Chapter 235: Delivered to your door (happy new year)

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For a film with an investment of 200 million US dollars, the box office results of 8.65 million US dollars on the first day were almost dismal.

Among the media and film critics, including 20th Century Fox and Paramount, almost no one is optimistic about the box office trend of "Titanic".

Even, 20th Century Fox and Paramount have decided to stop the promotional investment on "Titanic".

However, unlike the bad news from the media, the word-of-mouth of the film gradually began to spread on Saturday, and the box office rose instead of falling, with a single-day harvest of 10.67 million US dollars.

This is not word of mouth created by publicity and hype, but word of mouth from the audience, and "Titanic" gradually revealed its edge.

According to normal market rules, the film box office will inevitably decline on Sunday, but the box office of "Titanic" ushered in the second rise, and it once again gained 11.32 million US dollars.

So far, the film has earned a box office of 30.64 million US dollars in the first three days of the weekend.

For any commercial film, the box office of 30.64 million US dollars in the first weekend is an achievement worth celebrating.

However, the shooting cost of "Titanic" was too high, with a box office of 30.64 million US dollars, far below the requirements of 20th Century Fox and Paramount.

Next, "Titanic" will dramatically create a miracle, a miracle that belongs to Cameron.

The film has won the box office championship for 15 consecutive weeks in North America, with a North American box office of 659.4 million US dollars, and the overseas box office of the film also reached 1.812 billion US dollars.

Created a record that no one can surpass for twelve consecutive years, and was finally surpassed by Cameron's other film "Avatar".

The only person in Hollywood who can surpass Cameron is Cameron himself.

In the editing room, everyone just talked about "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "Rush Hour".

Ryan stretched his waist. These days, he is almost busy with overseas distribution companies. "It seems that Cameron has encountered some difficulties."

With the current box office trend of "Titanic", 20th Century Fox and Paramount can't wait to strangle Cameron to death.

"The box office of "Titanic" in the first weekend was only 30.64 million U.S. dollars. For 20th Century Fox and Paramount, it will be an unprecedented disaster."

"It's not going to be much better for Cameron either."

Gail-Anne-Hurd put down the newspaper in her hand, turned to look at Ryan, and said, "You shouldn't change the release time of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Now it seems that Titanic will not do anything to the film's box office. Shock."

"Cameron, I owe you a favor this time. Otherwise, the box office data of "Titanic" will be even worse when it is released at the same time as "Mr. and Mrs. Smith."

Hearing this, Ryan looked weird for a while, Cameron owed him a favor? What a joke!

It should be the other way around, and it would have been a real disaster for Mr. and Mrs. Smith when it was released alongside Titanic.

"Cough cough."

Ryan coughed lightly, "Gail, if you can, tell Cameron for me that Orion Pictures hopes to get his next film project, and funding is not a problem."

Having missed "Titanic", he doesn't want to miss "Avatar" again.

Gail-Anne-Herd couldn't believe his ears, what Ryan said just now, wanted to invest in Cameron's next film!

"This is the coldest joke I've ever heard." Gail-Anne-Hurd was very speechless.

"This is not a joke." Ryan looked at Gail-Anne-Hurd very seriously, "What I just said was very serious."

"Orion Films wants to invest in Cameron's next project."

Looking at Ryan with a serious face, Gail-Anne-Hurd was taken aback for a moment, and then showed a hint of joy, "I think Cameron must be very happy to hear the news."

In any case, James Cameron is her ex-husband, and naturally she doesn't want to see him leave Hollywood so sadly.

Fucking up a film with an investment of more than 200 million U.S. dollars, even James Cameron's status, it is difficult to stay in Hollywood.

Of course, if you get the investment from Orion Films, you can start all over again.

Ryan smiled and didn't say much. It is impossible for Cameron to fail, and it is also impossible for "Titanic" to fail.

Soon Hollywood will realize the magic of Cameron and "Titanic".

Even more amazing than "The Sixth Sense".

"Gal, don't forget." After speaking, Ryan got up and left the editing room.

Not long after, when he pushed open the door of the reception room, Ryan saw a very unexpected person, a not very tall Chinese who came to Orion Films to seek investment.

"Huang, it's very nice to meet you." Ryan invited him to sit down very warmly.

