Conquer America, Start with a Boxing Champion

Everyone is very busy recently. Taylor is busy promoting her album, Eva Ka is busy with Lionsgate and Link Music, and her jewelry brand. The closer it gets to the end of the year, the more things she has to do.

Link is busy promoting movies, training, and Lionsgate's film projects for next year. He also needs to take time to review and approve the box office failures he knows about, and arrange more big-selling film projects.

However, his time is limited and he cannot pay attention to every film project.

Starting tomorrow, he will only review projects with an investment of more than 50 million US dollars, such as "The Revenant", "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle", "It", "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Lucy", and Mel Gibson's new film project "Hacksaw Ridge".

There are also "Carol" and "The Unforgettable" from Palm Beach Studios.

The investment in other film projects is led by the production department. After all, the future development of Lionsgate still depends on them, and he can't always lead Lionsgate.

In addition to movies, there are new albums of several singers under Link Music, which he needs to review and write a few songs for. In addition, the hit song "Uptown Funk" by Mars Brother has been created and is scheduled to be released next year.

There are also new investment projects of Golden Shell Investment Company, attending the board meetings of several listed companies, and giving suggestions to the management.

In addition, the building he was going to buy at the beginning of the year has a target, which is the asset of the real estate company of the little Kunas family, Manhattan 222 Building, located at 222 Fifth Avenue, built in the 1980s, 41 stories high, across three streets from the old father-in-law building.

The reason why the little Kunas family sold this building is investment errors. Since 2006, the little Kunas has successively invested in the New York Observer, Atlantic Records, and mid-range residential buildings in Midwestern cities such as Toledo and Akron in Lower Manhattan.

But after 2008, the financial market declined rapidly, and office rents also fell. The little Kunas' investment caused hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.

Kunas Jr. had no choice but to sell his shares in Building 222 to fill the deficit.

The price of the building and the land is 1.8 billion US dollars.

Currently, negotiations are underway. If the negotiations go smoothly, Link and Eva Ka can move into Building 222 to work next year.

October was busy, and in November, Lionsgate released two movies, "Birdman" and "The Hunger Games 3".

"Birdman" tells the story of a superhero actor Reagan Thompson who tried to turn his life around with a stage play, but ended up making a mess and becoming a psychopath.

The director of the film is Alejandro González Iñárritu, who is also the director of "The Revenant".

The starring actors include veteran and outdated actors Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, etc.

"Birdman" was invited to be screened as the opening film at the 71st Venice Film Festival in September and was nominated for the Golden Lion Award for Best Film.

It received a lot of praise from international media at the film festival.

By the end of October, Birdman was first screened in four theaters in New York and Los Angeles, earning $415,000 in box office over the three days of the weekend, with an average single-theater box office of $103,700, the best result in 2014, second only to the single-theater box office record of $202,700 for The Grand Budapest Hotel.

In terms of the film's reputation, the media's overall review was 87 points, and the Rotten Tomatoes freshness was 82%. It was rated as one of the top ten films of the year by many media and a hot film for the next Oscars.

Due to the good performance of the preview, it was expanded to 460 theaters in the second week, earning $27.07 million in box office for two consecutive weeks.

It was released in overseas regions more than two months in advance, and it has successively earned $54.48 million in box office.

The current total box office is about $82 million.

Compared with the production cost of $18 million, this movie is both popular and well-received.

"Gone Girl", which was released more than a month this week, earned $175 million in North America, $282 million in overseas box office, and a total box office of $457 million.

If this movie wins at the Oscars next year, the box office has a great chance of exceeding $500 million.

Including "Captain America 2", the total box office of movies starring Link this year exceeds $1.2 billion.

"Boss, every movie you starred in is a big hit. Do you have any secret?"

In the Palm Bay agency, Emma Stone looked at him and smiled.

"The secret is to act well and not be lazy."

Link said while drinking black tea.

"I'm not lazy. I've made five movies this year and have hardly had a full weekend off."

Emma Stone slapped her thigh and glanced at him.

"Good job, I'll give you a bonus at the end of the year."

"I don't want a bonus."

"I almost forgot, you are now a multi-millionaire, a little bonus is really nothing to you, Mandy, you heard it, Emma's bonus this year is waived."

Link said to Ms. Mandy behind the desk.

"Okay, I remember."

Ms. Mandy smiled.

"No, I earned the bonus with my sweat, I want it even if it's only one cent."

Emma Stone shouted.

