Simon's duplex on Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side.
After a lot of back and forth, and socializing late into the night last night, Simon still got up at 6 a.m. in New York and started preparing breakfast for the two of them.
Today is already October 6th, Friday.
With one more day planned on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set, Simon and Janet were leaving again. Daenerys Entertainment has a lot of things that Simon needs to deal with recently, and Janet also has to return to the Melbourne headquarters to personally handle the operation of the U.S. junk bond market.
Moreover, since it is confirmed that the crisis in the U.S. junk bond market is about to break out, it is easy to be criticized by others for staying in New York, which is not a good thing.
The next reunion will be in early November, when the Boeing 767 ordered from Boeing is delivered, and some of the most urgent things in their hands should be completed.
After breakfast, Janet rushed to the Westeros Company in Midtown. Simon and Jennifer met up and first sent the female assistant to the Daenerys Entertainment New York branch building in Greenwich Village to listen to some work reports, and then Rush to Brooklyn, east of Manhattan, where "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" was filmed.
It was still six o'clock in the morning in Los Angeles, but the box office data for the previous week had already been released.
From September 29 to October 5, in its 14th week of release, Daenerys Entertainment's "The Sixth Sense" collected another US$5.09 million, bringing the cumulative box office to US$275.06 million.
"Uncle Buck", which opened on August 11, has also entered its eighth week of release. It collected another US$3.26 million at the box office in a single week, bringing the cumulative box office to US$57.02 million. With the film still having a box office potential of around US$10 million, "Uncle Buck" is expected to become John Hughes' second highest-grossing film in recent years, after "Spring Is Not a Day to Read".
"The Bodyguard", which was the first to be released in the summer season, has begun to wrap up its box office data due to the recent dispute between Daenerys Entertainment and Alistar Records. It has seen a small rebound in recent weeks. Last week, the box office collected another US$510,000, a total of The box office was US$118.31 million.
"The Bodyguard" is currently being released on 286 screens, and it is expected that the local box office is expected to exceed the US$120 million mark before the next release.
In addition, in September, Gaomen Pictures released "Sweet Sister" and "The Woman on the Roof" purchased from the Cannes Film Festival. The two films were released on September 8 and September 22 respectively.
Ella Deutschman has developed an effective radial distribution model through the release of films such as "Metropolis", "Sisters", and "Sid" in the first half of the year, that is, in New York, Los Angeles, etc. The strategy is to launch small-scale paintings in central cities to test market response and then gradually spread to other cities.
Jane Campion's "Sweet Sister" carried out targeted marketing in three cities: New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. After the test screenings were well-received by the media, Deutschman decisively invested US$300,000 in publicity expenses in the three cities.
"Sweet Sister" opened on 26 screens on September 8. In its first week, it achieved outstanding results of more than 19,000 U.S. dollars in single theater revenue, and the box office revenue reached 510,000 U.S. dollars in seven days.
Taking into account the audience of the film, the distribution team of Gomen Pictures predicts that the total North American box office of "Sweet Sister" is expected to reach 5 million US dollars.
Gaomen Pictures originally paid only US$500,000 as an advance payment for "Sweet Sister". After the increase, the overall publicity and distribution expenses can be controlled within US$1 million, although in the future it will have to pay the producer 50% of the net box office. The profits will be shared, but all subsequent income from video tapes and TV broadcasts will belong to Daenerys Entertainment. This project can be considered a small gain.
As for "The Woman on the Roof," High Gate Pictures did not seek media recognition through word-of-mouth. Instead, it promoted the lesbian elements and erotic scenes in the film. Deutschman also arranged for the film's two heroines to be cast. Featured in a local men's magazine in New York that is more adult-oriented.
In view of the audience's dislike of reading subtitles, Gaomen Pictures specially produced a dubbing version of this Swedish film.
Gomen Pictures invested a total of US$300,000 in film acquisition, dubbing and promotion. "The Woman on the Roof" opened on 11 screens in New York on September 22, and collected US$230,000 in box office within seven days. Based on the investment of US$100,000 in promotion and distribution in New York, this has already recovered the cost, and the box office of more than US$20,000 in a single theater is also better than "Sweet Sister".
However, in the second week of its opening, while the screen size remains unchanged, the box office of "The Woman on the Roof", which is still limited to New York, saw a 36% drop in box office from September 29 to October 5. The box office curve is far inferior to that of "Sweetie" "Sister" is strong. It is expected that after several months of long-term screening, the North American box office forecast should be able to reach about 3 million US dollars.
Speaking of which, these two 'small businesses' of High Gate Pictures are simply not worth mentioning in front of Daenerys Entertainment's blockbuster films such as "The Sixth Sense" and "The Bodyguard", but Simon did not take it lightly at all. He always insisted An attitude that treats a $500,000 business as one and the same as a $50 million business.
After all, if a big tree only has its trunk and lacks branches and leaves, it is destined to wither. These 'small businesses' are actually the branches and leaves of Daenerys' entertainment. What's more, no one is sure whether these humble branches and leaves will suddenly turn into another towering tree one day.
In addition to the local box office, this week's report also includes some overseas box office data for "The Bodyguard".
