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Bob White was not stunned by Simon's rhetoric, and his tone was a little bit sour: "The problem is, Simon, most of your so-called'tent poles' in recent years are from Daenerys Entertainment. This is very unfair, isn't it?"

"You are wrong, Bob. Compared to other fields, the competition in Hollywood is the fairest. As long as you can make a good enough movie, the audience will buy it. Daenerys Entertainment has done better in recent years. Only, we did not stop other studios from making excellent films. This is someone else’s problem.

"Okay," Bob White did not intend to continue the argument, nor did he no longer detour, said: "Simon, I am here in Los Angeles this time because I hope Warner Bros. can develop more in addition to the existing DC series. Superhero movie."

Simon narrowed his expression: "If I remember correctly, Bob, Terry should be in charge of Warner's film business."

"Yes, but it is clear that Terry is not fulfilling his duties in this regard, at least in the development of superhero movies, he has not stimulated the DC brand's due potential at all."

"So, what I want to know is..." Simon looked at Bob White: "Does Jack know this?"

Bob White paused and said, "I haven't told him yet."

Simon directly raised his glass to White and said, "In that case, tonight will be a little more enjoyable. Also, I can be clear about my attitude, I disagree. If you plan to push forward, of course I can't stop it, but I will change the existing one. The development plan for the DC Cinematic Universe project."

After that, Simon ignored Bob White and turned to walk to him.

Asking about Jack Welch, it's just that Simon wanted to confirm whether this tonight came from Welch's instruction.However, Simon's tough attitude will not change at all for the DC movie universe.Unknowingly, he has regarded Hollywood as his own territory. In order to avoid the premature flooding of manga movies, and to maintain the diversity of Hollywood, Simon has been pressing his own Marvel, and of course he will not allow DC to mess around.

If the contradiction intensifies, even in the DC Cinema Universe, Simon can stop talking.

Just after we separated from Bob White, Jonathan Friedman greeted us and congratulated him again. Jonathan mentioned another thing: "Simon, Daenerys Entertainment’s recent two comets hit the earth theme When do you plan to start preparations for the movies, "Clash between Heaven and Earth" and "Peerless Tribulation"?"

"Peerless Tribulation" was an idea that Simon gave to MGM's infectious disease film "Terror Zone" screenwriter Robert Poole very early on. After the success of "Terror Zone", Poole also became popular. The next "Peerless Tribulation" script was successfully selected by Daenerys Entertainment.

"Clash between Heaven and Earth" is Simon's idea inspired by "Peerless Tribulation". In the past, the two films fought in the same year and were very lively.The original "Clash between Heaven and Earth" has been dropped by the butterfly, Simon picked it up again and handed it over to the original screenwriter Michael Tolkien for writing.

The two projects have recently joined Daenerys Entertainment's project list. Although the preparations have not yet officially started, two super blockbusters focusing on special effects have quickly attracted the attention of major Hollywood agencies and a kind of big and small stars.

no way.

Now in Hollywood, the movies produced by Daenerys Entertainment are the easiest to make actors popular. At the same time, if you want to stabilize your position and not be overwhelmed by latecomers, even big coffees must try their best to fight for these opportunities.

Jonathan Friedman is obviously inquiring about the stars of WMA at this time.

Simon certainly has no concealment about Jonathan, saying: "It's just a project for the time being. However, the schedule for next year is over. "The Great Clash" will be placed in 1998, and "Peerless Tribulation", I hope Michael Bay As a director, this needs to wait for him to complete "Jurassic Park 3", which will be released until 1999.

Hearing this, Jonathan nodded. Basically as expected, he did not rush to recommend candidates. Instead, he said: "Kim has finished filming the "Cable TV Repairman", and Daenerys Entertainment has never done anything. News about a project, Simon, I can only ask you?"

"Cable TV Repairman" is a comedy tailor-made for Kim Carey by Ben Stiller and Jad Apto, who have been quietly fostering by Simon.

In the past history, with this movie, Kim Carey received Hollywood's first $20 million basic salary, and since then started the 20 million era.

