At 10 o'clock in the morning, Mia Kirshner arrived at Daenerys Studios in Malibu half an hour early for the production meeting of "The Girl Who Moved."
With "Little Women" being nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress, and now having a blockbuster movie like "Sleepy Hollow", Mia Kirschner has become one of the fastest-rising new actresses in Hollywood, and Until now, the girl is only 21 years old.
At the age of 21, many actresses may still be waiting for a chance to play a small role in Hollywood.
Mia Kirshner, a former child star, can appreciate the preciousness of her career.
She came to the office building No. 3 of the Administrative District with the Wei family maid Shirley who was assigned by someone. No one else had arrived yet. The staff in charge of the reception had no idea what the most popular actress in "The Girl Who Moved" could do. She was even a little surprised to arrive early, but Mia couldn't express some of her little thoughts.
The two of them were waiting in a lounge for the time being. The waitress Shirley made a phone call and went out. After a while, she shook her head in Mia's expectant eyes and said: "It was said over there that Mr. Westeros was attending a meeting. , just replying will help us mention it.”
An expression of disappointment suddenly appeared in Mia's eyes, and she felt a little resentful.
I came to Daenerys Studios in advance, of course, wanting to meet him, but unfortunately I couldn't.
Speaking of which, one thing Mia would never reveal to anyone else was that she and he had never slept together until now. Therefore, everyone took it for granted that she was one of his many lovers, which was actually somewhat untrue.
Entering this circle, Mia has been beautiful since she was a child. She has encountered many entanglements along the way. After meeting him, all these covetousness disappeared. Being able to live like a princess in Hollywood is simply a miracle. Therefore, deep down in her heart, Mia felt more attached to the man she had met so many times on one hand than her father.
sense of security.
The man didn't have time to see her, so Mia was lost for a while. After Shirley brought her a cup of coffee and handed over a copy of today's latest "Hollywood Reporter" magazine, she finally cheered up.
Then I remembered that today is Friday.
An eight-day standalone holiday box office week from July 4 to July 11 ended yesterday.
Today's "Hollywood Reporter" lists the past eight days as a separate box office week, mainly because last week's three major new movies were released one day in advance on Thursday, July 4th, instead of Friday, so this week This week's data overlapped by one day with the previous box office week.
In any case, the key is box office.
Faced with the attacks of three new films, "The Birdcage", "The Island" and "Phantom", "Sleepy Hollow" has still maintained its No. 1 position in the single-week box office list in the past eight days. Revenue in one day was US$46.73 million. If the US$9.22 million on July 4 was subtracted, the revenue in the next seven days would be US$37.51 million, a year-on-year decrease of only 27%.
Within two weeks of its release, Tim Burton's acclaimed fantasy horror film quickly reached a cumulative box office of $88.9 million.
This momentum has far exceeded the relevant data of the local box office of the original air "Sleepy Hollow" which just exceeded 100 million.
The second place is still not occupied by several new films from last week, but continues to be occupied by "Spectre".
Entering its fourth week of release, the box office revenue of "Spectre" in the previous eight days was US$35.62 million. Subtracting US$8.19 million on July 4, the revenue in the past seven days was US$27.43 million. This was also due to the Independence Day holiday. Due to the substantial increase in moviegoers, the box office dropped only 29%.
Nearly a month after filming began, the cumulative box office of "Spectre" has officially exceeded the US$200 million mark, reaching US$211.42 million.
Last week's July 4th can be said to be the last opening week for heavyweight films in the summer of 1996. Whether it is "The Birdcage", "The Island" or "Phantom", they are all valued by the corresponding producers. , and then, because the Atlanta Olympics are about to come, there will be no other heavyweight films to start this summer.
This actually means that whether it is "Sleepy Hollow" or "Spectre" or even other previous movies, they have withstood the impact of three new movies last week and can harvest the box office relatively calmly in the future.
Therefore, based on the calculation that "Spectre" can still maintain a box office volume of US$27.42 million in seven days last week, plus the film's domestic box office successfully exceeded the US$200 million mark, the estimated local box office of 300 million is basically just a period of time question.
Even "Sleepy Hollow's" domestic estimate of $150 million proved to be quite conservative due to its better-than-expected box office performance the following week.
