Chapter 467: "007" Premiere Box Office
Suck it~
"What does it smell like?"
When it was almost time to get off work in the afternoon, Liu Xiaoli walked into the office and sniffed.
"Is there a smell? I don't smell it."
Link glanced at the several tissues in the wastebasket and kicked the wastebasket under the desk with his foot.
"It smells like curry. You have a strong taste now."
Liu Xiaoli said with a smile.
"Don't be mean to me. Aishwarya is eating Western food now. There is no smell of curry on her."
"Did I mention Aishwarya? You are just giving yourself away."
Liu Xiaoli blinked her beautiful peach blossom eyes slyly and nudged him with an elbow in a reproachful manner, "I thought you were very busy at work, but it turns out you are busy with this in the office, bah~."
"I'm relaxing after finishing my work. Don't think I'm not doing my job properly."
Seeing that she was still going to make fun of him, Link put his arm around the beautiful woman's shoulders and walked out, "Okay honey, it's time to get off work. Let's relax tonight."
Liu Xiaoli rolled her eyes at him, pulled the arm off her shoulder, held it in her arms and walked out.
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In its first week, "Tomorrow Never Dies" earned $58.12 million in 2,807 theaters in North America, becoming the weekly box office champion.
Among the movies produced during the same period, except for the sports-themed movie "Single" produced by Disney, the box office performance of other movies was very poor, less than 5 million US dollars.
This week, "Kill Bill" grossed $3.73 million. After 10 weeks of release, the film has accumulated $82.75 million in North America and about $65.19 million overseas. Compared to the production cost of $30 million, this result is pretty good.
It's just that Quentin had extremely high expectations for the film, and when he saw that the box office had not exceeded 100 million after 10 weeks of release, he was deeply shocked. He often called Link to complain that the audience was uncultured, liked to watch crappy movies, and turned a blind eye to good movies like "Kill Bill."
Link smiled secretly, knowing that Quentin was making fun of the commercial films he directed, but he didn't care.
He told Quentin that the audience has sharp eyes and that a movie you don't like is like food that doesn't suit your taste. No one will force something you don't want to eat into your mouth, which is no different from self-abuse.
In addition to "007" and "Kill Bill", other noteworthy movies this week include four films released by Guess What Pictures in March and April.
The first is the fantasy comedy "Quick" starring Nicole Kidman and Cameron Diaz.
The film was released in early March and has been on the screen for eight weeks, with a cumulative North American box office of $40.15 million. The film cost $28 million, and with overseas box office, advertising sponsorship, and video revenue, it is expected to make a small profit of tens of millions of dollars.
The second is the romantic comedy "Someone to Love" starring Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd.
It tells the story of the heroine Nina Borowski falling in love with a gay man.
The film cost $21 million to produce, and despite the participation of two popular stars, Jennifer Aniston and Kate Beckinsale, its box office performance was mediocre.
It earned $28.3 million in North America in six weeks. To make a profit, it will need the help of the overseas box office market.
The third one is "I Know What You Did Last Summer", a low-cost thriller suspense film, similar to last year's hit "Scream".
It tells the story of a few young people who hit and killed a passerby with their car while traveling, then abandoned the body and fled. A year later, they received an anonymous letter and were subsequently subjected to crazy revenge.
The film stars Ryan Phillippe, Naomi Watts, Sarah Michelle Gellar and others.
The production cost was 12 million U.S. dollars. After four weeks of release, the North American box office has accumulated 54.21 million U.S. dollars. The North American box office is expected to be around 80 million. Including overseas box office, the film's revenue ratio is more than 10 times.
It is a blockbuster movie.
The fourth comedy invested by Rose Films is "Taxi".
The film was released in France late last year, and grossed $55 million in France and about $12 million in other regions, which is 10 times the production cost.
However, due to cultural and language differences, the film's box office performance in North America was mediocre. After three weeks of release, the cumulative box office was less than 8 million US dollars.
The Rose of Love Films was expected to make a lot of money, guess what, the film industry earned very little.
