Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 139 Worth
Many media outlets dug up his answers at the Oscars ceremony.

What is meant by 'having enough food and clothing does not mean you are truly wealthy'? Now it sounds very strange.

The editor of The Sun teased Link in a joking tone, saying that he is worth as much as $400 to $500 million, but he is not truly rich. How much does he have to be worth to be considered rich?

USA Today said that Link is one of the highest-paid directors in Hollywood, second only to two veteran directors, Spielberg and George Lucas. Other directors have been making movies for decades, but they cannot earn as much as Link did in the past year.

Vanity Fair magazine also joined in the fun, publishing Link's photo on the cover with the title "Hollywood Fairy Tale - Cinderella Becomes a Prince", telling the story of Link's journey from a pauper to a billionaire, and calling Link "Mr. Monopoly".

Because Link made his fortune so quickly and was so young, at only 21 years old, his net worth ranked among the top 400 in the United States.

Too outstanding.

After the release of the Forbes Rich List, Link received calls from acquaintances every day. Some congratulated him on being on the Forbes list, and some called him "millionaire" in a joking tone. Acquaintances in the media industry called him one after another, hoping to have time to interview him.

His phone almost became a hotline.

However, before the "Forbes scandal" was over, The Hollywood Reporter dropped a big bombshell.

The 1992 box office rankings are out!!

The reason why The Hollywood Reporter released the list in March and April instead of the beginning of the year is because some movies are released at the end of the year. For example, last year's blockbusters such as "Aladdin", "Home Alone 2" and "Far From Home" were all released in December.

To count the box office revenue of these movies, we need to wait until the end of the release period.

In this year's annual box office rankings, "Paranormal Activity" topped the North American box office with 3.18 million US dollars and topped the global box office with 6.45 million US dollars.

The second place is "Aladdin", with a North American box office of 2.1 million US dollars and a global box office of 5.04 million US dollars, produced by Disney.

Third place, "Home Alone 2", with a box office of 1.73 million US dollars in North America and 3.58 million US dollars worldwide, produced by th Century Fox.

Fourth, "Batman Returns", with a North American box office of 1.62 million US dollars and a global box office of 2.66 million US dollars, Warner Bros.

Boom!

After this data came out, countless people were shocked and their scalps tingled.

The reason why I am shocked is that the data of "Paranormal Activity" is too exaggerated.

In the 17s, a total of films grossed over million yuan in the North American market.

The highest-performing film was "Star Wars IV: A New Hope," released in 1977, with a North American box office of $4 million and a global box office of $3.07 million, directed by George Lucas.

The second place is the thriller "Jaws" released in 1975, which grossed 2.6 million in North America and 4.7 million worldwide. It was directed by Spielberg.

In the 45s, movies grossed over million yuan in North America.

The film with the highest box office performance was "ET the Extra-Terrestrial" directed by Spielberg, which was released in 1982 and grossed 3.59 million US dollars in North America and 7.92 million US dollars worldwide.

In second place is "Star Wars 6: Return of the Jedi", with a North American box office of 2.5 million and a global box office of 4.7 million.

By the 22s, there were 3.15 movies with North American box office revenues exceeding 6.45 million yuan. The first one was "Paranormal Activity", with a North American box office of million yuan and a global box office of million yuan, directed by Link.

The second place is "Terminator 2: Judgment Day", with a North American box office of 2.04 million and a global box office of 5.04 million, directed by James Cameron.

Comparing the box office of movies in the past thirty years, the top movies are all commercial blockbusters, big productions, and directed by big directors.

This "Paranormal Activity" was directed by a new director and the production cost was only 2 US dollars.

It is such a small-time movie that not only surpassed blockbusters such as "Aladdin" and "Home Alone 2" in the North American film market this year, but also surpassed classic blockbusters such as "Star Wars 4/6", "Jaws" and "Terminator", becoming the movie with the second-best box office performance among the movies released in the past three decades, after "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial".

It's incredible.

What is even more unacceptable is that the quality and influence of this movie are much worse than the movies that follow it. It is a movie that relies entirely on marketing hype to sell well.

After seeing this data, many colleagues wanted to pull Link by the collar and ask him how his movie could be ranked ahead of so many excellent movies and why he was not afraid of being scolded to death.

