Chapter 455 Golden Globe Awards Ceremony
In its fourth week of release, "Titanic" earned $37.14 million in 2,746 theaters, and its cumulative U.S. box office reached $206 million.
The overseas box office continues to grow as well, earning $273 million in 97 countries and regions this week, bringing the total overseas box office to $788 million.
In January, the film industry awards season arrives, and the shortlist for the 55th Golden Globe Awards for American Film and Television was released in early January.
Nine films under Guess What Pictures were shortlisted.
"Saving Private Ryan" received five nominations, including Best Picture - Drama, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, and Best Original Score.
"Evita" received five nominations, including Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Original Song.
"Boogie Nights" won 2 awards, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
"Girl, Interrupted" won 2 awards: Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.
"Fight Club" won 1 award for Best Screenplay.
"My Best Friend's Wedding" won 3 awards: Best Film - Comedy or Musical, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor.
"Primal Fear" won 1 award for Best Supporting Actor.
"The Ice Storm" won 2 awards, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress.
1 award for "The Legend of 1900" for Best Original Score.
"Zheng Chenggong" won 1 award, Best Foreign Language Film.
Including "L.A. Confidential" and "12 Monkeys", co-produced with Columbia Pictures and New Line Cinema, there are more films nominated by Guess What Pictures this time.
However, the film that received the most nominations at this year's Golden Globe Awards was "Titanic", with a total of 8 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress, etc.
After the list was announced, the media began discussing which film would be the biggest winner in this year's awards season.
Although "Saving Private Ryan" had good quality and reputation, the vast majority of media chose to support "Titanic".
After the release of "Titanic", it caused a huge response around the world, and words such as "Titanic", "Jack and Rose", "My Heart Will Go On" and "If You Jump, I Jump Too" became popular.
In addition, the film has a great impact on the film industry, including technological innovation and production benchmarks. The film perfectly combines CGI (computer-generated imagery) with real-life shooting, promoting breakthroughs in film special effects technology;
Second, it reshapes the global film market. This film is the fastest to break through the $1 billion box office in film history, and will bring in more box office revenue in the future. This also allows investors to see the huge potential of the film industry, and more capital will enter the film industry in the future.
Third, "Titanic" became a phenomenal movie. Through the combination of love narrative and disaster elements, it became a global pop culture symbol and had a great influence on subsequent disaster movies.
Analyzing from these aspects, "Titanic" is more likely to become the biggest winner of the awards season.
Link also thought so, so after the award season arrived, he and the public relations staff took a holiday and did not carry out any public relations activities.
"What a shame. Without Titanic, Saving Private Ryan would definitely be the biggest winner of this year's awards season."
Julie Delpy said as she flipped through the newspaper by the manor's outdoor swimming pool.
"It doesn't matter. Both movies are projects of Guess Pictures. If Titanic wins an award, the overseas box office performance will be even higher."
Renée Zellweger sunbathes on the beach in a bikini.
"But if Titanic wins, Link won't be able to win the Oscar for Best Director."
Charlize Theron lay on a bench, with sunscreen applied on her body, her skin looked moist and shiny.
"It doesn't matter if he can't get it. Link is so young and has made good movies one after another. If he can't get it this year, he will definitely get it next year or the year after. I believe in Link."
Cameron Diaz raised her head and kissed Link on his thigh.
"Yes, we can't let Link win an award too early. Maybe he will lose the motivation to create after winning the Best Director Award."
Jodie Foster said.
"Link, is that so?"
Drew Barrymore asked with a wink.
"No, making movies is my job. I will continue to make movies as long as I can move. Maybe in fifty or one hundred years, I will still be making movies."
Link held the petite Naomi Watts in his arms, gently stroking her soft blonde hair.
"A hundred years later? A hundred years later you'll be over 120 years old and can't even walk. Do you still want to make a movie?"
Jennifer Lopez laughed.
"Yes, I will continue to shoot as long as I can stand up."
