Chapter 97

After $14.31 million in the first weekend, the butterfly effect finally took the first place in the box office of North America, reaching $21.69 million.

In the living room of the apartment.

Simon looked at the box office data report, the first idea is the next box office trend.

According to the current media reputation of "Butterfly Effect", most people are not optimistic about the box office curve of the film, and Simon himself is not optimistic.

If the box office of "Butterfly Effect" falls by more than 50% in the second week, the total box office of the film in North America will only reach about $50 million, even though it has a high starting point of $21.69 million in the first week.

50 million dollars. Compared with the production cost of the film and the average data of this era, the box office performance is absolutely excellent.

The production cost of butterfly effect is US $10 million, and the actual publicity budget is usually half of the production cost. In this way, when the box office reaches US $30 million, fox has already started to make profits. What's more, there are also overseas distribution, later video and TV broadcasting revenues. Fox has made a lot of money in this project.

However, this is definitely not a good thing for Simon.

The reason why Fox and Orion approved the sharing contract between "death is coming" and "vulgar novel" is that they expect Simon to "keep up his efforts" after "Lola Run".

The box office of the first week of "Butterfly Effect" largely depends on the popularity of "Lola Run".

Now.

"Butterfly Effect" reputation has collapsed, if the next box office can not afford its high starting point in the first week. Then, Hollywood will completely regard "Lola Run" as an accidental success, and the aura blessing it brings to Simon will be invalid after "Butterfly Effect".

Next.

Although the contracts of "death is coming" and "vulgar novel" can't be reneged, it's obvious that Hollywood studios will not consider the aura factor of "Lola Run" in the process of Simon's promotion of other subsequent projects of daenerys film.

Even Simon's age disadvantage of less than 20 will be magnified again.

Without paying attention to the box office of other films, Simon puts aside his report and looks at the big screen opposite him carelessly.

On the screen is the Hollywood classic black and white film Casablanca.

As a high ranking movie on the top-250 of IMDB, Simon has seen it more than once in his memory. When Harry meets Sally, there are many details about the film, so I bought a video to review it.

Looking at Ingrid Bergman's bright eyes on the screen, Simon suddenly thought of what Janet and Neil had said before they left.

After a moment's hesitation, Simon takes the phone and leans on the sofa to dial a series of numbers.

As usual, after a series of beeps, the phone was picked up, and a kitten like hum came from the microphone, with obvious impatience.

Simon listened to the woman's reaction, but bent up the corner of his mouth, whispered: "baby, it's me."

In the bedroom of palisade's mansion, Janet huddled vaguely on the big bed of the bedroom, and the telephone line on the bedside table was pulled long enough to reach the bed.

Hearing Simon's voice, Janet picked up some spirit. She fished out a pillow beside her and held it in her arms. She seemed to hold someone, but she didn't forgive: "who's your baby? It's called Jenny."

Simon followed suit: "all right, Jennie."

Janet was immediately discontented and criticized, "I really don't have a position."

Simon smiles and says, "I just want to call you and say good night."

"What are you doing?" Janet asked, twisting herself under the covers, tightening her pillow in her arms

"The movie," Simon said, glancing at the big screen, "Casablanca."

"Because when Harry meets Sally?" Janet asked, and before Simon could answer, she said, "I've seen it before. However, I don't like this story very much. Everyone is very careful and not straightforward at all. "

Simon unconsciously also fished a pillow from the side, but just put it on his knee and said, "that must be because you don't understand."

"Well?"

"Actually, Casablanca is definitely the most obscure love story in Hollywood history, and the ending is perfect."

"Huh?"

Simon said with a smile: "you see, the story should be like this. In the chaotic small town of Casablanca, Sheriff Renault madly falls in love with Rick, the owner of the bar. In order to attract Rick's attention, he deliberately disguises himself as a playboy, constantly changing one woman after another. The arrival of Rick's ex girlfriend Elsa makes Sheriff Renault feel a very strong crisis. However, Renault is very smart. On the surface, he seems to have nothing to do with it, but in private, he pushes it secretly. He not only successfully drives Elsa away, but also uses it to make Rick understand his mind. In the end, they left Casablanca together and have been traveling all their lives together. "On the other side of the phone, Janet listened to Simon's narration and recalled the movie plot in her memory. Her beautiful eyes blinked and blinked, and suddenly she screamed: "ah, little bastard, vestro, you little bastard, I will never watch Casablanca again."

