"Even if I convince Leonardo to join AG now and make him my client, and he is willing to follow my advice and not take more detours after success, but he will only think that these are normal, his acting career should be so smooth sailing, you let him thank me, he will only feel that this is what I should do, in this case, he may have too much sense of belonging to AG" Cameron wanted to say more, but was stopped by Leeter raising his hand.
"I know you must refute me, but do you listen to me first, do you say this just now, there is a very important premise that Leonardo must listen to me, but the question is will he listen to me, and our assumption now is that he succeeded because of the Titanic, and the opportunity for him to appear in this movie was not won by me, so why should he listen to me.
G will also be affected together, so you really don't need to persuade me anymore, for Leonardo, my attitude is that I would rather miss it than find myself some unhappiness now. ” Cameron saw that Leeter was so resolute that he had to give up his plan to persuade again.
Seeing that the two of them were no longer arguing about this matter, Winslet picked up the cordless phone next to the sofa, "I'm going to let the hotel bring breakfast, Mr.
Cameron, do you need one?"
Cameron shook his head, "Thank you, I've already eaten it." ” "Okay then."
Winslet stood up and walked to the side with her phone to order breakfast.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Cameron made a neck pinch gesture at Litter, and then lowered his voice and asked: "Since you think that Leonardo will definitely become famous because of the Titanic, then Kate must be in a similar situation, why are you willing to sign her at this time, don't tell me it's because she slept with you" "The key is not the problem of getting laid, but after signing Kate, I am sure that I can convince her to listen to me, and actresses are not the same as male actors, Titanic will make Leonardo a hot male star in Hollywood like Tom Cruise all of a sudden, but Kate will not become a popular actress like Julia Roberts all of a sudden, this movie will only help her become famous, and I am sure that I can help her go further, and even winning the Oscar is not impossible."
"Oscar-winning actress" Cameron snorted coldly, "You really dare to think about it" "Don't you want to," Litt asked with a smile.
Cameron replied unceremoniously: "Of course I want to, but I'm not going to be as arrogant as you." ” Litte clasped his hands, looking indifferent.
"I'm blind and arrogant, or let's make another bet, the Titanic will definitely sweep next year's Oscars, don't believe you wait and see."
Cameron also sent a ruthless shot, "If it's really like what you said, then I will be the first to thank you when I accept the award" "Then you have to think about your acceptance speech in advance, because you must have thanked me more than once that night" Cameron returns to the U.S. with a bet with Leett, only to be met with bad news right away.
On December 19th, there were also two high-profile films released at the same time as the Titanic, and these two films may become strong competitors of the Titanic at the box office in terms of both the scale of the release and the quality of the films.
At the same time, as the release date approached, the discussion in the media about the success or failure of the Titanic box office became increasingly intense, and as a staunch supporter of the Titanic's box office success theory, Litte was inevitably involved in this big discussion again.
At first, the media only discussed some things between Leete and the Titanic, but soon someone extended the topic to a series of actions recently made by Leet, from the new 007 movie that caused huge controversy some time ago, to the Red Flame Battlefield filmed by four big-name veteran actors and the Coen brothers, a non-mainstream director, almost all of them were taken out and judged.
The new 007 movie has only announced the choice of the actor so far, and George Clooney's non-British identity has once again sparked heated discussions, although fans protest that such a farce has not happened again, but the media has been criticizing MGM and AG in the newspapers every day, and they can't wait to directly label the movie as doomed.
The situation on the Red Flame Battlefield is slightly better, after all, the four old actors who starred in this movie were all actors who were once Hollywood's most shocking actors, although they are all old now, and their popularity is no longer what they used to be, but no one dares to directly despise them, not to mention that the director Coen brothers are also the most famous Hollywood filmmakers of their time, such a combination is put together, it is difficult to ignore its existence no matter what.
At the same time, the media's forecast for the film is showing a one-sided trend, with the majority of people not optimistic about the film, these people reason that the Coen brothers have never achieved much success in the field of commercial films, and the four leading actors of the film are too old, and Charlize Theron alone cannot attract young audiences, and such a film without too many special effects scenes has a production cost of up to $60 million, and it is unknown whether the investment will be recovered in the end.
