Chapter 352: The box office rises instead of falling
The plane had just landed in New York, and as soon as Ronald and his group walked out of the bridge, they were recognized by several reporters. They came up and surrounded the creators, vying to get them to answer questions.
"Eddie Murphy accuses 'The Last Day' of stealing his 'The Other 48' from theaters. Ronald, Demi, Patrick, what's your response to this?"
"Response? Eddie? Is he out of his mind?" Whoopi Goldberg blurted out.
"No comment..." Ronald quickly stepped forward to unify his message, and then asked his assistant to pull away Whoopi Goldberg, who had just gotten off the plane and had not yet returned to normal. He stopped Palik Schwitz and Demi...
Moore and the group quickly entered the VIP lounge without saying a word.
"Is there something wrong with us?" Demi Moore worked very hard to promote "The Last Day" in order to increase the box office of "The Last Day". She was frightened by Whoopi Goldberg's fierceness. This is
Want to yell at each other?
"Don't worry, as long as you and Patrick don't get involved in the scolding war with Eddie Murphy, we will let Whoopi speak out on this."
Ronald had just had a phone call with his agents in Los Angeles. Eddie Murphy's accusations had already caused a big shock in Hollywood. To be precise, they had caused extreme dissatisfaction at Paramount.
"Another 48 Hours" was unfavorable at the box office and dropped very quickly. This put the top executives at Paramount who were leading the film at a disadvantage, and Eddie Murphy was also very arrogant during the filming and distribution of this film.
When I was there, I did a lot of inappropriate things.
Eight years after the release of the first original work, Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte, the other protagonist, have completely different statuses. After the original work became a hit, Eddie Murphy specialized in comedy and filmed
A series of light-hearted comedies headed by "Beverly Hills Cop".
Nick Nolte, on the other hand, has been filming serious dramas, and there is a gap between the two of them in terms of acting skills and status, and they no longer have the same chemistry as they did back then.
Moreover, director Walter Hill has failed many times and no longer has any authority in front of Eddie Murphy.
This led to Eddie Murphy taking advantage of his star status to rewrite the script during the filming of the movie. He changed the hard-core police film originally intended by Walter Hill into a softer story.
To match Eddie Murphy's current image.
Later, Eddie Murphy was still in the editing room and violated the rules and influenced the editing. The director's version of 1450 minutes was shortened to 95 minutes. Most of the deleted parts were Nick Nolte's scenes, and
The foreshadowing part of the story makes the sequel movie more of Eddie Murphy's personal show.
Moreover, he did not comply with the contract and participate in the "Another 48 Hours" promotional schedule. This made the senior management who supported him even more passive. The shooting and editing were done according to your wishes, but the publicity segment that needed the most stars, Eddie...
Murphy actually refused...
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"Okay, I have issued a hush order with the two leading actors. They will not make any comments on Eddie's statement. Only Whoopi Goldberg has the right to respond on the crew... Okay, okay, our crew is cooperating with Pyla
Blind..."
"Honey, are you afraid Eddie Murphy is playing the race card?"
In her apartment on Fifth Avenue, Helen Slater put her arms around Ronald and watched him and Paramount on the phone deciding the fate of two blockbusters, with admiration in her eyes.
"It can't be said that there is no such worry..." Ronald hung up the phone, smiled and held Helen in his arms. The two had not seen each other for a long time. Helen had finished the documentary and had returned to New York. The documentary is on PBS
It has been well received internally and will be broadcast soon.
America covets the market and production potential across the Pacific and is eager to improve relations. Therefore, many people are pushing for the early airing of this TV series that introduces China in a friendly tone.
The other party has also won the right to host this year's Asian Games, and also needs the friendship with America brought by this documentary.
Ronald knew very well, so he immediately found a bunch of TV series and sent them to Zhu Liang, the general manager of Sino-US Culture and Entertainment Company. After the other party's selection, he selected three TV series that were shot earlier: "Grand Hotel",
"Roots," and a cartoon called "Battlestar."
These TV series are all classics. Because they were filmed over a long time ago, the broadcast rights are not expensive. Ronald bought the second and third seasons of the critically acclaimed "Growing Pains" and asked the translation studio to translate and dub them.
The new 1990s brought American TV series back to the other side of the Pacific.
"So you only let Whoopi Goldberg talk to him?" Helen turned over, leaned close to Ronald's nose, and expressed her opinion.
"That's right to understand..." Ronald smiled and kissed him. In fact, both of them are suspected of abusing drugs. It's not a big deal to have a passionate confrontation on TV. Anyway, Whoopi Goldberg's status is compared to Eddie
·Murphy is very far away. Both of them are TV presenters, and they always take advantage of each other when they fight.
