Hollywood Hunter

Simon believed that as long as the Hearst family did not lose their minds, things would end there.

The family that has been accumulated for a hundred years may be deeply rooted, but it will inevitably lose its sharpness.

Now the Hirst Group can hardly make "creations" such as provoking the US-Spanish war. If you encounter an opponent who is not strong enough to play cards according to common sense and is strong enough, it will inevitably give birth to a few points. The tiles scrambled.

What's more, this time the opponent is not a tile, it is more like an iron bump.

In the following days, news came from North America that William Hirst III laid off most of the servants in the family. Not only was the matter stabbed in the newspaper, but also someone tried to initiate a lawsuit.

Obviously the Hirst family also reacted.

Of course, Hirst spent $1 million to buy people around Simon, and Simon bought people to send gifts to the Hirst family, and the price is too cheap.

There are also newspapers devoted to anecdotes reporting that a man and a woman in San Francisco were caught by aliens when they were dating, woke up and appeared in a remote harbour town on Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, thousands of miles away, and sitting in their original In the car.

The southern hemisphere is in the cold winter, and Tierra del Fuego is already in the Antarctic circle.

Rumors that two people who had been sleeping for a week in a row were extremely weak after waking up, and even almost died of freezing. Many people in the harbour town proved that they saw the white Toyota car with San Francisco photos and the two people in the car in distress.

It's just that the news quickly disappeared without widespread dissemination.

It seems that there is a big hand preventing the further expansion of the incident. Even the photos taken by the residents of the harbour town of Tierra del Fuego have been bought away, and the identity of men and women has never been exposed.

Obviously, it is news that the evil government is monopolizing the alien abduction case.

Traditional media can’t get more information. Many forums on mysterious events on the Internet have been discussed in an eye-catching manner. Others have called on the federal government to announce the truth.

There is no response.

Simon and his wife arrived in Melbourne on June 15 and returned on June 25.

At the same time, another box office week passed from June 18 to June 24.

"Superman", which was released in the third week, shrank to 32% this week, and continued to record 41.33 million US dollars. It was easy to win the single-week box office champion. The total box office officially exceeded 200 million US dollars in three weeks, reaching 214.7 million US dollars.

The second place in the ranking list is not the most popular "Phantom Heroes", but the growing popularity of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan starring in the romantic film "Sleepless Sleep in Seattle".This 2,369-piece love film with a screen size relies on excellent word-of-mouth and popularity. It won US$33.81 million at the box office seven days in the first week, and the museum reached US$14,000.

The most complicated thing about other Hollywood studios is probably the cost of Sleepless in Seattle.

As a romance film, although Tom Hanks's pay reaches the front-line level of 8 million US dollars, the final cost of the film is only 25 million US dollars.

Only in the first week, the box office has exceeded the production cost of the film. Considering the long-term nature of the topical love film, the film starts at 33.81 million US dollars. It is not difficult for the local box office to break through 100 million. It is not difficult for Daenerys Entertainment and Disney to pass the local box office. Can make a fortune.

This week's third place in the list of "Phantom Heroes" and "Seattle Sleepless" form a very contrast.

The production cost of 85 million US dollars, the announced budget of 30 million US dollars, but the box office for the first seven days of the week was only 21.93 million US dollars, and even the opening of the gallery was even less than 10,000 US dollars.

In contrast to the sluggish box office, the film's word of mouth is also bleak.

The media generally predicts that the next week's box office decline in "Phantom Heroes" will reach more than 40%. In the end, the box office in North America is likely to be only about 50 million US dollars.

With a total investment of US$115 million and a North American box office expectation of US$50 million, it is clear that the huge losses of the project have been unavoidable.Even relying on Schwarzenegger’s overseas box office appeal to double the overseas box office to US$100 million,

With the huge loss of "Phantom Hero", Sony can no longer let this film company that was heavily acquired, and actively sent a working group to come to Los Angeles.Hollywood media predicts that Peter Cooper, who is in charge of Columbia Pictures, is not far from stepping down.

The last new film, "The Tremor", opened last week, had a box office of $11.69 million in the first week of the painting. Compared to the opening scale of 1517 screens, the museum is $7,705. The box office performance is not too bad, but it is also It is far less than the "Cradle Hand" three years ago.

According to the film's box office and word-of-mouth status, it is initially predicted that the total box office of the film in North America will be about 30 million US dollars.

The production budget of "Terrorism" is US$12 million and the US$30 million box office in North America. In a hot period like the summer, it clearly does not meet the expectations of New World Pictures. However, the project's profit is a certainty.

