At this time, hearing Eric take the initiative to mention the bet between the two at the Oscars last time, Judy couldn't help but say: "However, why do I suddenly have a feeling, as if I owe you a promise." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Since you think so," Eric struck the snake with his stick, "or invite me to dinner later." ”

"Okay," Judy nodded cheerfully, "We'll go to the movies together after dinner." ”

Eric was even more cheerful: "No problem. ”

Judy continued: "After watching the movie, you send me home. ”

Eric was flattered: "Good. ”

Judy's rather heroic Western-style Danfeng eyes slashed at Eric, with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "You want to be beautiful." ”

Eric looked hurt and said, "Well, Judy, you're not good like this." ”

Judy didn't have the slightest remorse, she still smiled, and said, "Who made you always want to soak me, little boy." ”

"You know what, Judy," Eric said with a serious expression, "From a psychological point of view, the title "little boy" means that you are subconsciously worried that you will not be able to block the attraction of someone of the opposite sex, so you deliberately use a defensive title that you think can distance yourself from the other person. But in reality, this is likely to be counterproductive. ”

Judy leaned against the table with one hand and propped up her chin, listening with a smile, "Although I think you're talking nonsense, it seems to make sense." ”

Eric advises: "You should be confident and have the courage to admit your state of mind. ”

"Okay, don't listen to your nonsense," Judy smiled and took out a stack of manuscripts from her satchel and handed them over, "This is the first draft of the novel version of Gravity I wrote, although I am only halfway completed, I still want you to take a look at it first." ”

Eric listened to Judy talk about business, and stopped joking, took the stack of manuscripts, and said, "Then I'll read it over the weekend and get back to you on Monday." ”

"Don't be in such a hurry, you can finish reading it whenever you want," Judy waved her hand and got up, "Then, I'll go first." ”

Eric also got up to see Judy off, and then returned to the workbench to continue to finish today's work log.

On Saturday morning, it was still sunny in California.

Although I have the same work schedule today, I don't have to rush as much as a weekday.

At Sharp Corner Manor, Eric woke up at seven o'clock and sat in the dining room reading today's newspaper after his workout routine, with an open laptop on the table. The slender figures of the twins were quiet and busy in the kitchen, and the girl was crazy outside last night until late at night, and she stayed in bed as usual, and it seemed that she didn't plan to get up until noon.

Today is the third Saturday of the release of "Breaking Bads 3", and the detailed box office data of the film for the recent period is displayed on the laptop.

After a record-breaking $95.9 million in its opening weekend, "Breaking Bad 3" finally grossed $130.43 million in its first week, continuing to set new box office records for Hollywood films in all aspects.

Subsequently, the box office of the film in the second week also did not disappoint, and the decline in the second week remained at a very good 43%, collecting another $74.34 million, and the total box office in the two weeks reached 200 million and 4.77 million, successfully achieving the feat of breaking 200 million in two weeks.

Judging from the box office on Friday of the third week yesterday, "Breaking Bads 3" fell by 49% compared to last Friday, and the single-day box office collected another $8.46 million.

Considering that another A-grade blockbuster, "The Scorpion King", was released this week, this drop of nearly 50% does not disappoint.

In Eric's memory, the former "Scorpion King" can only be regarded as a mid-to-upper cost, and the box office does not seem to be excellent. But this time, under Universal's ambition to create a mythical universe of mummies, this new "Mummy" spin-off film series has reached $90 million in production alone.

After yesterday's large-scale release, "The Scorpion King" has received good reviews both in terms of story and special effects. The film's midnight show plus the first day, the total box office also reached $21.86 million, according to the word-of-mouth and opening box office of "The Scorpion King", the box office in the first week is very likely to exceed $80 million.

This data naturally cannot be compared with "Breaking Bads 3", but as the first part of the spin-off series, this result is already very good, just at the North American box office, Universal may recover all the production costs.

