hollywood draw

"I've sent it to Wayne, boss."

John Grey pushed the door and walked into the CEO office, pulled open the chair and sat opposite the large desk, and said to Jeff Robinoff, who was also holding statistics.

"About $5.9 million!" Jeff Robinoff waved his fist excitedly. "This result has exceeded my expectations. Our own survey feedback has exceeded 84% of the praise rate, which is enough for a horror film!"

The rare films produced and released by Warner Bros. have all failed in the summer season. Jeff Robinoff, who has just taken office, is under great pressure and urgently needs convincing revenue performance.

Now this movie has at least a guaranteed box office. From this point of view, Wayne Greenberg's movie is the safest.

"I remember to call Wayne tomorrow morning to congratulate him. It's very late, go back and rest." Jeff Robinoff got up and put on his coat, preparing to go downstairs with John.

"No problem, I will call him as soon as I go to work." John nodded, and the two left the office together.

The main purpose of the two people to this day is to wait for first-hand data, especially Jeff Robinoff, whose company's performance declined in the first year of his tenure. He is now only concerned about the box office results of "The Joker's Return".

The company has never been a monolithic part, and it has begun to criticize him. However, as long as the box office of this film is excellent enough, he will have a lot of life after this year.

The best way to break the criticism is always the revenue figure. The two masterpieces that will definitely be released next year include "Detective's Aircraft 2" and "Batman". He has very high expectations for these two films.

There have been rumors about him in the company that he could successfully take over the position of CEO, just because he initiated and promoted the two projects of "The Joker" and "The Eattang Assassination Order". The person who changed his mind to maintain close cooperation with Wayne Greenberg, it is not certain who CEO is.

However, some aspects of this are correct. After Kevin Tessukhara confirmed that he would leave office, only Jeff Robinov had the most outstanding performance, and all the projects he promoted were successful. Of course, the board of directors would not set any obstacles to his promotion.

Looking at Los Angeles with brightly lit outside the car, he remembered the scene when he was promoting "Escape from the Deadly Town", and then launched two projects "The Joker" and "Eetang Assassination Order" in the second year.

Later, someone summarized: If you want to be Warner Bros. CEO, just hold Wayne Greenberg tightly. This sentence is certainly not wrong.

In the past two years, with Wayne's film revenue, the total proportion of Warner Bros.'s performance has become increasingly high, and there are more and more voices in the board of directors urging him to negotiate with him to invest in the company. In this way, the producers and directors who can initiate projects themselves must be tied to Warner Bros.'s chariot as soon as possible.

A media group like Warner Bros., a successful film, through their operations of complete upstream and downstream channels around the world, can generate revenue figures far from being comparable to that little box office profit.

But the first thing you watch in a movie is the box office. Only when the box office numbers are high enough can you get more profits in subsequent offline operations.

For example, Wayne's "The Joker", although it's terrifying global box office, the profits of this part of the film actually account for 20% of the total revenue of this film. This is the fundamental reason why Warner Bros. attaches great importance to him.

And this is just a short-term profit. It is normal for a production company that holds the copyright of the video to create value after a film of 20 or 30.

"Perhaps, you can prepare a celebration party for him in advance..." Jeff Robinoff murmured in a low voice.

On Friday morning, Jimmy walked into CAA with a smile on her face. There were more agents who greeted him warmly along the way, and even some colleagues who could not usually call him a name nodded to him like acquaintances.

After returning to the office, thinking about his colleague who suddenly became enthusiastic, he chuckled and shook his head. This is not the first time this situation is. Whenever Wayne's film is released, he will always welcome more superficially enthusiastic but jealous eyes.

"Clang, Clang."

"Please come in!"

"Hi, Jimmy." Stan, who is also an agent, pushed the door and walked in. He was quite familiar with Jimmy. The two of them walked out of the mailroom together.

Stan sat directly opposite Jimmy, handed him a cup of coffee he brought, and said with envy:

"You're going to get busy again soon. I heard that Wayne's new film had a good box office in advance, and this must be the beginning of the box office explosion again."

This is also a happy worry. As the largest brokerage company in the industry, Jimmy himself didn't understand a lot of news, but others have already received the news.

"Thank you, but who can tell the box office is right?"

After taking the other party's coffee, Jimmy shrugged with a smile. In fact, he really didn't know the box office last night. Anyway, he would definitely rush to the manor to meet Wayne later, and he must have the first-hand statistics from Warner Bros.

