Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 278: Good Will Hunting is about to become a big hit again. Who will stop Link from dominating Hollywood?
"Link, Nicole Kidman seems to be interested in you. She keeps staring at you."

Sophia said as we left the cinema and got in the car.

"Maybe I'm just too charming."

Link joked.

"Yes, you are a heartthrob, but do you want to date Nicole Kidman? If you sleep with her, remember to call me. I really want to see how she performs in bed."

Sophia said excitedly.

"I want to see too."

Renée Zellweger laughed and said, "Nicole Kidman looks so proud, like a white swan. I also want to see what it looks like when a white swan is shot by you."

"Stop it! She's Tom Cruise's wife. I'm not interested in other people's wives."

"That's a shame, she's very tall and has a big butt, she looks like she'd be a great help."

Sophia said.

Link shook his head and looked out the window, "Shall we just go home?"

"Why don't we go shopping? Christmas is coming soon and we should prepare some things in advance."

Jennifer Connelly said.

"Aren't we going to the Hawaiian manor to celebrate Christmas? Do we have to decorate here too?"

"It will look more lively if you dress up."

"Yes, just think of it as experiencing the festive atmosphere."

After reaching a consensus, they drove to the city center for shopping.

After its release, "Good Will Hunting" earned $12 million in 168.6 theaters in its first week.

The average daily box office per theater reached US$2.8, which is an excellent result, and the film’s reputation is also very positive.

The Los Angeles Times commented that Good Will Hunting is a rare breath of fresh air in Hollywood, a film with wisdom, sincerity and the right goals.

Renowned film critic Roger Ebert gave the film a four-star rating, saying that the film's success was not due to the whole, but that each small detail was shining with the glimmer of perfection. It was a rare film that focused on the spiritual growth of young people.

Due to the good performance of the preview, "Good Will Hunting" began to be screened on a large scale in the second week.

In its second week, the film grossed $1787 million in 2459 theaters, winning the box office championship amid competition from many blockbusters during the winter vacation.

The second place was "Legends of the Fall" starring Brad Pitt, with a box office of 2059 million US dollars in its first week.

The third place is "Little Women", starring Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Christian Bale and others, with a box office of 1477 million US dollars in the second week, and a total of 2125 million US dollars in two weeks.
This week, "The Mask" ranked 7th at the box office, earning $449 million and a cumulative box office of $1.13 million. It is also the fourth film from Guess What Films to have a North American box office of over $ million.

In its third week of release, "Good Will Hunting" took in $2025 million in 2688 theaters, retaining the box office championship. The cumulative North American box office reached $5312 million.

According to Total Film magazine, the film's North American box office revenue is expected to exceed $1 million.

The film cost only $1000 million to produce.

If Total Cinema's prediction comes true, Good Will Hunting's box office revenue ratio will be more than 10 times higher.

This is undoubtedly a blockbuster movie.

When Robert Reiner, president of Castle Rock Pictures, saw the box office data in the newspaper, he was so angry that he almost fainted.

"Good Will Hunting" was originally a project of Castle Rock Pictures. He read the script at first and felt it was okay, but was not sure it would sell well. In order to keep the script in the hands of the company, he asked Matt Damon to revise the script repeatedly until Matt Damon was willing to give up control of the script.

Later, Matt Damon gave up working with Castle Rock and took the script to Guess What Pictures.

But he never imagined that this humble script would become a big hit after being made into a movie, with a chance of breaking $100 million at the North American box office.

Robert Reiner slammed the table hard.

In the past two years, due to the sudden rise of Guess What Pictures, Castle Rock Pictures' box office revenue has shrunk significantly, and its financial situation is extremely severe, and it is on the verge of bankruptcy.

If a hit movie comes along at this time and the company makes money, its financial situation will improve quickly, or even revive.

It's a pity that he missed "Good Will Hunting", not only missing the opportunity to improve the company's situation, but also letting Link and Guess What Pictures get a big advantage. Letting the enemy get an advantage is more painful than killing him.

Robert Reiner yelled a few angry words, picked up the phone and called Michael Ovitz, asking him why he hadn't taken action to suppress Guess What Pictures.

If "Good Will Hunting" breaks the $1 million mark in North America, Guess What Pictures will have five films this year that have box office revenues of over $ million in North America.

Total annual box office revenue exceeded $8 million.

That’s more than $1 million more than the original first-place Paramount Pictures.

More importantly, this year, Guess What Pictures only released 9 movies, which is more than half less than the number of movies released by the Big Seven studios, and the cost of investment is also less.

And guess what, the film industry’s performance this year is better than last year, which was better than the year before.

If this trend continues, guess what the film industry will become in the future?

It would be too late for them to deal with Link and Guess Pictures by then. If they wanted to deal with Link and Guess Pictures, they had to do it now, without delay.