"You just said no, women are really troublesome, they say no when they want it, and they say yes when they don't want it."

"Boss, are you telling me dirty jokes?"

Emma Stone asked, blinking her gray-green eyes.

"Don't talk nonsense, you are now focusing on the pure and sweet persona, it's better to keep your thoughts simple."

Link laughed.

Emma Stone rolled her eyes, "Boss, you know what I want, do you need me to remind you?" Emma opened her mouth and made an 'Oscar' mouth shape.

Link shook his head, "You are too impatient. The Oscar depends on points. You have been nominated twice before, which is equivalent to getting 2 points. If you get a few more nominations, you will get it one day. Anyway, don't worry."

"Jennifer was shortlisted for the first time and won the award for the first time. She is two years younger than me."

Emma Stone said.

Link rubbed his forehead and looked at Ms. Mandy who came over, "How should I refute her?"

Ms. Mandy laughed and said, "Emma, ​​you want an Oscar every time you see him. Be careful that he won't dare to see you next time."

"Are you so timid?"

Emma Stone covered her mouth and laughed.

"I think you are too long-winded."

Link said.

"Hmph, I'm not asking you for an Oscar. What I want to ask you is, is it possible to get an Oscar in advance due to your unspoken rules?"

Emma Stone asked with a wink.

Link's face darkened, "When have I unspoken rules about whom? You'd better make it clear to me."

"Okay, I'm just kidding, you won't be angry, right?"

Emma Stone stuck out her tongue and asked carefully.

Link shook his head. If he had heard Emma Stone joke about this in the past, he would not have cared. However, with many sexual harassment scandals breaking out in the entertainment industry recently, many women have come forward to raise the banner of female boxing. There are already some early signs of me too.

If Emma Stone's words are listened to by others, when the Me Too movement comes, he may be coaxed into it and become an innocent victim.

"If you want to win the Best Supporting Actress, there is a chance next year. If you want to be the Best Actress, just wait two more years. Next year the company will have a good project, a musical, and the heroine is very suitable for you."

"Really?! Boss, thank you, no, Link, thank you."

Emma Stone jumped up happily, took his arm, and kissed him twice on the face.

"Hey, be restrained and don't take advantage of me, okay? And when you put lipstick on my face, did you want Eva to misunderstand that I was eating outside?"

Link touched his face, and there was a bright red mark on his palm.

"Haha, I just called you Link. This is a kiss of friendship. If Eva misunderstands you, I can explain it. What are you afraid of when Mandy is still here?"

Emma Stone laughed.

"You are only twenty-six years old. You have been nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Oscar many times. You are getting better every year. I wonder why you want to get an Oscar so early? Retire early?"

"You are one year younger than me, and now you are the 37th tycoon on the Forbes rich list, the world's top superstar. I am your fan, shouldn't I learn from you?"

Emma Stone said with a smile.

"So it's all my fault?"

Link asked helplessly.

"Jennifer, why are you here?"

Ms. Mandy greeted in the direction of the door.

Jennifer Lawrence came in wearing a sleeveless red dress. She looked carefree. She wore high heels and a skirt as well as a T-shirt and jeans. She had a voluptuous figure.

"I just did a promotion at the Turner TV Network next door. I stopped by for a glass of water. Link, Emma, ​​why are you here?"

Jennifer took off her high heels, tiptoed to the sofa and sat down.

Mandy poured her a cup of warm black tea.

"I'm coming over to discuss work with Mandy."

Link said.

"Like you, I just came back from doing publicity."

Emma Stone said.

"That's quite a coincidence. We haven't sat together to drink tea for a long time."

Jennifer laughed.

"You are all busy people, and you have no time for leisure all year round, but it is better to be busy. Competition in the entertainment industry is fierce now, and those who are idle will slowly be eliminated."

Ms. Mandy laughed.

"It's true. I used to be too anxious when I had no movies to shoot. I thought that if I became a star one day and filmed ten movies a year, I would be exhausted on the set without regrets."

Emma Stone said.

"I'm not as hard-working as you. I'm satisfied with five movies a year."

Jennifer waggled her fingers and smiled.

Link was listening to their chat and didn't interrupt casually. He just waited for them to ask before replying with a few words.

Now Emma Stone is promoting "Birdman" and Jennifer Lawrence is promoting the upcoming "The Hunger Games 3."

