Hollywood Director 1992

As Link expected, the 'Dentist Death Case' in Fowler County, New York, was reported by media outlets such as CNN and USA Today, attracting a lot of attention.

This wasn't the first accident, but the third.

A movie was involved in death cases one after another.

What does this indicate?

It indicates that 'Paranormal Activity' is abnormal.

Originally, this movie was already terrifying enough, but now, with unexpected deaths among the audience occurring one after another, 'Paranormal Activity' has become even more terrifying.

The Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, and the American Tribune, among other major media outlets, have all made reports.

Some media outlets are stating the facts.

Others are hyping up the supernatural elements in 'Paranormal Activity', deliberately extending the three accidental deaths to paranormal events, making the cases even more mysterious.

Among these media outlets, the World News Weekly has been the most active.

To join in the excitement, the newspaper released a special edition in advance, claiming in the article with an extremely affirmative tone that the evil spirit in 'Paranormal Activity' is real.

The three deaths are also related to the ghost in the movie.

However, the number of people killed by the ghost in 'Paranormal Activity' is not just three, but 28.

The World News Weekly listed in detail the identities, times of death, causes of death, and other information of the 28 deceased in the newspaper.

The common point is that all 28 deceased had watched 'Paranormal Activity' before their deaths.

The newspaper also invited three doctors of paranormal studies to do exclusive interviews, explaining the reasons for the birth of ghosts, which classic ghost murder cases have occurred in the past few years, and the common points with the 'Paranormal Activity Murder Case'.

Through the mouths of the three doctors, readers are told that the ghost in 'Paranormal Activity' is real and highly contagious.

After watching this movie, viewers are very likely to be targeted by the ghost in the movie, and even be followed home by the ghost.

At the same time, the doctors also told readers that ghosts are born and grow by absorbing negative emotions.

If you want to deal with ghosts and not be harmed by them, it is best to maintain a good mood and do some happy things in the future.

Remember not to be troubled by negative emotions. Once you are troubled by negative emotions, the ghost will take advantage of the situation, and everyone is very likely to be in danger.

In the last edition of the World News Weekly, there was an extended reading.

The article talked about the numerous death events caused by the 'World's Forbidden Song', 'Gloomy Sunday'. 'Gloomy Sunday' was created in 1933. The main content of the lyrics is to describe the creator's feelings of grief and despair after losing his lover, and his desire to commit suicide.

Both the lyrics and the melody are very sad.

In the ten years after the song was released, more than 130 people committed suicide after listening to the song.

In 1936, Time magazine published the news, causing a global sensation.

Later, many countries in the world publicly banned the release of 'Gloomy Sunday', and the song also became a 'World's Forbidden Song'.

The World News Weekly mentioned this matter to prove that 'Paranormal Activity', like 'Gloomy Sunday', can also lead to accidents and should be banned globally.

After the newspaper's special edition was released, it sold 350,000 copies in North America within three days.

This incident also caused a huge sensation and controversy in the United States, and was called the 'Paranormal Activity Movie Murder Case'.

Many people protested to the National Association of Theatre Owners and the US government, demanding that 'Paranormal Activity' be banned from continuing to be screened.

In eight relatively conservative regions, including Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, more than 100,000 people launched a signature campaign demanding that 'Paranormal Activity' be banned from being screened in local cinemas.

Councilors from multiple cities also stood up to express their support for the public's choice, suggesting that 'Paranormal Activity' be taken off the shelves in advance.

The movie has been released until now, and taking it off the shelves from the cinema has little impact on Link, but the greatest impact on the cinema chains.

The cinema chains are unwilling to miss this opportunity to make money, but they cannot ignore the public's reaction.

After negotiation, major cinema chains jointly issued a statement.

Starting next week, the number of cinemas showing 'Paranormal Activity' will be reduced from 1217 to 665.

In order to ensure the personal safety of movie fans, it is recommended that cinemas in various places do a good job of counting the number of people before the screening. The number of viewers in a single screening should not be less than 30 people. If there are too few people, the movie will be even more terrifying;

It is recommended that viewers watch in groups, preferably in pairs or more;

It is recommended that cinemas in various places do a good job of safety protection during the screening of 'Paranormal Activity', arrange two or more staff members or medical personnel to prevent accidents among the audience.

At the same time, the cinema chains once again issued a warning: The plot of 'Paranormal Activity' is highly terrifying. Viewers with diseases such as high blood pressure and heart disease should not go to the cinema to watch it.

