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Although some media judged that the weekend and full-week box office ratio of the second week of "The Sixth Sense" will return to the normal 60% to 70% range, the box office on weekdays is unlikely to have the same high ratio as it did in the first week when the word-of-mouth was just fermented. However, the three-day data of the second weekend of $2473 million still exceeded the best expectations of even Daenerys Entertainment's own team.

Ten days after its release, the total North American box office of "The Sixth Sense" has quickly accumulated to 6608 million US dollars.

In comparison, "Ghostbusters 2" had a ten-day box office figure of only US$5876 million in the same period due to the sharp drop in the box office the following week. If "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3" is not counted in the first two days before the opening of the painting, the box office figure in the corresponding ten days is only 6700 million US dollars. Reversing the decline and rebounding, the box office of "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3" fell by 27% in the second weekend.

After "The Sixth Sense", "Lethal Weapon 2" won the No.2038 list with a three-day box office figure of US$2 million.

The three-day box office grossed 2038 million in the first weekend. If it weren't for the sudden emergence of "The Sixth Sense", Warner Bros. could hardly wait to prepare for the celebration party.

Disney's old film "Honey, I Shrunk the Baby" released in June ranked third this week, with a box office figure of 943 million U.S. dollars, and a cumulative box office of 5924 million U.S. dollars in two and a half weeks.For a production budget of $1800 million, the film has been a smash hit.

Entering the sixth week, the box office of "Bodyguard" also dropped by 27%, and it collected another US$576 million in the three days of the weekend, ranking fourth on the list.The cumulative box office of this romantic film, which has been successful against the trend despite many negative reviews, has reached 9369 million US dollars in five and a half weeks, and it will soon break through [-] million.

Last week, "Ghostbusters 2" and "Dragon Boy 3", which were ahead of "Bodyguard" last week, both saw a sharp drop in the box office this weekend, and their rankings were overtaken by "Bodyguard".

The box office of "Ghostbusters 2" fell by as much as 41% in the three days of the weekend, and it received another US$526 million, barely holding the No.5 position, with a cumulative box office of US$8552 million in three and a half weeks.

Outside of the top five on the list, the new film "The Boss Is Going on Vacation" ranked seventh, behind "Raiders of the Lost Ark 7" with a $3 million opening weekend.

In this week's box office data list, the one that was more unexpected than Simon's was "Sex, Lies, and Videotape". May top $517 million.

In all fairness, Simon hoped the film would fail.However, the box office data of 600 million US dollars in the first week means that "Sex, Lies and Videotape" has reached the level of a best-selling movie with an average of more than [-].Compared with commercial films, literary films are also easier to get out of a long line of slightly declining box office.

In this way, the North American box office of "Sex, Lies and Videotape" can at least be as good as the original version, or even higher.

Combined with some media feedback he watched over the weekend, Simon can only judge that "Sex, Lies and Videotape" itself has certain elements that can attract audiences to buy tickets, and it does not just rely on the film's awards and honors.

Although Simon wouldn't be too upset about not getting a movie with a total box office potential of only 3000 to [-] million US dollars in North America, he could not help but feel distressed by it.

The production cost of "Sex, Lies and Videotape" is only 120 million US dollars. If the box office in North America can reach 3000 million US dollars, the box office revenue alone will be enough to surpass many big-budget films with an investment of tens of millions of dollars.

It's no secret in circles that Daenerys Entertainment first expressed interest in the film. With the success of "Sex, Lies and Videotape", Daenerys Entertainment will still face very fierce competition if it wants to easily win some projects and scripts in the future.

In fact, Lawrence Kasdan's "Bodyguard", which has been disliked by the circle for more than ten years, unexpectedly sold well at the box office, and it is doomed that the entire Hollywood will continue to focus on Daenerys Entertainment for a long time to come.

Simon is watching "Sex, Lies, and Videotape," while Hollywood is raving about "The Sixth Sense."

"Why is this movie so successful?"

"So-and-so seems to have a similar idea."

