After returning to Los Angeles, Joanna separated from Eric. Although Eric hoped that the girl could move to Pointe Manor for a while, Joanna was unwilling. In her words, she just didn’t want to encounter some embarrassment again. Case.
However, the girl accepted the small villa that Eric bought her in Beverly Hills. This is the second house that Eric gave. Famke Jansen also chose a house before. The villa is located near the Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills, but it is far away from the mansion Eric bought first, but it is close to West Hollywood.
For Eric's current net worth, a villa worth around one million dollars is nothing. Therefore, Eric is looking forward to one day where his golden house will surpass Howard Hughes.
The first thing that comes back to Los Angeles is of course the release of The Silence of the Lambs.
In the past two weeks, Hollywood did not have any blockbuster movies. Compared with the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" sequel in the same period last year, which was close to 50 million US dollars in the first week of the box office, among the movies released in the past two weeks, only 6 The box office of "Total Recall", which was released on March 1, is better. "Total Recall" is an action blockbuster starring Schwarzenegger, and it is also the first big-budget movie released after the establishment of Sony Pictures.
Although %, the movie grossed US$36 million in the first week, but it still did not meet Sony's expectations, because the production cost of "Total Recall" was as high as US$65 million, and the cost of publicity and distribution exceeded 30 million. The cost can only be recovered at the box office of close to 200 million US dollars.
However, judging from the film's first week results and the response after its release, the film clearly does not have the potential to earn $200 million at the box office.
And another "Back to the Future 3". The box office fell as much as 49% the following week. Only got 14 million box office. There is no hope for the box office to exceed 100 million. As for a certain 'dud' released by Disney's Bowei International, let alone mention it, it took Firefly and Disney a lot of work to divert the public's attention from the movie's leading actor. open.
The premiere of "The Silence of the Lambs" wasn't too big. Apart from Eric, there were several leading actors in the movie, Jodie Foster. Anthony Hopkins et al.
And, of course, the three producers of the film, Elizabeth Murdoch, Julia Roberts, and... Drew Barrymore.
Under Eric's 'torture', Xiao Nizi told Eric all about the tg film company. Only then did Eric know that the girl owned 30% of the shares in tg film company, and, "The Silence of the Lambs" also has Drew's $3 million investment. Of course, this money was secretly drawn from the credit card Eric gave her. Caroline Elliot, who was in charge of Eric's personal finances before, Tate mentioned the abnormality of the credit card in Drew's hand. However, Eric didn't care too much. He believed that Xiao Nizi would not mess around.
I didn't expect to see such a surprise now.
However, if this movie really won the best picture according to the original track, it would be quite lively, because the best movie is awarded to the three main producers of the movie at most, and this "Silence of the Lambs" , there are exactly three people and three women in the producer column.
The development of the matter is that before the future Oscars, after the movie was released in 1,500 theaters on June 8, the three female producers of "The Silence of the Lambs" became the same as the content of the movie, and became the Hollywood directors in the next few days. The hottest topic.
Because a bloody horror film about cannibals and skin-slaying killers was produced by three beauties. The contrast is too great. What's more, the starring role of the film is also the famous Hollywood actress Judy. foster.
Under the influence of this strong topical effect and the wonderful movie itself, "The Silence of the Lambs" got a box office of 14 million in the first three days. Because of the movie's R-rated rating and the restrictions of the theaters, this result is already very good According to statistics, the box office statistics agency predicts that the film will earn nearly 20 million US dollars in the box office in the first week, and because of its good reputation, it is very hopeful that the film will break through 100 million at the box office after long-term screenings.
Here I have to mention another sad movie, another Disney's 'dud' "Rocketman".
This film has been in preparation for several years. It is said that for certain lens effects, Disney also specially spent a sum of money to develop a special camera bracket.
Under the influence of Eric's Butterfly Effect, "The Rocketeer" appeared a year earlier. Although the male protagonist has not changed, it is still the unknown Bill Campbell. However, the female protagonist is Jennifer Connelly from the previous life. It was replaced by Brooke Shields, because of the fame brought by meeting a girl in "Dark War" last year. Although Brooke Shields played a vase, the salary she got in this movie was Bill Campbell's three times.
The tragedy is that this big production with a total investment of more than 40 million, and even a promotional cost of more than 20 million US dollars, only got a box office of more than 9 million US dollars in the first three days, and it is inevitable to hit the street.
Although the box office of the two big productions of Sony and Universal is not as good as the movies of the same period last year, it is certain that they will recover the cost through overseas distribution and make a fortune on the later video tapes. However, Disney is sure to lose money for these two consecutive "duds", because the box office performance in North America is so poor, it must be difficult to distribute overseas, especially the first "dud", which is impossible to release overseas.
For this reason, Eric deliberately studied several other Disney films that will be released in the next summer this year, and found that apart from "Human Ghosts" co-released with Firefly, the other Eric I don't have any impression. It seems that Disney's financial statements for the next quarter will be quite ugly, but I don't know how Michael Eisner will react.
After "The Silence of the Lambs", Firefly's next movie "Sleeping with the Enemy" has become even more aggressive. Of course, all of this is done by Robert Shea himself, because of the resentment towards Robert Shea, Eric didn't care about it at all. Anyway, this movie will definitely be a success, and he just needs to wait for the final payment.
Although he doesn't have to worry about "Sleeping with the Enemy", Eric doesn't have much free time, because at the beginning, he promised Cameron's current wife, Catherine Bigelow, to be the producer of "Point Scary" , I have to worry about this movie at this time. (To be continued..)