Chapter 182 (2/2)
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“It’s fineJust tell e of Julia’s attitude towards her, she started asking questions that interested her
In the meantime, the senior executives from top seven fil thethe s about the movie that deserved appreciation, which was no ht it the other way
Steel Magnolias was ahis taste, although it indeed had soht-hand assistant of Barry Diller who had advanced the theory of high concept film, Michael Eisner witnessed the rise of Parauidance of this theory, which made him a hard-core supporter for itThe fast development of Disney Studios under the leadershi+p of Michael Eisner was highly related to his sticking to such a theory
However, this nolias was like a h concept fil novelHerbert Rose was no doubt a great essayist withh, such type ofthe audience
Although Michael Eisner did not eht for itOtherwise, he would not cohly of the film and he had achieved a reht those would be solid reasons for his co here
Nard Tarn, the president of Para next to Eric, had the similar opinion of the fil Eric into telling him the information about the movie in the hope that Eric would tell him the box office expectation so that Paramount Pictures could provide an accurate quotation for dividends of the movie
This year, Paramount Pictures witnessed a steep decline in its perforh Raiders of the Lost Ark had a stunning perfor 20 ot froot fro presence of Lucasfil in the filmTherefore, Paramount Pictures paid more attention to these two films, if it were not Frank Mancuso, the CEO of Paramount Pictures, could spare time to attend the event, he would surely attend this event instead of sending Nard Tarn
Although he didn’t think Steel Magnolias would perforood performanceNone of the filot a box office less than 100the film, Nard Tarn quickly estimated that its box office would be between 30 million to 50 million US Dollars in consideration of the schedule and the bankable stars such as Julia, Sally Field and shi+rley MacLaine, etcThough Julia had become popular ith Pretty Woman, Nard Tarn didn’t expect much overseas box office from this movieIt would be a miracle for its box office to reach 30 million US dollars since it was deeply ienous Americans
If it were the same as her estimate, the maximum revenue of thethe cost ofcompared with that from Eric’s other films
Nard Tarn believed that Eric wouldn’t inputthe movie just for a profit of 10 million US dollarsNo matter how did he beat about the bush and tricked Eric into telling hiive hie by himself
For the sake of prudence, Eric didn’t reveal his estih he was optimistic about the film, he was not fully certain of the box office, which he reckoned would be around 10 million US dollars since that movie hit more than 80the heroine of the film, it would pocket an additional 20 million US dollars
But he wouldn’t reveal his estimate of the box officeOnce said, if the box office failed to reach his expectation, his reputation would be daedEven if thisto do with Eric since Firefly was only an investor and Eric did nothing butone seat away fro seven senior executivesAs a typical fe on women and had supported a series of feminist movies in her previous life, the elsShe was such a sentimental woman that she was completely attracted by joys and sorrows of the wo an impulse to take a vacation immediately and headed to southern town to live a trivial and peaceful life there
But she also knew that she and Calta Hunter, the representative of Fox Studios, came here only for forht for Eric’s two films at the end of the yearTherefore, Firefly, in consideration of the ht of this film to itAs to Colombia Pictures, it would soon conclude a contract with japanese whose strategy of business operation was hard to be anticipated, to avoid the risk, Firefly wouldn’t let it distribute the film
The representative fro those froood perforh it wanted to make more profits, it would onlyof the filht of the filret for it
Universal Studios was experiencing a tur for the power of controlling the coht of the filmWhile MGM was totally ruined by Kirk Kerkorian, a Casino Tycoon, ould only pay attention to its perforood priceEven if the senior executives wanted to further develop the coThe representative of MGM sitting in the front seat were having a good conversation with the vice president of Warner Bros, see