Hollywood Director 1992

The weather was nice at noon, with a temperature that was neither cold nor hot, making it the most comfortable season in Los Angeles.

Link had arranged for his lawyer, Sean Tang, to come to the Burbank-United Theatre to sign the contract.

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Last time, it was signing with William Mason; this time, it was signing a distribution contract with the representative sent by the United Theatres company.

United Theatres, is one of the more well-known art-house cinema chains in the United States, with 28 theaters and a total of 400 screens, which is not a large scale.

It mainly screens independent art films, and sometimes also shows high-quality commercial films.

This time, United Theatres signed a two-week distribution contract with him. In the next two weeks, 'Buried' will be shown in 5 theaters under the United Theatres chain.

If 'Buried' exceeds the passing grade at the box office in the next two weeks, United Theatres will consider showing 'Buried' in its 28 theaters.

Since the cinema chain needs to invest in venue and promotion funds when distributing movies, it occupies a dominant position in the cooperation. In terms of box office revenue sharing, the cinema chain takes the lion's share, 65%.

Link gets 35%, and at the same time, he needs to cooperate with the cinema chain's activities in the recent promotion.

This type of film distribution is also very common in the film industry.

The producer skips the distribution company and directly cooperates with the cinema chain.

For example, the low-budget film 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding', which sold well in the future, had average box office data after its release. The distribution company was unwilling to continue investing in promotion, but the cinema chain was optimistic about the film and insisted on continuing to show it.

In the end, the film, with a cost of 5 million, grossed 369 million US dollars worldwide, creating a box office record for romantic comedy films.

The advantage of this cooperation method is that the producer and the cinema chain can get more shares, and the disadvantage is that box office data is prone to be non-transparent during cooperation.

After this kind of thing happens, the producer will be relatively passive.

So far, United Theatres has done a good job in this matter, and the box office data of all parties is open and transparent.

Link is also willing to continue to cooperate with United Theatres.

After the contract was signed, on Friday, 'Buried' was released in 5 theaters in the United States. Among them, there were four premiere theaters, and Link attended the premiere ceremony at the Beverly Hills-United Theatre.

At the premiere ceremony, Link answered questions from more than a dozen media reporters, including what the movie was about, what the theme of the movie was, and what difficulties were encountered during the filming process, etc.

United Theatres also invested 300,000 US dollars in media promotion, and aired the trailer of 'Buried' on AMC American Classic Movies cable TV.

Compared with the last premiere, the scale and influence have been many times greater.

Quentin Tarantino, Jerome Preston, and others saw relevant information in the news and called to inquire.

"Link, did you really get 'Buried' released?"

Quentin asked on the phone.

"Yes, I said I would get 'Buried' released, and I will definitely do what I say."

"You are crazy. How much is 'Buried' making at the box office now?"

"Not much, more than 80,000 US dollars."

"Eighty thousand US dollars is not bad. The production cost of your movie is only 20,000 US dollars. 80,000 US dollars is 4 times the box office revenue. You haven't lost money. This is a very good start for a new director. Maybe film companies will contact you to cooperate. You have to seize the opportunity."

"Got it."

Three days after 'Buried' was released in 5 theaters under the United Theatres chain, Link received the box office data sent by William Mason.

The 5 theaters grossed a total of 148,000 US dollars in the three-day weekend, with an average daily box office of 9,866 US dollars per theater, and an occupancy rate of over 65%.

In art films, an average daily box office of more than 10,000 US dollars per theater is considered excellent, and the box office potential is very high.

'Buried' is only a little bit away from being excellent.

In its opening week, 'Buried' grossed 288,000 US dollars in 5 theaters in the United States, ranking 18th in the weekly box office among the films released in the same period.

The average daily box office per theater reached 8,228 US dollars, ranking 3rd in the same period, showing great box office potential.

According to the distribution contract signed between Link and United Theatres, starting this Friday, United Theatres will expand the screening scale of 'Buried' and screen it in its 28 theaters.

