Hollywood Hunter

In recent years, Apple has remained strong, and established operating systems such as Unix still occupy a large portion of the market share.

Therefore, apart from the attention in the new technology field and the rise in stock prices, Westeros’ increase of 10% of Microsoft’s shares did not cause too strong a response. Most people do not see that Microsoft has become an anti-celestial. The potential of the technology giant.

After finalizing this, Simon's attention turned back to Hollywood.

Another week in December also quietly went away.

From December 8th to December 14th, the fourth week of "Flying Over Childhood" received another 16.93 million US dollars with a 22% drop. The cumulative box office was 100.125 million US dollars, officially breaking 100 million, becoming the first part of the year-end schedule. The box office broke 100 million movies.

With the advent of the next popular Christmas season, although there are heavyweight films such as "Batman" and "Rocket Expert" coming soon, "Flying Over Childhood", a family comedy that is very festive and still has strong box office potential.

The industry originally expected that the film’s North American box office may be between 150 million and 170 million US dollars. When the box office data for this week was released, both the film producer and distributor and the external box office statistics agency confirmed that "Flying Childhood" North America The box office is expected to reach 170 million US dollars or even higher.

In Simon's memory, the North American box office of "Flying Over Childhood" is only about $140 million.

However, the original "Flyover Childhood" was released in the unpopular period in mid-October. The period is far inferior to Thanksgiving. The actor's coffee can not be compared with the starring Mel Gibson, and there is no strong combination of Daenerys and Warner Brothers. It was announced that the box office of the new version of the film exceeded the original version by $30 million.

"Flying Over Childhood" broke the 100 million box office. Daenerys Entertainment originally signed a contract with Warner Bros. in exchange for the two major copyrights of "Wonder Woman" and "Spyware".

According to common sense, it is inevitable to develop a sequel to a movie with a box office in North America that can break through $170 million.According to the contract signed at the time, Warner Bros. does not have the right to participate in the production of the sequel to "Flying Over Childhood", so the production of the sequel will be completely controlled by Daenerys Entertainment.

Amy is very attentive to the sequel of "Flying Over Childhood", but Simon cannot bear it.

This comedy with baby talking as a gimmick is difficult to play new tricks in the sequel. The box office scores of the two sequels of "Flying Childhood" in memory are completely a drop in the waist. Simon does not think that this time can play too many new Tricks.

Moreover, in one year, he participated in two blockbuster blockbuster blockbuster films, and Mel Gibson's remuneration increased further. The total number of "Lethal Weapon 3" projects discussed with Warner, Mel Gibson directly offered a base salary of $8 million plus 20 % Net profit share.

"Flying Over Childhood" is expected to have a higher box office than Summer Lethal Weapon 3, and if a sequel is developed, Mel Gibson's pay offer will only be higher than Deadly Weapon 3.

Although it has the first base, "Flying Childhood" will definitely make some money for a sequel, but if the production is started, the sequel will definitely occupy a high-quality schedule next year, and there are other better options. This potential time cost is not acceptable to Simon.

Therefore, Simon did not intend to easily approve the sequel production of "Flyover Childhood" without better ideas beyond the original.

In addition to "Flying Over Childhood", "Scream 2" had a 21% drop at the box office this week, and received another 5.11 million US dollars. The cumulative box office was 98.17 million US dollars. It is expected to break 100 million next week.

However, next week, the box office fell to less than 5 million US dollars. Under the influence of "Batman" and other heavyweight films, it is very difficult for this youth horror film to exceed the total of 110 million US dollars at the box office.

In the third week of "Gucci Seal" released, the box office decline remained at a very good 19%, and received another 6.39 million US dollars. The cumulative box office in the three weeks was 23.86 million US dollars.

Gucci has invested all the expected profits in the announcement of the film. However, according to the investment of Daenerys Entertainment, the box office broke through 20 million US dollars, and the company has begun to generate good profits.

