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During this period, the pressure from the media and political circles did not have much impact on the already huge danilisi entertainment.
In late March, Denise Entertainment's employee stock subscription plan in the early stage of IPO has come to an end, and all subscription quotas have been fulfilled. The company's film, television, cinema, peripherals, games and other businesses in the coming first quarter still maintained a very strong growth.
One of the most important film businesses, as of March 18 last Friday, three of danielis Entertainment's brands have released nine films in the 11 box office weeks of 1994.
"Four Weddings and a funeral", which is scheduled to be painted on Valentine's day, has just made $5.15 million at the box office over the past three days. The total box office of this alternative romantic comedy has reached $80.76 million in five and a half weeks.
It is estimated that the total box office of Four Weddings and one funeral will be about $7 million in the seven day box office week from March 18 to March 24, which spans the Oscar ceremony. With the arrival of the Easter season, the film has no doubt that it will break through the box office of 100 million yuan through the subsequent release, so it will become the first North American film with a box office of 100 million yuan in 1994.
On the other hand, as of March 17, 1994, the total box office in North America was $670 million. Of the total $670 million in 10 week tickets, only "Four Weddings and a funeral" took $75.61 million, accounting for 11.1%.
Last year, a series of films whose screening cycle extended to 1994, including "the lion king", "Schindler's list" and "in the name of my father", grossed US $43.56 million, US $55.39 million and US $18.79 million respectively in the first 10 box office weeks of 1994. Other projects also contributed US $22.19 million, with a total of US $129 million. The box office of the first 10 weeks of 1994 was 10 weeks Accounting for 19.2%.
In addition to last Friday's Mia koshner starring in "sexy club" and Valentine's day's "Four Weddings and a funeral", the other seven films, which are not too heavy, grossed $51.76 million, accounting for 7.6%.
There are many highlights in the seven films.
New world pictures bought the copyright of Texas Chainsaw killer series to shoot "the return of Texas Chainsaw killer", with a budget of 5 million US dollars. After its release on January 14, new world pictures won a total of 23.79 million US dollars.
On January 21, a basketball documentary basketball dream released by gaomen Film Co., Ltd. earned 7.83 million US dollars at the box office with a production budget of 700000 US dollars, which is another success in gaomen Film Co., Ltd.'s documentary film distribution history.
Kevin Smith's "crazy shop assistant", which emerged in the Sundance Film Festival, was bought by gaomen film company and launched on February 4. The production cost of $27000 earned $5.16 million in six weeks in the cinema, which is also a big and small show.
Ron Howard, who has always been a strong partner of Universal Pictures, has been working with Denise entertainment again after shooting "big ambition" with Columbia Pictures and Tom Cruise.
In addition to the recently signed high budget blockbuster movie "Apollo 13", Howard also cooperated with new world pictures to complete a low-cost satirical comedy "media pioneer" last year. The budget of the movie is only $6 million. It was released on March 11, and the revenue in the first week reached $7.05 million.
The new world film team responsible for the release of media pioneer raised the number of screens from 1017 to 1531 on Friday. It is estimated that the total box office in North America will be between $30 million and $40 million, which is a small dark horse.
Simon approved the project casually last year, but he didn't expect the box office to be so good, which also confirmed his idea of holding Ron Howard firmly under the command of danielis entertainment.
There are successes and, of course, failures.
Dario aquido's new film trauma, which was invested by gaomen film company, was finished last year. Because of its poor effect, it was left in the unpopular schedule of January 28. After two weeks in the cinema, the film was sketched because of its poor reputation. The total box office was only 930000 US dollars, and the investment of 5 million US dollars was basically wasted.
Last year, Simon signed several producers of "provisional name film" who are famous in the British film circle in his memory. The three projects he personally selected, "Four Weddings and a funeral", "Romeo stained with blood" and "love in my heart" have been basically completed, and "Four Weddings and a funeral" has achieved unexpected success.
However, love is deep in my heart, which was scheduled for March 4, has become a bigger drift than trauma. With a production budget of $20 million and 523 screens, the box office in the first seven days of the week is only $1.19 million, barely more than $2300, and $1.81 million in two weeks.
As a project made by Simon himself, the failure of the film has also become the focus of many media discussions, believing that Simon westero is no longer Magic.
In fact, this totally unfamiliar project in my memory is basically Simon's intention.Even if the script was revised after the project was finalized, it still failed to escape the fate of box office fiasco. However, Simon was happy to see the success.
Anyway, Denise entertainment really needs some loss making projects to prove that Simon is not omnipotent. Not willing to look like a blockbuster with a budget of more than $50 million, a project with a budget of less than $20 million is just right.
Finally, there is a B-class science fiction thriller "puppet life" produced by new world pictures, which tells the story of alien invasion of the earth and parasitic human body, with a production budget of 5 million US dollars. The production started on February 4 in the same period as "crazy shop assistant", with a cumulative box office of 5.19 million US dollars before the next stage. The box office of the film in North America is temporarily at a loss, and it can easily recover its original value through overseas distribution and video sales.