Of course, there will be so many negative evaluations, all because in the matter of the Titanic, Leete's attitude has been targeted by the media, and it is not easy to seize such an opportunity, of course, he spares no effort to slander and attack.
In the back, even Cameron couldn't stand it, and actually called Li Teh in person to comfort him not to care too much about those statements in the media, and Li Tet joked to him that anyway, now that he has been attacked by the media as useless, then let the storm come more violently As if to verify Leet's statement, a week before the release of the Titanic, the sequel to the classic horror film Scream 2 was released and won $33 million at the weekly box office, which invisibly caused more pressure on the upcoming Titanic.
The unfortunate thing seems to have just begun, after the first weekend of Titanic's release, Monday's box office statistics did not surprise most people's expectations, and the cumulative revenue of the three days over the weekend was 27.6 million US dollars, which is very different from the scream 2 released the week before, and the cost of the latter is only one-eighth of the Titanic.
As a result, more and more people joined the army of ridicule and ridicule, and for a while, it seemed as if the whole world was waiting to see the jokes of Leete and Cameron.
After the box office statistics came out, Cameron's tone was full of all kinds of frustration when he talked to Li Tet on the phone that night, obviously Li Tet suffered the most attacks, but at this time, he asked Li Tet to comfort Cameron.
The two talked for a long time on the phone, and finally Littel's throat was dry, which persuaded Cameron not to easily conclude the success or failure of the Titanic.
Cameron on the other end of the phone was still sullen, while Leet hung up the phone like no one, and in his opinion, the show had just begun.
It's a pity that Leeter is saying such things now, including Kate and Charlize, who have been with him for the past two days, don't believe it, and the media doesn't believe it.
Even if the box office of Titanic has improved in the next few weeks, it will win a box office of between 100 million and 200 million at most, which is of no help compared to the high production cost of the film.
The film is destined to be a mess, and even Fox and Paramount are ready to bear huge losses.
Just when everyone was not optimistic, the box office of Titanic increased to 35.46 million in the second week of release, and still had more than 33.32 million in the third week.
At this time, the box office of the film was close to $100 million, but it was still far from recovering its costs.
Under normal circumstances, half a month after the film is released, the weekly box office will begin to decline, and the average movie will be released for another four or five weeks at most, and then it will be drawn by the theater to make way for the newly released movie.
The turning point happened in the next four or five weeks, when Titanic finally attracted its first outbreak after experiencing the initial inconspicuous box office growth.
In the fourth week of its release, the box office of the Titanic fell back to 31 million, which is not too unexpected, but in the fifth week, the box office rose against the market to 31.8 million, although it is only a small increase, but this is achieved at the stage when a movie is about to be painted under normal circumstances, and none of the new films released in the same period can check this number.
Everyone was dumbfounded, and even the media who got the box office statistics felt that there was a problem with the statistics, and after confirming that there was no mistake, many people were still comforting themselves, it was just an accident.
However, the long queues that began to form at the entrance of many movies have made many people with a keen sense of smell feel that this movie is unusual.
In the sixth week of its release, Titanic continued to maintain a box office income of more than 30 million, and this strong box office performance finally made some people feel uneasy.
In the next few weeks, Titanic showed an incomparably strong ability to resist declines, and the film continued to rise against the market with a performance of no less than 30 million per week, subverting the box office rules that a movie should follow when released in theaters again and again.
Finally, after Titanic won the North American weekly box office championship for 8 consecutive weeks, the two major theater companies responsible for the release of the film had to make urgent adjustments to continue to maintain the scale of the film's release, and even prepared to increase the number of screenings in some regions.
By the end of January 1998, the North American box office of Titanic had exceeded 300 million US dollars, and at this time, the mainstream media in North America cautiously began to assume that Titanic was likely to become the highest-grossing movie in film history, R1152 s t1706231537: