Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 392 Fierce Summer Season, Two Girls' New Script

While Link was filming in New York, he also received a call from Joe Ferrer.

Ferrer mentioned Xavi's desire to co-promote Fight Club.

Link did not object. He asked how the movie was, and if the audience response was good, they could increase the publicity before its release.

Joe Ferrer said the movie was very good, a very interesting dark film, and that with more publicity, the box office might be even better.

Angelina Jolie also called him to talk about the movie "Fight Club," saying that the movie was cool and that her unconventional role was also cool. She also said that she would come to New York with Winona Ryder and Liv Tyler to visit the set over the weekend and bring him an interesting script to look at.

Link agreed.

"Boss, here are last week's box office figures."

Lewinsky handed over some documents and several newspapers to the film crew.

Link flipped it open and took a look.

By July, with the summer movie season halfway through, competition in the North American film market had intensified.

Several blockbusters released in May and June still have box office momentum, while newly released films are beginning to devour box office revenue, including "Independence Day," "The Fifth Element," "The Birdcage," "A Time to Kill," and "The Different Instinct."

Some media outlets have used terms like "Battle of Verdun" and "Verdun meat grinder" to describe the fierce competition at the box office this summer.

The magazine Total Cinema analyzed the reasons for the fierce competition during the summer movie season in its report.

First, there are more blockbuster films being released at the same time than in previous years.

According to statistics, 22 of the films released this summer had a production cost of over 5000 million yuan, six more than last year.

There are too many blockbuster commercial films, while the total box office market in North America is relatively stable.

There are too many wolves and too little meat.

Competition is bound to be fierce.

Secondly, the eight major film studios have been increasing their publicity and distribution costs and expanding the scale of film distribution. Cinemas that used to only distribute art films are now also showing commercial films, leading to a shortage of screenings for major cinemas.

Complete Film magazine also believes that Guess Movies is responsible for the current situation.

Before 93, the competition in the North American summer movie season was not very intense. Starting in 93, the production capabilities of Guess Film Studios gradually improved, and they released many high-quality films every year. In addition to the films from the original seven major studios, there were too many films released in the North American summer movie season, and the competition at the box office naturally became more intense.

If we hadn't tried to guess, this situation would definitely have eased.

Furthermore, Link serves as a negative example in this matter.

Unlike Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and others, Link is a world-class billionaire who has grown entirely through profits from the film market. He makes money by investing in movies and then invests his earnings in the stock market, increasing his net worth year after year.

Seeing how profitable the film industry is, other investors followed suit, leading to an increase in the total amount of capital in the film industry. With capital in hand, film companies became keen to make blockbusters, resulting in this situation.

It can be said that the rise of Link and Guess the Movies has made the film industry more prosperous, while also making the competition within the film industry more brutal and accelerating the process of survival of the fittest.

Complete Cinema magazine continues to sound the alarm in its reporting, telling the seven major studios and small and medium-sized film companies that time is running out and they need to move forward quickly, or they will become the next ones to be eliminated.

Link smiled when he saw this, not quite agreeing with the Total Cinema's statement.

The main reason for the fierce competition during the summer movie season is the overall environment.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 91, the United States became the world's only superpower and the global economic center. Resources and capital from all over the world flowed to the United States, and the American economy entered a period of rapid development, with all industries thriving, including the entertainment industry.

Furthermore, the new economic policies implemented after Clinton took office led to even faster economic growth.

The period from 92 to 96 was a period of rapid economic development, which led to an increase in capital flowing into the film industry from various sources. This was the main reason for the rapid rise in actors' salaries and the increase in film production costs.

With a large amount of capital, film companies' ambitions and desires grew, and the number of commercial blockbusters in theaters increased rapidly.

This is the fundamental reason why the competition during the summer movie season has become so fierce.

Link played a minor role in it, and he didn't want to take the blame.

“Monica, remember to have the public relations department write a press release to refute this article. It’s not our responsibility, and we won’t take the blame for others.”

"Good boss!"

Monica Lewinsky turned to the side, tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, and smiled in response.

Link then looked at this week's box office figures. This week's box office champion was the sci-fi film "Independence Day," released by Fox Studios.

The film tells the story of a giant alien mothership entering Earth's orbit and releasing more than thirty smaller spaceships into Earth's atmosphere, hovering over several major cities around the world and causing panic. The US president, together with world leaders, discusses solutions, and the protagonist, Stephen, works with scientists to stop the alien invasion and defend Earth.

