Hollywood Hunter

The aftermath caused by the new presidential election quickly settled, and for a period of time, almost all the news that Hollywood could attract people's attention came from Daenerys Entertainment.

From November 4th to November 10th, in the 17th week of the release, "Instinct" was officially downgraded in North America, with a cumulative box office of US$11.12 million.

At the same time, in the second week of "Scream", the box office decline remained at a very impressive 19%, and it received another $18.35 million in seven days the following week, with a cumulative box office of $39.06 million.It was only during these two weeks of screening that Daenerys Entertainment completely recovered all the investment in the movie and generated profit.

In addition, the first week of "Magnolia Orchid" was also released on the same day. A total of 22 screens were screened, with an average of more than US$68,000 in a single library. The first week of the show was a film that was not originally viewed by many people. At the box office of 1.51 million US dollars.

Immediately following, the week before Thanksgiving, Hollywood's end-of-year schedule finally began to become lively.

On November 11th, if you count the same movies with dozens of screens, there are 7 new films in Hollywood.

However, what is striking is that during the week of November 11 to November 17, although the decline in the box office increased to 23% relative to the first week, "Scream" still maintained its position as the single-week box office champion. After receiving another 13.96 million US dollars, the cumulative box office quickly reached 53.02 million US dollars in three weeks.

Moreover, the movie that followed "Scream" was also a bit surprising. The horror film "Guiwa Huihun" produced by Lianmei Pictures had a box office of US$9.61 million in the first week.

If there is no "Scream", obviously, this later well-known horror film series will also become the weekly box office champion.However, people couldn't help but find a problem. Thanksgiving should be full of family atmosphere. The two most popular movies are all horror movies, which is not normal.

This is indeed the case.

Normally, only the second-line film companies that specialize in horror films like New Line will be keen to push the horror films produced by them to the hottest possible date, because they have no choice.By analogy, Hollywood actually doesn't have many choices. In the final analysis, it's the consequences of the Hollywood screenwriter strike.

Simon studied the list of films released at the end of the Seventh Congress. If it weren’t for Daenerys Entertainment, the Hollywood Big Film’s Thanksgiving schedule did not appear in his memory as it could be squeezed into the top ten at the box office rankings.

There are only two films with this potential in the Christmas period, one is Universal Brothers’ "Dragon Brother" starring Schwarzenegger, and the other is Paramount Pictures' "Baldhead Detective", and, two The release time of the works is not the most popular around Christmas. The release date of "Brother Dragon" is December 9 and the release date of "Bald Head Detective" is December 2. Obviously, Universal and Paramount Not optimistic about these two works, but they have become the box office dark horse of the Christmas period next month.

However, this schedule arrangement actually means another thing. The popular December 16 schedule and December 23 schedule, the seven major film companies are equal to letting it out again.Daenerys Entertainment's "Rainman" and "Death Poetry Society" will happen in large numbers in the next two weeks.

Looking at the moment, after "Guiwa Huihun", the focus is still on "Steel Magnolia".

In the second week of the show, the number of screens in "Steel Magnolia" increased to 35. Although the single box office's weekly box office was reduced from 68,000 US dollars to 66,000 US dollars, it still earned US$ 2.35 million at the box office in seven days.

So, just at the stage of screening, the cumulative box office of "Steel Magnolia" has reached 3.86 million US dollars, which is almost the same as the total box office of the previous "Wool Detective" produced by Warner Bros.

In addition, like "Instinct", on November 17,

Following "Pulp Fiction" was Disney's live-action and animated film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". This week's box office has shrunk to less than $500,000. The cumulative box office also exceeded $150 million.

However, as long as Disney does not intentionally compete for an annual box office title and spends money at the box office, it is basically impossible for "Who Framed Rabbit Roger" to surpass "Pulp Fiction" in the next few weeks of the next release.