"Information about the main supporting actors of the film."

"Can you try to sign the next film contract for the young protagonist of the film?"

"Do you want to let Daenerys Entertainment go on like this?"

"..."

"..."

Simon worked step by step, and various discussions continued to spread.

Time waits for no one.

On July 7, the box office data for the new week will be released.

The industry's prediction that the box office ratio of "The Sixth Sense" will return to normal on weekends and throughout the week has become a reality.

During the seven days of the second week, "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" failed to maintain the reverse decline of last weekend, and the overall box office figures fell by 9% compared to last week.

However, the box office figure of 3926 million US dollars still makes too many people feel mixed.You know, the box office of "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3" in the second full week was only 3085 million US dollars, and the box office of "Ghostbusters 2" in the second week was only 1992 million US dollars.

In its second week, even with the increased screen size last week, "The Sixth Sense"'s average box office figure of $20352 per theater still surpassed the best opening weeks of "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3" and "Ghostbusters 2" data.

Because of this strong box office performance, Daenerys Entertainment successfully won another 379 screens from the theaters this week, and the total number of screens for "The Sixth Sense" has once again expanded to 2308 screens.

In addition, the number of new films released in the new week has also been reduced to two, namely United Artists' "007 License to Kill" and Disney's classic animation "Peter Pan".

However, although there is a sequel to the classic spy war series with such a big production as "007 License to Kill" released this week, "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" is so aggressive that the 007 series, which has been declining over the years, is bound to be difficult to pose much threat to it. .

As for re-screening animations like "Peter Pan", it is obviously even less worrying.

第276章 He can see people（修）

Santa Monica.

Daenerys Entertainment Headquarters, Simon is saying goodbye to Kevin Costner, Jessica Lange, Michael Blake and others. "Dances with Wolves" will start shooting next month. Everyone just finished a production tablet meeting.

With the support of Simon, "Dances with Wolves" will still be directed and led by Kevin Costner himself, and he will also be a named producer.Jessica Lange, who collaborated with Daenerys Entertainment on "Steel Magnolia" last year, plays the leading lady in 'Standing Punch'.

Compared with the original version, this new film has been greatly improved in terms of cast.

Although Jessica Lange has multiple Oscar nominations and was the winner of Best Actress in 1983, her salary has not been high, and she does not have many roles in "Standing Punch Dance" and is more inclined to female supporting roles. The salary is only 100 million US dollars.

With the success of "The Bodyguard", Kevin Costner has firmly established himself as a first-line actor in Hollywood.However, the two parties had already signed a contract before "Bodyguard", and his salary as director and leading actor at the same time was only 600 million US dollars.

Considering that the film may involve some of the most difficult animal and child scenes in Hollywood, as well as many wild scenes, Simon provided a budget of 2500 million US dollars for this project, which is also higher than the original version.

Now that he has enough confidence in "Dances with Wolves", Simon will not be stingy in terms of budget.

Of course, the budget was also limited to $2500 million.

Simon has always attached great importance to the budget control of movies, and set an example. "Batman" used a lot of new technologies and special effects.

In the lobby on the first floor of the headquarters, Simon saw off Kevin Costner and Michael Blake, shook hands with Jessica Lange who was carrying a satchel, and said, "See you next time, Jesse."

Jessica Lange shook hands with Simon and asked, "Aren't you going to the party at Jonathan's house tonight?"

Simon nodded and said, "I'm definitely going."

Today is Friday, June 7th.

On Wednesday, WMA announced another major personnel change in this veteran talent agency company. Company president Norman Broca resigned, and vice president Jonathan Friedman took over as the new president of WMA and also entered the board of directors.

Although the schedules differ by one month, both "Bodyguard" and "The Sixth Sense" will break through the [-] million domestic box office mark this weekend. Daenerys Entertainment has previously announced that this Saturday will hold a grand celebration party for the two films , in order to avoid Daenerys Entertainment's event, Jonathan arranged his celebration party as WMA president tonight.

Seeing Simon nodding, Jessica Lange smiled and said, "Then, we will see you again tonight."