In general, before the summer season, the eight films released by Guess What Pictures performed well. Although there was no movie with a box office of over 100 million in North America, the box office of "Kill Bill" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer" were both close to 100 million.
"I originally thought that I was famous enough and had good box office appeal, and that this movie would make at least 50 million, but in the end it was just that."
Jennifer Aniston was flipping through a movie magazine, her lips curled in dissatisfaction.
After the first three seasons of "Friends" were broadcast, she became a household name in the United States, "America's sweetheart", her fame was higher than that of top movie stars, and she would arouse cheers from the people wherever she went.
She is the spokesperson for advertisements everywhere, on TV and on the streets.
But also because she is so famous and her performance in "Friends" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the audience, she is Rachel Green, not Jennifer Aniston.
No matter how she acts, her characters always have the shadow of Rachel Green, and it's easy to be distracted when watching her movies.
This is also one of the reasons why "The One I Love" did not perform well at the box office.
Another reason is that the script is average, there are not many highlights, and the story is not exciting enough. The story of a beautiful woman falling in love with a gay man is very niche, and it is considered good to earn more than 28 million in six weeks.
"This role doesn't suit you very well. The Rachel Green you play is sweet, willful, dependent, vain and arrogant. Because you acted so well, everyone thinks you are this kind of person. This is a stereotype. It's just that you suddenly don't act like Rachel Green in other works. Many people can't accept this change and won't go to see the movie."
Link said as he put his arm around the girl.
"Will that affect The Truman Show?"
"It's not a big problem. Your character is similar to Rachel Green, naive and a little vain. The audience will be more accepting of it."
This is why Link decided to choose Aniston as the heroine. However, if the system does not give a high evaluation of the film during the preview, he will replace her. The heroine does not have many roles in the film, so it will not be too troublesome to replace her and reshoot.
"Link, what's your next movie going to be? Why haven't you started casting yet?"
Lisa Kudrow asked, putting down her magazine.
Courteney Cox and Drew Barrymore also weighed in on the issue.
"Pirates of the Caribbean is a fantasy adventure film. The entire project was prepared as early as the beginning of last year. The roles were also selected at that time. Several leading actors were invited to participate. The male lead is Johnny Depp. Leonardo DiCaprio was originally chosen for the supporting actor, but he is too popular now and has no schedule. Later, an Australian actor was chosen. The female lead is Catherine Zeta-Jones. This role requires a classical beauty. Only special supporting roles in the entire movie need to pass auditions."
"It's a shame I didn't get the chance to participate."
Drew Barrymore said, pouting her chubby lips.
“I remember you had three plays this year.”
Columbia Pictures' "The Silence of the Lambs," Warner Bros. Pictures' "Go Go Squid!", and MGM Pictures' "It Started with a Kiss," all three films are romantic comedies, and she played the leading female role in each of them.
"Yes, I have no shortage of roles, but this is your movie, and no one will miss the opportunity to be in it. I learned a lot from you last time I filmed Batman Forever."
Drew said with a grin.
"There's a chance. MGM sent me a script for an action-themed movie with a female lead. If you're interested,
"I'm interested!"
Before he could finish, Drew raised his hand excitedly.
"You don't have to scream so loudly. You're always the loudest in bed."
Jennifer Aniston pinched Drew's chubby cheeks as if to vent her anger.
Link smiled and said, "This is an action movie with a lot of fighting scenes. If you are interested, find time to practice more. Mila, Diaz, and Julie have already started training, you can join them."
“There are four heroines in this movie?”
"Three! You're teaming up with Diaz, and Mila and Jolie have other film projects."
The company currently has three action movies with female protagonists, "Resident Evil", "Tomb Raider" and "Charlie's Angels". These three film projects have great potential and can all be made into series of movies. Therefore, before the formal shooting, they all need to receive training. If they do not perform well, Link will consider replacing them.
"Got it. I will definitely train hard."
Drew happily threw herself into his arms and seduced him with her plump and white body.
Jennifer Aniston and the other two watched Drew's performance with smiles on their faces and did not go up to disturb him until Drew shouted for help, then they got up and went on stage.
(End of this chapter)
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