Monday, April 13th.

Under the close attention of countless people, the box office data of the past three days of the weekend was officially released.

"The Butterfly Effect" withstood one-sided media reviews, and still collected $14.31 million at the box office in the first three days of the weekend, and won the North American box office champion position for the three days of the weekend without any suspense.

With the popularity of "Lola Run", many people already expected that the box office of "Butterfly Effect" would not be too bad in the first weekend, but under the bombardment of bad reviews from the media, the box office of $14.31 million in the first three days of the film is still eye-catching.

With a little comparison, it's not hard to see how staggering this box office figure is.

At the same time, Michael Fox's new work "The Road to Development", whether it is a marketing offensive or the scale of the film schedule, is significantly ahead of "Butterfly Effect", although the media evaluation is not high, but it is far better than "Butterfly Effect".

However, the box office of "The Road to Development" in the first three days of the weekend was only $7.76 million, which is only half of "The Butterfly Effect".

After "The Road to Development", although the box office decline expanded again under the influence of the two new films, the box office of "Lola Run", which entered the ninth week of release, was still as high as 7.19 million in three days over the weekend, and the cumulative box office officially exceeded 150 million US dollars.

Looking at the unstoppable crazy box office of this phenomenal 'event movie', many people also instantly understand why the box office of "The Butterfly Effect" in the first weekend was doubled to the second place.

A "Lola Run", from the plot to the props, from the dialogue to the shots, countless details are tirelessly instilling the concept of the "butterfly effect" to the audience, and even director Simon Westeros personally admitted on the original NBC "Late Night Show" that his purpose in filming "Lola Run" was to annotate and foreshadow "The Butterfly Effect".

"Lola Run" was an unexpectedly huge success, and tens of millions of viewers who have seen this film are naturally more curious about "The Butterfly Effect". Therefore, the box office of the first weekend of "The Butterfly Effect" is obviously a shrinkage data after being affected by strong bad reviews.

But even so, according to the box office trend of the first weekend and three days, Fox still only needs one week to recoup the entire production cost. The question now is how the subsequent box office curve of "The Butterfly Effect" will go.

You must know that the box office of $14.31 million in the first weekend is definitely a seed movie with a North American box office of more than 100 million in this era.

If this goal can be achieved, Fox, whose performance has been sluggish for several years, will finally be able to get another movie that has exceeded 100 million at the North American box office. But under the current media reputation, if the subsequent box office trend falls sharply, if you want to break through $100 million, there is naturally no possibility.

As a result, Ronald Goldberg, president of Fox Films, who was originally worried that "The Butterfly Effect" would fail at the box office under strong negative reviews, saw the box office data of the first three days, not only did not relax, but suffered even more.

The other side.

In the new week, the news of the breakup of Hollywood genius director Simon Westeros and Janet Johnston, the daughter of an Australian mining tycoon, also quickly landed on the important pages of major media.

Although Simon's public relations manager, Pat Kingsley, issued a statement at the first time, saying that the two were only temporarily separated for a period of time due to some confusion in their relationship, the media obviously disdained this 'official rhetoric'.

In just a few days, all kinds of speculation were flooding the newspapers.

According to insiders, Simon Westeros broke up with Janet Johnston because of the uneven distribution of benefits in "Lola Run". According to rough statistics, "Lola Run" is expected to bring in $110 million in net income for the producer, of which Janet Johnston exclusively owns 61.5%, or about $67 million, far more than Simon Westeros's share. ”

Simon Westeros moved out of the Palisades mansion on Monday morning. ”

Simon Westeros is rumored to be transferring the proceeds of "Lola Run" to Westeros or starting a lawsuit battle with his ex-girlfriend. ”

Janet Johnston was not affected by the breakup and met with a well-known art dealer in Los Angeles. ”

Westeros' unnamed new film was officially launched, and Daenerys Films president Amy Pascal declined to comment on the breakup. ”

"Lovers of 'sibling love', Simon Westeros is dating Sean Young, the heroine of "Blade Runner", and the two are nine years apart. ”

"John Travolta has confirmed his new move to Westeros. ”

Janet Johnston and Kathryn Bigelow had lunch together, and the two women had a close relationship, dispelling rumors that Catherine's involvement led to a love affair. ”

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Compared with those Hollywood couples who made news for three days, Simon and Janet were too low-key before.

So, when the rumors of the breakup of the two were confirmed, and there may be hundreds of millions of dollars in interest disputes, the media throughout North America instantly became high. For a while, the two were once again surrounded by a large number of paparazzi, and their every move would be subject to all kinds of messy interpretations.

Simon anticipated this and left Janet with the privacy of Palisad's cliff mansion, and he himself moved to Century Tower, which was adjacent to Fox Studios.

Century Tower in Century City is two 28-storey condominiums next to each other, gated and home to many celebrities, including Michael Douglas, so they are also insulated from media harassment.