With the downgrade of "Pulp Fiction", Hollywood once again realized that although the publishers of "Pulp Fiction", "When Harry Meets Sally" and "Instinct" are not Daenerys Entertainment, who It is also undeniable that they are the works of Daenerys Entertainment and the projects controlled by Simon Westeros.

Moreover, all three of the lower-rated works are ranked in the top ten in the North American annual list.The cumulative North American box office of the three films exceeds US$380 million, which is equivalent to the total annual box office of more than half of the seven major film companies.

At this time, at the end of the year when the box office performances of "Scream" and "Steel Magnolia" were still dazzling, Hollywood finally felt the pressure brought by Daenerys Entertainment.

The most important thing is that, although very reluctant to admit it, the seven responsible persons have to face a reality.

As Simon had told Jack Valenti to say, although Daenerys Entertainment had only been rising for two years, it had indeed become one of the players in Hollywood.Hollywood’s tricks for dealing with latecomers are nothing more than restricting the distribution channels and funding sources, or adding some less influential lawsuit bombing and scandal strategies, but these tricks are almost useless in front of Daenerys Entertainment.

Simon Westero ranked third in the U.S. billion-dollar net worth, enough to support Daenerys Entertainment will not be troubled by the shortage of funds.Stimulated by a series of hot blockbuster movies, North American cinema liners will not block the distribution channel of Daenerys Entertainment with the Seven Majors, but will fight to cooperate with each other.

As for the non-influential methods, it may be very useful to deal with some weak or troubled film companies, but for Daenerys Entertainment, the result is likely to usher in a strong counterattack.

However, things always seem to have some'breakthroughs'.

While the entire Hollywood was sighing and wondering about the rise of Daenerys Entertainment, Paramount Pictures was negotiating with the director of "Scream" Wes Craven to discuss the cooperation of the new film, which immediately aroused many people. .

indeed.

Even if you can't directly fight against Daenerys Entertainment, you can completely dig a foot from Daenerys Entertainment.

With the development of this rising star, even if Simon Westero is a genius, it is impossible for a person to do everything.Moreover, even if "Scream" is still the work of Simon Westeros, but when "Steel Magnolia" once again shows that the box office dark horse is the momentum, Hollywood is not too many people will doubt Simon West Luo's vision of selecting projects and talents.

Who can't pry the corner of the wall?

Due to the popular screening effect of "Steel Magnolia Flower", on November 18th, when the film was officially opened in large-scale in North America, the number of screens of the film has increased from 922 in the previous signing stage to 1135, and Week, as long as the movie's box office performance can meet expectations, major theaters in North America will also provide more screen resources for the film.

Encouraged by "Scream", Daenerys Entertainment's distribution team performed even more boldly in the publication of "Steel Magnolia".

A week before the release, "Steel Magnolia" even advertised ABC's popular "Who Will Be a Millionaire" program.The ratings of "Who Will Be a Millionaire" have been suppressed by "Survivor", but compared to "Survivor", it is the most suitable program for audiences of all ages. The target audience of the festival's family carnival film fits well.

As one of the most expensive TV shows in North America, Daenerys Entertainment's previous "Scream" did not dare to advertise in "Who Will Be a Millionaire", because the winter break is coming , The following "Rain Man" and "Death Poetry Society" also did not have this opportunity.Three issues a week, "Who Will Be a Millionaire", two 30-second ads will be inserted in each issue, but just this point spent $1.5 million in advertising costs for Daenerys Entertainment.

Eventually, from November 18 to November 24, the week of Thanksgiving, "Steel Magnolia" unexpectedly replaced "Scream" as the box office champion of the new week.

Seven days in the first week, the final cumulative box office of "Steel Magnolia" was 12.81 million US dollars.

In essence, it is still the limitation of female movies. It is 12.81 million US dollars. This number is indeed far less than the 20.71 million US dollars in the first week of "Scream", but it is already the best open at the end of the year after "Scream". Painting results.In the first week of the film, the average box office of the film also reached the 10,000 US dollar sales level.

