Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 241 Movie Hits
With the outbreak of the Simpson murder case, many American people paid attention to Link's film. Whether out of curiosity, doubt, or criticism, more and more audiences went to the cinema to watch "Seven".

The attendance rate of "Se260en" also rose sharply, and cinemas in many major cities were packed. According to data feedback from theater chains, on the day after the "Simpson Case", the attendance rate of "Seen" increased by %, and its screening rate exceeded "Forrest Gump" and "True Lies", ranking first.

In addition, the quality of "Seven Deadly Sins" is good, and many people actively recommended it to their acquaintances after watching it, and the popularity of the movie is getting higher and higher.

In its fourth week of release, "Se1401en" earned $2535 million in 9369 theaters in North America, ranking second in the weekly box office. The cumulative North American box office is $ million.

The first place is "Forrest Gump", with a box office of 2615 million US dollars this week and a cumulative box office of 1.69 million US dollars.

Third place: "True Lies", with 2437 million US dollars, and a total of 5005 million US dollars.

Fourth place: "The Client", with a box office of 2185 million US dollars this week.

"Damn, how could this happen?"

When Michael Ovitz saw the box office performance of "Seven", his face turned grim.

The box office data of "Se7en" rose against the trend this week. On the last day, it quickly surpassed films such as "True Lies" and "The Client", jumping from seventh place to second place.

According to the analysis of Complete Movies magazine, the 'Simpson case' took place on Thursday, and starting from Friday, the box office of 'Seven' saw a significant increase, earning more than 1600 million US dollars in just three days.

If the incident had happened on Monday, "Se7en" would have most likely won the box office championship.

However, based on the current box office growth trend, Complete Movies magazine predicts that "Seven" will perform better at the box office next week and has a high probability of surpassing "Forrest Gump" to win its first box office championship.

"The Simpson murder case was already very eye-catching, and the scene with a plot similar to that of Seven made the case even more bizarre. The media reported on it one after another, and the popularity of Seven increased, so it was only natural that the box office rose."

Longmeyer said, looking at the Los Angeles Times.

"But don't you think the timing of this murder is a coincidence? When the box office of Seven Deadly Sins was seriously declining, such a big news suddenly broke out, and it also involved the plot of the movie. This is too coincidental. It seems that the murderer deliberately did this to help Link promote the movie."

Michael Ovitz narrowed his eyes and said dimly, "Don't forget the Murrieta murder case."

"Are you saying that Link is using this case to promote Seven Deadly Sins, just like using the murder case to promote Paranormal Activity? That's nothing. If a similar case happens when a Big Seven movie is released, they will also use it for publicity."

Langmeyer said.

"Humph! When Paranormal Activity was released, the Murrieta murder case happened. When Seven was released, the Simpson murder case happened. How could there be such a coincidence in the world? I have reason to suspect that both cases were done by Link. He wanted to make money, so he arranged for that crazy woman Preston to kill her husband. He was unwilling to lose to us in the summer vacation, so he hired a killer or killed Nicole Brown himself, and framed it on Simpson, and then attracted the attention of the American media. Now Seven is a big hit at the box office, and his conspiracy has succeeded.

That’s right, it must be like this! Link must be the murderer!!”

Michael Ovitz pounded his fist on the table.

"Is this a deliberate murder to promote a movie?"

Langmeyer shook his head. Link probably wasn't that crazy.

Although the box office of "Se7en" is not as good as "Forrest Gump", it will not lose money and is a profitable project. In addition, it has a good reputation. After watching "Se7en", many professional filmmakers in the circle have a new respect for Link. They no longer think that he is a director who has become famous by taking shortcuts, and they recognize his ability as a director.

The box office and reputation are good, and his net worth is over 1 billion yuan, so there is no need for Link to take risks and do such a thing.

"Maybe he received the information in advance and bribed the police officers to leave blood words at the crime scene. You also know that the Los Angeles police are not people with integrity."

Longmeyer guessed.