"Link, I have to admit that you are indeed a very dedicated director. All of us directors should learn from you."
Sophia said as she put the magazine down.
"You're welcome, let's learn from each other."
Link patted Naomi's butt, stood up and walked to the 3-meter diving platform at the edge of the swimming pool, did a 720-degree spin with his knees hugged, and jumped into the water cleanly.
The girlfriends at the scene cheered loudly.
Then Jennifer Lopez, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cameron Diaz and others all jumped into the water and swam around Link.
Suddenly, the crystal clear swimming pool was filled with hot and charming long legs.
The Golden Globe Awards ceremony was held on January 18. The day before the ceremony, Link and his nominated girlfriends left the manor and returned to Los Angeles to attend the ceremony.
The results of the Golden Globe Awards ceremony were similar to what the media had predicted. "Titanic" became the biggest winner of this year's Golden Globe Awards, winning Best Picture - Drama, Best Song, and Best Original Score.
"Saving Private Ryan" only won Best Screenplay.
"Evita" won the Best Film and Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical awards.
Winona Ryder won the Best Actress in a Drama Series Award for Girl, Interrupted.
Julianne Moore won the Best Supporting Actress award for Boogie Nights.
"Zheng Chenggong" won the Best Foreign Language Film.
Although "Saving Private Ryan" failed to win more awards, the films under Guess What Pictures performed well overall. If the awards won by "The Ship" are counted, the films under Guess What Pictures almost swept all the awards at this year's Golden Globe Awards.
"Link, it's such a pity. If it weren't for Titanic, Saving Private Ryan would have definitely been the biggest winner of this year's Golden Globe Awards."
Michael Ovitz had a droopy face, looking even more regretful than Link.
Link smiled softly. After the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, he heard many people say this. Some people really felt sorry for him, while more people were laughing.
His answer to this is almost the same, "It doesn't matter. Titanic is a rare good movie. Saving Private Ryan lost to it but it is still an honorable defeat."
"Haha, I almost forgot that Titanic is also a movie produced by your company. It won an award, and you can also make more money in the overseas film market. This is so enviable."
When he said this, Ovitz showed a very genuine expression of envy on his face. He was really envious of Guess What Pictures for releasing two movies with global box office exceeding $1 billion within a year. If this achievement belonged to him, he would have a 60% chance of gaining the support of shareholders, driving out Michael Eisner and becoming the real boss of Disney.
"Hey, Link, congratulations, you guys had another great year last year."
New Line Cinema President Robert Shea and Columbia Pictures CEO Jon Birds came over with glasses of wine to congratulate.
"Harvey, what are you doing?"
Not far away, Bob Weinstein grabbed Harvey's arm to stop him from approaching Link.
"Why are you pulling me in? Link and I are partners. Guess what, the film company won a lot of awards today. What's wrong with me going to congratulate them?"
Harvey slapped his arm away.
"Are you really going there to congratulate, not to cause trouble?"
"Of course, I'm not a reckless man. I can't possibly beat him up here."
"All right!"
Bob temporarily believed Harvey, but when Harvey walked towards Link, he followed him to prevent any accidents.
The reason why he was so careful was that Harvey had a big problem with Link.
Last year the two companies collaborated on two films, Fight Club and Evita.
The former made $42 million, and for this film to be profitable, it would need to gross over $100 million worldwide.
However, the film's current North American box office is only 41.35 million US dollars, and its overseas box office is only more than 30 million.
Miramax expects to lose more than $3 million.
Although "Evita" won the Best Picture and Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, its current North American box office is only $48.6 million and its overseas box office is only $7.45 million, while the film's production cost is as high as $55 million.
Miramax expects to lose more than $6 million.
Last year, Miramax collaborated with Guess What Films on two projects. Both films suffered losses and the company lost up to $10 million.
This incident made Harvey extremely angry.
Last year, Guess What Pictures released 17 films, of which 15 films exclusively produced by Guess What Pictures were all box office hits. Even if they did not sell well, they were able to break even. Two of the films had global box office revenues of over $1 billion.
