Hollywood New Century

For Universal Pictures, which was established in 1912, it does have a profound background and a long history, but Universal Pictures has always been a monster thriller and comedy.

The development of that year was indeed due to the market **** by a series of blockbusters such as Steven Spielberg's "Jaws", "Alien ET" and "Jurassic Park".

Steven Spielberg has his own Amblin Pictures, and later founded DreamWorks Pictures. There are many popular film and television rights in Universal Pictures' film library to share the benefits of Amblin Pictures.

In recent years, Universal Pictures has shot the "Bourne Bourne" series and "The Fast and the Furious" series. It is no wonder that Simon is a little strict with Universal Pictures.

Back then, a huge loss of box office rotten egg "Future Water World" directly caused Panasonic to sell Universal Pictures to General Electric at a loss.

In the entire NBC Universal Entertainment, the revenue of Universal Pictures is actually not high, and it is basically the performance of Universal Studios; the majority of revenue has always been the NBC TV Network Group.

At the same time, "Smart: Ghost Record 2", which has been released for more than a month, grossed US$85 million in North America and US$94 million overseas. The low-level horror movie costing only US$3 million earned nearly US$180 million at the global box office.

This shot of Aurora Pictures is indeed a blast, plus it has to release DVDs, TVs, and online distribution, making a profit.

Universal Pictures' "Moonlight Panic" started in 1978, and ten films were filmed in 2007. The North American box office was 300 million US dollars. "Smart: Ghost Recording" can definitely take over.

The French inspirational and touching film "Untouchable" produced by the French branch of Xinghai International Pictures (of course it is now called the French branch of Universal International Pictures) was also first released in France, and the word of mouth and the box office are flying together. The French box office of 100 million US dollars is still in hot release.

Of course, the North American market is distributed by Venus Pictures, and the rest of the market is handed over to Universal International Pictures to promote and distribute.

"Untouchable" currently has 12 million viewers in France, and according to forecasts, it is likely to surpass the number of viewers of "Titanic" in France," Sophie Marceau made a special call across the ocean. Annunciation.

"Don't worry, it will come sooner or later, and the movie's reputation is also very high. I believe that the box office in other parts of Europe will not be low." As for the North American market, it must be so-so, and North America has never been interested in such touching movies.

"The word of mouth is very good, and the nomination for the Caesar Award is definitely there!" Sophie Marceau is also one of the film's producers, and has contributed a lot in publicity.

"That's good, next time I go to France, I'll treat you to dinner!"

"It's a word!"

After hanging up the phone, Simon leaned on the sofa and opened the reports about Universal Studios Osaka in his hands.

"The number of people entering the park has decreased from 11 million people in 2001 when the park opened, and it is only about 7.5 million this year." Simon looked at the report with no expression. It is indeed time for Universal Studios Osaka to reform.

Starting in the second half of next year, most of the equity will be acquired from investment institutions such as Goldman Sachs and will be self-operated.

The equipment update of Universal Studios Osaka is also not enough, and it does not meet the play customs of RB people. The Kansai economic circle in Osaka is indeed not as good as the Kanto economic circle in Tokyo, but the attraction of Universal Studios Osaka is less than half of Tokyo Disney. Too bad.

"Boss, I have something important to report here!" Laura Collins knocked on the door and entered.

"Well, what's the matter?"

"It's a happy event. Regarding the Shanghai Universal Studios Resort project, DreamWorks Animation is very much in favor of our cooperation. Paramount and Hasbro also agree to put the "Transformers" series into Shanghai Universal Studios!" Laura Collins said happily, knowing that her boss has been busy with the Universal Studios Resort Group recently, and Shanghai Universal Studios Resort is another big new project.

"Yes, with DreamWorks Animation, at least there are a lot of cartoon characters, especially the most popular "Kung Fu Panda" in China, which is a good card, "Transformers" has countless hobbies all over the world It is not inferior to the ace IP of the "Harry Potter" series." Simon also laughed, it is not so simple to fight against Disneyland, the concept of theme park plus resort was created by Disney, in terms of brand influence, Universal How could Studio City be a rival to Disneyland?

The principle of industrial IP, creative themes, and content is king is absolutely reasonable in terms of theme resorts.

"Jeffrey Katzenberg is also an ambitious person. He is really not reconciled that DreamWorks Animation is just a production company. He hopes to build DreamWorks Animation into an entertainment empire, a theme park, movie derivatives, and online networks. , he wants to copy Disney!" Simon had talked to Geoffrey Katzenberg long ago, and he had a sharp eye, a great insight, and an ambition.

"Boss, DreamWorks Animation actually wants us to launch the Universal Studios Shanghai Resort project as soon as possible. They are quite eager for the theme park project," Laura Collins explained after thinking about it.

"I heard that after we mentioned it at Xinghai Entertainment last year, Mr. Jeffrey Katzenberg, the president and CEO of DreamWorks Animation, often went to find investors for support, hoping to build a theme park for DreamWorks."

"Hahaha, don't worry, it's so easy to build a large-scale film and television themed resort. This is a project with a big investment and long-term return. The conditions required are very harsh," Simon smiled, Jeffrey Katzenberg does animated films, no problem.

But in terms of other investment perspectives and the layout of entertainment groups, it will definitely not work, otherwise Michael Eisner would not have dared to leave Disney.

Jeffrey Katzenberg and Michael Eisner serve as Barry Diller's assistants, and Barry Diller has a strong voice.

Michael Eisner, the king of Disney, is handsome, and Jeffrey Katzenberg can only be a general. Michael Eisner, who has been in charge of Disney for 20 years, has proved his talent, and Jeffrey Katzenberg, who joined Spielberg and David Griffin to form DreamWorks, is now only holding a DreamWorks Animation.

"Tell Tom Williams that the Universal Studios Shanghai Resort project must be carefully prepared, and at the same time, the Universal Studios Resorts in Orlando, Hollywood and Osaka must also prepare comprehensive expansion plans," Simon said with a hand pat table,

"The film and television theme resort, the future market will become larger and larger, and the foundation of Universal Studios is also good. We need to develop a larger market and attract more people!"