What Robert Reiner is more worried about is that if things continue like this, Castle Rock Pictures may not survive until next year.

Michael Ovitz asked him to be patient, because the seven major film shareholders were more anxious than him when they saw that Guess What Pictures made so much box office revenue.

By then, they will take the initiative to find ways to deal with Guess Pictures, so there is no need to worry too much.

"Link is such a lucky bastard, he can sell any script he picks up."

In the office of the president of Paramount Pictures, Tom Cruise looked at Link's photo on the cover of a magazine and felt disgusted and jealous.

Shirley Lansing kept a straight face and said nothing.

Under her leadership this year, Paramount Pictures released several hit films.

Including movies such as "Forrest Gump", "Burning Point", "Star Trek 7", "Beverly Hills 3", "Grey Heel 3", and "A Date with Eros".

Although the box office of several movies was lower than expected, the overall box office performance was good. The current cumulative North American box office has reached 7.2 million, which is higher than last year's number one Warner Bros.

In November, many media reported that Paramount Pictures won the annual box office championship, praising her for her good leadership and being an excellent female CEO.

Unfortunately, starting from November, Guess What Pictures released two movies in a row that were big hits.

The box office of "The Mask" has exceeded 8 million US dollars, and "Good Will Hunting" is expected to exceed million US dollars. With the hot sales of these two movies, the annual total box office performance of Guess What Pictures has directly reached more than million US dollars, surpassing Paramount and Disney to take the first place in the industry.

Guess What Pictures overtook her at the box office, not only snatching away the first place, but also making her performance dim.

"Shirley, we can't go on like this. Guess What Pictures has taken away too much of the box office profits that originally belonged to the seven major film studios. We should pay attention to this and find a way to destroy Guess What Pictures."

Tom Cruise said unhappily.

He also has a movie released in November, "Interview with the Vampire", a blockbuster produced by Warner Bros. at a cost of 6000 million U.S. dollars. It originally had good box office performance and had the hope of making it into the top ten of the year, but unfortunately it encountered "The Mask" from Guess What? Pictures.

"The Mask" led the box office until the end, when "Interview with the Vampire" failed to catch up.

Many media outlets mocked him for not being able to match Jim Carrey in terms of box office appeal.

And all this was Link's fault. Link deliberately went against him. He wanted to see Link in trouble and Guess What Pictures go bankrupt more than anyone else.

"This matter is not as simple as you think. Guess What? Pictures is backed by Morgan Investments and Pioneer Capital. If you want to defeat Guess What? Pictures, Paramount Pictures alone is not enough."

Shirley Lansing said.

"We can contact other film companies. Guess what? The rise of the film industry will not only harm the interests of Paramount. Other film companies will definitely be willing to make a move. By the way, I heard that Michael Ovitz is doing this. We can discuss it with him."

As they were talking, the phone on the desk rang and Shirley Lansing picked up the phone.

"Look! Another movie from Guess What is a big hit. They might be the box office champion this year."

In the president's office of Warner Bros. Pictures, executive producer Richard Fox said while looking at the newspaper.

"It's not a possibility, but a certainty. The gap between Paramount, which ranks second, and Guess What? is more than 100 million, and there is no chance for them to catch up by next year."

President Miguel Goss sighed.

In the past decade, Warner Bros. Pictures has become the industry's box office champion five times, making it the best-performing film studio in Hollywood.

This year, the title of box office champion in the film industry will be won by Guess Pictures, which is very bad news for him as the president of Warner Pictures.

"Link is amazing. Not only can he make hit movies, but he can also manage a company well."

Richard Fox said.

"He was so powerful that the board of directors was very dissatisfied with our performance. They asked us to find a way to regain the box office market and even agreed to let the media company take action."

Miggos said.

Richard Fox said, "Link is now a box office elixir, and we should strengthen our cooperation with him."

Miggos nodded. "It's true that Link is a box office panacea, but Guess What Pictures performed too well and became the public enemy of the seven major film studios. We should now look at Link and Guess What Pictures separately."

Richard Fox also agreed with this point. When Guess What Pictures first rose to prominence, the media compared it to a catfish, which was used to liven up the North American film market and enhance competition within the industry.

Just over the past year, this catfish suddenly turned into a deep-sea shark, gobbling up the box office and profits that originally belonged to the seven major film studios.

The seven major film studios no longer dare to underestimate it, and taking action against it has become an inevitable choice.

Jingle Bell!
The phone on the desk rang, and Miggos picked it up and listened.

After hanging up, he told Richard Fox that it was a call from Michael Ovitz, who invited him to attend a meeting of top executives from the seven major film companies to discuss how to deal with the "rise of Guess What Pictures".

It was also said that senior executives from the seven major film companies had expressed their willingness to attend.

Miggoth decided to accept the invitation and go take a look.

(End of this chapter)