Besides, they are all black celebrities, so no one can say anything racist.
Sure enough, during the interview in New York, both Demi Moore and Patrick Schwytz only answered questions related to the movie. As long as they had questions about Eddie Murphy, they refused to answer. Those media reporters who interviewed Whoopi Goldberg
, I had enough fun at once, and the variety of black slang was an eye-opener for entertainment reporters.
Eddie Murphy's star status is entirely supported by the box office of the movie series. Several of his previous movies failed to meet expectations, so he finally found a scapegoat to prevent the blame for the box office failure of "Another 48 Hours" from falling on him.
On the other hand, if necessary, you can resort to Hollywood's discrimination against black movie stars.
Unexpectedly, a crazy woman who is also black emerged, even crazier than Eddie Murphy. The black card that made him effective could not be played. Reporters came to ask Eddie Murphy for his response again, and he also
I feel like I have nowhere to focus. I can’t criticize Whoopi Goldberg for discriminating against black people, but I can directly retaliate and be taken advantage of by her...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Mr. Murphy has never fulfilled his responsibility to promote the movie. Although he helped conceive the storyline of the sequel, compared with his star halo, this movie
The movie cannot reflect the value of his salary..."
At this time, Paramount's top management began to set fire to attack their own big stars. When it comes to taking responsibility, they still have to find someone with a big seat to shoulder the responsibility. The long-term publisher complained publicly, and the media felt that there was gossip.
, and immediately began to dig deeper.
"I was under star pressure, I can't name names, but I can say that I was forced to make a 'softer' movie to capitalize on the success of 'Beverly Hills Cop.'"
Director Walter Hill accepted a joint interview with the New York Times, the New York Post, and the New York Daily News in New York. He did not name anyone and accused someone of tampering with the script and should be responsible for the failure of the film. Of course, everyone
Find out whose project "Beverly Hills Cop" is.
"Are you saying that Eddie Murphy proposed changes to the script?" The reporter discovered a bigger gossip.
"I don't want to name names, but anyone who saw the first original movie would have realized that the chemistry between the two leads was off, and that someone had strayed from the original vision of both characters."
Now, Eddie Murphy's accusation that Paramount did not do its best to promote a movie starring a black man is no longer tenable. Three people in succession accused him of different aspects, and he quickly fell into a whirlpool.
The Saturday Night Live star reacted quickly and immediately began to admit his mistakes in disguise. He never said a bad word about "The Last Days", but instead attributed the feud with director Walter Hill to a confrontation.
Different perspectives on art.
And he has no intention of complaining to Paramount. What he wants to say is that movies can be shown in theaters for a longer period of time than before, and they often cannot be seen in less than two months, which will disappoint movie fans.
So much.
In any case, the 300 theaters allocated by Paramount from "Another 48 Hours" played a very good role. The box office of "The Last Day" in the second weekend was not lower than that in the first week.
On the contrary, it increased, with another weekend box office of more than 12 million. The total box office has exceeded 32 million, making it an out-and-out dark horse.
"Ambassador Bandar, thank you very much."
Ronald visited Mr. Bandar in Saudi Arabia. It was the strong support of the Palm Tree Films chain in which he invested that allowed the box office of "The Love of Ghosts" to continue to be strong in the two major cities on the east and west coasts.
"Come here, try this camel meat. It's flown from my hometown." Prince Bandar cut a strip with a knife and handed it to Ronald himself. He didn't care about anything more, anyway, Ronald's movie,
He just goes all out to schedule movies. He can't see movies in Saudi Arabia, and he is in America, which just makes up for it by watching a few movies with beautiful women every week.
"I said, Director Ronald, is what the black actress said true? You didn't invite her at the beginning, did she fight for it on her own?" Prince Bandar, like the prince of the alien Middle East, is full of curiosity about Hollywood.
.
When Whoopi Goldberg was being interviewed, she was talking nonsense, saying everything she could and couldn't say. Anyway, the audience and the host didn't know which part of her was fake and which part was true. She trolled Eddie Mo.
The rise of Fei Pen suddenly revealed the reason why Ronald didn't seek her out in the first place. Although the original intention was to praise Ronald for his sharp eyesight and knowledge of people...
This made Ronald call her urgently, and asked her to change her words on Rich Lake's talk show, saying that she initially had a schedule conflict with another movie, and then "The Ghost Story" was postponed.
Ronald found her immediately.
"Those are all program effects. This is how we are in Hollywood. Most of the effects you see on TV are arranged in advance." Ronald took a bite of camel meat, which was very burnt and tender.
Just right and very refreshing.
