Hollywood Road

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"Feel sorry,"

In a cafe in Century City, Jones Butler found the seats where Murphy and Bill Rossis were sitting, "There was a traffic jam on the road, I was late."

Murphy smiled and said, "It's okay."

Jones Butler said to the waiter who followed, "A latte, thank you."

"What have you been up to lately?" Bill Rosses said in a timely manner, "It's been a long time since I saw you. Last time I went to Miramax, I wanted to chat with you, but you weren't here."

"What can I do?" Jones-Butler adjusted his chair, and then said, "Run around, looking for valuable movies."

"The work you do is very meaningful." Murphy continued, "It is because of you that many small-budget independent films that were previously unknown can meet the audience."

Jones Butler smiled, "Thank you."

Murphy then turned the conversation to the topic, "Do you have time recently? My new movie is finished, and I hope you can give me some pointers."

The waiter brought coffee at this time, and Jones Butler waited for him to leave before saying, "What type?"

She remembered very clearly that the other party had taken a million dollars from Miramax, and the cost of making the film was at this level at best.

"A horror movie, "Saw." Murphy said confidently, "It's a very interesting horror movie."

Bill Rossis also helped out, "It's much better than "Hard Candy". To be precise, I haven't seen a horror movie better than it in recent years."

Hearing what the two said, Jones Butler nodded, "I will be in Los Angeles in the next half month, and you can call me anytime."

Although the profit brought by "Hard Fruit Candy" is only at the level of one million US dollars, which is far less than the revenue of some outstanding projects of the company, this part of the profit is completely unexpected and has brought a lot to the senior management of Miramax. Surprisingly, she was also praised by the Weinstein brothers.

Moreover, the revenue brought by "Hard Fruit Candy" is still growing.

These are real data, and nothing is more convincing than this. Although there are not no directors who go to the street after a film is successful, this is enough reason for her to continue to pay attention to the other's films.

Hollywood has always believed that successful people will continue to be successful.

This is a phenomenon that is common in Hollywood, not just Miramax's Jones Butler, but Fox Searchlight's Tony Guzman thinks so too.

One sunny afternoon, he was hiding in his office, and he had just rejected an invitation from a small production company to watch a film when he suddenly received a call from an unfamiliar number.

"Hello, this is Tony Guzman from Fox Searchlight." He heard the unfamiliar name on the phone and thought hard, "Murphy Stanton?"

who is this It seems that you haven't dealt with him before?

"Fruit Drops, Park City."

Hearing the other party's reminder, Tony Guzman immediately rang out who Murphy Stanton was. He laughed and said politely, "Director Stanton, congratulations, your first film is a big hit."

In his heart, he felt somewhat regretful. He failed to win "Edge of Accidents" and lost this promising project. He had nothing to gain from the entire Saint Denis Film Festival.

Tony Guzman was thinking and chatting with the other side of the phone. After hearing the invitation on the other side, he immediately concentrated, "Your new film? Has it been completed? Okay, I have time. After you confirm the time and place, Be sure to notify me in time."

Missed once, he didn't want to miss the second time.

Indeed, the other party may have been lucky the first time, but the second time they might make a super bad movie,

But in any case he has succeeded once, and watching his films is better than watching the works of those unknown directors.

After hanging up the phone, Tony Guzman thought about it for a while, and told his assistant to go to the market research department to see if he could find the latest market statistics of "Hard Candy".

He is a veteran of Fox Searchlight, and he also has a certain status within the company. The assistant went there for a while, and then came back with a document, which was just asked by the research department of the company.

"Go out." Tony Guzman waved his hand to the assistant and ordered, "It's nothing important, don't bother me."

After the assistant closed the door from the outside, Tony Guzman opened the thin statistics, and after browsing through them, he felt more regrets.

Although he has worked on projects with tens of millions of dollars in profits, they are often encountered but not sought after. In the independent film circle, a professional filmmaker and buyer like him can meet once in a few years, which is already kissed by God. Yes, a profit of millions of dollars is definitely not a small amount.

Twentieth Century Fox, the previous company of Fox Searchlight, only makes a profit of more than 100 million U.S. dollars a year, let alone a subsidiary of Fox Searchlight, which is an independent film with hairstyles.

They can't even match Miramax in this regard.

According to the gossip received by Tony Guzman, he was quite dissatisfied with the poor performance of Fox Searchlight in the past two years, especially in the first quarter of this year, and exerted tremendous pressure on the company's top management. If there is no improvement by the end of the year, the management There is bound to be a big change of blood.

And those buyers who are responsible for finding film sources will inevitably be affected, and it is not impossible to be fired.

He doesn't think that he will be spared if he is a veteran of Fox Searchlight. In front of capital, what can these little people count?

Shaking his head, Tony Guzman carefully browsed the data. "Hard Candy" has been released from North America, and it has also appeared in some overseas markets after the release.

"North American Box Office - $1.48 million!"

"UK box office - $1.86 million, not out yet."

"Argentine box office—$970,000, not yet out."

"Australian box office - $870,000, off the assembly line."

"German Box Office - $690,000, not yet out."

"Spanish box office - $550,000, not out yet."

"French Box Office..."

Although many countries and regions have not purchased copyrights from Miramax due to the sensitive subject matter and large-scale content of the film, "Hard Candy" has earned a box office of more than 4 million US dollars in the overseas markets that have emerged.

According to the news released by the producer Stanton Studios, the production cost of this film is only 300,000 US dollars.

Miramax has undoubtedly made a very good deal!

Tony Guzman continued to look down. The North American TV and video rights of "Hard Candy" were also sold by Miramax. The former received 150,000 US dollars, and the latter received 200,000 US dollars excluding the video tape.

These are profits!

Combined with this statistics, Tony Guzman made up his mind to see the director's new film. To be continued.