Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion Chapter 587

Chapter 587 Are you free tonight?

The revenue from this game was slightly higher than the previous one. PPV sales in Australia and New Zealand reached 3.43 million copies, setting a new record for PPV sales in local boxing games.

Including online live broadcast, ticket sharing, advertising sponsorship, etc.

Link earned $148 million from this game.

After the game, Link held a celebration reception at the Hyatt Garden Hotel in Sydney, inviting partners of the event, media personnel, as well as movie stars and singers to attend.

At the cocktail party, Link chatted with Hugh Jackman and Brother Hammer about boxing. Jackman claimed to be his boxing fan and had learned from watching his game videos while filming "Iron Fist".

Link invited Jackman to train at the Muscle Beach Club when he has time, and Jackman said he would definitely go.

Brother Hammer worked with him on "Avengers 1", and Brother Hammer participated in Lionsgate's "The Hunger Games" series and became popular.

They are all considered acquaintances.

There is also Australian actress Rose Byrne, who has appeared in many movies produced by Lionsgate Pictures such as "Bridesmaids", "Neighbors" and "Female Spy".

The other party also flattered him a lot when he saw him.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban came over to ask about his recent schedule and invited him to their home.

Link said that he has no time in the near future. After participating in the competition and doing a few promotional activities, he will go back home and will not stay in Australia longer. He asked the two of them when they would return to Los Angeles and bring their children for dinner when they were free.

Nicole Kidman and his wife currently have two daughters, one aged seven and one five, who can make friends with Alexander and Cynthia.

Nicole Kidman and his wife agreed with a smile.

Cate Blanchett, the Queen of Elf, also came to chat with him with champagne. She participated in the **** film "Carol" produced by Palm Beach Pictures last year.

The film was released at the Cannes Film Festival in May and was shortlisted for the main competition, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, another heroine of "Carol", as well as the heroine of the French film "My King". Manuel Beckett jointly won the Best Actress Award at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Cate Blanchett talked about the release date of the movie, hoping to postpone it to the end of the year to participate in next year's Oscar competition.

Cate Blanchett is 46 years old. She debuted in the early 1990s. Her representative works include the "Lord of the Rings" series, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Elizabeth", "Tower of Babel", "Blue Jasmine", etc. She has been nominated for Oscars many times. She won the Oscar for Best Actress and Supporting Actress, and only won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2003 for "The Aviator".

The other party is considered to have the most superb acting skills among actresses, and is not bad compared with Meryl Streep.

It's a pity that she has not been able to win an Oscar for Best Actress so far.

Cate Blanchett thinks the quality of the **** film "Carol" is very good, and hopes to have the opportunity to represent Lionsgate's films in the Oscars next year.

Link nodded after hearing this and said that he had not seen the movie yet and would discuss it with people in the company afterwards. If it was really good, the company would not miss this opportunity.

The reason why he didn't give a guarantee is because this year's Lionsgate movies are all good, and there are more than one movies that have a chance to compete for the Oscar for the leading actress, including Reese Witherspoon's "Into the Wild," a small-budget movie. "Room" etc.

In addition, he also promised Xiao Lizi to help him compete for the Best Actor Award next year. If he competes for the Best Actress Award at the same time, it may be even more difficult.

He will not guarantee this kind of thing, including Xiao Lizi.

Cate Blanchett expressed her understanding and raised a glass to exchange contact information with him.

Link thought that the matter would end like this, but after the cocktail party, Cate Blanchett sent a message asking him if he was free, and wanted to talk to him more about the movie, and said that he had brought him a local gift. As a souvenir, I forgot to give it to him just now and wanted to give it to him in person.

Link sent the hotel room number to the other party, wanting to see what the aunt was going to do.

Within half an hour, the other party put on a dress that looked more youthful and slim, and came knocking on the door, holding a bottle of Australian red wine in his hand.

The two sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows on the top floor, looking at the Sydney Opera House not far away. They chatted about movies. When they finally stood up, Cate Blanchett didn't stand still and fell towards him. Link He held the other person's waist smoothly.

Cate Blanchett looked at him with blurred eyes, touched his chest muscles with her palms, and wanted to kiss him.

Link held the woman's shoulders and said bluntly that if she wanted to win the Oscar for Best Actress, she didn't need to use this method at all. As long as the movie was good enough and had the potential to win the Oscar, neither he nor the Lionsgate PR department would do it. Let this opportunity pass.

I hope she won't be misled by the rumors and think of him as a man who used the Oscar trophy to deceive women.

With his identity, appearance, and charm, there is no need to use this trick at all.

Cate Blanchett is indeed a well-informed mature woman. She delayed for two seconds and explained that she came to him for a drink not for the Oscar, but just admired a man like him and found him very charming and sexually charged.

She also said that today was the first time in her life to watch a boxing match live. Seeing him beating his opponent violently in the boxing ring, she felt her heartbeat speeding up and her blood boiling, as if she was becoming young again.

Cate Blanchett also asked him if he thought she was too old.

Link looked at the not-so-pretty but elegant face of the other person, smiled softly, stretched out his arms to hold the other person's long legs, and came to the floor-to-ceiling window.

Tearing open the curtains and skirt with his hands, facing the sunset and the sea outside the window, he began to vent his anger and desires that he had not been able to vent in the ring during the day.

To him, this kind of thing is no different from doing relaxation training in the physical therapy room after training every day, and the other person is just a tool for relaxation. Since the other party is willing to sacrifice, he does not need to show any pity.