Simon said 'in advance': "Nice to see you again."

Jessica Lange chuckled.

After chatting for a few more words and seeing off the main creative team of "Dances with Wolves", Simon turned around and was about to return to the office, but Jennifer was already standing behind him, holding a folder in her hand, staring at him strangely .

Thinking that I was just joking with Jessica Lange and didn't intend to flirt, Jennifer should have no reason to be jealous, so she went to the stairs confidently and asked the female assistant who came up: "What's wrong?"

Jennifer handed over the folder in her hand and said, "Peter Butler of the Los Angeles Times just faxed a press release about you."

It turned out not to be jealous.

Hearing that it was a press release about himself, Simon didn't pay much attention.

With the rapid increase of wealth and fame, many mainstream newspapers in North America now want to publish news about Simon. In order to avoid getting involved in a lawsuit or having a bad relationship with Daenerys Entertainment, they will basically pass it on to Simon’s public relations team or Daenerys. Si Entertainment is here.

After taking the folder and opening it, Simon glanced at the title: "He can see people."

Somewhat familiar.

Then I remembered that this should be related to "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" that is being released. In the film, Cole said to Dr. Crowe: "I can see people."

The translation of this sentence is not 'I can see people', but 'I can see ghosts'.

Knowing this, Simon scanned the text.

"After paying close attention to Simon Westeros for three years, I have always had a strong doubt about how the amazing talents shown in Westeros came from. He is just an unknown orphan in San Jose, maybe Very hardworking, maybe very smart, but as far as I can understand, no one seems to be as amazing as this young man who is only in his early 20s this year."

"I have made many assumptions, maybe Westeros is an alien, maybe he has accepted some kind of mysterious scientific experiment, maybe he is no longer him, but a spy after changing his face , It is said that Westeros is proficient in many languages, which is exactly what a top spy must have.”

"It's just that I haven't been able to find any substantive basis for all these assumptions."

"Until recently, after watching "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality", I suddenly realized that this may be the final answer I have been exploring."

"Simon Westeros is a psychic!"

"Don't worry, I don't intend to spoil it."

"The title of this article comes from the TV trailer for "The Sixth Sense", a young boy Cole says to the doctor: 'I can see ghosts'."

"Now, if we apply the phrase to Simon Westeros, 'He can see ghosts', then a lot of things that have puzzled us before can be explained. In theory, orphanage-raised Simon It is impossible for Westeros to have the opportunity to learn skills such as music, painting, film, and foreign languages. For a child at the bottom of society, no matter how hard he tries, these are obviously impossible to accomplish without resources.”

"But what if it wasn't a human being who taught him these things, but a ghost?"

"It all made sense right away."

"I even think that Simon Westeros' sudden mental breakdown three years ago may be related to this incident."

"Then Westeros came to Los Angeles and immediately became a cinematic genius."

"For an 18-year-old boy who may not have seen a few movies since he was a child, this is completely unbelievable. However, the most indispensable thing in Los Angeles is obviously a filmmaker. By analogy, after half a century of accumulation in this city , ghosts who are proficient in various movie skills should be enough to form a huge army. As long as Westeros can win over a group of elite ghosts for help, he can easily become a 'film genius'."

"..."

"..."

The article was very long, and Simon read it with gusto. When he came to the door of his office, he forgot to open the door to enter.

Leaning against the door and finishing reading the press release in his handle, Simon raised his head and noticed that Jennifer still had the weird expression just now, so he turned his eyes to the air on the right side of the female assistant, and said in a faint voice: "Nate , our secret has been discovered.”

Because she had read this press release ahead of time, Jennifer was already a little substituting, but now she heard what Simon said, and subconsciously looked to her right, feeling that half of her body was a little hairy, and goosebumps were oozing out.

Seeing that the female assistant was really frightened by him, Simon smiled and stretched out an index finger, and stroked lightly on the white neck that was exposed when she turned her head.

After being scratched by Simon across the neck, Jennifer realized that the left half of her body felt slightly hot again.

