Box Office Baron Mugs

Now playing: 'The passion of big box office profits'.

"And need I remind you, the 'art of the deal' is the lifeblood of this company."

'Okay...3.5 billion in stock, 2.5 billion in cash, 80 million in deferred compensation, my own private jet, a luxury car lease for the next ten years, 3 club memberships and...

'Son, someday this will all be yours. Or Wal-Mart's. Whoever pays Daddy the most.'

"Mr. Thomaston's people are here to talk to your people."

Welcome to Hollywood

Lemonade fruit juice water stand and Umbrellas, sump, pumps, raincoats stand.

"The Oaths of the Venture Capitalists."

"A man's cubicle is his castle—eh, chief?"

'Relax. I've come for your high yield 30 year Treasury bonds. They're about to expire.'

'The very name 'windfall profits' show it's an act of god.'

'Can I get a Chardonnay over dry ice? I hate it when my wine gets wet.'

"It's non-negotiable."

One shandy and two glasses of tap water please.

Landlord makes a song and dance about the rent at a theatre

Sporting World God: And on the seventh day he stitched up the television broadcast rights.

If they sentence me, I'll simply pay to refurbish the penitentiary. It will be my own little six star hotel!

I'm torn, Randy. I don't know what to think. About what, little buddy? Star Trek. The latest movie got rave reviews. Critics and audiences loved it. Therefore, I loved it too. But it didn't come anywhere close to earning $1 billion at the box office. And these days, any movie that doesn't earn $1 billion is a complete failure. Therefore, I must hate it. I'm in limbo until the hive mind comes to a consensus. Except for honey, nothing good ever comes from hives.

'Sure, I'll come on board for five-hundred times your average worker's wage, plus double that in stock options, and unlimited use of the corporate jet. Also free postage.'

"I've brought the wrong tickets...And I've come to the wrong show."

'Sure we're concerned about terrorism, but the only bombs we've seen around here are some of the movies we've booked.'

Black is back!

"This one says he's his company's lead-off man."

Agricultural Businessman.

"Can I have a restricted view seat. I can't stand the sight of the star turn."

'Forty beers please, oh, and if a woman called Beau Peep calls, tell her you never saw us.'

(One small step for the Nasdaq…. One giant leap for me!)

"The movie we saw this weekend grossed only $3 million!"

'When people started offering 'Golden Hellos' they didn't realise what a disaster it would be for the business.'

Although less physically imposing than his famous uncle, Baron von Munchkinhausen was no less formidable.

'. . . What was the film about?'

Throwing away your disposable income

Tragedy. Comedy. Booking Fee.

"I sell space."

I swear my grandfather's scowl is getting worse