Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 80 Accused
In its fifth week of release, "Paranormal Activity" earned $2102 million in 3028 theaters, bringing the film's North American box office to $1.45 million.

Compared with the third and fourth weeks, this week's box office data has declined significantly.

On the one hand, affected by negative public opinion, the box office fell. On the other hand, the film was released in the later stage and the popularity had passed. People who liked this kind of film had already seen it, and those who didn’t like it would not come to see it. So a decline was inevitable.

According to Film Variety, the film's North American box office is expected to be around $1.8 million, and is unlikely to exceed $2 million.

If it breaks 1992 million US dollars, this movie will most likely be in the top three of the annual box office list, or even first.

If "Paranormal Activity" becomes the annual box office champion, suppressing all commercial blockbusters and classic art films, the big directors and stars in Hollywood will probably be so depressed that they will vomit blood.

"Hahaha, Kiefer, Jimi, look at the box office data of Paranormal Activity this week."

In the office, Robert Downey Jr. waved the newspaper in his hand and said excitedly, "According to the survey and analysis of Film Variety, the box office drop of Paranormal this week is much greater than normal.

According to the normal downward trend, the box office performance of Paranormal Activity this week should be between 3600 million and 4200 million. Because of our suppression, the film earned more than million less. Haha, Jimmy, you said that it was meaningless to do this. Do you still think so now? "

"No, you're right, it makes sense."

Jimmy Rich gave an awkward smile.

In order to suppress "Paranormal Activity", Robert Downey Jr. spent more than one million US dollars to create a large amount of negative news about Link through the media.

Robert Downey Jr. succeeded. The negative news caused the box office of "Paranormal Activity" to drop sharply, but this approach also cost him a lot of money and wasted a lot of time and energy.

Using this method to fight will only harm others and yourself.

Jimmy Rich didn’t consider it a win.

"Robert, at the promotion site for 'The Outlaws' yesterday, Tom Cruise said you did a great job and invited you to attend the celebration party for 'The Outlaws' box office exceeding 100 million yuan."

Kiefer Sutherland laughed.

"Haha, Jimmy, listen, now even Tom Cruise has taken the initiative to invite me to the party, and you still think this is meaningless?"

Robert Downey Jr. smirked.

"Yes, it does."

Jimmy Rich nodded.

Although Robert Downey Jr. is a first-line star in Hollywood, he is far behind the top star Tom Cruise in terms of status and pay.

By defeating Link, he gained the friendship of Tom Cruise, which is a great gain.

Jingle Bell!
The phone on the desk rang. Jamie Rich walked over to answer it. His eyebrows moved and his expression gradually became interesting.

"Jimmy, what's going on?"

Kiefer Sutherland asked.

"It's big news."

Jimmy Rich quickly found a copy of the Los Angeles Times. The headline on the front page was "Paranormal Activity Suspected of Copyright Infringement", and the subtitle was "Murrieta murder suspect Tina Westerton sued Paranormal Activity director Link for plagiarizing her story."

"This is real?"

Robert Downey Jr. exclaimed in surprise.

Continue reading, this news mainly talks about two cases.

The first case was a homicide that occurred in Murrieta, Southern California, more than two months ago.

After Tina Worsterton suffered domestic violence from her husband, she shot her husband seven times that night and killed him while he was sleeping.

Afterwards, Tina Worsterton was arrested by the police and then prosecuted by the court for suspected intentional homicide. In the first trial, Tina Worsterton claimed that she did not kill her husband intentionally, but took out a pistol in her sleep and shot her husband unconsciously.

Tina Worsterton's defense attorney believed that her client killed her husband while she was unconscious, which was manslaughter rather than intentional homicide.

The defense attorney produced the client's medical records and a list of medications he was taking.

The person involved, Tina Worsterton, was unable to have children normally due to physical reasons. She underwent two artificial insemination operations last year, but both ended in failure.

As a result, Tina Worsterton suffered from mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety and needed to take a lot of medication to relieve her condition.

During the treatment, the client showed signs of mental confusion and sleepwalking.

The defense attorney said that after the client suffered domestic violence from her husband, her mental condition became worse and her illness, which had not been alleviated, became more serious. Under such circumstances, it was possible and very reasonable for her to sleepwalk and shoot her husband at night.

Since this case involves popular and bizarre terms such as "marital relationship", "domestic violence", "depression", "late night shooting", "wife kills husband", and "sleepwalking murder", etc.

This case was exposed by the media during the initial trial and became a popular social news on the west coast of the United States.

Many media outlets have also discussed this case publicly.

Should I believe what Tina Wasterton says?
Did Tina Wasterton commit murder intentionally or unconsciously?
Is sleepwalking murder a fact?
What should Tina Wasterton be convicted of?

Female readers believed Tina Worsterton's words and supported innocence.

Male readers believe that the judiciary should conduct a rigorous examination of Tina Worsterton's mental and psychological state.

If she really suffers from a serious mental illness, her sentence can be reduced and she can be arranged to receive treatment.

If someone pretends to be sick when they are not and tries to escape punishment, they must be dealt with seriously.

Because this kind of case cannot be opened.

Once Tina Worsterton was acquitted, many women in the future would follow this method to evade criminal justice.

By that time, every male was in danger and had to wear bulletproof vests even when sleeping.

This must never happen.

Because there has been a lot of discussion, everyone is paying more attention to this case.

During the second trial, many media went to the scene to interview.

But at the second trial, the defendant's defense lawyer submitted a new piece of evidence, which was a videotape.

It is claimed that Tina Worsterton accepted the advice of a psychiatrist a few weeks before the incident and placed a camera in her bedroom to record her daily life in order to find the cause of her illness.

At the same time, the defense attorney also sued Guess What Pictures and director Link on behalf of the client, claiming that he stole Tina Westerton's private videotapes and edited them into the documentary-style film "Paranormal Activity."

After the film was released, Tina Wasterton contacted Guess Pictures and asked the producers to pay copyright fees, but was rejected.

The defense lawyer demanded on the spot that Guess the Movies pay the client $1 million in compensation.

As the defense attorney spoke, the media in the audience almost jumped up with excitement.

You should know that "Paranormal Activity" is currently the most popular movie in North America. Every piece of news about "Paranormal Activity" has the chance to make headlines and attract attention from all over the United States.

Now this blockbuster movie has been linked to a murder case and an infringement case, turning it into a very complicated case within a case.

This news is of great value.

(End of this chapter)