Chapter 097

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After the first weekend of 14.31 million US dollars, the final box office of "Butterfly Effect" reached 21.69 million US dollars in the complete first week, no suspense at the North American weekly box office.

In the living room of the apartment.

Simon looked at the box office data report in his hand, and his first thought was the next box office trend.

According to the current media reputation of "The Butterfly Effect", most people are not optimistic about the box office curve of this film, and Simon himself cannot be too optimistic.

If the box office of "Butterfly Effect" falls by more than 50% in the second week, then, despite the high starting point of $21.69 million in the first week, the film's total North American box office will only reach about $50 million.

At $50 million, relative to the production cost of the film and the average figures of this era, the box office performance is definitely very good.

The production cost of "The Butterfly Effect" is $10 million, and the actual publicity budget is usually half of the production cost. In this way, if the box office reaches 30 million US dollars, Fox has already begun to make a profit, not to mention the overseas distribution and later videotape, TV broadcast and other income, Fox is enough to make a lot of money in this project.

However, this is definitely not a good thing for Simon.

The reason why Fox and Orion approved the sharing contracts of "Death Is Coming" and "Pulp Fiction" is entirely in the expectation that Simon can "make persistent efforts" after "Lola Run".

The box office of "Butterfly Effect" in the first week is largely dependent on the popularity brought by "Lola Run".

Now.

The word of mouth of "Butterfly Effect" has collapsed, and if the next box office is completely unworthy of its high starting point in the first week. Then, Hollywood will completely regard "Lola Run" as an accidental success, and the halo blessing it brought to Simon will also be invalid after "The Butterfly Effect".

Next.

Although the contracts of "Death Is Coming" and "Pulp Fiction" cannot be reversed, Hollywood studios will obviously not consider the halo factor of "Lola Run" in the process of Simon's promotion of other follow-up projects of Daenerys Pictures. .

Even Simon's age disadvantage of less than twenty years old will be magnified again.

Not in the mood to pay attention to the box office of other movies, Simon threw aside the report in his hand, and looked at the opposite big screen nonchalantly.

What is playing on the screen is the classic black and white Hollywood film "Casablanca".

As a high-ranking movie on the [imdb] top-250 in the original time and space, Simon has seen it more than once in his memory. "When Harry Met Sally" also has many details about this film, so I bought a video tape to rewatch it.

Looking at Ingrid Bergman's bright eyes on the screen, Simon suddenly thought of Janet and what Neil said before he left.

After a moment of hesitation, Simon took the phone and dialed a series of numbers while leaning on the sofa.

After the usual series of beeps, the phone was picked up, and there was a small humming like a kitten, with obvious impatience.

Simon listened to the woman's reaction, but curled the corners of his mouth and said softly, "Baby, it's me."

In the bedroom of the mansion in Palisades, Janet dazedly huddled on the big bed in the bedroom, and the telephone line on the bedside table was stretched and stretched all the way to the quilt.

Hearing Simon's voice, Janet regained some energy, and groped for a pillow next to her and hugged it in her arms, as if she was hugging a guy, but she said, "Who is this guy? Where's your baby, it's Jenny."

Simon was kind: "Okay, Jenny."

Janet was immediately dissatisfied, and criticized: "I really don't have a position."

Simon smiled and said, "I just wanted to call you to say good night."

Janet twisted her body under the duvet, hugged the pillow tighter in her arms, and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Watch a movie," Simon glanced at the big screen and said, "Casablanca."

"Because of "When Harry Met Sally"?" Janet asked, and without waiting for Simon to answer, she said, "I've seen it before. However, I don't like this story very much, and everyone is careful. Yes, not at all."

Simon unknowingly grabbed a pillow from the side, but just put it on his knee, and said, "That must be something you didn't understand."

"Um?"

"Actually, 'Casablanca' is definitely the most obscure love story in Hollywood history, and it ends perfectly."

"uh-huh?"

Simon smiled and said: "Look, the story should actually be like this. In the chaotic small town of Casablanca, Sheriff Reno fell madly in love with the bar owner Rick. In order to attract Rick's attention, he deliberately disguised himself as A playboy who keeps changing one woman after another. The arrival of Rick's ex-girlfriend Elsa makes Sheriff Reno feel a very strong crisis. However, Leno is very smart, he seems to be nothing on the surface, and secretly But secretly pushed, not only successfully drove Elsa away, but also used this incident to make Rick understand his heart. In the end, the two left Casablanca together, and they have been together for a lifetime, wandering the world."