It's a very cliché story, but the special effects are good and the scenes are grand.

"Independence Day" grossed $9171 million in its opening weekend in 3082 theaters, breaking the opening weekend record previously held by "The Sixth Sense".

The film cost approximately $7500 million to produce and is expected to gross no less than "Batman Forever".

Second place went to Disney's romantic comedy "Basic Instinct," which grossed $3433 million in its opening weekend.

The third place went to Columbia Pictures' science fiction film, The Fifth Element.

The film tells the story of 2259, when an evil alien force wants to rule the Earth, while a benevolent alien force sends the "Fifth Element" to save humanity and the universe. However, the Fifth Element is shot down by the evil force, and humanity eventually restores the Fifth Element to destroy the evil force.

The film is directed by French director Luc Besson and stars Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, and others.

With a production cost of $8500 million, it is also the most expensive film ever made in collaboration between Guess Movies and Columbia Pictures.

This week's box office was $2113 million, and the two-week cumulative box office was $5507 million, which is lower than expected.

The main reason is that Luc Besson's film style is not suitable for American audiences, some plot points are not handled well, and the success of "Independence Day," a film with a similar theme, is also a factor affecting box office performance.

However, after the film's release, Milla Jovovich, the female lead, attracted a lot of attention with her dashing appearance, hot figure, and cool fighting moves, and the number of male movie fans increased sharply.

But after hearing that Mira had already been violated by Link, male fans started verbally attacking Link again, hurling very harsh insults.

This week, "The Internet" dropped to fourth place at the box office, earning $1741 million, bringing its North American box office total to $1.59 million.

"Batman Forever" is ranked sixth, with $1081 million in box office this week and a total of $2.72 million in North American box office.

Because of the box office success of "Independence Day," several other films released at the same time all flopped.

These include MGM's "The Fugitive," Peter Jackson's "Ghost," Columbia Pictures' "The Copycat Husband," Disney's animated film "Crazy Elf," Miramax's "The Visitor," and many others.

Some expect to lose tens of millions, while others expect to lose millions.

This time, not only independent film companies suffered heavy losses, but the seven major film studios also suffered considerable losses. It was like a group of people fighting for food. Those who got food were stuffed, while those who didn't get food were clutching their stomachs and crying out for food, and they even got a bite taken by someone else.

Link shook his head. Luckily, there weren't many movies scheduled for release during the summer season this year, otherwise he would have been forced to join the 'Verdun meat grinder' too.

After reading the newspaper, I continued making the movie.

Angelina Jolie, Winona Ryder, and Liv Tyler came to visit the set over the weekend, and Link took them back to his penthouse apartment on Central Park South Avenue in Manhattan for the night.

After a period of vigorous exercise, Link leaned against the pillows and flipped through the new script that Julie and Liv Tyler had brought.

Angelina Jolie's screenplay is called "Flirting," and it is based on the experiences of Gia Karanzi, one of the first supermodels of the early 1980s.

Gia grew up under abuse from her parents and had an unhappy childhood. However, at the age of 18, Gia was selected by a modeling agency and became a professional model.

With the help of her agent, Gia gradually rose to become a representative of the fashion industry, gaining both fame and fortune. However, after becoming famous, Gia felt extremely empty and had nowhere to vent her emotions. She gradually became addicted to drugs, and her career plummeted. In the end, she ended her short life at the age of 26 due to AIDS.

Gia is also a lesbian, and there are several lesbian love stories in the script.

Overall, it's pretty good, and it's one of Jolie's representative works.

You can invest.

The script Liv Tyler brought was called "Waterboy," and it was written by one of Liv's friends. She asked her to bring it to Link to take a look.

The story revolves around a university soccer team's water deliveryman, an introverted and taciturn individual who is ridiculed and mocked by everyone but never fights back. He is later discovered by a coach, becomes a soccer player, and ultimately achieves success.

The male protagonist's personality is similar to Forrest Gump, and the plot is equally inspiring, making it seem like a copycat work.

However, Link remembered this movie; it was a representative work of the famous comedian Adam Sandler and was often translated as "Stupid Going Forward," and it did quite well at the box office.

This is also a film worth investing in.

After receiving his affirmation, Julie and Liv Tyler, despite their physical discomfort, happily rushed into his arms.

Turbulence reignites in the penthouse apartment.

(End of this chapter)