Chapter 102: Presenters
Time went into March, and the 61st Academy Awards ceremony was getting closer and closer. As Hollywood films became more and more influential around the world, Oscar received more attention.
Although this Oscar award is destined to have little to do with Eric, no one can ignore the 18-year-old who has risen less than half a year.
Among the films related to him, "Returning to the 17-year-old" and "Little Ghosts" have entered the 15th week of the screening since November 18 last year. "Returning to the 17-year-old", although there is no "little" The momentum of the "Home" is strong, but after four months of screening, the box office has reached 107 million, becoming the sixth box office in 1988.
If you don't compare it with "Little Ghosts," this data is also very bright. Up to now, the box office potential of "Returning to Seventeen" has been completely exhausted. Only two or three hundred thousand box office can be harvested on less than three hundred screens per week, and it is possible to go down at any time.
At the same time as "Returning to Seventeen", it was released to "Little Ghosts", but the box office is close to 240 million, and "Little Ghosts" can still harvest about 5 million box office every week on more than 1200 screens in North America.
The local box office of Hollywood movies in this era, 200 million US dollars is a watershed of super sales, only George Lucas's "Star Wars" series can be easily reached, even Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost" series has no such enthusiasm .
And the $300 million local box office can only be a legend. The last time and the only time to realize this legend is Spielberg’s "Alien ET" in 1982. After six years, it was born. The Little Ghosts has the potential to touch the legendary threshold.
In this case, Colombia, which started negotiations with Sony, has completely ignored the question of how much share it can get because of the gambling contract. It is wondering how to send the North American box office of "The Devil's Home" into three. The billion dollar mark. Everyone knows that once the box office of "Little Ghosts" broke through 300 million, it is the beginning of another round of inflation in Colombia.
"What? Let me be the guest of the best supporting actress?" Eric looked at Amy Pascal, who was suddenly visiting. "Can this be decided by Colombia?"
"We have already passed with the producer of this Oscar Awards, Alan Calg, and you have this qualification with your current influence. Eric, as soon as you nod, will soon receive an invitation."
Eric was hesitant, his exposure was already high enough, and his private life was harassed by reporters and paparazzi for three days. But he can also understand the intention of doing so in Colombia, whether it is for the release of "Little Ghosts" or the summer "Dark War", let him show his face at the award ceremony of 40 to 50 million viewers. It is very good.
Although Bronte Cohen has left the company and started the acquisition negotiations with Sony, Colombia has made a 180-degree turn to Eric's attitude and actively promoted "Little Ghosts".
But at that time, "Little Ghosts" has missed the most operational Golden Globe Award, and the Oscar nomination has also been announced. "Little Ghosts" only got a very good nomination for the best soundtrack. Everyone knows that this is a soothing nomination given by the college to attract attention and to the box office results of "Little Devils".
If Colombia is active in public relations at the beginning, "Little Ghosts" can be more than a few nominations, and perhaps a small gold man.
But now it's too late to say that, and it doesn't matter that it has been less than two weeks since the Oscar judges voted. There is no point in making public relations. Only with the score of "Little Ghosts", if you can defeat the "Yu Ren", "Fog Lock Danger", "Dangerous Relationship" and other excellent movies to get the Xiaojin people, it will test the audience's IQ.
After all, "Little Ghosts" is just a younger childhood comedy, without any artistic connotation.
With a little thought, Eric nodded and agreed.
Colombia does this, although for their own consideration, but Eric can also get a lot of benefits. As long as he tries to cooperate with Colombia, the "Little Ghosts" box office breakthrough of 300 million US dollars hopes a lot, once this goal is achieved, Eric's share will reach 120 million US dollars.
Amy also conveyed Eric's promise to the top of Colombia. After the "Little Ghosts" downgrade, Colombia will pay Eric's share in full within one month. This can alleviate Eric's economic situation to the greatest extent. I know that Eric recently borrowed 5000 from the bank for the successful shooting of "Sweet Woman" and "Small Island" and the construction of the Malibu mansion. A huge sum of thousands of dollars. He now has a full $100 million in debt, and in Hollywood he is undoubtedly the most indebted individual.
"Since you agree, I will inform Alan Carr as soon as possible to send you an invitation." Amy took a sip of coffee with satisfaction and asked: "Eric, I heard you and Tom Cruise. The negotiations with Tom Hanks are deadlocked. Do you need Colombia to come forward?"
Eric shook his head and refused. This stalemate was what he expected, and he also confirmed that the stalemate would not last more than a month.
Because during the Easter period, Richard Kiel gave up the "Fengyue" actor and the action drama "Weilong Killing" in the United States will be released. There is no memory of this movie in his mind. Intention to some people, the news is that even within the United States, the most optimistic box office expectations for this movie are only about 30 million US dollars.
With Richard Keel in the front, even if Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks are Hollywood A-class superstars, it is impossible to make a stupid thing that also refuses to participate in Eric's new film.
The more superstars, the more cautious they are in the selection of films. In case of accidentally stepping on a bad film, the damage to their fame is hard to estimate.
Al Pacino was defeated four years ago by Warner’s $30 million bad box office, and it’s a good idea to have four years of experience under the pressure of huge public opinion. Before that, Alco was nominated for five Oscars. The winner, the undisputed Hollywood A-class superstar.
The film that Eric participated in has experienced three consecutive successes, and Hollywood is undoubtedly the most box-office and word-of-mouth guarantee. What's more, after seeing the script, Cruise and Hanks also unanimously endorsed the box office prospects of "Dark War."
The reason why the two men let CAA's agent and the fireflies stalemate, in addition to giving Michael Owitz the ‘Hollywood's most powerful person, leave a face, more to get a higher pay and share.
Eric believes that once the CAA has deliberately led to the breakdown of the negotiations, the two will definitely come forward to stop. From the script talks of the day, Eric knew that the two had made up their minds to play the film, otherwise they would not be able to discuss the script with themselves for four hours.
"No, Amy, it won't take a month, CAA will be loose," Eric didn't want to owe Colombia a favor: "I just can use this time to complete the film preparation. Compared to the first two The film is less than a month's production cycle, and the time of the "Dark War" is very abundant. Now there are more than four months from the release in July."