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While Duke was relaxing on vacation, Nancy Josephson was in frequent contact with executives from Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox, among others, to push forward new film projects, and the success of "Death Island" and the revenue share that could be obtained in the future gave her endless motivation.

Although he is far away in New Zealand, Duke still communicates with Nancy every few days, and officially names this sci-fi script that closely focuses on July 4th "Independence Day"!

"The tentative title of the project is 'Independence Day,' and the Independence Day holiday would be the most appropriate premiere date for the film."

In the face of many senior executives of Warner Bros., Nancy Josephson was more confident and stronger than before, she held the conference table with both hands, and said in an oppressive tone, "Time is already pressing, if Warner Bros. can't do everything to promote the review of the project, director Rosenberg will choose other companies as partners, you must know the ...... of Twentieth Century Fox"

The room was filled with Nancy's gushing voice, and according to her, "Independence Day" was simply the most sought-after project in Hollywood right now.

Warner Bros. executives are not stupid, and they are well-informed enough to know that Twentieth Century Fox has indeed been in contact with Nancy and Duke, and is still in the initial stage of review and wait-and-see, and has no clear intention of setting up a project; Walt Disney also approached Nancy Josephson some time ago, but the content of the conversation is unknown.

However, Jeff Robinoff and others are very sure that any company will be cautious about whether it is a joint investment or a public financing project that could cost $100 million.

"Nancy, this is a $100 million investment."

When the female agent's voice fell slightly, Jeff Robinoff, who represented Warner, said, "If you include the cost of publicity, the total investment is likely to be more than $130 million, and these Warners need enough time to research and review!" ”

"Jeff, let's not talk about the periphery of the film." Nancy Josephson's words are still strong, "Speaking of the box office alone, "Life and Death" only cost $15 million to make, but Duke used it in exchange for a total of $350.74 million at the box office!" Although the cost of "Death Island" has risen to $50 million, don't forget that the North American box office of the film is now $144.88 million! The overseas box office also exceeded 130 million US dollars, and the final box office could even hit 400 million US dollars! ”

"Let's watch Independence Day again!" Her words were like a series of cannons, "I admit that the quality of the script is average, and it is definitely a collection of all the vulgar elements of the summer file, but you can't deny that mainstream audiences like to watch these!" Moreover, Duke has also proven that he has the ability to turn a normal script into a blockbuster movie, and isn't the overwhelming explosion scene in "Independence Day" what he does best? ”

If it were a rookie director, Jeff Robinoff would definitely throw this script into the script library and never look at it again, but the problem is, Duke Rosenberg has already succeeded twice on a film of this roughly similar genre, and who would dare to say he can't succeed a third time?

He didn't want to be the fools of Twentieth Century Fox and push out what was possible.

In fact, Warner Bros. is still hesitant and has not yet started the formal review process, mainly because of the high cost of the system.

As a veteran agent, Nancy Josephson naturally understands Warner Bros. concerns.

"I have a building yì!" "Since Warner thinks investment and risk are too high, why not seek cooperation from outside?" I understand that even after the pre-approval, it takes time for financing and pre-sales, so what if Twentieth Century Fox gets on board? We can even bring in other film companies to invest together! ”

Cooperation between large companies is the norm, and it is also one of the most conventional ways to avoid investment risks.

After the negotiations, Nancy left Burbank and headed to the Fox Tower in Century City, and although Warner Bros. didn't say anything explicitly, she believes that as the box office numbers for "Death Island" continue to rise, the project will progress more and more smoothly!

Throughout June, the North American film market is basically dominated by "Jurassic Park", such as "Heroes", "Interview with the Vampire" and "Brave Island", which have already been quite gratifying at the box office, all of which have to stand back.

Eight weeks after its release, the North American box office of "Brave Death Island" finally broke through the $150 million mark, slowly coming to the figure of $152.24 million, and the number of theaters of the film has slipped to 500, and the box office of a single theater in a single week has dropped to below $1500.

The film's North American box office has reached $97.78 million, which is about to break through the $100 million mark, but the box office of a single theater in a single week has fallen by $500, which has long exceeded the psychological bottom line of $1,000 in theaters.

