It is very obvious that the people who pay attention to the box office of "Monroe" are not only Harvey, Jenny, and Cesare, but also in all parts of North America and even all corners of the world, hundreds of people are refreshing box office websites such as jo and s, looking forward to the midnight data of "Monroe", the box office on the first day and the total box office prediction that has become more credible because of these real data will appear as soon as possible, and the number of 17 million makes Harvey. Weinstein was startled, and many people almost smashed the cups in their hands, and while Jenny tossed and turned, unable to sleep for a long time, these brothers and sisters also accompanied her all over the world for a sleepless night......

"Is the box office coming out today?" In the Thai resort of Koh Samui, Paramount CEO Brad. As soon as Gray opened his eyes, he realized that he had overslept, he covered his temples, sat up from the mattress with some difficulty, and before he had time to deal with the physiological needs of cleaning and excretion, he didn't even pour back into the mattress, let his body slowly wake up, and then walked out of the bedroom anxiously, stood by the door and asked in a loud voice.

"Hi Brad, good morning." In the corner of the spacious living room, a beautiful girl with bright eyes and blue hair was enjoying breakfast in the morning light, and she greeted Brad leisurely, and did not seem to hear his question, until Brad showed a warning expression, she laughed mischievously, put down her knife and fork, and walked towards Brad, while fluently introducing the box office situation throughout Christmas.

The full-day box office was 130 million, "Special Effects Little Old Man" opened 3,900 films, the box office on the first day did not exceed 10 million, and the start was 8.7 million, losing to "Dogs and Ex-Wife", Good Dogs had a box office of 140 million on the first day, and 4,000 pictures opened, proving that the Christmas file is still a more suitable film for family fun, "Adam. Sandler and another "Friends" actress's fantasy comedy film also performed well, with a 9 million start, 2,900 openings, and the museum is still higher than Brad, however, Brad is not the only one who is disappointed. Cruise, as unlucky, his World War II film opened 3,000 times, and only got 6 million starts. "Although the good figure and violent. Lu's dress, including her intimate interaction with Brad, suggests that the girl seems to be just a gold digger next to Brad, but judging from the memory and eloquence shown by her fluent retelling of the box office results, and the sense of humor shown by those nicknames, it is clear that she is very well educated, and her IQ is definitely not low, and she is deeply favored by Brad - her appetite has already made the high-ranking movie mogul itch, but he did not turn his face and scold the blonde girl, but put on a helpless face, angrily and funny, opened his arms, asked the other party to take off his pajamas for him, and led him out of the room and sat in the jacuzzi.

"As for 'Blonde and Her Henchmen,' which you care about the most—" the pretty blonde lengthened her voice until Gray said, "Anita-", and she giggled, "Of course she's the bombshell of this Christmas, with 49 million on the first day, and 16.8 million at midnight, slightly better than 'Revenge of the Sith', second in the history of the midnight show, and first at the box office among the films premiering on Christmas, and it is a big break in this record--it's a pity, Marley & Me bumped into her, otherwise it would have been the new champion, and for now, it would have been the second place in the record. ”

49 million!

Although after knowing the number of 17 million, Brad was mentally prepared for the box office on the first day of "Monroe", but this number still made his heart beat and even felt a little out of breath......

- 49 million! 49 million at Christmas!

Whether it was the beautiful scenery of Koh Samui, or the intimate company of Anita, the senior escort girl he was pampering recently, could not prevent Gray's mood from going bad, he could no longer even enjoy the comfort of the hot tub, and there was a familiar throbbing pain in his temple, as if a tendon was being pulled around - this was also his old problem, Gray was prone to migraines once he had insomnia, but after knowing the box office figures for the midnight show last night, he didn't sleep well until he took two sleeping pills in the second half of the night, I barely slept for a few hours, and the migraine, which had signs from the time I got up just now, was finally catalyzed by this number and completely exploded, making him cover his head and unable to speak in pain.

Under Anita's massage and the soothing of the hot tub, this outburst was finally survived by Gray, but he still had no interest in speaking, just simply waved his hand at the medicine sent by Anita, and after hearing this very understanding professional escort quietly leave, he completely sank his face and came to his senses at the sunny scenery in front of him.

49 million, 49 million at Christmas...... Although he didn't have a computer at hand, Gray knew very well what this number meant, after all, he also relied on his own efforts to climb to this position step by step. Under Lansing's leadership, Paramount has produced many acclaimed and acclaimed box office blockbusters, and Gray knows no worse than anyone else about the film industry - maybe for Anita, "Monroe" simply broke a record, and the 49 million figure is the same as "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", "Harry". The first-day box office ratio of blockbusters such as "Potter" is still inferior, but for Gray, he began to have a headache as soon as he heard the phrase 130 million at the all-day box office, which means too much for those who know how to do it......

130 millionWhat is this concept? Generally speaking, the box office on Christmas Day will not exceed 100 million, and it is very good data to have more than 90 million, of course, these box offices are almost all divided by the top ten movies, simply except, about the top ten movies have a box office of 900, 10 million is also average.

"Marley and Me" has a premiere day box office of more than 10 million, basically not high or low, it doesn't seem to be very conspicuous in the summer file, but its performance at Christmas is very good, although if there is no "Monroe", it can get the first place in the history of the box office on Christmas premiere, but this data alone is not surprising to Gray, and even if "Monroe" takes 46 million, but the single-day market is still about 100 million, he will not be so surprised. But the fact is that because of "Monroe", the single-day box office was directly raised by 30 million, reaching a high of 130 million, and "Marley and I", which competed with "Monroe" in the same schedule, did not suffer much at the box office, and could still get 14 million, which means that the audience corresponding to the 30 million box office did not belong to the Christmas schedule, no matter what the reason, they did not plan to enter the cinema on Christmas Day, and because of "Monroe", they made an exception and changed their habits, Walked into the cinema and watched a movie at what was supposed to be a family reunion......

The midnight show can be regarded as a fan and fan show, as far as the cast of "Monroe" is concerned, almost all of the 17 million are Jennifer. Jefferson fans, there is certainly no doubt about this, in fact, this data alone is terrifying enough, and compared to the full-day market data, Jennifer. Jefferson's box office ability is even more frightening. According to the estimate of 10 yuan a movie ticket, the box office of 30 million is estimated to be 3 million, Gray doesn't want to count all these 3 million people on Jefferson's head, but compared with her last Christmas film, the box office on the first day climbed by about 30 million......

What does this mean? That means a lot! First of all, this means that this girl has opened up a new type of money-making - as long as she is beautiful enough and the quality of the film is high enough, even if it is a literary film, she can pull out a box office similar to that of a commercial film, and this road is still impossible for others to imitate, it is clear that in the current Hollywood A-list, there is no beauty similar to her coffee position, and those b-r and c-r who are beautiful with her or prettier than her do not have her acting skills and fame...... is only the local box office on the first day, which can basically cover the production budget of this film, if you just want money, the original team will make some well-known beauty biopics, even if you don't make so much money, Dameng will definitely not worry about gold in the next ten or twenty years.

Secondly, this also means that "Monroe" is not just a money-making movie, a successful movie, its box office is destined to be talked about by the mass media for a long time, this will be a social phenomenon, just like "The Lord of the Rings" and "Titanic", will form a fandom, and even drive the boom in fashion, technology, and culture. Jefferson has taken another step from a popular star to a symbol of the times, just like Michael Jeffrey. Jackson and Madonna represent one era, the Beatles and Elvis Presley represent another, just as Vivien Leigh, Greta . After Garbo, Hollywood spent an era of barren female stars, and the jade actresses in the 70s and 80s are still remembered very little, and many people even feel that with the progress of science and technology, there will never be James in the film industry again. Dean, Malone. Brando is such a superstar, but after "Monroe", even the most critical person can't help but admit it, Jennifer. Jefferson is such a character, this monster has dominated the big screen for seven years, and instead of showing any decline, she has become more and more courageous, and now she is unceremoniously extending her tentacles beyond the movies......

