Chapter 931 Guilty

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"Miss Vichy, I watched "The Mummy" over the weekend. You were so amazing in the film. Can you sign me?"

"Oh, no problem."

"And mine, Miss Vichy."

"certainly."

"Do you mind if we take another picture?"

"Well, let's all go together."

Boston.

On the set of "Good Will Hunting" in Cambridge City, Rachel Weisz, who came to visit the class, was recognized as soon as she appeared, and was surrounded by a group of temporarily spare staff to sign autographs and take a photo. Sit down in the seating area next to the trailer.

Unscrewed the lid and took a small sip of the mineral water that the staff attentively delivered. Rachel looked at the filming in progress not far away, and her heart was still a little thumping.

That's what it's like to be famous.

Today is Tuesday, May 21st.

"The Mummy" was released last Friday, and the three-day box office grossed $41.46 million in the first weekend, more than doubling the gap between "Romeo and Juliet", which ranked second in the same period, and became the biggest hit in the summer so far.

With her stunning appearance in the film, the fledgling Rachel Weisz also became famous in one fell swoop. Even if some filmmakers found out that she had been confirmed to participate in James Cameron's "Titanic", she still received a bunch of new scripts in recent days. , the other party said that they could match her schedule.

Coupled with the sudden increase of praise and compliments around him, even if he felt that his mind was mature enough, Rachel could not help but feel a little overwhelmed.

After waiting for four or five minutes, the shooting in the open-air cafe area not far away finally ended. Kate Beckinsale waved to her and walked over, and Rachel also got up with a smile.

The two hugged affectionately, and Kate let go and asked, "Rachel, didn't you mean to have dinner together at night?"

"The recording of the program here is over, and the itinerary has been temporarily changed. I will fly to Vancouver in the afternoon."

Kate and Rachel sat down again and said with a smile, "Understood, you're a big star now."

Having said that, two capable girls in white shirts and black trousers appeared, one handed Kate a folder, and the other handed a cup with an unknown green drink.

Kate took the cup and took a few sips, put the folder on her lap and opened it, noticing that Rachel looked at the two women beside her curiously, waved at them, and waited for the other to walk away before saying, "Envy?"

Rachel immediately denied: "What's there to envy?"

"I persuaded you to come together at the beginning. Since he slept with us, why didn't he have the treatment of those vases? I took the initiative to ask for it, and it was delivered. You don't know, they may have done it, and they are still very good. In short, I Life is very comfortable now.”

Rachel struck: "And then, you're publicly admitting that you're Westeros' lover."

"It's an honor to be Simon Westeros's lover now, I don't know how many little Bitches envy me," Kate said, gesturing not far away: "There's one over there. , She has been on the set these days, hum, the movie has already started, does she think she can still grab a role from me?"

Rachel followed Kate's line of sight, and a tall girl who happened to be standing next to the hero Matt Damon also glanced here. The two of them met their eyes and avoided each other.

Actually know each other.

Matt Damon's current girlfriend is Minnie Driver. Damon hoped to win the role of the heroine of "Good Will Hunting" for his girlfriend, but it was a pity that Kate Beckinsale, who accidentally saw the script, easily Cut Hu. Minnie Driver is actually the second generation of Hollywood stars, her stepmother is the famous Barbra Streisand.

If it is another female star, the male lead and screenwriter's recommendation, plus the other party's family background, will definitely not be able to grab it.

Sad to meet Kate.

This is the project of Daenerys Entertainment, Kate's appearance and acting skills are only better than the other party's, plus the most important identity of the big boss's lover, tsk, is it better?

Thinking of this, Rachel suddenly felt a little lost, and still asked, "Kate, have you considered the future?"

"Of course," Kate said, "I'm 23 now, two years from now, 25, and I've got my footing in Hollywood, and I'll be free when I get rid of that pair of Weismaids and guards. Hey, now Some media always say that Simon is like the Howard Hughes of the year, I think he is more atmospheric than Hughes, this is the best lover template."

"Why do I think you are taking advantage of him?"

"How come, I gave my best youth time, he just gave me some convenience in my career, I still suffered a loss."

"..."

"Okay, Rachel, I still have one shot left in the morning, and I'll wait another 15 minutes. Since you're leaving in the afternoon, I'll ask Morgan and the others to reserve a table at a nearby restaurant and have lunch together later."

"Don't bother, there should be a working meal here."

