Chapter 597： Internal invitation

After negotiating a contract with David Strathairn, Lyman asked Ryan to choose locations for filming.

Except for the actors, most of the preparatory work of the crew was caused by similar trivial matters.

Fortunately, "No Country For Old Men" doesn't require frequent transitions, and there are no big scenes. If you really want to shoot it, it's actually a relatively relaxed type.

On the contrary, another project that Firefly is preparing, "Three Hundred Spartans," is very complicated to shoot.

In order to show the footage that Director Zha wanted, more than 90% of the film was shot on green screen without real scenes, and then slowly cut out and rendered in the later stage, which is also a test for the actors in it.

The test will not fail when performing under the background board.

On this day, Ryan personally went to Texas and New Mexico to select locations for the crew and set up a shooting studio on the spot, while Lyman wrote down the expected shooting schedule in the company with a pen.

Among them, there is a reference standard for whose scenes to shoot first, which scenes to focus on, or the needs for scenes.

The establishment of this form is not for the convenience of the director, but to let the shooting team and actors know how to coordinate the shooting and arrange their own affairs.

It won't happen when the time comes, and I don't know anything with a black eye.

The modern film industry has developed to this day, and it is becoming more and more normalized, but it has reduced the so-called "ingenuity".

And every time I write this shooting plan, I actually sort out the whole project from the beginning, like going through it in my mind first to increase the orderly purpose.

Of course, there are always surprises in the world, and it is impossible to work exactly as intended.

But there is a reference standard, no matter how you say it, it will not be useless,

Just as Lehman continued to advance the project of No Country for Old Men in an orderly manner, Paramount convened another high-level meeting,

This is very common in large companies that always like to meet and discuss, but the things to talk about are still unusual.

Today's executive, Shirley Lansing, sat around a table with several of the board's representatives, not speaking.

The executive of the distribution department sitting in the center is calmly holding a report of statistical data.

In a calm tone, there is an undisguised joy.

This is the total box office data for "Mrs. & Mrs. Smith" compiled by the overseas offices.

"Has it broken 300 million?" A shareholder representative frowned slightly, but it also interrupted the sense of showing off that the issuing executive wanted to have some suspense.

"Of course."

In the second week overseas, it won 71.5 million US dollars, and the total overseas box office was 150.3 million. In addition to the total harvest in North America, which has reached the fourth week, the world has successfully exceeded 300 million, with a total of 308 million US dollars.

And the decline remains at less than 30%, and imdb also has an average audience rating of 7.0.

Everything is undoubtedly telling that the film quality of "Mrs. Smith" has withstood the test of the market, and, the next box office will be recorded, and the total landing point will not stop here.

Everyone was a little relieved.

You know, some company executives are still not optimistic that "Mrs. & Mrs. Smith" will perform well in a number of films during the Christmas schedule, and they are also quite critical of the company's large investment in resources. It's not bad to get 200 million in the collision between Magic Kingdom" and "King Kong".

But when the box office statistics for the first weekend came out, those who were not optimistic were all dumbfounded. For a film with a moderate investment, 50.21 million in three days must be quite a qualified result.

But I only feel that the box office can make a return, not much money.

In the original time and space, this movie also gave 20th Century Fox a surprise. It just relied on the popularity of the hot scandal and the quality reputation of the absolute pass, forcibly broke out in the summer season with a large number of movies.

Now that the publisher of "Mrs. and Mrs. Smith" has become Paramount, the competition in the schedule is a little less than that of the summer schedule. Even if the gossip couple does not join, the box office situation will not be much weaker than the original time and space.

Because the original work was too hyped up to gossip, it would also arouse the disgust of some passers-by and fans. Paramount was not keen on the hype, and generally just used ambiguous trails to attract the attention of the audience and then stopped.

Anything, the fear is too much.

Although in North America, the performance of "King Kong" at the end of the year was not good enough, but it was only compared to the top few works in the movie history rankings, and it still had a great impact on other movies of the same period.

But after "Mrs. & Mrs. Smith" passed 150 million in North America, there was not much box office potential to tap, and the number of screens was reduced to 20%, and it didn't matter.

Anyway, the rest is to see if overseas is strong enough and the stamina is not enough.

Fortunately, the movie did not disappoint those who were looking forward to it.

At the end of the second week overseas, the world has passed the 300 million mark, and no matter how you look at it, it can enter the ranks of the best sellers.

Now, I heard that the film has accumulated a global box office of 308 million US dollars. After the executives of the distribution department finished reporting, they sat in their seats and secretly looked at the expressions of several shareholder representatives.

During this time, the company is not peaceful.

The clamor for Shirley Lansing to step down is not the first time some shareholders have made proposals to the board.

However, the current situation is that it is possible to change the executive officer, but the real question is whether changing the person can improve the performance of Paramount Film and Television.

Apparently, the board is also hesitant.

After all, she took over the chairmanship of Paramount Pictures Group in 1992, and she did a good job in the first ten years, and now it seems that she has entered a period of confusion in the past three or four years, and suddenly she is not very good in production.

It's not that it's not brilliant, it's that Paramount, which has no series of movies to pretend to be, seems to be a little unfamiliar with Hollywood now.

Can't play anymore.

Shirley Lansing also sat quietly and listened to the report, but her mood was completely different from everyone else.

In addition to being dark, there is a great sense of relaxation.

Being able to deliver a very good performance to Paramount at the end of the year is also an explanation for the board of directors.

Not to mention, after the acquisition of DreamWorks, Paramount's project production will definitely usher in improvement next year.

After all, after Spielberg doesn't have to spend a lot of energy on managing the company's operations, even if he doesn't shoot the film himself, he can still produce very well as a producer.

Now, Shirley Lansing can almost imagine that the next period of time will be a quiet period for the company, and the wind direction will change, and when DreamWorks makes another achievement, her position will be more stable.

"Next, the focus of the distribution department is to continue to promote Mr. Well, that's it for now, let's all go to work."

Finally, Shirley Lansing concluded.

In the conference room, the most powerful executives spoke up, and several shareholder representatives kept silent as a matter of course, pushed the door and left.

In fact, as long as their interests are guaranteed, they don't want to find trouble.

After the meeting, Shirley Lansing asked an executive from the marketing department again, "What's going on there recently?"

The side Shirley Lansing was referring to was, of course, Firefly Pictures.

In her eyes has always attached great importance to Lehmann, and from the very beginning, she felt that he was a film and television talent.

Of course, I used to think I could control it, but later I found out that I couldn't control it and got annoyed for a while. Now, after resuming cooperation, I have been staring at it.

But Leiman likes to keep a low profile. Except for the sound when the movie is released, he can hardly feel his presence at other times. He doesn't like to participate in social gatherings, nor does he like to be interviewed. He can only know from the recent actions of his company that he is in. what to do.

The executive of the marketing department recalled the firefly news they had collected, and thought about their words before saying: "In the current situation, they have set up a few more movies, although the specific content is unknown, but in terms of investment amount, one of them has a budget of up to 7,000. ten thousand."

Shirley Lansing took a breath, "Do you think there is a possibility of cooperation? How about Warner?"

The marketing executive was just about to speak, but Shirley Lansing pretended to be confident: "Warner's project competition is far more fierce than Paramount, and since the November schedule, "The Goblet of Fire" and "Monster in the Lake" met. You can find out. So, we have a great chance. By the way, you will immediately contact me in my name and say that you will hold a celebration reception for the 300 million global achievement of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Remember, it is an internal celebration, and then invite him Come."