Encouraged by the success of "Gucci Seal", other well-known luxury brands and Hollywood studios have begun to contact each other, trying to replicate "Gucci Seal"'s success in brand marketing and box office.Daenerys Entertainment also officially signed with Madonna and publicly announced the establishment of Madonna's documentary for the World Tour next year.

Finally, the first week of "Driving for Miss Daisy" was released, with 32 screens and excellent media reputation, it received a single-week box office average of more than 23,000 US dollars, and the first week of the box office reached 750,000 US dollars.

The production cost of this film adapted from a famous stage play about ethnic issues is only US$7 million. The small-scale opening of the first week's show will earn US$750,000 at the box office. The film will obviously have a good box office prospect.

Then, on the second day of the previous week's box office data release, which was December 16, the nomination of the new American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards was officially announced.

Daenerys Entertainment's two films, "My Left Foot" and "Driving for Miss Daisy," produced by Gaomen Pictures, have received a total of 5 important nominations.

Among them, "My Left Foot" won two nominations for best actor and best supporting actress in the drama category.The nominations for "Driving for Miss Daisy" are the best film in the musical comedy category, the best actor in the musical comedy category, and the best actress in the musical comedy category.

Speaking of this, "Sixth Sense of Insanity", which was a big hit at the box office in the summer, is also very qualified to squeeze into the Golden Globe Awards nomination list. All four nominations are very possible.

However, because of the controversy that this film has risen in the screenwriter, and to make way for "My Left Foot" and "Driving for Miss Daisy", Daenerys Entertainment actively gave up the idea of ​​nominating the film.

It must be said that "Sixth Sense of Soul" is still downgraded on December 7th. This phenomenon-level horror film has been shown on the North American theater for a total of 23 weeks. The total box office in North America is $295.38 million. Unfortunately, Failed to break through the $300 million mark.

Because there are only two or three hundred thousand dollars left at the box office in the last few weeks, unless you directly pay for the box office, it is impossible to let the box office rebound of "Sixth Sense of the Sixth" break through $300 million.Daenerys Entertainment will no longer fight for this title.

The box office of more than 290 million US dollars has already ranked first in this year's box office list, and most media are also inclined to have no film beyond the box office of "Sixth Sense of Sense" by the end of the year.

Moreover, no matter whether it can break through 300 million US dollars, Daenerys Entertainment has already made a lot of money, and it is impossible for all parties to have something for this movie because "The Sixth Sense of Insanity" failed to break through the 300 million mark. contempt.

new York.

Inside Simon’s apartment on Fifth Avenue in the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

The time is Monday, December 18.

Simon and Janet came here last Friday, mainly to record an episode of "John Carson Tonight Show" which promotes "Batman".

Due to some entertainment, the two did not return to the West Coast on the weekend.

Last night, he attended the New York Mayor-elected Mayor David Dingkins reception, David Dingkins successfully defeated Rudy Giuliani in the November election of the New York Mayor.

The final stage of the election coincided with the small collapse of the US stock market in October. David Dingkins’s campaign team again adopted Rudy Giuliani, who was revealed by James Rebold, during the investigation of the Michael Milken case. The scandal launched a fierce attack on the other party, which laid David Dingkins' dominant position in the later stage of the election and eventually won the election with ease.

Westeros has spared no effort in the David Dingkins election process, but Simon has no clear political demands this time.

Or, if it does, it is to announce to the North American political community that Simon Westero is starting to intervene in this game, while showing Simon’s own political stance.

Early morning still early.

It has just snowed in New York recently. The central park outside the bedroom is still white and the weather is quite cold.

After having breakfast, Simon bid farewell to Janet and rushed to the airport alone to return to the west coast.

During this time, Janet never let go of the management of Cersei Capital.

However, compared with the previous operation of the stock index futures that is constantly changing in the Japanese market, all types of positions facing the North American bond market are basically long-term short-term contracts, so there is no need to closely watch the market every day. Cersei Capital’s The sub-fund team was also granted a certain degree of autonomy, so that women can follow Simon everywhere.

