Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 335 Sandra Bullock's Secret
After resting for a night in the San Diego villa, Link returned to the crew to continue filming.

Over in Hollywood, after a week of hot screenings, the movie box office data is released.

This week's box office champion was "Waterworld," which took in $2547 million in 3138 theaters in its first week.

Lower than the expected 5000 million.

The film's reputation is also relatively poor, mainly due to flaws in the plot design and the lack of entertainment attributes of a commercial film. It is similar to using the literary and artistic style of "Dances with Wolves" to make a commercial blockbuster. The style is too obscure and profound, and it is not easy for ordinary audiences to digest it.

Many film critics also said that they had too high expectations for the film before it was released, so they were disappointed after watching the movie.

"The Shawshank Redemption" ranked second at the box office this week, earning $1827 million.

Compared with "Waterworld", this movie has very positive reputation. In the first week of its release, 27 media outlets gave the movie a high score of more than 95 points. It is considered a must-see movie for men and the best movie in this summer vacation.

Even the famous film critic Roger Ebert once again stood up and publicly supported the film, believing that it was the best film of the year and a classic that would go down in film history.

Roger Ebert supported "The Butterfly Effect" once when it was released, and now he supports "The Shawshank Redemption" again.

Because the movies he supports are all from Guess Pictures.

Many people suspected that he was corrupted by Link with money and began to support Guess What Movies.

However, Roger Ebert publicly stated that he did not care about what others said. The reason he recommended "The Shawshank Redemption" was because the film was of high quality and should not be buried.

In addition to Roger Ebert, famous film critics such as Rudin Batchelor, Justin Chang, and Will Roger also publicly supported "The Shawshank Redemption", praising the film as the best of the year.

Driven by word of mouth, the box office of "The Shawshank Redemption" saw a slight increase in its second week, earning $2419 million and winning the weekly box office championship.

It is also the first weekly box office champion of Guess What Pictures during this summer vacation.

"Waterworld" dropped to second place, earning $1906 million, a 42% drop in box office revenue.

“Why did it fall so much?”

At Universal Pictures, Langmeyer's face turned extremely bad when he saw the report in his hand.

The company predicts that the North American box office of "Waterworld" will be around US$2 million, but with the current decline, it will be difficult to break through US$ million.

If that's the case, the company's losses on the project would exceed $1 million.

This is terrible news.

"Lang, the main reason is that the competition in the summer vacation this year is quite fierce. The Shawshank Redemption, which was released at the same time, is of excellent quality, has a continuously high reputation, and its box office performance is also very stable. The Bridges of Madison County, which was released this week, is also of very high quality and has received support from many people.

There are also blockbusters such as "Apollo 13", "The Butterfly Effect", "Casper the Kids" and "Die Hard 3" that are still in theaters, and they are still very competitive in the film market, which has also led to huge challenges for our films."

said Cathy Seymour, Vice President of Universal Pictures.

Langmeyer understood what she meant. The quality of the movies currently released is good, only "Waterworld" is not good enough, so it is natural that the box office is poor.

"If we continue to increase our investment in publicity, is there any chance that we can push up the box office figures?"

"It's very difficult. The films currently being released are very competitive, and there are also several blockbusters among the upcoming films. If we increase our publicity investment and directly compete with these films for the box office, the probability of success is low, and it will lead to greater losses."

Cathy Seymour said.

Ron Meyer sighed and regretted taking part in the summer season crackdown on Guess What? films.

If these actions were not taken, there would not be so many blockbusters released during the summer vacation, "Waterworld" would be under less pressure and its box office performance would be higher.

Unfortunately, the dice had already been cast and he couldn't stop it just because he wanted to.
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"Cut!"

On the set in downtown Washington, Link stood behind the monitor and frowned as he watched the footage that had just been shot. After confirming that it was correct, he waved his hand to indicate that it had passed.

"yeah!!"

After hearing his shout, dozens of people on the set shouted with joy.

Over the past month, they followed Link around, visiting more than 100 film sets in six cities. In addition, Link was very strict during the filming process, which caused a lot of pressure on the crew.

With the completion of the last set of shots, all the shots of "Network" have been completed, and everyone can relax and have a good rest.

"Haha, it's finally over." Matt Damon sat down on the ground, saw his tanned skin and rough palms, and smiled tiredly.

"Come on, have some beer."

Mark Wahlberg handed over a beer.

"Thank you!"

Matt Damon took a few sips of beer, burped for a long time, and said, "Last time, Ben Affleck finished filming Batman and was depressed for many days and couldn't recover. At that time, I didn't quite understand why he became like that. Now I understand that it is really not easy to be an actor under Link."

Mark Wahlberg laughed and said, "I experienced Link's terror when I was filming The Butterfly Effect. No, you and Link also filmed The Blair Witch Project before."

"It's different. When we were filming The Witch, Link only wanted us to act like ourselves. We didn't need too much acting skills, and it wouldn't be too overwhelming. It's nothing like now. Every scene, every performance, and even every subtle expression must be strictly checked. It's extremely strict."

Matt Damon shook his head, "It's too hard."

Mark Wahlberg smiled and saw Sandra walking towards Link with water. He sighed and gulped down half a can of beer.

"Link, now that the filming is over, you should take a good rest. Shooting two films in the first half of the year must be exhausting."

Sandra Bullock walked up to Link and looked at him lovingly.

Originally, Link had not planned to direct this movie, but she wanted to work with him once, so she persuaded him several times.

Link took on the film after careful consideration.

Link is so busy because of her.

"You've been tired during this period. Once the film editing is finished, we'll go on vacation to Hawaii."

Link took off his baseball cap and wiped the sweat from his hair with a towel.

"I'd better not go. Let them have the chance. I've been with you every day this month. They're almost jealous of me. If I go to the island to take turns again, they'll probably throw me into the sea."

Sandra Bullock laughed.

"I didn't expect you to be so humble. This is a very good quality."

"Of course, we are all sisters. I can't eat my fill and leave everyone else hungry."

Sandra patted her plump chest and laughed generously.

Milla Jovovich, who was standing next to her, curled her lips secretly when she heard her words.

The reason why Sandra didn't go on vacation was definitely not to be humble, but because she had been taken care of frequently by Link recently, and her hips and bust had grown for the second time, and her bra size had increased by more than an inch. She was worried that her fat butt would affect her filming, so she decided to find time to lose weight.

Mira glanced at Sandra's plump figure, which was one of the most eye-catching figures among the sisters.

But she was not jealous. After entering Link's villa and being taken care of by him, her slender and skinny figure gradually became plump and full, and it would not take long for her to become hot.

"Mira, The Fifth Element is about to start filming. There are a lot of action scenes in this movie, which are quite difficult. If you continue to train during this period, the filming will go more smoothly."

Link said.

"Got it. I will practice hard."

Milla Jovovich laughed.

"The Fifth Element" is a film project jointly produced by Guess Pictures and Columbia Pictures, and the project has been approved.

The director is Luc Besson, the male lead is tentatively scheduled to be Bruce Willis, and the supporting actors include veteran actors such as Gary Oldman and Ian Holm.

And she is the heroine of this movie.

This is also her first time to play the leading role in an action blockbuster, which puts her under a lot of pressure. Fortunately, with Link's guidance, she is more confident in playing the role well.

After the filming of "Network" was completed, Link returned to Los Angeles with the crew.

(End of this chapter)