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"I'm sorry,"

At a café in Century City, Jones Butler finds where Murphy and Bill Rothes are sitting, "There's a traffic jam on the road, I'm late." ”

Murphy smiled and said, "It's okay. ”

Jones Butler said to the waiter who came with him, "A latte, thank you." ”

"What have you been up to lately?" Bill Rothes spoke at the right time, "It's been a long time since I've seen you, the last time I went to Miramax to talk to you, you weren't there. ”

"What can I do?" Jones Butler adjusted his chair and said, "Run around looking for worthwhile footage." ”

"The work you're doing is very meaningful." Murphy continued, "It's because of you that many small-budget independent films that were previously unknown can meet the audience. ”

Jones Butler smiled, "Thank you. ”

Murphy then shifted to the point, "Have you had time lately?" My new film production zuò is done, and I'd love for you to point me out. ”

The waiter brought the coffee, and Jones Butler waited for him to leave before he said, "What type?" ”

She remembers very well that the other party took a million dollars from Miramax, and the cost of making the film was at this level at most.

"Horror film, Saw Horror." Murphy said confidently, "A very interesting horror movie. ”

Bill Rothes was also on the side, "It's so much better than Hard Candy, to be exact, I haven't seen a better horror movie in recent years." ”

Hearing the two say this, Jones Butler nodded, "I will be in Los Angeles in the next half month, and you can call me at any time." ”

Although the profit brought by "Hard Candy" is only in the million-dollar level, far less than the revenue of some of the company's outstanding projects, this part of the profit is completely unexpected, bringing a lot of surprises to Miramax's top management, and she was also praised by the Weinstein brothers.

And the revenue brought by "Fruit Hard Candy" is still growing.

These are real numbers, and nothing is more convincing than this, although it is not without a director who hits the street after the success of a film, but this has enough reasons for her to continue to pay attention to the other party's films.

Hollywood has always believed that those who succeed will continue to be successful.

It's a common phenomenon in Hollywood, not just by Miramax's Jones Butler, but also by Fox's Tony Guzman.

One sunny afternoon, he was hiding in his office, just refusing an invitation from a small company to watch a film, when he suddenly received a call from an unfamiliar number.

"Hello, this is Tony Guzmán from Fox Searchlight." He heard some unfamiliar names on the phone and tried to think about it, "Murphy Stanton? ”

Who's this? I don't think I've dealt with him before, have I?

"Hard Fruit Candy, Park City."

Hearing the other party's reminder, Tony Guzman immediately rang out who Murphy Stanton was, laughed, and said quite politely, "Director Stanton, congratulations, the first film is a big hit." ”

He still has some regrets in his heart, he failed to win "The Edge of the Accident", and lost this project that he was also optimistic about, and he didn't get anything at all at the entire St. Denis Film Festival.

Tony Guzmán was chatting with the phone while thinking, and when he heard the invitation from the other side, he immediately focused, "Your new film?" Already done? Okay, I have time, you must notify me in time when you determine the time and place. ”

Missed once, he didn't want to miss a second time.

It's true that the other party may have been lucky the first time, and maybe he will make a super bad movie the second time, but he has succeeded once anyway, and it is always better to watch his films than to watch the works of those unknown directors.

Hanging up, Tony Guzman thought about it for a while, and told his assistant to go to the market research department to see if he could find the latest market statistics for Hard Candy.

He is a veteran of Fox Searchlight, and he also has a certain status within the company, and the assistant went for a while, and then came back with a piece of information, which was just someone from the company's research department.

"Let's get out." Tony Guzman waved his hand to the assistant and ordered, "Nothing important, don't bother me." ”

When the assistant closed the door from the outside, Tony Guzman flipped through the thin statistics and skimmed through them in general, and the regrets in his heart increased.

Although he has handled projects with profits of tens of millions of dollars, it is often rare to meet but not to be found, in the independent film industry, a professional filmmaker and buyer like him, can meet once in a few years, it is already kissed by God, millions of dollars in profits, is definitely not small.

Twentieth Century Fox, the previous company of Fox Searchlight, made a profit of just over $100 million a year, let alone a subsidiary of Fox Searchlight, an independent film with a hairstyle.

They can't even match Miramax in this regard.

Tony Guzmán got the grapevine, and the fact that he was quite dissatisfied with Fox's poor performance in the past two years, especially in the first quarter of this year, exerted tremendous pressure on the company's top management, and if it does not change by the end of the year, the management is bound to change blood.

And these buyers, who are responsible for finding the source of the film, will inevitably be affected, and it is not impossible to be fired.

He doesn't think that he will be spared if he is the patriarch of the Fox searchlight, in the face of capital, what can these little people count?

Shaking his head, Tony Guzman carefully browsed through the numbers, "Hard Fruit Candy" has been removed from North America, and it has also appeared in some overseas markets one after another.

"North American box office - $1.48 million!"

"The UK box office - $1.86 million, not yet down."

"The Argentine box office - $970,000, not yet down."

"The Australian box office - $870,000, has gone offline."

"The German box office - $690,000, not yet out of the stalls."

"The Spanish box office - $550,000, not yet down."

"French box office ......"

Although many countries and regions have not purchased the rights from Miramax because of the film's sensitive subject matter and large-scale content, "Hard Candy" has won more than $4 million at the box office in the overseas markets that have appeared.

According to the information released by Fang Stanton's studio, the production cost of this film is only 300,000 US dollars.

Miramax undoubtedly made a very good deal!

Tony Guzmán continued to look down, and the North American television and video rights to "Hard Candy" were also sold by Miramax, with the former receiving $150,000 and the latter $200,000 excluding the tape.

These are profits!

Closing this count, Tony Guzmán made up his mind to definitely go and see the director's new film. (To be continued.) )