All in all, four weddings and a funeral, a series of old films last year, and eight new films before March 17, accounted for 37.9% of the total box office share of $670 million in the first 10 weeks, while all other Hollywood studios could only share the remaining 62.1%.
This does not include projects such as "mission impossible" and MGM, one of the top seven Hollywood companies in which Simon actually controls MGM.
See the big from the small.
It can be said that the situation of danielis entertainment dominating Hollywood with more than one opponent has been completely stabilized.
Simon is in the studio office handling all kinds of affairs of Denise entertainment recently, and the Oscar results of Dorothy Chandler theater in downtown Los Angeles continue to come.
Spielberg's "Schindler's list" has won many pre technical awards such as best score, best editing and best art direction. The phenomenal animated film "Lion King" has also won the best score and the best original song.
Around eight o'clock, Simon's personal cell phone rings.
Katherine Bigelow.
Katherine had just had dinner with some friends in Santa Monica, and when she tried to contact Janet, she called Simon.
They have known each other for many years. They are both friends and intimate. The relationship between Simon and Catherine has always been the same. Women have lived in New York in recent two years. Simon and Janet used to get together with Catherine on the east coast most of the time. Janet, in particular, rarely appeared in the media. She was shopping with Catherine in Manhattan and was photographed by paparazzi.
Simon pretended to be pathetic on the phone and said that he was still working overtime. Janet went to Australia. She was very lonely, lonely, cold and pathetic.
Can feel Catherine on the other side of the phone helplessly rolled his eyes, but still concerned about asking whether to bring a dinner to Simon.
Of course.
Catherine arrived about twenty minutes later, and when she came in, she carried a small take out box with food.
Simon, buried in the pile of papers, looks up from behind his desk. Women habitually have long hair and shawls, and don't show the delicate face stained by years. She is wearing a light gray high collar lady's windbreaker. A section of washed jeans is exposed at the bottom of the windbreaker, and her feet are stepping on leather boots. Her tall and slender figure matches this dress. She is full of style.
Seeing that the little man looked at himself as he always did, Catherine glared at him with some anger and asked, "Why are you still working so late?"
Simon put one of his previous papers aside and said with a self mockery, "hard work makes you richer."
Thinking of all kinds of stories about him in the media recently, Catherine didn't know how to open her mouth for a moment, so she had to hand over the takeout: "spicy and salted shrimps, the restaurant where she just ate is very good. I'll take them as snacks for you."
Simon didn't talk nonsense any more. He didn't have dinner yet. He got up and took the box. He turned out from behind his desk and went to the reception area to sit down. He opened the box and asked, "who did you have dinner with?"
Katherine sat on the sofa next to Simon, still habitually straight back, pleasant posture, soft eyes watching Simon eat, said: "Rockwell they."
Simon nodded.
I understand that they are all filmmakers in the New York circle, such as Alexander Rockwell, Allison Anders, whit Stillman and so on. Ang Lee, who is sitting in the Chandler theater expecting the best foreign language film award of the wedding banquet, is also a member of the New York circle.
Li's Award for best foreign language film this time is quite certain. Moreover, by calculating the time, the result of the award has probably been announced. Katherine was here, and Simon didn't ask girl a outside.
Catherine did not continue this topic, but said: "last week, Jennie also said I came to dinner together, how suddenly went to Australia?"
Simon said, "I'm homesick. Go back and have a look."
Katherine looked at Simon suspiciously and asked carefully, "is there a conflict?"
The recent events of men, especially the goblins in London, she has seen them specially. They are really the most top beauties.
Think about his temperament.
It's ridiculous.
If it's you, you must be very angry.
Simon laughs and shakes his head: "this really does not have, you do not expect Jennie to give you the opportunity to take advantage of."Katherine looked around. She had nothing to throw. She had to raise her leg to kick him.
Simon hid next to each other, changed the topic and said, "how's the script for Detroit going?"
After winning an Oscar nomination for best director for "the last flower" recommended by Simon, Katherine hasn't filmed any more in the past two years. She has occasionally helped her friends as a producer. Besides, she is investigating some famous historical events in American modern history, from the Detroit riots in 1967 to the Iran gate in 1979 to the Los Angeles riots in 1992 Last year, women also focused on the Black Hawk fall in Somalia.
To a large extent, Catherine is a leftist anarchist.
However, although Catherine's camera images are often full of violence, her views are not extreme.
This is probably related to her growing up experience. As an only child from a rich middle-class family, she has not suffered many setbacks and social injustice since she grew up. Therefore, Katherine's works in her early years as a film maker inevitably have some kind of "worry about new words in Fu".
It was not until many years later that Catherine's personal style became mature.
