At 10 a.m., Mia Koschner arrived at Daenerys Studios in Malibu half an hour early for the "Soul Shifter" production meeting.

Nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress for "Little Women" and now with a blockbuster like "Guillotine Valley", Mia Koschner has become one of Hollywood's fastest-rising emerging actresses, and until now, the girl is only 21 years old.

Many actresses are 21 years old, and they may still be waiting for a vase opportunity in Hollywood.

Mia Koschna, who was born as a child star, can appreciate the preciousness of her career line.

Brought someone to the No. 3 office building of the administrative district with Shirley, the maid of the Wei family who was equipped for her, and the others had not yet arrived, and the staff in charge of reception were even a little surprised that the actress with the biggest coffee in "Soul Shifting Girl" could arrive early, but Mia couldn't tell some of her careful thoughts.

The two waited in a break room for the time being, and the waitress Shirley made a phone call to go out, and after a while, she shook her head in Mia's expectant gaze and said, "That side, Mr. Westeros is attending a meeting, and he only replied that he would mention it for us." ”

Mia's eyes suddenly showed a disappointed expression, and she was very resentful.

I came to Daenerys Studios in advance, of course, to meet him, but unfortunately I couldn't.

Speaking of which, one thing that Mia would never reveal to anyone else is that she and he have never slept until now, so it is a bit unworthy of the name that everyone takes it for granted that she is one of his many lovers.

Entering this circle, she has been beautiful since she was a child, Mia has also encountered a lot of entanglements along the way, and after meeting him, these covets have all disappeared, and it is a miracle to be able to live like a princess in Hollywood, so deep down, Mia has a feeling of attachment to the man who can be counted on one hand since she met.

Security.

The man didn't have time to see him, Mia was lost for a while, and when Shirley brought her a cup of coffee and handed over a copy of today's latest Hollywood Reporter magazine, Mia finally cheered up some of her spirits.

That's when I remembered that today was Friday.

From July 4th to July 11th, an eight-day solo day holiday box office week ended.

Today's Hollywood Reporter singled out the last eight days as a box office week, largely because last week's three major new films were released a day earlier on Thursday, July 4, rather than Friday, so this week's numbers overlapped with the previous one-day box office week.

In any case, the key is the box office.

In the face of the sniping of the three new films "Birdcage", "Brave Island" and "Phantom Wizard", in the past eight days, "Guillotine Valley" still won the first place in the single-week box office list, earning $46.73 million in eight days, if you subtract the $9.22 million on July 4, the seven-day revenue data of the next week was $37.51 million, a year-on-year decrease of only 27%.

Within two weeks of its release, Tim Burton's critically acclaimed fantasy horror film had grossed $88.9 million.

The second place is still not the turn of last week's several new films, but continues to be occupied by "007: Ghost Party".

In the fourth week of its release, "007: The Ghost Party" earned $35.62 million at the box office in the first eight days, minus $8.19 million on July 4, and other receipts in the past were $27.43 million, also because of the significant increase in the number of moviegoers during the Independence Day holiday, the box office fell by only 29%.

Nearly a month after the opening of the film, the cumulative box office of "007: Spectre" officially exceeded the $200 million mark, reaching $211.42 million.

Last week's July 4th was the last heavyweight film opening week in the summer of 1996, whether it was "Birdcage" or "Death Island" or "Phantom Wizard", they were all quite heavy, and then, because the Atlanta Olympics were coming, there would be no blockbuster-level films in this summer file.

This actually means that whether it is "Guillotine Valley" or "007: The Ghost Party" or even other films from the previous ones, they resisted the impact of last three new films, and then they can harvest the box office relatively calmly

Therefore, according to the calculation that "007: The Ghost Party" can maintain a box office volume of 27.42 million US dollars in 7 days last week, plus the film's local box office successfully exceeded the $200 million mark, the estimated local 300 million is basically only a matter of time. The previous $150 million domestic expectation for "Guillotine Valley" also proved to be quite conservative because of the good performance of the following week.

