The Party

The next day, the news of Mission Impossible's box office explosion appeared in the newspapers immediately, as well as the praise of countless moviegoers.

But don't think that these are free, and the follow-up promotion cost of 10 million yuan, in addition to media promotion, also includes the role of silencing film critics.

Otherwise, commercial blockbusters, bad reviews are absolutely indispensable.

If you don't feed them, they will frantically give Mission Impossible bad reviews on paper.

And this kind of public relations can only be managed for a week.

However, what Warners and MGM are fighting for is only the first week. The box office in the first week is the most profitable time. At this time, whoever dares to criticize will naturally usher in their blow.

As for the latter, after the box office began to decline, with the previous box office results, the impact of bad reviews is not so great.

...

At the same time that Warner and MGM made their move, the theater side saw the popularity of Mission Impossible and couldn't sit still.

The commercial blockbuster is the movie with the widest audience. After learning that Mission Impossible's box office was a big hit and the word of mouth was also good, the theater chain decisively took measures to squeeze the number of screens of other underperforming movies, and added it to the list. Among the number of Mission: Impossible screens.

Under such circumstances, the box office was released the next day.

Mission Impossible's box office hit a new high, reaching a terrifying box office score of around 29 million, a figure that stunned everyone.

...

CAA Building.

Looking at the achievements Kevin and Cruise have created together, Ovitz immediately regretted it.

A director whose creation of movies has exploded one after another is definitely an extremely valuable resource in Hollywood.

Unfortunately, such resources were forced away by the strong attitude of their CAA.

Countless thoughts rose in my heart, and finally, Ovitz picked up the phone and called Cruise.

"Hey, Cruise, congratulations on your movie hit."

"thanks!"

Cruise was a little confused. Generally, Ovitz wouldn't call him to congratulate him on this kind of thing.

"The movie is a big hit, do you want to hold a party? It's best to invite Kevin and other heroes over, and the cost of the party will be handed over to CAA."

Ovitz suggested.

Cruise understood what he meant. Although Kevin had turned against CAA, it was not irreversible.

Build a reconciliation channel for CAA and Kevin, and he is willing to be the reconciler.

"Okay, leave the matter to me."

Hanging up the phone, Cruise decisively called Kevin and asked him to come to the party hosted by him.

Similarly, in addition to Kevin and the heroine, those who participated in this party also included some people from MGM, Warner, Paramount, and other Hollywood stars.

The biggest role of this kind of party is to give them better opportunities for cooperation.

....

Received the second day's box office results, and also received a party invitation from Cruise.

Kevin was completely relaxed.

As a director and an investor, he is under the greatest pressure. If he fails, he will not only lose money, but also reputation.

A director who never fails and a director who has failed have a very different reputation.

Reflected in the outside world, the biggest gap is to attract investment.

Kevin, who has succeeded three times in a row, now has the ability to pull up a big production by himself. With his fame, even if he does not cooperate with other film companies, he can still make a big investment film by himself.

There are people out there who want to invest in his new movie.

Of course, outside investment is not the same as Hollywood's investment, he is very clear.

A big production, if there is no investment from Hollywood giants, I don't know how much trouble there will be in the middle.

Buyers burn film, rating restrictions, public opinion suppression, all kinds of trouble do not know how much more.

The reason why Kevin has never encountered these troubles is because he is very knowledgeable about sharing benefits.

The first film, Chainsaw, gave New Line the bulk of its profits, and Warner Bros. got a piece of the pie through overseas distribution.

The second movie was simply New Line and Warner investing together.

The third film, not to mention, is an investment from the three giants Warners, Paramount, and MGM.

In Hollywood, if you get the investment of these three companies and you get trouble, it will undoubtedly be a provocation to these giants.

No one can afford the counterattack of the Big Three.

This has made Kevin's development so smooth.

Three days after the party, Kevin took advantage of this rare opportunity to get in touch with Nicholas Kevin and Robert Downey Jr.

.....

Three days later, Kevin happily went to the party held by Cruise.

As for Julie, because of her menstrual period, she was unwilling to go out and rested in the villa.

Because of the expansion of the scale, the party was not held at Cruise's home, but at the Hollywood Hotel.

Kevin walked into the hotel generously.

Thanks to Kevin's current status in Hollywood, as soon as he entered it, many bosses or executives of the film company came over, got close to Kevin, and handed him his own business card.

Looking forward to Kevin having the opportunity to work with them.

Facing the enthusiasm of these people, Kevin dealt with them one by one. This enthusiasm lasted for more than ten minutes, until Cruise came here, and the crowd dispersed.

Looking at Kevin's helpless look, Cruise said with a smile:

"Get used to this early, Director Kevin."

"With your success as a director, there's only going to be more and more of these people coming in and trying to get involved in your new film venture."

To be honest, even Cruise himself wants to invest in Kevin's next film.

In the same sentence, whether a movie will be a bad movie or not, the actors are the most emotional.

Shooting Kevin's film made him feel his progress and passion, and he had never been so dedicated to a film.

From that time on, he knew that Kevin would not fail.

At least, Kevin won't fail until this passion for movies wears off.

However, his investment ideas were held down by his investment manager.

In Hollywood, investing in movies is an extremely risky business.

I don't know how many directors have made movies with their own money and ended up going bankrupt.

Sometimes Hollywood studios don't welcome their investment, but they don't dare to invest anymore.

This is why Kevin can easily get a 30% investment share.

They are also afraid that the film will fail and cause major losses.

Facing Cruise's words.

Kevin exhaled and adjusted his mood.

Only at this time did he know that he really had a huge reputation in Hollywood.