With the combination of cold and heat, his face turned red.

Staring at Simon with dissatisfaction, seeing him push the door open and walk into the office, Jennifer chased him in again, and when the man sat down behind the desk, she asked, "Well, we need to call the Los Angeles Times to take it down." ?"

Simon leaned back on the leather chair and did not answer the question, but asked, "Jenny, do you think I can psychic?"

Jennifer froze for a moment, then shook her head: "I, I don't know."

Simon suddenly asked again: "So, are you afraid of death?"

Jennifer was a little confused, but said honestly, "I'm afraid."

"I am also afraid of death. To be precise, it is fear." Simon raised his hand and rubbed the folder in front of him, and said, "So, I very, very hope that what this article says is true. Because if ghosts really exist, That means death is no longer the end. If death is the end of a journey, not the end, why should we fear it?"

Jennifer nodded, but, perhaps because of this article aroused some thoughts, the inquiry on the female assistant's expression still did not dissipate.

Simon smiled and said: "I can only say that I have indeed experienced some things. However, you can rest assured that I am not an alien, not a robot, nor a spy, nor a psychic. I am just Simon Westeros, that's all."

Knowing that it is very rare for him to be able to explain himself in such a vague way, Jennifer slightly bent her mouth, pointed to the article in front of Simon, and said, "Then, what about this?"

"Let them publish it, just in time to provide another publicity stunt for The Sixth Sense. Also, send a copy of this article to Burbank and Pat Kingsley for their attention. If necessary, intervene in the trend of public opinion to avoid any messy arguments from popping up."

Jennifer nodded and looked at her watch, it was already five o'clock.

Just as he was about to go out, there was a knock on the door.

After Simon responded, Nancy Brill pushed the door open and walked in.

Leaving get off work on time doesn't exist for Simon, and he and Nancy are also discussing Blockbuster's IPO.

After burning money and expanding for more than half a year, Blockbuster's cash flow once again dried up. As a major shareholder, it is also Daenerys Entertainment's obligation to help Blockbuster solve its financial difficulties.Through the matchmaking here, Blockbuster has obtained a five-year loan of 1 million US dollars from Citibank at the beginning of the month on very favorable terms.

However, it is impossible for Blockbuster to continue to increase its liabilities in this way.

After discussions among all parties, a group of shareholders passed a decision to promote the company's IPO.

This matter cannot be accomplished overnight, and it will take about half a year, by which time Blockbuster's loan from Citibank should just be spent.Once listed, Blockbuster can expand more easily by issuing additional shares, issuing bonds, share swaps, mergers and acquisitions, etc., which can largely relieve financial pressure.

After saying hello, Jennifer left the office and went to work on her own. Simon also got up and sat in the reception area with Nancy, so that he could look through and compare some documents.

Simon didn't pay much attention to the article, but after the "Los Angeles Times" published the press release the next day, the response it caused was beyond his expectations.

"He can see people."

"He can see ghosts."

I have to say that the article is too logically reasonable.

Indeed, if Simon Westeros is a psychic, there's a very plausible explanation for everything he's shown in recent years.

While major mainstream newspapers reprinted the article from the Los Angeles Times one after another, the North American media also set off a wave of proving that Simon Westeros is indeed a psychic.

Contacting Simon Westeros directly to try to interview him was fruitless. Pat Kingsley, Westeros' public relations spokesperson, only publicly refuted the absurdity of this article, and took no other action.As a result, the media once again shifted their targets to San Jose, where Simon grew up, and to some of the people around Simon.

Perhaps it was some kind of psychological implication effect, those who knew Simon in the past 'suddenly realized' one after another, citing various unusual things about Simon when he was a child to prove the argument of the "Los Angeles Times" article.

Some reporters also turned their attention back to the Watsonville Mental Hospital where Simon once lived.

However, because Janet had signed a non-disclosure agreement with many people in that hospital, the reporters got nothing this time. However, this further aroused the curiosity of the media to find out the truth.