Among several topics, the one Katherine wanted to shoot most was the Los Angeles riots.
Simon was only dissuaded by the reason that the time point was too close to judge the incident objectively from the perspective of onlookers. As for the Iran gate and the fall of the shadow, this kind of film is likely to go abroad, which is too dangerous and too sensitive at the present stage. Finally, he chose "Detroit" which Katherine had made in Simon's memory.
Catherine asked Simon about this and said, "I've started looking for actors."
Simon just twirled a shrimp with pepper and salt from the takeout box. He said, "well, when can I have a look?"
Catherine shook her head directly: "I won't show you."
"Well, I'm an investor."
Katherine looked at the little man's shriveled face, smiling at the corners of her mouth, and explained, "I see you're going to make a lot of comments."
Simon vowed, "I promise I won't say anything this time."
Catherine insisted, repeating, "I won't show you."
“……”
Simon actually knows that Katherine has always been guilty about her Oscar nomination for best director for last flower. In the past two years, she deliberately stopped herself to accumulate more and gain recognition with her own strength.
He refused to let Simon see the play, mainly because he didn't want him to help himself.
Catherine is a very strong woman in her heart, but the more powerful a woman is, the more powerful a man is, the easier she is to lose.
Like Simon.
Just for movies, Simon, who has inherited the life-long talent and experience of more than a dozen filmmakers, is really far away from most Hollywood filmmakers. In this respect, Catherine can only be regarded as just entering the threshold. If Simon is asked to help her read the script, Simon will naturally put forward his opinions when he finds out the problems. The key points are all right. It's ok if he doesn't hear them. Once he does, Catherine, who is strong but not headstrong, finds it hard not to accept his suggestions.
With this in mind, Catherine suddenly asked, "are you not going to make any more movies in the future?"
Simon said, "I don't know."
At this stage, there is no project that can make Simon become interested in directing himself. Moreover, with his position in Hollywood at this time, it is better to be in control behind the scenes. If he continues to direct films on stage, it will inevitably become a great loss.
Feeling Simon's hard to say emotional response, Catherine sighed in her heart.
Life is like a boat on a river.
The scenery on both sides of the Strait may be better or worse, but it will not be the same after all, and it can no longer be the same.
Simon didn't hurt spring and autumn. In fact, even if the assassination was successful a few days ago, it was only for him that he really didn't have any regrets these years.
After throwing the empty takeout box into the trash can, Simon got up and went to the bathroom to wash his hands. When he came back, he said to Catherine, "the award ceremony is almost over. Come with me to melisandro party. It's going to be very busy there."
Catherine did not want to go: "there is no one to talk about."
"Why don't you call Rockwell and others? Besides, how can there be no one? Don't you know Lee very well? He may have won the best foreign language film award now. Congratulations."
Simon said, reaching up to Catherine and reaching for the woman.
Katherine opened Simon's hand, but she had to get up and said, "it's already arranged. If Lee wins the prize, we'll get together tomorrow evening."
"Oh, I'm free tomorrow night, too. Let's go."
Catherine followed Simon to the door and said, "don't go."
Simon said with a smile, "I'm worried that we'll be exposed and they'll gossip?"Catherine didn't answer, and planned to stop talking to the little man around her for a minute.
There's no need to gossip.
Because of him, no man even dared to chase her these years.
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During this period, the pressure from the media and political circles did not have much impact on the already huge danilisi entertainment.
In late March, Denise Entertainment's employee stock subscription plan in the early stage of IPO has come to an end, and all subscription quotas have been fulfilled. The company's film, television, cinema, peripherals, games and other businesses in the coming first quarter still maintained a very strong growth.
One of the most important film businesses, as of March 18 last Friday, three of danielis Entertainment's brands have released nine films in the 11 box office weeks of 1994.
"Four Weddings and a funeral", which is scheduled to be painted on Valentine's day, has just made $5.15 million at the box office over the past three days. The total box office of this alternative romantic comedy has reached $80.76 million in five and a half weeks.
It is estimated that the total box office of Four Weddings and one funeral will be about $7 million in the seven day box office week from March 18 to March 24, which spans the Oscar ceremony. With the arrival of the Easter season, the film has no doubt that it will break through the box office of 100 million yuan through the subsequent release, so it will become the first North American film with a box office of 100 million yuan in 1994.
On the other hand, as of March 17, 1994, the total box office in North America was $670 million. Of the total $670 million in 10 week tickets, only "Four Weddings and a funeral" took $75.61 million, accounting for 11.1%.
Last year, a series of films whose screening cycle extended to 1994, including "the lion king", "Schindler's list" and "in the name of my father", grossed US $43.56 million, US $55.39 million and US $18.79 million respectively in the first 10 box office weeks of 1994. Other projects also contributed US $22.19 million, with a total of US $129 million. The box office of the first 10 weeks of 1994 was 10 weeks Accounting for 19.2%.