"Why don't you make yourself a better life?" Kate was very enthusiastic, and invited two people not far away to give some orders, and then stuffed the green drink cup that Rachel had been aiming at her. Hand: "Tast it, kiwi juice."

Rachel took it and took a sip.

It is indeed much better than the bottle of mineral water just now.

All right.

Kate looked down at the footage that was about to be filmed, and asked, "Hey, when will the filming of "Titanic" start?

? "

"If nothing else, next month."

"Last year, it was almost the same project as 'The Mummy', and now 'The Mummy' is out. Rachael, according to Hollywood rules, the longer a project drags on, the more likely it will fail, and, you must have inquired, James Camere Long's projects are very frustrating, if I were you, I would reject this project and choose another."

Rachel's fluttering feeling when she just arrived is getting weaker for some reason, with a little resentment in her tone: "I'm not you, if you want to choose other, choose other, if you reject this project, you may not have a job. already."

"Tsk tsk, delicious tone, with the popularity of "The Mummy" now, how can you not find other characters."

Rachel felt Kate's teasing, and she couldn't hang on her face: "I mean, this was decided by Simon himself. If I pushed him, he would definitely be angry."

"Won't."

"Um?"

"Simon will definitely find another woman, hey, girl, if you want to be famous, go to bed with me."

"..."

Kate glanced at her: "You don't think about suing, do I speak ill of him behind his back?"

"I'm not so boring."

"I want you to complain."

Rachel looked suspicious.

In the end, there was some slight loss in Kate's expression: "This way, he can not only notice you, but also think of me. The last time I saw him was at a party at the end of last year. Even this Character, I know it was him who said hello, but there was no communication. And, can you imagine, I've only slept with him once until now."

Rachel opened her eyes slightly.

Because of their previous experience, the two were also friends, but they didn't meet much because they were busy with their respective jobs. Seeing that she was accompanied by the Wei family maid guard, she thought she would see him often.

"You mean, at the beginning, our time?"

"yes."

Rachel's expression was a little weird, and she asked mysteriously, "You, want to sleep with him?"

Kate rolled her eyes at her and paused before saying, "Actually, I'm also a little guilty."

Rachel stared at her friend next to her for a while, and realized that she suddenly opened her mouth. If it wasn't for the embarrassed Kate stabbed in the ribs, she would have almost laughed out loud.

...

In New York on the same east coast, Jett Lee, who has just completed "The Late Late Show with David Letterman", is also a little guilty.

Of course the nature is completely different.

Jet Lee's concern is "Black Man" at the North American box office.

If it is Asia, he certainly has no such concerns, but here is the United States. Moreover, New World Pictures actually invested 3 million US dollars in publicity and distribution for "Black Man", and prepared 1,276 opening screens, which are still summer. All of this actually means that once he messes up, he basically never thinks about getting other opportunities in Hollywood in the future.

After all, don't look at Jack Cheng's current popularity, he has been trying in Hollywood since the 1970s, and the success of "Rush Hour" actually has obvious accidental elements.

A group of men and women with mostly oriental faces left the abc headquarters on the upper west side together. Jack Cheng, who participated in the filming of the talk show together, excused himself and left first, Jett Lee and others enthusiastically sent each other into the car, In fact, I also understand that Jack Cheng is quite loyal enough to be able to achieve this level. After all, although Chinese people need to help each other outside, there are really few who can really do it.

It's good not to dig holes in each other.

After seeing Jack Cheng away, the others got into two commercial vehicles, waited for the cars to start, and next to Jet Li, a middle-aged man with a Chinese face said in jerky Cantonese: "About Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The matter, Mr. Friedman personally contacted Mr. Westeros, unfortunately, Jett, this project has already decided on other male leads, maybe you also know him, his surname is Zhou, he is also very famous in Asia, he has acted in Mr. Wu's "The True Color of Heroes"."

The middle-aged man who spoke was an agent of wma, named Jeremy Zhao, who was originally from Guangdong, but was already a second-generation immigrant.

With the close relationship between wma and Daenerys Entertainment, I noticed Simon's love for "Black Man". The other party decisively signed Jet Li's agency rights in Hollywood, and also specially assigned a Chinese for the other party. broker.

Jet Li heard that, with a regretful expression on his face, if he could win the role of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" ahead of schedule, it would mean one more chance. Of course he knew who the agent was talking about. Since it was decided by Simon Westero himself, it would be futile to fight for it unless the other party voluntarily gave up.

