hollywood draw

Hearing these words on weekend box office, agent Jimmy's eyes shone with light. This kind of ray of ambition is very familiar to Wayne, and most people in the Hollywood circle have it.

In Jimmy's idea, he is definitely not an irreplaceable agent. Wayne's current relationship with him is similar to his friend's relationship with him, which is his biggest advantage.

But this is also what Jimmy is most worried about. His clients are developing too fast, so fast that he can't keep up with him at all.

If nothing unexpected happens, Wayne will soon invest in Warner Bros., and his status in the circle will be further improved.

The huge change in identity, even if his clients are unwilling to admit it, he has gradually changed from a director who simply makes movies to a powerful producer.

This is the case in this circle. Although directors have always been the leader of the film industry, producers, or bosses are the center of the production industry. Even if Wayne picks up the camera and continues to shoot movies, no one will regard him as a simple film director anymore.

Foreseeable, as long as there is no big accident, Wayne's status will become higher and higher in the future, which many people can see.

What about Jimmy himself? He knows his abilities very well. He only helps clients plan their careers and find more jobs and other basic jobs. He is not good at it, and Wayne can't use it at all.

Before, he was able to highlight his importance with his good negotiation skills. It is not certain that he can do so. Why should a big man in the circle need a broker to share his profits? Friendship is the most unreliable thing, and no one can guarantee that he will never change.

So if Jimmy wants to get more things, such as a CAA partner or a large amount of commissions in Wayne's salary, he has to show his abilities from other aspects.

"Wayne." Jimmy narrowed her eyes and looked at him through the smoke from her client. "I wonder if you noticed one thing?"

"What?" He snuffed out the burning cigarette in his hand, picked up the coffee and took a big sip.

Nina, who was beside her, saw that his cup was hollow, took it and went to the coffee machine to make another cup, put it back in front of her boss, and looked at the agent together.

"More than 80% of the main consumer groups in Hollywood movies are young people, but most of these young people are middle- and low-level income groups. This creates a fact that these middle- and low-level income players are the main force in movie consumption!"

These words aroused Wayne's interest, and he leaned on the sofa in a comfortable position, holding his hands on his chest. "Continue."

"So." Jimmy reached out to rub the newspaper he brought. "Even if he went into a relatively cheap entertainment method like the theater, the main players in these movie consumption wanted to have limited budgets."

Nodding gently, Wayne agreed with the broker's point of view. He has lived here for more than 20 years and knows the young people here very well. They almost rely on credit cards or rely heavily on advanced consumption.

This situation of the public's reliance on advanced consumption has caused limited entertainment expenditures, whether it is the middle class or the bottom.

He has already understood the meaning of the agent, but it is nothing more than that among the people who chose to watch movies at the same time, they are very likely not to watch another one after watching their own movies.

This is actually the source of Hollywood competition. The income of the movie fans is like that. If they choose other films of the same period, it is basically equivalent to their own losses.

"Jimmy, what do you want to say?" the assistant lady asked curiously.

The agent said: "I'm not worried about the box office this weekend. I believe that "The Bomb Expert" has been released for three weeks is not a threat. Our film will definitely be the champion, but next week there will be a big production, Sony Columbia's "Shawshank Redemption"!

I suggest that if "The Joker's Resurrection" has a good box office on the first day, contact Warner Bros. immediately and let Jeff Robinoff call the three major theaters themselves. The sooner it is, the better it will be. While "The Shawshank Redemption" has not been released, expand our screening scale and squeeze the Shawshank's opening scale.

Of course, I definitely don’t have that much face. This requires you to discuss with Jeff in person, and he will definitely agree. I remember that Warner Brothers still have something in their hands? Then start the action before "Shawshank Redemption" is released, and completely bite Morgan Freeman to death!

Then, through its media, they report on this matter extensively, guide public opinion, and try their best to discredit the film, which will also help to discuss with the theater alliance to expand the screening. In September, there are only these two new films that have been launched on a large scale, and we don’t care about other small productions. As long as "The Shawshank Redemption" is restricted, most fans will choose our films!"

The agent Jimmy narrowed his eyes and expressed all his thoughts. You know, Wayne wants to share the box office, which is equivalent to helping him win profits. Moreover, with more competitive means in Hollywood, this kind of thing is definitely not new.

This is Jimmy's purpose today. Just relying on her own little agent, she will definitely not be as generous as giving advice to Warner Brothers, but her clients have this face.

