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Then, all failed.

Moreover, it is not just a simple box office failure, last year's Christmas file and this year's summer file, the "loss" of two consecutive best-quality schedules will have a significant impact on Paramount's entire 1990 film performance.

After "Back to the Future 3" and "Firebird Attack" led the start, on June 6, Daenerys Entertainment's "Ghost Love" and Sony's first blockbuster "Comprehensive" released after entering Hollywood "Memories" was released at the same time.

After the premiere on May 5th, Daenerys Entertainment also let go of the word-of-mouth of "Ghost Love" on Thursday in advance, but the cautious Sony covered up the media evaluation of "Total Recall" After drawing.

However, the word-of-mouth comparison of the two films this time is somewhat unexpected.

"Ghost Love" did not have the obvious one-sided media praise like Daenerys Entertainment's "The Sixth Sense" that started last summer.

The "New York Times" directly gave a bad review, attacking "Ghost Love" as "a clichéd stupid ghost movie, which is completely incomparable with "The Sixth Sense".

According to statistics, the comprehensive media score of "Human Ghosts" only reached 7.4 points.

If it were in the past, such media ratings would actually be considered good, but compared with "Total Recall", which was originally not favored and even reported that Simon Westero personally judged that it was likely to fail, the gap is somewhat obvious.

Unlike some film critics who originally predicted another movie in which muscular men save the world, "Total Recall" gave the media a big surprise. The "Chicago Tribune" praised "Total Recall" as "Schwarzenegger's effort to maintain his own style." A remarkable breakthrough in the foundation'.

Finally, in the first week of its opening, "Total Recall" grossed US$2040 million with a screening scale of 3608 screens, and the average museum revenue exceeded US$17000.

In comparison, the opening scale of "Human Ghost Love" with 1521 screens only had a box office of 1976 million US dollars in the first week, and the average box office barely reached 13000 US dollars.Although it still reached the high-selling level, it was obviously not as good as "Total Recall".

Then, on June 6, the crime thriller "Presumed Innocence" starring Harrison Ford and Disney's re-release of the classic animation "The Jungle Book" were released.

Although "Presumed Innocence" is not an action movie, its reputation is also very good.

Disney's re-screening animation has also always had a stable audience.

This time, many people feel that Daenerys Entertainment is finally about to fail once again.After all, the word-of-mouth is not great, and the start is not bright. Many media predict that the North American box office of "Ghost Love" is likely to be only about 6000 million US dollars.

6000 million US dollars, for the production cost of 2000 million US dollars for "Ghostly Love".Certainly not a failure, but for Daenerys Entertainment, it was.

Only the distribution team of Daenerys Entertainment, who followed up the final audience feedback in real time, faintly spread the word-of-mouth word-of-mouth from this film like last year's "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality", and the original soundtrack of the film that quietly became popular Sales, I probably have a hunch that this movie may have a chance to come back.

However, no one dares to be [-]% sure about this kind of thing.

In order to prevent the news from becoming a joke, the publishing team of "Human Ghosts" simply kept silent about this feedback.

On June 6, inside a mansion near Paradise Cove in Malibu.

After finishing her tour in several major cities on the west coast, Madonna, who took a short break, held a celebration party at her residence in Malibu.

In addition, just yesterday, after another discussion with Simon, Madonna's team finally announced the long-awaited news that Simon Westeros will be the guest guitarist at Madonna's New York West Concert held at the Brenda Barry Arena in Rutherford Township, suburb east.

The concert in New York is planned to start on June 6, with a total of four performances.

The reason for choosing June 6 is mainly because that day happens to be Saturday, which can attract more fans' attention.Moreover, because Simon confirmed joining, before the news spread, Madonna's team sold the TV live broadcast rights of the concert at a high price of 23 million US dollars, and it is said that a special video tape will be released later.

In fact, because the rehearsal time is limited after all, Simon will not follow up the audience, and not every song needs a live accompaniment guitarist.

In order to prevent the fans from feeling cheated, relevant information has been released in advance. However, after the announcement of the concert that Simon attended yesterday, the booking calls for the concert on June 6 were directly blasted.