Because of the original contract and Simon's suppression of Kim Carey, of course there is no US$20 million this time.Moreover, including this movie, Simon deliberately arranged, the original time and space of "Cable TV Repairman", the box office results can be described as the worst one after Kim Carey became popular. It cost Sony’s budget of nearly 50 million US dollars at the time. The box office barely exceeded 100 million.

This is because Simon deliberately suppressed Kim Carey and let the bad guys help him practice his hands.

At this time, listening to Jonathan's obvious pleading tone, Simon did not insist, and said: "I took the time to send him the script."

Kim Carey originally signed 5 contracts with Daenerys Entertainment. After the two films "Detective Plane", "Ghost in Disguise" and "Cable TV Repairman", which has been filmed and has not yet been released, only left The last one.

In fact, the script has already been prepared.

"Truman".

This is also a script that has been circulated in Hollywood for a long time and has not been fanned by Simon this big butterfly. The storyteller had creativity in the 1980s and was only noticed by Hollywood in 1991. The script was not successfully shot for many times. It fell into the hands of Daenerys Entertainment and was quietly taken by Simon.

If it weren't for Kim Carey's attempt to break the contract and the trouble with Daenerys Entertainment, Simon might have taken it out long ago, and could even push the other side on the Oscar.

Speaking of which, in recent years, Simon has quietly suppressed a lot of scripts.

Just like this year-end schedule of 1996, the most popular movie should have been "Mr. Sweetheart" starring Tom Cruise. Cruise has fallen to the second and third line under the constant pressure of Daenerys Entertainment, "Mr. Sweetheart" Although the script of "was not fanned off, it was sealed by Simon to make way for other movies.

Jonathan was relieved when he saw Simon let go.

In fact, he can understand Simon's approach.

Daenerys Entertainment signed a number of long-term contracts in succession, including a series of actor contracts in the DC Movie Universe. If Kim Carey who tried to break the contract is not given a lesson, other actors will definitely have trouble. It is very likely that it will not end, and it is hard to say whether the DC Movie Universe can achieve the glory of last year's Super Battalion.

Kim Carrey, who took the initiative to serve softly, switched to WMA. Only under Jonathan's words did he get rid of the situation of being hidden in the snow, but the ill feeling on Daenerys Entertainment's side has formed.If this is not the case, with the box office momentum shown by the comedy star's first two films, the current achievements are definitely more than that.

Fortunately, only the last film is left.

Jonathan can imagine that after the final film is completed, there will never be any intersection between the two sides.However, Daenerys Entertainment, which is in full swing, obviously doesn't care too much about the intersection.

Even times are different.

Now Hollywood is obviously the era of super blockbuster movies, and is no longer the year when the big directors and stars were held in the moon by the stars of the major studios, just like the DC Cinema Universe, there is no big director and big stars. Can create a box office miracle, and even these years is equivalent to holding out a batch of brand new big directors and stars.

Jonathan just asked about two comets hitting the earth, and some big names under WMA took the initiative to ask.Otherwise, Daenerys Entertainment will give these opportunities to newcomers. Many big names that have been in danger in recent years may really be shot to death on the beach.

In the final analysis, a young man who turned out a decade ago has completely changed the pattern of Hollywood.

On the second day of the premiere, the word-of-mouth ban of "Wonder Woman 2" was directly lifted, and the comprehensive score of various media reached 8.7 points, close to the classic.

Moreover, the word-of-mouth of this DC’s latest giant system is even irrelevant. When the major theaters posted the last three superhero posters of Wonder Woman, Flash, and Steel Bone on the second day of the premiere, it had Previously, a large number of fans who did not know that the Flash would be participating in the performance were expected to take another step.

Then, on November 22, after the hot midnight scene, the much-anticipated "Wonder Woman 2" was officially rolled out on a large scale on 4017 screens in North America.

At the same time, the first week of the Thanksgiving schedule from November 15 to November 21 has also come to an end.

In fact, after the three-day box office on the weekend from November 15th to November 17th, the two producers of "Slam Dunk in the Sky" and "Star Trek 8" already felt bad, a complete week, due to November 18 The fifth edition of the Victoria’s Secret TV show and the subsequent two consecutive episodes of "American Idol" with an average viewership of more than 30 million on Tuesday and Thursday. The final box office results were released. The two new films were released. The producer is completely cold.

