, to design a new office building for CAA.It is said that Ovitz designed it under the name of I.M. Pei.

The new building needs to be relocated, and the old CAA office is still in the original place.Not far from CAA, construction of Cannon's new office building is underway.They didn't find any designer, they just built it according to the rules.

Perhaps Ovitz had the idea of ​​building the CAA building and was also stimulated by Minahan Golan.

The power of 3 million US dollars is very powerful. The Minahan Brothers began to buy British theaters, and even paid a lot of money to invite Stallone to go to Cannon to make a film. It is said that it was a price that Stallone could not refuse.

On the basis of Stallone's usual salary of $500 million, the price was increased by more than $800 million.There are different opinions on the specific amount, but Stallone and Bridget Nelson did both join the Cannon to make a new film, which shows that they are very satisfied with the price.

Today, two producers, Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, also deigned to come to CAA. They wanted to discuss further marketing matters with Ronald, and chat with CAA about the idea of ​​a new film by the way.Their package service was very handy for two producers of high concept films.

"The first collaboration was Ray-Ban's aviator sunglasses." Paula Wagner attended on behalf of Tom Cruise.

In "Good Guys Are Crazy", Cruise worked with Ray-Ban, and this movie did not forget to bring Ray-Ban together for marketing.

The Wayfarer series of glasses is the one worn by the Lone Ranger in "Top Gun".From the old model that is about to be withdrawn from the market, it has become a classic that is about to become popular again.Ray-Ban has launched activities to buy sunglasses and get movie tickets at various counters.

“The other one was a turtleneck leather bomber jacket in navy, and we reached out to Macy’s, and aviation stores, and they started offering the same leather jacket.”

This kind of leather jacket with a high collar and waist that fits close to the hips is favored by many brands, and it is expected to become a hot sale in winter.

The linkage of multiple channels has begun to work hard, and they all want to push up the box office as much as possible on the weekend when the painting opens on May 16.

"A total of 1028 theaters screened our movies over the weekend, copies and posters, and roll-up banners, have all been sent to theaters across the country. Paramount spent nearly 800 million in marketing expenses for this grand opening. After the weekend box office results come out, the follow-up copy and marketing investment will be determined."

"Very good, we will definitely create a box office record in mid-May." Ronald is full of confidence. Such a movie should not grab the box office of a popular schedule, but should stimulate the box office of a small schedule. , Let the latecomers follow suit.

"Top Gun" tells the story of a Navy ace pilot (played by Tom Cruise) who controls the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet and the MiG battle. The news revealed by multiple film critics, the air battle scene Intense and realistic."

On the night of the screening, Ronald bought several newspapers such as "Hollywood Report" and "Variety Show" and read them in department stores.He went back to the pizzeria on the fourth floor of the department store where he filmed "Fast Pace" and the pizzeria opposite the movie theater, waiting to observe the box office of the first Top Gun.

"However, the ground portion of this film is a bit dull, PG rated it, more like Tom Cruise's Ray-Ban sunglasses, and Kelly McGillis' lipstick commercials, and Berlin's 'Take My Breath Away' ' extended version of the MV."

"Hmph..." Ronald put on his Ray-Ban and put down the newspaper dissatisfied.These snobs just don't want to say good things about popcorn movies. How will they kneel down and say good things after seeing the box office.

The movie released at the same time as Top Gun, and the sci-fi movie "Thunderbolt Five" about an industrial robot that has become conscious and escaped, and about the acquisition of a Detroit car factory by a Japanese company, and the intense cultural conflict between the workers and managers of the two countries. Conflict Movie "Gong Ho"

"Top Gun still attracts a lot of people." Ronald watched the box office for a long time, and went home to rest contentedly.

"Ring ring ring ring..."

On Monday morning, the phone at Ronald's house rang violently.

"I'm Ronald. I'm not at home now. Please leave a message if you have anything to do." After a few rings, the automatic answering machine started working.

"Ronald, it's me, Nisita. Pick up the phone, it's opening weekend box office."

"Ah, how much?" Ronald heard Nisita's words, and quickly picked up the receiver, and his drowsiness disappeared without a trace.

"[-] million, your movie broke the box office record for May in America."

"Yes!" Ronald waved his fist in the air.

(End of this chapter)