In addition to last Friday's Mia koshner starring in "sexy club" and Valentine's day's "Four Weddings and a funeral", the other seven films, which are not too heavy, grossed $51.76 million, accounting for 7.6%.
There are many highlights in the seven films.
New world pictures bought the copyright of Texas Chainsaw killer series to shoot "the return of Texas Chainsaw killer", with a budget of 5 million US dollars. After its release on January 14, new world pictures won a total of 23.79 million US dollars.
On January 21, a basketball documentary basketball dream released by gaomen Film Co., Ltd. earned 7.83 million US dollars at the box office with a production budget of 700000 US dollars, which is another success in gaomen Film Co., Ltd.'s documentary film distribution history.
Kevin Smith's "crazy shop assistant", which emerged in the Sundance Film Festival, was bought by gaomen film company and launched on February 4. The production cost of $27000 earned $5.16 million in six weeks in the cinema, which is also a big and small show.
Ron Howard, who has always been a strong partner of Universal Pictures, has been working with Denise entertainment again after shooting "big ambition" with Columbia Pictures and Tom Cruise.
In addition to the recently signed high budget blockbuster movie "Apollo 13", Howard also cooperated with new world pictures to complete a low-cost satirical comedy "media pioneer" last year. The budget of the movie is only $6 million. It was released on March 11, and the revenue in the first week reached $7.05 million.
The new world film team responsible for the release of media pioneer raised the number of screens from 1017 to 1531 on Friday. It is estimated that the total box office in North America will be between $30 million and $40 million, which is a small dark horse.
Simon approved the project casually last year, but he didn't expect the box office to be so good, which also confirmed his idea of holding Ron Howard firmly under the command of danielis entertainment.
There are successes and, of course, failures.
Dario aquido's new film trauma, which was invested by gaomen film company, was finished last year. Because of its poor effect, it was left in the unpopular schedule of January 28. After two weeks in the cinema, the film was sketched because of its poor reputation. The total box office was only 930000 US dollars, and the investment of 5 million US dollars was basically wasted.
Last year, Simon signed several producers of "provisional name film" who are famous in the British film circle in his memory. The three projects he personally selected, "Four Weddings and a funeral", "Romeo stained with blood" and "love in my heart" have been basically completed, and "Four Weddings and a funeral" has achieved unexpected success.
However, love is deep in my heart, which was scheduled for March 4, has become a bigger drift than trauma. With a production budget of $20 million and 523 screens, the box office in the first seven days of the week is only $1.19 million, barely more than $2300, and $1.81 million in two weeks.
As a project made by Simon himself, the failure of the film has also become the focus of many media discussions, believing that Simon westero is no longer Magic.
In fact, this totally unfamiliar project in my memory is basically Simon's intention.Even if the script was revised after the project was finalized, it still failed to escape the fate of box office fiasco. However, Simon was happy to see the success.
Anyway, Denise entertainment really needs some loss making projects to prove that Simon is not omnipotent. Not willing to look like a blockbuster with a budget of more than $50 million, a project with a budget of less than $20 million is just right.
Finally, there is a B-class science fiction thriller "puppet life" produced by new world pictures, which tells the story of alien invasion of the earth and parasitic human body, with a production budget of 5 million US dollars. The production started on February 4 in the same period as "crazy shop assistant", with a cumulative box office of 5.19 million US dollars before the next stage. The box office of the film in North America is temporarily at a loss, and it can easily recover its original value through overseas distribution and video sales.
All in all, four weddings and a funeral, a series of old films last year, and eight new films before March 17, accounted for 37.9% of the total box office share of $670 million in the first 10 weeks, while all other Hollywood studios could only share the remaining 62.1%.
This does not include projects such as "mission impossible" and MGM, one of the top seven Hollywood companies in which Simon actually controls MGM.
See the big from the small.
It can be said that the situation of danielis entertainment dominating Hollywood with more than one opponent has been completely stabilized.
Simon is in the studio office handling all kinds of affairs of Denise entertainment recently, and the Oscar results of Dorothy Chandler theater in downtown Los Angeles continue to come.
Spielberg's "Schindler's list" has won many pre technical awards such as best score, best editing and best art direction. The phenomenal animated film "Lion King" has also won the best score and the best original song.
Around eight o'clock, Simon's personal cell phone rings.
Katherine Bigelow.
Katherine had just had dinner with some friends in Santa Monica, and when she tried to contact Janet, she called Simon.
They have known each other for many years. They are both friends and intimate. The relationship between Simon and Catherine has always been the same. Women have lived in New York in recent two years. Simon and Janet used to get together with Catherine on the east coast most of the time. Janet, in particular, rarely appeared in the media. She was shopping with Catherine in Manhattan and was photographed by paparazzi.
