In the original plan, Robert Shea planned to wait two weeks after the release of "The Silence of the Lambs" and the attendance rate dropped to a certain level, so he could justifiably transfer 200 to 300 theaters from "The Silence of the Lambs" to "Sleeping with the Enemy" On the Internet, 2,000 theaters were gathered for "Sleeping with the Enemy".
After "Pretty Woman" and "Steel Magnolia" two consecutive films with a box office exceeding 100 million yuan, Julia's box office appeal is unquestionable, so the films she starred in can also be screened in 2,000 theaters at the same time.
It's a pity that the box office trend of "The Silence of the Lambs" was far beyond everyone's expectations. The box office fell by less than 20% in the next week. Such a good result, even if Robert Shea is willing, those who signed the ladder contract for "The Silence of the Lambs" It is also impossible for the screening theaters to replace the lower picture of this movie with "Sleeping with the Enemy". Therefore, there are only 1,700 premiere theaters for "Sleeping with the Enemy".
Of course, the scale of screenings in 1,700 theaters did not affect the performance of "Sleeping with the Enemy" at all. After three days of release, "Sleeping with the Enemy" earned a box office of more than 18 million US dollars, which has exceeded the weekly average. The $10,000 box office blockbuster standard.
Although the box office success of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" has already been achieved before, the credit for that film cannot be entirely credited to Robert Shea. Therefore, the first big-budget film produced by an independent producer won the Successful, Robert Shea couldn't wait to start preparing the celebration banquet after the three-day box office was released on the weekend, as if he wanted to declare his status to the whole Hollywood.
Anyway, a decision has been made before the end of the year, Eric does not intend to have any conflicts with Robert Shea. So I readily agreed that all the celebration banquet held at the Hilton Hotel would be paid for by Firefly.
After Sleeping with the Enemy. Eric no longer went to Firefly headquarters every day. Although "Ghost Love" has entered the final stage of publicity, Eric did not rush around to do the final publicity for the film like Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda and other leading actors. If he was just a film director, these things would definitely be unavoidable. However, as the boss of Firefly, Eric still has this privilege.
Several cars stopped outside Dockweiler Beach Park, south of Santa Monica, Los Angeles. The doors opened, and seven or eight people came down one after another. Eric skillfully put on sunglasses and a baseball cap before looking at the beach park with confidence.
A group of people quickly gathered together. Catherine Bigelow, who was wearing a sun visor and wearing a simple black T-shirt and dark jeans, said, "It's here. I've been here once before, and I just took a quick look. After doing some comparisons, I realized that this place is the best, so let's go in."
"According to the cold and gloomy tone of "Point of Horror", this place seems a little too beautiful." Eric followed Catherine Bigelow, looking at the surrounding scenery and said.
"I plan to choose to come here to shoot again."
"Cloudy? In Los Angeles. This kind of weather is very difficult to meet," Eric shook his head, and turned to the director of photography of "Scary Point" who was following behind: "Donald, do you have any good solutions?"
Donald Peterman is a middle-aged man in his forties, and he is a very good photographer. He has participated in the shooting of many excellent movies before. Since the budget of "Scary Point" is sufficient, Catherine Biggle Like James Cameron, the crew chose the best. In the scene scouting in the early stage of the film, in order to confirm that the scene selected by the director is suitable for shooting, the director of photography must participate.
Hearing Eric's words, Donald Peterman squinted his eyes and looked around. After thinking for a while, he said: "If you want the effect that best suits the film, of course I also hope that the scenes here can be shot on cloudy days, but , Los Angeles does not encounter a few rainy days a year, so it is also possible to choose to shoot in the evening, but in that case, due to the problem of light changes, the suitable time for shooting is very short, and we can’t finish it a few times, so we can only wait. It's the second day."
A group of people made a big circle in the Dockweiler Beach Park. Under the curious and doubtful eyes of the beach surfers, they wrote and drew like no one else, and made some records from time to time. Donald Peterman also used a portable camera to watch Catherine Bi Gero took a few shots at the location he liked, and after working for nearly an hour, everyone left.
They did not communicate with the management staff of the park, because it is still very early to start filming in the park. According to the plan, "Point of Fright" will not be able to start shooting until the end of July at the earliest.
After watching Dockweiler Beach Park, everyone quickly drove to the next goal. After running for a whole afternoon, Eric also deeply realized the vastness of Los Angeles County. He ran more than 100 kilometers in one day, but he was still on the streets of Greater Los Angeles. Wandering in the alleys, I didn't even reach the suburbs.
In the evening, the group had dinner at a restaurant in Santa Monica before going home.
"Hey, Kate, can you wait?" Eric called to Catherine Bigelow who was about to drive home.
Catherine Bigelow stopped by the car door and asked, "Eric, what's the matter?"
"That's it. Tomorrow, Firefly will hold a celebration party for "Sleeping with the Enemy" at the Hilton Hotel. Would you like to come?"
Catherine Bigelow shook her head directly: "Sorry, Eric, I don't really like this kind of party."
"I mean, you can be with Jim, and tomorrow a lot of Hollywood executives may come over, which is very good for networking."
"Jim went to North Carolina to scout locations for Terminator 2," Catherine Bigelow shrugged. "I can't go alone."
"You can come with me, I don't think Jim would mind," Eric said in as relaxed a tone as possible.
Catherine Bigelow raised her eyebrows, her words were teasing: "Little guy, I want to warn you, don't think of me."
"Ahem..." Eric didn't expect Catherine Bigelow to be so direct, and couldn't help coughing twice before saying, "Kate, I think you must have misunderstood."
"I'm 100% sure, I didn't misunderstand," Catherine Bigelow directly opened the car door and planned to leave. After thinking about it, she turned around, hugged Eric like a big sister, and patted him hard on the back. He said in a coaxing tone: "Okay, little guy, now, tomorrow we will choose the heroine for "Point Fright", those young and beautiful girls are the ones you should aim for."
Although the light fragrance on Catherine Bigelow smells very good, but being coaxed like a child, Eric still struggled out of the woman's arms in resistance: "Okay, okay, but can you stop screaming?" My little one?"
"Of course." Catherine Bigelow took two steps back with a smile, opened the door and sat in the driver's seat, and waved to Eric: "See you tomorrow, little guy."
"See you tomorrow," Eric waved helplessly at the woman, watched Catherine Bigelow drive away in that Chevrolet SUV, got into his car, and looked into the rearview mirror on the windshield Seeing his current expression, Eric rubbed his cheeks vigorously a few times, and then said to himself: "It's so embarrassing to be so straightforwardly pointed out, but I like this kind of personality." (To be continued ..)
ps: There are a lot of tossings and things to do today. I don’t have time to start writing until after nine o’clock in the evening. I will try my best to make up tomorrow, sorry.