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    North American box office for the week

    June 2, month 1, 204

    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ªMovie¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ªName¡ª¡ª-Release weeks¡ª¡ªNumber of theaters/change¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ªAverage¡ª¡ªThis week¡¯s box office¡ª¡ªTotal box office

    "Spider-Man 2" - No. 1 - 0 days) - 4,152 - - - 15,476 -, 2664 -, 2664

    "Wedding Day is Coming" - No. 1 - Week 6 - 108 (3) - 21 -, 6 - 2,414,017

    "Napoleon the Great" - No. 18 - Week - 73 (55) - -, 24 - 6604B - - I2I15

    July 4th is Independence Day, one of the most solemn holidays in the United States. Ye Wei's family went out for a day and had a lot of fun. Based on the current box office performance of "Wedding Day", their family no longer has financial difficulties, and their living standards will only improve.  Getting better and better.

    The surprises at the box office continue. It has reached 30 million and is expected to reach 40 million. Although it is not as good as the opening two days of a super blockbuster, it is already a huge miracle.

    Now IP Pluto has some regrets. If it had paid more attention to this release, it would have achieved better results, but now it can only make up for it as much as possible.

    Ye Wei and Michael Arndt had dinner two days ago and talked a lot about "Little Miss Daylight". He is not the kind of director who hates sitting with screenwriters, and Arndt is not the kind of screenwriter who likes to give advice.  So the two talked happily.

    When Ye Wei mentioned that he was looking for a second producer, Arndt recommended two people, Ron IM Jonkesa and Albert Berger, the earliest script buyer and the original repurchase party.

    Not long after he bought the script, Ye Wei knew that they were not unknowns. The two had been making independent films together for many years. They had a joint production company, "Sincerity Films (caPta)", which had produced "King of the Hill"  and other films, and also participated in the investment of "School" and "Cold Mountain". They are all members of the list of producers, and have collaborated with famous names such as Steven Soderbergh, Alexander Payne, and Anthony Agra.  Directors, they have been to Cannes and Oscars, and they are well-known independent producers.

    There is no doubt about their professional abilities, but Ye Wei has other concerns.

    "Michael, you know that with their financial resources, they didn't match it at that time. It's not that they didn't have 60,000, it's that they lost confidence in this project."

    "I know that they have actually never given up. Recently they asked me to contact you, hoping to have an interview with you."

    Arndt highly recommended it, and Ye Wei was also a little moved, but first there is a question, are those two members of David Linde's gang?  You must know that "Christmas Eve" (budget 660,000 yuan) they are currently producing is a project cooperating with Focus and is scheduled to be released at the end of next year.

    The good news is that when he asked Shamus, the two were not considered members of the "Lind Gang" because they were not minions themselves and had relationships with companies such as Miramax, Fox Searchlight, and New Line.  "Desperate Christmas Eve" is just an ordinary collaboration.  No wonder Focus was willing to help scare the two of them during the previous script war, but it would be troublesome if it fell into the hands of other companies.

    And this is another concern of his. Jeksa and Berger are too "luxurious". They are both in their 60s and have such deep qualifications, which may not be suitable for him.

    Shams said: "They are among the top independent producers who know best how to work with young directors."

    Indeed, "King of the Hill" in 1993 was Soderbergh's third work. At that time, he was still a 3-year-old prodigy who had just become famous; "School" was Payne's second work after he became famous;  We also collaborated with the debut films of two young directors, Rick Famuyiwa and Sam Jones, although neither of them was successful in the end.

    Now Ye Wei has a famous work, it is the second work, "Little Miss Sunlight", so naturally the two old guys took a fancy to it.

    After Independence Day, on the 6th, Ye Wei had an interview with the two of them. After the meeting, he was still undecided.

    The two of them are very enthusiastic and talkative. They understand and control young people very well. One moment they said, "Our plan for Little Miss Sunshine", and the next moment they said, "Leave the production to us, you can do your best."  "Engage in creation" sounds nice, but it is seizing power.

    Ye Weiyi was happy at first and felt that he had found it. Suddenly thinking of this, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. The first producer is me and not anyone else.

    "Can these two old foxes make the young director happily hand over the power outside the studio, or even intervene inside the studio?

    One fact is that he is not qualified to direct them at all. With their sophisticated skills and senior experience, they will become the mentors of the crew.

    Now if you have a falling out, you can break up the relationship at any time. Once you sign the contract and it¡¯s time for filming, you can¡¯t. What should you do when there are creative differences?  Why wouldn't a 6-year-old boy listen?

    You can ignore what the offline members think, but what about producer Gary Goetzman?  What if there were superstar actors like Roberts and Hanks?  What will they think?What to say?

    It¡¯s another situation when a superstar gets into trouble. As long as they work with a superstar, any producer or director has to deal with that situation.

    But what's the point of having a producer partner quarrel with you? These are two producers who are out of control. They not only carry out his intentions, but also do a lot of other things. They even put a deeper imprint on the film than the director.  Human imprint.

    Ye Wei couldn't possibly like this. He wanted to be the boss from beginning to end. However, he also understood that making a movie is a kind of collaborative creation. You can't just find incompetent people to cooperate because you are worried about being taken away from power, otherwise you won't get good results.  Opinions are of no benefit to the work.

