Chapter 277 This Reason Is Too Powerful
Eric handed the sketch outline of the "Instinct" script to Alan behind him, and instructed his assistant to go to the Screenwriters Guild to register the outline, and then said to David Greenwater, "Because I don't like this woman."
"..." The two producers were speechless at the same time. This reason was too powerful. While David Greenwater and Hans Whittle felt helpless, they were also somewhat envious. When would they be able to say 'don't like it'? 'You can control the fate of others.
Eric didn't mean to explain to the two of them. He's not an extreme nationalist, and he's not sensitive enough to boycott just because some people say a couple of anti-xx remarks. You don't like me. Then I don't like you either, that's all, they're all ordinary people, there's no need to worry so much. But after the disaster in the previous life where tens of thousands of innocent civilians were killed, a woman who laughed and said the word 'retribution' can only be described as cold-blooded, no matter what political stance and other bullshit reasons are used to quibble , are difficult to forgive.
Therefore, the moment he saw Sharon Stone's information, Eric passed the other party directly, and also took advantage of the other party's audition to write the "Instinct" script that made Sharon Stone famous. After the outline is written, it is a movie with a box office of over 100 million.
Although Eric's current reputation, for the sake of his own image, it is impossible to make such a controversial large-scale film by himself, and he did not even plan to use his real name in the screenwriter's column when making films in the future, but this script was handed over to Robert Shay is just right. Anyway, Robert Shay will lead two big production movies this year. As long as he makes money, Robert will definitely be willing to make any movie. As for the heroine, the heroine of a TV series can attract hundreds of people. . Will Hollywood be short of heroines?
Eric thought wildly,
Another poor girl was ignored by him, and the next one came in. Eric looked up at the other party, then opened the other party's information and looked at the name on it. Confirming that he was right, Eric raised his head with a weird smile: "This lady, have we met?"
Hans Whittle and David Greenwater, who were just about to speak, closed their mouths in unison.
It seems that the heroine has fallen, and I don't have to continue to struggle for a few more days. Although I can see nearly 100 beautiful faces every day, I will definitely not feel it if I see it too much, not to mention Eric's pressure. above. They don't have much decision-making power in their hands, and they can only watch and eat these beautiful women.
Famke Jensen, who just sat down on the chair, saw Eric's gaze looking at him a little strange, but he was a little overjoyed. It's better to be noticed than to be ignored.
"Mr. Williams, maybe you've seen my commercials in some magazines. I've done quite a few commercials."
Eric glanced at the girl's long legs tightly wrapped in white slacks and asked, "Miss Jensen, are you a model?"
Famke Jansen shook his head: "It's not anymore, I just retired."
Eric then asked: "If you are not selected this time. What will you do in the future?"
The girl's expression didn't change much. She thought about it and said, "In this case, I may apply for a university. Let's study for two years. After getting the certificate, you can find other jobs."
"Other jobs, like?"
Famke Jensen was stunned before shaking his head: "I don't know, I haven't thought about it yet."
Eric nodded and said to the two producers on the left and right: "I'm fine, come on."
"No more questions, like do you have a boyfriend or something?" Hans Whittle made a joke in a low voice.
Eric rolled his eyes at the other party, thinking about the woman I liked. What if you have a boyfriend, grab it?
"Eric. Is she the only one?" David Greenwater also asked in a low voice.
"Let's finish the morning audition first," Eric replied calmly.
Speak the truth. Born in the 1960s, there are not many famous actresses who have caught up with the rise of Hollywood. The more famous ones are only 20 or 30, and a few are counting on the first trains born in the 1970s. And Famke Janssen is one of the more famous Hollywood women born in the 1960s.
The girl impressed Eric the most, not the only fifth-level mutant Phoenix girl in "X-Men", but the sturdy and beautiful Russian female killer in "007 Golden Eye". What an amazing way to kill a man with his legs pinched to death. Since he met him, of course, he had to try the strength of those two long legs himself.
Famke Jansen saw the three main referees whispering for a while, and felt a little uneasy in his heart, not knowing what the other party was discussing. But what happened next made her a little happy, because the three of them were very meticulous about her audition. Other auditioners usually don't have more than ten minutes to audition, but her audition took a full twenty minutes.
After Famke Jensen left, David Greenwater said, "It's okay, the acting is a little clumsy, but it's enough to exercise more during the shooting process. The camera sense is very strong, and it is worthy of being a model."
Hans Whittle also echoed with a smile.
Eric paid no attention to the mocking expressions in the envy of the two, and filled in his opinion on the form in front of him.
The audition in the morning passed quickly. Now that the role has been decided, everyone doesn't have to work anymore. Eric packed up his things, explained a few words, and left with Alan. As for Famke Jensen, he is not in a hurry, he will talk about it after he is busy.
The time is in late December, and Christmas is coming. In the five weeks from the beginning of the Thanksgiving schedule on November 17th to the present, the box office market in North America is basically "Home Alone 2" leading, in just five weeks, "Home Alone 2" Home Alone 2 has grossed $110 million at the box office.
In addition to "Home Alone 2", Warner's "Lethal Weapon 2" and Universal's "Back to the Future 2" ranked in the top five of the North American box office list. These three films occupy the top three of the box office list. , while "Cry on the Island" and "Steel Magnolia" have repeatedly competed for the role of fourth place, steadily earning more than 10 million US dollars at the box office every week,
After seven weeks of accumulation, "Frightening Island" is about to break 100 million at the box office. The final box office is likely to exceed the original $150 million target, as "Island" barely dipped more than 20% in the past few weeks, while "Steel Magnolia" has been more stable. With more than $60 million in five weeks, the film is perfect for the Christmas mood. It is estimated that there will be a box office rebound during the next Christmas period, and there is no suspense at all if the box office exceeds 100 million.
