The Thanksgiving schedule begins on November 13, the second day of the Victoria's Secret Show TV.

"Four Hundred Years of Shocking" with a production cost of US$40 million in Columbia Pictures became the first large-scale film to be released during the Thanksgiving period, with a screen count of 2,491 yuan.

Gaomen Pictures' "Smelling the Fragrance and Knowing the Women" was held on the same day.

As Gaomen Pictures’ key award-winning film this year, the number of opening screens of "Smelling the Fragrance and Knowing the Woman" is only 20 yuan.

In addition to the two key films, there are also several movies such as Goldwin Pictures' "The Red Lip Blood Case" and Orion Pictures' "The End of Sadness Before Sunrise". The screen size of the opening screen is less than 300 yuan, which is basically a cannon fodder-level existence during the Thanksgiving period.

On the other hand, "Midnight Bell" released during Daenerys Entertainment Halloween, after a good start to $28.79 million in the first week from October 30 to November 5, as reputation and popularity continue to ferment, the box office decline in the next week from November 6 to November 12 was only a very weak 13%, earning another $25.03 million.

In just two weeks, the cumulative box office of this Japanese horror novel adaptation has reached US$53.82 million.

Considering that the next one is the popular Thanksgiving schedule, "Midnight Bell" has no other films of the same type to compete with it during this schedule. The distribution team of New World Pictures predicts that the total box office of this Japanese horror film in North America is expected to reach more than US$150 million.

The North American box office of more than US$150 million is enough to ensure that "Midnight Bell" is firmly ranked among the top ten North American movie box office list in 1992.

In order to save costs, "Midnight Bell" was selected to be filmed in Australia. Nicole Kidman's pay was not high. In addition to the tax refund, the final production budget of the film was only 13 million US dollars.

The production cost of $13 million, estimated to be more than $150 million, and the box office return rate of more than 10 times, made the whole Hollywood feel jealous.

Moreover, this is just a local box office revenue in North America.

When the film is successful in North America, subsequent overseas box office, videotape and TV broadcast revenue will also rise.

The projected total profits throughout the project will easily outperform Hollywood all other bombshells besides the DC Cinema Universe project.

When Simon bought the adaptation rights of "Midnight Bell", Hollywood began to follow the trend and snatch the copyright of Japanese horror novels. With the success of "Midnight Bell", Hollywood suddenly had many Japanese horror film projects on the preparatory schedule.

Speaking of which, the key to the success of "Midnight Bell" is ultimately a brand new horror film style, a horror film mode that is very different from the Western traditional screaming plasma murderer.

This model is based on the Eastern style of gods, ghosts and evil spirits, but it does not necessarily require Eastern horror stories as templates.

The haunted incidents in the West are actually very rich.

Therefore, when other studios tried to follow the trend of "Midnight Bell", Simon asked New World Pictures President Danny Morris to find and raise relevant materials that took place in North America.

As of the release of "Midnight Bell", the cumulative box office of "Crying Game", which started on September 25, has reached US$20.54 million.

In the two weeks from October 30 to November 12, "Crying Game" continued to earn US$7.22 million and US$5.37 million respectively with a screening scale of more than 500 yuan, and the cumulative box office continued to rise to US$33.13 million.

The arrival of Thanksgiving schedule will also slow down the decline curve of "Crying Game".

Gaomen Pictures predicts that the final North American box office of "Crying Game" is expected to be between $60 million and $70 million.

Moreover, this low-cost literary film with excellent box office and reputation will also become the focus of Gaomen Pictures' awards season together with "Smelling the Fragrance and Knowing the Woman".

In Simon's memory, both films were successfully nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture that year.

This time, as long as "Smelling the Fragrance" box office performance meets expectations in the next few weeks, in order to avoid diluting votes, Gaomen Pictures will focus more on "Smelling the Fragrance" in order to avoid diluting votes.

Of course, in order to stimulate subsequent box office potential as much as possible, "Crying Game" will not be missing nominations.

Speaking of which, because there are so many excellent movies produced by our own family, Daenerys Entertainment has been abandoning them in recent years.

Take this year for example. The 1992 film produced by Daenerys Entertainment, "Howard Manor" which participated in the Cannes Film Festival in May this year and was released in August, "Crying Game" released in September, and "Smelling the Scent of the Scent" that started during Thanksgiving. The three films are all nominees for the Oscar for Best Picture next year in Simon's memory.

However, there is only one best film after all.

In order to avoid the votes being shared, Daenerys Entertainment can only apply for nomination for one movie, which will inevitably lead to neglect of other movies.