"Hey, forget it, man, you're so lucky to have such a director client." Stan's eyes didn't mean jealousy, which was the main reason why the two of them had a good relationship.

Throwing the newspaper he brought to the desk, Stan stood up with a smile and said, "I have something else, I just come here to congratulate you, and I will have a large bonus to be recorded. If Wayne's new film needs a little actor, remember to contact me."

After saying that, he turned around and waved his hand and left the office.

In the past, Jimmy's biggest ideal was to have his own office on the second floor of CAA, which represents his position among agents.

But now it’s different. As my customers continue to succeed, my status in the circle is getting higher and higher, and there are gradually voices in the company that make him a partner.

According to what Jimmy himself learned, as long as Wayne's new film is successful once, his hope of becoming a partner will increase greatly. This is the best time to transform from a worker to a boss.

However, as far as box office is concerned, he is very confident in his customers, which is the confidence he has accumulated through uninterrupted success.

He picked up the Los Angeles Times brought by Stan and looked at the latest reports in the entertainment section.

"The Joker Returns to the Soul" is undoubtedly a very outstanding horror film, but unlike traditional horror films, whether it is the fullness of the plot or the arrangement of horror elements, the growth issues shown in the film can be said to be a milestone in a horror film. Wayne Greenberg successfully defined..."

Jimmy took his eyes off the media's tone and looked at the film critics column.

“The fear that invades the bone marrow!

Before watching the movie, you will not imagine how horrible the movie is. In fact, in the movie, besides the weird and evil clowns, what every child fears is often ready-made.

Whether it is the crooked-faced woman Stanley faces, the headless man I feared, the rotten-faced zombies that Eddie saw, the large amount of plasma that drowns Beverly, or the younger brother George, whom Bill is obsessed with, you will see everyone's fear, and finally find that these are the most painful and darkest secrets hidden in everyone's heart, and those fears will eventually become your fear!

Freud believed that human nature itself is mixed with desire and controlled by it, and childhood is the most critical period for shaping nature. In this movie, children's childhood is spent in a nightmare of fear and matures ignorantly. This is a movie that belongs to children, but it is more of the teenage memories of every movie fan.

In addition to the large-scale horror and treacherous scenes, the film also has many beautiful intersperses. This is probably what Wayne Greenberg wants to do. It must be admitted that this "The Joker Returns to the Soul" will definitely be a milestone in a horror film!

---Kenneth Tulan"

Seeing Jimmy grinning and threw down the newspaper, took the car key and walked out of the office. Before driving to the customer's house, he bought more newspapers from the newspaper booth at the door of the company.

"A horror film with such a strong positive atmosphere, traditional horror films are trying to make you more fearful, while "The Joker Returns" tells you how to face fear. Under Wayne Greenberg's exquisite design, it shows the fear in children step by step, and then helps children overcome fear step by step. The core of the story...----"Hollywood Reporter"

Although the film is the first day of its release today, major media and film critics couldn't wait to sing praises. From news reports to related entertainment comments, they are basically one-sidedly showing a hymn.

Whether it is because of Warner Bros.'s promotional or for some other reason, Jimmy feels that the excessive work of his clients will not have a bad box office performance at least.

He whistled happily and drove his car to Beverly Hills until he parked his car in the manor, and did not forget to bring the various newspapers and magazines he had just bought into the living room.

"Shh."

Before he could say hello, the assistant lady pointed to Wayne who was answering the phone. Jimmy took his steps lightly, put the things he brought on the coffee table, and sat opposite his client.

"...Of course, no problem! Today's box office statistics have arrived, you can send me a fax directly, OK."

Wayne put down the phone in his hand, raised his hand and pinched his temple. Early in the morning, there were several calls for congratulations in advance. This was his first video to open the early stage, but there were obviously many people staring at him.

"Jimmy." Wayne took a long sip and said, "When you go back to Burbank, help me go to Warner Bros. and make an appointment with Thomas of the distribution department. Well, this Monday."

"Okay, no problem." The agent nodded, then pointed to a bunch of newspapers and magazines, and said happily: "Do you want to see it? Almost all major media praise the film."

"Forget it, Jimmy, the weekend box office is what I care about the most." Wayne shook his head. This time he suddenly didn't have to participate in the promotional event. He found it was not pleasant to wait for news at home.