Movie Recommendations
The list of movies that we wish to support in exchange for their thanks are:
Beverly Hills Cop by Paramount Pictures, which we expect to gross $234 Million.
Ghostbusters by Columbia Pictures, which we expect to gross $229 Million.
Gremlins by Warner Bros., which we expect to gross $148 Million.
The Karate Kid by Columbia Pictures, which we expect to gross $90 Million.
Purple Rain by Warner Bros., which we expect to gross $68 Million.
Revenge of the Nerds by 20th Century Fox, which we expect to gross $40 Million.
A Nightmare on Elm Street by New Line Cinema, which we expect to gross $25 Million.
Sixteen Candles by Universal Pictures, which we expect to gross $23 Million.
The NeverEnding Story by Warner Bros., which we expect to gross $20 Million.
There are a lot of good movies this year, so we charged for fewer services. The services charged include:
20th Century Fox: 15 movies for a total of $269 Million Gross
Paramount Pictures: 12 movies for a total of $444 Million Gross
MGM: 19 movies for a total of $188 Million Gross
Warner Bros: 19 movies for a total of $381 Million Gross
Columbia Pictures: 11 movies for a total of $178 Million Gross
Universal Pictures: 16 movies for a total of $228 Million Gross
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures: 5 movies for a total of $131 Million Gross
Orion Pictures: 11 movies for a total of $196 Million Gross
Embassy Pictures: 2 movies for a total of $6 Million Gross
Crown: 1 movie for a total of $21 Million Gross
New World Pictures: 8 movies for a total of $53 Million Gross
The Samuel Goldwyn Company: 2 movies for a total of $10 Million Gross
New Line Cinema: 2 movies for a total of $10 Million Gross
Island Alive: 1 movie for a total of $2 Million Gross
Cannon Film Distributors: 6 movies for a total of $82 Million Gross
The new labels to explain our services, and will get a sample for this year:
TriStar Pictures: 1 movie for a total of $47 Million Gross
Cinecom Pictures: 2 movies for a total of $7 Million Gross
With the increasing trust in our company, our casting and staffing recommendation services are being used even more. The profits for this year from movies would be $18.6915 million. From the previous year's recommendations for music, they would be $18.47 million. The total revenue would be 37.1615 Million, and the tax rate for 1984 is still 46%, so we will be charged $17.09429 Million. The remaining profit is $20.06721 Million, so Ms. Lee will make over 2.01 Million for her fee. This leaves $18.05 Million to use for this year.
Recommended TV Shows
Snipe Bill Cosby's show for another black comedian to star in instead. The remaining cast could carry their weight even if the replacement isn't as good at comedy.
Family Ties, Cheers, Who's the Boss?, Night Court,
Music Recommendations
For next year's album sales, we will offer free services in exchange for thanks from:
Elektra: The Doors 6 Million units
Columbia/CBS Records: USA for Africa 3 Million units
Epic/Legacy: Stevie Ray Vaughan 1 Million units
The estimated number of units for the remaining best-selling albums for 1985 is 285 million at the average cost of $9 per album, which should give us a share of $19.29 million.
We will request that thanks be given in the credit in exchange for our forecast of the games (over the next 40 years, primarily sold in the next year. We are only listing the games we consider the best this year.
Video Game Recommendations
Duck Hunt and Excitebike are recommended for NES. $33 Million will be collected from our forecasts for gaming.
Basketball Draft Recommendations
For the sports, we will give draft recommendations again. The Mavericks took our recommendations and jumped to 2nd in the Western Conference (from the original 4th). They were also 1st in the Midwest Division. Our recommendations for the Mavs this year are (with best being ^, then *, then +): We believe they can snatch Charles Barkley^, John Stockton^, and Oscar Schmidt^#.
C: Akeem Olajuwon^1,
G/F: Michael Jordan^3, Oscar Schmidt^# 131
F: Charles Barkley^5,
G: John Stockton^16, Alvin Robertson* 7,
F/C: Kevin Willis*11, Otis Thorpe+9
We also recommend that they NOT pick these athletes this year:
G: Victor Fleming#, Eric Turner#
C: Tony Costner#, Greg Wiltjer#
F: Anthony Teachey#, Fred Reynolds#, Ronnie Williams#
Baseball Draft Recommendations
For the Texas Rangers draft in 1984, we recommend these forecasted high-value players: (Position, Name, estimated pick), (Best=^, 2nd=+, will not sign=*)
RHP: Greg Maddux^ 31, Mike Henneman+104, John Wetteland+*289, Jeff Brantley+*327, Jack McDowell+*510,
LHP: Tom Glavine^47, Terry Mulholland+24, Norm Charlton+28, Al Leiter+50, Jamie Moyer+135, Chuck Finley+*372,
SS: Jay Bell+8, Jeff Blauser+ (4 in secondary draft),
1st: Mark McGwire+10, John Jaha+358,
3rd: Ken Caminiti+71,
CF: Lance Johnson+139,
OF: Dante Bichette+424,
Players that are unlikely to sign this year: John Vander Wal*201, John Wetteland*289, Jeff Brantley*327, Chuck Finley*372, Jack McDowell*510, Mike Devereaux*644, Don Wakamatsu*839
Our recommendations are for pick: 12: Greg Maddux^, 40: Tom Glavine^47, 66: Ken Caminiti, 92: Mike Henneman+, 118: Lance Johnson+, 144: John Jaha+, 170: Dante Bichette+424
Football Draft Recommendations
The Cowboys are selectively following our recommendations based on need. Doing so changed their wild-card loss into a regular win in the playoffs. *indicates a projected Hall of Fame player, † indicates a projected Pro Bowl player. U indicates an undrafted player likely to be a Pro Bowler.
WR: Irving Fryar † 1, Louis Lipps † 23,
LB: Carl Banks † 3, Wilber Marshall † 11, Fredd Young 76, John Grimsley 141,
NT: Bill Maas † 5,
DT: Keith Millard † 13, Michael Carter 121,
OG: Ron Solt † 19, John Alt † 21, William Roberts † 27,
RB: Greg Bell † 26, Earnest Byner 280,
S: Scott Case † 32, Shaun Gayle 271
QB: Boomer Esiason † 38, Jeff Hostetler 59, Jay Schroeder 83,
DE: Sean Jones † 51,
G: Guy McIntyre 73,
C: Joel Hilgenberg 97,
CB: Kevin Ross 173,
P: Brian Hansen 237,
K: Dean Biasucci † U
Our recommendations are 25: William Roberts †, 40: Sean Jones †, 81: Jay Schroeder, 110: Michael Carter, 113: Kevin Ross, 137: Shaun Gayle, 152: Earnest Byner, 166: Brian Hansen, 193: Dean Biasucci†. The draft this year is weaker than the last. We do not have enough candidates to fill a draft, so we listed all available good players. We recommend pulling these players and trading the remaining draft picks for the following year.