Link continued to follow the publicity team arranged by United Theatres to conduct roadshows in several important box office cities to promote the film and increase its popularity.

"Ben, look there, it seems to be Link's movie 'Buried'."

In Cambridge, Massachusetts, Matt Damon stood on the street, pointing to the movie poster in front of the local United Theatre. The poster, which was more than three meters long, was very eye-catching, with 'Buried' and information about the star and director Link on it.

"So he really is a director."

Ben Affleck raised his eyebrows.

"He said it last time."

"I thought he was lying. He's dressed so raggedly, works in a fast-food restaurant, and doesn't even have a car. Who would have thought he was a director?"

"He's also an actor, writing, directing, and acting himself. It sounds so cool. Do you want to go in and see it?"

"Let's go! I hope it's not a bad movie."

The two walked into the movie theater together and lined up to buy tickets.

More than an hour later, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck walked out of the movie theater with complicated expressions.

"How could this happen? How could Link be so amazing? Not only is the movie well-made, but his acting skills are also excellent. Ben, he's the same age as us. How could he be so amazing?"

Matt Damon thought about 'Buried', which he had just seen in the theater, and couldn't help but think of the waiter holding a tray in the burger shop, the courier riding a bicycle on the street to deliver food, and the young man who looked like a tramp on the train. For the first time, he admired someone of the same age.

"It's nothing. He's just a little better than us. As long as we get serious, we can catch up with him in less than two years."

No mistake, one first, one hair, one inside, one content, one in, one look, one look!

Ben Affleck said with his hands in his pockets and a blank expression.

"It's difficult! Leaving aside his acting, just talking about his screenwriting and directing abilities, an actor, a phone, in an extremely small wooden box, using simple lines to present a super grand world view, and using this method to reflect on the Cold War and oppose war, is too amazing. I can definitely not do this."

Matt Damon said disappointedly.

"Hey, buddy, don't be like this. You're a top student at Harvard. How could there be anything you can't do? You think Link is amazing. You can take him as a goal and aim to surpass him in three years. If you do it, wouldn't it feel cool?"

Ben Affleck patted him on the shoulder.

"Sounds good, I accept your suggestion, take Link as a goal, and I will definitely surpass him in three years, no, five years."

"Haha, that's my good buddy."

Ben Affleck hugged Matt Damon's shoulders tightly.

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"Good news! Good news! Link's movie is a big hit! It has rushed into the top ten of this week's movie box office chart, selling millions of dollars in tickets."

In Los Angeles - Youth Apartment, Chris Ball rode his bicycle, waving a copy of the 'Los Angeles Times' and rushed to the apartment building, where a group of young men and women were having a party in the open space.

"What? Link's movie is a big hit?"

"Ranked in the top ten of the weekly box office chart?"

"Didn't you say this movie was terrible and no one would watch it? How could it be a box office hit?"

"Chris, let me see!"

A group of people stopped drinking and dancing, scrambling to see the newspaper in Chris Ball's hand, wanting to see how much 'Buried' made at the box office this week.

After seeing the data on the newspaper, everyone couldn't help but exclaim.

At this time, Monica Bellucci walked through the middle sidewalk with a satchel, and her graceful figure quickly attracted the attention of the men present.

"Hey, Monica, Link's movie is a big hit, selling more than a million dollars in tickets, did you know?"

Eric, with his tattooed arms, shouted while holding the newspaper.

Monica Bellucci ignored him, with a cold face, twisting her sexy waist and hips, and entered Apartment 13.

"Fack, what an arrogant chick. When I get her, I will definitely let her know how awesome I am."

Eric with tattooed arms said unhappily.

Monica Bellucci walked up to the third floor. When she was taking out the key to open the door, the newspaper in her satchel fell on the ground.

On the unfolded page, the stills of 'Buried' were very eye-catching, and the face of the male lead gradually merged with the face of the boy she met in the aisle.

Monica Bellucci blinked her long eyelashes, squatted down, and picked up the newspaper on the ground.