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Simon returned to Los Angeles and resumed his busy work.And during this time, one of the most watched events in Hollywood is undoubtedly the re-screening of the "Star Wars" series.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of the Star Wars series, and to warm up the upcoming Star Wars Prequel series, on January 30, "Star Wars: The Phantom Threat" was reopened in North America with 2,104 screens.The status of the Star Wars series in the United States is similar to that of China's "Journey to the West".

From January 31 to February 6, during the first seven days of the re-screening, "Star Wars: The Phantom Threat" easily won $45.49 million in the box office. The unpopular late-January schedule has the box office momentum no less than that of a popular schedule. Pound bomb, this shows the powerful appeal of Star Wars IP.

Impacted by the re-screening of the Star Wars series, a series of old films scheduled at the end of last year, except for "Mind Catcher", "British Patient" and a few awards season films that still have spare capacity, all have entered the final stage.

In the same week, following Star Wars, the second-most box office "Charlie Angel", in the 7th week of its release, the single-week box office fell from last week's $12.49 million to within the range of ten million U.S. dollars, earning $7.11 million in seven weeks The cumulative box office time was 232 million 328.81 million.

The third place is "Mind Catcher".

Counting from the screening, in the ninth week of the opening of the painting, "Mind Catcher" continued to receive 6.69 million US dollars with a weekly decline of 25%, with a cumulative box office of 133.78 million US dollars.

It seems that the box office of "Charlie Thunder" is still higher than that of "Mind Catcher" in a single week, but pay attention to the drop. It is not difficult to find that "Charlie Angels" fell by 43% in the 7th week of the movie under the impact of "Star Wars: Phantom Threat" However, the decline of "Mind Catcher" is only 25%, and the trend is much more stable than that of "Charlie Girl", and it will not be a problem to get to the Oscar.

The fourth and fifth-placed "Game of the Brave" and "The English Patient" are almost tied with each other, earning $5.03 million and $5.01 million respectively.However, the state of the two films is similar to that of "Charlie Angel" and "Mind Catcher".

The 8th week of the release of "Game of the Brave", with a weekly decline of 39%, the cumulative box office reached 194.09 million US dollars.

In the same eighth week, the "British Patient" received $5.01 million with a 19% drop over the same period, and the cumulative box office was $36.37 million.

In addition to the top five, "Wonder Woman 2", which was released last year in Thanksgiving, was a complete end.

In the 11th week of the release, "Wonder Woman 2" gradually reduced the screen size to 565 screens, again earning 1.63 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office reached 415.09 million US dollars.As Daenerys Entertainment further reduced the canvas of "Wonder Woman 2" in order to launch a new film on February 7th, the film's subsequent box office will shrink again? It is expected that the follow-up will be up to 2 million US dollars? The local box office will stay at 417 million US dollars. .

After the first week of Star Wars re-screening, Daenerys Entertainment also began to focus on the 1996 film business.

On February 7th, a new box office week-the highly acclaimed "Two Smokers" and "Follow" at the Sundance Film Festival in January were released at the same time.

Or the United Kingdom and the United States started painting simultaneously.

Simon originally hoped that "Two Smokers", which had far exceeded North America's box office performance in the United Kingdom, and the more phenomenal "Six Heroes of the Pig" first opened paintings in the United Kingdom? After accumulating popularity, he would transfer to North America.However, Simon decisively approved the new strategy after seeing the February British film packaging marketing plan proposed by the company's publicity team.

The main reason is that this strategy does not include "Six Heroes of the Pig", which was once a phenomenal film? As for "Two Smokers"? The British box office in memory is 28 million pounds? The success is unquestionable? But it is far inferior. The £160 million of "Six Heroes of the Pig", which broke the record of British box office history? So even if there are some deviations? It is irrelevant.

In addition, the packaging and release strategy this time is not just about "Two Smokers" and "Follow".

Although the heroine of the new version of "BJ Singles Diary" a few years in advance is Julia Roberts, a typical American girl? But the film is from the UK from behind the scenes to the story? It is not too contradictory to say that it is a British movie.

Let's talk about "Two Big Smokers" and "Follow".

Continuing the excellent reputation at the Sundance Film Festival? The two low-cost feature films that were first drawn? At the same time, they were widely recognized in the British and American mass media.Moreover, according to Simon’s proposal, not just Nolan’s "Follow"? Guy Ritchie’s "Two Smokers" was also labeled as "brain-burning". After all, this film has a multi-line narrative. The complexity of the technique far exceeds that of other similar projects in these years, and it is indeed a brain-burning one.

