Chapter 168 First Weekend

The party was held at the Beverly Hills mansion of Guber, one of the co-chairmen of Columbia Pictures. In order to poach him and Peters, another co-chairman, Sony paid 200 million knives in advance to acquire their companies. A well-known producer and senior manager changed hands and put Sony on the back of a lawsuit with Warner Bros., and the compensation was nearly one billion dollars.

Adding in the $3.4 billion that Sony paid for the acquisition of Columbia Pictures and the $1.6 billion in debt it assumed, the book has paid a lot for this film company. , Their ability is not a problem, and the market share of new companies has been rising, but after many movies are sold, the money does not go into the pockets of Columbia Pictures, but flows into many surrounding companies with their backgrounds.

It was rumored that in order to let these two guys leave, Sony, who had figured out the taste, would rather be bled again in 1995, what a miserable word.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Song Ya, he poked his head out from the door of a bathroom with a sign under maintenance in the mansion, "No one, you go first."

The flushed Meera pecked his cheek, then stepped on her high-heeled shoes and walked away quickly.

He took off the maintenance sign, threw it into the cleaning cart not far away, and then went out to meet Taraji outside the corridor.

"It's all like a dream." Taraji, who was dressed in a decent red evening gown, held a wine glass and whispered excitedly: "Not long ago, I was a dancer on a banquet cruise ship, but now I am in Beverly Hills, attending a Hollywood show. Top party."

"Let's treat this as a dream, this place doesn't belong to us yet." Song Ya smiled: "Hollywood is a place that can erode people's will."

"Hey, I seem to be the older person here, I should tell you this kind of thing!" Taraji bumped him with his shoulder.

"Drink less, Taraji." Song Ya also took a glass of champagne from the plate held by the passing waiter, "Where is the person I can talk to?"

He didn't know most of the people at the party.

"Eremov is in the lobby on the first floor, director Graham is at eight o'clock, and Brian Krause is on the balcony." Taraji completed his task well, "As for Miss Jovovich, I Think you won't be able to find her in a short time, right?"

Taraji has no shortage of black girls' knack for making dirty jokes.

"You underestimate me."

Song Ya smiled and went to the first floor to find Yeremov.

"The box office of the advance show has not yet been counted.

"Eremov was chatting with a beautiful brown-haired woman, Song Ya was hesitating whether to go over, but he saw it first, "APLUS, come here, let me introduce you, this is Xuelinfen, Xuelin, APLUS, have you heard his songs? "

"Of course." Xue Linfen shook hands with Song Ya gracefully, "I really like the song Empire State of Mind by you and Mariah Carey."

"Thank you, me too..." Song Ya almost said that she liked your movie Stealing the Moon, but she reacted quickly, "I really like your performance in Shuangfeng Town."

The three chatted for a while, "Excuse me." Xue Linfen was greeted and left.

"What's wrong with her? She's a little listless." Song Ya looked at her graceful back, and automatically made up the picture of the full exposure in "Stealing the Moon". But in reality, this woman looks older than that in the movie and TV series Shuangfeng Town, and her hair color has also changed, otherwise Song Ya would not have recognized her in the first place.

"Twin Peaks is going to be cut down, poor boy," Yeremov replied.

"What? Isn't this TV show a good response?" This TV series directed by David Lynch is currently on the air. Xue Linfen has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award, and was also selected as the world's most popular TV series by People magazine. The Fifty Most Beautiful Women, a series of fashion magazines and clothing brands also began to favor her.

"Who knows, rumor has it that she and David Lynch broke up because of her boyfriend." Yeremov shrugged.

Why did the director break up with the actress because of the actress' boyfriend, and Song Ya made up a bloody plot. Xue Linfen's photographer boyfriend seemed unreliable, and even helped her girlfriend to a playboy Magazines shoot full-body pictorials, of course, this may also be for art. Song Ya naturally appreciated that pictorial, for the sake of art.

"After Stealing the Moon, she was very embarrassed. Even though she stopped acting for that film for more than a year, everyone except David Lynch went to find her in order to let her show something in the film. Hollywood is like this, Take off the clothes, bring in the box office, and no one will pay attention to her acting skills."

Yeremov said: "So I also won the opportunity for Mira to show less in this movie. You know, the contract that her mother signed with our company is much larger."

"I know, thank you Yeremov." In this matter, Song Ya's gratitude to him is sincere. Of course, if Mira does not rely on her own de Klerk to become popular in a short time, Yeremo Husband will definitely not change the original plan.

The next day, Song Ya left Los Angeles to continue her 'Trumpet' promotional itinerary.

"The early box office hasn't been calculated yet?"

In the evening, Song Ya looked at Taraji who walked into the hotel suite with a lot of newspapers and magazines and asked.

"I don't think it wasn't calculated, but Columbia Pictures didn't dare to show it."

Taraji opened a magazine, "David Thomson of Film Review Magazine: Readers, a remake can be messed up by director Graham, even if he copied the old version ten years ago, it came out It would have been better than this utterly boring piece of crap, who should have been cut open in the tradition of Columbia Pictures management!"

"Hollywood Report: Although Columbia Pictures is secretive, according to our observations, this movie will rank outside the tenth box office of all released films this week. s failure."

"US Weekly: It is said that returning to the blue coral reef has already booked multiple awards for Golden Raspberry in 1991. This news may not make the crew happy."

"The New Yorker's Ken Frans: Sorry, the nasolabial folds on the face of Brian Krauss, the return to the Blue Lagoon actor, made me laugh, but otherwise the film is useless. If it is not the only bright spot , having seen the premiere, I've decided not to talk about it because it's not worth mentioning."

"Uh... well, well, stop reading."

Song Ya dialed Mira's phone, "Ms. Jovovich? Where is Mira? Lock yourself in the room and cry? It's okay, the movie failed at the box office, but there were not many attacks on her, just a small setback ...Okay, please help me transfer to the landline in her room. Uh...did she unplug the phone line? Well, you can persuade her more, it's no big deal, I'll call back later. "

He dialed Yeremov's phone again, but the line was busy, and the call was transferred to the answering machine, "Hey, I'm APLUS, uh... I just want to ask about the box office of the movie, please call back if you have any news."

On August 5th, Back to the Blue Coral Reef’s first weekend box office was released, with a total of 1.5 million dollars. This result was achieved when 1,280 theaters across the country were simultaneously released, which means that the box office for a single theater in three days on weekends was only 1,000. It's a little over $1,000, which is less than a fraction of what Boys from the Block achieved in its first weekend when it was released in more than 800 theaters. Even now, Boys from the Block still has $4,000 at the weekend box office! Not to mention that theaters showing boys from the block are generally closer to black neighborhoods, where black purchasing power is much lower.

It could only rank sixteenth out of nineteen films released in mainstream theaters.

Mira's phone finally dialed.

"Stop crying? It's time to face reality, my dear. Maybe things will turn around." Song Ya comforted her.

"Um……"

Mira has indeed calmed down a lot, "Eremov is working hard to save the box office, and I also appeal to fans to come in and watch."

"Is this necessary? Consume the enthusiasm of your fans to contribute to the box office of a movie? You are just an actor, and you don't need to bear such a big responsibility. The salary you got back then was far lower than your current worth." Song Ya persuaded.

"Hmph! You don't know how the Hollywood tabloids write about me. I don't want to be underestimated by them."

"Getting angry with tabloids is the most stupid thing..."

"It's so annoying, don't preach, my appeal has already been sent, and I can't withdraw it!" Mira lost her temper and hung up the phone.