“Saw” once again took the top spot, earning $13.85 million at the box office in the last four days of the summer season, claiming the first weekly box office championship…
“The summer season dark horse continues to show its strength, with a cumulative box office of over $30 million, approaching the estimated $50 million mark.”
Yes, many media outlets and research institutions believe that the box office of “Saw” will be around $50 million.
Compared to the box office results of the previous “Saw,” there is hardly any difference.
Even so, Ryan and Fox Searchlight Pictures will still enjoy a feast of millions of dollars.
Even with just a $50 million box office, Ryan can still earn tens of millions of dollars in income.
This doesn’t even include the revenue from offline video tape distribution, first-round broadcasting rights on television, and other peripheral copyright income, which sometimes exceeds box office revenue.
However, where there’s joy, there’s also sorrow.
As one of the managers of the 20th Century Fox distribution department, Colette Singh couldn’t help but want to throw the newspaper on the table into the trash can.
“‘Saw’ should have belonged to me, damn Nancy Utley and Fox Searchlight Pictures.”
The mere mention of Nancy Utley and Fox Searchlight Pictures made him grit his teeth, almost wanting to explode with anger.
If it weren’t for Nancy Utley’s interference and the yet-to-be-officially-launched Fox Searchlight Pictures, “Saw” would have already been in his pocket.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t retaliate, or even show his dissatisfaction. Fox Searchlight Pictures was not only a wholly-owned subsidiary of 20th Century Fox, but also had the support of the new CEO, Tom Rosman, which couldn’t be underestimated.
What made him even more annoyed was that Fox Searchlight Pictures was now an empty shell. Almost everything related to the distribution and promotion of “Saw” was done by the 20th Century Fox distribution department.
Even he had just contacted the printing company to reprint 500 copies of the film.
To put it bluntly, these days were simply the darkest moments of Colette Singh’s life. He almost cursed “Saw” to fail.
In this way, he would have an excuse to keep Nancy Ettori and Fox Searchlight Pictures as paper companies forever.
However, the current reality told him that while “Saw” may not match “The Blair Witch Project” in terms of box office, it was still very dazzling, and its final box office would definitely exceed $50 million.
Moreover, based on his understanding of the young director, “Saw” was definitely not the end, but perhaps just the beginning.
Next, there would be more “Saw” movies.
“Perhaps I should meet with Ryan Gosling.” Colette Singh calmed down a bit and couldn’t help but want to see Ryan.
Nancy Ettori and Fox Searchlight Pictures only have distribution channels in North America, and they are still using the channels of 20th Century Fox. They have no global distribution network at all.
In fact, the top management of 20th Century Fox never thought about establishing a global distribution department for Fox Searchlight Pictures.
In other words, the overseas distribution rights of “Saw” are still in Ryan’s hands. This is a big piece of cake, and Colette Singh naturally can’t ignore it.
As such, there was someone else whose face showed surprise, anger, and disbelief.
CAA controller Michael Ovitz looked cold, scanning the crowd below, and finally fixing his gaze on one person.
“Since the establishment of CAA, there has never been such a major mistake. First, we missed out on ‘The Blair Witch Project,’ and then we missed out on the hotly released ‘Saw.’ Can anyone tell me why this happened!”
Under his stern gaze, no one dared to speak.
“Kate, I need you to tell me why Ryan Gosling was kicked out of the company!”
“I need you to give me a reasonable explanation.”
Michael Ovitz’s anger was not only about losing two movies but about something that was within reach but was kicked out by someone.
He had long been looking for suitable projects to promote package services, thereby completely changing his identity and becoming one of the top players in Hollywood connections.
The success or failure of package services depends crucially on a director who can continuously succeed.
However, such a plan that had not yet been implemented was ruined by someone, and it was someone from CAA.
Faced with the sudden anger, Kate could hardly believe her ears.
“The Blair Witch Project” made over $100 million at the North American box office and over $200 million worldwide.
“Saw” had only been released for just over a week, earning tens of millions of dollars at the box office. It’s imaginable that there would be more box office to come.
However, a young director who achieved such results was Ryan Gosling, whom he kicked out several months ago, a name he had long forgotten.
That guy who was useless and only had wild dreams, and even got kicked out of the crew, had miraculously turned into a hot Hollywood director.
“I don’t care how you do it, but you must bring Ryan Gosling back to me, remember, this is a must.”
“Otherwise, you’ll get out of CAA, no, you’ll get out of Hollywood. I don’t want to see you, you idiot, again.”
“Just because of you, do you know how much loss you’ve caused the company!” Michael Ovitz almost vented all his anger.
In fact, as soon as he got the news, he wanted to strangle Kate alive, and even thought of obstructing “Saw.”
However, this irrational idea only flashed by. “Saw” was the first film distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Once he tore his face with them, the 20th Century Fox behind Fox Searchlight Pictures would definitely go berserk.
For a moment, he didn’t even know how to walk out of the meeting room, feeling dazed, until now he slowly reacted, as if he had already deleted Ryan Gosling’s contact information.
“Michael Ovitz!”
“That damn old bastard, I’ll give you a lesson sooner or later.”
“And that Ryan Gosling, he’s just been lucky.”
As for how to contact Ryan Gosling, he had no clue at all, perhaps he could only pray to God.
As time goes by and the fall season approaches, it’s inevitable that “Saw” will see a decline in box office, even though theater companies continue to increase the number of screens.