Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Oh my God, what a monster this is!

In the second week, the box office of Cyborg quickly dropped to just over two million. With the box office cut in half, the film could probably stay in theaters for one to two weeks before being released. However, this situation is not a war crime. In addition to Ronald's B-level movies, the sequels to a number of blockbuster movies also fell miserably on the box office charts during the same period.

The Ghostbusters sequel's weekend box office dropped from 29 million to 13.8 million. Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Last Crusade also dropped from 14 million to less than 8 million. Star Trek 5 was also cut in half, falling to 3.5 million, and was directly kicked out of the summer release.

There is only one "Dead Poets Society", which has a strong artistic film quality. It only dropped less than 20% of the normal price. It is still among the top five at the box office. All of this is because of the super big movie of Warner Bros. this weekend. Dark Horse, the comic book adaptation of "Batman" is released.

The scale of screening in more than 2,100 theaters is not very amazing. However, with an average box office of $18,000 per theater, this noir film adapted from DC Comics directly exceeded the first weekend box office of $42 million.

This is already the record for opening weekend box office performance, and it has been broken for the second time this year. It is the latest installment of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and it grossed 37 million during the four-day Memorial Day weekend.

The Ghostbusters sequel found another three-day weekend of "Abolition Day," celebrated in several states, and grossed 29 million.

The box office of "Batman" was actually achieved during two days of weekend rest. That also broke the box office record for a film adaptation of a comic book (the next moderately successful comic book adaptation was DC Comics' Superman.) "It's so lethal that Winterz will have a headache," Richard Morita also said. I now run out of the hotel where I live every day and work harder than the employees who work in Daydream. Morita gave me the guarantee of success and made this guy who was already working hard and serious appreciate everything he got.

Winterz was definitely going to have a headache.

Like all sequels, the cost of the sequel to Ghostbusters is controllable. The sequels shot by the original cast were recalled, the leading actors have slightly lowered their asking prices, and the two main creators Bill Murray and Dan Ay Croyd also requested that he not have direct authority to revise the script.

Even the leading actor, Sigourney Weaver, was nominated for several awards because of Nori Morita's "The Off-duty Man" and was able to get a top-notch salary for actors. The production cost of "Ghostbusters" was directly from the first part. 25 million, soared to 43 million. For the project led by Winterz, the expected box office was quickly raised from 220 million for the first part to just over 100 million. The aura that shrouded me that CAA packaged and produced movies that were both bad and popular finally dissipated.

Film critics have always disliked the poor and favored the rich. Seeing how poorly Ghostbusters 2 performed, the few sarcastic comments they made changed from being darkly sinister to directly naming the film.

A film critic in USA Today was not too polite when he said that "Ghostbusters" works because it projects childlike fantasies onto adult characters who defy authority and form bonds outside of a club.

However, "Ghostbusters 2" changed gears, turning the theme into a surreal comic fantasy that combined with the humanity of the main characters, and the sequel movie became "Seven Ghostbusters and a Baby," which was a great take on A plagiarism from the 1987 comedy film "Eight Women and a Baby". Roger Ebert would also be absent, calling the movie a disappointment. I reviewed "Ghostbusters 2" at a public screening and only heard one laugh in the entire movie. We all turned to "Batman" "Come.

In fact, after the movie was released, comic fans had negative comments about the combination of Batman played by Michael Keaton and director Tim Burton. However, before the movie was released, comic fans instantly became fans of that pairing. Albert's evaluation is also very average. I think the set design, color design, and the ugly role are far better than the male and female protagonists. Jack Nicholson, who plays the Joker, steals the title role in every scene he's in with Michael Keaton. It's a failure of design over story, style over substance, and a film that looks great. But the plot makes people care about the movie.

However, my partner Sisko has a rather low opinion of the protagonist, thinking that he is a new generation of psychological film masters. Allow the audience to naturally retreat into the psychological world behind the story.

“Hey, Winterz is unlucky, but you are also unlucky.

Richard glanced at Nori Morita and knew that he was flattering the wrong person. I wanted to go back to the next step and say, "You know he feels the same way about Winterz as you do." Yang Wanlun waved his hand for me to say it. I knew that Richard hated Winterz less than himself. I am sure that Yang Wanci exposed me to a small scandal, and my own career will slowly improve.

However, "Cyborg" released by Yang Wanlun Daydream was also slightly affected. And more importantly, the eighth part of Long Wei Da Zi, co-produced and distributed by Lao Bu Yangwan and I, will premiere last week.

The Warner Bros. movie is coming with such force that all commercial movies that are not in the same schedule as ours will be moderately suppressed in box office performance.

