Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 78 The Opponent's Move
"Damn it! How can a crappy movie like Paranormal Activity get so much box office? Are those audiences stupid? They have good movies like Batman Returns, The Last Jedi, and Unforgiven, but they choose to watch that crappy movie. Are they blind?"

In the office of CAA agency, Robert Downey Jr. saw the latest box office data of "Paranormal Activity" in the newspaper and was so angry that he started cursing.

“The box office success of this movie is truly incredible.”

Kiefer Sutherland sighed.

After watching "Paranormal Activity" in the cinema a few days ago, I felt it was pretty good and quite scary. I predicted that the box office performance of this movie would not be too bad.

But at that time, they predicted the box office data to be four or five million.

A movie with an investment of only 2 US dollars can get a box office of or million, with a return ratio of more than times. This result is very good and it is already a high evaluation of Link.

But who could have expected that the film would earn $14 million in 159 theaters in its first weekend and $1318 million in its second week.

The third week was even more terrifying, with a box office of 5182 million US dollars, ranking first in the weekly box office.

Not only did it trample on the high-quality movie "The Last Thing" starring him, Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore and other big stars.

It also trampled on highly-received movies such as "Patriot Games", "Batman Returns" and "Unforgiven".

At the same time, it also stepped on the new movie "Unsung Heroes" starring Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman, which was released at the same time.

It became the horror film with the highest weekly box office in the history of world cinema.

After hearing about the box office results, his first reaction was that it was impossible and fake news. After confirming it, he suspected that the box office data was not true and might have been inflated.

Considering that Guess Pictures is a film company that was established less than a year ago, it has no people and no money, and it does not have the ability to falsify box office revenue.

In the end, he had to accept the reality that Link's second film was indeed a big hit, selling a number that exceeded expectations.

"Link is so lucky. The first movie, Buried, was a big hit, and the second movie, Paranormal Activity, was also a big hit, with even better box office results than the first one. Damn, why is his luck so good? If I had his luck, my movies would also sell tens of millions."

Kiefer Sutherland said enviously.

Robert Downey Jr. had a gloomy face and said nothing.

“Robert, Kiefer, you don’t have to worry too much. Link’s two movies have been big hits in a row, but it’s impossible for every movie to be a big hit. It’s very likely that he will go downhill from now on.

In addition, "Paranormal Activity" was over-marketed before and after its release, and the movie was sold as a commodity. Not only did people in the industry look down on him, thinking that he was a director who could only make money with junk movies, but movie fans also felt fooled and stopped supporting his movies.

I think it won’t be long before Link will take the initiative to leave the movie theater circle and become his own billionaire.”

Agent Jimmy Rich consoled.

Kiefer Sutherland nodded, "This is true. The huge sales of Paranormal Activity will inevitably affect the box office performance of other films released during the same period, and will also affect the interests of the seven major film studios. They will definitely not sit back and watch Guess What Movies make money. They are likely to suppress Guess What Movies and Link. I'm afraid Link will have a hard time.

In addition, the huge sales of "Paranormal Activity" caused the box office data of movies in the same period to drop rapidly, and the directors and leading actors of those movies also became hostile to Link because of this.

For example, Tom Cruise's face turned ugly after seeing the box office data this week. He left the promotion site early and called Columbia Pictures to ask them to increase the promotion, saying that "The Righteous" should not be trampled under the feet of a bad movie. This is an insult to the movie and to him personally. Humph, Link offended seven major film studios and many big stars with one movie. Even if he doesn't quit Hollywood, his life will not be easy. "

"It is indeed the case."

Agent Jimmy Rich nodded.

Hearing the two say this, Robert Downey Jr. felt a little more comfortable. He took a sip of wine, put down his glass and said, "It's just that Link's movie is a big hit, and the box office is getting higher and higher. Are we just going to watch and do nothing?"

"How to do it? His movie is already a big hit. Judging from the current situation, it won't be difficult for the North American box office to exceed 2 million, and the overseas box office is probably around million. Tsk tsk, according to this calculation, the global box office of this movie will reach million US dollars, a profit ratio of times."

Kiefer Sutherland gnashed his teeth with envy.

“Link’s film is not a documentary, but it is promoted as one, which is suspected of false propaganda. We can ask the media to hype this matter.

In addition, this bad movie sold well at the box office, causing a sharp drop in the box office of several good movies during the same period. What is this? This is bad money driving out good money.

We should clearly oppose and boycott this movie, and call on movie fans not to be fooled by Link, let alone spend a penny on this movie. "

Robert Downey Jr. said, tapping his fingers on the table.

“I’m afraid this wouldn’t be a good idea.

On the one hand, it will intensify the conflict with Link and make the relationship between the two sides more strained. On the other hand, this is an internal competition in the film industry. Everyone works together to make money from the audience and expand the film market. Calling on movie fans to boycott a normally released movie will not be approved by the Film Producers Association.

It is also very expensive to get media hype, and it is not cost-effective for us to spend money on something that does no good.”

Agent Jimmy Rich advised.

"It doesn't matter. I never thought about getting along well with Link, and offending him won't have much impact. As for the money issue, I'm not short of money. Money is just a number to me. As long as it can make Link unlucky, I don't care if it costs hundreds of thousands or millions more."

Robert Downey Jr. smokes a marijuana joint and blows a puff of smoke into the air.

Jimmy Rich glanced at Kiefer Sutherland, hoping he could give him some advice.

Kiefer Sutherland smiled and said: “This is a good idea. Now Link has offended not only us, but also the seven major film companies and many independent production companies.

There are also Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson and others.

Maybe after we stand up and boycott Paranormal Activity, many people will follow our lead. By then, all of Hollywood will be Link’s enemy. How can his movies sell well? ”

"Haha, I thought so too, Jimmy. Go contact the media and make this as big as possible. No need to help me save money."

Robert Downey Jr. clapped his hands and shouted excitedly.

Jimmy Rich sighed, nodded, and reluctantly took on this job that was detrimental to others and not beneficial to himself.

(End of this chapter)