Why wouldn't the audience be interested in Jennifer. Jefferson Tired of It? Why doesn't she lose popularity? Why is her box office appeal so strong that it's even unreal? Gray can say some truths, such as the Jefferson team's excellent public relations skills, public opinion control, and rhythmic film marketing, as well as Jefferson's own acting skills, personal image, and her self-disciplined character, but he also has a very difficult point - why does she choose a good film every time? Why has she never met a crew that doesn't work well together? Why does she always get what she wants to do? Why did she never taste failure?

Anyone will fail, only Jefferson never will, in Beverly Hills, this has become the consensus of almost all filmmakers, especially this year, this point of view has received more attention and recognition - before Dameng's own investment in the production of "Unlucky Eros" and "Old Friends Have Money", it can only be said that there is no loss, a small profit, so most people still just think that 'anyone will lose, only Jefferson's film will not', but now, this sentence has been modified, 'Anyone will miss, Only Jefferson's pick won't,' and after tonight, "Marley & Me" and "Monroe" will surely be the best arguments for this view, especially "Marley & Me," which, together with "Twilight," has swollen the faces of almost all Hollywood's box office forecasters......

Thinking of "Twilight", although it was already November, Gray still couldn't help but feel a tightness in his chest: he had been in contact with this project for a long time, after all, this novel was a New York Times bestseller, and finding adaptation materials from these best-selling series of novels has always been a very important job for Paramount - Paramount has not had many best-selling series, which is indeed their weakness - "Twilight" has left a deep impression on Gray with its brain-dead plot, poor writing, and flat characters, So he was not optimistic about the prospects of adapting this novel from the beginning, and he did not participate in the bidding at that time.

is also because of his deep confidence in the quality of the novel, when the newly formed Big Dream won the film rights of "Twilight" at a relatively high price, Gray at that time still regarded it as Jennifer. One of the evidences of Jefferson's naïve impulsiveness, in his opinion at the time, Jennifer was just another lucky person, like all stars, when they became popular, they didn't know where the limits of their abilities were, and they always wanted to get involved in the production industry without knowing the sky, and the only result waiting for them was to exhaust their savings in the production industry, and then they had to be more active in filming - if they were smart enough, they would generally stop there, of course, it is not excluded that some people are particularly stupid, after being cheated countless times, And put money into it without changing your mind.

Of course, after that, Big Dream used several co-productions and two qualified films produced by himself independently, which made Gray somewhat different from Jefferson, but he was still very unoptimistic about the two main films produced by Big Dream in 07 and 08, especially "Twilight", from the casting stage, every decision seemed very outrageous to him - always with a gloomy face, obviously Bella, who was in the top position of the household, didn't know how thick the sky was, not to mention that his acting skills were not good, and Edward who was not very handsome...... And the feedback from the film's preview screening also proves his idea to some extent: almost every film critic has scolded the movie, and many people have described it as 'the most brainless youth film', 'Once Big Dream leaves Jefferson, it is simply useless', and the movie box office forecasting experts did not give too optimistic judgments, all of them thought that it was a street hit film scheduled for this year, and even Big Dream's relatively low-key and economical publicity was regarded as strong evidence - Big Dream must have known that this film was messed up, That's why they are so stingy in publicity.

Well, what happened next, there is no need to say more, from the midnight pre-sale, the data forecasting experts began to shut up, and when the box office of "Twilight" came out on the first day, let alone those experts, even Gray, who has never expressed his opinion on "Twilight" in public, but only has some feelings in private, has a feeling that his face is swollen......

Why is it selling like this? How can such a garbage film sell 200 million in North America? This is a complete irony of the American national aesthetic, and Gray even has a feeling of great disappointment with the next generation: This is the movie you like? I'm sorry, but I don't understand!