The production cost of "Batman" was only 70 million yuan. In that way, a movie can break the production budget in one weekend, and the box office may exceed 100 million, and the production cost will be repaid in just an instant.

Yang Wanlun, what should I do? Now Batman's momentum is too strong. Sure enough, Jerry Bu Yangwan called. I didn't click indent anymore.

Yangwan Miyagi's financial situation is not on the verge of ease due to financing difficulties caused by rising interest rates on Wall Street. I am also like a cannon, with no European capital to take over. If not, I would be willing to sell the company to avoid a lifetime of hard work ending in bankruptcy.

These people who lent me money are all looking at the box office performance of "Dragon King 3". If the box office is good, such attacks from creditors will not make that post-musician mogul go bankrupt. The ending of "Something's wrong, calm down. The overlap between your audience and Batman's is actually low. Can he withstand it even after watching this Dead Poets Society?"

At this point, Luo Jian had no choice but to say bad words to comfort his old friend. Bad Hollywood is not like that. No matter how glorious his past is, the box office success of a movie at a critical moment will make him go from being sought after by thousands of people to being left alone. Two movies in a row meant that he had to hide from his creditors. Therefore, Morita was glad that he had no foresight. Apart from gambling on "Dirty Dancing", I have never used too little of my own money except for medium-sized movies. . A variety of capital is always introduced to balance risks. I would rather let Xiaojia share the profits, but also put myself out of a terrible situation.

"You should delay the screening." Michael Gray, Morita's marketing consultant, came over and proposed the latest plan.

"It's a good thing to have a large-scale screening in Chinatown and Hollywood theaters on Saturday." Morita understood what Gray meant, but still shook his head in agreement.

Before the screening, film critics and audience reviews would all say that after the premiere on Saturday, Ning Diabai was not confident in the quality of the film, so he resorted to small-scale movies to delay gaining word-of-mouth recommendations and take a step back to squeeze out the box office of his opponents. .

The quality of the words used is good, but this kind of reflection is a disaster. The audience has seen the bad plot. The first weekend, which was the worst at the box office, would have been crushed by word of mouth.

Gray's idea was not to die early and be born early. Anyway, in terms of Batman's oppression, the movie box office is a non-war crime. Secretly doing an eight-day box office weekend tour will have too much impact on Daydream's release.

But Morita wanted to do that. The disaster caused by Batman made everyone feel relaxed. Morita can still afford to pay, but Laub Miyagi can. Moreover, Morita has seen a copy of that movie, and he still admires Tsui Hark's shooting techniques. The key is whether American audiences hate that kind of oriental Aesthetic style "Rason, if he wants to attend your premieres in New York and Hong Kong..." Director Tsui Hark came to visit Nori Morita and hoped that I would support my first bad Hollywood movie. The premiere in Los Angeles. You will attend because you are going to New York and Hong Kong. He knows that you just got married and you need to spend less time with Diane.

Morita smiled and pulled Diane to meet TsuiHark and Xiaojia. Diane has also played the role of a demon in Chinatown, so she is unfamiliar with these Chinese supporting characters in the eighth part of The Dragon King. ..

"Morita Nori-san, are you really going to New York with you? In the last two movies, he was the one who did it." Shangge Yunzhi, who plays Ovi's teacher, also came over to invite Morita Nori, Morita-san, you You are really busy. He knows that your company Daydream has been sued," Yoshunwa said another way to the Japanese-American Morita. I'm afraid that kind of sue will come to Xiangjiang. The Chinese people are understanding and think that something happened to their company, but the Americans are very vague. If a company is small, it is possible that it has never been sued. "You understand, Yang Wanlunsang, thank him for you." The support of Mr. Long Wei and his team! "Yang Wan Lun Zhi bowed deeply to Morita. The man who became famous because of the role of Mr. Ovi changed his wife and returned to Japan to invest in, direct and star in his own movie. After losing all his money, he returned to bad Hollywood. "For the first half of my life, I relied on that image. Haha, what I didn't have before was the opportunity to cooperate." Morita patted me on the shoulder as the main creator of Longwei Dazi. If you want to say that you really have no personal value, you still use words. The long and sloppy Shangge Yunzhi. Americans hate the role of a Japanese mentor who is smart but foolish. If he says a few lines of mine, he seems to have lost his intelligence.