As for the black comedy "Harlem Nightclub" starring Eddie Murphy, which had a good box office in its first week, it was thrown out of five places after its massive decline of more than 50% for the next two consecutive weeks after its release. , once again proves the truth that black films cannot be squeezed into the mainstream of Hollywood.
The dazzling achievements of "Home Alone 2", "Steel Magnolia" and "Steel Magnolia" have also attracted the attention of the media. Since the beginning of November, the films produced by Firefly or Eric have begun to dominate the box office charts. The top spot has been occupied for seven weeks so far. And on December 22, "Sleepless in Seattle" will also be released soon. This is another film directed by Eric himself. Under Fox's vigorous publicity, basically no one is optimistic about the film launched by Warner to follow "Crazy Christmas Holiday" against "Sleepless in Seattle".
As the seventh week passed, December 22 finally arrived. After the premiere of "Sleepless in Seattle" at the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, it officially opened in more than 2,200 theaters in North America.
At the same time, there was also the "Scent of a Woman" starring Al Pacino, which was used to hit the Oscars. According to the release rules of many Olympic films, Robert Shea arranged only 60 theaters for "Scent of a Woman" in order to gain admission to the Oscars.
After the heroine of "X-Files" is determined. Eric's work this year has basically been completed. After attending the premiere of "Sleepless in Seattle", he has been staying in the Malibu mansion to rest, reading and writing scripts every day, and his life is extremely relaxed.
In contrast to Eric's ease, the media across North America was nervously watching the first-week box office of "Sleepless in Seattle." Because if "Sleepless in Seattle" can successfully win this week's box office championship, then Eric's film will really achieve the grand slam of the eight-week box office championship in the entire New Year's block.
Although many media are not very optimistic about Warner's "Crazy Christmas Holiday", but no one dares to guarantee 100%. Maybe this movie will also create a box office miracle like "Home Alone", after all. Although this film is not starring a child, the style has many similarities with "Home Alone".
in this anxious wait. The three-day box office in the first weekend was released, "Sleepless in Seattle" undoubtedly won the box office championship this weekend with a box office of 17 million US dollars, while "Crazy Christmas Holiday" only made more than 11 million US dollars at the box office, not even because of Christmas And "Home Alone 2" has more box office rises. The outcome was decided without any suspense.
A week later, "Sleepless in Seattle" earned more than $27 million at the box office in its first week, and succeeded "Home Alone 2" to occupy the top spot in the box office. So far, Firefly has successfully won the three-film relay. The box office champion of the entire New Year's gear. The media began to operate this matter spontaneously. Although the first film of "Home Alone" won the box office championship for 10 weeks last year, the box office of that film can only be classified as a miracle. This year, Firefly won the box office championship for eight weeks through this relay method, which really proved its strength.
Although Firefly has only released one "Smell the Scent and Know a Woman", several other films were distributed by Disney and Fox. However, few media in the United States attribute this achievement to Disney, but tout Firefly's At the same time, one-sided mockery of the seven major film companies.
What I have to say is that while "Sleepless in Seattle" won the box office championship, several other things also happened at the same time, among which is "Scent of a Woman", although the premiere theater of this film has 60 However, in the first week, it received more than 900,000 US dollars at the box office, and the average weekly box office of each theater exceeded 15,000 US dollars, which far exceeded the threshold of 10,000 US dollars. And the reputation of this movie is also very good. The media evaluated the blind lieutenant colonel played by Al Pacino as his most classic role since filming.
And another thing is about the videotape of "Jinyumeng". After the release of "Sleepless in Seattle", with the proper promotion of Firefly and a two-pronged approach, the sales of the videotape of "Jinyumeng" exceeded 200,000 boxes in the first week. Into the top ten weekly sales of videotape. You know, this is an old movie from more than 30 years ago. It sold 200,000 boxes in the first week, so there is no problem with the sales exceeding 1 million boxes in the next week, and it may even reach the point of 2 million boxes. Eric remembered that after "Seattle" in his previous life, the videotape sales of "Jinyumeng" reached 2 million boxes.
Calculated at a cost of less than $10 per box of videotapes, Firefly can get half of the profit from each box of videotapes that sells for about $30. If the sales volume reaches 2 million boxes, then Firefly will make a profit of $5 for the distributor. Can get a profit of 30 million US dollars. This amount of money is equivalent to the total profit brought by a North American film with a box office of more than 100 million yuan for the film company. While many people who had nothing to do with them were amazed by Eric's vision, Fox's executive who sold all the copyrights of "Jinyumeng" for $3.2 million also left Fox in embarrassment.
Although there was a lot of admiration for Firefly outside, Eric found that many things were getting more and more wrong. Originally, according to the contract, Colombia should pay Firefly a share of "Dark War" of more than 88 million US dollars, and the advertising share of "Friends" It should also be settled in December, but the two big companies have repeatedly shied away for various reasons. Eric even went to Columbia and Fox in a row, but he did not see the helm of the two companies.
Then, when Eric asked the newly appointed Firefly Chief Financial Officer Caroline Elliott to apply for loans from several banks with the movie contract in Firefly's hands, in just a few days, the loan applications were all rejected by various The reason blocked it back.
On December 31, the last day of the year, Eric was out for a day, but several things came to nothing. When he returned to the Malibu villa, Eric sat on the sofa and pondered for a long time. After sorting out all the unusual details, he had to call Jeffrey, who was going to New York Chris for Christmas. After the call was connected, Eric said in a heavy tone: "Jeff. Here, something big may happen..." (To be continued)