The paparazzi in Los Angeles may not be as crazy as the legendary London, but they are definitely the most numerous. In anticipation of Simon and Janet's 'lawsuit battle', the two of them seemed to be buzzing for a whole week.

Simon has a completely indifferent and almost indifferent attitude towards the paparazzi, and the work of media response and image maintenance has always been entrusted to Pat Kingsley. Therefore, no matter how many paparazzi there are around, this incident has not caused him any trouble.

In comparison, the sudden separation from Janet made Simon's life a little chaotic.

For most of the year, perhaps from the first time she helped Simon rent a villa in the Montana district, Janet had unknowingly taken over Simon's life. From the electrical appliances and furniture in the residence to Simon's towel and toothbrush, the woman will help him take care of it before he knows it.

Now, suddenly back to being single, Simon found that his life ability had degenerated a lot.

Scheming.

It must have been deliberate.

When Simon called Janet to ask what brand of coffee she had been accustomed to for more than half a year, she 'questioned' in passing, and then the woman admitted very proudly, looking like a little witch who had succeeded in her conspiracy.

Aside from these small details, Simon's work has not been affected in the slightest.

Downtown Santa Monica, not far from the beach, on 4th Street, is home to Daenerys Pictures' new headquarters.

Compared with the three simple offices at the beginning, the company completely rented a small two-story white building at this time. Everyone's offices, screening rooms, audition rooms, and even the film's post-production studios are all available.

The schedule of "The Grim Reaper is Coming" is scheduled for October 23, and the company has recently been working hard to promote the casting work.

As a teen horror film, "Here Comes the Grim Reaper" does not require high requirements for the characters, and in order to save the budget, Simon does not plan to use too well-known young actors. Plus there are many characters in the film. So, these days, the headquarters of Daenerys Pictures is definitely full of handsome men and beautiful women.

It's the penultimate round of auditions.

Simon would have preferred to make the final round himself, but in order to avoid Fox wondering if he was getting paid for his money, he was as involved in the casting process as possible.

"Thank you for being here today, Miss Clark, and we'll let you know the results of the audition as soon as possible. ”

Inside the audition room.

After another tall girl with short blonde hair, Simon's casting director Linda Vargas, who had worked with Simon in "Lola Run" last time, sent the other party away in a formulaic manner, and was about to call the next one, when Susan Landis, the first employee hired by the company and was already Simon's office secretary at this time, pushed the door in and whispered something in Simon's ear.

"I'll go over here. ”

Simon listened, nodded, said hello to Wes Craven and Ron Macmillan, and got up to leave the audition room.

Wes Craven and others know that Simon's mind is more focused on his own "Vulgar", and he has also been looking for a role for the film in recent days, so he is not surprised by Simon's temporary departure.

Simon left the audition room, and the outer lounge stretched into the hallway, where more than a dozen beautiful girls with absolute first-class bodies and appearances were waiting.

Seeing Simon appear, all the girls' eyes lit up instantly, and they all got up and greeted Simon warmly, such as 'Simon' and 'Mr. Westeros', and some girls boldly came over and secretly stuffed the note into Simon's pocket.

The girls obviously know that Simon has just recently entered a single state, and this audition is even simply for Simon.

If you can catch such a boyfriend, even if you don't say that the other party can help your acting career, just Simon Westeros's current net worth is already the golden beetle son-in-law that many girls dream of.

You must know that Steven Spielberg, the hottest director in Hollywood, has actually accumulated a net worth of more than 200 million US dollars over the years. Simon Westeros earned more than $40 million just through the movie "Lola Run".

Multimillionaires under the age of 20, which is very rare in the world.

Simon just smiled and walked through the crowd in silence, and if he didn't enjoy the feeling of being chased and surrounded by a group of beautiful women, it was a fake. However, Simon didn't feel like he had broken up with Janet at all. As a human being, he did not lack the heart to resist this simple temptation.

Throwing a few cards from his pocket into the trash can in the hallway, Simon came to his office and waited for a man and a woman in the secretary's room to get up at the same time.

"Hello, Mr. Lieberman, Miss Ryan," Simon smiled and shook hands with them, "come with me." ”

With that, he told Susan to make some coffee, and Simon pushed the door open and walked into his office. Turning to the reception area, the three of them sat down together, and Simon took a serious look at the girl on the other side of the sofa.

Meg Ryan.

One of the most recognizable American sweethearts of the generation, the original heroine of "When Harry Met Sally".

Now Meg Ryan is just an unknown actress who has starred in several movies, and her most famous role is only a small role as a pilot's wife in "Top Gun" last year.

Simon originally thought that Meg Ryan's image in "Top Gun" was probably the result of offending the makeup artist. But at this time, seeing the real person, he couldn't help but feel a little more disappointed.