Chapter 222: Box office exceeds 100 million (please subscribe for more)
"It is rumored that Link is good at instructing actors, and that actors who have worked with him will greatly improve their acting skills. Now I completely believe it."
Julianne Moore whispered on the sidelines.
"Yes, I didn't know how to act before, but after working with him a few times, I am now a mature actor."
Renée Zellweger laughed.
"What's wrong with your throat?"
Julianne Moore heard her voice crack.
"The weather is too hot and my throat is a little dry."
Renée Zellweger blushed slightly, took a sip of water from the water bottle, and let the cool pure water slowly soak into her burning throat.
"Reni, you are now the actress Link has worked with the most, right? Link is so nice to you."
“It’s very good.”
Renée Zellweger laughed cheerfully.
Link has directed six films so far. She has played the leading role twice, the supporting role once, and made a cameo appearance in "Final Destination", which means they have collaborated four times. She is the actor who has collaborated with Link the most times, even Monica and Jennifer Connelly cannot compare to her.
Thinking of this, Renée Zellweger felt a little proud.
"Link is such a powerful man. Now many women are eyeing him and want to climb into his bed. Renee, you have to seize the opportunity to keep him and don't let others take him away from you."
Julianne Moore smiled into Renee's shoulder.
"Link isn't mine, so how can I keep him? But I'm not worried about someone else taking him away. Although Link is a bit of a playboy, he's a very good man. He's not like those playboys who fall in love with every woman they meet."
"I can also see that he is very good to the women around him."
Julianne Moore looked at Link next to the camera. Link was directing the actors. He looked serious and solemn, and looked very charming.
Renée Zellweger was also looking at Link, and suddenly noticed that Jennifer Lopez, who played the female college student, was still on the sidelines. She had long brown hair, wheat-colored skin, and a curvy figure. She was a very hot Latina beauty.
She waved at Lopez.
Jennifer Lopez hurried over and whispered hello to her and Julianne Moore. Renée Zellweger and Julianne Moore were big stars in the crew, and they were not something a new actor like her could offend.
Renée Zellweger asked her which agency she was from and how she got into the crew.
Jennifer Lopez talked about a small agency that Renée Zellweger had never heard of. She joined the crew through casting. The play needed a Latino beauty with outstanding looks, and her image was very suitable.
Renée Zellweger asked her if she was willing to change jobs and could recommend her to join UTA agency.
Jennifer Lopez immediately said yes. Although UTA was established less than two years ago, it has been developing rapidly. It is currently one of the top five agencies in the industry and is much stronger than her original agency.
Renée Zellweger left Lopez's phone number and said she would contact her when she returned to Los Angeles.
Lopez left happily.
"Reni, why did you invite her to join UTA?"
"secret!"
Renée Zellweger laughed.
"Don't keep it a secret, just tell me."
Julianne Moore looked at her and reached out to scratch her waist.
Renée Zellweger covered her mouth and smiled, then leaned on Julian's shoulder and said she wanted to introduce Lopez to Link. She thought Link would like this hot girl.
"Introduce him to Link? Are you crazy?"
Julianne Moore looked at her in confusion.
Renée Zellweger shrugged, leaned over to whisper in Julianne's ear, and measured the length with her fingers. Julianne Moore's face flushed as she listened, and her eyes couldn't help but look at Link.
“Cut!”
“This one’s passed.”
The protagonist has many scenes in the dormitory, which took four days to shoot.
Link then took the crew to shoot campus scenes at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
There are also many scenes set in school, including the protagonist attending classes and participating in fraternity activities, the protagonist dating Kelly at school after his second time traveling through time, and after the third time traveling through time, the "little devil" Tommy becomes a model student, and Kelly and the fat boy Lenny become a couple.
This part of the plot has more than 80 scenes and is expected to take seven or eight days to complete.
If it rains in Vancouver, it will take longer.
During the filming, Monica, Jennifer Connelly, Liu Xiaoli and others would sometimes fly over to visit the set to chat about work and life and enjoy each other's company.
With the addition of Renée Zellweger and the new addition of Julianne Moore, the show won't be lonely or boring even on rainy days.
While filming in Vancouver, Link also keeps an eye on new movie box office and Hollywood news.
In its seventh week of release, "Dumb and Dumber" has grossed over $100 million in North America, cumulatively reaching $103 million. Total Film magazine predicts that the film's box office will exceed $120 million, making it the first film in North America this year to gross over $100 million.
The film also performed well in overseas regions. After four weeks of release, it earned $52.31 million in 38 countries and regions. It is expected that the overseas box office will also be over $100 million.
This movie is also the first movie released overseas independently by Guess What Pictures, and it will also get more box office revenue.
The huge box office success of "Dumb and Dumber" made many filmmakers jealous, so much so that a lot of negative news about him broke out in the media.
In an interview with the media, the famous producer Fred Olin said that Hollywood movies will soon be doomed because the best-selling movies now are all gimmick films that rely on hype such as "Paranormal Activity" and "The Blair Witch Project", as well as vulgar comedies with no bottom line and no logic such as "Ace Ventura" and "Dumb and Dumber".
The huge sales of such films will encourage more filmmakers and film studios to make similar films instead of classic art films such as "Citizen Kane", "Gone with the Wind" and "Schindler's List". This is a very bad thing and should be taken seriously.
Fred Olin's words were recognized by many filmmakers, and some people once again put forward the saying that bad money drives out good money.
However, most of the people who publicly criticized Link were not famous, and those who were famous did not dare to speak out again. They were also worried that what happened to Robert Downey Jr., Richard Gere and others would happen to them.
Some people also came forward to refute Fred Olin's argument.
Well-known film critic Will Rogers wrote that since the birth of movies, every year there have been people worrying that movies will disappear. From the silent film era to talkies, from black and white to color movies, all filmmakers who are worried about being eliminated have been predicting the decline of the film industry. However, the film industry is growing stronger and stronger and will not decline because of a little setback.
Will Rogers believes that even if the Hollywood film industry declines in the future, it will not be caused by the movies that the audience likes, but because the audience no longer supports movies, just like the current audience abandons silent films and black-and-white films.
Therefore, the hot sales of innovative films such as "Paranormal Activity" and "Dumb and Dumber" are a symbol of the prosperity of the film market. It also shows that audiences prefer to watch new-age films rather than old-fashioned films that have been eliminated by the market.
Will Roger believes that the film industry should learn from the innovative thinking of Link and Guess What Pictures and make more colorful films, while Fred Olin and others call the huge sales of such films a symbol of the decline of the film industry and a sign of backward language and thinking.
When "Dumb and Dumber" was in its seventh week of release, "Pulp Fiction" was in its ninth week of release, with a cumulative box office of 62.84 million US dollars, growing at a rate of one to two million per week in more than 400 theaters, with a small decline.
According to this trend, there is hope of breaking through 100 million US dollars by the end of the year.
This result is not bad, but Link can feel Quentin's resentment even if he is 2,000 kilometers away in Vancouver.
Originally, Quentin estimated that the North American box office of "Pulp Fiction" would be over $300 million, but the reality was that it would take a year to break $100 million. The gap was too big.
Quentin also felt that it was not easy for a movie to break $100 million at the box office, but for Link, it seemed very simple.
This also caused Quentin's resentment to double, and he would say sour words every time he called, as if there was a lemon tree growing in his mouth, and the smell could be smelled over 2,000 kilometers away.
(End of this chapter)
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