The pressure from the media and politics during this period has not had much impact on Daenerys Entertainment, which is already a behemoth.

In late March, Daenerys Entertainment's pre-IPO employee stock subscription plan has come to an end, and all subscription quotas have been cashed out. The company's movies, TV, theaters, peripherals, games and other businesses still maintained very strong growth in the first quarter that is about to pass.

The most important film business, as of March 18 last Friday, three Daenerys Entertainment's three labels have released a total of 9 movies in 11 box office weeks in 1994.

"Four Weddings and One Funeral", which was launched during Valentine's Day, includes the box office revenue of US$5.15 million in the past three days of the weekend, the cumulative box office of this alternative romantic comedy has reached US$80.76 million in five and a half weeks of release.

It is expected that this box office week across the Oscars ceremony from March 18 to March 24, the total box office of "Four Weddings and One Funeral" will be around 7 million US dollars in seven days. With the arrival of the Easter schedule, the film has no suspense in the box office through subsequent releases, so it will become the first North American movie to have a box office of over 100 million US dollars in 1994.

On the other hand, as of March 17 last Thursday, the total box office in North America for 10 box office weeks in 1994 was US$670 million. Of the total box office of all US$670 million in 10 weeks, the movie "Four Weddings and One Funeral" took away US$75.61 million, accounting for 11.1%.

The series of films that opened the paintings last year extended to 1994, including the three films "The Lion King", "Schindler's List" and "In the Name of Father", which belonged to the first 10 box office weeks of 1994, which reached 43.56 million US dollars, 55.39 million US dollars and 18.79 million US dollars respectively. Some other projects also contributed 22.19 million US dollars, which accumulated a total of 129 million US dollars, accounting for 19.2% of the box office in the 10-week period.

In addition to the other films last Friday starring Mia Coschna and "Four Weddings and One Funeral" which featured last Friday, the other seven films, which are not too heavy, have a cumulative box office of US$51.76 million, accounting for 7.6%.

There are many highlights in the seven films.

New World Pictures bought "The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series" filmed by the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series with a budget of $5 million, and after it was released on January 14, it has a total of $23.79 million.

Gaomen Pictures released a basketball-themed documentary "Basketball Dream" on January 21, which won a box office of US$7.83 million with a production budget of only US$700,000, which is another success in the documentary release resume that Gaomen Pictures is becoming more and more good at.

Kevin Smith's "Crazy Shop" which made his mark at the Sundance Film Festival was bought by Gaomen Pictures and launched on February 4. The production cost of $27,000 was earned $5.16 million in six weeks in theaters, which was also a small profit.

Long Howard, who has been a hardcore collaborator in Universal, re-engineered with Daenerys Entertainment after filming "Ambition of Earth" with Columbia Pictures and Tom Cruise.

In addition to the high-budget blockbuster movie "Apollo 13" that was just signed recently, Howard also collaborated with New World Pictures to complete a low-cost satirical comedy "Media Pioneer" last year. The film's budget was only $6 million, released on March 11, and earned $7.05 million in the first week.

The New World Pictures team, responsible for the release of Media Pioneer, increased the number of screens screens from 1,017 to 1,531 last Friday, and the total box office in North America is expected to be between 30 million and 40 million US dollars, which is a small dark horse.

Simon approved this project casually last year, but he didn't expect the film's box office to be so outstanding, which also strengthened his idea of ​​taking Ron Howard firmly under Daenerys Entertainment.

There are successes, and of course there are failures.

Dario Arquido, the new film "Trama", invested by Gaomen Pictures, was completed last year. It was left in the unpopular January 28th schedule because of the poor performance of the film. The film was left in theaters for two weeks and was no longer interested in it because of its poor reputation. The total box office was only 930,000 US dollars, and the investment of 5 million US dollars was basically wasted.

After signing several producers of the famous "tentative film industry" in the British film industry last year, Simon personally selected three projects, "Four Weddings and One Funeral", "Blooded Romeo" and "Love Deep in My Heart", have basically been completed, and "Four Weddings and One Funeral" has achieved unexpected success.

However, "Love Deep in My Heart" scheduled for March 4 has become a bigger waste than "Trauma", with a $20 million production budget, a 523 screen opening scale, and a box office of only $1.19 million in the first seven days of the week, barely exceeding $2,300 in the museum, and earning $1.81 million in two weeks.

As a project that Simon personally decided on, the failure of this movie has also become the focus of hot discussion in many media, believing that Simon Westeros has no magic power.

In fact, this project that was completely unfamiliar in memory was basically considered to be done by Simon.

