Chapter 137： coming soon

After Halloween, the box office of "Chain Saw 3" fell again. On Wednesday, November 1, it only earned $3.28 million, and on Thursday, November 2, it earned $2.88 million.

Next, ushered in the second weekend.

The box office rose again on Friday, earning US$6.89 million in a single day, continuing to rise on Saturday and earning US$7.95 million, and falling instead of rising on Sunday to only US$4.98 million.

"Chain Saw 3" earned a total of 19.82 million US dollars in the box office in the second weekend. Including the box office of the first two days, it reached 25.98 million US dollars. champion.

The cumulative box office has increased from US$53.27 million to US$79.25 million, and it is about to break through the box office of US$80 million.

However, "Chain Saw 3" is about to usher in a strong competitor, and theater companies have already begun to reduce the number of screens and film scheduling rate in a small range.

On Friday, November 10th, Warner Bros.' film starring Kim Carrey, "Aeroplane 2" held a grand premiere ceremony.

In the first weekend, it earned 37.8 million US dollars in three days, easily suppressing "Chain Saw 3".

The only good news is that the North American box office of "Chain Saw 3" not only exceeded 80 million US dollars, but also rushed to 90 million US dollars.

As the tide of movie viewing passes, next, we can only rely on time to accumulate slowly.

However, the media almost agreed that it is only a matter of time before the box office of "Chain Saw 3" exceeds 100 million in North America.

"Aeroplane 2" also ushered in a competitor. On the second weekend of November 17th, one of the 007 series films produced by United Artists, "Golden Eye" began to be released on a large scale, and it earned 26.2 million US dollars in the first weekend. box office.

"Aeroplane 2" earned $19.51 million in its second weekend, lower than "GoldenEye"'s $26.2 million, followed by Columbia's "President of the United States," and "Saw 3" slipped to fourth place.

At the same time, in mid-November, a large number of low-cost art films were released one after another. Similar to "Leaving Las Vegas", films and film companies with Oscar aspirations began to conduct research and publicity.

Almost every day, film companies and film crews hold various public relations dinners and film critic banquets.

For this reason, Monica Bellucci specially rushed back from Lincoln County in southern Nevada. The crew of "Independence Day" was filming at an air force base 130 kilometers away from Las Vegas.

"Independence Day" has many filming locations, and it is estimated that the crew will need to travel to many places.

"This is the batch of oriental porcelain you mentioned?" Monica Bellucci held a very exquisite blue and white porcelain plate in her hand.

"That's right." Ryan looked at the batch of blue and white porcelain that had just been delivered, showing satisfaction, and said, "For many Oscar judges, these exquisite porcelain can be regarded as a collection."

The blue and white porcelain fired in a certain town on the other side of the Pacific Ocean is full of mysterious oriental cultural atmosphere. Every piece looks exquisite and exquisite, which makes people want to possess it.

However, the price of this batch of porcelain is very cheap, and the total cost is less than tens of thousands of dollars.

"They are so beautiful, may I take some back."

Monica Bellucci touched the porcelain in her hand, it was very thin, with a unique smoothness, and the pattern on it was absolutely exquisite.

So she couldn't help but want to take some back and put them in the apartment as decorations.

"They belonged to you." Ryan said with a smile.

He ordered these porcelains in order to give them to some members of the Oscar jury in the name of Monica Bellucci.

As for the large number of members of the Academy, each will receive a fine china.

"Ryan!" Sofia Coppola said unceremoniously: "Don't forget, there is still my share."

After finishing speaking, she changed her tone and continued: "Although I don't know where you ordered it from, you'd better order some more. I think those old men from the academy will definitely like it."

"Which other film critics will not refuse a beautiful gift."

"The most important point is that they are very cheap and will not violate the bottom line of the Oscar jury."

The older they get, the more they like porcelain full of mysterious oriental culture. They will never refuse such an exquisite gift.

"OK, no problem." Ryan agreed directly.

