Hollywood Director 1992

With the explosion of the 'Simpson murder case,' many Americans noticed Link's film. Whether out of curiosity, doubt, or criticism, more and more viewers walked into theaters to watch 'Seven' .

And the attendance rate of 'Seven' also rose sharply. Many big city theaters were packed. According to data feedback from theater chains, the day after the 'Simpson case' occurred, the attendance rate of 'Seven' increased by 260%, and the showtimes surpassed 'Forrest Gump', 'True Lies', and others, ranking first.

In addition, 'Seven' had good quality, and many people actively recommended it to acquaintances after watching it, so the movie's popularity became higher and higher.

In its fourth week of release, 'Seven' earned $25.35 million in 1401 North American theaters, ranking second in the weekly box office, with a cumulative North American box office of $93.69 million.

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The first place was 'Forrest Gump', with a weekly box office of $26.15 million and a cumulative box office of $169 million.

The third place was 'True Lies', with $24.37 million and a cumulative $50.05 million.

The fourth place was 'The Client', with a weekly box office of $21.85 million.

"Damn it, how could this happen?"

Michael Ovitz's face turned ugly when he saw the box office results of 'Seven'.

The weekly box office data of 'Seven' rose against the trend. On the last day, it quickly surpassed 'True Lies', 'The Client' and other films, jumping from seventh to second.

According to 'Total Film' magazine analysis, the 'Simpson case' occurred on Thursday. From Friday, the box office of 'Seven' showed a significant increase, earning more than $16 million in just three days.

If the case had occurred on Monday, 'Seven' would have had a great chance of winning the box office championship.

However, according to the current box office growth trend, 'Total Film' magazine predicts that 'Seven' will have better box office results next week, with a high probability of surpassing 'Forrest Gump' to win its first box office championship.

"Simpson is suspected of homicide, which is already very eye-catching. The appearance of a plot similar to 'Seven' at the scene made the case even more bizarre. The media reported one after another, and the popularity of 'Seven' increased, so the box office increase is also a matter of course."

Ron Meyer said, looking at the 'Los Angeles Times'.

"But don't you think the timing of this murder case is too coincidental? When the box office of 'Seven' was seriously declining, such a big news suddenly broke out, and it also involved the plot of the movie. This is too coincidental. It's like the murderer deliberately did this to help Link promote the movie."

Michael Ovitz narrowed his eyes and said quietly, "Don't forget the 'Murietta murder case'."

"Are you saying that Link is using this case to promote 'Seven', just like using the murder case to promote 'Paranormal Activity'? It's nothing. If a similar case occurs when the films of the seven major film companies are released, they will also use it for publicity."

Ron Meyer said.

"Humph! When 'Paranormal Activity' was released, it encountered the Murietta murder case, and when 'Seven' was released, it encountered the Simpson murder case. How could there be such a coincidence in the world. I have reason to suspect that both cases were done by Link. He wanted to make money, so he arranged for that crazy woman, Pleton, to kill her husband. He was not willing to lose to us in the summer档, so he hired a killer or personally killed Nicole Brown and her friend, framed Simpson, and then attracted the attention of the national media. Now 'Seven' is a big hit at the box office, and his conspiracy has succeeded.

That's right, it must be so! Link must be the murderer!!"

Michael Ovitz slammed his fist on the table.

"Deliberately killing people to promote the movie?"

Ron Meyer shook his head. Link shouldn't be that crazy.

Although the box office of 'Seven' is not as good as 'Forrest Gump', it will not lose money. It is a profitable project. In addition, the word-of-mouth is good. Many professional filmmakers in the circle have taken a new look at Link after watching 'Seven'. They no longer think that he is a director who became famous by speculation, and recognize his strength as a director.

The box office and word-of-mouth are good, and he is worth more than a billion dollars. Link doesn't need to take risks to do such a thing.

"Maybe he received the news in advance, and then bribed the police to leave blood words at the scene of the crime. You also know that the group of people in the Los Angeles Police Department are not guys with integrity."

Ron Meyer guessed.