The things they talked about were also related to movies. By the way, they talked about some gossips in the entertainment industry, including who had an affair with whom, who broke up with whom, and who had a hand in it.

There is also the Hollywood X-Photo Scandal that has caused a lot of controversy recently. Foreign hackers exploited vulnerabilities in Apple’s iCloud cloud system to illegally steal X-ray photos of many of the world’s most popular actresses and publish them on online forums.

This kind of thing happened once in early 2011, and hundreds of women's private photos were exposed.

More this time, including Scarlett Johansson, Rihanna, Hayden Panettiere, Kim Kardashian, Avril Lavigne, Emily Browning, Winona Ryder, Amber Hill Germany, Nina Dobrev, Kirsten Dunst and other popular actresses.

There are also supermodels such as Kate Upton, Ally Michael, and Cara Delevingne.

Hackers began releasing a batch of private photos at regular intervals in September, and have now released revealing photos of 101 female celebrities.

Originally, Jennifer Lawrence also liked to take photos with her mobile phone while doing errands and taking a shower.

Later, Link dissuaded him and used a camera to take pictures instead, which was safer.

This wave of x-ray scandals has also affected Ariana Grande, a singer under Link Music. Fortunately, not much has been exposed.

The hacker also sent several photos of Selena in swimsuits. After the little round-faced girl discovered that her mobile phone photo album had also been stolen, she blushed all day and couldn't raise her head.

Recently, the FBI and Apple are also investigating the hacker matter, which may stop for a while.

After chatting for a while, Emma Stone took a call and left early to go to work. Link was also about to leave, but Jennifer Lawrence pestered him to go to the office and said that she would show him wearing the new suit of the heroine Katniss.

Link didn't refuse. After arriving at the office, the two had sex before they separated.

Jennifer continues to promote the movie, and Link continues to train and raise the baby in preparation for the competition in December.

In mid-November, "The Hunger Games 3" was released globally, and its first-day pre-sale box office in North America reached US$130 million to US$160 million, breaking the first weekend box office record of "Transformers 4" of US$100 million.

It grossed 129 million US dollars in North America over the three days over the weekend. Although it was more than 20 million US dollars behind the second film's opening box office, it was also the movie with the highest opening box office this year.

The North American box office in its first week was US$175 million.

On the eighth and a half days since its release, the North American box office has exceeded 200 million. It is also the fastest movie to break 200 million in North America this year, three hours faster than "Guardians of the Galaxy".

It is also Lionsgate's seventh film this year to have a box office of over 100 million in North America.

Overseas, "The Hunger Games 3" was released in 97 countries and regions overseas, and the box office exceeded 200 million in six days.

In the two weeks since its release, "The Hunger Games 3" has grossed US$620 million at the global box office, and the total box office is expected to be around US$900 million.

It was 200 million less than the total box office of the second film.

The main reason is that the Lionsgate producers split the third part of the series into two parts, which caused dissatisfaction among many fans and affected the box office data.

But overall it's a good deal. If a movie is released in two parts, the total box office results will definitely be much higher than one.

This is also a common practice in current movie series, and the same is true for "Harry Potter" and "The Twilight Saga". "The Hunger Games" is a reference.

The best movie in this regard is undoubtedly the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. If the 3D version was released ten years later, it could be divided into at least six parts.

After the successful release of "The Hunger Games 3", the total box office of Lionsgate's movies released this year reached 1.65 billion US dollars.

By the time "The Hunger Games 3" comes to an end, the total box office in North America will probably reach US$1.8 billion.

Including "American Hustle," which will be released in December, the total box office of Lionsgate movies in North America this year is expected to reach 2 billion U.S. dollars, and the global box office is expected to exceed 5 billion U.S. dollars.

Last year, Disney Pictures, which had the best performance, had an annual box office of 1.831 billion US dollars. This year, the total box office of Disney movies is less than 1.6 billion, and the total box office of the other five film companies is also less than 1.6 billion.

Judging from current data, Lionsgate Pictures has great hopes to top the North American annual box office rankings this year. It will also be the first time in film history that an independent production company surpasses the six established film studios and becomes the industry leader. .

The American Film Institute Annual Report said this will be a year that changes the landscape of Hollywood.

Still, Link and the folks at Lionsgate didn’t dare pop the champagne halfway.

The six major film studios have several blockbusters to be released in December, and they also have the opportunity to counterattack.

Lionsgate will have to wait until the last movie is released and truly becomes the box office champion before they can relax and pop the champagne.