Even though the script was revised again after the project was finalized, it still failed to escape the fate of a box office defeat. However, Simon was happy to see it.

In any case, Daenerys Entertainment really needs some loss-making projects to prove that Simon is not omnipotent. He is reluctant to use a blockbuster with a budget of more than $50 million, and a low-middle-to-date project like $20 million is just right.

Finally, there is a B-level science fiction thriller "Puppet Life" produced by New World Pictures, which tells the story of aliens invading the earth and parasitic human bodies. It has a $5 million production budget. The painting started on February 4th at the same time as "Crazy Shopman". It has a cumulative box office of 5.19 million before the release of the film. The film has temporarily suffered a loss in North America, and can easily recover through overseas distribution and videotape sales, which is considered to be lukewarm.

In summary, the main featured "Four Weddings and One Funeral" is a series of old films last year, with eight new films before March 17, accounting for 37.9% of the total box office share of US$670 million in the first 10 weeks, and all other Hollywood studios can only share the remaining 62.1%.

This is not considered a collaboration project such as Mission: Impossible, and one of the seven major Hollywood companies, whose actual control is also under Simon's hands.

See you from a young age.

It can be said that Daenerys Entertainment's situation of dominating Hollywood with one against more than one has been completely stabilized.

Simon handles Daenerys Entertainment's recent affairs in the studio's office, and the results of the Oscars at the Dorothy Chandler Theater in downtown Los Angeles continue to be heard.

Spielberg's "Schindler's List" was unstoppable, winning multiple pre-tech awards such as Best Soundtrack, Best Editing, Best Art Direction, etc. The phenomenal animated film "The Lion King" also successfully won the best soundtrack and Best Original Song.

At around eight o'clock, Simon's private cell phone rang.

Catherine Bigelow called.

Catherine had just had dinner in Santa Monica with some friends and tried to contact Janet but failed, so she called Simon.

I have known each other for many years, and have been friends and intimate. The relationship between Simon and Katherine has always been the same as before. The woman has lived in New York for the past two years. Most of the time, Simon and Janet used to meet with Katherine on the East Coast, especially Janet. There are few photos of her appearing in the media, and she was photographed by paparazzi in Manhattan.

Simon deliberately pretended to be pitiful on the phone and said that he was still working overtime. Janet went to Australia and was lonely, lonely, cold and pitiful.

You can feel Catherine rolling her eyes helplessly on the other side of the phone, but she still asks if she wants to bring Simon a dinner.

Of course.

Catherine arrived about twenty minutes later, and when she entered the door, she indeed carried a small takeaway box containing food.

Simon, buried in the pile of documents, looked up from behind the desk. The woman habitually had long hair draped over her shoulders, and her delicate face was not stained by time. She wore a light gray turtlenecked women's windbreaker. A piece of washing jeans were exposed on the hem of the windbreaker, and a leather boots were worn on her feet. Her tall and slender figure and this outfit made her look full of royal sister.

Seeing that the little man looked at him without any concealment as always, Catherine glared at him with some anger and asked, "Why are you still working so late?"

Simon He put a document in front of him next to him and laughed at himself: "You can only be richer when you work hard."

Thinking of the recent media about him, Katherine didn't know how to speak for a moment, so she had to hand over the takeaway in her hand: "Salt-Shrimp, the restaurant we just ate was very good, and she used it as a snack for you."

Simon didn't talk nonsense about not having dinner yet, but got up and took the box, turned from the desk and walked out of the reception area to sit down. While opening the cardboard box, he asked, "Who did you have a dinner with?"

Catherine sat on the sofa next to Simon, still habitually straightening her back, her figure pleasing to the eye, and looked at Simon with soft eyes and said, "Lockwell and the others."

Simon nodded.

I understand that they are all filmmakers in the New York circle, including Alexander Rockwell, Alison Anders, Whit Stillman, etc. Ang Lee, who is sitting in the Chandler Theater looking forward to the results of the Best Foreign Language Film Awards for "Wedding Banquet", is also a member of the New York Gang.

Lee won the Best Foreign Language Film Award this time, and, calculating the time, the award results are probably released now. Catherine is here, and Simon did not call the girl A from the outside world to ask.

Catherine did not continue the topic, but said: "Last week, Jenny said that I had dinner together after coming, why did she suddenly go to Australia?"

Simon said: "I miss homesick, go back and have a look."

Catherine looked at Simon suspiciously and asked carefully: "Is there a conflict?"

She has seen the recent events of men, especially the group of little goblins in London, and they are really the most top beauties.

Think about his nature.

Too ridiculous.

If it was me, I would be very angry.