All this, in the final analysis, is based on the announcement of the failure of the three highly anticipated new films on July 4.

After the top two on the list, Disney's "Brave Island" finally got the third place, however, compared with the Michael Bay version of the box office word-of-mouth double harvest, this time "Brave Island", because only Sean Connery was retained, the other two main creators Michael Bay and Nicolas Cage were all launched, and even lost the control of legendary Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and the overall media score after the film opened last week was only 6.1 points.

As for the many easter eggs deliberately planted by the producer in the film to link Sean Connery with the first generation of 007, they were also criticized by film critics for being suspected of gaining popularity.

After all, the real "007: Ghost Party" is being screened.

As a result, this blockbuster action blockbuster, which cost $70 million to create, opened on July 4, and finally earned only $26.59 million in the first eight days of the week.

Of course, such a result is not a box office failure, but it is far below Disney's initial box office expectations of more than $40 million in the first week, after all, it is with the blessing of the Independence Day holiday, and it did not even get $30 million in the first 8 days, which is not a success in any case.

Moreover, if there is no pressure from "Guillotine Valley" and "007: Ghost Party", relying on the next long-term line, "Brave Death Island" may still be able to impact the 100 million yuan box office club, and now, this possibility is really a bit slim, and the final local box office is more likely to be between 70 million and 80 million US dollars.

Counting the $30 million publicity and distribution expenses, the budget scale of "Brave Death Island" and "Guillotine Valley" is exactly the same, but compared with the cumulative box office of "Guillotine Valley" of up to $88.9 million in two weeks, "Brave Death Island" is undoubtedly much bleaker.

The fourth place on the list was won by MGM's same-sex comedy "Birdcage".

In the first eight days, "Birdcage" opened with a box office of $23.91 million. Compared to the $31 million production cost and the first-week box office of more than $20 million, this mid-budget comedy is certainly a success. It's just that, compared with the excellent results of the ninth annual box office in the original time and space that exceeded 100 million yuan, in the face of a series of blockbuster squeezes, the local box office of "Birdcage" is expected to be 60 million US dollars, of course, it is a bit unsatisfactory.

This is also something that can't be helped, after all, the capacity of the film market is limited, and the reality is so.

Last week's last new film, "Wizard of the Mirage," occupies the fifth spot on the list.

However, although Sony's $47 million comic book adaptation occupied the fifth place, the box office in the first 8 days fell directly from the top few, and it did not even enter the 10 million dollar range, and only a pitiful $9.43 million box office in the first week, once again becoming a box office dud for Sony Pictures.

After the success of the DC Cinematic Universe, in recent years, many studios have tried to produce comic book films, but unfortunately they have all failed.

Sony is simply repeating the failure again.

After three new films last week, the latest week starting today, only one Eddie Murphy's "Fat Professor" in the North American market officially opened.

Speaking of which, "Fat Professor" used to be a film produced by Universal Pictures, and it also entered the ranks of the previous life of the annual box office list, even if the cost is a little high, it is still a big hit.

Because of his own production plan, Simon did not take over the film again, but personally handed it over to Fox Films. Although blockbuster movies have risen rapidly in recent years, relying on the aura of the former "Beverly Detective" series, Eddie Murphy has still maintained the ranks of Hollywood first-line male stars for a long time, and the production budget of "Fat Professor" finally reached $54 million, which is a blockbuster in Fox's summer file.

It was released on July 12, also out of consideration to avoid competition.

The film's initial budget was $4,000, which can be said to have overspent by 14 million, and it is said that Murdoch has a lot of complaints about this, after all, the thing is obvious, the $54 million budget, plus the $20 million publicity, unless there is a small box office miracle, otherwise, even if the local market only breaks 100 million, it is not easy for the film to recover its cost through theatrical distribution.

After all, Eddie Murphy is black, and the box office appeal overseas is very unstable.

In fact, Simon also did this consideration, and did not transfer the project to MGM, which was closer, but to Fox.

