The time enters March, and the 61st Academy Awards are getting closer and closer, and as Hollywood movies become more and more influential around the world, the Oscars have also received more attention.

Although this year's Oscar awards are destined not to have much to do with Eric, it is impossible for anyone to ignore this eighteen-year-old boy who has risen for less than half a year.

Among the several films related to him, since November 18 last year, it has entered its 15th week of release, and the momentum is strong, but after four months of screening, the box office has also reached 100 million and 7 million, becoming the sixth film to break 100 million at the box office in 1988.

If you don't compare it, this number jù is also very eye-catching. By now, the box office potential has been completely exhausted, and it can only earn two or three hundred thousand box office on less than 300 screens a week, and it may be down at any time.

And, the box office is close to 240 million, and it can still harvest about 5 million box office per week on more than 1,200 screens in North America.

The local box office of Hollywood movies in this era, 200 million US dollars is a watershed of super hits, only George Lucas's series can be easily reached, and even Spielberg's series does not have this confidence.

The local box office of 300 million US dollars can only be a legend, and the last and only time to achieve this legend was Spielberg's in 1982, and after six years, it has the potential to touch the threshold of legend.

In this case, Columbia, which has started acquisition negotiations with Sony, has completely stopped thinking about how much share it can get because of the gambling contract, but is thinking about how to send the North American box office to the $300 million mark. Everyone knows that once the box office exceeds 300 million, it will be the beginning of another round of crazy rise in Colombia's stock price.

"What? Let me be the guest of honor for Best Supporting Actress? Eric looked at Amy Pascal who suddenly came to visit in surprise: "Can Colombia decide this matter?" ”

"We've already spoken to Alan Carr, the producer of this year's Oscars, and with your current influence, you're fully qualified to do so. Eric, as long as you nod your head, you'll be invited in no time. ”

Eric hesitated, his exposure was high enough, and his private life was harassed by reporters and paparazzi for three days. But he can also understand Columbia's intentions in doing this, whether it is for the sake of still being released, it is very beneficial for him to show his face at an awards ceremony with 40 or 50 million viewers.

Although since the departure of Bront Cohen and the start of acquisition negotiations with Sony, Columbia's attitude towards Eric has taken a 180-degree turn, and it has actively promoted it.

But by then, the most operational Golden Globe had already been missed, and the Oscar nominations had been announced. It only got a very chicken nomination for Best Soundtrack. Everyone knows that this is a consolation nomination from the academy in order to attract the attention of the public, but also because of the stellar box office results.

If Colombia had been active in public relations from the beginning, it would have been able to get a few more nominations, and maybe it would have won a little gold man in the end.

But it's too late to tell, and with less than two weeks to go before the Oscar judges vote, there's little point in going on PR. Just because these excellent movies get the little golden man, it will be a bit of a test of the audience's IQ.

In the final analysis, it is just a children's comedy with a young age, without any artistic connotation.

After a moment's consideration, Eric nodded in agreement.

Colombia did this for their own sake, but Eric also benefited from it. As long as he tries to cooperate with Colombia, there is a good chance of surpassing $300 million at the box office, and once that goal is reached, Eric's share will reach $120 million.

Amy also conveyed to Eric the promise of the Colombian top management that after the downgrade, Columbia would pay Eric's share in full within a month. This can greatly alleviate Eric's financial situation, you know, Eric recently borrowed a huge sum of $50 million from the bank for the sake of the Shun Lì shooting and the construction of the Malibu mansion. He now has a full $100 million in debt, and he is undoubtedly the most indebted individual in Hollywood.

"Since you have agreed, I will do my best to inform Alan Carr to send you an invitation." Amy took a sip of her coffee with satisfaction and asked, "Eric, I heard that your negotiations with Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks are deadlocked, do you need Colombia to intervene?" ”

Eric shook his head in refusal, this stalemate was something he expected, and he was sure that it wouldn't last more than a month.

Because during Easter, Richard Gere gave up the actor to participate in the action drama film of United States is about to be released, he has no memory of this movie in his mind, so he can only ask some people about it, and the news he got is that even the most optimistic box office expectations for this movie within United States are only about $30 million.

With the example of Richard Gere, even if Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks are both Hollywood A-list superstars, they would not have done the same stupid thing of refusing to participate in Eric's new film.

The more top superstars are, the more cautious they are when choosing films, in case they accidentally step on a bad movie, the damage to their reputation is incalculable.

Al Pacino had to take a break for four years under the pressure of huge public opinion because of the box office fiasco of Warner's $30 million bad movie four years ago, you know, before that, Al was a five-time Oscar nominee and undoubtedly a Hollywood A-list superstar.

And the movies that Eric participated in have experienced three consecutive great successes, and they are undoubtedly the most guaranteed at the box office and word of mouth in Hollywood. What's more, Cruise and Hanks also unanimously agreed on the box office prospects after reading the script.

The reason why the two let CAA's agent and Firefly stalemate continue, in addition to saving some face for Michael Ovitz, the 'most powerful man in Hollywood', is more to get a higher salary and share.

Eric believes that if the CAA deliberately leads to the breakdown of negotiations, the two will definitely intervene to stop it immediately. From the script negotiation that day, Eric knew that the two had made up their minds to star in the film, otherwise they would not have been able to discuss the script with him for four hours.

"No, Amy, it won't take more than a month for the CAA to relent," Eric didn't want to owe Columbia a favor, "I just used this time to finish the preparation of the movie." Compared to the production cycle of the first two films, which lasted less than a month, there is plenty of time, and now there are more than four months left before the release in July. ”