[US Entertainment] 1994

"Josh, you did a great job!" As soon as work was over, Philip Seymour Hoffman patted Josh on the shoulder impatiently, almost lying on top of Josh. When Philip was about to climb the peak, he took a step back and almost didn't let Philip fall into the mud.

Philip Seymour Hoffman showed wet eyes like a puppy: "Josh, I'm just congratulating you."

Josh nodded: "I know, but I'm afraid that I will be crushed into a fracture."

He glanced at Philip Seymour Hoffman maliciously: "You should lose weight, Philip, you are only 25 years old, and when you are in your 30s, your belly may be so big that you can't see people at all. "

At this moment, Philip Seymour Hoffman grabbed Josh by the collar and crumpled his costume: "Josh Walter, you don't know good people, no personal attacks !"

"Oh." Josh nodded perfunctorily. The next second, Philip Seymour Hoffman was surprised to find that Josh's eyes suddenly lit up. Before he could react, Josh smiled brightly. Earth rush prop master Odd Bronson Howard beckoned: "Odd, Philip broke our costume!"

Philip Seymour Hoffman understood the reason for Josh's sudden joy. To make matters worse, Odd Bronson Howard, the crew's costume designer, really walked towards them.

In the case of similar age, Josh, who is hundreds of times more handsome than Philip, is undoubtedly more favored by the elderly. Philip almost suspects that he has some kind of trick to please the middle-aged and elderly. Pacino's love for Josh is obvious to all, and Old Bronson Howard—middle-aged and elderly women have no resistance to young and beautiful handsome boys.

Her preference for Josh is not just lip service. This lady graduated from the Paris School of Design. After graduation, she studied fashion design with the famous fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent (the founder of YSL). She has a lot of research in design and a lot of connections. In the crew, she gave Josh a lot of experience in fashion design and clothing matching. It may be linked with famous actors such as Robert De Niro, because Old Bronson Howard is Robert De Niro's royal costume designer.

Seeing Josh's smiling face, Old Bronson Howard first showed a smile, then blinked and glanced at Josh and Philip: "Josh, are you making Philip angry again?"

Josh frowned and protested: "Please, Ode, am I that kind of person?"

"Please, you are!" Philip Seymour Hoffman patted his chest, imitating Josh's tone, "Please, all the bad things in the world are done by Josh Walter, just guess it, you're right! "

Josh patted Philip's head lightly: "That's right, man, I'm doing something bad right now, I've decided to tear your hair off..."

"Ode, look!" Philip Seymour Hoffman pointed at the ferocious Josh, "The wolf finally showed his claws."

Josh opened his mouth: "The wolf prefers fleshy humans, Philip, you are finished!"

The two young men played and slapped their hearts out on the set, and soon, there was a burst of clear laughter from the set, occasionally mixed with two curses: "Josh! Philip! You stepped on my foot!"

For Josh, filming in the crew is undoubtedly the happiest time. Here, his ability is most easily affirmed and his progress is obvious.An actor is undoubtedly the most refined job in the world. When a certain short performance is not good enough, he would rather spend more time correcting it than allowing the wrong performance to continue.

Movies cannot tolerate shoddy production, the audience who enter the theater will not allow it, and the strict judges behind the major awards will not allow it.

In mid-March, "My Cousin Vinny" filmed by Josh at this time last year officially entered major theaters in North America. Although Josh is one of the protagonists, because the focus of the film promotion is on Joe Pesci and Marissa Tomei, and the filming of "Scent of a Woman" has entered a critical period, so Josh only took two days off to participate in the film's promotion.

For the Hollywood film market, March is undoubtedly the off-season. Even though the Oscars are just around the corner, the film market in March is not as lively as expected.

Even though many Oscar-winning films in the 90s also performed well in the box office market, the characteristics of the high and low Oscars have not changed because of this, and the vast majority of award-winning films are still not favored by theaters.

March and the following April are when the most popular films of the awards season are popular in the film market. During this period, the number of films released is not large, and the proportion of the number of theaters is not high.

