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The time is nine o'clock in the evening, Central Time. After watching the latest "Rain Man", the famous film critic Roger Ebert came out of the theater with his friend Gene Siskel. Since 1975, Roger Albert and Gene Siskel together hosted the film critic talk show "Siskel and Albert" on local television in Chicago.

Thinking of the recent undercurrents in the circle, Roger Ebert asked his friend with a wry smile on his face, "Gene, what are you going to do?"

Gene Siskel's expression was also hesitant.

A few days ago, some people secretly tried to attack "Dead Poets Society", but the attitude of this force was not too firm, the quality of "Dead Poets Society" itself was unquestionable, plus Daenerys Entertainment's Strong public relations, after a week of screening, "Dead Poets Society" still accumulated a very strong reputation.

But this time, caa president Michael Ovitz called in person and asked if they would be interested in doing an interview with Robert Redford on his TV show about Sundance in January. s Film Festival.

If a big star like Robert Redford can attend "Siskel and Albert", the two of them can't ask for it. Then Ovitz brought up Rain Man.

All are smart people.

Michael Ovitz didn't make certain things clear on the phone, and he's unlikely to say clearly what I want you to do for things like "Rain Man" bad reviews, but Roger Ebert And how could Jean Siskel not understand.

However, after watching the movie just now, both of them realized that "Rain Man" is definitely a rare and excellent movie, far from being as bad as some media renders during this period.

Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel are both feeling a bit of a dilemma right now.

Although Michael Ovitz only promised benefits on the phone, they didn't think that if they ignored each other's wishes, the two would just lose an opportunity to interview Redford.

As caa has accumulated more and more first-line superstars in recent years, the influence of this talent agency in Hollywood has even exceeded that of any one of the Big Seven.

After all, film critics have to rely on movies to survive, and it is best to have first-hand movie information.

If the two of them give "Rain Man" a positive evaluation according to the facts, then the two of them are likely to lose many opportunities to participate in the trial screening of caa's stars for the first time in the next period of time.

However, if "Rain Man" is given a negative review regardless of the facts, once the overall film review trend of the film tends to be positive, the credibility of the two will be hit. Film critics depend on word-of-mouth for their food, and there are also no shortage of competitors. Such an obvious reversal of right and wrong will definitely usher in criticism from competitors.

The two discussed as they walked, and finally found a cafe. After careful consideration, Roger Albert finally made a decision to suspend the publication of the "Rain Man" film review. If the word-of-mouth of the next film is one-sided, he will not be able to buck the trend. If the response is mediocre, although this is unlikely, he can also be a "smooth human relationship" at that time.

In many cases, human behavior patterns are always strikingly similar.

When Roger Ebert made the decision to hold off on publishing his "Rain Man" film review, many media outlets across North America who were hit by CAAs were very smart about the same idea.

So, early Saturday morning, many mainstream newspapers in North America were silent about Rain Man.

Malibu.

Simon saw the first-day box office data of "Rain Man" soon after he got up early.

$2.1 million.

Although it is a preliminary estimate, the detailed figures should not be too different.

However, this number is less than half of the first day of "Scream" during Halloween. The schedule of "Scream" was relatively deserted, but it still received $4.5 million at the box office on its first day, while "Rain Man" only made $2.1 million on its first day.

Although the film suffered a lot of criticism in the early stage, Daenerys Entertainment also invested enough marketing resources.

Simon previously predicted that the first-day box office of "Rain Man" should be at least about 2.5 million US dollars, so as to ensure that the film's first-week box office is no less than 10 million US dollars. In this era, a film's first-week box office is less than 10 million US dollars, the starting point is too low, and the subsequent box office will not be able to do much.

Now, with $2.1 million on its opening day, Rain Man will likely only be around $8 million in its first week.

With an opening of $8 million, even if Simon has more confidence in "Rain Man", he does not think the film will be able to earn more than $170 million at the North American box office in its original time and space.

Did it still fail?