    The power relationship in film production is really a complicated thing.

    Rather than making a decision on the spot, Ye Wei called Ang Lee who was filming "Brokeback Mountain" in Canada that night to ask for some advice.

    "Do you know why Shams and I have worked together for so many years?"

    Hearing Li An¡¯s meaningful rhetorical question, Ye Weiwei was startled, because you are partners in the closet?  It turned out that he was wrong. Ang Lee replied: "I hate not hiring the people I worked with last time. I said how grateful I was to them. I was going to make a new movie, but I no longer use them. This is probably the thing I hate the most.  ¡±

    Ye Wei, who woke up the real Master Yoda in his dream, suddenly had many new feelings and thoughts, "Ann, thank you for reminding me, I know what to do.

    Because Ang Lee was very busy, he chatted for a few words before saying goodbye, but Ye Wei suddenly remembered something and asked quickly: "Wait a minute, I heard that you almost worked with Julia Roberts back then?"

    This is what I heard from Emma during a phone call two days ago. She felt very interesting and said, "Our cooperation is like a final one."

    "Oh yes, that was during the six years when I was unemployed after graduating from NYH. At that time, I was working on a bloody thriller with a budget of 200,000. I invited Julia Roberts to star in it and almost started pre-production.  The film company and distributor suddenly couldn't reach an agreement, and it still didn't happen. Later, she went to film "Pretty Woman" during that time, and I filmed "Pushing Hands" two years later."

    It¡¯s true. Ye Wei was also very interested. Sometimes history is so fun. Think about what would have happened if that movie had been made?

    First of all, although many well-known actresses refused to star in "Pretty Woman" because the heroine "Vivian" was a prostitute, Julia Roberts, who was still playing a small role at the time, would not be "Vivian" either.  , she will be the heroine of Ang Lee's feature film debut. Another actress played "Vivian" and became a smash hit.

    Then, he really couldn¡¯t imagine what Ang Lee would be like when he made a bloody thriller. Did the world miss a master of horror?  A mistake that God couldn¡¯t even see and stepped in to correct?

    That movie might make Ang Lee and Roberts a hit, or it might not.  But they still made a career out of it.

    The bad news is that Roberts didn't talk about this fate that day, and she obviously didn't have much interest in joining the franchise. The good news is that Roberts doesn't object to working with Chinese directors. At that time, Ang Lee was just a star student in his 30s who had never proven himself.  , but she dared to choose to believe in Ang Lee during the critical period of her career (she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for "Steel Magnolias" and gained some fame). She has a good vision and will trust anyone with talent.

    But that was 2-year-old Roberts, so Ye Wei didn¡¯t ask Ang Lee about his experience in dealing with Roberts. It was useless. Roberts at that time and now were two different people.

    "Ann, if you have any connection with Roberts, please give me a few compliments."

    "Haha, we have no contact."

    "Uh OK, it's nothing, thank you."

    The next day, Ye Wei gave Yekesa and Berger an "H" reply. The reason was that the positioning of "Little Miss Sunlight" was inconsistent and the partner had already been decided.

    Didn't tell them, Peter Heller aHe

    Yes, as an independent producer, Peter Heller is far from the level of two old guys in terms of industry status, ability and experience. He was almost killed by "Jordan's Descendants", but he is not a waste.  During the production of the remake of "The Wedding Is Coming", he showed his excellent ability and diligent attitude, otherwise he would not have been the second producer of a film with a cost of 360,000.

    And they have had a pleasant cooperation. Heller can always do what Ye Wei intends and wants faithfully and efficiently. This is the ability that he values ??most in the second producer.

    Having just one Heller is not enough, you also need someone who can give some useful production advice, and the production team also needs more people.

    So Ye Wei also determined the candidate for the third producer, who was recommended by Shams, Mark Foligno a11a

    Foligno is a British producer in his early thirties, a newcomer in the industry. He has only worked as a planner and producer on a small-budget thriller "Suspense Battle". The film was not well received after it was directly introduced to the DVD market.  It only has 6 points on INDb.But after some exchanges with him, Ye Wei found that he actually had a lot of ideas. His talent could just make up for Heller's shortcomings, and Heller's execution ability could also make up for his immaturity.

    And because Foligno is just an "unqualified British guy" in the film industry, there is no problem with power.

    There is no right or wrong in creative conflict. It's like putting a group of superheroes together. Now they have to deal with a bad guy. They will definitely have different methods. Batman wants this, Iron Man wants that, and then add Superman.  , can be so noisy that a fight could penetrate the earth.

    Unlike the military, police stations, courts and other institutions with clear hierarchies, the hierarchy and order in the film industry are easily confused. Big-name actors dare to say to the director, "I think this is the right way to act here. You can either accept it or I will."  "No more acting", what can the director do?  When it comes to post-editing, the producer says, "You can't edit like this, we want to be commercial." What can the director do?

