Hollywood Hunter

Simon returned to the United States. The North American summer vacation in 1994 has long ended, and the film market has entered an unpopular period when the gross box office per week is less than 50 million US dollars.

It happened to be a box office week from September 16 to September 22. In the 16th week of this year’s summer season's most blockbuster "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises", it received another $3.95 million at the box office, and the cumulative box office officially exceeded 4 100 million US dollars mark, reaching 40.31 million US dollars.

This is also the second film in the DC Movie Universe series to break the $400 million mark at the local box office.

The last one was "Batman: Hour of War".

According to the current single-week box office volume of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rise", the film can continue to earn 10 to 20 million US dollars in the future, and the total domestic box office will be between 410 million and 420 million US dollars.

Overseas.

According to the latest statistics, the overseas box office of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" has reached 513 million US dollars, which obviously exceeded expectations.

You should know that some important overseas ticket warehouses, such as France and Germany, that deliberately delayed the release of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rise" until after the summer break in order to protect the local film industry. Can bring about 200 million US dollars in box office revenue.

This means that "Batman: The Rise of the Dark Knight" will not only become the first global box office to break through the $1 billion mark, it is also expected to directly raise the record to more than $1.1 billion.

Such an amazing box office performance is certainly not accidental.

First of all, the success of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rise" is the result of Daenerys Entertainment's five years of meticulous operation of the DC Cinema Universe brand. The film is not only the finale of the Batman trilogy series, but also a concentrated popularity explosion after Daenerys Entertainment has laid the foundation for five consecutive years.

Secondly, the local box office of the film still maintains a volume of 400 million US dollars, and there is not much breakthrough, but overseas revenue is expected to hit a new high of 700 million US dollars. This is largely due to Daenerys Entertainment's globalization strategy in recent years.

It's not just Melisandre, but Daenerys Entertainment's globalization strategy actually started earlier.

Daenerys Entertainment’s vice president of global operations, Mark Belford, ranks second only to Nancy Brill and Robert Iger within the group, and is even higher than the two major sub-labels of Gomen Films and New World Pictures. The position of the person in charge is slightly higher, not without reason.

Mark Belford has been wandering overseas for most of the past few years, just to make a global layout for Daenerys Entertainment.

Simon visited Ukraine for the first time last month, but Mark Belford has been running non-stop since the dramatic changes in Eastern Europe to establish Daenerys Entertainment Group in Poland, Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine and other Eastern Europe or the former Soviet Union. Movie distribution network.

This job that needs to get through every aspect of the joint is arduous.

The results are also very gratifying.

At this stage, Daenerys Entertainment already has a fairly complete distribution network in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Australia outside of North America. Most countries and regions can directly distribute under the name of Daenerys' own branch, and the entire Hollywood At present, only Daenerys Entertainment can do this.

Therefore, if it were not for Mark Belford himself, he could become the third president of the group before Daenerys Entertainment's IPO.

Although Warner Bros. is still responsible for the overseas distribution of "Batman: The Rise of the Dark Knight", in fact, many overseas markets rely on Daenerys Entertainment's resources and channels, so this time it has a record box office of 700 million US dollars overseas. expected.

Except for Warner, who is afraid that Simon will do something according to the contract, other Hollywood film companies don’t have too much worries. For example, this summer file Daenerys and Fox’s "True Lies" and MGM’s "Speed ​​of Life", Daenerys Entertainment is responsible for the distribution in many overseas markets. If there is demand for the other majors, Simon is not stingy, and the fees charged are quite reasonable.

People are inert, even if they are enlarged to enterprises.

Now that there is a ready-made distribution network available, it is often too lazy to explore it personally. When the reaction is over, it may be too late.

The average cost of Hollywood movies will only get higher and higher, especially blockbuster movies. Five years ago, there were very few blockbusters with a production cost of 50 million US dollars. Nowadays, it is quite common for the cost to exceed 100 million. Next, with the further increase in film production costs, overseas markets will become more and more important if you want to recover investment and achieve profitability.

In fact, with the establishment of the World Trade Organization, many people in Hollywood have reacted to it. It’s just that, except for Daenerys Entertainment, several other companies, including Warner, are not strong enough to support it. A global film distribution network.

Now that I can’t invest in ruins, my dependence on Daenerys Entertainment will only grow stronger in the future.