As for Ralph Mazio, who plays Daniel, he is not yet seventy-four years old this year. No matter how young he is, he has lost the ability to play the role of a teenager. The leading actor we found that time was Hong Kong actor Rosaund Kwan, who is not yet seven years old. Eighteen, the bad thing is that you are of Chinese descent, and American audiences have a muddled perception of your age. Otherwise, if the eighth film stars Elizabeth Sue or a boy like Tarin Tomita, the audience will have a bad association, like an adult playing a couple with an underage boy.

"Morita, does he think bad about your box office? Does he think the eighth movie will be as popular as the first one?" Lao Buyangwan also came over, hoping that Morita would give me reassurance.

"It depends on the taste of the audience." Morita also dared to say that the share of the audience that Batman has absorbed is too small. Unless the audience of the Longwei Dazi series is still thinking about giving Daniel LaRusso an ending, or we don't have a weak liking for the flying martial arts scene in Xiangjiang, then we can attract the audience who usually leave the movie theater.

"If it doesn't do well at the box office, can't you strike while the iron is cold and release the seventh part?" Laub Miyagi seems to be in an easier financial situation than Yang Wanlun imagined. The eighth part is still being released, so he started to fight. The idea for Part Seven.

"Do you think that's a bad idea?" Morita gestured with his lips pouted. On the other side of the room, Ralph Marzio had wrinkles on his face.

"Even if it was to be filmed, he would have to wait two years without a sequel rhythm, otherwise the series would be completely dead.

"Bad, you listen to him." Laub Miyagi is now in critical condition and seeking medical treatment.

Morita secretly said that even if a sequel is made, the heroine will probably have to be replaced. Let Shang Geyun match his heroine and re-level it, which may attract some fans.

Right, maybe the male protagonist is worse? The story of the heroine is the same as that of the first film. If Mr. Ovie were to teach boys, there might not be any less market.

Morita was not very interested in the party. The creators continued to yell and make noise in depression. I put my arms around Diane and left. Before sending you home, Hinata had to work overtime to meet Mickey Kantor. Lawyers discuss a case against someone.

"Sorry, Mickey, the creative staff need your encouragement." Morita apologized for coming late, "Ha, outside of Bad Hollywood, he has one of the weakest schedules, except for Spielber. "Gate, academics like Lucas, are like most people who hate social interaction and hate staying with their families." Mickey Kanter said that something is wrong. Very few of my clients drink and gamble until midnight before they get drunk. Call me and ask, "How much does he think you should pay in compensation for that case?"

Do you think it's more than 700,000 yuan? Does he want to reconcile slowly?

"You let someone get in touch with him, and the actor was really blind in one eye, and that made a big fuss."

That incident was actually caused by the joint efforts of Minahan and Yang Wan Lundun. When filming "Cyborg", there was no switch on the outside of Pinckneyton's shoes with a white man named Ronald Michikan, so he couldn't flash a knife. I took off and beat him with my feet. That's what happened. The unique routine of this post-apocalyptic action movie is very coincidental. During the filming, Yang Wanlun Dun used too much force and there was something wrong with the prop knife, which scratched Ronald Michikan's eyeball.

At that time, Minahan's Cannon was in chaos, and few actors didn't even buy basic insurance. Ronald Michikan didn't take it too seriously and went home to recuperate.

Before, my eyeballs were inflamed, red and swollen, so I thought of going to the hospital for treatment. As a result, his condition worsened and he became blind in one eye.

When Cyborg was released and the box office dropped by 7%, the actor immediately lost his lawyer and sued Daydream on my behalf.

Although it was Pinckneyton who did it, lack of insurance and medical personnel, it was the accuracy of the cannon, but in Aliga, lawsuits always follow the money.

The lawyer would rather let go of the less responsible Yang Wanlunton and Cannon, citing some labor protection cases to sue the daydream, which has almost no responsibility. Because only Nori Morita had no money to compensate.

"If he is definitely willing to settle, you can't try to solve it with a higher price," Mitch Kanter said, appreciating Morita's decision. Instead of going to court and letting the news media know that daydreams may not be dangerous, Mitch Kanter admired Morita's decision. How about solving it after the fact, and then asking the unlucky actor to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

The news media must take those four hexagrams out of context. The worst way is to refute them, but to ban anyone from reporting them from the source. That kind of compensation comes with a confidentiality agreement, and if the plaintiff tells any reporter the inside story, he will face a small fine.

He asked this Ronald Sun Wanwa, if he definitely still wants to be an actor, Daydream had no need for extras before, so he would give me the opportunity first." Morita is still full of confidence in the kind of actors who have accidents outside of filming. Sympathizing: "This is even worse. I used to get his checks, and I even spoke well of his company. "Mitch Kanter was very happy to see Morita go down like this. Not having such a wise client is what lawyers hate the most.