"Hahaha, when will your new movie be released? I always find it more exciting to watch movies directed or produced by you..." Prince Bandar does not wear a headscarf in private, and his clothing and living habits are very Westernized.
"This is Dances with Wolves at the end of the year. I like this movie very much. There are scenes of Indians on horseback hunting American bison. I think His Highness the Prince will also like it." Ronald hurriedly sold the goods. Saudis like falcons.
, a noble who likes horses, likes hunting, and keeps cheetahs at home.
Dances with Wolves fits their mentality perfectly. If they are willing to help arrange more theaters and shows, it will be of great help to the distribution work of Daydream's first major production.
"Hunting American bison? I like to see this. Let them wait a few more times. You Americans are good at everything, but there are too many hunting restrictions. You need to obtain a license to hunt here..."
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The box office did not fall but rose in the second week, which gave Paramount a lot of confidence. They continued their efforts and eliminated another 300 theaters from "Another 48 Hours" and "Thunderbolt", all of which were allocated to "
The love between man and ghost is not over."
Paramount's copy factory worked overtime to temporarily produce hundreds of copies and send them to all parts of the country. Negotiations for overseas distribution were also stepped up. Those movie buyers saw the box office figures in the Hollywood Reporter. Needless to say,
I automatically purchased a lot of copies, and the number of copies ordered in Europe and Asia has increased very gratifyingly.
"11.9 million..." The weekend box office figures for the second week have also come out. They were down three percentage points from the previous week. Paramount is already preparing for a large-scale celebration party for Ronald and other leading actors.
I have never seen a movie that had a small drop in the box office charts and stayed on the box office charts very strongly, but after three weeks of this, the box office numbers barely moved. Even the veteran employees who have worked in the distribution department for 20 years have not seen any movies.
been.
Harrison Ford and "Die Hard" actress Bonnie Bedelia's new film "Presumed Innocent" took over "People" in the third week of July with less than half a million
The championship position of "The Ghostly Affair".
But everyone understands that it is just a normal performance of a normal movie. Next week, Ronald's "A Ghost Story" is still very likely to regain the top spot. I'm afraid this movie, which has an unspectacular opening, will
I have to stay in the top three of the rankings for a long time...
"Work harder. If we can win the championship next week, I'm afraid we will set a record." Ronald has returned to Los Angeles, smiling and encouraging his colleagues in Daydream and Paramount's distribution department.
At the celebration party, Ronald spent his own money on the spot to give bonuses to employees in the distribution departments of the two companies. In addition, he specially invited bikini girls and young men dressed as fire brigade to liven up the atmosphere. He worked hard on the distribution work for three consecutive weeks.
Many employees suddenly felt motivated to fight again.
"The Love of Ghosts" ranked second at the box office in its first week, then overtook it to first place, and fell to second place in its third week. If it overtakes it to first place again, it will be the non-championship film that has won the most titles since its release.
The next week, another sequel to a successful commercial film was released. It was "Young Masters 2". Starring Emilio Estevez, whom Ronald hated so much, and Julia Roberts' boyfriend Kiefer
Sutherland.
When they were promoting it, they also said that the box office would be higher than "The Last Days" and that "The Young and the Restless 2" is a very good movie and worth buying tickets for.
"If you become a director and then come back and look at your own work as an actor, or anyone else's work, you're going to have a critical eye... I think I learned a lot from it, and I think Westerns are a genre with a long history.
As for the historical genre, I have made a lot of tributes to classic western films in the movie. The audience can go and see it. We all paid tribute to those classic movies..."
Emilio Estevez is still so annoying. Even though the movie he directed was a mess at the box office, he still talks about it as if he made some blockbuster movie. Intentionally or unintentionally, he is still belittling the relationship between humans and ghosts.
unfinished".
"Humph, I want to see how much box office you can get..." Ronald laughed a few times. These failed actors, plus Christian Sis, who filmed "The Legend of Billie King" with Helen,
Leiter, Alan Rucker, who has been on the streets since becoming famous in "Spring Is Not a Reading Day", and rock star "Joan Bon Jovi" who has always wanted to play in movies, if these people come together, they can still compare to "
Is the box office of "The Endless Love between Humans and Ghosts" high?
"How could they have what you have? My dear." Diane hugged Ronald from behind. Among these leading actors, several of them wanted to ask her out on a date back then. Female stars in Hollywood have big-name husbands.
It can indeed stop many so-called celebrities from coveting beauty.
"Breaking news..." Suddenly the interview on the TV was interrupted, the screen returned to the studio, and the news host said to the audience.
"We apologize for interrupting the original program, now is the special news..." The picture-in-picture jumped out of the road in the desert background, with tanks, armored vehicles, armed helicopters and a large number of infantry attacking forward on the TV screen.