Simon is definitely not a herbivore.

When necessary, for the benefit of Daenerys Entertainment, other film companies will naturally step aside.

Another phenomenon-level movie "Forrest Gump" that was released this summer has also broken the local box office mark of 300 million US dollars two weeks ago. For the week from September 16 to September 22, "Forrest Gump" "Another US$3.61 million was collected. It was released for 12 weeks. The North American box office of the film reached US$311.37 million. It is expected that the subsequent re-screening during the Oscar period will bring in 20 to 30 million US dollars. The total local box office is expected. Around $330 million.

Relying on the phenomenal word-of-mouth, the overseas box office of Forrest Gump has reached 220 million U.S. dollars, and the global cumulative total is 530 million U.S. dollars. It is expected that the overseas follow-up will still receive another 150 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office is expected to hit 700 million U.S. dollars.

In addition to the two phenomenal blockbusters, starting from May, all the popular summer movies have entered the final stage.

"Stargate", which opened in the summer season, has already been released in North American theaters, with a total of 112 million US dollars at the local box office.

MGM’s "Speed ​​of Life and Death" has also ended, with a total domestic box office of 109 million US dollars.

The opening of the film universe "Calling the Souls" came to an end 13 weeks after its release, with a total domestic box office of 129 million US dollars.

"True Lies", a collaboration between Daenerys and Fox, earned US$1.22 million in a week from September 16 to September 22. It was released for 11 weeks and had a cumulative box office of US$141 million. It is expected to decline in the next four weeks. The total domestic box office is expected Is about 145 million US dollars.

Because of Daenerys Entertainment’s "God Watching Movies" topic craze, and the two crime genre films "Blood Romeo" and "The Line of Fire" that have attracted a large audience with their high quality, they have exceeded 100 million.

As of September 22, the domestic box office of "Blooded Romeo" was 102.96 million U.S. dollars. The box office received 1.16 million U.S. dollars in the past week. It is expected to decline in the next four weeks or so, and the local box office will fall at about 105 million U.S. dollars.

Robert De Niro and Al Pacino’s "The Line of Fire" co-starred in the box office performance and stamina are much better than "Blood Romeo", although it is better than "Blood Romeo" for a week, the film’s local box office The cumulative total has reached 11.17 million U.S. dollars. In the past week, it received 3.11 million U.S. dollars. It is expected that there will be at least 10 million U.S. dollars in box office potential in the future, and the local box office will drop around 120 million U.S. dollars.

Such a big year that can indeed be called'God Watching Movies', the only one billion-dollar club movie in the summer file that has nothing to do with Daenerys Entertainment, "Burning Eyebrow Chase", was released for ten weeks and accumulated at the local box office. 117 million U.S. dollars, the box office received 1.51 million U.S. dollars in the past week, and it is estimated that the total domestic box office will be around 120 million U.S. dollars, which is considered to break the monopoly of Daenerys Entertainment.

The undisputed fact is that Hollywood now feels the fear of being dominated by Baby Di in the original time and space twenty years in advance.

In Simon’s memory, at the peak of its heyday, when Disney’s global box office broke through 7 billion U.S. dollars in just over half a year and is expected to further advance toward the annual goal of 10 billion U.S. dollars, the second-ranked Warner’s global box office accumulated less than 2 billion U.S. dollars. Several other Hollywood aggregates can't compete with Dibao, it can be said to be no two.

Daenerys Entertainment has now reached a pinnacle even higher than the previous Disney.

However, while enjoying this sense of contemplation, in order to avoid becoming a public enemy of Hollywood, Simon had to consider leaving a way for other film companies to survive.

After returning from Europe, Simon made people speak out.

Daenerys Entertainment will once again launch a batch of external cooperation projects, this time there will still be 10 movies.

In recent years, many media have pointed out that Daenerys Entertainment’s external cooperation projects over the years are actually an expansion in disguise. A reporter from the Hollywood Reporter even proposed a widely recognized “parasitic expansion”. The theory is, even if drinking poison to quench thirst, no one in Hollywood today has the courage to reject the olive branch thrown by Daenerys Entertainment.

Because you didn't accept it, other people rushed forward.

One ebb and flow.

The result will only be worse.

Manor in the northern suburbs of Greenwich, Connecticut.