In this era, the overseas release of Hollywood movies is generally delayed by more than three months compared to the local release. Daenerys Entertainment is also very cautious about the overseas release of "The Sixth Sense". Therefore, of the three summer movies, only "The Bodyguard" is currently available. In September, we will successively enter overseas markets.
The dispute between Daenerys Entertainment and Alistar Records over the soundtrack album of "The Bodyguard" has been very heated during this period. Alistar Records had to accept the decision last week due to Daenerys Entertainment's unyielding and strong attitude. The financial audit of Daenerys Entertainment is now nearing completion.
On the other hand, the complete cessation of sales of the soundtrack album of "The Bodyguard" did not have the impact on the film's box office as many people imagined. This incident not only stimulated a small rebound in the local box office, but also triggered overseas concerns due to its strong topicality. The audience is very curious about "The Bodyguard".
Starting from the earliest release in the United Kingdom on September 8, the film has grossed more than 86 million U.S. dollars in major overseas ticket markets in the past month or so in the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy and other ticket markets. This is still in Japan. , France and other large box office countries are not released.
In my memory, the box office distribution of "Bodyguard" is mostly overseas. The North American box office of the film only exceeded 100 million US dollars, but the total overseas revenue was close to 300 million US dollars. Now it seems that this movie will still reproduce the box office distribution rules of the original version.
Overseas box office was not affected, and Daenerys Entertainment naturally took more initiative in the dispute with Alistar Records.
Because of this initiative, Simon returned to Los Angeles over the weekend. After completing the financial audit, Alistar Records transferred a total of $38.25 million in cash to Daenerys Entertainment's account, of which $7.53 million was paid by Alistar Records. Arrears of compensation from Nelis Entertainment.
Daenerys Entertainment also took the initiative to make some 'compromises' and did not announce the specific amount of the settlement reached by the two parties, which was considered to save some face for Alistar Records.
However, everyone in the circle is probably well aware of this matter. Daenerys Entertainment's strong statement through the "Bodyguard" soundtrack album has also given a strong voice to all other studios that have cooperative projects with Daenerys Entertainment. Warning: If Daenerys Entertainment wants to engulf Daenerys Entertainment’s interests in cooperation, Daenerys Entertainment will never choose to compromise even if it means both sides suffer losses.
Los Angeles.
Fox Studios in Century City.
In the two weeks since Simon left, Fox Pictures has quickly completed preparations for the first of 10 projects, "Sleeping with the Enemy." The film is expected to be released during the prime time period in June next year, so all parties have given the green light to the film. It will be launched at the end of the month.
In comparison, the other three movies to be released next year, "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle" is expected to be released at the end of July or early August next year. The competition at the end of the summer season will not be so fierce. It is just suitable for a thriller type film with a long-term reputation, while also It can avoid competition with "Sleeping with the Enemy", which is also a thriller.
The schedule of "10 Days of Danger" is initially confirmed to be Halloween at the end of October next year. After this year's "Scream 2", the third part of the series will be suspended for one year, so there will be no internal friction by then.
"Pink" is expected to be released during Thanksgiving next November, so that it can avoid "Home Alone" in December.
The other 6 of the remaining 10 movies will probably be released one after another in 1991 and 1992. Simon also admitted to many people that the first four movies are not the focus, and the real 'blockbuster' will definitely be later.
After a morning of production meetings for "Sleeping with the Enemy", everyone had lunch together. Simon was about to return to Santa Monica when he was stopped by Joe Ross and returned to Joe Ross's president's office inside the studio. .
The two sat down, and Joe Ross handed over a document and said: "Simon, this is the copyright transfer agreement for "Terminator". Helmdale's initial offer was US$3 million plus 5% of the film's omni-channel net We have been negotiating with Helmdale for a month on profit sharing, but the copyright fee of US$3 million has not changed, and the share has been changed to 5% of the film’s net box office profit.”
Simon took the copyright transfer agreement handed over by Ross and turned it over.
The copyright transfer price of US$3 million is not as high as the sky-high price that Simon paid when he secretly purchased the Tolkien Middle-earth series, but it is still very high. After receiving this money, Hemdale Company probably no longer expects too much profit sharing, so it will agree to exchange 5% of the net profit from all channels for 5% of the net profit from the box office.
Omni-channel net profit sharing and box office net profit sharing are two completely different concepts. Anyone who knows a little bit about Hollywood accounting rules will understand that Hollywood movies usually do not generate profits on their books, let alone pure box office profits.
Putting down the agreement, Simon asked Ross: "Where's Cameron?"
Joe Ross shook his head: "Cameron insists on being the director himself. Simon, I think we can leave him alone and do it ourselves."
Simon asked: "So, have you read Cameron's script for the sequel?"
Joe Ross nodded: "I've seen it, it's not bad."
Simon shrugged and said, "I've seen it too."
The two looked at each other for a moment and smiled bitterly.
Now that I have read Cameron's sequel script, unless the idea of the liquid metal robot is completely abandoned, if you want to get rid of Cameron, you will be waiting to be sued in the future. Although Joe Ross said it was pretty good, he obviously didn't know the finishing touch of the liquid metal robot.
Therefore, it is not that difficult to completely put Cameron aside.