Michael Ovitz also thought of this possibility.

But the detailed content of this case has been spread to the United States through the media, and the next step is the world. With the popularity of this case, 'Seven' will also be known to more people, and the box office will also be a big hit, perhaps recreating the glory of 'Paranormal Activity'.

Link and Guess Pictures will also rely on this film to turn defeat into victory and breathe a sigh of relief under the suppression of the seven major film companies.

This kind of thing is too bad.

Michael Ovitz didn't want to see this happen. He wanted to completely bring down Link in this summer档 and make Link never recover.

So the murderer must be Link.

Michael Ovitz thought for a while, picked up the phone and called Sherry Lansing, and told her his opinion.

"Promote through the media that Link is the murderer?"

Sherry Lansing hesitated for a moment and said, "It's not appropriate. I have learned about this case. Currently, none of the clues collected by the police point to Link. Promoting him as the murderer in the media will not only be useless, but also increase the popularity of the case, indirectly helping him promote 'Seven', which is not cost-effective."

Michael Ovitz frowned tightly, also thinking of this possibility. Originally, the police and the public suspected that Simpson was the murderer. Now, suddenly, many media reports say that Link is the real murderer.

A murder case involves two billionaires, two famous figures, one African American and one Asian.

The popularity of this case may reach an alarming height.

The same is true for 'Seven'.

Link probably also expects someone to do this.

So this thing can't be done.

"In the past few days, the popularity of 'Seven' has become higher and higher, and the box office results have also increased linearly. If we don't suppress it in public opinion, the box office of 'Seven' will surpass 'Forrest Gump' next week."

Once 'Seven' surpasses several major films in the same period and wins the box office championship, Link will become even more rampant and more difficult to deal with, and the efforts and funds they have spent in the past few weeks will become futile.

Simply put, he and the seven major film companies joined forces, but were defeated by Link alone.

Michael Ovitz would rather be blind than see this happen.

"Michael, don't worry. When 'Clear and Present Danger' is released next week, it will definitely be the box office champion. In another week, the Simpson case will cool down, and the attention brought to 'Seven' will also decline. It won't be easy for 'Seven' to get the box office crown," Sherry Lansing said.

'Clear and Present Danger' is an action blockbuster produced by Paramount Pictures, starring Harrison Ford. Starting in '92, Harrison Ford's action blockbusters 'Patriot Games' and 'The Fugitive' both earned over $100 million at the box office.

The internal screening of 'Clear and Present Danger' received even better reviews than the previous two films, and its box office performance should be even more outstanding.

There shouldn't be much of a problem suppressing 'Seven' at the box office next week's premiere.

Michael Ovitz felt relieved thinking about this.

"However, judging from the reports of several media outlets, Guessing Game Films is clearly using this case to hype up 'Seven'. We should also take action to find ways to reduce the heat of the case and not let Link's trick succeed."

"That makes sense. Contact the other companies and have each of them contribute some resources to suppress the heat of the case."

Sherry Lansing hung up the phone, closed her eyes, and hummed.

"I think Michael Ovitz is right. Link may be the real killer."

Tom Cruise looked up, his eyes filled with resentment.

Sherry Lansing shook her head and stroked his hair while leaning back in her office chair.

Michael Ovitz was dissatisfied with Link using the Simpson case to hype up 'Seven' and joined forces with several film companies to try to suppress the heat of the case.

It's just that the heat of this case exceeded his imagination.

From the day the case occurred, almost all media in the United States participated in reporting the news, including media outlets under the seven major media groups.

Although they also knew that promoting this case would help increase the heat of 'Seven', Simpson was too famous, and the deceased were his ex-wife and her rumored boyfriend. Simpson was the prime suspect, and the appearance of the 'Seven' plot at the crime scene made the case even more dramatic.

Audiences like to watch this kind of news, and the demand for this type of news product has increased.

The media will not miss this opportunity to make money.

According to media reports, on the morning of the incident, Simpson returned to Los Angeles from Chicago, accepted a one-hour interview with the police, and was released home immediately.

