Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 362 Black material is coming, continue to promote

"Everyone, please be quiet. This week's box office results are out. The first week box office of "The Sixth Sense" is..."

"Stop being so pretentious and tell me quickly!"

In the Guess What Films office, Chris Bauer took a newspaper, glanced at his colleagues, smiled, raised his fist and shouted,
"$8817 million!"

"How many?"

"More than 80 million?!"

"yeah!!!"

Dozens of people at the scene shouted excitedly.

They all participated in the filming and production of "The Sixth Sense" and they also contributed to the film's success. They have reason to be excited about the film's success.

In addition to the production team, there are also publicity, distribution, marketing, administrative departments, etc. After seeing the first week box office performance of "The Sixth Sense", they all cheered loudly and excitedly.

Cheers came one after another.

It's like a festival.

Link smiled and went back to the office to read the newspaper.

"The Sixth Sense" earned $3217 million in 8817 theaters in North America in its first week, surpassing the $93 million of "Jurassic Park" released in 8032, setting a new record for the first week box office of a North American movie.

In second place is the action movie "Money Train" released by Columbia Pictures, starring Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Lopez and others, with a production cost of 6800 million US dollars.

The first week box office was $961 million.

The third place is the movie "Casino" produced by Universal Pictures, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci and others, with a production cost of 4200 million US dollars.

The first week box office was $839 million.

Fourth place is "GoldenEye", which has been released for three weeks. It was produced by MGM and starred Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Monica Bellucci and others. The box office this week was 007 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office was 615 million US dollars.

Other films released at the same time include Warner Bros.' "Good Things Come in Pairs", Paramount Pictures' "Gattaca", Bestline Pictures' "Under the Stars", Miramax Films' "Quarterly" and so on.

The box office results are all below $300 million, especially the last two, which took in less than $2 this week.

"The Sixth Sense", released by Guess What Pictures, took up 70% of the weekly box office, and its ability to make money is amazing.

The Los Angeles Times magazine predicts that the film will gross no less than $4 million in North America and more than $8 million worldwide.

If the predicted box office comes true, Guess What Pictures' annual total box office will far surpass the second-place Universal Pictures, making it the undisputed overlord of the film industry.

At the same time, "The Sixth Sense" is a big hit. Guess the market value of the film industry will definitely rise again, exceeding the 25 billion at the beginning of the year.

With his 20% share of the global box office, Link can also earn hundreds of millions of dollars in film pay, and his net worth and power will be further increased.

The Los Angeles Times lamented at the end of the article that the rise of Guess What Pictures has turned the former Hollywood overlords, the Big Seven, into supporting roles, while Link's continuous success in movies has reduced his contemporaries to supporting roles.

Jingle Bell!Jingle Bell!
Quentin Tarantino called and congratulated him in a low voice on the success of his new movie.

"Thank you! How was the filming of From Dusk Till Dawn?"

During the summer vacation, while Link was busy filming "Net", Robert Rodriguez began filming "From Dusk Till Dawn", with Quentin as the screenwriter and male lead, also filming in Tijuana, Mexico. Link also visited the set and played a small supporting role.

"Finished!"

Quentin said listlessly.

"Okay, do you have anything else to say? If not, then goodbye."

Hearing Quentin's depressed tone, Link didn't want to be infected by him, so it would be safer to hang up the phone early.

"and many more!"

Quentin's irritable voice came from the phone, "Link, you ruined my plans and my career. Don't you want to say something?"

Link raised his eyebrows, "I ruined your career?"

"Yes, when I first became a director, my plan was to make a movie every two or three years, using enough time to make the best movie possible and make it a classic. I wanted to make ten such movies before I turned 60, just in time for retirement."

"Nice plan, what does it have to do with me?"

"It has a lot to do with it."

Quentin's voice suddenly became louder and his tone became more urgent. "I originally thought this plan was great. I could take my time to shoot movies, movies I like. But now you're here. You shoot three movies a year, and you can make them so good just by shooting them randomly. They have great reputations and box office. How can I take my time as planned?"

"Don't talk nonsense. I have carefully crafted each of my films and try to make them the best, not just randomly shooting them. Don't slander me."

Link laughed.

"Then do you admit that you disrupted my plans? You take every movie seriously and can make three in a year. Then what's the point of me making one in three years? Shooting while on vacation?"

"What does it matter? Everyone works differently and at different efficiencies. You don't have to compete with me, and I don't recommend you do so."

"Your words are useless. You have set off a bad trend in the film industry. Many directors have been influenced by you and started to speed up their filming speed, making at least one movie a year. Everyone is working hard to make movies. How can I rest well?" Quentin said after taking a breath. "Originally, my film career was planned to be a vacation mode, where I could have fun and shoot at the same time. Because of you, my career has become a battlefield mode. It's a mess. Am I wrong to say that you ruined my career?"