How much did Big Dream make on this movie? The budget announced for this film is only 40 million US dollars, and it is completely profitable in North America alone, and it is completely net income overseas, and at least until now, "Twilight" has performed equally well overseas, and the global box office must have exceeded 300 million US dollars, and "Twilight" has a sequel - it is a series of movies!

Why is Twilight so popular? Because the new generation of movie audiences has grown up, and with the development of the Internet, more and more precocious children have turned their interest to the love between men and women very early, but their mental maturity is not enough for them to understand those complex plots, the plot and selling points of "Twilight" just meet their needs: mysterious, evil vampires, unpredictable fate and special heroines, they don't want an interesting story, the simpler the storyline, the better, the less brain-burning the better, They just want to watch handsome men and beautiful women fall in love and play cool against a mysterious background, and then have some tragic scenes as a stimulus.

Why is Big Dream so low-key in its publicity? Because this is a fan-type movie, and the age group of fans is extremely young, this also means that they are very receptive to the Internet, and will take the initiative to obtain movie information from the Internet, instead of waiting for the movie to do the marketing at the doorstep, judging from the box office trend of "Twilight", it is strong on the first day and strong in booking, but the decline is high, which shows that the people who should come to see it pay close attention to the schedule, and they will come to see it as soon as the movie is released, a typical fan movie, and the fan age group is still very small...... It also means that the sequel to "Twilight" is unlikely to fall very sharply at the box office, as long as nothing goes wrong, and its fans are fooled around, and their loyalty and purchasing power are very high - the kind of fan base that studios dream of......

In front of the dazzling box office of "Twilight", if Gray can't analyze one, two, three, four or five, then he might as well not be the CEO, but, even if the factors of its success are analyzed, it is not so easy to follow the trend, after all, the success of "Twilight" is because it comes from a very high-quality IP, at least in similar novels, it is the longest on the best-selling list, it is not easy to find an IP that is as popular as it, and if you want to develop a new series by yourself, the risk is high……

After "Twilight", Gray really began to face up to the big dream, and also put away his contempt for "Marley and Me", although this movie is the most difficult pet theme, and the original IP story is weak, and the adaptation is difficult, but the critics' score is still quite good, and it will be released on the Christmas schedule, and the prospects are also relatively promising. However, he didn't expect that "Marley and Me" and "Monroe" were released at the same time, and they actually got such a dazzling box office - this shows that it is not a brainless and random decision for Big Dream to let his company's two films fight in the ring, they should have done preliminary research and concluded that "Monroe" would not squeeze the market of "Marley and Me" before making such a decision.

So, big dreams are not only Jennifer. Jefferson, a talented filmmaker, has also built an internal system that seems to be working well and has some ability, and judging by their performance in distribution this year, their progress in this area is quite amazing...... Coupled with the shocking 46 million of "Monroe", it is indeed difficult for Gray not to have a headache.

Even putting aside the company, just talking about Jennifer. Jefferson's recent films, "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" is 360 million in China and 820 million overseas, with a slight decline in China and a slight rise in overseas, coincidentally the same as "Pirates 2", the world is 1.18 billion, "Iron Man" is 400 million in China, 450 million overseas, and 850 million in the world, and it has not rushed to the 1 billion club, but in terms of its shabby □□, this data is already a big surprise - at that time, Gray was still humming songs all day because of this data, this is a movie co-produced by Paramount and Marvel, So he knows a lot about the box office, and the opinion inside Paramount is that although Jennifer. Jefferson doesn't have many roles, but she herself at least took on the 450 million overseas box office, and at least 100 million at the domestic box office was driven by her, after all, Iron Man and Robert Downey Jr. are not well-known overseas, and Jennifer is a strongman who can bring a literary film to the 200 million mark.

"Monroe" was 46 million on the first day, judging from Jennifer's overseas appeal, the data overseas and North America are at least the same, according to this momentum, 600 million in the world is a conservative estimate...... Even if A-R participates in a commercial film, the world can break 300 million, and the filmmakers are all going to have a celebration party, but what about Jennifer? In the past, her literary films could exceed 100 million in the world, but now? 300 million in the world is probably too low for her literary films......

