Hollywood New Century

On 6.11, Simon pointed at the newspaper in his hand and said, "Oh, look at the premiere of "Mrs. Smith" last night, how grand!"

"All kinds of publicity have not been interrupted, and the scale of publicity has been increased three months in advance. Let's take a look at our "Juno". If it is not for a little reputation at the Cannes Film Festival, I can't find any information about the film. !"

Sonia Roman, who was sitting opposite, looked helpless. What's the use of you talking in front of me? Go and complain to the distribution department of Focus Pictures.

"Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are big stars, with over 100 million dollars in investment, and now both of them have admitted to being in a relationship, Brad Pitt is carrying his wife Jennifer Annis behind his back. Tony and Julie's affair was also made public, which is such a big news, and of course their movie has a lot of attention," Sonia Roman replied casually.

"Last year, I also ran a trick in their "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", but I was beaten a few times by the heroine Angelina Jolie. of pain.

"It's normal, anyway, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt separated at the beginning of the year, and the divorce is estimated to be coming soon. After all, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are now together," Sonia Roman Of course pay attention to this kind of celebrity gossip.

"It was quite correct to announce the relationship to the media when the movie was released," Simon said. After all, the two of them were secretly filmed by reporters many times. Whether it was an affair or not, they did not admit it to the media anyway.

This time, before the movie was released, it was announced to the media that they were already together, which indeed attracted a lot of attention.

"Mr. and Mrs. Smith" was released in 3,400 theaters, and the first weekend of three days was $50.34 million;

The next weekend was $26 million, and after the weekdays, the North American box office grossed $96.7 million in ten days, a successful popcorn movie.

On 6.22, "The Fairy Wife at Home" opened in 3,150 theaters, and the North American box office was only $20.13 million in the first weekend.

The next weekend was $9.15 million. Including working days, the box office in ten days was only $38.66 million!

In Beverly Hills, Nicole Kidman threw the box office numbers to the ground in her own home.

"Simon Parker said it right, the gap is too big," Nicole Kidman wanted to lose his temper, but couldn't say anything.

Pat Kingsley picked up the box office data on the ground, and the box office reputation of "The Fairy Wife" is very low; on the other hand, "Mrs. and Mrs. Smith" has accumulated a total of 146 million US dollars at the North American box office.

Pat Kingsley was there when Simon Pike spoke his mind, and it was hard to argue with that.

"Mr & Mrs. Smith got a lot of attention because of the hype of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's romance," explains Pat Kingsley.

"Forget it, when will the low-cost romantic comedy "Wedding Australian" be released?" Nicole Kidman asked with a wave of her hand.

"7.15, ten days before that movie comes out," Pat Kingsley responded.

""Juno" is also about to be released, the little guy is always clamoring for me to negotiate with Focus Pictures to increase publicity, alas!" Nicole Kidman is now more and more convinced that Simon's correctness, the ability to read the script Really great.

"Juno has just won the Best Picture at this year's Rome Film Festival, the American Film Critics' Choice Award for Comedy, Best Actress, and Best Ensemble Performance. There is still a certain amount of exposure!" Pat Kings Li is already helping PR for the Juno awards, and next year's Golden Globes, the Oscars, will also be participating.

"Forget it, call Simon Pike to come to me and discuss it, he is very interested in this movie, but he doesn't have any resources and connections," Nicole Kidman knew that the guy was poor now Very, not only did he help himself to buy the adaptation rights for the novel and movie of "The Devil of Fashion", but he even bought another script that no one was optimistic about for several years.

Yes, Simon Parker has been really poor recently. He has to pay rent and living expenses.

He hasn't had any income for several months. If it weren't for the producer of "Juno", a lot of expenses could be reimbursed, and he didn't know how to live.

Participating in film festivals costs money, but fortunately, I save enough money.

Simon was in talks with Dakota Fanning's agent about appearing in "Little Sunshine" when Nicole called!

The cooperation intentions have been reached, just wait for the contract to be signed, pay the advance payment, and then you can join the group to film.

Simon Pike drives his second-hand Chevrolet to Nicole's estate, and Nicole is drinking coffee on a garden chair.

"Hey, Nicole, is there any good news, "Juno" is still a month away, they have to spend some money to increase some publicity, five or six million dollars must be invested! "Simon's mind is full of propaganda right now, increase propaganda.

"Juno is released as a literary film, and Focus Pictures does not have the courage to release "Crash" by Lionsgate. They release a lot of movies in a year, and they don't have many resources allocated to us," Nicole said. Kidman had already called to ask about the situation.

