Chapter 99 - The Biggest Opponent

"Oh." Louise sighed. It's a good thing that she can think that way. At least it won't be as heavy as she was worried about.

"You are right. There is no doubt about the value of "saw". But our threat is not just four movies released on the same day. The next two weeks are the ones that will be released on a large scale. It is our biggest opponent."

"You said," Laila asked her to sit down on the sofa next to her and asked Demi to serve two drinks. If you don't let her relax, she feels like she will faint in a hurry.

After taking two sips of Demi's coffee, Louise continued: "The second week of November is "Midnight Garden of Good and Evil". You should have heard of this novel. It has been on the bestseller list for five consecutive years. The director is Clint Eastwood, and among the actors, I know there are John Cusack and Kevin Spacey."

Laila nodded and said that she knew that Kevin Spacey won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1996 and won many awards in later generations. He is an actor with a lot of acting skills.

Saw can't win the box office of $100 million only in the first week. The second week and the third week are the key points. If it is divided into the box office by other intense movies, even classic movies may considerably shrink in the box office. After all, you don't have to go to the theater to watch a movie. In the future, you can buy or rent a cd to watch. It's just that Laila's bet will be in trouble.

"We had more trouble in the third week, "Alien 4" was released. I really can't think of a place where we can beat it." Louise shook her head with a wry smile.

Laila took a sip of tea and fell into deep thought.

Because of her relationship, the "saw," which was supposed to be released a few years later, was produced ahead of time and unfortunately hit a box office bomb like Alien 4.

As Louise said, if she wants to achieve a box office of 100 million, she must ensure that the large-scale screenings in a few weeks have a good income. Otherwise, the theater will only give the screens allocated to her to others. The lack of screens means that the box office will be more compressed, which is not the result she hoped.

Alien is a good film, but also a classic movie. Even after a few decades, it will still make people watch with relish. It was released in 1979 and won more than 100 million box office at a cost of $11 million. You know that was $100 million in 1979, not $100 million after inflation today.

 The Alien allowed the crew to win the best visual award at the 52nd Oscar in 1980 and also made the starring Sigourney Weaver a first-line actress worldwide. The director Ridley Scott is a great director. He not only filmed the alien series but also has many masterpieces, such as Black Hawk Fall, Gladiator, Blade Runner, Prometheus, and the controversial Kingdom of Heaven. And many more.

Louise was right. Compared with her side, there is really nothing to beat.

The heroine Sigourney Weaver is an absolute acting school, an Oscar-level figure, and played an essential role in the later generations of Avatar.

The alien screenwriter Joss Whedon may not have heard his name very much, but if you talk about the wood house and the Avengers, not many people don't know it. That's right. Those are all his self-edited and directed works!

With this combination, Laila can't say that she can surpass others no matter how arrogant. All she can rely on is her rebirth experience and mastery of the future.

But no matter how strong the opponent is, she doesn't think it's as good as Louise said. In her opinion, they are not entirely hopeless.

"Louise, I think you have calculated a wrong thing." Laila, who was thinking thoroughly, smiled again with "everything under control".

Louise raised her head and looked at her blankly: "What is it?"

Laila smiled slightly: "Alien is very powerful and has produced good results, but that is Ridley Scott's work. The director of Alien 4, Jean-Pierre Jeunet? Who is he?"

If it's Ridley, maybe Laila will find it a bit tricky. After all, they are the real prominent director. But Jean-Pierre Jeunet, a director from France with no masterpiece, is there anything she should be afraid of?

A good director can turn a bad script into a divine drama, and a random director can also turn a good script into a bad movie. Being selected to replace Ridley as the director of Alien 4, of course, shows that this person does have some ability. But in terms of ability, Laila is also not lacking. It can be said that they are on the same starting line.

As for the fan effect caused by Alien's previous work, it will bring a lot of box office. In Laila's view, it is also a double-edged sword. The same creativity is repeated, and there will be fans who feel bored. And diehard fans will be dissatisfied with the change of directors. Even if the French director works hard, he will be compared with Ridley and maybe tragically stabbed.

These invisible smoke will undoubtedly be reflected in the box office, so Laila believes that she and Alien 4 are not without the power of a battle.

And for Laila, who knows the future, whether it is a movie that has changed from a best-selling book or a sequel to a popular film, it is the shipwreck she cares about! "Titanic" that made James Cameron the king of the world!

If this movie hits her date, she promises to advance or postpone her movie's screening date regardless of anything. Thanks to the lack of confidence in Cameron and his shipwreck, the premiere will be held in Tokyo on November 1st. When the shipwreck that hit Tokyo continued to crash into other countries and returned to the North American side to be shown, the release date of "saw" will also pass by.

Louise looked at Laila dumbfounded as she had met her on the first day. What she saw in her eyes was not a nineteen-year-old girl but rather like a queen looking high above all beings. This reminded her of what she was like when she was nineteen years old. She was also an ideal girl at the time. She had already set the film path and knew that she would work hard to learn more about film to enrich herself.

But the reality is that she didn't have the chance actually to make her favorite movie until nearly ten years later. Reynolds and Cooper at that time, the newborn phoenix at that time…

All kinds of memories appeared in her mind, making her eyes hazy.

"Laila, I will support you." Even if it is a cliff in front, she will make herself a stepping stone, even if it can make her move forward. She wants to see the scenery ahead!

Looking at her solemn expression, Laila smiled and raised the teacup in her hand: "I believe we will have a bright future." A future that no one else would want to destroy anyway!