On the other side of the phone, Janet listened to Simon's narration, recalling the movie plot in her memory, her beautiful eyes blinked and blinked, and she suddenly screamed: "Ah, little bastard, Westeros I'll never watch Casablanca again, you little bastard."

So accusing, Janet

She suddenly became overjoyed again, rolled on the big bed for a while, and suddenly realized something. The woman's joy came to an abrupt end in a blink of an eye, and she quickly grabbed the discarded microphone back: "Hey, little bastard, are you still there?"

Simon said: "Yes."

Janet hesitated for a moment, then asked weakly, "You, haven't you been holding back too hard lately and have become interested in men?"

Simon felt a black line floating in front of his eyes, and immediately said: "No."

Janet was obviously still worried: "Really?"

"Of course it's true," Simon nodded again, not wanting to continue discussing this topic, and instead said: "However, without you by my side, I've been in a mess recently. How about taking the time to help me clean up?"

Janet refused without hesitation: "No, you can find a cleaner yourself."

"You know," Simon felt that the topic was diverted, and continued decisively: "I don't like strangers appearing in my house."

"But," Janet grabbed the pillow in her arms, changed her posture on the bed, and said, "I am also looking for a cleaner to clean the villa here?"

Simon didn't pay attention to these before, so he had to say: "This, I can't see it and pretend I don't know."

"Hehe, then let Kate help you clean up."

Simon said helplessly: "Are you really such a good girlfriend?"

"Otherwise, you can solve it yourself," Janet curled her lips, but said, "Don't allow strangers to appear in your territory. From this point of view, you really look like a lion."

Simon figured that he should take the time to tidy up on the weekends. After listening to Janet's words, he remembered one more thing, and said, "I always hear you talk about lions and so on. I recently came up with an idea about lions," he said. Then, Simon got up, looked around, found a stack of drawings, put it on his knees and looked at it casually, saying: "This is a cartoon called "The Lion King", the story template of "The Prince's Revenge" How about I make it for you as a birthday present. By the way, when is your birthday?"

Janet's voice was soft, and she whispered, "I'm only on my birthday, and I feel sad when I think of my age."

Simon said softly: "Of course, it's your eighteenth birthday. It's eighteen every year. Come, tell me when your eighteenth birthday is?"

Janet's tone softened a bit, and she said softly: "March 13, this year has already passed by secretly. Well, I don't want the story if it's not good."

"You can take a look first," Simon kept this day in mind and continued: "How about tomorrow? I'm going to Madonna's house for a party tomorrow night, you'll be my girlfriend, and we'll discuss this together after we come back. story."

"No, I'm not your girlfriend now," Janet resisted slightly, and asked again, "What are you doing at Madonna's house?"

"I want to invite Madonna and Sean Penn in Pulp Fiction, which is the opening bunnies and pumpkins."

"Hehe, invite them both," Janet curled her lips mockingly, and said, "I happen to remember the "Magic City" they acted together last year. The reviews said that the only good thing about that movie was that the audience could be alone. Enjoy a movie theater."

Hearing Janet say this, Simon couldn't help but laugh.

"Magic City" is a movie starring Madonna and Sean Penn last year. The production cost was 17 million US dollars, but the North American box office was only 2.31 million.

Before sending out invitations to Madonna and Sean Penn, Simon also specially found the video of "Magic City Surprise" and watched it. It can only be described as appalling. Madonna also won her first golden acid at the beginning of the year. May's worst heroine.

Simon eventually decided to give it a try, though.

Simon has always believed that there has never been a completely hopeless actor in this world, and the key is to look at the role. Otherwise, Madonna would not have won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in "Mrs. Veron" later.

Due to the episode on ABC's "Good Morning America" ​​last month, after Simon completed the script of "Pulp Fiction", the first thing that came to mind for the opening bunny and pumpkin was the Madonna couple.

Madonna's bold and avant-garde, Sean Penn's hot character, it is perfect to play a pair of mandarin duck robbers together.

The most important thing is that Madonna's movie pay will not be too high, and Sean Penn is not a Grand Slam actor right now. If it is just a cameo, this idea has a very high feasibility.

Thinking to himself, Simon asked, "Then are you going to go tomorrow?"

Janet refused again: "No. We have broken up now, and we are still preparing for a lawsuit. I'm so embarrassed to be taken out by you so soon."

"Okay," Simon had to say: "That's it, good night."

"Well, good night."

ps: Set a small goal today, three chapters and 10,000 words.

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