Reborn Hollywood Ladies

Chapter 118 Dumbfounded
The Midnight Garden of Good and Evil, which rushed over aggressively with a turbulent momentum, withered under the overwhelmingly negative reviews from fans, and even the director himself did not expect to be so "crushed".

There are not no praises, at least Cooper praised the film desperately for the little thought in his heart.It is said that it tells a profound story with pictures full of southern style. The film combines homosexuality, crime, thriller, suspense and other elements to present the complexity and humanity of love-hate entanglement to the audience.

He also said that director Eastwood deserves to be the best director who has won an Oscar. The depth of the film is not comparable to that of a small director who made two low-budget horror films.

As for who the little director he was implicitly hinting at, I believe no one would fail to see.

Laila put down the New York Post and tapped the steering wheel thoughtfully.

According to her original idea, before the age of 30, she would not care about any awards or not, and just focus on making money first.After the wallet is bulging, I will shoot some movies that can win awards to hit Hollywood's awards season.

Because she knows very well that her age is destined not to win any awards like best director, which has nothing to do with the films she made, and is entirely caused by the outdated thinking of the judges.Among the thousands of Oscar reviewers, the average age is over 60 years old, and only 50% are younger than 14 years old. You can imagine what kind of views these people have on young people.

But seeing Cooper blindly touting Eastwood from the awards, and belittling himself to nothing, Laila was really upset.

After thinking about it for a while, she felt that she might be on the edge of a dead end. Why did she focus on the best director in the first place?If there is no benefit of rebirth, even if she daydreams in her previous life, she would not dare to dream of being on the Oscar and winning the best director statuette.

Isn't the reason why she dared to have the confidence to win that award at the mere 19-year-old because she relied on her being a reborn person?

In her previous life, she endured and struggled for so long in order to be able to make movies, and in order to win sponsorship, she used the method of cannibalism to achieve her goal bit by bit.Although the ending made her very sad, but after all, she did it, didn't she?
Then why can't she come again in this life?It is no longer as simple as making a movie, but the ideal of winning the title of the world's number one director!
She in this life has too many advantages compared to her previous life, so there is nothing wrong with raising the height of her ideals.Since Cooper used the fact that he didn't get the award to stimulate her, let her use the trophy to smash him in the face!

Lyra tossed the newspaper aside in a ball, her ice-blue eyes flickering with unidentified meaning.Just let him jump for a while, no matter how much you say to such a person, it is better to slap him in the face with your actual results.

Smiling silently, she started the car and set off again to complete her journey.

While she was enjoying the happy time, SAW's box office results for the second week came out, and it once again won the weekly champion of North America's weekly box office rankings with 3054 million US dollars.

This is an amazing result. You must know that this is already the second week, and there is still a (pseudo) strong enemy Midnight Garden of Good and Evil grabbing the box office. Being able to win such a result can be said to have shocked countless people's jaws. Even some film critics who were not optimistic about SAW kept their mouths shut.

Although compared with the more than 2000 million two days before the opening, the 3000 million box office dive is a bit steep.But that's not entirely a matter of SAW quality, but Midnight Garden of Good and Evil still had some bad effects on it.

Oscar-winning directors and actors, and a film adaptation of a novel that has been best-selling for five consecutive years, these alone are enough to make many fans interested in watching it, and even the bosses of theaters are very optimistic about it.

For them, SAW is just a low-budget horror film made by a 19-year-old girl.Maybe the Blair Witch really caused a movie-watching frenzy at the beginning, and won more than 3 million box office worldwide as a dark horse, but no one can guarantee that the person who succeeded in the first movie will also be successful in the second movie.

Therefore, many theater owners who think they are very smart choose to reduce the number of SAW screens in the second week and transfer them to the Midnight Garden of Good and Evil. For midnight, which is very popular.

So there were still more than 1800 SAW screened when the screening opened, but it was reduced to more than 1300 in the second week, but it still won an excellent score of more than 3000 million US dollars.

The theater owners who only signed for a week were surprised when they saw the results of the first four days. Some people regretted it, but they still pinned their last hope on Midnight, hoping that it can inherit the impact of SAW. Good job earn a fortune for them.

And the premiere of Midnight Garden of Good and Evil did win a good 700 million. Although it is not as fierce as SAW, it is still quite impressive in this off-season.But no one thought that the second box office dived 50% and only won more than 350 million, accompanied by overwhelming negative reviews from audiences and fans.

The cinema bosses were dumbfounded, what about the Oscar-best film?Why did it crash the next day?

This is only the second day, and on the third day there are only a pitiful 100 million or so.It can be predicted that this movie can only earn back its cost with CDs in the future, and the box office won may not even be enough for the actors and directors.

Now the theater bosses vomited blood, and they all scolded Midnight Garden of Good and Evil for cheating.If they knew it was such a trap, even if they begged grandpa to sue grandma, they would have to sign SAW for a few more weeks and add a few more screens!But they didn't know if they were squeezed by the door, so they just changed the screen that should have been reserved for SAW to midnight.

Seeing that there are only three or two kittens in the theater at home, and half of them are dozing off, and seeing that the theater showing SAW on the opposite side is full, the bosses of some theaters really want to cry.

It's a pity that even if they want to repent, they are still subject to the signed contract, and they have to drink the bitter wine they brewed with their eyes closed.

Knowing these things, the Phoenix Company snickered for a long time with schadenfreude.Tell you not to sign us, you should!

In just a few days, Louise received calls from many theaters, hoping to sign SAW's screening rights again.Of course, she is very happy to accept this, business is business, even if the other party rejected them at the beginning, she will not refuse their cooperation again because of this.

When you can make money, make it as hard as you can, and no one will have a grudge against money, right?
But Louise didn't agree so easily. Taking the opportunity, she not only negotiated a good price, but also talked about the screening of Lila's third movie "Death Comes".It's a pity that "Alien 4" is about to be released. This movie, which is destined to be a big hit, makes the theater owners be more cautious when negotiating with Phoenix, otherwise Louise can get more screens.

(End of this chapter)