Hollywood Hunter

Courteney just stood on Simon’s side and looked at him with some restraint, but Christie leaned over and stuck next to Simon. A strand of beautiful blonde hair dangled in Simon’s afterglow while looking at him while painting. Tao: "No, we plan to go to a party, Simon, or will you come together?"

Simon was undecided and continued to draw, asking: "What party?"

"The Matthew Genius, hosted by Matthew, celebrated his box office sale. Oh, Matthew Broderick, do you know?"

Simon nodded, although he has the memories of twelve other people, but in order to more fully understand the Hollywood of this era, he has been insisting on reading the two major Hollywood ace paper media "variety" and "Hollywood Reporter" during this time. ", so you are well aware of the current popular movies.

In this ongoing summer file, Hollywood's most high-profile movie is undoubtedly Tom Cruise's "Aspiring Cloud".In less than two months, this movie, which was released in mid-May, has reached a total of 75 million US dollars at the box office.

In Hollywood in the 1980s, a comprehensive distribution model that spread thousands of screens at a time has not yet emerged. The mainstream distribution methods of major film companies are still a combination of long-term distribution and multiple rounds of screenings.

The basic characteristics of this traditional distribution model are the small size of the painting and the long screening time.

Even if it was "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" three years ago, the number of screens was only 1,000.But on the other hand, as long as it is a popular hot film, it can basically be shown on the North American theater for more than half a year.

"Zhuang Zhi Ling Yun" was also opened with about 1,000 screens. It took US$75 million at the box office within two months of its release, temporarily ranking first in the 1986 North American box office rankings.

According to the usual box office curve of the long-term screening and the current popularity of "Zhuang Zhi Ling Yun", this film will at least obtain a box office of at least US$75 million in the next few months of screening.

There were only three films in Hollywood last year that broke the local box office by more than 100 million. "Aspirational Cloud" estimates that the total box office in North America of more than 150 million US dollars has almost locked the 1986 annual box office champion.

This is indeed the case. Simon clearly remembered that the final North American box office of "Aspirational Cloud" was 179 million US dollars, ranking first in the 1986 North American box office chart.

Relying on the popularity of "Zhuang Zhi Ling Yun", Tom Cruise successfully promoted from a popular boy in Hollywood to a world-class movie superstar.

In addition to "Zhuang Zhi Ling Yun", the campus comedy "Curriculum Genius" released in June, with a production cost of 6 million US dollars, has achieved more than 30 million US dollars at the box office in just three weeks, which also belongs to this summer box office Dark horse,.

In the next few months, even if the total box office of "Qiao Genius" cannot exceed 100 million, it is also hopeful that it will be squeezed into the top ten of this year's North American box office list.

Simon is unfamiliar with Matthew Broderick, the leading actor of "Teacher Genius". Except for the current movie, he probably only remembers that the other party is the actor of the 1998 Hollywood version of "Godzilla" from Space Time, and At that time, the "Godzilla" brought almost all negative effects to the main creators, and the acting career of the male and female protagonists was also greatly affected.

However, Simon was very concerned about the film "The Genius" at this time, because the director of the film was John Hughes, the famous writer of "Home Alone".

Simon, who is a super-selling work that made nearly 500 million US dollars at the global box office in the early 1990s, Simon naturally does not want to miss it.

Feel free to chat with the two girls beside him, and finish the sketch in his hand, Simon intends to resign to the hotel.He is not interested in the parties that Westerners are passionate about, not to mention, it must have been late at night after the party. Although downtown Santa Monica is still safe,

However, Christie did not let Simon go, forcibly dragged him into Courtney's white car, and secretly made a "you owe me once" expression to Simon, apparently confirming that he was against Ke Turnie has an idea.

Since getting in the car, Courteney did not show a refusal, and Simon agreed.

The party location is at the Airship Bar near Santa Monica Beach.

The three of them took the white car from Courtenay to the outside of the bar. As night fell, a long line had already been discharged from the entrance of the bar.

Christie stepped forward and said a few words to the tall guard. The guard looked at the list in his hand and checked the driver’s licenses of the three. He stamped a seal on the back of Simon and Christie’s hands before drinking the three of them.