After breakfast, I rushed to the company as usual, because most of the workday was spent on "Batman", and Simon wanted to take advantage of the weekend to handle some company affairs as much as possible.

Sitting in the office, Burbank also quickly passed on the media feedback report of "Rain Man" and the news that many mainstream media collectively "misfired" today. Simon sent away the female secretary Susan Landis, who had been more and more diligently swaying in front of him these days, and only then did he open the media feedback report.

Simon had just finished the report when Jennifer pushed the door in.

Although newspapers such as "Variety" and "The Hollywood Reporter" did not publish film reviews in the first time, there are more than two

In North America with thousands of newspapers, it is naturally impossible to completely block the news of "Rain Man".

Overall, "Rain Man" was rated much higher than the previous "Dead Poets Society", and the Los Angeles Times, which is close to Daenerys Entertainment, praised the film as 'a deeply touching and tender film' masterpiece'.

Putting down the file, Simon noticed how Jennifer carefully placed the stack of scripts in her arms in front of him, and said with a relaxed expression, "Why are you so careful? Worried that I will suddenly transform and eat you?"

Jennifer pushed the stack of scripts towards Simon, looked at Simon earnestly across from the desk, and said, "I went to the cinema last night to watch "Rain Man", and the surrounding audience liked it very much."

Simon didn't answer Jennifer's topic, noticed that the female assistant was still pressing the small white hand on the script, and reached out to press it, but Jennifer fled away subconsciously, looking at the big failed hand with a blushing face, said: :"this is not good."

Simon turned his palm over and said with a smile, "I'm about to lose a lot of money soon, comfort me."

"It should, not so much." Jennifer said so, hesitated for a while, but still reached out and patted Simon's big hand. She originally thought that she would be caught and twisted by Simon, but the man didn't do it, so she retracted her hand as if nothing had happened, looked at the stack of scripts she just sent, and said, "You seem to have been too early for the project "Rocketman". It was rejected, and there were several other scripts that were eliminated by you. What do you want these projects to do now?"

Simon retracted his hand and said, "Send it away."

Jennifer wondered: "Send it away, who is it?"

"Give it to anyone who wants it," Simon didn't hide it too much, and said, "Maybe I'm a little suspicious, but try it and you'll know."

Jennifer understood and said, "You mean, commercial espionage?"

Simon nodded and said, "Okay, you don't care about these things, just concentrate on your own work."

Janet heard what Simon said, knowing that he just didn't want to touch the dark side of business, and didn't mean to distrust her. She pursed her lips and said, "I can help you."

"Of course," Simon said firmly, "but there are some things that you don't need to do. Now, go back to your office obediently."

The tone of coaxing a little girl made Jennifer feel a little sweet and dissatisfied. When she turned around obediently and walked out, she couldn't help but say, "I'm not a little girl."

Simon waited for Jennifer to leave, took the stack of scripts, picked them, and selected two.

One is "Rocketman" that Simon planned to be "Sand" last year, and the other is a military-themed film "Firebird Attack" imitating "Top Gun".

In memory, both films were big-budget flops.

The original version of "Rocketman" was produced by Disney, which burned a total of more than 60 million US dollars in production and publicity costs, but the North American box office was only more than 40 million US dollars. Although it is not an absolute failure, it has taken up a lot of money and the most. The box office of projects in high-quality schedules did not meet expectations, which was a heavy blow to Disney.

Another "Firebird Strike" tells the story of the Apache helicopter team. Simon only remembered it because the film wanted to continue the glory of "Top Gun". Although he can't remember the detailed budget and box office figures of the film, this one However, he remembered clearly the result of the project's failure at the box office.

If someone is really using the means of commercial espionage, if these two projects are sent out, if they all fail, at least a big movie company will be able to replace a few high-level executives.

Simon seriously added some misleading comments on the two scripts. Half an hour later, Amy knocked on the door and came in. Simon just put the two scripts away in the filing cabinet at his feet, and then joined Amy. Mi left the company headquarters together.