All of this ultimately comes down to the fact that the three highly anticipated new films on July 4th all failed to meet expectations at the box office.
After the top two on the list, Disney's "The Island" finally took the third place.
However, compared to the previous Michael Bay version that had a double box office and word-of-mouth success, this time "The Island" only retained Sean Connery, and the other two main creators Michael Bay and Nicolas Cage all It did not appear, and even lost the control of legendary Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer. After the film opened last week, the comprehensive media score was only a barely passable 6.1 points.
As for the many Easter eggs related to Sean Connery and 007 that the producers deliberately planted in the film, they were also criticized by film critics as being suspected of gaining popularity.
After all, the real "Spectre" is currently in theaters.
As a result, this blockbuster action blockbuster, which cost US$70 million to create, opened on July 4th, and finally made only US$26.59 million in the first eight days of the week.
This result is certainly not a failure, but it is far lower than Disney’s initial box office expectations of more than 40 million US dollars in the first week. After all, with the blessing of the Independence Day holiday, it did not even get 30 million US dollars in the first 8 days. In any case, Not quite a success.
Moreover, if there is no competition between "Sleepy Hollow" and "Spectre", relying on the long-term revenue in the future, "The Island" may still hit the billion-dollar box office club. Now, this possibility is real It's a bit slim, but the final local box office is more likely to be between $70 million and $80 million.
Including the US$30 million in promotional expenses, the budgets of "The Island" and "Sleepy Hollow" are exactly the same, both at US$100 million. However, compared to the cumulative box office of "Sleepy Hollow" of US$88.9 million in two weeks, "The Island" will undoubtedly look much bleaker.
The fourth spot on the list was taken by the gay comedy "The Birdcage" produced by MGM.
In the first eight days of its first week, "The Birdcage" opened with a box office of $23.91 million.
With a production cost of $31 million and a box office of over $20 million in its first week, this mid-budget comedy is certainly a success. However, compared with the excellent performance of the original ninth place in the annual box office of over 100 million, faced with the squeeze of a series of blockbuster bombs, the estimated local box office of "The Birdcage" this time is 60 million US dollars, which suddenly seems unsatisfactory.
This is actually something that can't be helped. After all, the capacity of the film market is limited. In the summer of 1996 in the original air, the competition was not so fierce.
Last week's last new film, "Phantom", occupied the fifth position on the list.
However, although Sony's US$47 million comic book adaptation occupies the fifth place, its box office in the first eight days fell directly behind the previous ones. It did not even cross the tens of millions of US dollars. It only had a pitiful first week. Taking in $9.43 million at the box office, it once again became a box office dud for Sony Pictures.
After the success of the DC movie universe, many studios have tried to produce comic book movies in recent years, but unfortunately they have all failed.
Sony just failed again.
After three new films last week, in the latest week starting today, there is only one large-scale opening of Eddie Murphy's "The Professor" in the North American market.
Speaking of which, "The Fat Professor" was once a film produced by Universal Pictures, and it also entered the top ten ranks of the annual box office list. Even though the cost was a bit high, it was still a big hit.
Due to his own production schedule, Simon initially did not take over the film, but instead personally handed it over to Fox Pictures.
Although blockbuster movies have risen rapidly in recent years, relying on the halo of the "Beverly Cop" series, Eddie Murphy has still maintained his status as a first-line actor in Hollywood for a long time, and the production budget of "The Fat Professor" has therefore reached as high as 5,400. Ten thousand dollars, it is considered a blockbuster movie for Fox this summer.
The film was released on July 12th to avoid competition.
The original budget of the film was US$4,000, and it was overspended by US$14 million. It is said that Murdoch was quite critical of this. After all, it was obvious that with a budget of US$54 million, plus a promotion of US$20 million, unless there was a small box office miracle, Otherwise, even if it only breaks over 100 million locally, it will not be easy for the film to recover its costs through theatrical distribution.
After all, Eddie Murphy is black, and his overseas box office appeal is very unstable.
In fact, out of this consideration, Simon did not transfer the project to MGM, which was closer to him, but to Fox.
However, since it has been able to break into the top ten at the annual box office, even if things change and the same creative lineup is used, the box office performance of this movie should not be too bad, and it will not be too difficult for Fox to make a small profit.