Michael Ovitz also thought of this possibility.

But the details of this case have been spread throughout the United States through the media, and the next step will be the world. With the popularity of this case, "Seven Deadly Sins" will be known by more people, and the box office will also sell well, perhaps recreating the glory of "Paranormal Activity".

Link and Guess Pictures will also be able to turn defeat into victory with this movie and catch their breath under the suppression of the Big Seven studios.

This is so terrible.

Michael Ovitz doesn't want to see this happen, so he wants to completely destroy Link during this summer vacation and make it impossible for Link to ever recover.

So the murderer must be Link.

Michael Ovitz thought about it, picked up the phone and called Shirley Lansing to tell him what he thought.

"Propaganda through the media that Link is a murderer?"

Shirley Lansing hesitated for a moment and said, "It's not appropriate. I've learned about this case. Among the clues collected by the police, none of them point to Link. Publicizing him as the murderer in the media is not only useless, but will also increase the popularity of this case and indirectly help him promote "Seven Deadly Sins". This is not cost-effective."

Michael Ovitz frowned tightly and thought of this possibility. Originally, the police and the public suspected that Simpson was the murderer, but now suddenly many media reported that Link was the real murderer.

A murder case involved two billionaires, two famous figures, one African American and the other Asian.

The popularity of this case may reach an alarming height.

The same is true of Seven.

Link probably also expected someone to do this.

So this thing cannot be done.

"Seven has been gaining popularity these days, and its box office performance has also increased sharply. If it is not suppressed in public opinion, the box office of Seven will exceed Forrest Gump next week."

Once "Seven" surpasses several blockbusters of the same period and wins the box office championship, Link will become more rampant and more difficult to deal with, and the efforts and money they have spent in the past few weeks will be in vain.

To put it simply, he teamed up with the Big Seven Studios, but was defeated by Link alone.

Michael Ovitz would rather go blind than see this happen.

"Michael, don't worry. 'The Chase' will be released next week and it will definitely be the box office champion. In another week, the popularity of the O.J. Simpson case will surely decline, and the attention it brings to 'Se7en' will also decline. It won't be easy for 'Se7en' to win the box office championship."

Shirley Lansing said.

"The Fugitive" is an action blockbuster produced by Paramount Pictures, starring Harry Fortson. Since 92, the action blockbusters starring Harry Fortson, "Patriot Games" and "The Fugitive", have achieved box office results of over million yuan.

During the internal preview, this "Burning Pursuit" received better reviews than the previous two films, and the box office performance should be even better.

It won't be a problem for its premiere next week to overshadow "Seven" at the box office.

Michael Ovitz breathed a sigh of relief when he thought of this.

"But judging from reports from several media outlets, Guess What Pictures is clearly using this case to hype up Seven Deadly Sins. We should also take action and find a way to reduce the popularity of the case and prevent Link's scheme from succeeding." "That makes sense. You can contact several other companies and have each of them contribute some resources to reduce the popularity of the case."

Shirley Lansing hung up the phone, closed her eyes and hummed.

"I think Michael Ovitz is right. Link may be the real murderer."

Tom Cruise looked up with resentment in his eyes.

Shirley Lansing shook her head, leaning back in her office chair and stroking his hair.

Michael Ovitz was dissatisfied with Link's use of the Simpson case to hype "Seven", and joined forces with several film companies to find ways to suppress the popularity of the case.

It's just that the popularity of this case exceeded his imagination.

Since the day of the incident, almost all media in the United States have participated in reporting the news, including media under the seven major media groups.

Although they also knew that promoting this case would help increase the popularity of "Seven", Simpson was too famous. The victims were his ex-wife and her rumored boyfriend. Simpson was the biggest suspect. In addition, the plot of "Seven" appeared at the crime scene, making the case even more dramatic.

Audiences like to watch this kind of news, and the demand for such news products is increasing.

The media will not miss this opportunity to make money.

According to media reports, on the morning of the incident, Simpson returned to Los Angeles from Chicago and was questioned by police for an hour before being released and returning home.