Even so, in the few remaining showtimes and theaters, the more than $2 million needed to break through the 100 million yuan mark is simply an impossible task to complete.

However, there will always be someone who will push the North American box office of "Interview with the Vampire" over 100 million US dollars, which is not only the difference of several million US dollars, for Hollywood, the box office of the starring and produced films is measured in tens of millions or billions, which are completely two concepts, and the next film may also enjoy a huge difference.

"$2.3 million isn't enough, Pat!"

In the Beverly Hills mansion, Tom Cruise is using the ultimate hair dryer on his agent, "If the film ends up just over $100 million and everybody knows we're fake, I'm going to increase that number to $4 million!" ”

"Tom, your salary for this film is only $15 million." Pat Kingsley was calm, "After deducting taxes and necessary expenses, plus the $3 million invested in the first week, are you going to spend $7 million on the box office of "Interview with the Vampire?" This means that your earnings on this film may be negative, and you have been working for the last year in vain! ”

"Money can be made again, but I want my movie to exceed 100 million at the North American box office!" Tom Cruise roared hoarsely.

Nicole Kidman, who has never had the right to speak, sat quietly in the corner of the reception room, only she knew how angry the arrogant Tom Cruise was, the two had several quarrels recently, and now they are still sleeping in separate rooms, every time she sees her proud and arrogant husband who does not know how to restrain herself, she feels that she has married him in the first place, it seems to be a wrong decision.

He is short-sighted and narrow-minded, and if there is no one around him to mention something, he will always do something brainless, which is simply ......

And what about Cruise's apparent opponent, Duke Rosenberg? Although she has not had a deep relationship, according to her observations and some words from Naomi Watts, she vaguely feels that this is a person with deep thoughts and independent opinions, and from the incident between him and Cruise, it can also be seen that as long as the other party seizes the opportunity, he will never let it go, and after the opportunity passes, he takes the initiative to retreat, like a harmless poisonous snake.

Psychologically mature, well-founded......

Thinking of this, Nicole Kidman suddenly felt that in addition to being more famous and rich, Tom Cruise seemed to be inferior to the young director in other aspects.

And money and fame can accumulate over time, and the only thing that young Duke Rosenberg lacks is time, right?

Time can always change too much, "Interview with the Vampire" in the ninth week of release, the box office suddenly surged, originally only less than $100,000 a day box office accumulation, suddenly rose to about $600,000, although the number can deceive the public, to the joy of Mr. Cruise's supporters, but it can't hide from the theater side, when this weekend passed, "Interview with the Vampire" was forced to be removed by the North American Theater Alliance, and the North American box office stopped at $103.26 million.

Duke also returned to Los Angeles from his vacation, where Nancy's coordination led him to meet with Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox executives, respectively, and the Independence Day project made initial progress.

At the same time, the screening of "Brave Death Island" in North America also came to an end, only ten days longer than "Interview with the Vampire", and after the Independence Day holiday, it was also forcibly kicked out of the theater because the box office of the single theater was not good for several days, and the potential was completely exhausted.

In the end, the North American box office of "Brave Death Island" was fixed at $157.52 million, Duke successfully refreshed the North American box office performance of "Speed of Life and Death", and the overseas box office of the film also performed well, and now the global box office is steadily moving towards the $300 million mark, according to the predictions of several professional organizations, the global box office will eventually surpass "Speed of Life and Death......

Two consecutive films have been a big hit, and Duke has also been noticed by many media and production companies, even swallowing MGM of United States, and also tried Nancy, wanting to invite Duke to direct the latest episode of the 007 movie.

If it was before "Life and Death", Duke would definitely follow, but now he did not hesitate to push it off, few directors who have opened up the situation in Hollywood will direct the "007" series, the film has a good reputation and a box office hit, for a director like Duke, it can only be regarded as icing on the cake at most, after all, few people will take credit for the director, and will only think that it is the power of the series.

If that fails...... It would be almost self-destructive for a film with such a wide fan base to fail.

What's more, Duke had already made a plan for himself!

After "Brave Death Island" was released, the film's work in North America also entered the final stage, and when the theater company divided the film into the account of the distributor Warner Bros., a new spoils conference also kicked off.

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