Chapter 979
Mia Kirschner arrived at Daenerys Studios in Malibu half an hour early for the 10:00 a.m. production meeting for "The Girl Who Moved the Soul".
Nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars for "Little Women", and now with hits like Sleeping Hollow, Mia Kirschner has become one of Hollywood's fastest rising actresses, while Until now, the girl is only 21 years old.
At the age of 21, many actresses may still be waiting for a vase opportunity in Hollywood.
Mia Kirschner, who was born as a child star, can appreciate the invaluableness of her career line.
She brought Xue Li, the maid of the Wei family that someone had provided for her, to the office building of No. 3 in the administrative district. No one else had arrived yet. It was even a little surprising to arrive early, but Mia couldn't tell some of her own thoughts.
The two waited in a lounge temporarily, and the waitress Shirley made a phone call and went out, and after a while, she shook her head in Mia's expectant gaze and said, "That said, Mr. Westeros is attending a meeting. , just replying will help us mention it.”
Mia's eyes suddenly showed a disappointed expression, and there was a little resentment.
I came to Daenerys Studios ahead of time, of course, I wanted to meet him, but unfortunately I couldn't do it.
Speaking of which, what Mia would never reveal to anyone else is that she and he have never slept with him until now, so the fact that everyone takes it for granted that she is one of his many lovers is actually a bit of a misnomer.
Entering this circle, she has been beautiful since she was a child, and Mia has encountered a lot of entanglements along the way. After meeting him, all these covets disappeared. It is a miracle to be able to live like a princess in Hollywood, so deep down in my heart , Mia has a feeling of more attachment than her father to a man who can count the number of times she has met since acquaintance.
sense of security.
The man didn't have time to see him, Mia was lost for a while, and when Shirley brought her a cup of coffee and handed over a copy of today's latest "Hollywood Reporter" magazine, Mia finally regained some energy.
It reminded me that today is Friday.
The eight-day Solitude Day holiday box office week ends from July 4th to July 11th.
Today's The Hollywood Reporter separates the past eight days as a box-office week, largely because last week's three major new films were released a day earlier on Thursday, July 4, not Friday, so this The weekly data overlapped with the previous box office week by one day.
In any case, the key is the box office.
In the face of the sniping of three new films, "Bird Cage", "Brave to the Dead Island" and "The Phantom Man", "Sleepy Hollow" has continued to hold the No. 1 position in the single-week box office list in the past eight days. Day time revenue of 46.73 million US dollars, if subtracting 9.22 million US dollars on July 4, the next week's 7-day revenue data is 37.51 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of only 27%.
In its two weeks of release, Tim Burton's well-received fantasy horror film has grossed $88.9 million at the box office.
The second place is still not the turn of several new films last week, but continues to be occupied by "007 Spectre".
In the fourth week of its release, "007: Spectre" earned $35.62 million at the box office in the previous eight days, minus $8.19 million on July 4, and other revenue was $27.43 million in the past, also because of the solo holiday viewing. Due to the significant increase in the number of people, the box office fell by only 29%.
Nearly a month after the start of the painting, the cumulative box office of "007 Spectre" also officially broke through the $200 million mark, reaching $211.42 million.
Last week's July 4th was the last heavyweight film opening week in the summer of 1996. Whether it was "Bird Cage", "Breaking the Dead Island" or "The Phantom Man", they were all quite heavyweight, and then, Because the Atlanta Olympics is approaching, there will be no blockbuster-level films to start this summer.
This actually means that whether it is "Sleepy Hollow" or "007 Spectre" or even other films before it, they have withstood the impact of last three new films, and they can harvest the box office relatively calmly in the future.
Therefore, according to the calculation of the box office volume of "007: Spectre Party", which could maintain a box office volume of 27.42 million US dollars for 7 days last week, and the film's domestic box office successfully exceeded the 200 million US dollars mark, the estimated domestic 300 million yuan is basically only one time issue. The previous estimate of $150 million for "Sleepy Hollow" also proved to be quite conservative because of its good performance the following week.
