Chapter 15: Monster Box Office

4 October 1991. A date not many would care about. Nothing big happened on this day. No major political news or no big celebrity scandal.

However, for Sunny, today was the most important day for him.

In more than 1200 theatres across America and Canada, the movie Monsters would be released. The promotion of the movie has been done in a very delicate manner.

Large posters on bus stands, subway and other channels include the title - A Movie directed by Coppola.

Internet has not taken shape at this stage and major entertainment newspapers were busy covering stories related to the sudden popularity of homosexual-themed movies.

Actor Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix are famous in this small time period and Keanu's name and face are clearly printed on posters.

Besides the ads on the radio have generated a small buzz among the fans who are waiting for a good movie in this period.

Since September's last week, there is no major release from any big studio. Halloween is also deserted this time without any major release and for Sunny, this gap is a god assist for his movie.

No strong competition, No big names to snipe his movie and no fuss around Sofia's name.

On 6:30 PM, Sofia and Sunny together walked inside a theatre close to their place in LA and took a corner seat in the last row.

They only came to judge the live reaction from the audience and they were not disappointed.

As the movie begins, the story moved in a fast-paced manner and the handsome face of Keanu and beautiful and helpless Tea quickly captured the hearts of movie fans.

Then the tense and scary situations, the glimpses of alien monsters and the destroyed town gripped their hearts.

"Seriously, that tentacle monster is really freaky!" A lady watching the movie in front of Sunny spoke to her partner in the next seat.

Sunny could hear slight exclamations from time to time and that brought a pleasant smile to his face.

"Let's go. The movie will be successful and we should wait for the box numbers from RKO." Sunny took Sofia away before the movie finished screening and they went directly to a nearby hotel.

Both were in an anxious mood and waiting for the call from their distributor. The first-day number actually reflects the movie's strength in publicity and possible box office final number.

It was around midnight when the call from the RKO office finally came - "Congratulations Sunny. The box office is good and we got a great response from the audience. We have mostly B+, a few A and very few C.

The total tonight is around 1.63 million. I believe the numbers would increase exponentially on weekends. Congrats my friend!"

"Ha Ha Ha...Thanks, Roy. Congrats to RKO from me too. It seems our partnership brought good results."

"Definitely my friend. Definitely. I will update you with the final numbers after the weekends. Also, there were a few critics from some major publications. Let's hope they give some good feedback."

Roy enthusiastically talked with Sunny for the next 15 minutes before cutting the call.

"How is it?" Sofia asked as soon as Sunny put down the phone.

"More than 1.6 Million. The numbers are big and we are already in profit. Plus the feedback from the audience is also good.

We have mostly B+ and few A or C. So it's overall stable." Sunny shared the happy news before opening the champagne in the room.

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Sofia excitedly jumped on the bed like a little girl.

"I succeeded! Wo hooo..." Sofia shouted loudly and grabbed the bottle from Sunny and drank bigger mouthfuls.

The two old lovers celebrated together and fell asleep.

A similar cheering sound could be heard in Tea's and Keanu's rooms. Keanu was glad that another one of his films succeeded and his momentum at the box office is not bad.

The response from 'My private Idaho' was almost negative and the media only focused on the love story between men. The box numbers were also not good.

Even though it's not a failure, the movie won't make more than 7 Million at box office due to the low audience rate in theatres.

On October 5th, Sunny went back to his office at 9 but found someone was already there at the reception. Alicia was already there and it seemed it was natural for her to be there.

"Good morning Sir."

"Good morning, Alicia. Please do bring me the signed contract. Also, can you please bring me papers that have covered our movie? After that keep updating the movies released in the next few weeks so that we can monitor our competition properly."

"Sure sir." Alicia smiled and went to arrange the papers.

Sunny called Matthews after making a cup of coffee for himself.

"Good morning Matthew. Sunny this side. The last time you called me, you told me you had some contacts in law firms. I am looking for a private attorney or a small law firm that can provide legal help for my new studio.

Any recommendation?"

"Well, A great morning to you too Sunny and congratulations on box office success. I do know a few people who can fit into this category.

Tell you what, why don't you send me your fax number and I shall fax you their information."

"Thanks, Matthews. Appreciate your help." Sunny said after putting down his phone and sending his fax number to Matthew.

Soon, the fax machine made the sound and a few papers with information came out. Sunny quickly took these out and sat on his chair.

Sipping his coffee and looking at the names, he was ready to make calls. Alicia also came back with the papers and very diligently arranged them in front of Sunny.

"Let's see." One after another Sunny called these law firms and made an appointment for a meeting. There were some girls and boys too who wanted to fly solo and they were eager to join a production house.

In this way, from morning to evening, Sunny was busy in filtering firms and people for his legal troubles and it was only evening when Alicia reminded him that she was leaving, he check the clock.

It was already 7:00 PM. He left these matters for tomorrow and then checked the papers. Noting down the key data and matching feedback from various critics and public opinion he was sure the film had an average word of mouth and it was neither too hot nor too cold in this season.

"Let's hope we don't get any tough competition this Halloween." Praying to the gods who bought him back in this era, he left the office and went back to his home.

Unknown to him, his prayer will definitely come true.

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