Madonna is halfway through her Blonde Ambitious World Tour, which began in April.

Compared with Madonna's last tour concert, which totaled only 2500 million US dollars in box office revenue, this time, the tour concert is only halfway through, and the box office revenue has already exceeded 3000 million US dollars. The total box office revenue of this global tour concert is expected to break through 6000 million mark.

Counting other incomes, Madonna, who is expected to earn more than US$3000 million in all aspects, is likely to become No.1 in the ranking of American actors and singers this year.

Just from the scale of the party in front of her, it is not difficult to see the joy in the heart of this woman who has never concealed her ambition.

Simon and Janet lived nearby, and they had nothing to do tonight, so they rushed over.

After chatting with Madonna, who was holding her new boyfriend Warren Beatty, and greeting some other guests who approached him, Simon was about to take Janet to the dance floor, but accidentally saw Terry Semel and Peter Guber.

One of the two is the head of Warner Bros. Pictures, and the other is the head of Columbia Pictures. Simon is still very curious about why the two of them appear here.

What's more, it's the two of them together.

You know, because of Sony's acquisition of Cooper-Peters Production Company, Warner and Sony almost went to court, and in the end Sony lost a huge sum of money.

However, after thinking about it for a while, Simon is not surprised.

For Hollywood, Sony is still just an outsider. No matter what the noise is on the stage, Terry Semel and Peter Guber, who have been in Hollywood for many years, are considered "our own people".

If Daenerys Entertainment hadn't been quickly opened up in Hollywood, even if Simon could make money now, he would still be considered an 'outsider' to most Hollywood natives.

In March of this year, after Orion Films withdrew, Daenerys Entertainment has successfully replaced Daenerys Entertainment as a member of the Motion Picture Association of America, which controls the US rating agency. This can be said to have officially confirmed Daenerys Entertainment's status in Hollywood.

Everyone exchanged warm greetings, and Semel and Gu Bai obviously had no intention of staying longer, so they talked about their reasons for coming straight to the point.

It turned out that Sony was eager to prepare several big projects to build its reputation in Hollywood.

Recently, they are negotiating a new film that Steven Spielberg is very interested in, adapted from the famous "Peter Pan" novel, called "Captain Hawke".

In addition to Spielberg, Robin Williams is also expected to join.

Terry Semel and Peter Guber suddenly came to Simon in person this time, but to intercede with Dustin Hoffman.

After the termination of the contract with C, Dustin Hoffman played a stage play in the UK for a year, the veteran Hollywood star hopes to start working again, and he is also interested in the role of Captain Hawk.

However, the first thing that needs to be resolved in this matter is Simon's attitude.

Last year, because of the "Rain Man" incident and the four people who were forced to terminate their contract with C, Tom Cruise's career was basically not affected much.

Despite the failure of "Rocketman" at the end of last year, Cruise's "Born on the Fourth of July" starring in the Easter schedule still achieved a good box office. Moreover, he has another movie with Paramount this summer. The racing movie "Ambition of Thunder", which is also a very successful commercial film.

"Rain Man" director Barry Levinson also seems to have finished his new film "Avalon" without any hindrance.

Dustin Hoffman stayed away from Europe. This low-key and submissive state is actually a sufficient concession.With his decades of connections in Hollywood, he might not be able to please himself if he really broke out, and Daenerys Entertainment would definitely make trouble.

Therefore, it was Meg Ryan who had nothing to do with "Rain Man" who was actually photographed dead on the beach.

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In the original time and space, Mel Gibson was boycotted by the entire Hollywood after the anti-Semitic speech incident. In fact, he was not completely suppressed. The accumulation of resources and connections is no different from Dustin Hoffman of Mel Gibson in his peak period. It is also impossible for Simon to completely block it.

Terry Semel and Peter Guber came forward in person, and Simon was relieved.

Inside the mansion of Madonna's family, seeing Simon holding Janet's arm on the dance floor, Terry Semel and Peter Guber had achieved their goal, and they didn't intend to stay longer at the party, and walked out together.