After the release of "Howard Manor" by British novelist Foster in mid-August, it has been in North American theaters for a total of 9 weeks, with a total local box office of US$26.12 million.

This is already a very impressive achievement for an art film with a production cost of only $6 million. If it is released by other studios, it will definitely become the focus of next year's awards season. However, under Daenerys Entertainment, even without "Smelling the Scent of the Scent", "Howard Manor" will fall behind "Crying Game", which is expected to be more than $60 million in North America.

Many Hollywood filmmakers have realized this.

For example, last year's director Jonathan Demi, "The Silence of the Lambs".

Compared with the great victory of "The Silence of the Lambs" in the original time and space at the 64th Oscar in 1992, this phenomenon-level horror movie was only nominated for several corners under the impact of Daenerys Entertainment's other two films "Piano Falls" and "The End of the Way".

Daenerys Entertainment completely gave up the 64th Academy Awards for its long-term strategy of winning over the awards.

Hollywood filmmakers often pay more attention to their own box office performance, but they will not ignore honor.

Because of the experience of "The Silence of the Lambs", Jonathan Demi's "Philadelphia Story" prepared this year did not continue to cooperate with Daenerys Entertainment, but chose to invest by MGM under the personal help of Simon.

"Philadelphia Story" is a film about the rights protection experience of AIDS patients played by Tom Hanks. It only looks at the theme type and is familiar with the operating rules of Hollywood. The film is obviously aimed at awards.

On the original timeline, Tom Hank won his first Oscar for Best Actor with "Philadelphia Story", and the following year, relying on the phenomenal "Forrest Gump" to become the first Oscar winner to win the Little Golden Man again.

Not only that, Philadelphia Story also had a very good box office.

After Simon postponed the production plan for Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks, who was originally nervous, was able to rejoin "Philadelphia Story". The film will start filming in January next year and is expected to be released at the end of 1993, hitting the 1994 awards season.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to Tom Hanks who may create another miracle, Jonathan Demi is also destined to miss the Oscar this time.

Because, at the end of 1993, there was also Spielberg's "Schindler's List".

Simon chose to postpone Forrest Gump, in addition to the crowded schedule at the end of 1993, he also took into account the factors of "Schindler's List".

It would be a pity if both films that are expected to be ranked first in Oscars.

After staggering one year, Daenerys Entertainment can be taken as the biggest winner of the Oscars for two consecutive years.

With the status of the two films in Hollywood film history on the original timeline, who dares to say that "Schindler's List" is not qualified to be the Oscar? Who can question the strength of "Forrest Gump"?

After the TV broadcast of the Victoria's Secret show was completed, there were dedicated people to follow up matters. The Simon and his wife rushed to Melbourne together on the following weekend to attend the upcoming wedding of David Johnston and Leslie Wheckett on November 21, and planned to stay in Australia until after the New Year.

The top priority of Daenerys Entertainment's end-of-year schedule, "Home Imperial 2" released on November 20 and "Jurassic Park" released on December 18 will also be operated by the company's team.

Melbourne, Australia.

The Johnston Mansion on the Yara River in the northern suburb of the city is becoming more and more lively as David Johnston's wedding approaches.

Both Anthony Johnston and Norman Johnston lived in,

The Simon and his wife originally wanted to live in their villa nearby, but because of the old man's forced order, they had to move here together.

Veronica also moved into the mansion with the little guy at the same time.

Finally, David Johnston and Patrick Johnston were added, and everyone gathered together.

Because of her daughter's wedding, many people also came to Leslie Whickett's family.

Arrived in Melbourne on November 15, and then spent the week in various busy social engagements for a row. Until the wedding on November 21, David Johnston and Leslie Wheckett left Australia to start their own honeymoon trip, and Melbourne also had free time.

Simon and Janet continued to live in Melbourne for a few days, and the couple also left to Tasmania, which was across the sea.

Over the past few years, Simon's purchase of Tasmanian land has never stopped.

Realizing the buying behavior of the young super rich man, land prices in Tasmania have also risen.

However, it is a piece of land on the edge of the world. Although there is no shortage of the original land owners who are waiting for the price and followers with certain thoughts, there are not many people who are willing to spend money in Tasmania for nothing.

After continuous expansion, Simon's total land area in Tasmania unknowingly reached 13,000 square kilometers, equivalent to 3.2 million acres, which is more than one fifth of Tasmania's total area.

Of course, these are basically barren mountains and forests without any output.

Unless Simon intends to log the original forests in his territory, he will find it difficult to obtain any economic output.

Of course Simon doesn't plan to do this, he should be considered an environmentalist at heart.

However, because of his pessimistic nature in his personality, Simon did not deliberately change much, but he didn't mind doing this for things that could be done casually.