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"Haha, Link's good luck also has an end. This time, half of the cinemas have been cut off, and Link will earn millions of dollars less."

At Miramax Films, Bob Weinstein pointed to the statement in the newspaper and smiled.

Harvey Weinstein was also reading the newspaper, but he didn't have a smile on his face. His expression was solemn.

"What's wrong? Isn't this good news?"

Bob Weinstein asked in confusion.

Although 'Paranormal Activity' is selling well, it has little impact on several movies under Miramax Films, but fellow practitioners are enemies. A growing Guess Who Films is not a good thing for Miramax.

Also, 'Paranormal Activity' has been too popular during this time, and Link has earned too much money from this movie. Now no one in Hollywood is not jealous of him.

Seeing him unlucky is like eating ice cream in the summer for those who are jealous of him, it's so refreshing.

Harvey stroked the stubble on his chin, "Could this matter be a conspiracy?"

"Conspiracy?"

Bob Weinstein didn't understand.

Zero mistakes, one first, one hair, one inside, one capacity, one is in one one see!

"A few weeks ago, the Murrieta murder case, at first everyone thought Link was going to be unlucky, but from beginning to end it was a marketing plan, allowing Link to earn tens of millions more.

Now that the movie is in the final stages of release, the media suddenly broke out with this kind of death case of watching 'Paranormal Activity', making the movie more popular and the plot more topical. From this point of view, it also seems like a movie marketing."

Harvey Weinstein said.

"That's impossible. Link is not a madman, to kill a few people to promote the movie?"

"Link is a very simple person. Before the results come out, he must not be underestimated."

Harvey Weinstein said with narrowed eyes.

After Guess Who Films and the cinema chains issued a statement, Hollywood colleagues and those who were hostile to Link predicted that the box office of 'Paranormal Activity' would be affected, and Link would also lose tens of millions of dollars.

However, the result was unexpected.

After 'Paranormal Activity' was restricted from release, many viewers who had not seen the movie could no longer resist their curiosity and went to the cinema to watch the movie.

Many viewers who had seen the movie, in order to seek excitement, deliberately chose screenings with fewer people, and some people even launched a 'Coward Game' to compare who was braver.

At the same time, they also recorded the movie watching video and sent it to Guess Who Cinemas, hoping to be selected by Guess Who Films and get it broadcast on TV.

Affected by these factors, in the tenth week of its release, 'Paranormal Activity' once again saw a reverse trend in the box office, rising from $11.35 million last week to $15.03 million.

The cumulative box office of 'Paranormal Activity' in North America reached 276 million US dollars.

The media predicts that the box office of this movie in North America is very likely to break the 300 million US dollar mark.

Exceeding commercial blockbusters such as 'Home Alone', 'Batman 1', and 'Terminator 2', it has become the highest-grossing movie in North America in the past five years.

The data predicted by the media makes many filmmakers crazy.

Everyone invests tens of millions to make movies with hard work, but in the end, it is not as good as a horror movie with a cost of only 20,000 US dollars.

No one can be balanced in their hearts when they encounter this kind of thing.

Many filmmakers did not hide their hostility towards him when accepting interviews.

Hollywood's famous film critic Sean Thorpe said in the Los Angeles Times that Link is a 'disruptor' of the Hollywood film market order, a greedy 'devourer', and an 'ambitious person' who does everything possible to hype up movies.

Last month, he used the 'Murrieta Husband Murder Case' to hype up the movie. This time, he used several accidental deaths to hype up the movie. He is eating 'human blood buns'.

Dustin Hoffman said in an interview that movie promotion should be moderate and not make people hate it, but some colleagues have not done it.

Tom Cruise praised Link as an excellent film businessman and hoped to have the opportunity to cooperate with him.

Robert Downey Jr. said in a disdainful tone when participating in 'Saturday Night Live' that the viewers who were tricked into the cinema to watch 'Paranormal Activity' were all fools.

Link could not refute all of the above accusations.

Although the 'Movie Murder Case' series of reports had little to do with him, the movie's box office rose against the trend, and he became the actual beneficiary.

If you get the benefits, you can't avoid taking the blame.

In order to clarify the misunderstanding, Link accepted the invitation and once again walked into TNT TV station to participate in the new issue of the 'Billy Says Movies' program.