Meiyu: I don’t care about the cost when making movies

Chapter 195
"No problem, boss, I will investigate the specific situation on Melrose Avenue as soon as possible and determine the location of the store."

Invited Li Ying to have dinner together. Of course, it was a very serious dinner.

Then Wayne and Hannah took the car back to Wayne Manor.

Time came to the 29th in a blink of an eye.

Maybe it’s because there have been a lot of good movies released recently, which have attracted a lot of attention. There are also works from Disney and other companies that are also aiming for the [-]st slot, and they are coming fiercely.

In order to increase the popularity, DreamWorks held a very grand screening ceremony this time. Even if Wayne and the starring cast were not counted, there were dozens of stars, including seven or eight first-line stars.

"Hey, you guys are here too?"

Wayne, who entered the room under the illumination of flashlights, immediately noticed the guy who was second only to him in appearance in the audience, so he walked over with Martina, Ella, and Camilla.

"Why can't I come?"

When Xiao Lizi saw him, he laughed and walked up to him and gave him a big hug.

Although the women who were originally surrounding him all moved towards him with their eyes shining brightly because of Wayne's appearance, he was not dissatisfied at all.

As a person with ideals and pursuits, he hopes that everyone will pay attention to him because of his acting skills rather than his appearance.

To put it simply, I was fooled by someone.

Isn’t it good to be a handsome guy?

"By the way, I have a favor to ask you." After a brief greeting, Wayne said.

"what's up?"

"Do you have any schedule from the 5th to the 8th next month?"

"No, I have been resting for the past six months." Xiao Lizi said without thinking.

He has a fun-loving and unrestrained temperament, and now that he has made more money, he has begun to choose scripts. He will relax and rest this year until tomorrow when he will go to film "Gangs of New York" and "Cat and Mouse Game" ” these two movies.

"That's just right. How about we go to China to play together then?"

"Go to China?"

Xiao Lizi couldn't help but froze for a moment, with a surprised expression on his face.

"Aren't you filming that "Wedding Crashers" thing?"

"Just adjust the shooting plan. I opened a brokerage company there. I need to go there to cut the ribbon on the 6th. You went there just in time to help me stand up."

The platform is naturally no problem for Li Zi. It is the same as attending a premiere or a screening. At most, he has to run a little further.

What he was curious about was: "Don't you already have a production company? How can you still open a brokerage company?"

Wayne explained: "The rules in China are different from those in Hollywood, and this time I am co-financing with the Hearst Group."

Xiao Lizi suddenly understood, and then happily agreed.

Now it's no secret that Amanda and Lydia live in Wayne Manor, and those who follow him already know it.

He and Hemera Pictures can develop so smoothly because of the banner of Hearst Group.

Early the next morning, with many people's nervous anticipation, the box office of "Dog Hotel" on the first day of screening was released.

Although the biggest stars in the whole movie are Don Cheadle, who plays the 'welfare employee', and Martina, who has just been promoted to the third line with "Mean Girls" and "The Dark Side".

But written by Wayne and produced by Hemera Pictures, the box office appeal is still very good.

It's like Cameron and Spielberg's new movie, everyone wants to see it.

Not to mention, this movie was bought by DreamWorks, which is equivalent to Spielberg also using his own name to endorse it, so the box office cannot be bad.

Although the box office of 622 million is not as good as "Mean Girls", it is still more than 100 million higher than "The Dark Side".

The most important thing is that after watching it, the vast majority of the audience had very good comments about the movie. They truly laughed with tears in their eyes. The ratings and reputation are very good.

So in the next two days, the 30th and 31st, theaters gradually increased the number of screens. Coupled with the impact of good word of mouth, the box office took in 751 million and 904 million respectively.

And on the day of its official release in North America on June 6st, it took in an astonishing box office of 1 million U.S. dollars, surpassing the 2386 million box office of the animated film "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" that Disney deliberately selected to compete with it. , won the box office championship of the day.

That’s right, 2386 million versus 329 million.

Disney has produced many hit animated films, and even "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" in its previous life ended up with a box office of 8400 million in North America and 1.02 million overseas.