The time is already September 23.

In the evening, after a busy day at the opening of Fashion Week, Sophia Fessi finally returned from the city and landed in a small estate next to Simon's residence by the Black Hawk helicopter of the Westeros family.

This is the new home of the Faich family.

In the last incident, it was discovered afterwards that an assistant of Sofia in Italy was coerced by the Mafia to reveal the detailed address of the Fessi’s house in Greenwich, and then he was approached directly.

The assistant has naturally been fired.

While Sofia has strengthened the protection of family privacy, this time he simply put his new home next door to Simon's manor, because it can be directly incorporated into the Westeros family's security system.

Although it is not up to the 30 acres of Simon Estate, the new residence of the Fei Si family is also 12 acres in size. There is a long corridor between the main villa and the gate of the mansion, which has sufficient buffer, and the strictness of the Westeros system Security, this time, no strangers will be able to come directly to the door of Fei Xi's villa.

When Simon returned from Europe, the Westeros family came to live on the east coast.

At this time, other women would generally take the initiative to retreat, but Sophia had no such worries. In the past few years, she and the two Jeanne had been quite familiar with each other, neither Janet nor Jennifer regarded her as a threat.

It was agreed in advance that the two families had dinner together.

Sophia rushed over from her manor and saw her daughter Gemma playing with three little guys on the outdoor lawn. Of course, it was mainly Melbourne. The other two children still had to sit in the stroller to watch their brothers and sisters play.

There were female assistants and two other Wei family maids accompanied by them.

He pulled the Indian girl and asked, and learned that Simon was still meeting guests. After his son Daniel came over, Simon called to attend. Sophia thought for a while, but didn't say anything.

Daniel's precocity, as a mother, Sophia is even more clear.

After the incident some time ago, even out of a protective mentality, Sophia did not reveal too much to the pair of children, and Daniel has obviously changed a lot during this period.

Simon pulls Daniel to participate in the reception. Although Sophia feels a little early, he still feels more behavioral towards his little man's acceptance of Daniel's behavior.

It was already evening.

After chatting with Jennifer, I told my daughter not to be too crazy, so Sophia entered the villa.

Janet is arranging dinner, and she volunteers to go to the kitchen to help.

In a study room in the villa, after more than ten minutes, Joseph Schrapp was sent away. Simon, who was sitting on the sofa in the reception area, smiled and asked Daniel, who took the initiative to help organize the information: "How do you feel?"

In the afternoon, I discussed various aspects of the political layout of the Westeros system with Joseph Schrapp for more than three hours.

Daniel has started school after the summer vacation, and he was called by Simon to listen in for less than half an hour after school. The last topic was mainly about the antitrust investigation of the three technology companies of the Westeros system by the Ministry of Justice.

Hearing Simon’s question, Daniel, who was still wearing school uniforms that became more sloppy, thought for a while, and said: "The Internet industry is expected to become the key to the fourth technological revolution. In the future, it will involve all aspects of the global industrial chain. In the context of globalization, the three companies Cisco, AOL, and Eaglet maintain a strong posture, which is actually very conducive to the global expansion of the US technology sector, right, Simon?"

Simon smiled and nodded: "Yes."

Daniel said: "In this case, for American interests, I don't think the White House and Congress should rush to contain the growth of the three companies. Only if they are strong enough can they have enough advantages to suppress other countries' technology industries in the process of global expansion. development of."

Sofia's two children were born in France and immigrated to Switzerland with a woman a few years ago. They are now Swiss. In recent years, he has lived in the United States for a long time. Although Sophia has not changed the nationality of his two children, Daniel has unknowingly developed a position.

Simon heard the words and said, "So, where do you think the problem lies?"

Daniel thought for a moment, then shook his head.

Simon motioned that the boy didn’t have to clean up the information on the desk, and when he sat down on the opposite sofa, he said, “National interests are important. This is what every politician in Washington will say. At first, I also had you Similar thinking. However, I later discovered that this was a big mistake. In reality, every politician in Washington has its own position, and very few will truly implement the principle of'national interest first'. If we take the United States Interests in the global science and technology field lobbying Washington to end this antitrust investigation will only become a joke in the eyes of many politicians. Therefore, if we want to achieve our goals, we must deal with this matter in a politician way of thinking, not the so-called National interest."