Simon pretended to be pathetic on the phone and said that he was still working overtime. Janet went to Australia. She was very lonely, lonely, cold and pathetic.
Can feel Catherine on the other side of the phone helplessly rolled his eyes, but still concerned about asking whether to bring a dinner to Simon.
Of course.
Catherine arrived about twenty minutes later, and when she came in, she carried a small take out box with food.
Simon, buried in the pile of papers, looks up from behind his desk. Women habitually have long hair and shawls, and don't show the delicate face stained by years. She is wearing a light gray high collar lady's windbreaker. A section of washed jeans is exposed at the bottom of the windbreaker, and her feet are stepping on leather boots. Her tall and slender figure matches this dress. She is full of style.
Seeing that the little man looked at himself as he always did, Catherine glared at him with some anger and asked, "Why are you still working so late?"
Simon put one of his previous papers aside and said with a self mockery, "hard work makes you richer."
Thinking of all kinds of stories about him in the media recently, Catherine didn't know how to open her mouth for a moment, so she had to hand over the takeout: "spicy and salted shrimps, the restaurant where she just ate is very good. I'll take them as snacks for you."
Simon didn't talk nonsense any more. He didn't have dinner yet. He got up and took the box. He turned out from behind his desk and went to the reception area to sit down. He opened the box and asked, "who did you have dinner with?"
Katherine sat on the sofa next to Simon, still habitually straight back, pleasant posture, soft eyes watching Simon eat, said: "Rockwell they."
Simon nodded.
I understand that they are all filmmakers in the New York circle, such as Alexander Rockwell, Allison Anders, whit Stillman and so on. Ang Lee, who is sitting in the Chandler theater expecting the best foreign language film award of the wedding banquet, is also a member of the New York circle.
Li's Award for best foreign language film this time is quite certain. Moreover, by calculating the time, the result of the award has probably been announced. Katherine was here, and Simon didn't ask girl a outside.
Catherine did not continue this topic, but said: "last week, Jennie also said I came to dinner together, how suddenly went to Australia?"
Simon said, "I'm homesick. Go back and have a look."
Katherine looked at Simon suspiciously and asked carefully, "is there a conflict?"
The recent events of men, especially the goblins in London, she has seen them specially. They are really the most top beauties.
Think about his temperament.
It's ridiculous.
If it's you, you must be very angry.
Simon laughs and shakes his head: "this really does not have, you do not expect Jennie to give you the opportunity to take advantage of."Katherine looked around. She had nothing to throw. She had to raise her leg to kick him.
Simon hid next to each other, changed the topic and said, "how's the script for Detroit going?"
After winning an Oscar nomination for best director for "the last flower" recommended by Simon, Katherine hasn't filmed any more in the past two years. She has occasionally helped her friends as a producer. Besides, she is investigating some famous historical events in American modern history, from the Detroit riots in 1967 to the Iran gate in 1979 to the Los Angeles riots in 1992 Last year, women also focused on the Black Hawk fall in Somalia.
To a large extent, Catherine is a leftist anarchist.
However, although Catherine's camera images are often full of violence, her views are not extreme.
This is probably related to her growing up experience. As an only child from a rich middle-class family, she has not suffered many setbacks and social injustice since she grew up. Therefore, Katherine's works in her early years as a film maker inevitably have some kind of "worry about new words in Fu".
It was not until many years later that Catherine's personal style became mature.
Among several topics, the one Katherine wanted to shoot most was the Los Angeles riots.
Simon was only dissuaded by the reason that the time point was too close to judge the incident objectively from the perspective of onlookers. As for the Iran gate and the fall of the shadow, this kind of film is likely to go abroad, which is too dangerous and too sensitive at the present stage. Finally, he chose "Detroit" which Katherine had made in Simon's memory.
Catherine asked Simon about this and said, "I've started looking for actors."
Simon just twirled a shrimp with pepper and salt from the takeout box. He said, "well, when can I have a look?"
Catherine shook her head directly: "I won't show you."
"Well, I'm an investor."
Katherine looked at the little man's shriveled face, smiling at the corners of her mouth, and explained, "I see you're going to make a lot of comments."
Simon vowed, "I promise I won't say anything this time."
Catherine insisted, repeating, "I won't show you."
“……”
Simon actually knows that Katherine has always been guilty about her Oscar nomination for best director for last flower. In the past two years, she deliberately stopped herself to accumulate more and gain recognition with her own strength.
He refused to let Simon see the play, mainly because he didn't want him to help himself.
Catherine is a very strong woman in her heart, but the more powerful a woman is, the more powerful a man is, the easier she is to lose.
Like Simon.
Just for movies, Simon, who has inherited the life-long talent and experience of more than a dozen filmmakers, is really far away from most Hollywood filmmakers. In this respect, Catherine can only be regarded as just entering the threshold. If Simon is asked to help her read the script, Simon will naturally put forward his opinions when he finds out the problems. The key points are all right. It's ok if he doesn't hear them. Once he does, Catherine, who is strong but not headstrong, finds it hard not to accept his suggestions.