But because of "Dog Hotel" brought by Wayne's butterfly wings, poor "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" was directly crushed.

The box office was less than a fraction of "Hotel for Dogs"!
After seeing this first-day box office that was higher than "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Notebook", those overseas distributors couldn't sit still even if they knew that they were taking advantage of the June 1st schedule. Increased their respective offers.

This made Spielberg so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

Now he finally realized Harvey's happiness.

在 6月3号，《狗狗旅馆》再次拿下2024万单日票房，北美累计票房超过9000万后，梦工厂也将40多个国家和地区的分割版权卖出了总计5900万美金。

Of course, whether this part of the revenue will ultimately be earned or lost, and how much can be retained depends on the final overseas box office.

If the final overseas box office is too high, DreamWorks may have to pay Hemera Pictures.

But at least now, the Big Three of DreamWorks including Spielberg, as well as a large number of senior executives, can't help but want to open champagne to celebrate.

After all, even if they lose a little at the box office, they can still make it back through the disc market.

Judging from the current box office trends, it is almost certain that the return rate will exceed 2800% for the 500 million they actually invested in purchasing the film, plus about 100 million for publicity and distribution.

On June 6, "Dog Hotel" continued its efforts and once again won a single-day box office of 4 million. The North American box office officially exceeded 1735 million, reaching 1.07 million US dollars.

Although as the holidays passed and workdays arrived, the box office began to decline rapidly.

But such results have far exceeded DreamWorks' expectations.

On the other hand, the box office curve of "The Notebook" is extremely strong.

"The Notebook", which has been in theaters for 15 days, is still able to take in a daily box office of 500 to 700 million yuan in North America and [-] to [-] million yuan in overseas box office.

The average daily box office is over [-] million.

There will be a big improvement on weekends.

In terms of cumulative box office, it has a global box office of US$2.5 million, with US$3.3 million in North America and US$5.8 million overseas.

Among them, domestic entertainment alone provided a box office of US$1500 million.According to this trend, it should be no problem for the global box office of "The Notebook" to reach 7 million. As for 8 million, it is estimated that it will be very difficult to extend the release time.

"If it were last year, with such a box office, it should have won the global annual box office championship, right?"

In the manor, Wayne was lying in the bathtub, enjoying the service of Masami Nagasawa and the four others, while flipping through the newspaper in his hand, feeling a little regretful.

Because "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" to be released in the second half of the year will respectively take a terrifying box office of 8.71 million U.S. dollars, and an even more terrifying 9.75 million U.S. dollars.

Even if the global box office of "The Notebook" can exceed 8 million, it will only be ranked third in the annual global box office.

But this is also impossible.

Today, the box office potential of romance films is indeed not as good as that of fantasy films.

Even if Cameron takes action, he cannot reverse this.

"Sir, your and Miss Amanda's luggage has been packed."

"Okay Maida, please."

Early the next morning, Wayne took Amanda, Hannah, Jessica and four bodyguards to the airport.

Traveling with them were Xiao Lizi, Yuan Baye, Li Lianjie and their assistants, as well as Liu Tianxian and her mother Liu Xiaoli.

In addition, there was Cheng Long who he had not invited before but took the initiative to come over.

After hearing the news from his friends in Xiangjiang, Cheng Long took the initiative to approach Yuan Baye and expressed his willingness to support Lighthouse Entertainment and attend the opening ceremony.

Wayne, who had just learned the news, was a little surprised, but he could understand it if he thought about it carefully.

Today, Cheng Long is said to be a first-tier actor in Hollywood, but in fact he is in a very embarrassing situation.

Although he is nearly fifty years old, he still feels that he is still very capable of fighting.

But in the eyes of Hollywood producers and directors, he could hardly fight anymore, and his fights were not as good as before.

So before "Rush Hour 2" was released in August this year and became a box office hit, he was in an awkward situation in Hollywood where he couldn't get any roles.

To be more precise, it was from the filming of "Shanghai Noon" in May 99 to August 5.

