Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 263 The Sixth Sense
In early September, Guess Films' sixth film of the year, "Léon: The Professional," was released in North America.

In the four weeks before and after, it earned $1858 million in North America.

During the Cannes Film Festival in May, Link paid $5 million to buy the North American distribution rights for the film from Gaumont Films.

The publicity and promotion costs before and after the film's release were $350 million.

The investment has been recovered and it is expected to earn around 10 million yuan.

This number is less than Link expected.

He originally thought that this globally popular movie would perform very well at the box office, but the box office forecast for North America was only over 3000 million US dollars, much less than expected.

However, the film has a very good reputation and was praised by many filmmakers after its release. Mainstream media such as the Los Angeles Times also praised Guess Pictures for releasing another good movie.

In the fourth week of the release of "Léon: The Professional", the seventh film of Guess Pictures, "Before Sunrise", was released.

This movie is a purely artistic film. It won the Golden Lion Award for Best Film at the 51st Venice International Film Festival in September and has a certain influence in the international film scene.

The film grossed $42 in 92 art theaters in North America in its first week, which is a pretty good result and is expected to make a profit within five weeks.

The film also received excellent reviews, and director Richard Linklater was highly recognized by Hollywood film critics and was called the postmodern 'film poet'.

This week, the global box office of "Se7.5en" officially exceeded $3.2 million, with revenue of $4.3 million in North America and $ million overseas. In addition, video tapes of "Seen" have also been released in various places, with good results.

Entertainment Weekly predicted that Guess What Films would make more than $4 million on the film.

"Link, sometimes I really envy you independent filmmakers. As long as you make a good movie every year, you can earn tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, which is more than what our agency can earn in a busy year."

In the bar booth, Jay Maloney said, holding a magazine.

Link laughed and said, "You must be kidding. In the past few decades, dozens or even hundreds of independent film companies have gone bankrupt every year, and only a few have made any money. Compared to an agency, the risk is extremely high. Investing in independent films is more like gambling."

"But Guess What? Pictures has been profitable. Last year, it ranked sixth in the industry in terms of total box office, and this year it has firmly entered the top three. A film company that has been established for less than three years has a higher total box office and profit than the seven major film studios. This is really enviable."

Jay Maloney said.

Link smiled.

"Hey, Link, why are you here too?"

Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez walked down the crowded aisle and shouted at Link from five meters away.

"Come and sit."

Link weighed the beer bottle in his hand.

Quentin looked towards his booth and saw only Jay Maloney and Tom Hanks. He greeted them and looked at Link in confusion, "Why are you in the bar without any pretty girls? This is not like you."

"We're talking about work."

"Work?"

Quentin looked at the script in Tom Hanks' hand and said, "Batman sequel? Are you planning to ask Tom Hanks to play Batman?"

"Link, this can't be true, can it?"

Robert Rodriguez looked at Tom Hanks in confusion, trying to find any similarities between him and Batman, but found nothing.

"It's not Batman, it's another movie. Batman will not start shooting until early next year. I have nothing to do during this period, so I plan to shoot this movie first."

Link laughed.

"That's pretty much it."

"You can pick up girls, play poker, or do anything else when you have nothing to do. Why do you have to make a movie?" they asked as they sat down.

"I'm a director, what else can I do if I don't make movies?"

"But have you ever considered my feelings by doing this? We debuted at the same time, and you are now preparing for your seventh movie, while I am still writing the script for my third movie. Doesn't it make me look like I am procrastinating?"

"You are slow to begin with, do you still need me to tell you?"

"Humph!"

Quentin pouted unhappily and glanced at the cover of the script in Tom Hanks' hand. "The Sixth Sense? Is this what you want to make in your next movie? I don't think it's a good idea. This script is just average."

"generally?"

Tom Hanks looked up with red eyes, obviously moved by the story in the script.

"This script is great, one of the most touching scripts I've ever read, how can it be average?"

"Huh? Tom, are you exaggerating? I've read this script from Harvey. Although the plot is warm and the character setting is pretty good, the story is too bland. There's no explosive point, and it's not touching enough. According to my standards, it's second-rate at best."

Quentin shrugged.

"How can it not be touching? Dr. McConaughey finally found himself dead and turned into a ghost. Everything he had experienced before, including treating Cole's mental illness, being late for his wedding anniversary, talking to his wife and her ignoring him, and his wife having an affair, was all because he was dead. His wife couldn't see him, but he still loved his wife and his wife loved him too. Two people in love can't be together. Isn't this touching enough?"

Tom Hanks asked in confusion.

"Wait! Dr. McConaughey is dead? Why haven't I seen this? Aren't we reading the same script?"

Quentin took the script and flipped through it, and found that the first 85% of the script was similar to the version he had read, but the plot of the last 15% changed drastically, and the entire script became very different, from a very healing drama to a thriller, and the story also became very touching.

Especially the scene where Dr. McConaughey's soul slowly dissipates after kissing his sleeping wife is very tear-jerking.

"How could this be?"

Quentin wiped his eyes and asked, "Did you revise it later?"

"Yes."

Link laughed, he actually did that on purpose.

"The Sixth Sense" tells the story of Dr. McConaughey, a child and family psychologist who has been practicing medicine for more than ten years and has helped many problem children get back on the right track, for which he was praised by the city government.

On the night of the recognition, a young man who had been treated by Dr. McConaughey but not cured broke into his home, shot Dr. McConaughey, and then shot himself.

A year later, Dr. McConaughey encountered another case with a similar situation to the teenager who committed suicide, a nine-year-old boy named Cole.

Dr. McConaughey decides to help Cole out of his predicament and prevent tragedy from happening again.

Cole has the ability to see ghosts, which allows him to see ghosts that others cannot see. Cole is very scared and does not think anyone can help him. He also rejects Dr. McConaughey's help.

Later, at Dr. McConaughey's insistence, Cole slowly let down his guard and prepared to accept his help.

While treating Cole, Dr. McConaughey discovered that his marriage seemed to be in trouble and his wife began to ignore him and no longer paid attention to him.

Under the company and guidance of Dr. McConaughey, Cole gradually accepted the fact that he had the ability to see ghosts and began to use it to help the ghosts who stayed in the human world.

At the same time, Dr. McConaughey also discovered an astonishing fact: he was actually dead and turned into a ghost. His wife ignored him and did not answer him because she could not see him, while Cole could see him because of his yin-yang eyes.

In the end, Dr. McConaughey accepted the fact that he was dead, kissed his wife goodbye, and turned into starlight and disappeared from the world.

(End of this chapter)