Chatty Hollywood

Charlotte and Charlize’s trip to Cambridge could not be considered a failure.

Although Cromwell, who had transformed into a headless horseman, was not found, the scenery and cultural architecture of Cambridge still made the two feel that their trip was not in vain.

One day later, Charlotte received a call from Rowling.

"I can sell you the adaptation rights, but some details still need to be discussed."

There was fatigue in Rowling's voice, and the background sound was a little noisy, as if the call was coming from a public phone box.

"Okay, let's meet and talk!"

After agreeing on a meeting place with Rowling, Charlotte hung up the phone.

I hope she won't have other ideas!

Mr. Director thought to himself.

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Rowling had no other plans.

Although in the past two days, the friend she consulted had provided her with a not-so-friendly solution.

"In fact, you can ask reporters to let the news out that the director of "Sleepy Hollow" wants to buy the copyright of your work. Maybe you can attract other interested people."

This is actually taking advantage of the situation and is a simple method, although it may not be effective.

But after thinking about it for a while, Rowling gave up on this method.

On the one hand, she was afraid that doing so would anger Charlotte.

In her opinion, her work only has a beginning and has not been published at all. The other party should be interested in it just because of a whim.

And if you release the news yourself, it is likely to cause the other party to give up the idea of ​​buying your copyright in anger, and you will really lose Dafa.

Besides, it seems a bit unethical to do so.

This is also another reason.

Rowling, who has never been in the entertainment industry, currently has a relatively high moral integrity.

Aside from financial interests, Charlotte was the first person besides her friends to praise her work.

This made Rowling subconsciously feel grateful to Charlotte.

Not willing to ruin the relationship between the two for no reason.

“It’s better to wait until we are sure that the negotiation can’t be concluded before we make this move!”

Rowling ended up prevaricating her friend in this way, and the other party didn't care.

After all, "Sleepy Hollow" was being screened in the British Isles during this period. In the eyes of many British people, Charlotte Booth was already a good commercial film director.

Especially when the other person is from Hollywood.

Being able to reach a more favorable agreement with the other party is the best choice for Rowling, and the rest are just small tricks.

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In fact, not only in the UK, but even in the United States, Charlotte's reputation has skyrocketed.

Riding on the success of Depp's proposal to Winona, the movie "Sleepy Hollow" became widely known.

Even though it was released on Halloween night, a Tuesday, and a weekday, "Sleepy Hollow" achieved very good box office results.

During the three working days of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, plus the Tuesday night of its premiere, the film grossed 20 million US dollars at the box office and gained a good reputation among the audience.

And this reputation led to a box office explosion on Saturday, a holiday.

"Twenty-four million!!"

In the office at Paramount headquarters, Andrew Kevin Walker excitedly waved the box office report in his hand.

This number was much higher than he expected.

According to Andrew's original estimation, because the subject matter is so suitable for Halloween, "Sleepy Hollow" which is not released on Friday or Saturday may achieve a good box office in its opening week.

However, because it is released a few days in advance, it will consume some box office potential, and the box office will be weaker on the two days on the weekend.

However, "Sleepy Hollow" completely violated the rules that Andrew knew

The box office of 24 million even exceeded many big productions that were released on Friday night and were fully promoted.

"Even if there is the bonus of the successful engagement of Depp and Winona, it is very good to achieve this level."

Andrew continued reading the audience survey report,

"According to the survey, the audience's evaluation of the movie is good. What's even more rare is that film critics who have always been very picky about commercial films gave mostly good evaluations this time."

It seems that leaving all aspects of film production to Charlotte Booth is the right choice.

Andrew actually admires Charlotte who has many of the same ideas as his.

In his opinion, this is a rising box office director.

Otherwise, even with the guarantee of Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster, Andrew, who is backed by Paramount, will not completely give up control of the final editing rights.

After all, from time to time, there will be a few fools or young people among directors who suddenly want to challenge market habits.

Fortunately, Charlotte Booth is not like that.

Now the excellent box office curve of "Sleepy Hollow" has fully proved this point, and incidentally also proved Andrew's excellent vision.

"Now, we should consider how to maintain the subsequent box office trend."

As a producer who has experienced the release of more than one film, Andrew has not been dazzled by his current achievements.

"According to the previous plan, when the box office curve starts to decline, let the lucky guy Depp and Winona Ryder officially hold an engagement ceremony..."

Andrew actually despised Johnny Depp, a coward who had been hesitant to propose before.

However, at the crucial premiere, the other party finally showed his courage and the proposal was successful, which played a great role in the promotion of "Sleepy Hollow".

For the sake of the green dollars, Andrew no longer despises Depp.

However, if the guy's proposal was rejected, wouldn't it have a better publicity effect?

Mr. Producer thought darkly.

Of course, this assumption no longer matters. The most important thing is to try our best to maintain the excellent box office trend of "Sleepy Hollow".

"Perhaps, in addition to Depp, there should be some more publicity for Charlize Theron and Charlotte..."

Looking at the questionnaire in his hand, Andrew fell into deep thought.

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At the same time, the first producer of "Sleepy Hollow" and double Oscar winner Jodie Foster was also thinking about the same problem.

It's not that Judy thinks she should help Charlotte and Charlize improve their reputations.

In business, the movie queen knows this kind of thing very clearly.

The reason why she had this idea was mainly due to the questionnaire she conducted on the audience.

"Who did you come to see this movie for?"

This is a very common question in movie questionnaires.

Through the statistics on this issue, although it cannot be said to be completely accurate, we can see the box office appeal of a movie star.

Anyone who can draw a large number of viewers into the cinema with his own reputation can naturally be said to be a box office superstar.

Johnny Depp was originally far ahead in answering this question. But as the release time of "Sleepy Hollow" extends, the proportion of people who answer "Charlize Theron" is increasing.

As for the reason

"Miss Witch is so beautiful!!"

This is almost the most popular answer.

Although Judy, who is also known for her exquisite appearance, was a little unconvinced when she saw this answer, she also knew that this meant that Charlize had gained a lot of popularity through "Sleepy Hollow".

"It seems that Charlotte's previous design modifications to Katrina's character were really a successful choice!"

The movie queen sighed in her heart.

While looking at the box office chart of "Sleepy Hollow", an idea suddenly came to her mind

Probably, maybe, maybe...it can hit the North American annual box office...championship! ?