    During the production process, the supervisor said to the producer, "You will probably lose money if you shoot like this. Lose less, and reduce the shooting date by 10 days." What can the producer do?  The producer told the director again, and the director was furious and left, "This can't be filmed, I won't film it anymore, don't put my name on it." What can the producer do?

    When it comes to collaborative creation, everyone can have different opinions. When there is a dispute, there is only one thing that determines the outcome: power.

    This is a common feature no matter where the film is filmed in school or in Hollywood.

    But it¡¯s better now. In this production team, Ye Wei is the absolute boss.

    But that¡¯s not to say that he doesn¡¯t have a boss. Like producer Gary Goetzman, maybe Hanks will also hold the title of executive producer and planner (vcttvac). If Roberts joins, he will probably also hold the title of cutIvepra. They can all be bosses, but not  Just too busy.

    There is also the title of winning assistant producer cIaeac, James Shamus has already booked one.

    Ye Wei asked Master Jia if she wanted one, and she said disdainfully: "Even so, I won't be your Xiaomi, just give up."

    The main people doing things are the three of them. If "Little Miss Sunshine" is nominated for best picture in any award in the future, they will be the three people who can sign "dominated in the production activities".

    "You said, are you serious? Weige, did you really choose me?"

    Peter Heller was shocked when he received Ye Wei's call. It was completely unexpected. It was unbelievable that something good happened to him suddenly. There are so many producers who want to cooperate with VIY now, and there are definitely many first-class producers in the team.  What is the reason for Y to choose him among the human figures?

    "It's you, man, I figured it out, new equipment is better, old partners are better. This is our joint opportunity to prove that our abilities are far more than "Wedding Day""

    "Thank you, I will, I will" Heller had a flash of inspiration in excitement and asked: "Do I have a chance to participate in the stock?"

    He also owns a production company "eaHhataa". He has previously participated in "Shadow" and "Jordan's Descendants", both of which were money-losing transactions. He will always feel pain that he did not participate in "Wedding Day".  The main reason is that he didn't fight for it, thinking that it was just like the DVD movie "Full Scholarship" he had produced. That one was right not to participate in the stock, but this one was a lifelong mistake.  He didn't want to do it again.

    "There is a chance." Ye Weixiao said that using shares as the producer's production fee is a common practice for independent producers, which saves money and allows the producer to work hard. "Specifically, we have to work with Pletone  Let¡¯s communicate with DreamWorks and I think you can take a stake in 00.¡±

    "Okay, okay." Heller responded repeatedly. After hanging up the phone, the middle-aged man couldn't help but shout out, "Lucky me."

    Maurer must be notified immediately. Based on Weige's tone, the photography team will probably continue to use the team from "The Wedding Is Coming"

    ¡°It would be a fool to jeopardize this opportunity by accepting other film offers.

    Mark Foligno was also knocked unconscious by the sudden flying fortune pie. It was incredible. One moment he was only one of the four co-producers of the new project "Three Sides" (budget of 00,000 pounds). The next moment  He became the third producer of The Prodigy's new film Little Miss Daylight

    Although it is still early to sign the contract and may be replaced at any time, this opportunity to show off your talents is so rare.

    On the other side, Goetzman understood Ye Wei's intention of choosing his old partner, and sighed at his sophistication, and expressed his support for this.  VIY is a golden phoenix worthy of trust, and he himself is not idle. He can directly act as a producer when necessary, without the need for others to lead the way for VIY.

    I didn't take up the role before because I lacked confidence in Ye Wei, and I was working on a new project "Gorgeous Wasteland: Moonwalk 3" in cooperation with INAX, as well as "The Polar Express" and "Don't Mess with the Ants" in post-production.  I don't want to be too busy, but I'm a little embarrassed now, so let's take a look.

    Some people are happy, some are depressed?,Jeksa and Berger really couldn¡¯t understand why that guy decided like this.

    "Ron, did we say something wrong? He looked obviously very happy."

    "I don't know, that kid is probably worried that we will take over the project. Young people nowadays are becoming more and more sophisticated."

    "It's not the young people today, it's him. From the time he bought back the script to this time, he has fooled us again and again. Hey, cunning boy, do we still want to continue lobbying?"

    "Forget it, there's no point in working with such a power-hungry smart-aleck. The script for "Little Miss Sunshine" is actually not that good, forget it. Let's concentrate on making "Christmas Night" and "Motherhood"  , they are the focus.¡±

    "I'm very interested in what kind of producer he will find, even if we don't want him, I hope he won't regret it, hey"

    "We gave him a chance, forget it."

    The production team was finally finalized. It was a great progress. Ye Wei was in a good mood. He went to Landmark Cinemas to watch a movie alone that night. He had already watched "Spider-Man 2" a few days ago. Today  Went to watch "Before Sunset" tonight, the companion piece to the 1995 classic romance film "Before Sunrise".

    As soon as he sat down in a seat in the middle of the theater, where the audience was quite full, he suddenly received another familiar text message: "What are you doing?"

    Ye Wei was a little speechless and a little used to it, so he casually replied to Christine: "Watch a movie."

    "What movie?"

    "Before Sunset."

    "Does it look good?"

    ¡°It won¡¯t look good if you bother me, but it will look good if you don¡¯t.¡±
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