Hollywood Road

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The sun fell to the west, and through the gap between the two buildings, a few rays of light penetrated and fell on Murphy. He stood in front of the black Ford sedan. The light reflected from the window glass seemed to form a streak on him. The peculiar halo looks a little dazzling and a little unreal.

Just like Murphy in the eyes of Tony Guzman on the opposite side.

Both he and Fox Searchlight are optimistic about the market potential of "The Saw", and they have also come up with an expectation of $10,000 at the box office for the first weekend in a single venue. As long as this expectation can be met, the subsequent expansion of the screening is inevitable. With proper announcement, the final North American box office is very likely to exceed the $10 million mark.

However, the final result greatly exceeded their expectations, and it nearly doubled.

Thirty theaters have a single screening, and the box office of a single venue on the weekend is 17,000 US dollars. It can only be said that it is amazing! Where has a small-scale horror film achieved such results in recent years?

Tony Guzman is now very clear that he and the Fox searchlight behind him have underestimated the new director and his films!

Those who achieve results deserve to be respected, so when the other side was about to leave Fox Searchlight, Tony Guzman specially sent him out.

This has never happened before!

"Murphy, don't forget our publicity plan." Tony Guzman said with a smile, "If you have time, let's have coffee together."

"You can call me anytime." Murphy opened the door.

He had just gotten into the car when Tony Guzman actually walked over and closed the door of the Ford sedan...

Murphy glanced at him through the window glass, nodded slightly, then started the car, drove onto the road ahead, drove a distance, he looked in the rearview mirror, Tony Guzman was still standing there, it seemed Still looking goodbye to him and his car.

"This is Hollywood," Murphy whispered.

Tony Guzman is the best portrayal of Fox's searchlight attitude.

Today, Murphy spent a whole day at Fox Searchlight, and what he felt the most was the change in Fox Searchlight’s attitude, just like Tony Guzman. Now that the film has been expanded, Fox Searchlight has once again added promotional expenses. It will be screened at the same time in hundreds of theaters in North America, and the subsequent copies are also being printed and shipped. It is inevitable to continue to expand the scale of screening.

More than 1,000 copies are distributed in hundreds of theaters, which is actually not much.

However, before Murphy came out, Fox Searchlight had just received the news that as of 4 o'clock this afternoon, "Chainsaw" had received about 1.5 million US dollars on 1,030 screens in 650 theaters in North America.

On a weekday Monday, a single-screen box office can exceed $1,000, which is already very gratifying.

All in all, Saw is making steady progress.

As he was going to pick up Carey Mulligan, Murphy drove into the Santa Monica Valley area. He came a little late. When he arrived, Carey Mulligan was already waiting at a large tree near the Iron Gate. under palm trees.

Beside her, Murphy also saw another familiar figure.

The Ford car slowly stopped in front of the palm tree, and Murphy had just pushed the door to get out of the car, when Carey Mulligan rushed over, gave him a kiss on the face, then took his arm and looked under the palm tree, Said, "Honey, look who I met today."

Seeing the relatively rare long red hair, Murphy had recognized Jessica Chastain, stepped forward, and said with a smile, "Hi, Jesse."

"Hi, Murphy." Jessica Chastain also greeted with a smile.

Carey Mulligan leaned into Murphy's ear and whispered, "She's also in the acting class now."

Murphy didn't ask these things, but said, "Where are you going? I'll take you there if you drop by?"

Looking at Murphy, then at Jessica Chastain, Carey Mulligan's eyebrows suddenly wrinkled, but she didn't speak, she believed that Murphy was just a polite invitation.

"It's too much trouble." Jessica Chastain shook her head and declined, "I've already called a taxi."

"Yeah." Carey Mulligan said quickly, "Jesse called a taxi just now, and it's probably coming soon."

Murphy nodded without insisting, "Goodbye, Jesse."

"Goodbye, Murphy."

Watching Carey Mulligan take Murphy to the side of the car, Jessica Chastain bit her lower lip hard. Is this guy who could only stay in the slums in embarrassment before becoming famous?

The black Ford sedan was gone, and she couldn't tell what she felt in her heart. One gangster, one who had no higher education, one who had no professional study experience, and one who was just groping on his own, was about to succeed?

And what about yourself? A top student at Juilliard, who can do everything without saying anything, and even study acting with a silly girl like Carey Mulligan...

