Chapter 1217 Two Routes
New Line Cinema is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Although it retains an independent company system, its market strategic layout in recent years has been in line with Warner Bros., especially the holiday schedule. Now Finally won the reward -
During the 2003 holiday season, three works, "Christmas Elf", "The Butterfly Effect" and "Lord of the Rings 3", were released one after another, igniting market enthusiasm in all aspects.
What’s more, it’s not just the North American market, it’s also achieved good results around the world.
Obviously, in the layout of the holiday season, Warner Bros. has been stuck in advance. No wonder that in the first decade after the millennium, Warner Bros. firmly held the top spot in Hollywood.
In 2003, "Lord of the Rings 3" swept the entire army and topped the year-end global box office championship, followed by a series of blockbuster names.
"Finding Nemo", "The Matrix 2" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" ranked second to fourth respectively, with global box office success exceeding US$500 million.
"Ace", "Butterfly Effect", "The Last Samurai", "Terminator 3", "The Matrix 3", "X-Men 2" and other works successively divided up the rest of the top ten Location.
A series of sequel movies, headed by "Terminator 3", although the North American box office was lower than expected, they still relied on the outstanding performance in overseas markets to save their face -
Not many, after all, overseas The market box office figures are not high, but they are better than nothing. After all, they will not completely fall into the abyss. At least judging from the books and news headlines, they can still barely maintain respectability.
However, like the North American market, the sudden rise of the "butterfly effect" is still particularly dazzling.
The "Butterfly Effect" can be seen throughout Hollywood. Not only at the North American box office, but also on a global scale, it has set off a chain craze comparable to the Butterfly Effect. An investment of only 10 million US dollars can compete with that of Jim Caine Rui's "ace god" was inextricably killed.
Does this mean that Anson can already compete with Jim Carrey?
Maybe, maybe not.
But at least one thing is certain, in terms of cost performance, Anson wins.
Since the beginning of "Princess Diaries", Anson has continued to bring several times or even ten or twenty times the income to his works. It is not just the box office figures, but precisely the income; and until now, Anson still It has not entered the 20 million club, and there is no explicit price tag of "20 million club", so it will not be prohibitive.
Look at Jim Carrey, look at Julia Roberts, look at Leonardo DiCaprio, their agents all have a firm price:
Two Ten million dollars or interview.
That’s not to say that 20 million yuan is not enough, but their arrogant attitude of refusing to discuss and cooperate is really hard to swallow——
It’s not about fighting over steamed buns to argue about words.
But Anson was different.
At the beginning of 2003, it was the Hollywood film company that hesitated whether to give Anson a salary of 20 million yuan; at the beginning of 2004, it was Anson who didn't care about the salary at all and joined the crew of "Walking with the Song" without any trouble.
Given the choice, how could the producer and film company refuse Anson?
Now it seems that Sony Columbia made a big mistake by rejecting the "Walking with Songs" project, but I don't know if Michael Linton realized it.
On the contrary, Hollywood actors and agents are putting pressure on the William Morris Agency. Anson must offer $20 million.
If Anson continues to act nonchalant about breaking industry rules, how can other actors ask for pay?
The impact is not limited to the 20 million club.
Imagine an actor trying to get a salary of 10 million US dollars, but the film company said, "Anson only pays this price, so we might as well find Anson", or, "Even Anson is lowering the price." Let's talk about the salary," and so on. The agents couldn't start working at all.
In the current situation, even if Anson doesn't care about his salary figure, other agencies will urge Anson to increase his offer.
Even William Morris is no exception. Within the company, Edgar can feel the pressure from all aspects, from competitors and senior partners. They are all urging Edgar to increase the offer, officially announcing that Anson has entered the "20 million club", which is what Edgar wants. Unexpected.
Sure enough, things are as expected. When they are pursuing hard, they are too eager and eager, and it may not be easy to achieve; when they relax and let nature take its course, correct their mentality, everything will not work. It happened naturally, and now everyone is pushing for Anson's 20 million offer.
This is also a rare sight.
So, the turmoil of "Oscar VS Anson VS Grammy" happened against this background. No wonder Hollywood is in a frenzy.
Which is box office and fame, although Hollywood still treats Anson as a vase; but to the general public, who cares about these things?
Just like Leonardo.
Hollywood still regards him as a vase, a clown, a handsome guy and an idol. The influence of "Titanic" has been deeply rooted in people's hearts; but the audience doesn't care, they are just willing to cheer and applaud Leonardo.
Now, Anson is the same.
Even if Anson is still unhurried and content, there are countless people who can’t wait to push Anson to the next level and stand at the top of the Hollywood pyramid. They desperately hope that heavyweights like Anson will not break the rules. Competing with those lightweights and featherweights.
However, Leonardo and Anson are slightly different.
Leonardo decided to follow the rules of the industry and open the second stage of his acting career in accordance with the rules of the academy, so he chose Martin Scorsese.
Anson, on the other hand, strayed outside the rules of the academy and went his own way to open up a new world and embark on a path that no one has explored.
Now, no one knows who is right and who is wrong, including Anson himself, because many things in his previous life have changed. Only time can give the answer.
However, Anson didn't care -
There was no time or energy to care.
Anson threw himself into rehearsals for the Grammys performance.
This performance is of extraordinary significance.
It is not only a live broadcast, but also different from any previous performance.
Because at that time, everyone in the audience will be peers and professionals. They must perform live. Good or bad will be clear at a glance. Everyone will appreciate the performance with critical and critical eyes. .
Moreover, this is the first time the band has performed such a formal and grand performance on August 31st, and it may also be the last time.
When Anson and the band members reunited after a long absence, they had all grown and changed, and they sincerely hoped to enjoy the performance and bring an end to the wonderful memories they had experienced together.
So, Anson really has no time to pay attention to the intrigues in the academy -
Performance, this is the only thing that needs attention and the only thing worthy of attention.
One night, one performance, a period of youth, it’s that simple.
In the whole-hearted and concentrated rehearsal and practice, time flies and the Grammy Awards ceremony comes in a blink of an eye.
(End of this chapter)