Even though Hollywood is a place where there is no shortage of miracles and geniuses, Jennifer's great achievements still make Gray a little dizzy, this girl seems to live in the same world as everyone else, her achievements are exaggerated even in the movies, you really find it hard to believe that this person is really living by your side, really creating those great things, and it looks like they will continue to create - no matter how good you are, how hard you work, in front of such a person you can only admit defeat, It's like Steve Jobs changed the world with Apple computers, iPods, and so on...... As an ordinary elite elite, you really have a sense of powerlessness in front of this kind of person, not to mention whether you can do it or not, the problem is that you don't even have the idea of how to catch up with them, and you don't understand how they did all this......

Of course, if Jennifer is just an actor, then no matter how brilliant her results are, Gray will not feel threatened and dangerous, even if she has a close relationship with Disney, he will not care at all, to put it bluntly, after the box office of "Iron Man", even if Jennifer slaps him in the face, he will smile and offer her the right cheek to let her beat again: as long as she can perform Paramount's films, any sacrifice is worth it, just like Time Warner, using Warner's independent entire film library as a meeting gift, In exchange for the opportunity to invest in Jefferson's new movie, it is still envied by everyone - everyone knows that Big Dream must have fallen in love with a certain independent movie of Warner, and in Jennifer's eyes, it will definitely make a lot of money, but even after "Twilight", no one laughed at Warner Walking, because Warner got the opportunity to cooperate with Big Dream and Jennifer, it can be said that in Hollywood now, the only one that can beat 'Jennifer's pick' is the movie starring Jennifer herself......

However, Jennifer is not only an actor, she is also the owner of a production company - and what is even more annoying is that she is not only a genius actor, but also seems to be a genius boss, the three movies produced by Big Dream this year, even if you don't count "Iron Man", the North American box office can at least account for 7-800 million, according to the total box office of 9 billion per year in North America, close to 10% of the box office share, this data can even catch up with the last one in the six majors...... In some particularly unlucky years, the market share of the last few in the Big Six is hovering around 10%, and in terms of box office, the total profit cannot even be compared with Big Dream.

In Hollywood, no film manufacturer can say that they can sit back and relax, this is a particularly gambling industry, and the box office profit margin is microwave, and the payment is slow, but the amount of investment is huge, and it is concentrated in the early stage of production, which makes it easy for film companies to fall into the brink of bankruptcy because of several consecutive bad luck, and have to invest in the arms of giant media groups in the later stage of the development of the industry to seek protection, and therefore, Hollywood film manufacturers have changed from eight to seven, and eventually to six, There is no guarantee that the current Big Six will not become the Big Five or the Big Four at some point, maybe in the eyes of outsiders, the Big Six are high and unattainable, but only the top executives within the Big Six themselves know how difficult they are - since 2004, Paramount's road has been particularly unsmooth, there is a sense of disorientation, the effort to acquire DreamWorks does not seem to be so effective, and Marvel is also the same, they are almost negotiated, the shareholders suddenly changed their minds, and they are still in difficult negotiations, Gray even had a feeling that the matter was doomed to fail - for now, it was just his gut feeling, and he hadn't received any conclusive evidence yet, but if Marvel did get rid of Paramount's 'love network', he had a feeling that it would have to be related to Jennifer. Jefferson can't get out of the relationship, she suddenly became a shareholder of Marvel, but she didn't get closer to Paramount, and she didn't even want to star in "Iron Man 2", which is very suspicious...... In any case, he now has a feeling that he is having a hard time: Paramount's market share this year is okay, but in the long run, there is only one series of "Transformers", which is far from enough, without Jennifer, it is doubtful whether "Iron Man" can stand firm, and Paramount's annual production has never been able to go up, the output of 7-9 films a year is too low, Big Dream has made 3 blockbusters this year, and has developed "Iron Man" with himself, if they continue to go on like this, who knows how many years later, Will it try to squeeze into the ranks of the Big Six, replacing Paramount or Sony who lost "Spider-Man" as the new Big Six, or will Hollywood return to the Big Seven era, truly complete the transformation from an independent film company to a mainstream studio, and become a competitor that Paramount cannot underestimate......