During the questioning, the police discovered a two-centimeter-long wound on Simpson's finger.

Simpson explained that after hearing the news of his wife's death, he accidentally broke the hotel glass and cut his finger.

The hotel said there was no broken glass that day.

This injury also increased Simpson's suspicion.

After several days of investigation, the police decided to list Simpson as the prime suspect.

Simpson sent word that he wanted to surrender.

But he did not show up as promised, so the police decided to arrest Simpson.

During this process, the mainstream media in the United States followed the investigation throughout, including ABC, CNN, CBS, FOX and other TV news networks, which almost broadcast live the entire process of the Los Angeles police arresting Simpson.

On the sixth day after the incident.

Simpson, who was originally preparing to surrender, suddenly disappeared from his residence and his whereabouts are unknown.

The Los Angeles police immediately dispatched four helicopters, four patrol teams, and hundreds of police cars to search the entire city of Los Angeles for the missing Simpson.

Since the entire arrest process was broadcast live by multiple TV stations, North American audiences could watch a scene similar to the police arresting criminals in the game "Vice City" on TV: police helicopters circled in the sky of Los Angeles, and hundreds of police cars patrolled the streets with flashing lights.

A few hours later, police found Simpson's white car on the road.

Then more than 60 police cars started a chase on the Los Angeles highway.

This scene is more lively and exciting than a Hollywood action movie.

More than 20 minutes later, more than ten police cars surrounded Simpson's white car. Simpson, holding a pistol, threatened to commit suicide and asked the police to get out of the way.

Given that Simpson is black and famous, with a large number of fans in the United States, and the riots that took place in Los Angeles in 1992, the black community is more sensitive and riots may break out if not careful.

After intercepting Simpson, the police showed great restraint and did not force him to commit suicide or empty his body of bullets.

After more than an hour of negotiation, around 8 o'clock in the evening, Simpson dropped his pistol, walked out of the car and was arrested.

This police and criminal chase drama also came to an end.

According to data released by Nielsen afterwards, the live news broadcast had a peak viewership of 6500 million and an average of 3200 million, which was higher than the NFL finals and the NBA Eastern and Western Conference Finals.

During this period, Guess What Pictures took advantage of the popularity of the case to vigorously promote "Seven", and also bribed police spokespersons to answer more questions about the bloody word "Greed" left by the murderer at the scene during interviews with reporters, closely linking Simpson and "Seven".

Influenced by the case, the exposure of "Seven Deadly Sins" increased again, up 800% from the previous week.

More and more audiences flocked to the cinema and bought tickets to watch "Seven".

Cinemas had to increase the screening rate of "Seven Deadly Sins" to accommodate the influx of audiences.

In its fifth week of release, "Se2394en" earned $3853 million in theaters in North America.

Won the weekly box office championship for the first time.

The North American box office has accumulated 1.32 million US dollars.

The second place is the action blockbuster "The Chase" released by Paramount Pictures.

The film cost $6200 million to produce and grossed $3034 million in its first week.

This result is very good. If it were in any other time period, it would have a great chance of winning the weekly box office championship, but due to the film "Seven Deadly Sins", it had to settle for second place.

The third place is "Forrest Gump", with a weekly box office of 1808 million US dollars and a cumulative box office of 1.87 million US dollars.

Fourth place was the children's comedy "Rugrats" released by Universal Pictures, with a box office of 1334 million US dollars in its first week.

"True Lies" dropped to fifth place.

"The Client" dropped to sixth place, "The Lion King" ranked eighth, and "Speed" ranked ninth.

"Seven" broke through numerous obstacles and finally succeeded in its fifth week, surpassing all the summer blockbusters.

"Link, we won. Seven Deadly Sins won the weekly box office championship."

Jennifer Connelly happily threw herself into his arms, raised her delicate face, and her blue eyes were filled with smiles.

Link smiled and held the girl tightly to steady her.

(End of this chapter)