Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 187 Box Office Setback
"Shot 106, 2 shots, 1 times, start!"

The main plot of this scene is that after Detective Mills' wife Tracy heard that Mills and his partner, Old William, had an unharmonious relationship, she took the initiative to invite Old William to her home to ease the relationship between the two.

Jennifer Connelly plays Tracy in the film.

"smell good!"

Morgan Freeman, who plays Old William, walked into the living room and said.

"what?"

Jennifer's character, Tracy, is cooking in the next kitchen.

Old William pointed to the kitchen.

"Oh, thank you!"

Tracy was wearing a white casual shirt and a brown apron, with her long golden brown hair draped over her shoulders. Her appearance was extremely delicate under the light, and she had a gentle and virtuous temperament. She was the wife that every man dreamed of.

"Please take a seat. What would you like to drink?"

Jennifer Connelly smiled in front of the camera.

"Thank you, no, I'll drink it later."

Old William took off his coat.

"Okay, you can put your clothes anywhere. I'm sorry the room is so messy. We just moved in and haven't had time to clean it up yet."

Trish said from the kitchen.

Old William smiled nonchalantly and asked as he looked around the room, "Have you been dating since high school?"

"uh-huh!"

Tracy shrugged and smiled, "Very traditional, isn't it? You know, I decided I wanted to marry him on our first date."

"Really?"

Old William said in surprise.

"Yeah! He's the funniest guy I've ever met."

Tracy came out of the kitchen and placed a few goblets on the dining table.

Old William looked at Detective Mills, who was playing with two dogs in the next room, and said expressionlessly, "That makes sense!"

"It's really rare in this era. I mean, love like yours is rare."

Old William commented.

"Cut!"

"Passed! Next one."

The next scene is a three-person dinner scene. Detective Mills and Tracy moved from their hometown to New York. Because he was deceived by the real estate agent, Mills bought an apartment located under the subway tracks. Every five minutes, the subway passes overhead, and the house and furniture will shake.

However, Tracy never complained about Detective Mills and still lived happily here with him.

This scene is one of the few in the entire movie that depicts the actors' private lives.

The purpose of adding this scene is to explain how beautiful, gentle and virtuous Tracy is, and how she is very much in love with Detective Mills. It also paves the way for the murderer to kill the pregnant Tracy and anger Detective Mills.

While filming, Link would also take time to pay attention to the box office and news publicity of "Seven Deadly Sins".

"Final Destination" grossed $1754 million in North America in its fourth week of release, bringing its cumulative box office to $1.16 million.

This week's box office fell nearly 40%, which was bigger than the distribution department expected.

According to the public relations department’s analysis, there are three reasons why Final Destination’s sales plummeted.

The first is that four weeks after the movie was released, its popularity declined, its appeal to audiences became smaller, and the box office growth rate also slowed down.

The second is that the quality of several movies released at the same time is good, and the publicity and promotion efforts are also very strong, including the recently released "RoboCop 3", "The Furious", "Addams Family Values" and "The Devil Wears Prada" which were released a few weeks ago.

These movies were released a few weeks before and after Final Destination and had a huge impact on the movie's box office.

The third is that there is an increase in negative news about Link and Final Destination in the media. It seems that not only CAA is hyping up Link's negative information, but other forces are also trying to drag down Link and Guess What Pictures. These negative news also have a great impact on the box office of the movie.

In response to these points, the publicity department led by Jon Gordon and the public relations department led by Liu Xiaoli also took some remedial measures.

For example, they stepped up publicity efforts, had several extras split into small groups, and did publicity in major cities across the United States; the public relations and legal departments strongly fought back against the rumors that slandered Link in the media, and took more than 30 media outlets to court, etc.

But the effect is average.

In its fifth week of release, "Final Destination" saw a drop in box office revenue of $1038 million, bringing its cumulative box office revenue to $1.26 million.

Total Cinema magazine predicts that the North American box office of this film will be around $1.8 million, with a slight error of just over $1000 million, and it will be difficult to break the $2 million mark.

It is also difficult for "Final Destination" to surpass "Final Destination"'s $2.02 million box office performance in North America.

Most media believe that CAA actors, represented by Tom Cruise, have a great chance of winning this bet.

To this end, major casinos and bookmakers in the United States have increased Link's odds of winning the bet in order to attract gamblers to place bets.

According to media reports, the casino with the highest odds is Caesars Palace Casino in Las Vegas. The odds of betting on Link to win are 1 to 4.2. If you bet $1 on Link to win, the gambler can get $5.2 if Link wins the bet.

The odds on "Trap" winning at the box office have dropped to 1 to 1.19.

"Tsk tsk, Link, if you can win, go to the casino and bet another 1000 million. You can make more than million dollars from this bet."

While the crew was having dinner, Chris Bauer was flipping through a newspaper and eating pizza and said, "Link, why don't we find some celebrities to book the entire theater? Think about it, investing 4000 million to book the entire theater, pushing the box office to over 2 million US dollars, and winning the bet. You can make tens of millions afterwards, which is a good deal."

"It's not cost-effective to do this. The profit is too little."

"Do you have a better way?"

"There is a way, but I don't know if it's good or not."

Link was eating pizza and reading an article in Rolling Stone magazine. Recently, a new band called "Backstreet Boys" appeared in the United States. It has a total of four members. It was established at the beginning of the year and has released two singles. It is quite influential among young people in the United States.

In addition to the Backstreet Boys, several pop music groups have become popular recently, including Destiny's Child, whose lead singer is the future black queen Beyonce, and the British male pop singing group Take That.

With the changes in the music market, the number of pop singers who debuted as "groups" has increased in recent years, and their influence has gradually grown.

After learning about these situations, Link came up with a good idea.

He called UTA agency president Marty Bauer and asked him if he would be interested in starting a pop band.

After the release of "Final Destination", several leading actors became popular youth idols across the United States with their outstanding looks, and their fame is no less than that of first-line singers.

In view of this situation, Link proposed that Ryan Phillippe, Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Joaquin Phoenix, Angelina Jolie and others form a youth group, and invite several musicians to tailor a few singles for this group.

Among these leading actors, Liv Tyler was influenced by her father Steven Tyler and received musical training as a child and has a certain foundation.

When Joaquin Phoenix was a child, he sang and performed on the streets with his brother River Phoenix to make a living through acting, and he has a solid foundation in acting.

Angelina Jolie played in a band as a teenager.

Although Ryan Phillippe and Edward Norton have no foundation in this area, they are handsome in appearance and after a period of training, they can serve as the face of the group.

UTV President Marty Bauer heard his proposal and expressed interest.

Their agency not only handles actor management business, but also has more than 20 clients who are star singers and famous musicians. It has also participated in the training, packaging and promotion of many singers.

It was a great idea to build a band and make some quick money on the fame of Final Destination.

Marty Bauer immediately agreed and said he would fully support him and was willing to arrange a professional management team to help the new group with music training and promotion.

Link called Jon Gordon and Liu Xiaoli again to discuss promoting the movie by forming a band.

Jon Gordon and Liu Xiaoli were also amazed by his idea, and after hearing about his plan, they expressed their full support.

However, when communicating with several leading actors, Edward Norton expressed that he was not interested in singing, and guess what, the film studio did not force him.

The final group consisted of Ryan Phillippe, Liv Tyler, Angelina Jolie, and Joaquin Phoenix.

Thus, the Death Group was formed.

(End of this chapter)