When he came to the front yard, Peter Guber said in a relaxed tone: "I thought this matter would be a little troublesome, but it seems that Westeros still knows that enough is enough."

Terry Semel noticed the smile on Peter Guber's face, but didn't think so.

If that young man was really so talkative, Meg Ryan wouldn't be where she is now.

After "Rocketman" at the end of last year, Meg Ryan has not been able to get a film contract in Hollywood so far. Recently, I heard that she has gone to the UK and wants to re-open her career there.Terry Semel was not at all optimistic about the behavior of the actress. Some small-scale film companies in the UK are trying their best to break into Hollywood. How could they easily provoke Dan, who is in the limelight, because of Meg Ryan? Nellis Entertainment.

As for the current matter, everyone knows that it is simply impossible to ban a big Hollywood actor who has two Oscar statuettes. Westeros just pushed the boat along.However, if it is said that Westeros will let Dustin Hoffman and the others go in this way, Semel, who has had many contacts with the young man, does not think so.

You know, after being promoted to the first line with "When Harry Met Sally", Meg Ryan was unwilling to be constrained by Daenerys Entertainment's original contract and wanted to terminate the contract. Westeros also readily "let go" at first. After marrying the actress, she only asked the other party to pay a sum of liquidated damages.

The whole of Hollywood saw what happened next.

Terry Semel even thought of the "Captain Hawk" that Sony planned to make. This project has been circulating in Hollywood for several years. Join.

Daenerys Entertainment has been searching for various copyrights since the beginning of its fortune in Westeros. If the project "Captain Hawk" has enough box office potential, Daenerys Entertainment has no reason to let it go.

The truth is, Daenerys Entertainment has never expressed any interest in Captain Hawk.

Although the magic power of "The Love of Ghosts" that started painting last week seems to have made many people in Hollywood see a "dawn" that Daenerys Entertainment will miss, however, it is only a "Wind Moon" scheduled for Valentine's Day in February. Pretty Woman, is proof enough that Westeros' vision for movies hasn't faded at all.

As of last week, the total North American box office of "Pretty Woman" has reached 1.61 million US dollars, and it is expected that the film's total North American box office will be close to 1.8 million US dollars before the release.

Not only that, the box office performance of "Pretty Woman" in overseas markets is even better than that in North America.

Although many overseas box office countries have not allowed "Pretty Woman" to be released due to the protection of their own summer vacation, but only the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Australia and other countries and regions that have been released, the cumulative box office in recent months has reached Easily surpassed $1.3 million.

When major ticket warehouses such as Japan, France, and Spain open, the global box office of "Pretty Woman" is even expected to hit 5 million US dollars.

With a production cost of 1000 million US dollars and a global box office of 5 million US dollars, any major Hollywood film company, even if there is only such a successful film a year, is basically enough to support the annual performance.

Those who gloat because the box office and word-of-mouth of "Human Ghosts" are only mediocre can only be regarded as self-consolation.

Since Westeros still maintains its own excellent vision in film, the young man is indifferent to "Captain Hawk", and Terry Semel doesn't think this project is a good choice for Sony.

What's more, Sony is too generous this time.

It’s just that Spielberg and Robin Williams, in addition to the fixed salary, Sony also promised them an additional 20% and 10% of the project’s net profit share. Go 10%.

The film has not yet started shooting, and 40% of the profits have already been promised. Considering that the production cost of this film cannot be lower than 5000 million U.S. dollars, Terry Semel feels that even if Sony will not lose money this time, don't even think about it. Earning a 'shouting' is more likely to be a humiliated and taken advantage of.

It happened that Peter Guber, who was next to him, was the one who got him taken advantage of.

Terry Semel and Peter Guber got into their own cars respectively. Before leaving, Semel couldn't help but glanced at the luxurious Rolls Royce that Peter Guber had just replaced.

In the more than half a year in charge of Columbia, the extravagance and extravagance of Peter Cooper and Jon Peters, the two heads, has made other Hollywood studio heads feel the envy of them.

