[US Entertainment] Superstar

"I really don't know whether Blockbuster is an enemy or an ally with you. They are blocking at this juncture, and they are not giving you two exposure?" Evan Stoff sent a soul-searching question. He has been in Hollywood for so many years. It's the first time I've seen such a show.

Eve, who was sitting across from the manager, held a cup of black coffee in her hand and said with a smile, "I think Blockbuster must have panicked! They have finally realized the consequences of Netflix's new business model. However, Blockbuster has been a leader in the industry for so long, and it must have never imagined how quickly a business empire would collapse."

Technology is indeed the primary productive force. Among the few people present, only Eve knows the fate of Blockbuster.The company, which has tens of thousands of chain stores around the world, will declare bankruptcy in ten years.

It is not just Netflix that defeated it, but the entire Internet and high-tech development.

People today may not realize that in just a few years they will no longer need to go to a physical store to rent a disc, or even rent a physical disc, just watch the video directly on a computer or TV.

When they first heard the news of the ban, Eve and Keanu's management team were full of worries, but now they are not afraid at all, and even want to applaud Blockbuster.

If there is no show operation by this company, "Little Miss Sunshine" may not be able to reach the top of the movie market this Thanksgiving!

As an independent film focusing on the awards season, Eternal Pictures did not prepare much for its publicity and distribution fees, even the posters in the theaters were reluctant to pay more. Almost all news came from the media themselves, and they would not give film critics bonus fees or Benefit fee.

Being able to keep up with the highly competitive Thanksgiving schedule to get 25% of the film schedule is entirely due to the enthusiasm of the leading actors and directors.

Keanu Reeves starred in an art film again after a year. Here he is no longer the lead singer of a rock band that makes men and women crazy, but an ordinary middle-aged man who worries about his family.

And his partners are almost all actors who have no commercial appeal.The vast majority of the audience are not even familiar with it, and they come here for the comedy elements.

In fact, everyone is also skeptical about Eve's directing ability. Excellent acting and appearance does not mean that the directing ability is also very good.

Even in the box office forecasts of The Hollywood Reporter, Empire Magazine, Vanity Fair, boxoffice, and IMDB, the figures given by relevant people are that the box office will be 2500 million to 3000 million US dollars in the four days of the Thanksgiving holiday.

This number is by no means low among the literary films that are competing for the Olympic Games, and it is almost only worse than "Lost in Translation", which was launched on a large scale last month.Many other Olympic films were opened in a few theaters or dozens of theaters, and they did not dare to premiere on a large scale.

Perhaps Eve is really possessed by the Emperor of Europe. When the overall popularity of "Little Miss Sunshine" has not kept up, Blockbuster helped contribute the biggest melon in Hollywood recently, which directly made netizens, readers and audiences full. !

Originally, many viewers had no plans to enter the movie theater. After learning about the rumors of the ban, they brought their boyfriends, girlfriends or family members into the movie theater to support Eve.

This is probably beyond everyone's imagination.

As Evan Stoff said just now, it seems to outsiders that this ban is a child's play, and it seems that Blockbuster is deliberately helping Eve's movie to create attention and discussion.

Only people in the industry know that Blockbuster is absolutely serious, but they shot themselves in the foot, giving such a good assist for nothing.

""Little Miss Sunshine" has a very good reputation this time, and the box office is also in place. It should make the film companies in the industry re-examine Blockbuster's ban." Robert was very happy. CAA was secretly dredging the relationship and wanted to help Eve Get over it with Keanu.

Everything in Hollywood is false, everyone thinks whether an actor can bring profits to the producers and distributors.

Evidently, Eve fits the bill perfectly!

"Lost in Translation" was released for a month, and it has not been blessed by the Golden Globes and Oscars. Its North American box office exceeded 9000 million U.S. dollars, and it took another 1000 to 800 million U.S. dollars in the four-day Thanksgiving holiday, a strong breakthrough of 7000 million U.S. dollars.The overseas box office is not even inferior. Although it was complained a lot when it was released in Japan, the audience still contributed more than [-] million US dollars at the box office, and its global total box office came to an astonishing [-] million US dollars.

The main event of the awards season has not yet arrived, the box office of the movie is so high, the cost of key movies is very low, the cost of publicity and distribution is not much, and the profit margin is very large.Moreover, the value retention of films during the awards season is very high. Whether it is disc sales and leases or various TV station on-demand purchases, it will be a long-term project.

There is even the possibility of derivative copyrights adapted into musicals or other forms, and the scope of profit is even wider.

The most important thing for various Hollywood film and television companies to decide to stand by Eve is the profit and appeal.