The total box office for the first seven days of the Thanksgiving holiday schedule was 95.46 million U.S. dollars, of which the three days on weekends accounted for 79.23 million U.S. dollars, and the box office for four working days was only 16.22 million U.S. dollars, accounting for only a poor 17% of the box office in one week. Under circumstances, this ratio is often around 30%.

In other words, this week's three popular series, equivalent to swallowing more than 12 million US dollars in the box office of North American theaters.

The films produced by Daenerys Entertainment in recent years have left other studios unable to fight back. Now even Daenerys Entertainment’s TV shows are competing for market share with everyone, which is really exciting. Crying without tears.

In the end, in the first week of the Thanksgiving holiday schedule, the box office champion was not the $80 million live-action animation combination film "Slam Dunk" led by Bugs Bunny and Jordan, but the sequel to Paramount's classic long-term science fiction series "Star Trek 8." ".

In the first week of the show, "Star Trek 8" opened for the first seven days and earned $34.67 million.

This result is not a failure, but it is also significantly lower than Paramount’s $40 million box office forecast for the first week.

Moreover, the forecast gap of $5 million is exactly the same as the box office share swallowed by several popular TV series.Without "Wonder Woman 2", starting with $34.67 million, "Star Trek 8" is actually expected to hit the local box office of $80 million to $100 million. The production cost of the film is $45 million. Just relying on local distribution can recover the production cost.

Now, "Wonder Woman 2" is aggressive, and Daenerys Entertainment's TV show was cut a knife in the first week of the painting. The local box office probability of 70 million is so small that it can only look forward to overseas.However, the popularity of the "Star Trek" series overseas is far less popular than that of the locals. It is already lucky to get half the box office of the locals.

Calculated, it was supposed to be Paramount's stable and profitable Star Trek series. In this sequel, even if it will not lose money in all channels, it will inevitably become the worst commercial performance in these years.

However, "Star Trek 8" is actually lucky.

The second place on the box office chart, "Slam Dunk in the Air," was the real failure.

Warner imitated the model of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and cost 80 million US dollars to produce this live-action animation combination film. It also invited the familiar Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan. As a result, the word-of-mouth after the film was released. The average media rating is only 4.3 points, even failing to pass, which is far from the highly praised situation in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".

Even though the North American market is very mature, there is no shortage of bad movies.

It just depends on the timing.

In the past "Slam Dunk in the Air", without a strong opponent, the local box office won more than 90 million US dollars, and 230 million globally, which is also considered a top seller.

This time, I only talk about the first week of the painting. Not only will it collide with "Star Trek 8", but also Barbra Streisand's "Double Mirror" last week and "Annabel" which still has enough power since the opening of the Halloween schedule. , The ending can be imagined.

In the first week and seven days, relying on 2,650 yuan to open the screen, the box office receipt of "Empty Slam Dunk" was only 25.14 million U.S. dollars.

Starting at $25.14 million, next week will be enough to cut the box office data of the same period of time with "Wonder Woman 2". Warner can't even imagine what the next blockbuster costing $80 million will face.

In addition to the two new films, "Annabelle", which successfully broke 100 million last week, this week, under the impact of the two new films, although the box office fell by 43%, it still won the box office of 15.56 million US dollars, and the box office accumulated 100 million in four weeks. 24.76 million US dollars.

This new film, with a total investment of only 30 million U.S. dollars in production and distribution, sits firmly on the Diaoyutai.

The fourth place is Barbra Streisand's "Double Mirror". The box office dropped by 29% the next week, and it received 11.4 million US dollars. The total box office in the two weeks was 27.49 million US dollars. Through subsequent releases, it is expected to reach the expected local 40 million. , It is the best result of this project produced by Sony.

The fifth place is Boogie Nights, which is still a film produced by Daenerys Entertainment.

Compared with the US$11.4 million of the fourth-placed "Double Mirror", the box office of "Boogie Nights" in the fifth week of its release dropped directly to US$4.31 million. It is conceivable that the box office scenes of other old films in the same period were even more dismal. "Out of the top four, the last nine of the 13 films included in the box office statistics report this week only received a total of less than $9 million in box office.

However, all these movies, no matter how good or bad they are, are reduced to clouds before the vigorously crushed "Wonder Woman 2".