All of this, in the final analysis, is based on the announced defeat of three highly anticipated new films on July 4.
After the top two on the list, Disney's "Brave to the Dead Island" finally won the third place. However, compared to the previous Michael Bay version's double-bumper box office reputation, this time "Brave to the Dead Island" won the third place. ", because only Sean Connery was retained, the other two main creators Michael Bay and Nicolas Cage were all launched, and even lost the gate of the legendary Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer, after the film opened last week. The media composite score is only an unsatisfactory 6.1.
As for the many Easter eggs that the producers deliberately planted in the film to connect Sean Connery with the first generation of 007, they were also criticized by film critics for being suspected of being popular.
After all, the real "007 Spectre" is being shown.
As a result, this blockbuster action blockbuster, which cost 70 million US dollars to build, opened on July 4, and it finally earned only 26.59 million US dollars in the first 8 days in the first week.
Of course, such a result is not a box office failure.
But it was also far lower than Disney's initial box office expectation of more than 40 million US dollars in the first week. After all, it was blessed with the Solitude Day holiday, and it did not even get 30 million US dollars in the first 8 days of the first week. In any case, it is not a success.
Moreover, if there is no "Sleepy Hollow" and "007 Spectre Party" pressing, relying on the next long line, "Brave to the Dead Island" may still hit the 100 million yuan box office club, and now, this possibility is also real Somewhat slim, the final domestic box office is more likely to be between $70 million and $80 million.
Counting the $30 million publicity expenses, the budgets of "Brave on the Dead Island" and "Sleepy Hollow" are exactly the same. However, compared with the cumulative box office of "Sleepy Hollow" which was as high as $88.9 million in two weeks, "Brave". "Into the Dead Island" will undoubtedly appear much bleak.
The fourth place on the list was won by the same-sex comedy "Bird Cage" produced by MGM.
In the first eight days of the first week, "Bird Cage" opened with a box office of 23.91 million US dollars. With over $20 million in its opening week compared to its $31 million production cost, this mid-budget comedy is sure to be a success. However, compared with the excellent results of the ninth place in the original time and space, which accumulated a cumulative total of over 100 million, in the face of a series of blockbusters, the estimated domestic box office of "Bird Cage" this time is 60 million US dollars, of course, somewhat unsatisfactory.
This is also impossible. After all, the capacity of the film market is limited, and this is the reality.
Last week's new film, "The Phantom Man," took the fifth spot on the list.
However, although Sony's $47 million manga adaptation took the fifth place, the box office within 8 days of its opening was directly behind the top few, and it did not even enter the range of tens of millions of dollars. In the first week, only poor It made $9.43 million at the box office and once again became a box office dud for Sony Pictures.
After the success of the dc movie universe, many studios have tried to make comics in recent years, but unfortunately they have all failed to collect.
Sony simply failed once again.
After three new films last week, in the latest week starting today, only one Eddie Murphy's "The Fat Professor" has officially opened for the North American market.
Speaking of which, "Professor Fatty" was once a film produced by Universal Pictures, and it also entered the ranks of the previous year's box office list. Even if the cost is a little high, it is still a big seller.
Because of his own production plan, Simon did not take over the film, but personally handed it over to Fox Pictures. Although blockbuster movies have risen rapidly in recent years, Eddie Murphy has remained a top Hollywood actor for a long time, relying on the halo of the "Beverly Detective" series, and the production budget of "Professor Fatty" finally reached 5,400 $10,000 is a blockbuster for Fox this summer.
Released on July 12, it is also out of consideration to avoid competition.
The original budget of the film was $4,000, and it can be said that it was overrun by 14 million. It is said that Murdoch is quite critical of this. After all, it is obvious that the budget of $54 million, plus the announcement of $20 million, unless there is a box office small. Miracle, otherwise, even if the local country only breaks 100 million, it is not easy to recover the cost of this movie through theatrical distribution.
After all, Eddie Murphy is black, and overseas box office appeal is very unstable.
In fact, Simon is also out of this consideration, and did not transfer the project to the closer MGM, but Fox.
