On December 27, three new films were released in North American theaters, namely "Fried Green Tomatoes" released by Universal Pictures, Fox's "For the Boys" and Warner Bros.'s "The Days Go by".
However, whether it is "Fried Green Tomatoes" that Daenerys Entertainment took over from Universal, Fox Film's musical musical "For the Boys" or Warner Bros.'s "The Days of Days" directed and starring Barbra Streisand , neither appeared to be a threat to The Flash.
After the box office of US$72.86 million in the first week, "The Flash" only dropped 27% compared to the first weekend in the three days of the following weekend, collecting another US$36.01 million.
In ten days, the cumulative box office of this superhero masterpiece successfully exceeded 100 million, reaching US$108.87 million.
After "The Flash", "The Flash" ranked second with a production budget of US$30 million. This feature film earned US$10.03 million in its first three days. Although it cannot be compared with "The Flash", it has reached the same level. Warner's expectations.
However, the film's comprehensive media score is only 6.8. Even with Daenerys Entertainment actively withdrawing, it will be difficult for Warner Bros. Pictures to use this film to win the Oscar. After all, not to mention anything else, Gaomen Pictures' previous "The Piano" received a media score of 9.2.
"For the Boys" produced by Fox Pictures is an old-school musical musical film starring James Caan, the Hollywood actor who was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "The Godfather". Pond" was nominated for best director.
As a CAA packaged project, the musical's budget has reached $40 million.
However, after the film opened with 1,308 screens, the box office results were a complete disaster for Fox.
With a production budget of US$40 million, the box office revenue in the first three days was only US$4.53 million.
As a genre film with Oscar ambitions, "For the Boys" only received a poor 4.3 points from the media.
Based on this kind of media reputation and box office start, the total North American box office of "For the Boys" is likely to stop at less than 20 million US dollars, and Fox will suffer a huge loss of tens of millions of dollars.
The last new film "Fried Green Tomatoes" stars Kathy Bates, Mary Louise Parker and other actresses. It tells the story of a pair of girls who grew up and established a family in a small town in Alabama in the south of the United States at the beginning of the 20th century. A story of deep friendship.
The theme of "Fried Green Tomatoes" is very similar to Daenerys Entertainment's stage play adaptation of the movie "Steel Magnolias" two years ago. It is the same conservative southern town, the same female theme, and the message is also about family, friendship, love, etc. Warm elements.
In addition, "Fried Green Tomatoes" has the lowest budget among the three new films this week, with only $11 million.
Universal originally planned to use "Fried Green Tomatoes" as an award-winning film. However, Daenerys Entertainment already has enough projects to compete for awards this year, not to mention that it does not plan to really compete for the Oscars. Simon remembers "Fried Green Tomatoes" "Green Tomatoes" also performed very well at the box office, and the film was directly released as a commercial film, with an opening screen size of 1,021.
Three days after its opening, "Fried Green Tomatoes" not only achieved a better media rating of 7.4 than "The Greatest Time", but also successfully earned US$9.63 million, slightly behind "The Greatest Time" in this weekend's box office list. 》, ranked third.
"Toy Story" dropped 17% this weekend compared to the same period last week, and collected another 9.15 million US dollars, behind "The Flash", "Stories of Time" and "Fried Green Tomatoes", ranking fourth in the weekly box office list .
At the same time, the cumulative box office of "Toy Story" also reached US$154.51 million, steadily heading towards US$200 million.
"Captain Hawke" continued to gross US$7.87 million in its third weekend, a 19% decrease compared to the same period last week, ranking fifth on the list, with a cumulative box office of US$40.05 million.
Oliver Stone's "JFK" was slightly ahead of Fox Pictures' new film "For the Boys" with a third-weekend box office of $4.69 million. This historical drama with good reputation and full of gimmicks was not released due to bad luck. In the third weekend, the cumulative box office was only 23.68 million US dollars.
Judging from the film's continued strong decline of 13% last week and 19% this week, "Killing JFK" is still expected to hit the box office of US$50 million after a long run.
Of course, compared with the production budget of US$40 million, the producer Paramount Pictures is under considerable pressure to make back the money.
Moreover, with Daenerys Entertainment voluntarily withdrawing from this year's Oscar competition, "JFK" will undoubtedly become the most powerful competitor of "Tales of Time".
In addition, "The Piano" produced by Gaomen Pictures is also worth mentioning on this week's list.
Due to its small-scale long-term screening strategy, this literary film with excellent reputation has not occupied a very conspicuous position on the list since its release.
