Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 347 The summer vacation season ended successfully, and the hostile forces revealed the tip of the iceberg

After Nicole Kidman left, Link continued to work in the office.

The third week box office results of "The Groom Running Backwards" were released today.

The film earned $1228 million in its third week, and its current box office revenue is $4216 million.

This week, the North American summer vacation season comes to an end.

A total of 87 movies were released in North American theaters this summer.

Currently, only three movies have grossed over 18 million US dollars in North America, two fewer than last year's summer box office, and 5000 movies have grossed over million US dollars, five more than last year.

Among them, "Apollo 13" ranks first with 1.52 million.

"The Butterfly Effect" grossed $1.38 million, ranking second.

"Legend of the Condor Heroes" ranks third with 1.08 million yuan.

"Casper the Evil Dead" ranked fourth with $9650 million.

"The Shawshank Redemption" grossed $9207 million, ranking fifth.

"Die Hard 3" ranked sixth with 9117 million US dollars.

The rest of the films took in less than $9000 million.

On the list, the second and fifth ranked movies are from Guess What Pictures. The production costs of these two movies were US$1200 million and US$2200 million respectively, and the box office revenue ratios were 10:1 and 4:1 respectively. They are also the two movies with the highest box office profits on the list.

This report card also makes Guess Pictures the biggest winner of this summer vacation.

Total Cinema magazine also reported that Guess What Pictures released four films during the summer vacation, with a total box office of $3.16 million so far.

Before the summer vacation, Guess What Pictures released four films, with a total box office of $4 million so far.

As of the end of August, Guess What Pictures has grossed $5.6 million in North America, $1.1 million more than second-place Universal Pictures.

"Complete Movie" believes that Guess Pictures has the ability to retain the annual box office champion title.

Guess What Pictures has once again become the object of jealousy among its peers, and also the object that many peers hope to continue to cooperate with.

"Link, congratulations on your movie's success again. When are you free? How about we talk about cooperation again? We had a great time working together on the two projects "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Dumb and Dumber" last year."

New Line Cinema President Robert Shea said by phone.

"Well, how about this weekend? I'm playing golf with some friends."

"Okay, I like playing golf too, see you this weekend."

After chatting with Robert Shea for a few words, Link received a call from Frank Macasso, president of MGM Pictures, who also said that the two companies had cooperated very smoothly on "The Groom Runs Backwards" and made money together, and hoped that there would be a chance to cooperate with Guess Pictures again.

Link didn't refuse.

When the seven major film studios were suppressing Guess What? Pictures, MGM had the least influence on Guess What? Pictures because it had no hit movies and its parent company did not have a media group, and therefore was a suitable partner.

After the call, he received another call from Sony Group Chairman Nobuyuki Idei, who asked him when he was free and wanted to treat him to Japanese food and sake so that he could experience Japanese food culture.

Link declined as he was currently busy preparing for his new film "The English Patient" and had no time to enjoy anything else.

Nobuyuki Idei heard the rejection in his words and apologized to him over the phone, saying that Columbia Pictures' participation in the crackdown on Guess What Pictures was also forced by the Big Seven studios.

After Columbia Pictures was taken over by Sony five years ago, it was also excluded and suppressed by local Hollywood forces. It has not yet gained a firm foothold, and they have to choose to obey in some things.

However, Nobuyuki Idei assured him that Columbia Pictures would never again be involved in any action against Guess What Pictures, ensuring that the two companies would establish a long-term cooperative relationship in a friendly atmosphere.

After hearing that Xiao Rizi's apology was quite sincere, Link said that he might consider trying some Japanese food after finishing the film.

Nobuyuki Idei said enthusiastically that he was looking forward to his arrival.

Before Link finished the call, Lewinsky came in and said that Chen Long had come and wanted to talk to him about the new movie.

Link waved his hand and asked her to take Chen Long to the coffee room next door, and he would come over later.
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"Michael, what do you think of the box office performance of Guess What?"

In Disney's president's office, Michael Eisner frowned and pointed to the article in the magazine.

Ovitz shrugged. "Although I hate this company, I have to admit that they have done a great job in film production and distribution."

"Yes, it is excellent."

Eisner handed him a cigarette and said, "The Big 7 is a well-established company that has been established for decades, but their box office performance is not as good as that of a new film company that has only been established for three years. This shows that they do have effective methods for film production."

"Are you planning to poach people?"

Ovitz asked with interest.

"There's no point in poaching people. I've investigated and found that most of the movies produced by Guess What Movies have to be approved by Link. Link plays a key role in Guess What Movies' movie projects. Unless we can poach him, poaching other people is useless."

Eisner said.

Ovitz nodded and asked, smoking a cigarette, "So what are you going to do? Continue to suppress or something else?"

"Both suppression and cooperation have their pros and cons. I'd like to hear your opinion," Eisner asked.

Ovitz thought for a moment, "I agree to continue suppressing it. Guess What Pictures is the common enemy of the seven major film studios, an insatiable predator. We'd better use the most tyrannical means to destroy it before it has completely established its foothold, so that it has no chance to compete with the seven major film studios. If we cooperate with Guess What Pictures, it will be indulged in its continued development. Over time, the box office share of the seven major film studios will only be slowly eroded by it, and it will be too late to suppress it by then." Eisner took a puff of cigarette, "Guess What Pictures is very strong, with sufficient funds, many hit movies, and the support of several major investment companies. It is not easy to defeat such a film company."