However, since it has been able to break into the top ten of the annual box office, even if the times change, the same main creative lineup should not be too bad at the box office, and it should not be too difficult for Fox to make a small fortune.
Mia Kirshner casually flipped through the box office data and various other movie information on The Hollywood Reporter today. It was also 10 o'clock, and the cast members of "Girls of Souls" arrived one after another. Let's all come together. Move over to a conference room next door to start today's production session.
Compared to the $40 million production budget that had apparently gotten out of hand, Simon only gave $20 million this time around.
Because of the nature of the literary film, even with the Oscar nomination for best actress, "Sleepy Hollow" has just exploded, and the most expensive Mia only received $2 million this time, and Angelina Jolie , although the performance in the audition stage was so amazing that director James Mangold insisted on using the actress, knowing that the actress's appearance was contrary to the big boss's aesthetics, but this time he only gave 10 million dollars in remuneration.
Except for the two heroines, because of the high quality of the films produced by Daenerys Entertainment, other characters who have joined in one after another, even if they are already well-known in Hollywood, basically only get the basic salary of the union.
Everyone is just trying to get their faces, and whoever wants to make money from this literary film that Simon Westeros is said to be particularly concerned about is crazy.
James Mangold himself also only has a director fee of $1.5 million this time, which is lower than Mia. However, as director, screenwriter and producer, James Mangold also signed a sharing clause, as long as The film was a commercial success, with good earnings to follow.
This was the first production meeting after the crew was completed. Everyone introduced each other to get acquainted with each other, and each talked about their own understanding of the script. The time passed quickly during everyone's discussion, and it was 12 noon before you knew it. .
When the meeting was over, everyone started to disperse.
Mia just got up when two other girls approached, not Angelina Jolie, who was obviously out of place, but the two supporting characters of the film, one named Brittany Murphy and one named Cardi. Strelland.
Cardi Strelland asked very spontaneously: "Mia, do you have other things at noon?
Arrangements, how about having lunch together? "
Since a very young age, Mia began to mingle in this circle. Of course, Mia knew the intention of the two women to approach her. In recent years, it was not only the two of them who tried to do so.
Although she is quiet on the outside, Mia is not the kind of character who likes to reject people thousands of miles away. In private, she is very lively. She quietly glanced at the two women and confirmed that it was probably not in line with a certain man's preference, so she nodded with a smile: "Okay. , I'm planning to go to Venice Beach to eat seafood, let's go together, um, I'll treat you."
Seeing Mia agree, Brittany Murphy hurriedly said, "How can this be done? Of course, Cardi and I will treat you."
Saying this, the two women had unknowingly surrounded Mia on the left and the right, directly leading the girl to go out without giving other people a chance to chat up. Mia seemed to be unaware and picked up her white Hermes bag. , and finally nodded goodbye to the others, and walked out of the conference room with the two women talking and laughing.
Just after going out, the waitress Xue Li was already waiting outside the door. Seeing Mia following the two women, she was a little stunned before she stepped forward and said, "Mia."
Mia Koshina was a little puzzled: "Huh?"
Xue Li gestured for a while, and simply said to the other two women: "Sorry, can we have a few words alone?"
The other two women also knew Shirley's identity. Compared with Mia, they were more inexplicably in awe. Of course, there was no problem, saying that they would be at the elevator entrance and so on.
"That's it," Shirley waited for the two women to walk away, and then took Mia away from the doors of some conference rooms where people came and went, "Let's go quickly, Mr. Westeros said he wants to eat with you. Dinner, right over there in the restaurant."
Mia, who had given up hope today, heard the words, her eyes lit up, she nodded her head subconsciously, remembered the two women not far away, and said, "I'll talk to them."
Shirley nodded.
The two walked to the elevator together, Mia unfortunately found a reason to perfunctory, and hurriedly left with Shirley.
Brittany Murphy, who followed them downstairs, saw that Mia and the two did not go to the parking lot after going downstairs, but walked to another part of the administrative area. They understood something, but they could only express envy.