Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 185 Continue to suppress
"What should we do? Should we continue to do reverse publicity to suppress the box office of Final Destination?"

In the office, Longmeyer asked while smoking a cigarette.

Michael Ovitz looked at the data in his hand with a sullen face, and three vertical lines appeared between his eyebrows.

"Final Destination" cost only $1350 million to produce, and earned $6959 million in box office revenue in two weeks after its release. Its early performance was no less impressive than "The Final Destination."

According to the current situation, the North American box office of "Final Destination" will surely exceed 100 million in two weeks.

So will the box office of "Final Destination" reach 15 million within 1.9 weeks?
It doesn't seem impossible.

How to do?
Continue to find ways to suppress the box office of "Final Destination"?
In the past two weeks, he has mobilized a lot of money and connections to suppress the box office of this movie, but to little avail.

Continuing to suppress it will cost more money, energy and time.

If we don't suppress this movie, we might lose the bet.

Now many people in Hollywood know that they are involved in this bet. If they lose to Link, they will not only lose a lot of money, but it will also affect his power and status in Hollywood.

Not only did you lose money, but you also lost face.

Michael Ovitz touched his bald forehead and began to regret participating in this bet.

Starting from July, in order to win the bet, he wasted too much time, energy and connections on this matter, so much so that even his work at CAA was delayed a lot, and the board of directors had complaints about him.

After investing so much, if you lose this bet, then you will lose everything.

Michael Ovitz, the most powerful man in Hollywood, cannot afford to lose, especially to a 22-year-old Chinese boy.

boom!
Michael Ovitz slammed his fist on the desk, his expression becoming fierce and determined.

"Keep suppressing! We can't lose this bet."

"It would take more money to continue suppressing the film. The word of mouth after the release of Final Destination was very positive, with more than 80% of the reviews being positive. If it weren't for our negative publicity, the positive reviews would have exceeded 90%. This also makes it more difficult to continue negative publicity. Unless there are tens of millions of dollars, it will not affect the overall reputation of Final Destination at all."

Vice President Jay Maloney said.

"Tens of millions of funds?"

Richard Gere's mouth twitched when he heard this number. Robert Downey Jr. and others borrowed several million dollars to participate in the bet. Later, they borrowed several million dollars again to help increase the box office of "The Trap".

If they were asked to raise funds to suppress the reputation of "Final Destination", many of them would probably go bankrupt.

"It's probably not possible to continue to use public opinion to suppress Final Destination. It costs too much. We have invested a lot in the past. If we continue to invest, once we lose, there will be big problems."

Langmeyer said.

Richard Gere nodded slightly.

"Besides suppressing the box office of Final Destination, what else can we do?"

Michael Ovitz asked, spreading his hands.

Tom Cruise said, "Maybe we don't need to be too nervous. The box office of Final Destination skyrocketed during Halloween. Now that Halloween is over, the box office will definitely drop this week. It is almost impossible for Final Destination to get 2.02 million."

Michael Ovitz and others also hope that what he said is right, but their opponent is Link, who is a very smart person and very good at marketing movies. His movies often perform amazingly at the box office.

If a few weeks after Final Destination is released, Link suddenly breaks his promise and uses the media to hype the movie, like he did with Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project, causing the box office to soar, what can they do then? Except for criticizing Link through the media and calling him dishonest, they can do nothing but watch the box office of Link's new movie soar.

But compared to winning the bet and earning tens of millions of dollars, getting a few more scoldings is nothing.

“How about we contact the airlines and ask them to get involved and ban Final Destination from being shown?”

Richard Gere pointed to a news article in the newspaper, which said that after the release of "Final Destination", many people were frightened, resulting in a 13% year-on-year drop in the seat capacity of American airlines, which may continue to decline in the next few weeks.

13% may not sound like much, but when converted into money, it is millions or even tens of millions of dollars.

This is also a big loss for an airline.

To avoid losses, United Airlines may get involved.

After hearing what he said, Michael Ovitz and Langmeyer shook their heads, saying this was impossible.

If air crash films cause airline occupancy rates to drop, then they should be banned. Then, given the increase in shootings in the U.S. in recent years, should action films be banned? The increase in rape cases should mean a ban on erotic films? The increase in suicide rates should mean a ban on tragedy films?
Hollywood is a free market economy. With so many bans, the American film industry will decline in a few years.

Not only will the US government not support such a thing, but practitioners in the entire film industry will also stand up to oppose it.

So let’s not mention it.

"How about we hype up Link's scandal? I heard that his private life is very chaotic and he has intimate relationships with many women. Link's scandals will also affect his movie box office."

Tom Cruise said.

Jay Maloney said, "It won't have much effect. First, we have no evidence that he has had intimate relationships with many women. Second, he is only 22 years old and is not married. The women he has had scandals with are not married either. This kind of gossip will have little impact on him."

"This doesn't work, and that doesn't work either. What should we do? Should we pray to God that Final Destination fails at the box office?"

Richard Gere shook his head and looked at the most powerful person in Hollywood, "Michael, what should we do?"

Michael Ovitz's eyes twitched and he wanted to throw these people out of the office. If he knew what to do, he wouldn't be worrying here.

But at this time, as the leader, he couldn't say that there was no solution.

Michael Ovitz thought for a moment and said that he would continue to use public opinion to suppress "Final Destination", reduce positive reviews and increase the proportion of negative reviews. At the same time, he should contact United Airlines and ask them to confirm that there are many loopholes in the movie and the plot is very brainless. At the same time, he should expose Link's private life in the media, throw dirty water on him, and do his best to turn him into a villain.

“It costs a lot of money to do that.”

Jay Maloney reminded.

Michael Ovitz looked at Richard Gere and Tom Cruise and said, "Let's raise another 10 million."

"Another ten million?"

Even Richard Gere and Tom Cruise felt a little sad this time.

They are actors and their pay is not low, but the money in their accounts is all earned through hard work in filming and publicity. They really can't bear to invest tens of millions in this kind of gamble.

If you don't continue investing, you may not be able to recover the capital you invested previously.

This is really a difficult situation.

(End of this chapter)