On the 13th, "My Cousin Vinny" was simultaneously screened in more than 1200 theaters across the United States. In the first weekend of its release, the movie won the first weekend box office with a box office of 926 million US dollars. , but it didn't have any impact on "My Cousin Vinny" at the box office.

For a movie with an investment of only more than 1000 million, such a result is very good.

Throughout March, there is only one movie that can have an impact on "My Cousin Vinny", and that is the classic movie "Instinct" starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone. "Instinct", "Basic Instinct" is more famous and has created better box office results. Although the sequel "Basic Instinct 2" ruined the movie, there is no doubt that the femme fatale created by Sharon Stone in the movie The female writer can be regarded as a classic for a while, and there are few actresses in Hollywood who can combine slutty and amorous feelings so perfectly like her.

Of course, considering the cast of "Basic Instinct", "My Cousin Vinny" undoubtedly has more dark horse potential.

On the 20th, "Basic Instinct" hit fiercely.

Before it was released, the film gained great popularity in North America, of course, relying on the explicit sex performance in the film.After it was released, although the film participated in the Cannes Film Festival that year, it was not well received, but rather controversial.But there is no doubt that this is a highly topical movie, and the box office in the first week of its release undoubtedly proves this.

On the third weekend of March, "My Cousin Vinny" was released in the second week, and "Basic Instinct" topped the weekend with a box office of more than 1500 million US dollars. Second only to the comedy "Fighting Wits".

"My Cousin Vinny" ranked second on the weekend box office list, with a weekend box office of 733 million U.S. dollars. After two weeks of release, the box office data has reached more than 2400 million U.S. dollars, far exceeding the 1100 million U.S. dollar shooting cost.

There is no doubt that this is also a big money movie.

After all, it is only the second week of the film's release. Judging from the deserted situation in March, this film will definitely stay on the box office chart for a long time.

What's more, the publicity costs of small-budget movies are not as staggering as those of big movies, just like "Instinct". There are more than 1 million U.S. dollars, there are 4900 production companies, and there are 5 distribution companies. Although the final release is still dominated by Columbia Samsung, the sales data of the film’s DVD is also very amazing, but after deducting publicity costs, etc. Miscellaneous expenses, the income left to the producer is actually not as much as imagined.

As one of the leading actors, Josh is in full bloom these days.

In any case, as an actor, the performance of the two films he starred in is not bad, which is undoubtedly the greatest compliment to him.

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"My Cousin Vinny" finally ended with a box office score of more than 7600 million U.S. dollars. Although this movie has gathered powerful actors such as Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei, the lineup is not as good as the first-line stars. Many movies have finally achieved such box office results, and the movie still surprised the movie market.

After all, it is a box office result that is 7 times the cost. Even for a big company like [-]th Century Fox, this return ratio still makes them smile.

Josh didn't care about the influence of this movie on himself at first, but one day, "Variety Show", one of the most well-known movie magazines in the United States, suddenly opened up a page to introduce a relatively unfamiliar newcomer like him to readers across the United States.

The reason for the introduction is simple, because Josh starred in the two films "Unruly Sky" and "My Cousin Vinny", and also because of Josh's Venice Best Actor Award and a nomination for a Golden Globe Award.

"Variety Show" believes that Josh is undoubtedly the most promising young actor in Hollywood. Although he has an outstanding and unforgettable face, Josh's choice of movies is very rational. Most of the newcomers like to wallow in idol movies and big-budget movies, but choose movies with low cost and extremely high-quality scripts.

"Variety Show" believes that the Venice Trophy and Golden Globe nominations for Josh in "The Uninhibited Sky" can prove Josh's vision, and "My Cousin Vinny" was just an unknown movie before it was released. After all, among all the films released this year, the cost of 1100 million US dollars is by no means high.

The movie, however, made an impressive $7600 million-plus.

In the middle of 1992, among all the films that have been released, "My Cousin Vinny" ranked eighth, second only to "Batman Returns", "Sky Cannon 3", "Nuns Are Crazy" and several other films However, the cost of the most frugal "Crazy Nun" is more than 3000 million U.S. dollars. In comparison, the performance of "My Cousin Vinny" is simply astonishing.

This is undoubtedly the best evidence for Josh’s vision.

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