With this in mind, Catherine suddenly asked, "are you not going to make any more movies in the future?"
Simon said, "I don't know."
At this stage, there is no project that can make Simon become interested in directing himself. Moreover, with his position in Hollywood at this time, it is better to be in control behind the scenes. If he continues to direct films on stage, it will inevitably become a great loss.
Feeling Simon's hard to say emotional response, Catherine sighed in her heart.
Life is like a boat on a river.
The scenery on both sides of the Strait may be better or worse, but it will not be the same after all, and it can no longer be the same.
Simon didn't hurt spring and autumn. In fact, even if the assassination was successful a few days ago, it was only for him that he really didn't have any regrets these years.
After throwing the empty takeout box into the trash can, Simon got up and went to the bathroom to wash his hands. When he came back, he said to Catherine, "the award ceremony is almost over. Come with me to melisandro party. It's going to be very busy there."
Catherine did not want to go: "there is no one to talk about."
"Why don't you call Rockwell and others? Besides, how can there be no one? Don't you know Lee very well? He may have won the best foreign language film award now. Congratulations."
Simon said, reaching up to Catherine and reaching for the woman.
Katherine opened Simon's hand, but she had to get up and said, "it's already arranged. If Lee wins the prize, we'll get together tomorrow evening."
"Oh, I'm free tomorrow night, too. Let's go."
Catherine followed Simon to the door and said, "don't go."
Simon said with a smile, "I'm worried that we'll be exposed and they'll gossip?"Catherine didn't answer, and planned to stop talking to the little man around her for a minute.
There's no need to gossip.
Because of him, no man even dared to chase her these years.
During this period, the pressure from the media and political circles did not have much impact on the already huge danilisi entertainment. In late March, Denise Entertainment's employee stock subscription plan in the early stage of IPO has come to an end, and all subscription quotas have been fulfilled. The company's film, television, cinema, peripherals, games and other businesses in the coming first quarter still maintained a very strong growth. One of the most important film businesses, as of March 18 last Friday, three of danielis Entertainment's brands have released nine films in the 11 box office weeks of 1994. "Four Weddings and a funeral", which is scheduled to be painted on Valentine's day, has just made $5.15 million at the box office over the past three days. The total box office of this alternative romantic comedy has reached $80.76 million in five and a half weeks. It is estimated that the total box office of Four Weddings and one funeral will be about $7 million in the seven day box office week from March 18 to March 24, which spans the Oscar ceremony. With the arrival of the Easter season, the film has no doubt that it will break through the box office of 100 million yuan through the subsequent release, so it will become the first North American film with a box office of 100 million yuan in 1994. On the other hand, as of March 17, 1994, the total box office in North America was $670 million. Of the total $670 million in 10 week tickets, only "Four Weddings and a funeral" took $75.61 million, accounting for 11.1%. Last year, a series of films whose screening cycle extended to 1994, including "the lion king", "Schindler's list" and "in the name of my father", grossed US $43.56 million, US $55.39 million and US $18.79 million respectively in the first 10 box office weeks of 1994. Other projects also contributed US $22.19 million, with a total of US $129 million. The box office of the first 10 weeks of 1994 was 10 weeks Accounting for 19.2%. In addition to last Friday's Mia koshner starring in "sexy club" and Valentine's day's "Four Weddings and a funeral", the other seven films, which are not too heavy, grossed $51.76 million, accounting for 7.6%. There are many highlights in the seven films. New world pictures bought the copyright of Texas Chainsaw killer series to shoot "the return of Texas Chainsaw killer", with a budget of 5 million US dollars. After its release on January 14, new world pictures won a total of 23.79 million US dollars. On January 21, a basketball documentary basketball dream released by gaomen Film Co., Ltd. earned 7.83 million US dollars at the box office with a production budget of 700000 US dollars, which is another success in gaomen Film Co., Ltd.'s documentary film distribution history. Kevin Smith's "crazy shop assistant", which emerged in the Sundance Film Festival, was bought by gaomen film company and launched on February 4. The production cost of $27000 earned $5.16 million in six weeks in the cinema, which is also a big and small show. Ron Howard, who has always been a strong partner of Universal Pictures, has been working with Denise entertainment again after shooting "big ambition" with Columbia Pictures and Tom Cruise. In addition to the recently signed high budget blockbuster movie "Apollo 13", Howard also cooperated with new world pictures to complete a low-cost satirical comedy "media pioneer" last year. The budget of the movie is only $6 million. It was released on March 11, and the revenue in the first week reached $7.05 million. The new world film team responsible for the release of media pioneer raised the number of screens from 1017 to 1531 on Friday. It is estimated that the total box office in North America will be between $30 million and $40 million, which is a small dark horse. Simon approved the project casually last year, but he didn't expect the box office to be so good, which also confirmed his idea of holding Ron Howard firmly under the command of danielis entertainment. There