With the universal acclaim of the media and the curiosity of the audience provoked by the brain-burning label, the two films succeeded in grabbing considerable public attention in front of the re-released Star Wars.

From February 7th to February 13th, the first week of the painting, "Star Wars: The Phantom Threat" is still worth $26.35 million in the next week, "Two Smoke Guns" and "Follow", respectively With the equivalent of 763 yuan and 712 yuan, they opened the screen and successfully won US$5.41 million and US$4.65 million in the box office.

The two box office data may seem small, but in only one week, the two box office receipts directly exceeded their production costs.

Not only that, but in terms of average, "Two Smoking Guns" reached US$7,092 and "Following" reached US$6,530. In February's cool schedule, less than 1,000 screens were shown, and such museums are basically big sales.At the same time, the two films also followed "Star Wars: Phantom Threat", "Mind Catcher" and "Charlie Girl", squeezing into the top five ranks of the weekly box office list, ranking fourth and fifth respectively.

Subsequently, during the premiere of "BJ Singles Diary" at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood on February 12, the two main creators of the two films "Two Smoke Guns" and "Follow" attended the show together, contributing to the promotion of Daenerys Entertainment. Next, the three films were officially bundled, making the popularity of the two films after a good start once again risen.

With the popularity at this time and the recent lack of rivals in the market, it is expected that the two films can easily be shown for a long time until Easter at the end of March. The North American box office rushed to Daenerys Entertainment’s expected range of 20 to 30 million US dollars with ease, and even exceeded 3000. It's not impossible.

Considering that the two films are only two or three million US dollars of low investment, but the box office return in North America is ten times higher, plus overseas income, the profit level of the two projects is no less than that of some mediocre market performance. bomb.

February 14th, Valentine's Day.

As Daenerys Entertainment's first main feature in 1996, "BJ Singles Diary" opened in North America with a large scale of 2513 screens.

The same praise.

After the ban was lifted on the second day of the premiere, the comprehensive media score of the film quickly reached an excellent score of 8.3.

"Variety" magazine review "BJ Singles Diary" is another smart, alternative and delicate romance movie after "When Harry Meets Sally" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral".

Julia Roberts took the initiative to gain 30 pounds for her performance, which can be called a self-destructive image, and has also been recognized by the media.

"New York Times" commented that Julia did not hide the charm of the actress after gaining weight, but made her more charming.The famous film critic Roger Albert also praised Julia's double breakthrough in image and acting in the "Chicago Sun".

Although Valentine’s Day is scheduled for Valentine’s Day, Warner’s "Vegas Vacation" starring Chevi Chase and Paramount’s "Friends" actor Matthew Perry and Mexican actress Salma Hayek The starring romance film "Silly Love Comes True" opened at the same time, but under the bombardment of Daenerys Entertainment's bundled release strategy pushed by the three films, even the re-screening of "Star Wars: Phantom Threat" was covered up. , The attention of the other two new films is even more different.

On the other hand, after the re-screening of Star Wars and Daenerys Entertainment’s packaged marketing strategy have re-stimulated the market, the industry generally predicts that in the Valentine’s Day box office week that opens on February 14, the total box office in North America will once again rush The 100 million yuan mark, most of which will be divided among the most watched movies.

Subsequent facts also proved so.

Even though it has been captured by blockbuster movies that have risen rapidly in recent years, Julia Roberts’ box office appeal has not faded too much, plus an excellent story. This is not an American sweetheart better than an American sweetheart. The market potential of Hollywood actresses has been stimulated again.

Just the first weekend, "BJ Singles Diary" successfully won the box office of 26.29 million US dollars, easily reaching the high-sale level of the museum's 10,000 yuan in three days.

Immediately afterwards, from February 14th to February 20th for the complete first week, the box office of "BJ Singles Diary" finally reached 37.62 million U.S. dollars, and the seven-day pavilion was close to 15,000 U.S. dollars.For this film that also took the initiative to go out of the stable and long-term before the Easter schedule, this is a very outstanding result.

The second-ranked "Star Wars: Phantom Threat" was expected to even see a reversal this week. Under the impact of several new films such as "BJ Singles Diary", the reversal not only failed to materialize, but the box office fell 22% in a single week. , And received 20.61 million US dollars.