However, after the premiere on December 6, the cumulative box office of "The Piano" has been steadily increasing. After the screen size increased to 335 last week, from December 20 to December 26, the film grossed 569 in one fell swoop. The box office revenue reached US$17,000, and the average box office reached US$17,000. Counting previous small-scale screenings, the cumulative box office was US$9.1 million.
In the new week that started on December 27, the screening scale of "The Piano" continued to increase to 556, and it once again earned 4.76 million US dollars in the three days of the weekend, with the cumulative box office reaching 13.86 million US dollars.
Not only that, among the nominations for the new American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards announced on December 23, "The Piano" also won nominations for six major awards including Best Picture in a Drama Series, Best Director, and Best Actress in a Drama Series. .
Considering that "The Piano" only has a production budget of US$7 million, the profit this niche literary film is expected to bring to Daenerys Entertainment may be higher than that of many big-budget films scheduled for the end of the year.
After the last weekend of 1991, New Year's Day of 1992 was approaching.
The disturbances from the outside world, including the huge changes in Eastern Europe, did not affect Simon's family of three from spending a lively and warm Christmas.
December 31st, the last day of 1991, is a Tuesday.
Girl C, Claire Gein, came outside the Dume Point Manor around 10:30 in the morning.
Because she was no longer a maid in Westeros, the security guard checked the reservation when she entered. After confirming that it was correct, Lady C was allowed to drive into the manor.
This kind of detail can't help but make Girl C feel a little bit disappointed.
The car was driving on the corridor of the manor, and looking out through the car window, it was clear that the entire manor was still immersed in a festive atmosphere. The surroundings were decorated like a colorful fairy tale world, which was obviously different from the atmosphere at Christmas last year.
I knew in my heart that this was obviously because of the birth of a certain little guy.
The car stopped in front of the Shell Villa. As soon as she got out of the car, Claire saw a pair of girls changing the colorful decorations on the light poles on the corridor. Christmas was over. Ordinary people obviously wouldn't do this, but here it seemed that they were going to The festive atmosphere continues.
This is the girl from the team led by housekeeper Alice Ferguson. Of course Claire also knows her, one named Zoe Parks. She has big eyes and a somewhat baby face. She seems to be somewhat different from Alice. Not sure.
The girls actually all know about the housekeeper's sexual orientation.
The other one is Isabel Dunn. The most obvious feature of Isabel is that she has the hottest figure among the girls. The trembling and rising of her chest during movements can make even women tempted.
As time passed, Claire became more and more aware that the hostess had obviously deliberately placed a group of beautiful and exquisite vases next to the male host.
If you see too much of anything, it will be too easy to get, and you will develop resistance.
Thinking about the stars in the Hollywood circle who obviously have beautiful wives but have sex scandals with the ugly maid at home, Claire feels that Janet is really shrewd.
Of course, the premise is that the male host must have enough self-control.
Even Claire couldn't help but sigh at this point.
There are many rumors that the boss is sitting among the flowers, but in fact this is far from the case.
The girls all knew privately that there was a large group of vases surrounding them, and they all didn't mind having a little ambiguity with the male host. However, until now, a certain guy had never touched any of them, not even during the period when the hostess was pregnant.
It seems that they are gathered around just for the sake of pleasing the eyes.
It seems, it seems, that's really the case
After saying hello to Zoe and Isabel, Claire entered the Shell Villa. There were also girls busy in the spacious hall.
Alice walked straight towards the housekeeper who was holding a folder and instructing other girls to organize the huge Christmas tree in the center of the hall. After saying hello, Alice pointed to the west side of the hall and said, "Madam is in the gym."
Claire nodded to the other girls and walked towards the gym with a smile, but in her heart she felt a little sympathy for the housekeeper who had been pinned down by Simon.
Alice Ferguson is in charge of Ygritte's very important Ystore team, and is currently preparing for the Amazon online store that will be opened after the year. However, unlike Claire, who can turn to full-time, Alice still has to take on the responsibility of Westeros. The duties of a housekeeper.
This decision was made by Simon.
It is often difficult to figure out the thoughts of your own boss.
However, when I return to this home, the first person I want to worship is the hostess.
Coming to the gym on the west side of the hall, she knocked on the door frame and said hello. Janet, who was wearing pink yoga clothes and practicing yoga under the guidance of a girl who was obviously Indian, caught a glimpse of her and just made a look. Claire then obediently Went in.
Casually sitting down on the cushion next to her, Claire couldn't help but look at the Indian girl who was giving Janet guidance.
Although she has an obvious Indian appearance, the girl's complexion is quite fair. She is wearing a two-part flesh-colored training suit. Her waist looks voluptuous and feminine, the kind that can easily make men's hearts flutter. Based on Girl C’s limited knowledge of India, she also knew that based on her skin color, this girl should be of a very high caste.