If other stars had been rumored to be banned, the audience's reaction would not be so intense. So many audiences uncharacteristically entered the movie theater to support Eve and Keanu's movie. The box office appeal of these two people can be seen!The general public's love and recognition for them is also a condition that other actors do not have.

The overall investment of "Little Miss Sunshine" is just tens of millions, which is not comparable to Eve's lead salary in commercial films.A movie like this managed to gross $200 million during the four-day Thanksgiving holiday, almost doubling the official forecast!

The box office of the first weekend of the release was four times the cost line. The producer, Eternal Pictures, naturally made a lot of money, and the lead actor Keanu Reeves, who converted the pure film salary into dividends, also made a lot of money. Even the publisher's focus The film industry has also become a real focus.

The producer is new, the director is new, and the distributor is also new. This brand new combination has exploded in Hollywood!

It doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat.Hollywood companies don't care about good or bad reviews, as long as they can make money, it's a good movie.

Blockbuster's ban turned into a boost, and the clowns turned out to be themselves.

"Now those big companies in Hollywood have started contacting us again, pretending that nothing happened. However, there are still some small companies that don't recognize the situation clearly, and even want you to lower your salary to star in their movies." Ai Wen-Storf couldn't help but let out a sneer.

During the most difficult time, there was no plan to reduce the remuneration and dividends. Now that they have been carried over by relying on their works, word-of-mouth and popularity, there is no need to do such self-degrading things.

In fact, it is not that many film companies do not want to cooperate with Eve, but want to use Blockbuster's threat to reduce Eve's salary. After all, she has now reached the top of the actor pyramid. The salary is also required to have box office dividends.

If her dividend and film salary can be cut, it will be very beneficial to control the production cost of the film.

It's a pity that CAA firmly disagrees, because once it agrees to reduce the salary, it will trigger a series of domino collapse effects.

If it is reduced by 100 million US dollars, the production company may be asked to reduce it by 500 million or even 1000 million US dollars.If you make a concession once, you must continue to make concessions.

Profitability is like the phototaxis of moths, whoever is popular will look for them.

"Is there any good project recently? My schedule feels a little empty next year. If there is no suitable project, then I will have to ask Eternal Pictures to find a script." Eve asked lazily.

Although she wants to reduce her workload, it doesn't mean lying down and playing at home, but doing some behind-the-scenes work and filming preparations.

This year, Eve's movies are almost bombing. Next year, she will reduce a lot of exposure. At present, she only has a cameo appearance in "How to Get Away with Law", and there are no real starring movies at all. "Boyhood" is actually in the plan, but the filming time is as long as 12 years, next year it only needs to be filmed for one week, it does not take up time at all.

He voluntarily rejected "The Bourne 2". As an animated film, "Shrek 2" has a very long production cycle. The 007 film that was originally negotiated fell into a casting crisis and was forced to postpone it. Each series of films has different surprises.

The James Bond movie was originally the first commercial blockbuster that Eve talked about. Unfortunately, the producer, MGM Pictures, had conflicts with the agency of Bond actor Pierce Brosnan. Possibly replace Bond!

Under the influence of Eve's Butterfly Effect, maybe Daniel Craig will play 007 a few years in advance, or it may be played by another actor.

Whether the 007 film will be released on time for the franchise's 40th anniversary is a huge question mark.If it is delayed for too long, Eve can only say goodbye to it. The signed contract has a time limit, and it is impossible to wait forever.

CAA also hopes that MGM will continue to postpone it, so that Eve will not have to play the role of the heroine of the vase, or find MGM to sign a new actor agreement.In the original agreement, what she received was not 2000 million US dollars in remuneration, it was much less.

From time to time, the salary and dividends will of course have to be recalculated.

"You may be able to do action training. Mr. Doug Liman sent a message that he has formally negotiated with Universal and confirmed that you and Keanu will star in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith". The shooting is expected to be early next year. "

Robert added: "Mr. Rieman is very kind to you, and maybe we can have more cooperation in the future. If this "Mrs. "Shadow" is even better!"

It is very normal to have such a result. Doug Liman, Eve, and Keanu are very important, and the new version of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" script is very interesting, which is extremely suitable for making a commercial blockbuster.

"Universal finally figured it out, and chose us." Eve was very happy, and remembered Robert's words in her heart.Doug Liman is very good and excellent in action movies. If he can make a movie tailored for himself, it must be very good.

Evan Storf revealed the truth at this time: "In fact, Universal still has concerns. This time, it is not directly signing a contract with Universal Pictures. "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" has become the production and distribution of Summit Entertainment."

Summit Entertainment is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Universal, and has produced many films such as "Landscape", "Two Smoking Barrels", and "Vanilla Sky".This way of avoiding risks is undoubtedly deceitful. Although Universal is not afraid of Blockbuster, it does not want to conflict with it, so it simply let the subsidiary.