With this accusation, Janet suddenly got up and rolled on the big bed for a while. She suddenly realized something. The woman's joy suddenly stopped. She quickly caught the microphone back: "Hello, little bastard, are you still there?"

Simon said, "yes."

Janet hesitated for a moment and asked weakly, "you, you haven't been holding your breath too hard recently, are you interested in men?"

Simon felt a black line floating in front of him and said immediately, "No

Janet was obviously worried: "really?"

"Of course, it's true," Simon nodded again. He didn't want to continue to discuss this topic. Instead, he said, "but without you, I'm in a mess recently. How about taking time to help me clean up?"

Janet refused without hesitation: "no, you can find a cleaner yourself."

"You know," Simon continued decisively, feeling the subject was being digressed, "I don't like strangers at home."

"But," said Janet, grabbing the pillow in her arms and changing her position on the bed, "I'm looking for a cleaner to clean the villa here, too?"

Simon didn't pay attention to this before, so he had to say, "well, I can't see it, so I pretend I don't know."

"Hehe, let Kate clean it up for you."

Simon said helplessly, "are you really such a good friend?"

"Or you can solve it yourself," Janet said, turning her lips. "Don't allow strangers to appear in your own territory, so you look like a lion."

Simon thought that he would take the time to sort it out on the weekend. After listening to Janet's words, he thought of another thing and said, "I always listen to you talk about lions. I've just conceived an idea about lions." so Simon got up, looked around, found a stack of paintings, put them on his lap and looked at them at will. He said, "this is an animated film, famous for its beauty It's called the lion king, the story template of the prince's revenge. How about I make it for you? It's a birthday present. By the way, what's your birthday? "

Janet's voice was soft, and she whispered, "I'm just a birthday. It hurts to think about my age."

Simon said softly, "of course, it's my eighteenth birthday. Every year I'm eighteen. Come on, tell me when your eighteenth birthday is? "

Janet softened a little more and said softly, "March 13, this year has passed secretly. Well, I don't want a bad story. "

"You can have a look first," Simon continued, remembering the day. "How about tomorrow? I'm going to a party at Madonna's tomorrow night. You'll be my girlfriend. We'll discuss the story when we get back

"No, I'm not your girlfriend right now," Janet said, slightly resisting. "What are you doing at Madonna's?"

"I'd like to invite Madonna and Sean Penn to play" the vulgar novel, "which starts with bunny and pumpkin

"Ha ha, invite them both," Janet said with a sneer. "I happen to remember the movie magic is amazing they played together last year. According to the commentary, the only advantage of that movie is that the audience can enjoy a cinema by themselves. "

Simon couldn't help laughing when Janet said that.

"Magic wonder" is a movie starring Madonna and Sean pan last year. The production cost is $17 million, but the box office in North America is only $2.31 million.

Before the invitation to Madonna and Sean pan, Simon also went out of his way to look at the video of magic wonder, which can only be described as appalling. Madonna won her first worst actress at the beginning of the year.

But Simon finally decided to give it a try.

Simon has always believed that there has never been a completely hopeless actor in the world, the key is to see the role. Otherwise, Madonna would not have won the Golden Globe for best actress in "Mrs. baron."

Due to the episode in ABC's Good Morning America last month, Simon's first thought of the opening Bunny and pumpkin is Madonna and his wife after completing the script of vulgar novel.

Madonna's bold avant-garde, Sean Pan's fiery personality, together to play a pair of mandarin duck robbers is simply perfect.

The most important thing is that Madonna's movie pay will not be too high, and Sean Penn is not a grand slam star at the moment. If it's just a guest show, this idea is highly feasible.

Thinking, Simon asked, "are you going tomorrow or not?"

Janet refused again: "No. We're breaking up now, and we're still preparing for a lawsuit. How shameless I am to be taken out so soon by you. "

"Well," Simon just said, "that's it. Good night.""Well, good night."