"Hi Mr. Ryan Gosling!"

James Huang was somewhat restrained, and was very nervous when speaking, "I am a screenwriter, and I wrote a script with my friend Glenn Morgan."

"It's a low-budget horror film."

"I...I hope to get investment from Orion Films."

Born in Hong Kong, he immigrated to San Diego, California, USA with his family when he was 10 years old, where he spent his elementary and middle school years.

Growing up in the United States, he could barely understand Cantonese, and he did not know Chinese characters. He was not even prepared to study film in college. It was his friend Glenn Morgan who dissuaded him and finally chose film studies.

The current script is also created by two people together.

Ryan smiled, took the script and flipped through it casually, and said, "Can you tell me the general plot of the script?"

"No, no problem." James Huang took a deep breath, "This script is an outline written by the two of us when we were working on the "X-Files" crew, and some plots have been filled in recently."

"This will be a new type of horror film, which is completely different from Orion's "Chain Saw". It is not an American plasma horror film, nor is it a ghost film similar to "The Evil Spirit."

Speaking of this, James-Huang glanced at Ryan secretly. The other party is not only the owner of Orion Films, but also the most famous North American horror films "Chain Saw" and "The Evil Spirit" in recent years.

Both were ideas from him, and he directed both films himself.

"This is a creepy film, a bit similar to the legend in the mythology of the Eastern world. When the **** of death tells you to die, you must die at that time." James-Huang explained for a long time, many Americans have some feelings about the Eastern mythology. incomprehensible.

"It was Hades who told you to die on the third watch, so I will never leave you until the fifth watch!" Ryan nodded, this script is very interesting.

what!

James-Huang had a shocked look on his face, looking at Ryan in disbelief.

This is the first time he has seen someone who can accurately tell the source of the idea of ​​the script outline. The King of Hades told you to die on the third watch, and he will never keep you until the fifth watch.

"I have some understanding of traditional oriental culture."

Ryan didn't explain too much, but said directly: "Orion Films can invest in this project and buy the copyright of this script at a reasonable price."

"Huang, now you can talk about your conditions."

As long as the conditions are not too excessive, he is ready to agree directly.

James-Huang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally there was no need to continue explaining.

At that moment, he showed a serious look on his face, "I only have one request, that is, like Mr. Ryan did back then, I want to direct this film myself."

In fact, he had already been turned down once by New Line Films, which agreed to buy the script and even offer him a job as an editor on the film with his friend Glenn Morgan.

But on the matter of the director, he clearly expressed his refusal.

How is it possible for a guy who has never filmed a Chinese boy to direct a film that has invested tens of millions of dollars.

Not to mention New Line Films, any Hollywood film company would never agree to such absurd conditions.

In desperation, he could only come to Orion Films to try it out.

As we all know, Ryan Gosling, the owner of Orion Films, was not only the top horror film director in Hollywood, but also created a miracle when he directed a film for the first time.

"Interesting request."

"I can agree that you direct the film."

"But Orion Films needs to sign a contract with you to direct three films." Ryan didn't even think about it, and agreed directly.

The reason is very simple. The name of this script is "Death is Coming", a horror series with a good reputation in the previous life, with a global box office of more than 100 million US dollars.

Even though the "Reaper" franchise falls short of the "Saw" franchise commercially, it's still one of the most valuable horror franchises in Hollywood.

Originally, Ryan planned to write this script directly to fill the gap in the "Chain Saw" series of films.

However, after inquiring, I found out that James Huang had joined the crew of "X-Files" as early as 1993. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com estimated that he had already written the outline of the script a few years ago, and even reported it to the Editors Association.

what!

James-Huang Teng stood up suddenly, looking at Ryan in disbelief, "Really, let me direct this film!"

"Huang, take it easy." Ryan looked at him, and said seriously again: "Let your agent come over, and you can sign a contract with Orion Films at any time."

"Of course your salary will not be too high, at most around 200,000 to 300,000 US dollars, and you have to go back and persuade your friends to sell the copyright of the script to Orion Films."

Based on James-Huang's work experience, Ryan's remuneration price is already very high.

Of course, signing a three-film contract at one time will definitely increase the salary slightly, and at the value of James Huang, hundreds of thousands of dollars is simply too cheap for Ryan.

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