Simon smiled and shook his head: "This is really not available, so don't expect Jenny to give you a chance to take advantage of the situation."

Catherine looked around and saw that there was nothing to throw around her, so she could only lift her legs and kick him gently.

Simon didn't hide and went to the side, and changed the topic: "How is the script for "Detroit" ready?"

After being nominated for an Oscar for Best Director by Simon's recommendation, Catherine has not made any films in the past two years. She occasionally helped her friends as producers and was investigating some famous historical events in modern American history that are enough to reflect on, from the Detroit riots in 1967 to the Iranian Gate in 1979 to the Los Angeles riots in 1992, etc. Last year, the woman also targeted the US military's Black Hawk Down incident in Somalia.

To a large extent, Catherine was a left-wing anarchist.

However, although Catherine's camera images are often full of violent atmosphere, their views are not extreme.

This is probably related to growth experience. As an only daughter from a middle-class family, she has not encountered many setbacks or social injustice since she was a child. Therefore, Catherine's works in the early days of film can inevitably be made with a bit of "forced to say sorrow to write new lyrics".

It was not until many years later that Katherine's personal style truly matured.

Among several topics, Katherine wanted to film the Los Angeles riot.

It was just because Simon was dissuaded on the grounds that the time point was too close to objectively judged by the bystander. As for the fall of the Iranian Gate and the Black Shadow, such a movie was likely to have to go abroad. It was too dangerous and was too sensitive at this stage. Finally, he chose "Detroit" that Katherine had filmed in Simon's memory.

When Katherine saw Simon asking about this, she said, "I've started looking for an actor."

Simon just picked up a salt and pepper shrimp from the takeaway box and heard this, "I've written this way. When will I show it to me?"

Katherine shook her head directly: "I won't show it to you."

"Well, I'm an investor."

Katherine looked at the little man's cripple, smiled at the corner of her mouth, and explained, "I'll give you a lot of opinions after seeing it."

Simon swore: "I promise not to mention any opinions this time."

Katherine insisted and repeated, "I won't show you."

“…”

Simon actually understood that Catherine had always been a little guilty about the Oscar nomination for Best Director with "The End of the Road". She deliberately stopped herself in the past two years just to accumulate more and gain recognition with her strength as much as possible.

Refusing to let Simon read the script is mainly because he doesn't want to let him help him anymore.

Catherine is a very strong woman at heart, but the stronger the woman, the stronger she meets a man who is stronger than her, she is often prone to losing.

Just like Simon.

But for movies, Simon, who inherited the lifelong talent and experience of more than a dozen filmmakers, is really enough to get away from most Hollywood filmmakers. In this regard, Catherine can only be considered as having just stepped into the threshold. If Simon helps her read the script, Simon will naturally give her opinions after discovering the problem. The key points are definitely correct. It would be fine if she didn't hear it. Once she listened, Catherine, who was strong but not stubborn, felt it was difficult for her not to accept his suggestions.

Thinking of this, Catherine suddenly asked, "Do you don't plan to make movies again in the future?"

Simon said the truth: "I don't know either."

At this stage, there are no projects that can make Simon interested in directing himself. Moreover, with his position in Hollywood at this time, it is better to be controlled behind the scenes. Continuing to go to the stage to direct the film will inevitably become a big struggle that is not worth the effort.

Feeling Simon's emotional answer, Catherine sighed slightly in her heart.

Life is like a boating river.

The scenery on both sides of the Taiwan Strait may be better or worse, but it will not remain the same as the first meeting.

Simon did not feel any sadness in spring and autumn. In fact, even if the assassination was really successful a few days ago, he himself had no regrets over the years.

Throwing the empty takeaway box into the trash can, Simon got up and went to the bathroom to wash his hands. After returning, he said to Catherine: "The award ceremony is coming to the end. Let's go to the Melisandra party with me, it will be very lively there."

But Catherine didn't want to go: "There's nothing to talk about."

"How about calling Rockwell and the others, and why is there no one? Aren't you very familiar with Li? He may have won the Best Foreign Language Film Award now, so I have to congratulate you."

Simon said, already walking to Catherine and reached out to pull the woman up.

Catherine opened Simon's hand, but had to get up and said, "I had made an appointment. If Lee wins the award, everyone will get together tomorrow night."

"Oh, I'll be free tomorrow night, so I'll go together."

Catherine followed Simon toward the door and said, "You don't go."

Simon smiled and said, "Worrying that the matter between us is exposed, are they gossiping?"

Catherine didn't answer, intending to stop talking to the little man around her within a minute.

There is no need to gossip.

Because of him, no man has even dared to pursue her in recent years.
Chapter completed!