On June 25, the day Simon returned to North America, three new films were released again in the summer season. They were "Super Star Dad" starring Michael Fox by Disney, and "Body Heat Edge" starring Nick Kidman by MGM. The music biography of Rock Actress Tina Turner produced by High Gate Films, "What to Do with Love".

"Super Star Dad" and "Body Heat Edge" are typical commercial films of the summer season. Simon is more concerned about the Tina Turner biographical film "What to Do with Love" produced by Gaomen Pictures.

Tina Turner, a rock female singer who is in her fifties this year, can be described as a model of late adulthood. As a mixed descent of black and Indians, Tina Turner, who began her debut at the age of 16, did not taste it until the early 1980s The taste of red and purple, when the singer was over 40 years old.

Then it became popular throughout the 1980s, during which he also participated in "Mad Max 3" starring Mel Gibson.

The film "What to Do with Love" is not about Tina Turner's experience after becoming popular, but her ups and downs of 16 years of marriage, the singer married her tutor and Bole Ike Turner at the age of 16 The marriage lasted for 16 years, during which Ike Turner used violence against Tina Turner for a long time. After the last conflict, the actress finally decided to leave and did not even get a share of their property during the marriage.

Later, when many people thought that leaving Ike Turner's resources and channels, Tina Turner would be helpless. After a few years of silence, Tina Turner, who was over 40 years old, became popular again, and it was a big hit. Purple makes everyone stunned.

"What to do with love" is one of Tina Turner's best-selling album singles in the 1980s, because it fits the theme of the story and it was used as the name of the movie.

Music biopics are a very important theme in Hollywood. However, two years ago, Oliver Stone directed the door band's film "Gate". The box office was still close. When the project "What to do with love" was established, Gaomen Pictures The team is not sure whether the project will be successful. The budget of the film is 15 million US dollars, which is not high in the entire Hollywood level, nor is it low for the high-end film industry that focuses on low-cost literary and artistic films.

In the end, Simon personally decided to pass.

It's a risk.

Because there is not much information about this film in memory, the film obviously did not reach the level of big sales.However, with an investment of 15 million US dollars, even if the box office fails, Gaomen Pictures will be able to bear the loss.

Out of uncertainty about the film's box office prospects, "What to Do with Love" has only 107 screens. In this summer, it is a very conservative distribution strategy.

In the end, the box office of "What to Do with Love" did not disappoint.

It's just that the three-day pavilion in the first weekend of the painting broke through 17,000 US dollars. From June 25 to July 1, the seven-day pavilion in the first week of "What to Do with Love" reached 33,000 US dollars, and it was harvested by relying on 107 screens. At the box office of 3.61 million US dollars.

You should know that the Disney comedy "Super Star Dad" released in the same period has 1366 screens, which is more than ten times that of "What to Do with Love", and the box office at the first seven days is only $4.39 million.

Nick Kidman's "Body Edge" performed best at the box office in the three new films of the same period. The box office in the first week of the painting was $16.38 million, exceeding MGM's expectations. The total box office in North America is expected to be 4000 Between US$50 million and US$50 million.The production budget of "Body Heat Edge" is US$20 million and the advertising budget is US$8 million. The total investment in production and advertising can be basically recovered only by relying on the North American box office.

In terms of old films, after a significant drop of more than 30% for two consecutive weeks, the box office drop in the fourth week of "Superman" was finally narrowed to 23%. This week, a total of US$31.83 million was recorded, and it remained the single-week box office champion for the fourth consecutive week. position.In four weeks, the cumulative box office of the film also reached $34.65 million.

Because this week’s new films are not strong, the next week’s box office in Seattle’s Sleepless Night has only fallen by 21%, and another $26.72 million is recorded.

In the two weeks since the opening of the painting, "The Sleepless in Seattle" has a cumulative box office of US$60.53 million, and the project has begun to achieve profitability. The total box office of the film in North America is also expected to reach 120 million to 130 million US dollars, becoming another local Hollywood in 1993. The box office broke 100 million works.

Moreover, with the success of "Sleepless Night in Seattle", the video tape of the Hollywood classic love film "Jin Yumeng" frequently mentioned in the film suddenly became popular.

Only two weeks after the film was released, the "Jinyumeng" video tape quickly sold 300,000 boxes. In this unexpected video-selling event, Blockbuster relied on Nancy Brill’s continuously optimized enterprise information feedback system. In the first two weeks, 300,000 boxes of "Jinyumeng" video tapes, more than 200,000 boxes were sold or leased in BesTV channels.