Link shook his head. "That sounds reasonable, but it has nothing to do with me. When I debuted, my career plan was to make at least two movies a year. Before I retired at the age of 80, I wanted to make 100 classic movies, so that my name and my movies would be on all the lists such as 'Best Movies in History', 'World Box Office', and 'World's Highest-grossing Movie Directors'."

"Retire at 80? Make 100 movies? Are you human?"

Quentin started to grit his teeth over the phone, "Movies are an art form, directors are artists, and masterpieces are masterpieces because there are few of them. If you shoot 100 movies by yourself, you are not an artist, but an art laborer, an art coolie."

"It doesn't matter. Making movies is a happy thing. As long as I am alive, I will continue to make movies. 100 movies may not be the upper limit."

"You're such a bastard!"

Quentin cursed.

Link saw another phone ringing and told Quentin that he was busy and would treat them to a drink on the weekend.

Hang up the phone and pick up another one.

Anne told him that he had received calls from Greg Davis, chief investment officer of Vanguard Capital, Paul Hankerson of Morgan Investments, Tom Hanks, Steven Soderbergh, Madonna, Robert Shea, Jay Maloney, Nicole Kidman and others.

Some congratulated him on the success of his new movie, while others had something to talk to him about.

Link took a sip of water and asked Annie to transfer the call.

"Haha, Link, congratulations on your new movie being a big hit. You are definitely the best director in the world, bar none."

Greg Davis laughed.

“Thank you! I can’t guarantee that I can be the best director, but I will try my best to be the director who can make the most money.”

"Haha, in my mind, the director who can make the most money is the best director."

After chatting for a few sentences, Greg Davis revealed the purpose of his call and asked Link whether he wanted to carry out the third round of financing in advance. Now that "The Sixth Sense" is selling well, guess what, the film industry's market value is rising on the Wall Street investment bank side, and now there are people willing to invest at a price of US$30 billion.

Link said there are no plans to raise funds in the next two years.

After successfully acquiring Pixar Animation Studios, the market value of Guess What Pictures increased from 22 billion to 25 billion. With the box office success of several summer movies, the market value of Guess What Pictures on Wall Street also stabilized at around 20 billion.

Currently, Guess the Movie Pictures is strong and does not need financing. It only needs to focus on making and distributing movies and making more money.

Before the next round of financing, we will aim to achieve a market value of at least US$50 billion and become a truly world-class film company.

Greg Davis expressed regret upon hearing that he had no plans to raise funds in advance, but did not force him. He only warned him that Seven Pictures would not give up and asked him to be cautious and try to make more blockbuster movies for the company, such as "Seven Deadly Sins" and "The Sixth Sense".

After hanging up the phone, he called Paul Hankerson, Tom Hanks and others back and chatted about the movie.

Everyone congratulated him on the huge success of his movie, and Guess the Movies had booked the annual box office champion in advance.

Nicole Kidman also told him on the phone that her divorce from Tom Cruise had reached the final stage and the verdict would be announced at the end of the year. By then, she would be a free woman and could sleep with him openly.

Cindy Crawford also called and invited him to her home.

Link asked how the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show preparations were going?
LTD clothing company held the first Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at the end of the year, with Cindy Crawford as the opening female model.

Cindy Crawford smiled and said everything went well, but there was a small problem with the underwear design, so she asked him to go to her house for some advice.

Link said he would go when he was free.

Boom boom boom!
After hanging up the phone, Lewinsky knocked on the door and walked in with a folder in her hand.

Lewinsky told him that the news came from the public relations department. Starting in the afternoon, several tabloids spread rumors that "The Sixth Sense" was suspected of box office fraud. The evidence was that the box office data in five northeastern states was more than 30% higher than that in other states, which was an abnormal performance.

“Is it true that the box office is higher in the five northeastern states?”

Link asked as he took the folder.

“It’s true. The main reason is that people there are more conservative and many people believe that ghosts exist in the world. Not only The Sixth Sense, but other movies involving ghosts will also do well at the local box office.

In addition, after the release of The Sixth Sense, several fans in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and other states came forward, claiming that they had the same experience as Cole when they were young and could see ghosts. These news became hot news in the local area and also boosted the box office of the movie to a certain extent.

Lewinsky said, blinking her big eyes.

The reason why the PR department informed Link of this matter was to let him prepare in advance to avoid being asked about it by reporters at film promotion events and not knowing how to respond.

Link nodded, flipped through a few pages of information, then picked up the phone and called Vice President Jon Gordon. Since there were many movie fans in the newspaper claiming that they had seen ghosts when they were children, he should spend more publicity funds to hype this kind of news.

Since children cannot lie, it is best to find one or two cute-looking children and ask them to explain the experience of seeing a ghost on a TV show.

Promote the movie by hyping this kind of news.

Jon Gordon seconded his proposal and said it would be arranged immediately.

When Link saw the movie trailer for "Cutthroat Island" in the newspaper, he told Jon Gordon to be prepared for a public opinion war.

(End of this chapter)