"It is released as an art film, which means that it is ready to be released in art theaters, and there are only a few dozen theaters open. It depends on the reputation of our film?" Simon is really angry, and Focus Pictures is also 19% distribution commission? Then you might as well just find a small distribution company, they can also win dozens of theaters!

"Okay, I'll talk to them when the time comes. As long as word of mouth builds up, we will increase the circulation and copies as quickly as possible," Nicole said.

"Nicole, can you let them hold a premiere, the summer season is really too intense, the news of "Juno" is too small, August, the summer vacation is over, and now our publicity can't keep up Come on, I'm worried that our exposure will be getting lower and lower!" Simon hopes that Nicole will use her influence to increase the exposure of the movie. The premiere does not need to be too big, and Nicole can bring a few friends over. .

"Juno will really succeed?" Nicole asked suddenly.

"I'm very confident!"

"Okay, there will be a premiere, and some friends in the circle will come too. There's only so much I can do," Nicole agreed.

In fact, in Nicole's mind, there is a huge gap between the standard of success for a movie and what Simon thinks is successful.

If he knew that the success of "Juno" in Simon's mind was more than 100 million US dollars at the North American box office, he would be shocked.

7.15 "Wedding Australian" was released, opened in less than 3,000 theaters, and grossed $32 million at the box office in the first weekend and three days;

The next weekend was $26.2 million, and the 10-day cumulative box office hit 81 million.

"Mrs. & Mrs. Smith" cost $110 million and currently has a box office of $175 million;

"The Fairy Wife at Home" cost 85 million and has accumulated a total of 59.8 million at the box office.

Nicole Kidman can no longer be calm in the face of such a result, and Simon Pike's eyes have confirmed it.

The release date of "Juno" is 8.4, and in less than 10 days, Nicole Kidman began to contact friends in the circle, co-stars and fellow Australians!

At the same time, the propaganda finally has a bit of a look, not just sticking a poster at the entrance of the movie theater.

"David, how much are you spending on publicity now?" Nicole was on the phone with David Lynn of Focus Pictures.

"The budget is 2 million US dollars. If the effect is good after the release, we will increase the budget as soon as possible. We will not fall behind on copying and publicity!"

"Okay!" Nicole hung up the phone after saying that, 2 million, there should be some effects in these 10 days!

Sure enough, they are a group of masters who don't see rabbits and don't throw eagles. "Juno" can't allocate many resources at all.

Then he picked up the phone and dialed his agent, saying, "Pat, you can get in touch with Focus Pictures, the premiere of "Juno" can't be too shabby, I will bring some friends over to the event !"

"Okay, it's good for them to have you and some of your friends over at the premiere. Anyway, the higher the box office, the higher their commission!"

Nicole Kidman's expectations for "Juno" are getting bigger and bigger now. I don't know what kind of surprise she will give herself?

The closer the release date of "Juno" is, the more Simon pays more attention. "Little Miss Sunshine" is waiting for the funds to arrive, and everything that needs to be prepared is ready.

Some of the preparatory work for "Fashion Devil" is almost the same, and Simon also deliberately discussed it with Wendy Fineman, the producer of Dune Entertainment.

Simon also plans to invite Wendy Fineman as one of the filmmakers, and will also hire the production team of Dune Entertainment to join the production of the film.

After walking around LA for a while, Simon finally came across some Juno promotional canvases and ads.

"I don't know how many theaters Focus Pictures can make the movie open in," Simon said helplessly to himself.

The extent of this kind of advertising, Simon feels that Focus Pictures has not spent all the $1 million, it seems that it mainly depends on the word-of-mouth of the movie, and the theater will show it when it sees a profit.

Remind Nicole to let Focus Pictures prepare the number of copies of the film as soon as possible.

Back at the Xinghai Films office, it was really shabby enough, I was alone, not only the boss but also the employee.

Fortunately, it is the place of the AC brokerage company, otherwise there will be no sweepers.

"Simon, the movie is about to be released, why are you so unhappy?" Sonia Roman asked in confusion when she saw Simon, who was a little sad.

Simon shook his head and seemed a little embarrassed: "I'm thinking, after this movie is released, I have to find a bigger place as the headquarters of Xinghai Pictures."

"It's annoying to think about recruiting employees. By the way, I don't want you to transfer this agency and help me manage my film company in the future?"

"Not ready yet?"

Simon asked a series of questions, seemingly not paying attention to Sonia Roman's contemptuous eyes.