are successes and, of course, failures. Dario aquido's new film trauma, which was invested by gaomen film company, was finished last year. Because of its poor effect, it was left in the unpopular schedule of January 28. After two weeks in the cinema, the film was sketched because of its poor reputation. The total box office was only 930000 US dollars, and the investment of 5 million US dollars was basically wasted. Last year, Simon signed several producers of "provisional name film" who are famous in the British film circle in his memory. The three projects he personally selected, "Four Weddings and a funeral", "Romeo stained with blood" and "love in my heart" have been basically completed, and "Four Weddings and a funeral" has achieved unexpected success. However, love is deep in my heart, which was scheduled for March 4, has become a bigger drift than trauma. With a production budget of $20 million and 523 screens, the box office in the first seven days of the week is only $1.19 million, barely more than $2300, and $1.81 million in two weeks. As a project made by Simon himself, the failure of the film has also become the focus of many media discussions, believing that Simon westero is no longer Magic. In fact, this totally unfamiliar project in my memory is basically Simon's intention.Even if the script was revised after the project was finalized, it still failed to escape the fate of box office fiasco. However, Simon was happy to see the success. Anyway, Denise entertainment really needs some loss making projects to prove that Simon is not omnipotent. Not willing to look like a blockbuster with a budget of more than $50 million, a project with a budget of less than $20 million is just right. Finally, there is a B-class science fiction thriller "puppet life" produced by new world pictures, which tells the story of alien invasion of the earth and parasitic human body, with a production budget of 5 million US dollars. The production started on February 4 in the same period as "crazy shop assistant", with a cumulative box office of 5.19 million US dollars before the next stage. The box office of the film in North America is temporarily at a loss, and it can easily recover its original value through overseas distribution and video sales. All in all, four weddings and a funeral, a series of old films last year, and eight new films before March 17, accounted for 37.9% of the total box office share of $670 million in the first 10 weeks, while all other Hollywood studios could only share the remaining 62.1%. This does not include projects such as "mission impossible" and MGM, one of the top seven Hollywood companies in which Simon actually controls MGM. See the big from the small. It can be said that the situation of danielis entertainment dominating Hollywood with more than one opponent has been completely stabilized. Simon is in the studio office handling all kinds of affairs of Denise entertainment recently, and the Oscar results of Dorothy Chandler theater in downtown Los Angeles continue to come. Spielberg's "Schindler's list" has won many pre technical awards such as best score, best editing and best art direction. The phenomenal animated film "Lion King" has also won the best score and the best original song. Around eight o'clock, Simon's personal cell phone rings. Katherine Bigelow. Katherine had just had dinner with some friends in Santa Monica, and when she tried to contact Janet, she called Simon. They have known each other for many years. They are both friends and intimate. The relationship between Simon and Catherine has always been the same. Women have lived in New York in recent two years. Simon and Janet used to get together with Catherine on the east coast most of the time. Janet, in particular, rarely appeared in the media. She was shopping with Catherine in Manhattan and was photographed by paparazzi. Simon pretended to be pathetic on the phone and said that he was still working overtime. Janet went to Australia. She was very lonely, lonely, cold and pathetic. Can feel Catherine on the other side of the phone helplessly rolled his eyes, but still concerned about asking whether to bring a dinner to Simon. Of course. Catherine arrived about twenty minutes later, and when she came in, she carried a small take out box with food. Simon, buried in the pile of papers, looks up from behind his desk. Women habitually have long hair and shawls, and don't show the delicate face stained by years. She is wearing a light gray high collar lady's windbreaker. A section of washed jeans is exposed at the bottom of the windbreaker, and her feet are stepping on leather boots. Her tall and slender figure matches this dress. She is full of style. Seeing that the little man looked at himself as he always did, Catherine glared at him with some anger and asked, "Why are you still working so late?" Simon put one of his previous papers aside and said with a self mockery, "hard work makes you richer." Thinking of all kinds of stories about him in the media recently, Catherine didn't know how to open her mouth for a moment, so she had to hand over the takeout: "spicy and salted shrimps, the restaurant where she just ate is very good. I'll take them as snacks for you." Simon didn't talk nonsense any more. He didn't have dinner yet. He got up and took the box. He turned out from behind his desk and went to the reception area to sit down. He opened the box and asked, "who did you have dinner with?" Katherine sat on the sofa next to Simon, still habitually straight back, pleasant posture, soft eyes watching Simon eat, said: "Rockwell they." Simon nodded. I understand that they are all filmmakers in the New York circle, such as Alexander Rockwell, Allison Anders, whit Stillman and so on. Ang Lee, who is sitting in the Chandler theater expecting the best foreign language film award of the wedding banquet, is also a member of the New York