In the past two years and three months, he has only received one "Rush Hour 2", and that was because of the sequel.

During this period of time, Li Lianjie has appeared in three movies. If he had not been cast in "Hero", he would have received more.

His salary has also risen to 800 million US dollars, almost catching up with him.

Although after "Rush Hour 2" became a hit at the box office, Cheng Long received contracts for several more movies, and his salary increased to US$1500 million.

But there are still two months until "Rush Hour 2" is released.He had no idea whether the movie would be a hit at the box office, so naturally he had to find other ways out.

In today's Hollywood, it's up to you to decide which movie drives the most crazy actors and stars and is the most attractive to them.

There is no doubt that Wayne has surpassed George Lucas and Spielberg and can stand shoulder to shoulder with Cameron.

After Wayne guessed Cheng Long's thoughts, he thought about it and did not refuse.

No matter what Cheng Long is like in private, at least he is very serious and dedicated when making movies, and he can see clearly the big issues of right and wrong.

What's more, attending an opening ceremony is similar to attending a movie premiere. It's just a small favor, and it has nothing to do with Cheng Long.

Because there were so many people, Wayne directly chartered a special plane to facilitate travel.

After getting on the plane, everyone else was relatively calm except for Liu Tianxian and Liu Xiaoli. Looking at the big stars on the plane, they didn't know where to put their hands and feet.

"Hey, who are these two?" Xiao Lizi looked at Liu Tianxian and Liu Xiaoli curiously, then turned to Wayne and asked.

Except for Amanda Hurst, although he was not familiar with everyone else present, he knew them all. Only Liu Tianxian and Liu Xiaoli were meeting for the first time.

In fact, not only him, but also Cheng Long and others were curious about the identities of Liu Tianxian and Liu Tianxian.

"This is Liu Tianxian, an artist from my new company, and this is her mother and her manager, Liu Xiaoli." Wayne introduced casually.

Today Liu Tianxian is wearing a pair of sky blue tight jeans, which outlines her slender waist and perky buttocks.

A pair of round and beautiful legs are long and straight, paired with a simple white T-shirt and a pair of canvas shoes. Other than that, there are no extra decorations on the body. The whole person is like hibiscus emerging from clear water, and the whole body exudes the smell of youth.

"Well, this clothing is finally the right one." Wayne couldn't help but thought to himself.

To be honest, Liu Tianxian's figure at this period was quite good. Although her body proportions cannot be compared with those long-legged white people, do people who like Liu Tianxian like her figure?

Seeing that Wayne was also sizing him up, Liu Tianxian, who hadn't seen him for a long time, couldn't help but feel excited and shy at the same time, with a faint blush appearing on his fair cheeks.

This made Xiao Lizi couldn't help but have a strange look on his face.

He looked at Liu Tianxian and Liu Xiaoli up and down again, then came over and poked Wayne with his elbow, and said with a smirk: "You are so awesome, you can't even let her go, but is she old enough? Or should I say Asians all look smaller?"

Wayne rolled his eyes at him angrily.

Although he had thoughts about Liu Tianxian, and everyone present knew his true nature.

But in front of Liu Xiaoli, I was still a little embarrassed.

Liu Tianxian and Liu Xiaoli both understood the meaning of Xiao Lizi's words. One lowered his head shyly, and the other smiled awkwardly, but they couldn't help but feel secretly happy in their hearts.

Although Li Zi's words are a bit obscene, coupled with his grass-ball-level appearance, it is really difficult to make people angry with him.

What's more, this is Hollywood, so this joke is nothing.

Even if it is actually implemented, there is nothing surprising.

"I'm just optimistic about her potential."

Xiao Lizi laughed when he heard this.

Are you kidding me? Who in Hollywood doesn't know that the women with whom Wayne sees potential are the women he likes?Even if it's not now, it will definitely be in the future.

"Okay, okay, let's talk about the interesting places in China. This is my first time to go to China."

"You should ask Li and Chen about this. They are the landlords. But a country that is more vast than America and has a longer history must have a lot of interesting places."

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(End of this chapter)