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"There is no doubt that Angelica is a classic Hollywood commercial film. Joseph McNeill used some old-fashioned techniques and cheap plots to tell a story with rich elements but simple plot. Angel Dylan, played by Nicole Sue, showed surprising kung fu power in the film, which may be related to her nationality..."

"Jacqueline Patel's usual female fighter image is inevitably boring. There is no obvious improvement in her performance. She is far inferior to Nicole Sue in the same film. The latter contributed a sexy image that is completely different from her previous works and showed great plasticity."

"The plot is shallow and nonsensical, but fortunately it is very interesting, mixed with many different elements that make people's blood boil. The story rhythm is not much different from previous commercial films. The three angels with beautiful faces are very charming, and the fighting scenes are full of sparks. Overall, it is a movie suitable for watching to relax on weekends..."

As important magazines and newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times, Variety, and the New York Times have published reviews of the film "Angelica", the midnight box office report has been compiled by a professional data company and sent to the mailboxes of various stakeholders before dawn.

Kevin Cowan, as the head of Columbia's production department, is naturally one of them.

He got up on time at six in the morning, and the first thing he did after washing up was to check his emails.

"530 million US dollars..." Kevin's frown suddenly relaxed after seeing the specific box office figures of the midnight show.

Considering that there are less than 2000 theaters in the United States, it is a good result to reach this number for midnight shows.

It was even twice as high as their original estimate.

Kevin pinched his brows and carefully read the email again.

The original budget for shooting "Angelica Madame" was exactly 100 million US dollars, which included all the actors' salaries and the cost of post-production special effects. It was not a very important production for Columbia, but it was also a blockbuster with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars. So even though he was not the producer of the film himself, he was also very concerned about its box office performance.

As to whether there is any selfishness in this and how much selfishness there is, only he himself knows.

Because of this unexpected news, Kevin even ate his breakfast absent-mindedly, wanting only to get to the company quickly.

But before he could leave, Richard Cowen called him. "Kevin, have you read the midnight box office report? Now I have to admit that your insistence on launching a strong publicity campaign before the release was a wise move."

Although Richard Cowan has been successfully promoted to CEO of Columbia and holds great power, this does not mean that the Cowans can act recklessly in the company.

After all, he was just one of the people hired by the board of directors to manage the company, and any loss in a project would put him in a passive situation.

This is also the reason why Richard has always pursued strict elite education for Kevin. Even though Kevin has now become the head of the production department, he is still very strict with him.

In daily company affairs, the father and son often communicate and discuss, and it is common for them to have differences of opinion - such as in this film "Angel Crazy Flower".

According to rumors, the Columbia executive who was not optimistic about the film was Richard himself.

So from the very beginning, he disagreed with Kevin's distribution strategy, nor did he agree with the approach of increasing publicity.

Even if he had no choice but to agree to let him do it, it was just to teach Kevin a lesson.

This child has had it too smooth along the way, which may not be a good thing.

But he didn't expect that "Angelica Madame" would explode with amazing potential in the midnight show on the first night.

"The box office trend is still not very stable right now. I hope that today's box office can close with good results." Facing his father, Kevin's attitude was very humble, and only the slightly rising tone of his voice showed his good mood.

Although he was surprised by this, Richard still maintained the demeanor of a CEO - after all, this was a good thing for Columbia Pictures, which was about to fail for a year.

"You did a great job on this matter. From now on, you will continue to be responsible for the promotion and marketing strategy of Angel Flower. If the box office performance is good, I will allocate more resources to it later."

Kevin wasn't surprised by his father's change of attitude - he had anticipated it the moment he saw the midnight box office numbers.

Therefore, his attitude was very calm, "Okay, don't worry, I will urge the publicity department to do a good job in the follow-up work."

Although he is nominally the head of the production department, he is the next CEO that everyone is optimistic about. With Richard's deliberate training, he has a lot of contact with other departments at work.

"Well, after the weekend box office figures come out, we can discuss whether to contact surrounding development departments to do some expansion work based on the situation..."

Kevin chatted with Richard about family matters for a while before hanging up the phone.

The Cowan family adheres to the philosophy of profit first. His father does not have the only son, but he is the best one, so he has always valued him the most and wanted to train him as his successor.

The family relationship, which is not pure to begin with, is mixed with interests, and Kevin has had no concept of the word "father" since he was a child.

Rather than being father and son, the two are more like a tacit superior-subordinate relationship.

When it comes to family affection, he actually feels more from Joey.

Thinking of Joey, Kevin slowed down his breakfast eating involuntarily, as if he was thinking about something.

After a long while, he put down his orange juice and made a phone call. "Steve, the promotion plan for Angel Flower may need to change some details..."

Putting aside Kevin's hidden thoughts, the market's feedback has gradually demonstrated his superior ability to "recognize the gems": "Angelica Madame" grossed 1300 million U.S. dollars on its first day of release, and the box office soared over the weekend, directly delivering a good result of 5400 million in the first weekend, and 8200 million in five days, surpassing "The Island" released in November - this commercial blockbuster that the outside world had high hopes for only had a box office of 11 million U.S. dollars on its first weekend, and the total box office in North America only reached 4020 million U.S. dollars.

Judging from the current trend, the media's forecast for the North American box office of "Angelica" has been raised to more than 3.5 million US dollars, which is very likely to double that of "The Island" which was released a month earlier.