Simon later learned that Christie also rolled a small, not-so-obsessed character in "Cool Class Genius," which was officially invited today, unlike the men and women who lined up outside the door hoping to enter the Hollywood circle.

Entering the bar lobby along the corridor, Simon found that the oval layout of the lobby is indeed like its'airship' name, and the decoration is also full of technology.

The hall at this time was already full of young people, the lights flickered and the music was deafening.

Christie did not immediately join the party of the carnival, but first led Simon and Courtney to the other side of the bar according to the guidance of a waiter. The hero of the party tonight was there.

In a half circle in the oval-shaped crowded hall, the three people found a few young men and women sitting around chatting at a round table deep in the bar.

When the people at the round table saw someone coming, they didn’t mean to get up. Christie held out his hand to a boy with a little face, shook his hand, and said with a smile: "Matthew, congratulations. Also, this is me Friend, Kurt, Simon."

After Christie finished speaking, Simon and Courtney also stepped forward and shook hands with each other. Matthew Broderick was still sitting. Although smiling while shaking hands with the two, there was also obvious coldness.

After simply saying hello, seeing Matthew Broderick behave indifferently, and even having no interest in knowing the specific names of Simon and Courtenay, the three planned to leave.However, just about to move his footsteps, a boy sitting opposite Matthew Broderick gestured to Christie and pulled a chair from the side.

"Now, let's go play. I talked to Matthew and them for a while," Christie saw, and some of his lost expression immediately disappeared. He said to Simon and Courtenay, and when they walked away, they sat and laughed. Come over and say, "So, what are you talking about?"

"Matthew's new movie," the boy next to Christie replied and handed her a drink, and then looked at the opposite Matthew Broderick, asking something oblivious: "That, called What's coming?"

""Butterfly Effect", a cool script," Matthew Broderick's tone was active when no outsiders were beside him, saying: "Do you know what the butterfly effect means?"

Everyone shook their heads together.

"Actually, I don't know very well," Matthew said. In the laughter of everyone's cooperation, "However, now several senior executives inside WMA attach great importance to this script and are still brewing to make it a WMA. Pack the project, just like CAA."

The girl beside Matthew Broderick saw him walking around, pretending to hug his arm in dissatisfaction, and said, "Matthew, what kind of story is it?"

"This," Matthew enjoyed the coquettishness of the girl beside him, but shook his head: "I can't say for the time being, you must know it in a while. And there are many young characters in the script, you also have the opportunity to participate Audition, maybe I can help at that time."

Everyone was crowded around Matthew Broderick, and it was this opportunity that was expected naturally. Therefore, when he heard his last words, his expressions were more eager and pleasing.

Christie also inserted a sentence at this time and asked, "Matthew, when will the film start?"

"The project is still being coordinated, and it should be introduced to the studio recently," Matthew Broderick glanced at Christie's pretty face, and said: "And, Norman thinks that there are too few parts of my play in the script. He wanted the screenwriter to revise the script. In short, everyone knows how a good movie can be so easy to complete."

Everyone nodded and said yes, and some people were envious because of a person's name mentioned lightly in Matthew's discourse.

The Norman Matthew just said, named Norman Broca, is his agent and one of the legendary Hollywood agents.Many years ago Norman Broca also represented legendary superstars like Marilyn Monroe.

Due to the deaths of WMA's two veterans in the first half of the year, Norman Broca, who has just turned 60 this year, successfully became the president of this brokerage giant with many years of qualifications at WMA.

Several of the people here are in Hollywood, and they also have their own good agents.

It's just that everyone knows that if they can find an agent like Norman Broca, their acting path will definitely be smooth.Matthew Broderick was also born into a family of acting, which allowed him to sign a contract with Norman Broca at a young age.

Everyone was holding Matthew Broderick in the center and chatting. Some commotion suddenly appeared on the dance floor not far away. Along with the lively roar, there was a small empty space on the dance floor, depending on the situation Someone seemed to fight.

Someone was making trouble at his celebration party. Matthew Broderick's face suddenly couldn't be hung up. After sinking his expression, he walked towards the dance floor, and the others quickly followed.

Approaching the dance floor, Christie recognized the two figures in the commotion center, and her beautiful face suddenly suffered.