During the interrogation, the police found a two-centimeter-long wound on Simpson's finger.

Simpson explained that he accidentally cut his finger while breaking the hotel glass after hearing the news of his wife's death.

However, the hotel stated that no glass was broken that day.

This injury also increased Simpson's suspicion.

After several days of investigation, the police decided to list Simpson as the main suspect.

Simpson relayed a message saying he wanted to surrender.

But he did not show up as scheduled, and the police decided to arrest Simpson.

During this process, the mainstream American media followed the investigation throughout, including ABC, CNN, CBS, FOX and other television news networks, almost all of which broadcast the Los Angeles police's arrest of Simpson live.

On the sixth day after the incident.

Simpson, who was originally preparing to surrender, suddenly disappeared from his residence and his whereabouts were unknown.

The Los Angeles Police Department immediately dispatched four helicopters, four patrol convoys, and hundreds of police cars to search for the missing Simpson throughout the city of Los Angeles.

Because the entire arrest process was broadcast live by many television stations, North American audiences could see a scene similar to the police arresting criminals in the game 'Grand Theft Auto': police helicopters hovered in the sky over Los Angeles, and hundreds of police cars flashed their lights, patrolling the streets and alleys.

A few hours later, the police found Simpson's white car on the highway.

Immediately, more than sixty police cars began a chase on the Los Angeles highway.

This scene was more lively and explosive than a Hollywood action movie.

More than twenty minutes later, more than a dozen police cars surrounded Simpson's white car, and Simpson held a pistol and threatened to commit suicide, demanding that the police move away.

Given that Simpson is black, too famous, has a large number of fans in the United States, and the major riots that occurred in Los Angeles in 1992 have made the black community more sensitive, a careless move could trigger riots again.

The police behaved very restrained after intercepting Simpson, without forcing him to commit suicide or emptying the bullets on him.

After more than an hour of negotiations, Simpson dropped his gun and walked out of the car to be arrested at more than eight o'clock in the evening.

This police and bandit chase drama also came to an end.

According to data released by Nielsen, the highest viewership rating for this news broadcast reached 65 million people, and the average was 32 million people, which is higher than the viewership ratings for the NFL finals and the NBA Eastern and Western Conference finals.

During this period, Guessing Game Films took advantage of the heat of the case to vigorously promote 'Seven', and also bribed the police spokesperson to answer some questions about the murderer leaving the bloody word 'Greed' at the scene when interviewed by reporters, closely linking Simpson and 'Seven'.

Affected by the case, the exposure of 'Seven' increased again, increasing by 800% compared to the previous week.

More and more viewers flocked to theaters to buy tickets to watch 'Seven'.

The cinema had to increase the number of screenings of 'Seven' to welcome the constantly pouring audiences.

In its fifth week of release, 'Seven' grossed $38.53 million in 2,394 theaters in North America.

It won the weekly box office crown for the first time.

The cumulative box office in North America is 132 million U.S. dollars.

The second place is the action blockbuster "Clear and Present Danger" released by Paramount Pictures.

The production cost was 62 million U.S. dollars, and the first week's box office was 30.34 million U.S. dollars.

This is a very good result. If it were at other times, there would be a great chance of winning the weekly box office crown, but it encountered "Seven" and had to rank second.

The third place is 'Forrest Gump', with a weekly box office of 18.08 million U.S. dollars and a cumulative box office of 187 million U.S. dollars.

The fourth place is the children's comedy 'The Little Rascals' released by Universal Pictures, with a first-week box office of 13.34 million U.S. dollars.

'True Lies' dropped to fifth place.

'The Client' dropped to sixth, 'The Lion King' eighth, and 'Speed' ninth.

"Seven" broke through numerous obstacles and finally succeeded in a counterattack in the fifth week, suppressing all the summer blockbusters.

"Link, we won! 'Seven' got the weekly box office crown!"

Jennifer Connelly happily threw herself into his arms, her delicate cheeks raised, her blue eyes filled with smiles.

Link smiled, hugged the girl tightly and steadied her.