circle. Li's Award for best foreign language film this time is quite certain. Moreover, by calculating the time, the result of the award has probably been announced. Katherine was here, and Simon didn't ask girl a outside. Catherine did not continue this topic, but said: "last week, Jennie also said I came to dinner together, how suddenly went to Australia?" Simon said, "I'm homesick. Go back and have a look." Katherine looked at Simon suspiciously and asked carefully, "is there a conflict?" The recent events of men, especially the goblins in London, she has seen them specially. They are really the most top beauties. Think about his temperament. It's ridiculous. If it's you, you must be very angry. Simon laughs and shakes his head: "this really does not have, you do not expect Jennie to give you the opportunity to take advantage of."Katherine looked around. She had nothing to throw. She had to raise her leg to kick him. Simon hid next to each other, changed the topic and said, "how's the script for Detroit going?" After winning an Oscar nomination for best director for "the last flower" recommended by Simon, Katherine hasn't filmed any more in the past two years. She has occasionally helped her friends as a producer. Besides, she is investigating some famous historical events in American modern history, from the Detroit riots in 1967 to the Iran gate in 1979 to the Los Angeles riots in 1992 Last year, women also focused on the Black Hawk fall in Somalia. To a large extent, Catherine is a leftist anarchist. However, although Catherine's camera images are often full of violence, her views are not extreme. This is probably related to her growing up experience. As an only child from a rich middle-class family, she has not suffered many setbacks and social injustice since she grew up. Therefore, Katherine's works in her early years as a film maker inevitably have some kind of "worry about new words in Fu". It was not until many years later that Catherine's personal style became mature. Among several topics, the one Katherine wanted to shoot most was the Los Angeles riots. Simon was only dissuaded by the reason that the time point was too close to judge the incident objectively from the perspective of onlookers. As for the Iran gate and the fall of the shadow, this kind of film is likely to go abroad, which is too dangerous and too sensitive at the present stage. Finally, he chose "Detroit" which Katherine had made in Simon's memory. Catherine asked Simon about this and said, "I've started looking for actors." Simon just twirled a shrimp with pepper and salt from the takeout box. He said, "well, when can I have a look?" Catherine shook her head directly: "I won't show you." "Well, I'm an investor." Katherine looked at the little man's shriveled face, smiling at the corners of her mouth, and explained, "I see you're going to make a lot of comments." Simon vowed, "I promise I won't say anything this time." Catherine insisted, repeating, "I won't show you." Simon actually knows that Katherine has always been guilty about her Oscar nomination for best director for last flower. In the past two years, she deliberately stopped herself to accumulate more and gain recognition with her own strength. He refused to let Simon see the play, mainly because he didn't want him to help himself. Catherine is a very strong woman in her heart, but the more powerful a woman is, the more powerful a man is, the easier she is to lose. Like Simon. Just for movies, Simon, who has inherited the life-long talent and experience of more than a dozen filmmakers, is really far away from most Hollywood filmmakers. In this respect, Catherine can only be regarded as just entering the threshold. If Simon is asked to help her read the script, Simon will naturally put forward his opinions when he finds out the problems. The key points are all right. It's ok if he doesn't hear them. Once he does, Catherine, who is strong but not headstrong, finds it hard not to accept his suggestions. With this in mind, Catherine suddenly asked, "are you not going to make any more movies in the future?" Simon said, "I don't know." At this stage, there is no project that can make Simon become interested in directing himself. Moreover, with his position in Hollywood at this time, it is better to be in control behind the scenes. If he continues to direct films on stage, it will inevitably become a great loss. Feeling Simon's hard to say emotional response, Catherine sighed in her heart. Life is like a boat on a river. The scenery on both sides of the Strait may be better or worse, but it will not be the same after all, and it can no longer be the same. Simon didn't hurt spring and autumn. In fact, even if the assassination was successful a few days ago, it was only for him that he really didn't have any regrets these years. After throwing the empty takeout box into the trash can, Simon got up and went to the bathroom to wash his hands. When he came back, he said to Catherine, "the award ceremony is almost over. Come with me to melisandro party. It's going to be very busy there." Catherine did not want to go: "there is no one to talk about." "Why don't you call Rockwell and others? Besides, how can there be no one? Don't you know Lee very well? He may have won the best foreign language film award now. Congratulations." Simon said, reaching up to Catherine and reaching for the woman. Katherine opened Simon's hand, but she had to get up and said, "it's already arranged. If Lee wins the prize, we'll get together tomorrow evening." "Oh, I'm free tomorrow night, too. Let's go." Catherine followed Simon to the door and said, "don't go." Simon said with a smile, "I'm worried that we'll be exposed and they'll gossip?"Catherine didn't answer, and planned to stop talking to the little man around her for a minute. There's no need to gossip. Because of him, no man even dared to chase her these years.
