Hollywood Director 1992

"Damn it! How could a shitty movie like 'Paranormal Activity' make so much at the box office? Are those viewers all idiots? With good movies like 'Batman Returns,' 'A Few Good Men,' and 'Unforgiven' to watch, they insist on watching that crappy movie. Are they blind?" In the CAA agency office, Robert Downey Jr. saw the latest box office data for "Paranormal Activity" in the newspaper and cursed angrily.

"This movie's box office performance is indeed unbelievable," Kiefer Sutherland sighed.

A few days ago, after watching "Paranormal Activity" in the cinema, he felt it was not bad and quite scary, predicting that the film's box office performance would not be too bad.

But at the time, their predicted box office data was four to five million.

A movie with an investment of only $20,000 could get four to five million at the box office, a return ratio of more than two hundred times. This result was very good and already considered Link in a favorable light.

But who could have expected that this movie would earn $1.59 million in 14 theaters in its opening weekend, and $13.18 million in its second week.

The third week was even more frightening, with $51.82 million at the box office, the top of the weekly box office charts.

Not only did it trample the high-quality movie "A Few Good Men," starring him and big stars like Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Demi Moore, underfoot.

It also trampled movies with extremely good reputations like "Patriot Games," "Batman Returns," and "Unforgiven" underfoot.

At the same time, it also trampled the new movie "Hero" starring Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman, which was released at the same time, underfoot.

Becoming the highest-grossing horror movie in the world's film history for a single week.

After hearing this box office result, his first reaction was that it was impossible, fake news. After confirming it, he suspected that the box office data was not real and might be inflated.

Considering that Guess Pictures is a film company that has been established for less than a year, with no people and no money, it does not have the ability to falsely report box office.

In the end, he had to accept the reality that Link's second film was indeed a big hit, selling a number that exceeded expectations.

"Link is too lucky. His first movie, 'Buried,' was a big hit, and his second movie, 'Paranormal Activity,' followed suit, with even better box office results than the first. Damn it, why is he so lucky? If I had his luck, my movies could also make tens of millions," Kiefer Sutherland said enviously.

Robert Downey Jr. remained silent with a gloomy face.

"Robert, Kiefer, you don't need to care too much. Link has had two consecutive big hits, but not every movie will be a big hit. He is likely to decline next.

In addition, 'Paranormal Activity' was over-marketed before and after its release, selling the movie as a commodity. Not only do people in the industry look down on him, thinking he is a director who only knows how to make money with garbage films, but fans will also feel fooled and no longer support his films.

I think it won't be long before Link will take the initiative to leave the film industry and become his billionaire," agent Jimmy Rich comforted.

Kiefer Sutherland nodded, "This is true. The success of 'Paranormal Activity' will inevitably affect the box office performance of films released at the same time, and it will also affect the interests of the Big Seven film companies. They will never sit idly by and let Guess Pictures make money. Next, they are likely to take action to suppress Guess Pictures and Link. Link is afraid that he will have a hard time.

In addition, the success of 'Paranormal Activity' has led to a rapid decline in the box office data of films released at the same time, and the directors and stars of those films will also become hostile to Link as a result.

For example, Tom Cruise, I heard that after he saw this week's box office data, his face became very ugly. He left the promotional event early and called Columbia Pictures, asking them to increase their publicity efforts, saying that 'A Few Good Men' should not be trampled underfoot by a crappy movie, which is an insult to the movie and an insult to him personally.

Hmph, Link has offended the Big Seven film companies and many big-name stars with one movie. Even if he doesn't leave Hollywood, his life will not be easy."

"That's indeed the case," agent Jimmy Rich nodded.

Hearing what the two said, Robert Downey Jr. felt a little more comfortable. He took a sip of wine, put down his glass and said, "It's just that Link's movie is a big hit, and the box office is getting higher and higher. Are we just going to watch and do nothing?"

"What can we do? His movie is already a big hit. Judging from the current situation, it is not difficult for the North American box office to break 100 million. The overseas box office is probably around 100 million as well. Tsk tsk, according to this calculation, the global box office of this movie will reach 200 million US dollars, a return ratio of ten thousand times."

Kiefer Sutherland gnashed his teeth with envy.

"Link's movie is not a documentary, but it is promoted as a documentary, which is suspected of false advertising. We can find the media to hype this matter.

In addition, the big box office of this crappy movie has led to a sharp drop in the box office of several good movies released at the same time. What is this? This is the bad driving out the good.

We should clearly oppose and boycott this movie, calling on fans not to be fooled by Link, and not to spend a penny on this movie," Robert Downey Jr. said, tapping his fingers on the table.

"I'm afraid it's not good to do this.

If there is a mistake, it will be the first time to send a message to the inner content, one look!

On the one hand, it will intensify the conflict with Link and make the relationship between the two parties even more rigid. On the other hand, this is the internal competition of the film industry. Everyone earns money from the audience together and expands the film market. Calling on fans to boycott a movie that is normally released, the Film Producers Association will not agree.

Moreover, it costs a lot of money to find the media to hype it up. It's not cost-effective for us to spend money on something that doesn't benefit us," agent Jimmy Rich advised.

"It doesn't matter, I never thought about having a good relationship with Link. Offending him won't have much impact. As for the money, I don't lack money. Money is just a number to me. As long as I can make Link unlucky, I don't care if I spend hundreds of thousands more," Robert Downey Jr. said, puffing out a puff of green smoke into the air while smoking marijuana.

Jimmy Rich glanced at Kiefer Sutherland, hoping he could persuade him.

Kiefer Sutherland laughed and said, "This is a good idea. Now Link has offended more than just us, but also the Big Seven film companies and many independent production companies.

There are also Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson and others.

Maybe after we stand up to boycott 'Paranormal Activity,' many people will follow us. Hmph, then all of Hollywood will be Link's enemy. How can his movie be a big hit?"

"Haha, that's what I think too. Jimmy, go contact the media and make things as big as possible. Don't save me money," Robert Downey Jr. clapped his hands and shouted excitedly.

Jimmy Rich sighed inwardly, nodded, and reluctantly accepted this work that harmed others and did not benefit himself.