Chapter 67: Acting Skills

This banquet was held at the InterContinental Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Although the reason was the halftime celebration party of "Angels and Demons".

But in fact, it was a social action initiated by Disney to win over Milo.

But the initiative was initiated by Disney, and the process and outcome were not what Disney executives had imagined.

"Angels & Demons" is now a huge hit at the box office, and is expected to gross between $400 million and $500 million worldwide.

Disney's "Toy Story" won the global box office championship last year, but its box office was only around 394 million US dollars.

If the box office of "Angels and Demons" can exceed $400 million.

It’s hard to say who will be the box office champion this year, but the top three or five are definitely set in stone.

And even if the movie takes a nosedive halfway through, it's estimated to still gross over $250 million.

$250 million…

Last year's global box office ranking "Jumanji" only grossed $264 million.

The key point is that the investment was less than 40 million US dollars, and including publicity and promotion, the total cost was about 60 million US dollars.

Even if this movie was taken off the screens in all cinemas around the world tonight, it would have already paid for itself and made a fortune.

What's more, the profits of Hollywood movies are never more than what they can earn from being shown in theaters.

They often also include a lot of peripherals, such as various home video tapes and later DVDs.

This is a long-term income source, and the cycle is often measured in years.

In fact, for the entire Hollywood film industry, box office revenue only accounts for about 20-50% of the total revenue, and the rest comes from the development of peripheral products and subsequent products.

In other words, the total investment of this film, including publicity and promotion, is about 60 million US dollars.

Its total returns over the next ten years will be more than ten times the investment.

Who wouldn’t be jealous of such an investment return? This is also why Wall Street, after trying so many pitfalls, can’t help but come to Hollywood to explore the road from time to time.

Because the revenue that a really good movie can bring is too tempting.

The average annualized rate of return can be as high as 50% or even over 100%.

Who wouldn’t be jealous of such profits? If the risks weren’t too great, even greater than those of Wall Street’s financial products; if Hollywood wasn’t so good at cheating Wall Street, then the owner behind the Hollywood Big Eight would definitely be Wall Street!

From another perspective, we can also see that Hollywood's profits are actually very astonishing.

The Oilers' perspective.

Oilmen make a living by chasing capital, and they always ignore businesses that don't make money.

But in the United States, oil capital is almost entirely concentrated in Wall Street and Hollywood.

It's easy for Wall Street to say that usury has been an old tactic used by their race for thousands of years.

But Hollywood is not like that. These oilmen still find ways to urinate here and occupy the map, so that the media industry has become one of the oilmen's private reserves.

In addition to using it as a propaganda mouthpiece, it is also because to some extent.

The media industry, especially Hollywood, can really make money if it is done well!

If your business doesn't make money or doesn't make enough money, given the nature of oil people, they won't invest no matter how important your industry is.

So to some extent, Hollywood is actually very profitable.

Now, it’s clear that Angels & Demons is making money, a lot of money.

Previously, Hollywood's overall perception of Milo was that the industry elites looked at a rich and powerful outsider who came to Hollywood to mess around.

Moreover, this guy is arrogant, unreasonable and doesn't follow the rules, which makes many people in the industry dislike him.

But he has a big boss above him, and no one can drive him away.

Then we can only let it go and exclude it implicitly.

Now the situation has changed, as the people of Los Angeles say, that is -

"Hey, Maria's husband is here, it seems this country bumpkin from Bean City can really make a movie?"

Beantown is a derogatory term used by Los Angeles people to refer to Bostonians.

It’s not because Boston is rich in beans, but because there is a famous local specialty called "Boston Smothered Baked Beans".

It’s similar to the clay pot rice in Hua Xia clay pot rice province.

It is often used by people on the West Coast to refer to people from New England in a derogatory manner.

The key point now is not that Milo is from Doudou City, but that the movies he made made money.

Obviously there's a sequel, and it looks like it'll be even more profitable.

In Hollywood, due to various historical reasons and legal restrictions, there are only eight major Hollywood distribution companies! Whether it is co-production, like Disney and Fox.

It’s better to just be responsible for distribution. Anyway, as long as you get involved, you should be able to make a lot of money.

Money can move people, especially in a country like the United States where money determines a hero’s success.

Milo's popularity in Hollywood has increased exponentially.

So even if Disney didn't want to publicize this banquet, it still couldn't stop those jealous Hollywood tycoons from coming in droves.

Although many of them did not get an invitation.

but……

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Although I, Lei Shidong, don’t have an invitation to your Disney party, do you dare not let me in?

The same goes for Murdoch and other Hollywood moguls and media industry bosses.

So it was originally just a medium-sized banquet, but after it started, more and more people came...

Milo didn't know this.

After finishing in the room, he asked Nicole Kidman to leave first.

After waiting for about five minutes, he walked out leisurely and reappeared in front of everyone as the protagonist of tonight's banquet.

Seeing him appear, Nicole Kidman, who had been paying attention to him, breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards her husband.

As one of the hottest rising stars in Hollywood, Tom Cruise is of course surrounded by a group of people.

Turning around, he saw Nicole Kidman coming over. He immediately frowned and said, "Where did you go before?"

At a banquet like this, he would disappear for more than half an hour.

As someone who has been in the world of Vanity Fair, and who has seduced others and been seduced by others, Cruise could not help but have doubts in his heart.

Although cracks have appeared in their relationship, Nicole Kidman is still his wife at least in name.

It is impossible for a man to remain indifferent to the possibility that his wife may be cheating on him.

What's more, if the paparazzi exposed it, it would also affect his career! "I was just going to the bathroom and putting on makeup, but... "

Nicole Kidman was very calm. She glanced at the corridor where Milo had walked out and said in a low voice, "I ended up watching an HCG by the way."

"Um?!"

Tom turned to the side and saw Milo coming out from the corridor. He immediately smelled the scent of lovemaking on his wife. He frowned and asked, "Whose HCG is it?"

He is not a three-year-old child. It would be strange if he didn't understand the smell of Nicole Kidman.

But now he heard from his wife that there seemed to be something else going on. Although he was skeptical, he still wanted to hear his wife's explanation.

"Blackburn and Zeta-Jones." Nicole Kidman lowered her voice, glanced over there, and said, "Tsk tsk, too intense. You say, if it gets exposed, I wonder..."

"Don't do anything stupid."

As soon as he heard the name Blackburn, Tom immediately interrupted Nicole Kidman and said seriously:

"Is that something you can just threaten me with? Don't tell me you haven't heard of it..."

He lowered his voice to the lowest possible level, "Robert Downey Jr."

Nicole Kidman raised her eyebrows very well, making an expression of horror but trying hard to suppress it.

"Is that true?" she replied in a low voice.

"It doesn't matter whether it's true or not." Tom looked at her and thought that he was too young to understand her performance.

I don't know if she is acting or it's real.

"Anyway, if you want to die, don't take me with you!"

(End of this chapter)