After this period of operation, Daenerys Entertainment has successfully obtained the mountainside plot in Malibu. Simon and Amy made an appointment to check it out in person today.

The two came to the parking lot, and Amy did not drive, but got into Simon's Land Rover.

After the car started, and inevitably chatting about "Rain Man", Amy talked about another thing: "Yesterday was the final deadline of the contract, and Orion did not send the share of "Pulp Fiction" to us."

For reasons such as tax avoidance, Simon's cooperation with Orion on "Pulp Fiction" is entirely through Daenerys Entertainment's company channel, not his personal cooperation.

According to the original contract, Orion needs to settle Daenerys Entertainment's share of the share within one month of "Pulp Fiction". "Pulp Fiction" was released on November 17th. Yesterday was December 16th, and it was the last day of the working day. Under normal circumstances, Orion must have paid 10% of the box office share to Danielle before this day. Silk Entertainment.

Starting from "Lola Run", the subsequent projects such as "Death Comes" and "When Harry Met Sally" are obviously due to the consideration of good cooperative relations in the future, and several film companies have not yet defaulted Should pay Daenerys Entertainment's share.

Simon is very aware of the status quo that Hollywood studios habitually owe independent producers their share, but he did not expect that his company would suddenly face such a situation.

However, he was not surprised.

Counting the "Stolen Heart" released yesterday and "Rain Man", Orion released a total of 17 movies this year.

According to the data seen in the morning, "Stolen Heart" only made $1.2 million at the box office on its first day, which is obviously another failure. Prior to this, except for "Pulp Fiction", other films won the ticket

The best room is only the baseball star biopic "Million Dollar Arms" starring Kevin Costner, which grossed $50.88 million at the North American box office.

Moreover, among all projects, there are only five films that have grossed more than $20 million in North America.

According to the rapidly rising film production costs in recent years, the North American box office is 20 million US dollars, and Orion can ensure the full cost recovery through subsequent omni-channel operations. If it is less than 20 million US dollars, even if it can pay back, it will take a long time to operate, which is basically It's like losing money.

After comprehensive calculation, of all 17 Orion films this year, only 5 can be guaranteed to return to their original budget, and the other 12 films are basically loss-making in the short term.

After fulfilling the contract of "Pulp Fiction", Daenerys Entertainment has a slim chance of cooperating with Orion in the future. Most of the projects lost money throughout the year. At this time, Orion can only rely on arrears to maintain operations.

Thinking like this, Simon asked Amy, "Did Mike Medova call you?"

Amy nodded and said, "He said that Orion can't take out the money now, and I hope we can delay it for a month."

Simon smiled. Since he started to default, Daenerys Entertainment should still not be able to get it after a month: "Is there any problem with the share of other projects?"

"No, Fox has settled the box office share of "Instinct", a total of 32.29 million US dollars, and the major TV networks will basically settle the account before the end of the month."

Simon thought for a while and said, "Keep watching, it's okay for Orion to be delayed for a few months, everyone knows their situation, but if they continue to maliciously default, we will file a lawsuit."

As the two talked, the car quickly arrived at the hillside where Daenerys Entertainment Studio was to be built.

Busy, the weekend passed quickly.

The first day of "Rain Man" was $2.1 million, and the estimated first-week box office was only $8 million. Even with a weekly drop of 20%, the film's North American box office may only be more than $30 million, compared to the $40 million box office. Total investment, the loss of Daenerys Entertainment seems to be a foregone conclusion.

However, to everyone's surprise, after 2.1 million on the first day, the single-day box office of "Rain Man" has been showing an upward trend in the next two days. Compared with the Saturday box office decline on Sunday, it even appeared reversed situation.

When the first weekend box office was released, the media was surprised to find that in the first three days of the first weekend, the box office of "Rain Man" had reached 7.28 million US dollars, which was close to the general media's first seven-day box office forecast.

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