In this case, it is almost inevitable that "Breaking Bad 3" will be impacted, and the drop does not exceed 50%, which has already proved the popularity of this spy cinematic universe blockbuster. Moreover, in the case of breaking 200 million in two weeks, "Breaking Bads 3" has very securely locked in the first film in 1998 that is expected to exceed $300 million at the North American box office.

Considering the second half of the summer season and the film list at the end of the year, except for "Mission Impossible 3", which also belongs to the MGM Agent Cinematic Universe, without the appearance of other super dark horses, "Breaking Bads 3" is definitely the most powerful contender for the annual box office championship in North America in 1998.

Overseas, among the major box office countries that have achieved simultaneous releases, the overseas box office of "Breaking Bads 3" has also exceeded $260 million in two weeks. Among them, Japan, Italy and other important overseas box offices have not yet been released.

Based on all aspects of information, the overseas box office of "Breaking Bads 3" is conservatively estimated to be twice that of the North American box office, which means that "Breaking Bads 3" is very likely to hit the global box office billion-dollar mark again and become the second global box office billion-level film in the MGM Agent Cinematic Universe.

Last year's "007: Casino Royale" was a box office hit, making MGM's market value, which had been dormant in Hollywood for many years, break through the $10 billion mark in one fell swoop.

Against the backdrop of the overall rally in the North American stock market, with the further success of the MGM Agent Cinematic Universe and the rapid development of MGM's TV business, MGM shares have rushed to a high of $51.37 according to yesterday's closing price, with a market capitalization of $22.3 billion.

A few years ago, MGM, which was on the verge of bankruptcy and could be thrown out of the ranks of Hollywood's big producers at any time, at this time, if you talk about the film and television media business alone, its strength has far surpassed Sony Pictures, which was once 'neck-and-neck' at the bottom, and this year's expected profit can be ranked among the top three major studios.

While sitting at the dinner table and casually flipping through today's newspaper, Eric was already thinking about MGM's further expansion.

In terms of film and television, MGM's biggest shortcoming at the moment should be the limitation of the scale of film production and distribution.

Although there are two super blockbusters this year, "Breaking Bad 3" and "Mission Impossible 3", MGM only has nine films planned for production and distribution in the entire 1998 season. "Breaking Bads 3" and "Mission Impossible 3" booked more than 80% of MGM's film business for the year's box office.

Although the Secret Agent Cinematic Universe project has entered its heyday, it is also secretly in crisis, the most obvious is that the three major series have begun to be tested by the curse of the Hollywood trilogy.

Eric had made the 007 series past last year through strong means, but now, with the increased importance of the Secret Agent Cinematic Universe to MGM, it is impossible for him to easily use the near-ruin methods of last year.

In order for MGM to reduce its dependence on the Secret Agent Cinematic Universe, it is necessary to enhance MGM's overall film production and distribution capabilities, so that even if there is an accident in the Secret Agent Cinematic Universe, MGM will not fall from the top to the bottom.

Just like this year's Firefly, although the entire Firefly Group only has "The Day After Tomorrow", a heavyweight special effects blockbuster this year, due to the very considerable film production and distribution scale of Firefly Pictures, Disney Pictures and New Line Pictures, as well as the peripheral revenue such as videotapes and TV broadcast rights of a series of Firefly box office blockbusters in previous years, the revenue of Firefly Group's film and television business this year can still sit firmly in the top spot in Hollywood.

The twins brought breakfast, and Eric stopped thinking about it for a moment, ate it, waited for the twins to sit down across from him, and asked, "Where did you go yesterday, so crazy?"

Natasha looked up and said, "Miss Paltrow's party to celebrate the completion of Fast and Furious. ”

Eric nodded, didn't say anything more, just admonished, "You two don't drink at these parties, take care of her." ”

Natasha replied softly, "Master, we never drink. ”

"Well, that's a good habit," Eric said, "and what do you like to do?"

Natasha was stunned and said, "We will do whatever the boss tells us to do." ”

Eric thought about it carefully, and it seemed that he really didn't find that the twins usually had any special hobbies, and the twins looked like the shadows of the girls: "That, haven't you thought about what you will do in the future, for example, getting married or something?"

