Chapter 072 (1/2)

After Peter Sanders rushed back to Los Angeles on Saturday night, Simon didn't hear from Fox for three days.

This result did not come as Simon expected. After all, his qualifications in Hollywood are still too shallow.

A young man under the age of 20 not only asks for high share terms from big film companies, but also demands absolute control over film production. This kind of thing has never happened in Hollywood.

But with the box office success of ”Lola Run,” Simon is no longer as short of options as he was a few months ago.

With the help of the crew of blood corpse night, Simon also made some plans for ”death is coming” in private. This plasma thriller is very suitable for the year-end Halloween schedule. From the end of February to the end of October, the eight month period of preparation, production and publicity is just right.

Therefore, Simon does not intend to tie himself to fox. If fox doesn't respond by the end of the week, Simon plans to let the news out and seek another partner.

At the same time, with the continuous fermentation of popularity and word-of-mouth, ”Lola Run” box office in the second week of release not only did not fall, but also increased again.

From February 20 to February 22, due to the increase in the number of screens in the second week, the box office of ”Lola Run” still increased by 21% compared with the four days in the first week, reaching US $6.69 million.

Then, after the following four working days, the box office of ”Lola Run” in the second week was as high as US $9.56 million, second only to US $11.1 million of ”field platoon”, ranking second in the North American box office list.

The two films released by our company occupy the top two positions in the box office of a single week at the same time, and the box office of the two films in North America is expected to exceed 100 million US dollars, so Orion film is in the limelight for a while.

”Lola Run”, a film that has become the focus of the whole federal topic, naturally has no hindrance to its subsequent release.

Mike medova, President of Orion pictures, originally planned to expand the screening scale of the film as soon as possible, but after a detailed telephone conversation with Simon, he agreed with his concept of ”hunger marketing”. In the end, Orion did not rush to significantly increase the screening scale of ”Lola Run” in the third week, but only increased the number of screens to 536, and the related cinemas are still concentrated on the west coast of the United States.

Many years later, when a film is released for three weeks, either its popularity has faded or its pirated resources are flying all over the world. It is meaningless to continue to increase the screening scale.

However, in the mid-1980s, the speed of information dissemination was far less rapid than that of the Internet era, and film and television piracy was not as rampant as it was later. There was also a multi round screening mechanism from metropolis to small towns. Many small towns in the third and fourth tier often took one or two months to see some blockbusters.

Therefore, the three weeks of word-of-mouth accumulation does not seem to be long for ”Lola Run”, it will only increase the audience's expectations.

Simon, on the other hand, waited patiently until Friday, but fox still didn't give any reply. He called Jonathan Friedman and asked his agent to reveal that he was looking for a partner for ”death is coming.”.

Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.

It's Monday, March 2.

Ronald Goldberg, President of fox pictures, walked into the Morton restaurant where Hollywood filmmakers often eat in the evening. As soon as he entered, he felt that many people who used to eat were looking at each other.

Although inexplicably embarrassed, Ronald Goldberg said a few words to the waiter as if nothing had happened, and then he was taken to a table.

At this time, there was a middle-aged man in his forties sitting at the dining table. He was bald and unsightly. He had the same standard Jew's big nose. However, no one in the restaurant despises each other because of their appearance. The middle-aged man is Barry Diller, the current chairman and CEO of 20th century fox.

Notice that Ronald Goldberg is coming, and Barry Diller, who was reading a newspaper, immediately gets up, smiles, steps forward, shakes hands with him, and the two return to the table to sit down.

After ordering dinner, Ronald Goldberg glanced at the newspaper in front of Barry Diller. This is ”La pioneers”, and there is also a striking butterfly picture on the page. As an evening paper which is also more inclined to Hollywood industry trends, Ronald Goldberg easily judged that this picture should be related to ”Butterfly Effect”.

Barry Diller followed Ronald Goldberg's gaze to the newspaper in front of him and asked, ”I heard that this movie didn't have a good audition?”

Ronald Goldberg said with some hesitation: ”we all think the story is complete and wonderful. However, several critics who participated in the audition didn't like it very much. They thought the plot of the film was too scattered and the main line was not clear enough.”

Barry Diller frowned at the words. In this era, the most direct impression of ordinary people on a film is the newspaper film review. If the film review is not good, it will undoubtedly hinder the enthusiasm of the audience to enter the cinema.After thinking about it, Barry Diller asked, ”what are you going to do?”

Ronald Goldberg said: ”there will be an in-house audition on Wednesday, with some adjustments depending on the situation. And then, I'm going to schedule it for Easter. You know, the ”Lola Run” might be a hit

That's what Ronald Goldberg said, in a distinctly bitter tone.

A week ago, Peter Sanders brought back Simon's demands for ”death is coming” from Arizona. Ronald Goldberg almost laughed with anger.

That young man is so bold. Ronald Goldberg has worked in the media industry for 30 years. He has never met anyone who dares to make such a request to a film company. Does he think he is Spielberg?

So, Ronald Goldberg simply chose to ignore each other.

However, with the news that Simon westero is looking for a new partner for ”death is coming” over the weekend, and the box office data of last weekend's three days this morning, Ronald Goldberg is hesitant again.

Simon westero's news is not mentioned for the time being. As long as fox does not give up, it is impossible for the other side to cooperate with other film companies.

But it's not.