The crisis in the US junk bond market triggered by the small crash in October has continued in recent months because of the established plan, Cersei Capital intends to liquidate all positions before the New Year and withdraw from the North American junk bond market. Tian intends to stay in New York to personally operate the final stage of operation.

After planning to participate in the premiere of "Batman" on December 20, he flew to Australia for Christmas, and Simon has been extremely busy in recent days.

Back to Los Angeles, because of the time difference, the West Coast side is still just over nine o'clock in the morning, just arrived at work time.

Jennifer returned with Simon and was still on the plane. The female assistant told Simon that Australia’s Qintex Group officially signed an acquisition agreement with MGM today.

Prior to this, Qintex Group's detailed plan to acquire MGM has been announced in the media.

Although the boss of MGM has been recognized as the casino tycoon Kirk Kokrian in recent years, in fact, one of the seven largest movie companies has always been a listed company.Kirk Kokrian only holds 70% of MGM's shares.

At the time, Kirk Kokrian's several "capital operations" around MGM were also carried out on these 70% shares.

The Qintex Group will acquire 70% of the shares of MGM-Lianmei in the hands of Kirk Kokrian for $10 in cash this time and become the absolute controlling shareholder of this veteran film company.The transaction also means that Qintex Group will undertake all aspects of MGM’s debt in excess of $700 million.

The Qintex Group's own business situation is in jeopardy. This matter has been fully excavated by the superb North American media recently. The outside world is generally not optimistic about this transaction, and it is inevitable that some people think of Simon.It is believed that by virtue of Simon's girlfriend being an Australian and Simon's close relationship with Australian capital, Daenerys Entertainment is likely to help MGM achieve recovery.

You should know that this acquisition of MGM is not only involved in the Qintex Group, but also many other Australian capitals hoping to get involved in the Hollywood media field.Otherwise, with the strength of the Qintex Group itself, it is simply impossible to complete this acquisition.

Although Simon accepted Qintex Group Chairman Christopher Scars at noon to participate in the signing lunch of MGM acquisition, but actually did not mean to help MGM.

At least, he didn't mean to intervene until he achieved control of the company.

Back in Los Angeles, Simon left the Los Angeles International Airport and rushed directly to the Daenerys Entertainment headquarters in Santa Monica.

There is already a meeting waiting for him here.

Last Wednesday, Daenerys Entertainment officially completed the acquisition of EA shares, and finally took over 35% of the shares of this PC game production and distribution company from EA’s original major shareholders at a price of $50 million, becoming EA’s The largest shareholder.

Compared with the initial acquisition budget of up to US$350 million, US$50 million won a 35% stake in EA, and the valuation of this company is only equivalent to US$140 million, which is about US$170 million before EA. Market value is much lower.

Obviously, the majority of EA's shareholders are still interested in the content development capabilities of Daenerys Entertainment.

After Daenerys Entertainment's shareholding, as long as EA can develop a big game similar to "Ninja Turtles", the business of selling 50% of the company's 35% share in the US$50 million will definitely not lose.Moreover, because of the revival of console games in recent years, EA had originally planned to enter the field of console games, but it was a bit discouraged by Nintendo's harsh royalty system.

Now, according to the preferential agreement reached between Blizzard Studio and Nintendo and the deliberate negotiations between the two parties on this matter, after this share purchase, games produced by EA can also enjoy Blizzard Studio's royalties, which is also EA shareholders quickly and Dan The reason why Neris Entertainment reached a stock sale agreement.

You should know that after the announcement on Wednesday, EA's stock price continued to rise sharply in the following three trading days. The stock price rose more than 70% in three days, and the market value had rushed to $290 million at the close of last Friday.Obviously, in just three days, Daenerys Entertainment's $50 million investment in EA has achieved more than 100% of the book profit.

This morning's meeting was also an unspoken desire of both parties to continue to stimulate EA's stock price through some good news.At the same time, during the negotiation process with EA, Simon had already told Nancy to contact some copyrights suitable for game change. This is the matter for everyone to discuss.