After reading the data listed by The Hollywood Reporter, Link also felt that the box office performance of "Paranormal Activity" was a bit exaggerated. Fortunately, it did not exceed "ET the Extra-Terrestrial", otherwise "Paranormal Activity" would be under greater pressure.

When The Hollywood Reporter released its annual box office list, it also announced last year's total box office results for the North American film market.

1992年北美共上映247部电影，12部电影北美票房超过1亿美元，36部电影北美票房超过5000万美元，105部电影北美票房超过1000万。累计总票房45.1亿美元。

An increase of 4.2% over last year.

As the distributor of "Paranormal Activity", Guess Pictures earned a total of 3.4 million US dollars from the films it released last year, accounting for 7% of the total box office in North America.

This achievement directly allowed Guess What Pictures to surpass independent film companies such as New Line Cinema, Miramax, Castle Rock Pictures, and Carlock Pictures, becoming the eighth largest film company in Hollywood after the seven major film giants.

This is another mind-boggling statistic.

The Hollywood Reporter commented that 1992 was the most embarrassing year for the North American film market.

A movie that cost only $2 crushed many commercial blockbusters, classic animated films, and classic feature films, winning the annual box office championship, making films like "Aladdin," "Batman Returns," "Unforgiven," and "Bram Stoker's Dracula" lag behind "Paranormal Activity."

All filmmakers and film companies should reflect on why this happened? What went wrong? Why did this movie become the annual box office champion? What can we learn from the success of "Paranormal Activity"?

1992 was also the most magical year in the history of world cinema.

An independent film with a cost of $2 topped the annual box office champion, earning $6.4 million worldwide, with a box office revenue ratio of 3.2 times. This achievement is unprecedented and can be called a miracle.

The Hollywood Reporter named Link 'Best Director of the Year', 'Most Thrilling Director of the Year', and 'Most Talkative Director'.

"Congratulations, you great director, great writer."

"Link, you said we are all human, how come you are so amazing? The news said that you were blessed by the goddess of luck, so can you pray to the goddess for me and ask her to bless me as well?"

In the office, Link received a call from Quentin.

"Okay, but could you please stop gritting your teeth when you speak? It sounds like you're scolding me."

Link smiled as he leaned against the couch.

“Humph, I really want to scold you. Last year, we lived in the same apartment, made a movie together, and went to Park City to attend the Sundance Film Festival together. The movies were also released at the same time. But just one year later, before I even started shooting my second movie, you became a millionaire and the box office champion director of the year.

This is too much of a jerk. We all started at the same starting line, but you finished before we even started. Is this fair?"

Quentin does seem jealous.

Link could also smell the strong scent of lemon through the phone line.

"How about I buy you a drink?"

"Just drinking is not enough, you have to treat me to a striptease three times, so that you can spend more money, and then I can feel balanced."

"You have pink eye. I suggest you see a psychiatrist."

"No, I just need to make a movie that has a higher box office than Paranormal Activity, and I'll be mentally balanced."

Quentin asked him if he had time in the afternoon to go to the Kerville Bar for a drink. Steven Soderbergh, Robert Rodriguez, Tim Roth and others were there, as well as a few newcomers, including a few beautiful women who could be introduced to him.

Link had two interviews in the afternoon and didn't have time to go, so he asked us to go to the bar in the evening and he would treat us.

As soon as Quentin finished his call, he received another call from Steven Soderbergh.

Steven is more serious than Quentin. He first congratulated him on becoming the box office champion director of the year, and then talked about his new movie "The Uncanny".

Steven has revised the script several times, but he is still not satisfied with it and is still revising it.

Link told him not to be too anxious, to take his time, and to shoot whenever he wanted, and the company could provide him with all the support.

Steven was very touched and said he would treat him to a drink.

After chatting with Steven, he received calls from Sam Haskell, Jerry Katzman, president of WMA Agency, Marty Bauer, president of UTA Agency, Jerome Preston, William Mason, Tim Robbins and others to congratulate him.

The last time he was on the Forbes rich list, they called to congratulate him, and just two days later, they called to congratulate him again.

Link has indeed had a lot of good news recently.

(End of this chapter)