It's just that Hong Kong films as a whole are now collapsing, and filmmakers on the other side of the ocean are looking for other ways out. As long as Brother Fa is not crazy, he will not refuse the olive branch that Simon Westeros himself throws.

"Thank you for your help, Zhao."

Jeremy Zhao didn't have much, and instead said: "Actually, there is good news, there is a party in Greenwich tonight, Daenerys Entertainment arranged for you to participate, and they will record a few paragraphs to help you. The video recommended by the movie is put on the youtube website, Ang Lee will also be there, and Quentin, you may not have seen his "Blood Romeo", however, he is a fan of kung fu movies and has seen yours. less movies."

Jet Li nodded and said, "I will try my best to cooperate."

...

A total investment of 5 million US dollars to launch a Hong Kong film is definitely a big deal, if it is not for the many internal previews of "Black Man", the Western concept was specially selected.

Everyone gave very positive feedback, plus the information in memory, otherwise Simon himself would not agree to the plan.

However, even so, the $2 million acquisition of the copyright and the $3 million announcement is still a very inconspicuous project in Hollywood.

Therefore, mainstream publicity means such as newspaper and TV advertisements can only be used in small amounts.

Still want the sword to go sideways.

Pulling Jack Cheng over to cheer for Jet Li is a little bit of a swerve.

Moreover, in addition to his appearance on "The Late Late Show with David Letterman" that night, the next day, the YouTube website also focused on promoting the recommended videos of Jett Lee's "Black Man" by several directors such as Ang Lee and Quentin. As well as the trailer of "Black Man", in addition, with the permission of the copyright owner, Daenerys Entertainment also edited some clips of Jett Lee's previous films and put them on the youtube website.

With the continuous spread of publicity, even though the New World Pictures team is still not sure about the specific market performance of "Black Man", the exposure rate of this film has only reached a level that is enough to support 1,296 screens.

As more and more people pay attention to "Black Man", the second week of the 1996 summer season was also announced.

May 17 to May 23.

In seven days, the final box office of "The Mummy" in the first week of the painting reached 63.54 million US dollars, easily landing the first place in the single-week box office list. With the excellent results in the first week, the two producers, Daenerys and Fox, announced the news that the sequel was on the agenda for the first time.

Subsequently, "Romeo and Juliet" in its second week of release achieved a counterattack on Arnold Schwarzenegger's super blockbuster "Evaporation Order", with a box office of $25.45 million in the following week.

Within two weeks of its opening, "Romeo and Juliet" has grossed $510,000 at the box office.

New World Pictures has recovered all of its $30 million production and publicity costs within two weeks and has begun to achieve profitability. Moreover, because the box office drop in the next week was only a mere 19%, the subsequent box office potential of the film can be said to be very good.

A strong contrast to "Romeo and Juliet" is undoubtedly "The Evaporation Order".

In the second week of its release, "Evaporation Secret", which had an unsatisfactory start, dropped 51% at the box office under the impact of "The Mummy". The box office in the second week was only 17.79 million US dollars, and the two-week total of 54.21 million US dollars, which seems to be a lot. , but with the film's box office trend at this time, the final domestic box office will only be around 80 million US dollars.

Warner Bros. has invested a total of 130 million US dollars, 80 million domestically, and even half of the production cost of 100 million US dollars cannot be recovered. Because the proportion of overseas accounts is very low, even if the overseas box office is doubled compared to the domestic one, Warner still cannot escape losses in the theater release stage.

The final "Ace of Power", which opened at the box office in its first week, ended up with $15.94 million.

Not a complete failure.

But it is also equivalent to directly withdrawing from the competition of the summer program.

May 24.

In the third week of the summer season, because of the addition between "The Mummy" and "Mission: Impossible 2", only two new films on a large scale were released this week.

One is Leslie Nielsen's comedy "The Ultimate Laughing Detective", produced by Sony, with a production cost of $18 million and a screen count of 22.86 million. It is still the routine of "The White-Headed Detective".

The other is the "Black Man" that appeared in the field of vision of many people unconsciously during this time.

This Hong Kong film from the other side of the ocean has 1,296 screens, which does not seem to be much. In fact, it is the screen that Daenerys Entertainment used its own influence to win from the cinema.

Otherwise, the major theater chains in North America would not be very willing to give a Hong Kong film to the popular summer program. After all, after so many years, only one Jack Cheng has been recognized by North American audiences.

Recklessly releasing such a movie, if you don't pay attention, may actually go to waste.

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