Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 479: Continuous Sales

After more than a month of filming on the set of "Avengers", Link's role is basically finished, and the remaining dubbing work will not start until next year.

While filming Avengers, in mid-November, Link was invited to perform at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. He sang three songs and received an appearance fee of 2 million U.S. dollars. At the end of the month, he also flew to China to participate in "Jinling Ten". The premiere ceremony of "Three Hairpins" in Beijing.

The box office of Thirteen Hairpins on the first day was 28.75 million yuan, and the box office in the first week reached 180 million. It was screened more than 58,000 times nationwide, and the number of moviegoers reached more than 3.6 million. It is much better than "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" released in the same period, but its reputation is somewhat It was inferior, mainly because there were too many flaws in the plot, and it was criticized by many media.

The production cost of the film is about 100 million US dollars, which is converted into more than 600 million yuan. It is currently the most expensive movie in China. According to the domestic box office share ratio, the global box office needs to be more than 1 billion to make back the money. Judging from the current data, The situation is not optimistic.

 This has also led to the producer attaching great importance to the box office situation in North America, hoping to use Link's strong appeal in North America to get more box office returns.

 But Link didn't expect much from this.

  The film originally only made 310,000 US dollars at the U.S. box office, and was listed among the 10 Chinese-language blockbusters that failed miserably at the foreign box office. There was also the failure of "Snowflake and the Secret Fan", and he was not sure whether he could drive this 'blockbuster'.

 Lionsgate Pictures has begun arranging for the release of Thirteen Hairpins after winning the distribution rights. It is expected to be screened in the United States in January. How much box office it can get depends on the screening situation.

After filming "Avengers", Link took a long vacation. After asking for leave from Ivaca, he first flew to Nashville to play with Alexander and Cynthia for a few days, and successfully taught the two primary schools to call daddy. By the way, help Taylor solve some physical and psychological problems.

By mid-December, Link and Iwaka flew to Hawaii Island for vacation. For this purpose, he bought a sea-view villa on the main island of Hawaii in advance.

While the two were on vacation, the work of Lionsgate Pictures did not stop. By early December, more than a month after "The Help" was released, the cumulative box office in North America reached 140 million US dollars, the overseas box office was more than 45 million, and the box office is expected to be 200 million US dollars. It has also become one of the top-grossing movies of the year.

On December 2, "Moneyball", a film invested by Lionsgate Pictures, was released in North America. It grossed US$19.6 million at the box office in 2,993 theaters in North America over the three days over the weekend, ranking second in the weekly box office.

 Compared to the cost of 50 million, the performance is relatively average. It is not expected to lose money, but it will not be a big seller.

However, this film has a good reputation and has a chance to win the Golden Globe and Oscar Awards. It is expected to make several million more at the box office.

 Participating in investing in this kind of movie is also a good publicity for Lionsgate Pictures.

As of December 9, Lionsgate's year-end flagship movie "Silver Linings Playbook" was screened in 6 theaters in North America, with a premiere box office of US$443,000, and an average single-theater box office of US$18,000, becoming one of the most popular art films in the same period. The best one.

The movie also has a very good reputation, with a comprehensive media review score of 8.3 and a Rotten Tomatoes freshness score of 79%, which is better than "The Help".

 The number of screening theaters for the film expanded to 2,449 in the second week, with a box office of US$38.63 million in the first week and a cumulative box office of 39.07 million. The box office performance was very impressive.

 The media estimates that the box office will be over 100 million. Compared with the production cost of 22 million, the film is undoubtedly a big hit.

And this movie is the fourth film produced by Palm Beach Pictures.

Since last year, Palm Beach Pictures has had four consecutive blockbuster movies, which has also sparked a lot of discussion in the film industry and made Palm Beach Pictures a well-deserved star company in the film industry this year.

The success of the movie also led Leon Cavanaugh of Relativity Pictures to mention on more occasions that Link learned "big data investment theory" from him.

Harvey Weinstein, the president of Weinstein Pictures, told everyone in a very angry tone on multiple public occasions that the film was originally produced exclusively by Weinstein Pictures and was produced by Link in a very angry tone. Using almost fraudulent means to get half of the investment share from him, he originally didn't want to cooperate with Link at all.

Someone asked Harvey why the film was distributed by Lionsgate and not Weinstein Pictures.

Harvey blushed even more and replied in an even more angry tone that this was also a kind of fraud. He also said that Link was a very cunning person and not worth cooperating with.

 After this incident got out, a reporter asked Catherine what she thought of Harvey's answer. Harvey said that Link used fraudulent means to obtain the film's investment share. Is this accusation true?

Catherine immediately denied that David Russell, the director and screenwriter of "Silver Linings Playbook", had collaborated with Lin on "The Fighter" in 2009 and was originally planning to work together again. However, Lin Lin did not have time, so he chose to invest in this film project and Jennifer Lawrence, an actress owned by Palm Bay Agency, is recommended to play the heroine.

　　In terms of time, Palm Beach Pictures was involved in this film earlier than Weinstein Pictures.

Catherine also said that Palm Beach Pictures reserves the right to sue Harvey Weinstein for his defamation and slander, and asked Harvey to pay attention to his speech in public.