Faced with the opportunity to earn foreign exchange, the other party should not refuse it.

In fact, the price of this batch of porcelain is very cheap. Take the blue and white porcelain plate in the hands of Monica Bellucci as an example, it is less than 30 US dollars.

Even the most expensive famille rose vase in it was only $70.

Sofia Coppola got a satisfactory answer. She picked up a palm-sized porcelain bowl and put it in her hand to admire the details. Obviously, this porcelain bowl already belonged to her.

“Great handcrafted art.”

"Ryan, can you give me your contact information, I want to order some tableware and replace the original tableware at home."

"Give me the style you like, it's my Christmas gift to you." Ryan's mouth twitched. It is estimated that only people in European and American countries would use such tableware. On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the price of a piece of porcelain, It is almost catching up with the monthly wages of ordinary workers, and they are reluctant to use it as tableware.

Many European and American celebrities, rich people, and high-class people seem to like to buy complete sets of exquisite tableware, ranging from tens of thousands of dollars to more than one hundred thousand dollars, and the prices are often very expensive.

That's why Ryan chose to order a batch of porcelain from the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

"Okay, Sophia, get down to business."

"Tomorrow's premiere of "Toy Story", I hope you can attend together, including Helen." Ryan has already received the invitation letter from Blue Sky Studio.

After finishing speaking, Ryan glanced at Monica Bellucci, who was picking out porcelain, and couldn't help but roll his eyes. Women are indeed dragons, and they like shiny things, and said, "My dear, you can also join."

"The premise is that you're probably going to walk the red carpet alone."

The distribution company of "Toy Story" is Disney, given that Michael Ovitz has already served as the president of Disney.

Ryan didn't want to walk the red carpet and avoid all kinds of tricky questions from the media.

"It doesn't matter, I can enter the venue early with you." Monica Bellucci continued to choose blue and white porcelain without raising her head.

The current Monica Bellucci is not the same as she was a year ago. She has a role in "Independence Day", and it is already dispensable for her to participate in a red carpet catwalk.

Besides, she was very aware of the relationship between Ryan and Michael Ovitz.

"You'd better hope that Pixar's "Toy Story" will be a big hit at the box office tomorrow. Otherwise, when the news that Blue Sky Studios is about to produce a 3D animated feature film spreads, it will definitely attract countless criticisms."

Sofia Coppola said with a very serious expression: "You can temporarily stop Chris Wedge and wait for the specific data of "Toy Story" to come out before making a decision. Anyway, it will not take a few days."

"You know, that's an investment of at least $30 million."

She specifically emphasized that the production budget alone needs at least 30 million US dollars, which does not include the purchase of computers, graphics equipment, software, etc.

Even if the North American box office share of "Saw 2" has already been credited, the global box office share is also being credited to the account one after another. Now that "Saw 3" is a box office hit, it is still a very huge number.

Once the box office is not satisfactory in the future, even if Ryan does not fall into bankruptcy crisis, he will lose a lot of cash.

"I believe in the abilities of Chris Wedge and Blue Sky Studios and I also believe that Pixar and "Toy Story" will not fail." Memory, Pixar and Toy Story, there is no possibility of failure.

"I hope you won't regret it tomorrow." Sofia Coppola didn't bother to continue persuading her.

Monica Bellucci listened for a long time, and it seemed that Blue Sky Studio, invested by Ryan, had started to produce a 3D animation feature film, with an investment of at least 30 million US dollars.

From her point of view, she agrees with Sophia very much, Ryan's approach is too risky.

However, Monica Bellucci didn't say anything to persuade her, because her relationship with Ryan is not suitable for talking about these things.

Regarding tomorrow's "Toy Story" premiere, she was suddenly full of curiosity, what is the magic of 3D animated feature films, which can make Ryan full of confidence, and even spend a huge amount of money to invest in Blue Sky Studios.

In fact, many people don't know what 3D animation looks like and how it differs from Disney's hand-drawn animation.

Monica Bellucci is no exception.