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Chapter 5 - 1983 Finances and Statistics

The list of movies that we wish to support in exchange for their thanks are:

Movie Recommendations

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, which we projected to gross $378 million.

Risky Business by Warner Bros., which we projected to gross $94.5 million.

Jaws 3-D by Universal Pictures, which we expect to gross $67.5 million. In addition to the thanks, we would like you to include facts about Great White Sharks in the info packets for the people associated with the movie. This will combat some of the misconceptions about it. 1. Great White sharks are ambush predators that usually attack humans (primarily surfers) out of mistaken identity for a seal. 2. The story that inspired Jaws was likely a Bull Shark, but artistically, Great Whites look scarier. 3. Great White sharks are not at the top of the food chain; they can be hunted by Orca (Killer Whale) pods for just their livers.

The Sword in the Stone by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, which we projected to gross $18 Million.

Eddie and the Cruisers by Embassy Pictures, which we projected to gross $6 million.

The Evil Dead by New Line Cinema, which we projected to gross $3 million

The services charged for are:

20th Century Fox: the original expected total of $348 million and a projected total of $522 million.

Paramount Pictures: the original expected total of $705 million and the projected total of $1.058 billion.

MGM: the original expected total of $299 million and a projected total of $448 million

Warner Bros: the original expected total of $469 million and a projected total of $704 million

Columbia Pictures: the original expected total of $512 million and a projected total of $768 million

Universal Pictures: the original expected total of $276 million and a projected total of $414 million

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures: the original expected total of $113 million and a projected total of $170 million

Orion Pictures: the original expected total of $116 million and a projected total of $175 million

Embassy Pictures: the original expected total of $5 million and a projected total of $8 million

The new studios that will get a sample forecast are:

Crown: the original expected total of $22 million and a projected total of $33 million

Atlantic Recording Corporation: the original expected total of $28 million and a projected total of $42 million

New World Pictures: the original expected total of $14 million and a projected total of $21 million

The Samuel Goldwyn Company: the original expected total of $6 million and a projected total of $10 million

With the increasing trust in our company, our casting and staffing recommendation services are slowly being used more. The profits from movies for this year would be $24.08 million. The previous year's recommendations for music made $23.61 million. The total revenue would be $47.69 Million, and the tax rate for 1983 is still 46%, so we will be charged $21.94 Million. The remaining profit is $25.75 Million, so Ms. Lee will make over 2.575 Million for her fee. This leaves $23.175 million remaining for future investments.

Music Recommendations

For next year's album sales, we will offer free services in exchange for thanks from:

Warner Bros: Prince $37.5 Million

Sire/Warner Bros: Madonna $31.5 Million

Elektra: Metallica $9 Million

Epic: Stevie Ray Vaughan $3 Million

The estimated number of units for the remaining best-selling albums for 1984 is 410 million at the average cost of $9 per album. This gives the music industry a projected total of $3.6855 billion. This gives us a share of $24.32 million.

Recommended TV Shows

The Jeffersons, Knight Rider

For the sports, we will give draft recommendations again. We left out the Texas Rangers of our recommendations last year, and the Cowboys didn't take our recommendations. The Mavericks took our recommendations and jumped to 6th in the Western Conference (from the original 8th).

Basketball Draft Recommendations

Our recommendations for the Mavs were (with the best being ^, then *, then +): We believe they can snatch Clyde Drexler for SG and Doc Rivers for PG, but this year's draft is substantially weaker than last year.

C: Ralph Sampson^,

SG: Clyde Drexler^, Dale Ellis*, Jeff Malone+,

PG: Doc Rivers+

We also recommend that they NOT pick these athletes:

SF: Michael Britt#, David Russell#, Ted Kitchel#, Paul Williams#, SG: Mike Davis#, Horace Owens#, PF: Kenneth Lyons#

Baseball Draft Recommendations

For the Texas Rangers draft in 1983, we recommend these forecasted high-value players (Position, Name, estimated pick)

Note: Star indicates that we do not think the player will sign the contract this year.

SS: Kurt Stillwell^ 2,

RHP: Roger Clemens^ 19, Rick Aguilera^ 57, John Burkett^148, Erik Hanson^*172, Jeff Montgomery^212, Doug Drabek^279,

LHP: Dan Plesac^ 26, John Smiley^300

3rd: Chris Sabo^ 30, Kevin Seitzer^283, Matt Williams^*664,

1st: Wallace Joyner^67,

LF: Ron Gant^100,

C: Tom Pagnozzi^208, Terry Steinback^215,

RF: Jay Buhner^*230,

Players that are unlikely to sign this year: Tim Belcher * 1, Joel Davis * 13, Brian Holman * 16, Terry Bell * 17, Stan Jefferson *20, Calvin Schiraldi * 27, Russ Morman * 28, Bill Swift *29, Todd Stottlemyre*119, Erik Hanson^*172, Jay Buhner^*230, John Farrell*403, Mike Fetters*560, Jeff King*573, Matt Williams^*664, Mike Jackson*721, Todd Zeile*739, Les Lancaster*811, Glenn Davis*817

Our recommendations are for pick: 3:Roger Clemins, 57: Wallace Joyner, 83: LF Ron Gant, 109: John Burkett, 135: Tom Pagnozzi, 161:Jeff Montgomery, 187: Terry Steinback, 213: Jay Buhner, 239: Doug Drabek, 265: Kevin Seitzer, 291: John Smiley.

Football Draft Recommendations

The Cowboys have expressed more interest in our recommendations for this year. *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.

QB: John Elway* † 1, Jim Kelly* † 14, Dan Marino* † 27, Ken O'Brien † 24, Bobby Hebert † U

RB: Eric Dickerson* † 2, Curt Warner † 3, Gary Anderson † 20, Roger Craig 49, Craig James 187

OT: Jim Covert* † 6, Bruce Matthews* 9, Nate Newton † U

CB: Darrell Green* † 28, Joey Browner † 19, Gill Byrd † 22, Albert Lewis 61, Carl Lee 186,

DE: Richard Dent* 203, Leonard Marshall 37, Charles Mann 84, Greg Townsend 110,

OG: Chris Hinton † 4,

S: Terry Kinard † 10, Wes Hopkins 35, Keith Bostic 42, Dave Duerson 64, Bill Bates † U,

C: Don Mosebar † 26, Jesse Sapolu 289, Bart Oates † U

WR: Henry Ellard 32, Ron Brown 41, Mark Clayton 223, Anthony Carter 334

LB: Darryl Talley 39, Mike Cofer 67, Johnny Rembert 101, Karl Mecklenburg 310,

DT: Bill Pickel 54, Tim Krumrie 276, Mark Tuinei † U, Brian Sochia † U,

P: Jim Arnold 119, Reggie Roby 167

G: Mark Bortz 219

K: Ali Haji-Sheikh 237

Our recommendations are 23:Dan Marino, 50: Albert Lewis, 77: Charles Mann, 108: Greg Townsend, 135: Craig James, 162: Carl Lee, 189: Richard Dent, 220: Mark Clayton, 246: Tim Krumrie, 273: Jesse Sapolu, 300: Karl Mecklenburg, 331, Anthony Carter. We would also invite Bobby Hebert, Nate Newton, Bill Bates, Bart Oates, Mark Tuinei, and Brian Sochia to training camp to add to our roster.

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