Although there is no shortage of media reports that the performance of "Magnolia Orchid" at the box office is not as good as expected, more people understand that because of the good word-of-mouth and the gradually spreading word of mouth of the audience, the box office of "Magnolia Orchid" is very hopeful The summer flight "Flying Over the Future" came out with a very beautiful long line.

The subsequent box office figures of "Steel Magnolia Flower" immediately proved this point.

The Thanksgiving weekend from November 25 to November 27, compared with the first weekend, the box office of this film fell only a very weak 5%, compared with 8.26 million US dollars in the first weekend, the box office at the next three days was still 7.86 million. In US dollars, the box office totaled 20.67 million US dollars in 10 days.

Malibu.

Unconsciously, the time is already Tuesday, November 29th.

Simon did not go to the company this morning because today he will sign some contracts such as bank loans and real estate delivery.After Janet rushed to Europe last time in person, during this time, Sophia Fisie helped Simon complete the European real estate business completely.

France's Credit Lyon Bank finally decided to provide Simon with this loan. Considering the other expenses such as renovation and maintenance of some houses, Simon simply borrowed US$200 million from Credit Lyon Bank in one lump sum.

After negotiations between the two parties, perhaps to lay the groundwork for future cooperation, the Bank of Lyon Credit this time gave Simon a very favorable 4.3% annual loan interest rate for a period of five years.

With the continuous downgrade of "Instinct" and "Pulp Fiction" and the coming of the winter break of the TV series, for more than a month in the future, Daenerys Entertainment will intensively receive many splits and final payments, but this huge profit is only Simon’s repayment ability has been ensured, not to mention, in the next few years, even if no other popular projects appear, Daenerys Entertainment is destined to continue to receive more revenue from existing projects.

All kinds of formalities and contracts were carried out for one morning. Simon did not ignore the goodwill shown by the Credit Bank of Lyon this time. At noon, he also specially organized a small luncheon to entertain the representative of the Bank of Lyon from France.

The luncheon proceeded to two o'clock in the afternoon, sending away most of the guests. Simon discussed some Westeros business with James Rebled, who also arrived from New York this time. The villa finally became quiet.

After much tossing, Simon took a comfortable bath, changed his clothes, and looked at Janet, who was shrinking on the living room sofa with Sofia Fischer to discuss how to transform the real estate. Simon was helpless, woman Sophia stayed again.

Wearing a tie on his own, Simon said to Janet: "So, you talk slowly, I'm going to the company first, there is something about 4 o'clock."

Janet stood up and smiled, leaned over, took Simon's tie and fiddled, and then walked out with him, saying, "When I bought so many houses at once, when will we go live?"

"Next year," Simon felt Janet hang on him intimately, and said, "I'm still busy for a year. When the production of "Batman" is finished next year, the company is completely stabilized, and we have a good rest."

"Well," Janet pressed his head against Simon's shoulder, and said, "It's done."

"Of course," Simon said: "I never thought of being a workaholic all my life, of course I still have to enjoy life."

Janet pursed her lips and said, "Humph, many workaholics think so, but they can't stop for a lifetime."

Simon said with a smile: "Isn't there you, I can't stop, you just jump out and drag your legs."

"I told you a long time ago, and I won't trust you to regret," Janet sent Simon to the side of the car, and nodded with confidence. "Never will."

Neil Benitra drove the door and Simon kissed the woman's forehead. "Sometimes it's time to drag your legs."

Saying goodbye and saying goodbye, Simon got on the bus and hurried to the corporate headquarters of Santa Monica.

Today, there is not enough work time, Simon arranged to meet several Wonder Woman candidates.

During this time, Hollywood film companies have sent several batches of Wonder Woman candidates over. Although many agencies have subconsciously selected the type of Linda Carter, but still meet many of Simon’s requirements, he still has many I easily found a few goals I wanted from these people.