Of course, the biggest winner is Fox holding the copyright of "Jinyumeng".

In two weeks, 300,000 video cassettes were sold. With the popularity of "Sleepless in Seattle", the total sales of "Jinyumeng" video cassettes is expected to reach 2 million cassettes. Fox is completely equivalent to picking up tens of millions of dollars in profits. ."Hollywood Reporter" even ridiculed "Jin Yumeng" may be Fox's most profitable movie this summer.

From Simon's point of view, it is almost true.

There are a total of four new film release plans for Fox this summer. The original 3D animated film "Forest of the Forest" has ended in failure. The other three are not selling items in Simon's memory.

On July 2nd, North American theaters entered the most important week of this summer. Although this year's Deli Day holiday rushed to Sunday, as usual, the North American audience's enthusiasm for watching movies will increase significantly this week.

The "Sugar Trap" invested and distributed by Daenerys Pictures was released on this day, and the number of screens opened was 2393.

The other two new films are considered heavyweight.

"Following the Rising Sun" by Fox, starring Sean Connery, has a production budget of $35 million, and has 2,177 screens.

The comedy film "Honeymoon Dangerous Period" produced by the Samsung company under Columbia Pictures, starring Mike Myers, is also the movie star's first film outside the "Fighting Stars" series, with a budget cost of $20 million. Number of screens is 1731.

In addition, after winning an average of $33,000 in museums in the first week, the number of screens for this week's "With Love" produced by Damen Lisi Entertainment's high-end film industry has also increased from 107 to 863 directly. In the next week, it will reach about 1,500.

The competition has intensified sharply, and Superman, who maintained the box office championship for four weeks, was finally squeezed out of the first place.

However, from July 2nd to July 8th, affected by the dramatic increase in the number of holiday viewing groups on the Day of Independent Days, the weekly decline of "Superman" narrowed again to 19%, and it received another 25.76 million US dollars in the fifth week of the release. $72.35 million, it is expected that the 300 million mark will be exceeded in the next two weeks.

The Warner Bros. distribution team also adjusted Superman’s total North American box office forecast to the range of 350 million to 370 million US dollars.

The three new films opened on July 2nd, "The Rising Sun" starring Sean Connery and "Honeymoon Danger" starring Mike Myers seem to be the most likely to sell, but the result is Keanu · "Sugar Trap" starring Reeves got the highest box office, and "Superman" squeezed out of the single box office championship.

In the first week of painting, relying on the popularity of the original novel and the direct investment of 20 million US dollars from Daenerys Pictures to announce the budget, the first week of "Sugar Coat Trap" reached 36.18 million US dollars at the box office.As a large-scale commercial film, the museum has achieved a very successful 15,000 US dollars.

From the declining boyfriend of "Rolla Run" to the foolish boy in "Abby's Adventures" to the tough guy in "Thrill Point", this time, Keanu Reeves has successfully shaped The image of a struggling and contradictory lawyer.

With the success of "Sugar Coat", well-informed Hollywood media will inevitably fuel or inflame, saying that Keanu Reeves has replaced Tom Cruise's popular position in the 1980s.

As long as the "Sugar Coat" North American box office broke 100 million, this matter will basically become a fact.

At the box office of $36.18 million in the first week, "Sugar Coat Trap" has basically no suspense.

In comparison, despite the glory of "Aspirational Cloud", Tom Cruise's tendency to downhill in recent years is very obvious, and there are no new films released this summer.

Sean Connery's "Sun Rush" started after "Sugar Trap" and "Superman", ranking third in the list of the week of the holiday of Duoli Day, with $22.08 million in the first seven days of the week, specific box office The future depends on the follow-up trend.

Mike Myers' "Honeymoon Dangerous Period" is a complete failure.

Seven days during the first week of the painting, "Honeymoon Dangerous Period" only harvested 5.36 million US dollars at the box office, and the museums were less than 3,000 US dollars, far below the expectations of the producers. It is expected that the theater line will be launched in two weeks.

Mike Myers was originally at the box office of "Honeymoon Dangerous Period" in order to fight for more initiative in the negotiation of the third pay of "Fighting Stars". With the failure of "Honeymoon Dangerous Period", he could not prove himself in At the box office appeal outside the anti-witting multi-star series, the comedy actor not only did not get the initiative he wanted, but became more passive.