Not only did the two arrange a large number of cronies to come to the company, they also had no scruples about spending Sony's money.It is said that in recent weeks, Jon Peters has taken a special plane owned by Columbia to go back and forth between Europe and Los Angeles every week, just to date his new girlfriend, not only the cost of the special plane, but also the hotel restaurant during the period and even the cost of buying luxury goods for his girlfriend. All reimbursed by Columbia.

If it was another studio, it would definitely not work.

However, it is Peter Cooper's ex-wife who is in charge of Columbia Pictures' finances.

Many Hollywood natives are watching Sony's excitement, wondering how much the Japanese electronics giant will eventually pay for "tuition", and how long it will last before it will leave Hollywood in despair.

Simon knew this number.

$21 billion!

In the original time and space, this is the asset write-down loss figure Sony announced that year after Peter Cooper and Jon Peters left Columbia.Because of this shocking huge loss, Sony founder Akio Morita had to step down and completely quit Sony's management.

On the dance floor, Simon recalled the past, and Janet, who was holding his neck, leaned over and whispered, "Are you really going to let those guys go?"

Because Janet was too close to his ear, Simon subconsciously turned his head slightly.

Janet was caused by Simon's 'sequel' when he shook his wrist at the beginning, and now Simon has a psychological shadow of Janet biting his ear.

Noticing Simon dodging, Janet deliberately moved closer, biting her teeth a few times next to the man's ear, making a slight ding sound.

Simon turned his head and kissed Janet's face, took advantage of the opportunity to keep the woman's teeth away from his ears, hugged her waist and said, "I've never been a forgiving person, but some things can't be done overnight, and can only be remembered temporarily. "

Janet nodded her head, and teased softly: "I really hold a grudge."

Simon just smiled.

After a dance, the two left Madonna's mansion after some more time at the party.

Back to the villa on the west side of Cape Dumei, the time is ten o'clock in the evening.

Janet has never been a person who likes to stay up late, she took Simon to take a bath and fell asleep quickly.

The next day is Sunday.

It's already summer, and golden rays of light shone in from the Linhai bedroom early on.

Simon got up at six o'clock, slipped off the woman's arms lightly, washed up, changed into a set of sportswear, and went to the gym.

At seven o'clock, I went to the bedroom again, changed clothes, and called Janet to get up by the way.

After sending the dazed woman into a bathtub filled with warm water, Simon came to the restaurant.

With the four girls ABCD, Simon no longer needs to be busy with breakfast himself.

Wearing a white shirt and black trousers, Claire, a very OL girl, saw Simon appearing, and offered to hand over today's newspaper.

Simon said good morning, and undisguisedly glanced at the slim girl beside him.

White shirt and black trousers, this is the work clothes of the four girls.

Simon didn't have the bad taste to let the four girls wear maid outfits, thinking that would make him look like an old British landlord.In this way, the OL-style dress is just right. The four girls are all about 175cm tall, with slender figures and uniform dress, which fully conforms to Simon's uniform obsessive-compulsive aesthetics.

With Simon's current wealth status, it is difficult to have a strong desire for women, because it is too easy to get.

Putting these four exquisite vases around, most people would have all kinds of ambiguous associations, but for Simon, apart from letting them take care of some daily life, it is just for pleasing to the eye.

Claire Gein, who was called 'C' by Simon, noticed his gaze, moved slightly towards the man, and said softly, "Boss, maybe you should read the entertainment section of today's Los Angeles Times."

Simon froze for a moment, he quickly nodded and said with a smile, "Okay."

As he spoke, he opened the newspaper in front of him and found the entertainment section of the Los Angeles Times.

A white and slender finger reached out and clicked somewhere. Simon looked over and couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Another big business, Michael Ovitz may be leading Panasonic's acquisition of MCA".

In my memory, the news of Panasonic's acquisition of MCA was not officially made public until August, and it has been in a state of secret contact before.

What's going on now, is Panasonic going to start in advance?

Thinking of this, Simon began to read the text, and then he was a little dumbfounded.

It turned out that this news was purely an accident.