Last year, our services and recommendations have been recognized by both the industries and the consumers. Since our recommendations have been noted by customers, these movies and albums have dramatically oversold our forecasts. This will change our profits to a 1% standard fee per title, even if we have a recommendation. We will refuse to recommend on request or for a fee. We will be more liberal towards cult classics, though.
Movie Recommendations
This year, the movies that we recommend are: Back to the Future, The Goonies, The Breakfast Club, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, St. Elmo's Fire, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Teen Wolf, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, Desperately Seeking Susan, The Last Dragon, The Care Bears Movie, Clue, Just One of the Guys, and the Legend of Billie Jean.
We forecast:
Universal Pictures originally grossed $636 million and is projected to increase to $795 million.
TriStar Pictures originally grossed $329 million and is projected to increase to $411 million.
United Artists originally grossed $127 million and is projected to increase to $159 million.
Warner Bros. originally grossed $668 million and is projected to increase to $836 million.
20th Century Fox originally grossed $371 million and is projected to increase to $464 million.
Paramount Pictures originally grossed $458 million and is projected to increase to $572 million.
MGM originally grossed $195 million and is projected to increase to $244 million.
Columbia Pictures originally grossed $623 million and is projected to increase to $779 million.
Atlantic Releasing Corporation originally grossed $50 million and is projected to increase to $63 million.
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures originally grossed $142 million and is projected to increase to $178 million.
New Line Cinema originally grossed $55 million and is projected to increase to $69 million.
Orion Pictures originally grossed $248 million and is projected to increase to $310 million.
Embassy Pictures originally grossed $24 million and is projected to increase to $30 million.
The Samuel Goldwyn Company originally grossed $44 million and is projected to increase to $55 million.
Cannon Film Distributors originally grossed $100 million and is projected to increase to $126 million.
Island Alive originally grossed $19 million and is projected to increase to $24 million.
Crown originally grossed $14 million and is projected to increase to $17 million.
New World Pictures originally grossed $27 million and is projected to increase to $34 million.
Skouras Pictures originally grossed $2 million and is projected to increase marginally.
Empire Pictures originally grossed $2 million and is projected to increase marginally.
Video Game Recommendations
Super Mario Bros. is the best game of the year, so we highly recommend it. For PC, we recommended Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego. This year, we projected to make $15.625 million from our services to the video game industry.
The total collected by movies was originally $4.157 billion, which we project to increase to $5.196 billion. Our fees from these services were $51.96 million for movies, $15.625 million for gaming, and music from the previous year was $24 million.
The total revenue would be $91.585 million, and the tax rate is still 46%, so we will be charged $42.13 million. The remaining profit is $49.46 million, so Ms. Lee will make over 4.946 million for her fee. This leaves $44.5 million to use for this year.
Recommended TV Shows
Family Ties, Cheers, The Golden Girls, Who's the Boss?, Night Court, Growing Pains
Music Recommendations
The music albums for 1986, we recommend: Top Gun soundtrack, Beastie Boys- Licensed to Ill, Metallica- Master of Puppets, New Kids on the Block, and Stevie Ray Vaughan: Live Alive.
We also need to keep Metallica from traveling on September 27th, 1986. We can claim poor weather conditions at that point.
The estimated units for the remaining best-selling albums for 1986 are projected to be 395 million at the average cost of $9 per album, which should give us a share of $35.55 million.
Basketball Draft Recommendations
The Mavericks took our recommendations and jumped to 2nd in the Western Conference (from the original 3rd). They were also 1st in the Midwest Division. Our recommendations for the Mavs this year are (with the best being ^, then *, +, and the last good forecast is x). The players that we do not think will sign have #. They can snatch Karl Malone^, Joe Dumars^, Terry Porter+, and Michael Adams+.
C: Patrick Ewing^1, Arvydas Sabonis^#,
SF: Chris Mullin^7 ,
PF: Karl Malone^13, Xavier McDaniel+4, Charles Oakley+9,
SG: Joe Dumars^18,
SF/PF: Detlef Schrempf*8, A. C. Green+23,
PG: Terry Porter+24, Michael Adams+66,
We do not recommend drafting: G-Calvin Duncan#, SG-Aubrey Sherrod#, F: George Montgomery#, C/F: Bobby Lee Hurt#, C: Arvydas Sabonis^#. We do recommend Arvydas Sabonis after he is eligible.
Baseball Draft Recommendations
For the Texas Rangers draft in 1985, we recommend these forecasted high-value players: (Position, Name, estimated pick), (Best=^, 2nd=+, will not sign=*)
C: B.J. Surhoff+1, Mike Stanley+394,
1st: Will Clark +2, Mark Grace+622
OF:Barry Bonds +6, Rafael Palmeiro+22, David Justice+94, Brady Anderson+257,
SS: Barry Larkin ^4, Walt Weiss +11, Gregg Jefferies +20, Joey Cora+23,
LHP: Randy Johnson^36,
RHP: John Smoltz^574, Bobby Thigpen+85, Jeff Brantley+134,
The players we recommend are: 3. Randy Johnson^, 57 John Smoltz^, 83 David Justice+, 109 Jeff Brantley+, 135 Brady Anderson+, 161 Mike Stanley+, 187 Mark Grace+
We do not recommend drafting: Scott Servais*, Tino Martinez*, Deion Sanders*, Kevin Tapani*, Brian Jordan*, Bo Jackson*, Ed Sprague Jr.*, Jim Abbott*
Football Draft Recommendations
The Cowboys again followed our recommendations based on their need. Doing so changed their 1 win into 2 wins in the playoffs. *indicates a projected Hall of Fame player, † indicates a projected Pro Bowl player. U indicates an undrafted player that is likely to be a Pro Bowler.
DE: Bruce Smith † *1, Chris Doleman † *4,
WR: Jerry Rice † *16, Andre Reed* 86, Al Toon † 10, Eddie Brown † 13, Eric Martin† 179, Steve Tasker† 226,
LB: Kevin Greene*113, Duane Bickett † 5, Jack Del Rio †68,
OG: Bill Fralic † 2,
DT: Ray Childress † 3,
OT: Lomas Brown † 6, Jim Lachey † 12,
TE: Ethan Horton † 15, Mark Bavaro † 100, Jay Novacek† 158,
CB: Jerry Gray † 21,
C: Kevin Glover † 34,
QB: Randall Cunningham † 37, Steve Bono † 142, Doug Flutie † 285, Bernie Kosar † 2-1,
P: Dale Hatcher † 77,
DB: Audray McMillian † 84,
K: Ralf Mojsiejenko † 96, Fuad Reveiz † 195
FB: Ron Wolfley † 104,
RB: Herschel Walker † 114,
G: Duval Love † 274
NT: Greg Kragen † U,
S: Eugene Robinson † U
The players we recommend are 17: C: Kevin Glover 44: Jack Del Rio, 76: Mark Bavaro, 103: Ron Wolfley, 114: Herschel Walker 119:Jay Novacek, 144: Eric Martin, 157: Steve Tasker, 178: Duval Love, 184: Doug Flutie 216: Bernie Kosar.