Ovitz looked at his expression and asked, "Are you planning to cooperate with Guess What Pictures?"

"I have considered this, but Link is too greedy. Cooperation with him will not bring much benefit. On the contrary, it will make it stronger. So cooperation is not a good idea. Suppression will not be able to defeat it. This is a dilemma."

Eisner spread his hands and said.

Ovitz thought about it and mentioned the metaphor of seven tigers vs. the elephant proposed by Longmeyer. If you want to kill the elephant, it is best to do so when he is injured.

"Before Guess What Movies encounters a major setback, perhaps we can try to cooperate with it, and in the cooperation, we can find opportunities to create trouble for Guess What Movies, and then find a chance to destroy it. This way, we will not waste time and have the opportunity to make money."

Eisner pondered for a moment and agreed with his proposal, but the specific implementation needed to be seriously discussed.
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"Harvey, we shouldn't have rejected Link's invitation. If we had teamed up with Guess What Films to release The Butterfly Effect, we could have made tens of millions more dollars from this movie."

Bob Weinstein looked at the data on "The Butterfly Effect" in the newspaper and his expression became annoyed.

Harvey's expression was not very good either. In May, he saw the seven major film studios join forces to suppress Guess What Pictures, focusing on "The Butterfly Effect". He thought that the box office of this movie would not be too good, about 50 or 60 million.

But I didn't expect that a niche movie like "The Butterfly Effect" could still get a box office of 1.38 million US dollars despite the suppression from the seven major film studios.

He underestimated the potential of this movie and overestimated the power of the Big Seven studios.

Harvey sighed, "Don't be too depressed. Although The Butterfly Effect did well at the box office, the cost of publicity was also very high, at least $1000 million. Otherwise, it wouldn't have gotten that much at the box office under the pressure of the seven major studios. Counting the publicity costs, the box office revenue ratio of this movie is only 5:1, which is not too outstanding."

“But it’s also much better than our movie.”

Bob said with a sour face.

During the summer vacation, the Big Seven Studios and Guess What Pictures had a big fight. In the end, it was not the Big Seven Studios, nor Guess What Pictures, that suffered heavy losses, but the films released by these independent film companies.

Except for New Line Cinema's "The Mortal Kombat", which grossed over 5000 million, the box office performances of other films were very poor.

Of the six films released by Miramax, only one, "Sweeney on the Hill," grossed $1090 million, while the rest all grossed less than million.

The combined box office of these six films is not as good as "At All Costs", the worst-performing film under Guess What?

"You don't have to be too envious of Link and Guess What? Pictures. The better he performs now, the closer he will be to his unlucky day. His current behavior is like walking towards an arsenal with a torch. It won't be long before he is blown to pieces."

Harvey said with a cold face.

"What do you mean?"

Bob asked, perking up.

"Whose turf is Hollywood? You should know that."

"From Big Seven Pictures?"

"No, it's ours."

Harvey pointed at himself and then at Bob, "He belongs to us Jews. No matter how powerful Link is, as long as he touches our interests, the final outcome will only be destruction."

"Are they ready to take action?"

Bob's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Warner Bros. Pictures founders Jack Warner and Harry Warner were descendants of Polish Jews.

The founder of MGM Studios was Louis Mayer, a Ukrainian-born Jew who was also the first king of Hollywood and the founder of the Academy Awards.

Paramount was founded by Adolf Zukor, a Hungarian-born Jew.

Columbia Pictures was founded by the Harry Cohn brothers, who were also Jewish.

The founder of Universal Pictures was Karl Laemer, a German-Jewish man.

Although these film companies have been sold many times and some of their owners are no longer Jewish, the shareholders and investment companies behind these companies are mostly of this type, including the shareholders behind Disney and 20th Century Fox.

It is also because of this that, starting from Louis Mayer, successive Hollywood leaders have come from this group, including Lew Wasserman, Michael Ovitz, Disney Chairman Michael Eisner, Paramount Pictures boss Redstone, Universal Pictures President Ron Meyer, the three giants of DreamWorks, film master Woody Allen and so on.

If these people join hands, their power will be stronger than the seven major studios, and it will be a piece of cake to deal with Link and Guess What?

But there is a problem here. The ancestors of these people came from different countries, and their degree of blood identification is different, so they are not all of the same mind.

Some advocate preserving ancient bloodlines and ideals, while others advocate abandoning their bloodlines and actively integrating into American society.

This also leads to differences among them on some issues, and they will not absolutely unite unless faced with a life-and-death crisis.

"Don't worry. Guess what? The film industry is getting stronger and stronger. It seriously threatens the survival of the seven major film companies and their management order in Hollywood. Even if they don't take action now, when Link gets more dividends, they will definitely take action. We are not the kind of people who like to suffer losses."

Harvey clenched his fists and smiled coldly.

"I really hope this day will come sooner. If this guy dies, all of his girlfriends will belong to us."

Bob Weinstein saw the pictures of Link's many girlfriends in the newspaper and licked his greasy lips enviously.

With Link around, it would be difficult for them to take action. Once Link falls, these beauties will become prey in the entertainment venue again, and then he will have a chance to get close to them.

(End of this chapter)