"Vegas Holidays" produced by Warner Bros. ranked third, but the box office in the first week was the next level, with only $11.76 million.The opening of the screen at 2,054 yuan is equivalent to the museum's barely breaking through $5,000. It is conceivable that after Valentine's Day box office week, this movie will be quickly eliminated.

The fourth place Paramount's "Silly Love Comes True" is almost the same situation, 1674 opened the screen, the first week of receipt of only 9.13 million US dollars.

Under the impact of three new films, Guy Ritchie's "Two Smokers" managed to hold the fifth place.

In the second week of the release, due to the success of the first week, Daenerys Entertainment increased the number of screens for both "Two Big Smokers" and "Follow" to more than 1,000 yuan, plus the popular schedule of Valentine's Day. "Big Smoking Gun" in the next week with 1,076 screens, a reversal of US$7.53 million, and a box office reversal of 39%.

Although Nolan's "Follow" was squeezed out of the top five, with the increased screen size of 1,029, he managed to hold the sixth place on the list, earning $6.21 million, and also achieved a 33% decline.

Although this week is special, Daenerys Entertainment has also raised the local box office forecasts of "Two Smokers" and "Follow" to more than 30 million US dollars.

As for the total box office of "Two Smokers" is definitely higher than "Follow", no one is surprised.After all, "Follow" is really brain-burning, and you may not be able to understand it if you don't watch the movie seriously. It lacks some interestingness, and "Two Smokers" is more storytelling and interesting, even if the audience doesn't care about it. Clear all the clues, just a wonderful performance by a group of weird people, can also get quite a rich viewing experience.

Returning from China, it was Valentine's Day on February 14 and Simon's 29th birthday on February 22. Simon stayed in Los Angeles for two consecutive weeks.

Until February 24.

The end of the month.

At the same time it was the beginning of a new week. Simon finally left Los Angeles again and set off for the East Coast.

The previous Friday, which was also the day before Simon’s birthday, continued for more than half a month. Faced with a three-week increase of more than 5%, the NASDAQ index further rushed to a high of 6,700 points, and the overall loss of the Tiger Fund was close to 80%. , Officially declared liquidation.The Tiger Fund, which reached US$12 billion more than three months ago, cleared all short positions, leaving only US$2.8 billion.

After the Tiger Fund founder Julian Robertson issued a public letter of apology to investors, he said that he will close the Tiger Fund, disband the team, and will not enter the hedging field in the short term.

It can be described as disheartened.

As a leader in the field of hedge funds that has developed rapidly over the years, the liquidation of Tiger Fund shocked the entire industry.

However, in addition to a large number of investors who have suffered direct losses, the field of capital hedging has attracted more and more attention from all parties. After all, this is a zero-sum game. The other side of the Tiger Fund’s losses of nearly 10 billion has been in recent months. Someone made nearly tens of billions of dollars from it.

It is not easy to find out who made the money, but as long as this is confirmed, it is enough for too many people to follow suit.

Simon has been reducing the size of Cersei Capital's direct hedging department, betting on Soros's funds, and targeting Southeast Asia.Therefore, in this feast of the Tiger Fund, Cersei Capital has not made much profit. The Cersei Fund Management Team, which has been standing on the opposite side of the Tiger Fund since the end of last year’s election, has continued to do more. Because of its conservative holding strategy, three Over a period of months, the cumulative profit was only US$1.2 billion.

Therefore, most of the Tiger Fund's losses are in the hands of other hedge capital.

Simon does not regret this.

Even Simon himself thought at the beginning that the Nasdaq’s turn would probably be around December last year or even January this year. The long profits that should be made had already been made last year. Simon also kept in mind the business principle of not making the last cent. After all, if it continues, perhaps the Nasdaq’s plunge in just one day can swallow up most of the profits accumulated for several months.

Dropping the bag is for security.

Regardless of the field of investment, the biggest mistake of too many people is that they can’t let go when it’s time to stop, it’s hard to let go when it’s time to let go, and occasionally laugh at people who seem to have missed more benefits when other choices are enough.

In the end, these people often draw water from a bamboo basket.

In addition to the disastrous ending of the Tiger Fund, Richard Mellon Skeff, of the Mellon family, left the market with less than 40 million US dollars in principal.On this trip to the West Coast, apart from visiting pregnant women as usual, Simon has to do some follow-up arrangements for the Mellon family.