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After the third week of No Country for Old Men, the single-day box office dropped by 30% year-on-year, and the cumulative box office in North America in the third week was only 13.76 million.

However, although such data is somewhat regrettable for Firefly, it is generally quite satisfactory.

After all, a movie is profitable, and a project that can make a profit just by relying on the box office will not be satisfied.

Moreover, No Country For Old Men is a long-term word-of-mouth film. For a studio, this type of film can play a very positive label bonus effect. It is likely to set off another wave of craze when it enters the line.

And so far, the highest-grossing film in North America this year is X-Men 3, followed by The Da Vinci Code. Among the live-action films, No Country for Old Men ranks third and fourth in terms of cumulative box office. In any case, All are successful projects.

Even if it doesn't break 150 million.

Not to mention, the production cost of No Country for Old Men is very low, including the announcement and distribution, which did not exceed 28 million.

In contrast, the production expenditure of other box office exceeds No Country for Old Men is not less than 60 million, let alone the announcement.

In this situation, while Lehmann was still serious about shooting in Nice, Mission Impossible 3 was about to be painted.

Paramount was even more disappointed when the total numbers came out.

Sure enough, still can't turn over.

The production cost plus the investment in publicity and distribution is close to 185 million, only 134 million in North America, 263 million in overseas, and 397 million in the world. After deducting the cinema, paying taxes, and sharing, there is at least a blank of more than 58 million. This is still the sponsor's advertising funds. With the subsidy in it, for a moment, the executives of the distribution department wanted to tear up the report.

It's not that Paramount can't afford to lose. In fact, Mission Impossible 3 relies on a strong series of peripherals, and it takes more than 58 million to spend more than 58 million to manage it well. Very unmotivated.

Besides, Paramount has never failed a project before. It’s normal to make a movie and make a profit. It’s abnormal that Paramount doesn’t lose five or six independent productions every year.

But the problem is that the first two films of the Mission Impossible series were profitable at the box office. There are not many series in Hollywood that have such a gold-absorbing ability, and the market has been cold without warning.

Could it be that Tom is not attractive enough? It's old, can't do it, no fans anymore?

No, more than 70% of the random surveys of viewers who watched the movie included approval of Tom Cruise, and the reason they filled in was for him.

So why did the market react so strangely?

The second movie is over 200 million in North America and 546 million in the world. After a few years, you don't recognize this series of movies?

In the conference room, some doubtful executives of the distribution department listened to Shirley Lansing: Now is not the time to worry about the box office. How to reduce our losses is the most important thing.

The dozen or so management staff sitting at the conference table look at me, I look at you, some bow their heads and remain silent, some want to speak but are shy.

Until the deputy manager of the production department who proposed the project and led to the birth of the film took the initiative to say: I will explain to the board of directors and submit my resignation.

There was some loneliness in the words, but none of them held back.

In this matter, someone must stand up and bear the anger of shareholders after the failure.

It was also after he took the initiative that the manager of the distribution department held the report in a daze for a while, sorted out his thoughts and said, The second payment and box office share promised to Tom Cruise will be counted as collateral for the loss of resource investment, and the delay will be further extended. Give, until offline profits make up for project losses.”

Well, the TV broadcast is also put on our TV network, and the money is also deducted. Another person said.

You can settle the announcement with Tom Cruise and let them take part. This is entirely his toughness, which led to the failure of the project.

The rest of the people said their words, and soon found many ways for Paramount to reduce losses.

Although they had a win-win relationship before, but now they can't win, and they have to bear the responsibility of poor production. If they are still good people, they are even more stupid and naive.

Of course, these people are not stupid, and they are even very sensitive to similar events. After all, they did not do it once or twice, so they quickly took stop-loss measures.

No matter how bad Mission Impossible 3 is at the box office, and whose responsibility it is, there is no need to pursue it at this moment.

......

Beverly Hills is located in the Cruise Manor on the southern slope of the mountain, and has always been the focus of the media and paparazzi.

But the owner here is not in a good mood at this time.

Recently, he is having a conflict with Paramount, and the media has ridiculed him for his poor performance. It will definitely be very unpleasant to say that he is out of breath, so that he especially hates reading the entertainment section of the newspaper.

However, because of work demands and professionalism, he still has to keep abreast of new trends in Hollywood.

Early in the morning, he finished exercising, vented his depression on the treadmill, sweated, took a shower, changed into casual clothes, and picked up a few newspapers and magazines that had been prepared on the coffee table.

Opening the entertainment page of the Los Angeles Times, the first thing that catches your eye is a few big characters-X-Men 3: The Last Stronghold has a total box office of 157 million in North America and 378 million in the world in 15 days of release..

On the day the blockbuster premiered, it was the day when Mission: Impossible 3 fell by more than half, and the market was crowded out, which made him reject the news of the film.

Sometimes he thinks, if no one competes for the market, maybe Mission Impossible 3 will not be so bad at the box office.

But three days is higher than the box office of Mission Impossible 3, which has been shown for half a month. Such an amazing result makes people not even jealous, only sour.

Then, No Country For Old Men has surpassed 130 million in North America, 220 million in the world, and the award of the Cannes Jury Prize.

If X-Men 3: The Last Stronghold is backed by accumulating series of fans, huge investment, and continuous hot scenes in big scenes, then the success of No Country for Old Men is definitely another time for Lyman's personal directing ability. Very good market portrayal.

It is not uncommon in Hollywood to have successful cases of small and large.

It's not uncommon, and it's not often encountered, but Lehman has been like this for several films.

Not to mention that he is not only a director of niche genre films, but he can also control special effects disaster films like The Monster in the Lake, which is really...

Similar all-round directors, shooting types and subject matter are changeable. Throughout Hollywood, there are only a few people such as Spielberg and Kubrick.

Tom Cruise has always followed him because of his work with Lyman.

Looking back on the filming of Bad Guy, it was also the first time he had a taste that critics could admire his acting skills.

It's just that although this guy likes to work with acquaintances, he doesn't like to invite big-name actors for his projects, and he can't always lower his salary-perhaps he won't be able to lower his salary. Except for the occasional polite sentence, there is not much contact.

Ugh......

Tom Cruise put down the newspaper and half-squinted his thoughts.

The failure of Mission: Impossible 3 had a big impact on him.

The most important thing is that this series has always focused on him, and it is unacceptable for two years of preparation time to get such a result.

Maybe, as Paramount said, it's my problem?

Or, I am really out of breath, and if I play a similar cool role again, the audience will no longer recognize it, and I have to transform?

How can it be so easy to transform...

Just as Tom Cruise was thinking wildly, the phone rang.

Tom Cruise answered the phone, the more he listened, the more angry he became, and finally he couldn't help shouting: How dare they do this? Don't forget, half of the copyright of this series is in my hands. Tell them if you want to remake This series, it's better not to do that.

After speaking, Tom Cruise hung up the phone, still unable to hold back his anger.

He sat angrily on the sofa, his temples bulging.

After a long time, he called back the number and commanded slightly calmly: Talk to them, and the accounting firm we entrusted is involved in the project's revenue and finance. Remember, keep an eye on our interests.

People who are in a weak position always have scruples about those in high positions.

Tom Cruise doesn't want to turn his back completely.

Complaining to each other in the front is just shirk responsibility for the failure of the project. Although he left Paramount, he can still live well, but if it is not the most extreme situation, he will not do it...

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