The world is really unfair, why is someone as talented as her always unappreciated?

Thinking of this, Jessica Chastain suddenly laughed. It was a self-deprecating laugh. Isn't this the world? She had been in Hollywood for a few months before, and how many talented geniuses had she seen unhappy?

"Is opportunity really more important than talent?" She thought of what Murphy said.

But how to find opportunities? Jessica Chastain looked at the place where the Ford had disappeared, and there was an admiration in her heart that she had never seen before, something she had ignored in the past.

Murphy Stanton's starting point is much lower than her, didn't he have no chance at the beginning? But he did not wait hard, nor complained about the injustice of the world, nor did he complain about others, but created opportunities for himself!

She had been his assistant, knew some of his past, and knew how hard he had worked for today!

How long did it take him to go from a gangster in a slum, relying on some unprofessional tricks, to complete his first movie, to becoming a director who can be mentioned by magazines such as "Premier"?

Jessica Chastain recalled what she saw today in Premiere magazine about Saw and Murphy Stanton.

"From the film "Chainsaw", Murphy Stanton, who is also a screenwriter and director, is not at all like a newcomer. It has been carefully laid out and intricately detailed, and behind the blood dripping, it hides the exposure of the good and evil of human nature and the questioning of the philosophy of life."

"Without big-name actors and dazzling special effects, this film breaks free from cookie-cutter routines and fires at audiences visually, intellectually and emotionally, and Murphy Stanton takes the art of horror to a whole new level! "

"Premier" magazine has such a high comment, when has it given a new director?

Taking back her distant gaze, Jessica Chastain lowered her head. Only she knew the annoyance in her heart. She regretted leaving the Stanton studio very, very much. This decision was so stupid!

"You're as stupid as a pig!" She ripped off the corner of her clothes.

If she had a chance to do it all over again, she wouldn't leave the Stanton studio if she said anything, so that she would have a distinguished career and wouldn't be struggling like she is now.

Is it useful to just regret it now?

"It's already $1.5 million today?"

Back at the Stanton studio, Carey Mulligan pulled a chair and sat down, counting with his fingers, "Last weekend was $510,000, plus today's, the North American box office of 'Chainsaw' exceeded 2 million Dollars!"

Two employees in the studio left after get off work, Murphy went to the water dispenser, poured two glasses of water, went over to give Carey Mulligan one, took a sip from the other, and said, "Honey, it's just 200 Just a million dollars."

Carey Mulligan also took a sip, leaned over to Murphy, widened his eyes, and deliberately put on an exaggerated tone, "This set your box office record!"

This is indeed the case, Murphy shrugged and said with a self-deprecating smile, "There will be new records every day in the future."

Standing on tiptoe and kissing Murphy, Carey Mulligan circled around him, "You should change your name to Mr. Record Breaker."

The teasing Murphy in these words can naturally sound, and he bent his fingers and made a gesture of bursting chestnuts. Carey Mulligan hurriedly covered his forehead and stepped back, pointed to him, and said aggrievedly, "Hey , I'm your girlfriend!"

Murphy retracted his hand, pulled over a chair, sat in front of the desk next to him, and hooked a finger to Carey Mulligan, "Bring the briefcase here."

Despite pouting aggrievedly, Carey Mulligan walked over to the hanger, took the briefcase that Murphy was hanging on, and handed it to Murphy, muttering, "There's work again. Do you want to deal with it?"

"Well," Murphy nodded, opened the briefcase, and took out a plan, "Fox Searchlight may arrange an exclusive interview for the crew, but it will wait until the film's box office is really strong."

With the current box office figures, it is simply thankless to find media interviews.

Hearing the interview, Carey Mulligan's eyes lit up immediately, and he came over and hurriedly asked, "Is there me? Can I participate?"

Murphy nodded, turned the chair, and said to her, "I have communicated with Fox Searchlight, and there will be you."

"Wow, I knew it." Carey Mulligan opened his arms and threw himself on Murphy. "You're always the best!"

Pinching the small nose in front of him, Murphy was just about to kiss her on the forehead, when she suddenly found that Carey Mulligan was sliding down his body as if she had lost her bones, and the innocent and cute baby face gradually fell. landed on his stomach.

The sound of his knees falling, Carey Mulligan knelt in front of Murphy, his face buried deep, like a man who was about to starve to death and found the most delicious food in the world... (to be finished continued.)