 After this interview was published by the "Hollywood Reporter", it aroused a lot of discussion in the industry.

First, the conflict between Link and Harvey Weinstein broke out again, which was considered to be a war between the 'new king' and the 'old king' in the independent film field. Judging from the box office performance of this year's movies, Link's Lionsgate and Palm Beach Pictures is even better, but in terms of power and connections, Harvey has many advantages over Link.

 Which of the two will win in the end depends on the box office performance in the next few years.

 The second one is about Harvey publicly accusing Link of using unfair means to obtain the investment share and distribution rights of "Silver Linings".

Most people believed what Catherine said.

 First of all, Link and director David Russell have indeed collaborated before, and there is a basis for collaborating again.   In addition, without Link’s investment, Jennifer Lawrence would not have been able to play the leading role in a movie produced by Weinstein Films.

 David Russell also confirmed Catherine's statement in an interview.

 In addition, when Harvey accused Link of fraud, he only made verbal accusations but could not provide evidence and seemed very emotional, which also made his accusation less credible.

At the end of the discussion, everyone came to the conclusion that Harvey was jealous of the continuous success of the movies that Link invested in, so he used words to attack him for committing fraud.

"Bullshit! Line of Happiness was originally mine. It was Link who used black materials to blackmail me and took away half of my investment share. It's not that I'm jealous of him. These **** guys don't know anything. They only know how to guess. What a **** bunch of guys, **** like Link."

 Harvey saw the discussion in the newspaper and his neck and belly bulged out with anger, like an angry frog.

“Harvey, this matter has passed, so don’t talk about it anymore. Silver Linings Playbook is currently in theaters. Spreading such negative news at this time is not conducive to the promotion of the movie.”

Bob advised.

 “Just let it pass?!”

Harvey looked at Bob angrily, puffed up his stubby neck and shouted, "Do you know what you are talking about? Do you know what Link did to us? If Link hadn't made up lies to blackmail us, this movie would It will be produced solely by us, and all the box office revenue should be ours, and the more than 100 million box office revenue should also be ours.

But now, because Link has used despicable means to steal half of our box office, which is tens of millions. Counting the global box office, it may be more than 200 million. Link has robbed more than 100 million US dollars from us, which is 100 million US dollars. Ah, you said let it pass? "

The North American box office of this movie is expected to exceed 100 million. The overseas box office is currently only screened in the UK, France, Australia and other countries. Although the current box office is not large, the attendance rate is very high and the reputation is also very good. The media predicts that the overseas box office will also exceed 1 million. billion possible.

According to this algorithm, the Weinstein Films, as the producer and distributor, had the opportunity to enjoy this harvest exclusively.

 Because of Link's strong intervention, more than half of the profits were eaten up by Link's two companies. This profit amounted to 70 to 80 million US dollars.

Harvey's eyes turned red when he thought of the US$78 million that originally belonged to him being snatched away by his rival Link, and his hatred for Link reached the extreme. If there was a gun and Link happened to be in front of him, he would not hesitate. Pull the trigger hesitantly.

“But if we don’t let go of this matter, what else can we do? Do you have any good ideas to deal with Link?”

Bob asked, spreading his hands.

 Harvey couldn't help but calm down after hearing this question.

Since the beginning of the year, he has been trying to find ways to deal with Link, belittling his movies, hyping up negative news about him, and using female stars to seduce him, but the results are of no use. Link is still the number one idol in the entertainment industry, a world-class superstar with a net worth of three Four billion.

 What method should be used to deal with such a person?

 Harvey thought about it but couldn't find any way to defeat Link, which made him even more crazy.

“Harvey, stop having conflicts with Link. Link has done a good job in the movie. How about we cooperate with him and make a lot of money together?”

Bob advised.

Harvey suddenly looked at Bob with angry eyes and cursed: "That **** extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from us on the "Silver Linings" project, and you think that's it? Tell me, were you bribed by Link? "Why are you always speaking for him?"

"Harvey, I'm thinking about the Weinstein Films, not Link, and regarding the Silver Linings Playoffs project, our plan is to trick him in the Oscars public relations. I heard that Lionsgate The public relations department of the film studio is actively working on this movie. If you want to target Link, you can suppress him on this matter and let him work in vain.”

Bob said.

Hearing Bob mention 'Oscars', Harvey's eyes suddenly lit up. He had been so angry these days that he almost forgot his previous plan. He just had to do some tricks during Lionsgate's public relations for the Oscars and let Link and Lionsgate is spending money in vain, so it could use some bad breath.

Seeing Harvey's expression, Bob also guessed what he was thinking, and said quickly: "Harvey, we also have investment in "Silver Linings". If the movie gets an Oscar nomination or award, it will be good for the box office, and we can make more money in the future." Some.

I mean you can target Palm Beach and other Lionsgate films like The Lincoln Lawyer, The Help, Bridesmaids, Moneyball, Mr. Tree, and Link's Midnight in Paris , compared to "Silver Linings Playbook", other movies have the least impact on us. "

“Haha, don’t worry, as long as I’m here, he won’t even win an Oscar.”

 Harvey laughed.

 Bob nodded. With Harvey’s connections and influence, it shouldn’t be difficult to do this.

 (End of this chapter)