As the only six remaining film companies, the relationship between the Big Six is indeed more delicate, it can be said that they are both friends and foes, and they often cooperate for only one reason, that is, to crack down on those small film companies that have the potential to threaten the status of the Big Six, which is also their tacit understanding: in Beverly Hills, the six big companies are already a little crowded, if there is nothing special, it is better not to add another one......

- Gray is sure, if it weren't for Big Dream's Disney background and rumors that Jennifer . Jefferson and Robert. Iger has an ambiguous relationship, after the rise of "Twilight", Disney will be the first company to take the lead in contacting this matter, but with Disney, everything is different, Warner and Big Dream are now working together to develop a new project, saving up to earn back the upfront cost, at least before the release of the new film, he will not make a move on Big Dream, and Gray originally still had a glimmer of hope to let Jennifer return to the arms of "Iron Man 2", plus he is not so optimistic about the future of Big Dream, so for the time being, he has not planned to come forward to help, I still plan to wait and see what happens, waiting for the day when the big dream falls down and can't get up.

But now, he can't wait any longer, Jennifer's box office appeal and film selection vision make him feel deeply threatened, especially the good results of "Twilight" and "Marley", which makes him have an ominous feeling: the schedule and number of theaters opened in "Marley" prove that Da Meng has an accurate vision and is very confident in his own judgment, and has entered a mature distribution department, and the success of "Twilight" and the commendable points in the marketing process make him feel his old age...... He is in his 50s this year, and his grasp of the taste of the new generation is destined to be inferior to Jennifer who is still in the 20s, even if he knows the reason for the success of "Twilight", he still does not have the confidence to pick out the second "Twilight......

Yes, although he didn't want to admit it, Gray couldn't help but face the reality: in front of the newborn calf of Big Dream, he, the tiger, actually felt a little weak......

What if you give Big Dream another five years? What about 10 years? Will Big Dream really become the seventh biggest in Hollywood? Will it really even want to acquire Paramount? Don't say Jennifer. Jefferson can't do it, and you have to admit that there are people in this world who are born to work miracles, that is, people who can break through your imagination again and again and leave you dumbfounded. Jobs is like that, Jennifer. The same is true of Jefferson......

Yes, after knowing the first-day box office of the miracle of "Monroe", Gray has unconsciously equated Jennifer and Jobs, and he has applied some of the phenomena of Jobs to Jennifer to reason: Jobs himself is the best spokesperson for Apple products, the best signboard, and many people in the younger generation don't look at whether Apple's products are cost-effective, as long as they are produced by Jobs, they will immediately rush to buy them. And those viewers don't seem to care about Jennifer at all. What exactly is the subject of Jefferson's films, as long as it is her film, they will go out of the house and enter the movie theater at a time when they usually don't even think about it, and only buy Jennifer. Jefferson's Movie Ticket ...... It's like Steve Jobs and Apple have become one, Jennifer. Jefferson and her films, and her company, also seem to have a trend of merging into one, and now she has just managed to let the audience go out to see her own movie, five years from now, ten years from now, will the audience just go out of the house to watch the movie of Big Dreams regardless of the time period and subject matter?

Who can guarantee that she can't?

Although the water temperature of the jacuzzi has been kept constant, people are not aquatic animals after all, Gray's fingers quickly wrinkled, and after soaking in the water for a long time, his heart began to feel a little stuffy, however, Paramount's 'domineering president' did not mean to get up to enjoy breakfast, he sat cross-legged in the jacuzzi for a long time, and then slowly opened his eyes, slapped the water with his hand, stirring up a shallow layer of waves.

“…… Gotta her. He said to himself, "yes, gotta her......"