Only two films produced in collaboration with Miramax Films lost money at the box office.
This is such a coincidence that one can't help but suspect that this is Link's conspiracy. He deliberately used this method to plot against Miramax.
This is also why Harvey is angry.
"Haha, Link, congratulations. Guess what? The film company will win the box office championship again this year. This is really amazing."
Harvey grinned and tried his best to look happy.
"Thank you, we are lucky."
Link said modestly.
The muscles on Harvey's face twitched violently, and he used all his strength to hold back from saying the dirty words in his heart.
If he was richer and had a higher status than Link, he would want to grab Link by the collar and tell him to stop pretending, saying that he would easily be struck by lightning for being so hypocritical.
"Haha, good luck is sometimes a kind of strength. I dream of being as lucky as you."
Harvey said with a grin.
Link smiled softly when he heard the sour resentment that could not be suppressed in Harvey's words.
In fact, guess what, both movies he collaborated with Miramax lost money. This was not his arrangement, but Harvey's bad luck. These two loss-making movies were personally selected by Harvey, so he can't blame anyone.
"Hey, Link, Mr. Weinstein, I hope I didn't disturb you."
Kate Winslet, the heroine of "Titanic", came over and greeted with a smile. She was wearing a white off-shoulder long dress. Her figure was plump and well-proportioned but not fat, and she exuded a charming fragrance.
"Kate, it's great to see you here. You are definitely the most dazzling star at the awards ceremony tonight."
Harvey laughed with his big belly sticking out.
"Thanks!"
Kate Winslet's eyes fell on Link, "Link, do you think so too?"
As she spoke, she glanced at Winona Ryder, Julianne Moore, Jodie Foster, Jennifer Aniston and others who were chatting not far away. They were also nominated for the Golden Globe Awards this year. As Link's girlfriends, each of them was the heroine of the party.
Link smiled softly, "Yes, you are now the dream girl of men all over the world. No matter where you appear, you can attract the attention of all men there. You are not only dazzling, but also the center of attention."
“Does the world’s men include you?”
Kate Winslet stepped forward and looked at him with sparkling eyes.
"Of course, I am a representative of men all over the world."
"Haha, it's my pleasure."
Hearing the two people chatting, Harvey's smiling face gradually turned gloomy, and his heart was once again filled with anger and jealousy.
Just now he responded to Kate Winslet's greeting enthusiastically, but this woman's reaction was very perfunctory. After saying thank you, she focused all her attention on Link. She also used extremely seductive words and actions to seduce Link, and she wanted to climb into Link's bed as soon as possible.
Moreover, when the two were flirting, they didn't take his existence into consideration at all and just treated him as a prop to enhance the atmosphere.
Harvey secretly bit his back teeth, his heart filled with anger.
This experience reminded him of his childhood. Because he was ugly, fat and short, no woman was willing to approach him during his school days, let alone be his girlfriend. He was still a shameful virgin until he was 22 years old.
Therefore, he secretly vowed since he was a child that he must become a big man in the future, find many women, and make all the women kneel on the ground and look up at him.
Over the past decade, he has used the resources at his disposal to have sex with many women, including female celebrities, and successfully realized his childhood dream.
Originally, he thought he had succeeded and would no longer be looked down upon by women, but the cold attitude of Kate Winslet and Link's other women gave him a hard slap in the face.
In a trance, he seemed to have returned to middle school and became the little virgin who was unpopular with women again.
This feeling made him furious, and he once again desired success more than ever, desired to be a big shot, a man who would never be looked down upon by a woman.
"Harvey, we should go."
Bob came over and reminded.
Harvey came to his senses, only to find that Link and Kate Winslet had left at some point, and were now chatting and laughing with several beauties including Winona Ryder, Jodie Foster, and Jennifer Aniston. They were so happy and so eye-catching.
The muscles on Harvey's face twitched again, and his expression became ferocious, greedy and ambitious.
(End of this chapter)
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