Mia Kirshner casually flipped through the box office data and various other movie information in today's "Hollywood Reporter". The time came to 10 o'clock, and the crew members of "The Girl Who Moved" arrived one after another. Move to a conference room next door to start today's production meeting.
Compared with the production budget of 40 million US dollars that was obviously out of control, Simon only gave 20 million US dollars this time.
Because of the nature of literary films, even though she was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress and "Sleepy Hollow" had just become a big hit, Mia, the most valuable person, only received a salary of 2 million US dollars this time, and Angelina Jolie , although her performance in the audition stage was so amazing that director James Mangold still insisted on using the actress even though he knew that her appearance was contrary to the big boss's aesthetics. However, this time he only gave 10 $10,000 salary.
In addition to the two heroines, due to the high quality of the films produced by Daenerys Entertainment, other characters who have joined the cast, even if they are already well-known in Hollywood, basically only receive the minimum union salary.
Everyone is just trying to show their face. Whoever wants to make money from this artistic film that Simon Westeros is said to be particularly interested in is really crazy.
James Mangold himself also only had a directorial fee of US$1.5 million this time, which is one level lower than Mia. However, as a director, screenwriter and producer, James Mangold also signed additional sharing clauses. , as long as this movie achieves commercial success, it will still earn good profits in the future.
This was the first production meeting after the crew was completed. Everyone introduced each other and talked about their understanding of the script and characters. The two hours passed very quickly during the discussion, and unknowingly it was already 12 o'clock noon.
The meeting ended and everyone began to disperse.
Mia had just stood up, and two other girls had already come over. It was not Angelina Jolie who was obviously a bit out of place, but the two supporting actors in the film, one named Brittany Murphy and the other named Cady. Strickland.
Facing Mia, who had not interacted with each other before, the two women were a bit flattering in their warm relationship. Cady Strickland spoke first: "Mia, do you have any other plans for lunch? How about having lunch together? "
Mia has been involved in this circle since she was very young. Of course, Mia knows the intention of the two women to approach her. In recent years, they are not the only ones who have tried to do this.
Although she looks quiet on the outside, Mia is not the kind of character who likes to reject others. On the contrary, she is very lively in private. She quietly looked at the two women for a few times and confirmed that they probably did not meet the preferences of a certain man. Then she nodded with a smile: "Okay. , I’m planning to go to Venice Beach to eat seafood, let’s all come together, um, I’m treating you.”
Brittany Murphy on the other side saw Mia agreeing and said quickly: "How can this be done? Of course Cady and I are the treat."
Saying this, the two girls unknowingly gathered around Mia, leading the girl out without leaving any trace, no longer giving other people a chance to strike up a conversation. Mia seemed not to notice, and picked up her white Hermès bag. Bao, finally nodded goodbye to the others, and walked out of the conference room laughing with the two women.
Just after leaving the house, the waitress Shirley was already waiting outside the door. Seeing Mia with two women beside her, she just nodded slightly and stepped forward and said, "Mia?"
Mia Kirschner was a little confused: "Huh?"
Shirley raised her hand and gestured, then said directly to the other two women: "I'm sorry, can we have a few words alone?"
The other two women also knew Shirley's identity. Compared to Mia, they were more inexplicable awe. Of course, there was no problem and they said they would wait at the elevator entrance.
"That's it," Shirley waited for the two women to walk away, and took Mia away from the door of the conference room where people kept walking out. Then she said, "Let's go there quickly. Mr. Westeros said he wants to come with you." Have lunch, just over there from the movie studio restaurant.”
Mia, who originally had no hope today, heard this, her eyes lit up, she nodded subconsciously, thinking of the two women not far away, and said: "Let me talk to them."
Shirley nodded.
The two of them walked to the elevator together. Mia unfortunately found a perfunctory excuse and hurriedly left with Shirley.
Brittany Murphy, who followed them downstairs, saw Mia and Mia not going to the parking lot after going downstairs, but walking in another direction of the administrative area. They soon understood something, but they could only feel envious in their hearts.
This kind of thing cannot be asked for.
Hollywood doesn't know how many women hope to win the favor of Simon Westeros. Unfortunately, even if they want to meet the high-ranking big man, their chances are slim.