"I'll go to Warner Building tomorrow." Wayne scratched his chin gently with one hand, considering whether there was any additional area for this plan.

"That's it. Let's discuss with Jeff tomorrow, you can go with me."

He thought more than the agent said. He had to do it to squeeze competitors, but the publicity work could not be left behind.

The promotional funds for "The Joker Returns" are about tens of millions, which is about half of the production cost. After intensive bombing by the media a week before the release, there should not be much left in this part of the funds.

After all, this is a horror film, which requires short, flat and quick money, because the type of film is destined, and theaters will not give too long screening cycles, so they will conduct intensive publicity in the first two weeks and send potential audiences to the theater as soon as possible.

"Okay, I'll go back and prepare first." Jimmy nodded with a smile, then hurriedly drove into the car and left the manor.

In Greenberg Manor, Wayne was handling the preparations for "Batman" via phone while patiently waiting for the first day's box office release.

However, in a theater not far away, theater manager Matt Baker found that since noon passed, there have been more and more fans waiting in the theater lobby.

As the number of people in line continued to increase, Matt Baker quickly got into the ticket desk and opened another window to help the ticket drawers share the pressure.

The crowd in line immediately split half of them and came to the newly opened window.

"The last 4 episodes of "The Joker's Return"!"

A young white guy was holding the money and was about to hand it to Matt Baker. He skillfully issued the tickets, and returned the movie tickets together with the change.

"2 pictures of "The Joker's Return", thank you!"

"3 pictures of "Architecture Expert".

"1 picture of "The Joker's Return"."

"3 pictures of Forrest Gump."

Matt Baker buried his head and kept issuing the invoices. Until there was no queue in front of him, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the much empty hall.

According to his rough statistics from his work in the past twenty minutes just now, about 70% of those who bought tickets to "The Joker's Return" movies, and about 20% of the remaining "Bomb Experts" accounted for about 20%. This movie has been released for the third week, but Sylvester Stallone's appeal is still very strong.

This is no longer simply about to explode, but the first choice for most movie fans is this horror movie.

The theater manager shook his head, and could only say that Warner Bros.'s schedule was very good. After four months of various battles during the summer season, there were almost no competitors left in September. Perhaps there was only one next week's "Shawshank Redemption".

In addition, the glory created by Wayne Greenberg's "The Joker" attracted countless young people to watch as soon as his film was released. Even today was still on weekdays, there were already long queues in the afternoon.

He could imagine that the theater would probably be busier at night, and after those young people finished their day's work, they would definitely be anxious to watch it as soon as possible.

"2 pictures of "Forrest Gump", thank you!"

Just as he was stunned, a young couple came to the ticket gate. Matt Baker quickly took the money handed over by the boy and repeated the sentence, "2 pictures of "Forrest Gump", right? I'll issue the ticket for you if you are sure."

"Wait a moment!"

At this time, the girl obviously had different opinions. She looked at her boyfriend and complained: "Hani, I have watched Forrest Gump twice! Let's change to other movies!"

"Jenna, Tom Hanks' Forrest Gump is the best..." The boy looked at his girlfriend's face and raised his hands. "Okay, listen to you."

Then he turned his head to Matt Baker and said, "Hey, buddy, what new movies are there?"

"How about "The Joker's Return"? Wayne Greenberg's new film is released today. Today is the first day." The theater manager raised his wrist and looked at the time, and said, "But you have to wait a little longer for the next game, it will take about half an hour."

"Why don't we watch Tom Hanks? This movie will take a long time." The boy turned around and started discussing with his girlfriend.

"Hani! Wayne Greenberg's new film! It's the director of "The Joker", let's watch this!"

The boy also reacted when he heard "The Joker", shrugged and looked at Matt Baker. "Okay, two "The Joker's Return"."

After getting the movie ticket and changing, the two turned around and walked towards the rest area. The theater manager also heard the boy's complaints. "I hope this movie will be as good as "The Joker" and will not waste our time..."

It wasn't long before Matt Baker was about to close the window and return to his office, there were more and more people in the hall, and the crowd began to line up to buy tickets.

It took more than half an hour until more than a hundred people entered the screening hall. Before the new crowd gathered, the theater manager immediately ran back to the office and called the head office.

"I'm Matt Baker, yes, I asked to increase the scheduling rate of "The Joker Returns"! It's not yet the peak hours at night, and I'm queuing here. Yes, the attendance rate has exceeded 70%. It's still time to change..."