After finishing the event promotion the next day, Link left Australia by plane and returned to Los Angeles.

By June, the competition for summer slots has become fierce, with major productions such as "Collapse", "Avengers 2", "Terminator: Genisys", "Jurassic World", "Inside Out" and "Mad Max: Fury Road" Released in rotation.

"Collapse" has been released for seven weeks. The current box office in North America is 223 million US dollars and the global box office is 468 million US dollars. There are currently less than 40 theaters left in North America and the subsequent box office will not exceed 5 million.

"Avengers 2" has been in theaters for six weeks, and currently has a box office of 462 million in North America. The global box office has just exceeded 1.4 billion US dollars, temporarily ranking first in the year.

"Terminator: Genisys" has been in theaters for five weeks, with a cumulative box office of 102 million US dollars in North America and 440 million US dollars in global box office. The film is a collaboration between Lionsgate Pictures, Paramount and Skydance Pictures, and is produced by Schwarzenegger, Long Starring Emilia Clark and others, the production cost is 150 million US dollars.

From the current point of view, the film has recovered its investment, but there is not much room for profit. Lionsgate Pictures' profit will not exceed US$50 million.

Since North American distribution is handled by Lionsgate Pictures, the film is also Lionsgate Pictures' fourth film to achieve a box office of over 100 million in North America this year.

"Jurassic World" was released four weeks ago. The film is produced by Spielberg and is a sequel to "Jurassic Park". It takes place 22 years after the end of the first film. The film was praised by fans during the promotion period. Strong expectations.

It earned US$208 million in North America in its first three days, surpassing "Avengers 2" and setting a new box office debut record.

Four weeks after its release, it earned US$570 million in box office in North America, and its global box office has exceeded US$1.2 billion, also surpassing "Avengers 2" in terms of box office growth.

Media predicts that the movie's global box office will be more than 1.6 billion US dollars.

The production cost of the film is only US$150 million, and Universal Pictures and Spielberg's Amblin Pictures are expected to make a fortune.

The animated film "Inside Out" has been in theaters for three weeks, with a box office of US$266 million in North America and a cumulative US$280 million in global box office. It is obviously another blockbuster movie.

The film was produced and distributed by Disney Pictures, with a production cost of only US$175 million.

Judging from the movies released in the first half of the year, Disney Pictures temporarily leads the total box office, Universal Pictures ranks second, and Lionsgate Pictures temporarily ranks third.

Given the excellent box office results of "Avengers 2" and "Jurassic", it will be extremely difficult for Lionsgate Pictures to retain its first place in the annual box office this year.

At the beginning of June, "Mad Max: Fury Road" produced by Warner Pictures was released, starring Charlize Theron. The North American box office just exceeded 100 million in two weeks of release, reaching 102 million.

Comparatively speaking, overseas box office results are better, with the current total global box office reaching 237 million.

The production cost of this movie is 150 million. It is not difficult to make back the money, but it is difficult to make a big profit.

In fact, the quality of this movie is very good, and it can be regarded as a high-quality commercial film this summer. However, it has encountered the two blockbuster movies "Avengers 2" and "Jurassic World", as well as "Armageddon" and "Inside Out". The North American box office revenue also exceeded 200 million.

The competition is so fierce that it is normal for the box office of "Mad Max" to be affected.

Also because of the fierce competition at the box office, most of the summer box office has been eaten up by the previous movies. Link began to worry about the upcoming movies of Lionsgate, "Maleficent", "The Expendables 3" and "The Martian".

These three movies are also one of Lionsgate's flagship movies this year. The box office is so poor that it will be difficult for Lions Gate's subsequent box office to beat Warner, Sony, Paramount, and Fox.

After reading these data, he will not be entangled.

Because there is no point in getting entangled, it is better to read more scripts and best-sellers and try to recommend a few good script projects to the production department, such as "Get Out", "Hidden Figures", "Lady Bird", " Manchester by the Sea" and other impressive movies.

By June, the crew began filming "Fifty Shades of Grey".

After careful consideration, he gave up the leading actor in the film and asked the crew to find someone else. It didn't matter if he spent more money. The main reason was that it was inconvenient. The film had a lot of passionate scenes and missing plot points.

If his net worth were tens of billions of dollars less and his fame was less, there would be no need for such hesitation.

Also, my old father-in-law will participate in the election next year. He will inevitably have to go out to stand on the stage and go to some more formal and serious occasions. Making a movie like this at this time will inevitably be used as black material by his opponents.

After giving up on this movie, at Emma Stone's repeated request, he took over the role of the male protagonist in "La La Land". The male protagonist in this movie is a pianist, loves jazz, is good at dancing, and is a band member.

Link is more suitable, and it doesn't hurt to play it, but he regretted it after taking it. The director of the film is Damien Chazelle, who is also a film screenwriter. He became a hit last year with "The Drummer", and he will continue to take over the Lion this year. Gate's "La La Land."

Before becoming a director, the other party was a professional jazz drummer. He participated in the National High School Jazz Band, but felt that he was not qualified enough, so he gave up music and entered Harvard University to study film and television.

Director Damien is an expert in music and is very strict about movies. He and Emma Stone were required to learn modern dance, waltz, tap dance, Latin dance and other types of dance before official filming, and they needed to reach a professional level.

These things sound very troublesome, but Link agreed to play this role and it was hard to shirk it. In addition to practicing boxing in his free time, he would also go to the dance center to rehearse with the dance teacher of the crew, and try his best to do his best according to the director's requirements. .

(End of this chapter)

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