However, since it has been able to break into the top ten at the annual box office, even if the times change and the same main creative lineup, the box office performance of this movie should not be too bad, and it should not be too difficult for Fox to make a small profit.

Mia Koschner somewhat casually flipped through the box office data and other movie information on today's "Hollywood Reporter", and the time also came to 10 o'clock, and the crew members of "Soul Shifter" arrived one after another, and everyone went to a conference room next door to start today's production meeting.

Compared to the $40 million production budget that was once clearly out of control, Simon only gave $20 million this time.

Because of its tendency to be a literary film, even with the Oscar nomination for Best Actress, "Guillotine Valley" has just exploded, and Mia, who is the most valuable, only received $2 million this time, and Angelina Jolie, although her performance in the audition stage was amazing, so much so that director James Mangold insisted on using the other party on the premise that he knew that the actress's appearance was contrary to the aesthetics of the big boss, but this time he only gave a salary of $100,000.

In addition to the two heroines, because of the high quality of the films produced by Daenerys Entertainment, the other characters who have joined one after another, even if they are already well-known in Hollywood, basically only get the basic salary of the union.

Everyone is just trying to show their faces, and whoever wants to make money from this literary film that is said to be of special attention to Simon Westeros is really crazy.

James Mangold himself also only has a directing fee of $1.5 million this time, which is one notch lower than Mia, but as a director, screenwriter and producer, James Mangold also signed a sharing clause, as long as the film is a commercial success, it can also get good income in the future.

This is the first production meeting after the crew is complete, everyone introduces each other and gets acquainted with each other, and each talks about their understanding of the script, and the time flies quickly in everyone's discussion, and before you know it, it is already 12 o'clock at noon.

At the end of the meeting, everyone began to disperse.

As soon as Mia got up, two other girls had already come up, not Angelina Jolie, who was obviously a little out of place, but the two supporting characters of the film, one named Brettney Murphy and the other Cady Stryland.

Cady Stryland asked very familiarly, "Mia, do you have any other arrangements for lunch, how about having lunch together?"

Having been involved in the circle since she was very young, Mia certainly knew the intentions of the two women approaching her, and she was not the only one who had tried to do so in recent years.

Although she has a quiet appearance, Mia is not the kind of character who likes to reject people, but she is very lively in private, quietly looked at the two women a few times, and confirmed that it probably did not meet a certain man's preference, so she smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'm planning to go to Venice Beach to eat seafood, let's go together, well, I'm in for a treat." ”

Seeing Mia's promise, Brettney Murphy hurriedly said, "How can this be done, of course it is me and Cady for a treat." ”

Saying this, the two girls unconsciously have huddled around Mia, directly driving the girl out, no longer giving others a chance to talk, Mia seemed to be unconscious, picked up her white Hermes bag, and finally nodded goodbye to the others, and walked out of the conference room with a smile with the two women.

As soon as she went out, the maid Shirley was already waiting outside the door, and when she saw Mia following the two girls, she was slightly stunned before she stepped forward and said, "Mia." ”

Mia Koschna was a little confused: "Huh?"

Shirley gestured and simply said directly to the other two women, "I'm sorry, can you let us say a few words alone?"

The other two girls also knew Shirley's identity, and compared to Mia, they were a little more inexplicably in awe, of course, there was no problem, saying that they would wait at the elevator entrance.

"That's right," said Shirley, who waited for the two girls to walk away, and then led Mia out of some of the rooms that had been entered, "Let's go over quickly, Mr. Westeros said he was going to have dinner with you, right over there in the dining room." ”

Mia, who had lost hope today, heard this, her eyes lit up, and she subconsciously nodded her head, remembering the two girls not far away, and said, "I'll talk to them." ”

Shirley nodded.

The two walked to the elevator together, and Mia regretfully found a reason to be perfunctory, so she hurriedly left with Shirley.

The two daughters of Brettney Murphy, who came downstairs, saw that Mia and the two did not go to the parking lot after going downstairs, but walked to another place in the administrative area, and they both understood something, but they could only express envy.