Maxi, who was busy licking an ice dice, declined to remark, however his proprietor, the film producer and Venetian slipper purveyor Stuart Parr, marveled at the tablescapes. “This is made out of ceramic, not plastic,” he stated, mentioning an Air Mail-branded match striker nestled between white orchids. “That tells you everything.”

Sting walked in a jiffy earlier than midnight. Ms. Johansson arrived along with her husband, Colin Jost, after the Cannes premiere of “Asteroid City,” the Wes Anderson movie during which she has a key function. She chatted on the dance ground with Bryan Lourd, her agent and the co-chairman of C.A.A., and Joe Kahn, the government editor of The New York Times. (Mr. Kahn sat with Mr. Carter and Mr. Walter at dinner.)

Mr. Zaslav might have been the co-host, however some of the friends have been nonetheless attending to know him. Michael Barker, a co-president of Sony Pictures Classics, stated he had met Mr. Zaslav for the first time that night and appreciated his sense of movie historical past. Boy George stated he discovered Mr. Zaslav “very sweet.”

As at any trade occasion, some enterprise obtained carried out. Mr. Zaslav, Mr. De Niro and Mr. DiCaprio have been tossing round new titles for “Wise Guys,” a mob drama that Mr. Zaslav greenlighted after taking on Warner Bros. Boy George stated he was open to any roles the Hollywood crowd would possibly throw his approach: “I’ve been talking to Rebel Wilson about playing her gay friend.”

By 2 a.m., after the disco and new wave music light and the home lights went up, Mr. Zaslav was nonetheless working the room. He shook fingers with the D.J.

The view from the slowly emptying pool deck — purple sky, darkish sea, white yachts — was roughly the similar one which Jack Warner, the studio’s longtime president, as soon as loved from Villa Aujourd’hui, his summer home, about 700 meters away.

Vanessa Friedman contributed reporting.