Looking at the other person, Claire couldn't help but think of an Asian model that her boss had promoted a few months ago, Yasmin Gary.
He also made a "waist essence" graffiti on the other party's waist.
Claire roughly knew that it was just a random act of her boss's whim, but it made the two models whose careers were just starting to rise sharply in popularity.
At this time, the Indian girl in front of me seems to be more in line with the characteristics of 'waist essence'.
Janet was very focused while practicing yoga, and Girl C did not interrupt her and just waited quietly.
This went on until eleven o'clock, when seeing Janet stop practicing, Girl C skillfully handed the towel to the hostess.
Janet wiped the small amount of sweat on her forehead with a towel, and casually introduced the Indian girl next to her: "C, this is Aaliyah."
Janet opened her mouth, and the Indian girl reached out and introduced herself in an obviously non-standard English: "Hello, I am Aaliyah Makheji."
"Claire Gein."
Girl C said, reaching out to shake hands with the Indian girl, but she was not sure how to spell Makheji. However, English is not standard. The boss likes women with accents the most.
Janet had already stood up and said as she walked out: "Aaliyah is from India. She is very good at yoga."
Claire and Aaliyah both got up naturally and followed them. They walked through the hall to the east side of the villa. Janet motioned to Claire and said, "I'm going to take a bath upstairs. Simon is taking care of the baby. Let Aaliyah take you there." Bar."
Girl C took the initiative and said, "Madam, do you need my help?"
Janet glanced at her and shook her head with a smile: "No, it's ready upstairs."
Watching the hostess turn to the stairs and disappear, the two girls looked at each other together. Alia Makheji seemed to look at Claire again and said: "Are you, C?"
Claire noticed the slight contempt in Aaliyah's tone, and she understood it after thinking about it.
The four girls A, B, C and D, A, B and D are still here.
This Indian beauty obviously thinks of her as a maid.
All right.
It seems that this is also true.
Just watching this Indian beauty practice yoga with the hostess, Claire was moved by her calm and soft feeling. Now she realized that the hostess never kept a real vase around.
At least, this Indian girl definitely does not lack the caution she deserves.
Obviously.
Looking at the flesh-colored training clothes that exposed her waist, it was definitely not used to seduce the hostess.
Without answering the Indian girl's slightly provocative question, Claire said directly: "Where is the boss? Take me there."
Aaliyah frowned slightly, but still walked to the corridor next to her.
Claire walked side by side with her. After a moment of silence, she couldn't help but take the initiative: "Makhchi, what kind of caste is this in India?"
"It's Makheji," the Indian girl corrected seriously, then raised her chin slightly and said, "Brahmin."
Claire didn't know how to divide castes in India, but after listening to Aaliyah's tone, she understood a little bit, and continued: "Oh, I heard that Indians like to eat curry. Do you like it?"
Aaliyah glanced at Claire, obviously guessing her thoughts. People who don't know India will always think that Indians who like to eat curry will smell of curry.
Frowning slightly, Aaliyah continued: "I am a strict vegetarian and will not eat anything that tastes too strong."
Girl C could actually smell the very pleasant female body fragrance of the Indian girl next to her. Of course, she was deliberately nitpicking, so she asked, "What if the boss lets you eat meat?"
"Mr. Westeros is too good a man to force me to do such a thing."
"I mean what if..."
Aaliyah continued to raise her chin slightly: "You are not qualified to say this kind of what-if on behalf of Mr. Westeros."
“…”
The bickering failed and Claire did not continue.
Somewhat depressed, we came to the door of a room, which was a living room.
In addition to Simon, who was holding a baby on the sofa and breastfeeding, there were also D girl Deborah and MGM Pictures CEO Shirley Lansing who were watching over him.
When the two women entered, Aaliya lost any of her arrogance in front of Girl C. She said respectfully: "Sir, Madam asked me to bring this young lady here."
Simon put away the bottle and handed it to Deborah next to him, and wiped the little one's mouth before greeting Claire: "C, just in time, let's have lunch together later."
Claire smiled and glanced at the Indian girl.
While Janet was here, the maid at home had no chance to have lunch with her master.
She is no longer a maid now.
Not forgetting to exchange a few words with Shirley Lansing and Deborah, and cautiously stepping forward to look at a certain little guy and complimenting her, Claire sat down on the sofa next to Simon.
Seeing that Simon didn't say anything to stay, the Indian girl took the initiative to leave.
After saying hello, Simon continued to tell Shirley Lansing what had just happened: "That's all for now. The 007 series must be reset. You tell the Broccoli family that there is no room for negotiation on this matter. In addition, MGM also needs to gain more control over this series. If they don't agree, then further projects will be put on hold."