Natasha's blue and clear eyes looked over, and suddenly asked, "Master, do you want us to marry?"

Eric was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed, shook his head, and said, "No, that's not right, you don't usually talk much." ”

Natasha didn't respond to Eric's words, but asked again, "Master, do you want us to marry?"

Listening to Natasha's completely unconventional words, Eric was surprised at the same time, and simply broke the can, and said, "Of course I don't want to, both of you are mine, and none of you are allowed to run." ”

"Hmm," Natasha replied, as if the conversation had not happened, and returned to her usual cold and faint expression, and began to eat silently.

Eric stared at the two women opposite him for a few seconds, and suddenly had the feeling that he had just experienced a supernatural event, and couldn't help but ask again, "Nata, do you remember what you just said?"

Natasha raised her face again, nodded slightly, looked at Eric and said, "Master, if you want, you can take us out for the night, but you can't be with us, only one at a time." ”

There can only be one at a time, so how can you give full play to the advantages of twins.

Eric thought to himself, and glanced at Eve on the other side, Eve felt Eric's gaze, and there was a slight flush on her delicate face, which was exactly the same as Natasha's, but she only lowered her head slightly.

Eric retracted his gaze, turned to Natasha, and said, "Well, what if I have to be together?"

Natasha's expression didn't change much, and she said, "Master, you can't beat us." ”

“……”

Well, it seems that the truth will always be in the hands of the fist-hummed man.

Eric suddenly found that there were two more abnormal humans around him who were deeply hidden, and he inexplicably felt some strange feelings in his heart.

"I remember calling Drew to get up at ten o'clock, and I can't sleep too long, in addition, at the celebration banquet of "Thunderbolt 3" at night, I went directly from the studio, you don't have to wait for me," After breakfast, before going to work, Eric instructed the twins as usual, and when the twins nodded quietly, looking at the two identical faces in front of them, Eric half-jokingly: "I'm going to work, do you want to kiss it?"

Natasha nodded, but Eve blushed shyly. Two identical girls, with completely different reactions, once again gave Eric a strange feeling.

It's just that, after Eric finished speaking, the two sides stood in place for a while, and no one moved, didn't move, didn't move.

After a stalemate of more than ten seconds, Eric shrugged his shoulders slightly and said, "Okay, I must have said something strange just now, it's been a strange morning, nay, goodbye." ”

Putting aside the somewhat unusual experience of the morning, Eric rushed to Firefly Studios and quickly got to work

Along with Gravity's VFX supervisor Robert Byron, he spent the morning working on the transformation of the astronaut's helmet with the glass cover removed, but at noon it was a dinner with Amy Pascal to discuss the next steps in the Breaking Bads series, and of course, the main issue was the compensation of the Charlize trio.

Generally speaking, the global box office of "Breaking Bads 3" is expected to hit the global box office of one billion dollars, and the starring role of this series is enough to qualify for a salary of $20 million or even more.

It's just that Charlize and the others are three people, and if each of them gets a single $20 million salary, just the three of them, MGM will have to pay $60 million for each sequel in the future. If the series wants to invite one or two more strong supporting actors, then just the salary expenditure is enough for Hollywood to make an A-grade film.

Under the traditional Hollywood rules, poor cost control has always been the main reason for the losses of major Hollywood studios, and this is certainly not because Hollywood lacks excellent producers who are good at cost control, but because producers are usually the most direct beneficiaries of such rules.

The main creators of all sizes involved in the production of the film can make a profit, and the interests of shareholders and investors are often sacrificed, and if Eric is just a director, he naturally wants to see this form of profit distribution continue to exist for a long time.

But now, Eric's most important role is more of a shareholder and an investor, and he just can't let this continue to happen in the Firefly system.

Regarding the next development of "Breaking Bad", although Eric will not be as tough as last year in terms of salary, it is absolutely impossible to conform to the traditional rules of Hollywood's distribution of benefits.