In order to protect the ecology, Simon even bought and closed a copper mine located in his territory, and invested funds to restore the forest that had suffered severe damage due to the opening of the mine.

It is a bit of a waste to own such a large piece of land.

Janet once proposed that Tasmania could be developed into a film location shooting base, where the primitive natural landscapes such as forests, grasslands, lakes and other primitive natural landscapes are no worse than New Zealand next door, and Simon still did not agree.

In this land located at the end of the world, he only plans to be a paradise for himself and does not want too many people to pay attention to it.

In addition, the doomsday shelter built deep in the forests of Tasmania, where Xingzhi came, has been completed.

Complete military facilities level.

After the project is completed, the construction team evacuated. Even though many people know that there is such a fortification deep in the dense forest, most people cannot find it at all.

More than a week in late November, Simon and Janet lived in wooden houses near the shelter. They rode horses, hiking, rafting and hunting during the day, and rested in the shelter at night. They also brought a large amount of supplies to fill the inner space of the shelter wherever they were.

The Simon and his wife live a world of isolation in the jungle of Tasmania, but the Thanksgiving schedule continues in North America.

From November 13 to November 19, Francis Ford Coppola's vampire-themed thriller "Four Hundred Years of Shocking Love" successfully topped the single-week box office championship, earning $38.7 million in seven days, with each museum exceeding $15,000.

The second-ranked "Midnight Bell", the box office fell by only 17% in the third week of its release, and continued to earn US$20.77 million, with a cumulative box office of US$74.59 million in three weeks.

The new film "Smelling the Fragrance" released by Gaomen Pictures, a subsidiary of Daenerys Entertainment, reached 8.8 points in a comprehensive film rating, with a total opening scale of 20 screens in the first week, earning $630,000 in seven days, and the museums reached $31,000.

Whether it is the reputation of the film reviews or the box office data, "Smelling the Fragrance and Knowing the Women" has reached the popularity level that the awards season film should have.

On November 20, the heavyweight "Home Imperial 2" during Thanksgiving was officially launched at a scale of 2,673 screens.

Because of the amazing box office accumulated by the first "Home Imperial", this week, the only one of Warner Bros.'s biographical drama "The Black Tide" that competed with "Home Imperial 2" was released at the same time.

"The Black Tide" is directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington. It is still a film about race.

Compared with "Home Imperial 2", the number of screens of "Black Tide" is 1,124 after the opening of the screen, and the subject matter is basically no competition or threat to "Home Imperial 2".

With the popularity of the first film and the promotion of Daenerys Entertainment spared no effort, although "Home Imperial 2" has many overlaps with the first film in the plot, which has reduced the reputation of the film to a certain extent, its identity as a comedy film during the festival is very qualified.

From November 20 to November 26, the first seven days of the painting week started. "Home Imperial 2" won a box office of US$53.13 million in one fell swoop, easily reaching the top spot in the single-week box office list.

Affected by "Home Imperial 2", "Four Hundred Years of Shocking" fell by 45% in a single week, continuing to earn US$21.5 million, ranking second, with a cumulative box office of US$60.21 million in two weeks. Although the production cost is as high as US$40 million, it earns more than 60 million in two weeks, and Colombia's profit on this project can also be expected.

Spike Lee's new film "The Black Tide" has performed significantly beyond the industry's expectations, and it can be said that it has both box office and reputation.

The film not only received an 8.8-point comprehensive media rating comparable to "Smelling the Fragrance and Knowing the Woman", but also had a 1,124 screen opening scale, and the box office revenue reached 18.31 million US dollars in the first seven days of the week, with each museum exceeding 16,000 US dollars, ranking third on the single weekly list.

Unfortunately, like Daenerys Entertainment's "Crying Game" and "Howard Manor", in the upcoming awards season, "The Black Tide" is destined to make way for another Warner Bros. film "Unforgivable".

Following "The Black Tide", "Midnight Bell" ranked fourth on the list, and the film's single-week box office decline also expanded to 24%. In the fourth week of its release, it earned another $15.79 million, with a cumulative box office of $90.38 million in four weeks, and is expected to exceed 100 million next week.

The fifth-placed "Pastor 57" on the list directly dropped to around $6 million.

After the reputation and popularity continued to ferment, "Smelling the Scent of the Scent" still maintained a 20-yuan screen size in the second week, but the museums increased to $37,000, and earned $740,000 again.

Relying on two consecutive weeks of outstanding film results, in the new week, the screening scale of "Smelling the Fragrance and Knowing the Woman" was officially launched, with the number of screens reaching 1,083 yuan.
Chapter completed!