Hollywood Hunter

Back home, because of worries about "Wonder Woman" and the development trend of the entire Hollywood film industry, the two Michaels who happened to be neighbors have been discussing coping strategies almost overnight.

While the entire Hollywood is closely watching everything in Wonder Woman, the Simons have already rushed to Australia.

"Superman" officially started shooting recently, and the shooting location of this superhero movie is still in Australia.

The difference is that this time the main viewfinder city is Sydney.

Because of Daenerys Entertainment’s connections in Australia, Wonder Woman has also been released in Australia and North America simultaneously. During this time, the Australian film industry has also been quite lively.

After attending the premiere of "Wonder Woman", he departed on Friday, June 5, and arrived in Melbourne already on Saturday afternoon local time.

In order to take care of children, Veronica quit her job and no longer lives in a high-rise apartment in downtown Melbourne. Instead, she also bought a villa on the banks of the Yarra River, just outside the Johnston mansion and the Simons. The nest is not far away.

Raymond Johnston loved the grandson so much that he specially arranged a room for the little guy in the mansion.

The Simons and the couple arrived and saw a little guy in the baby room of the mansion.

Half-year-old Melbourne Westeros is now able to climb. Compared with the ugly appearance at the time of birth, the white and tender appearance now makes people hug and kiss each other.

Janet picked up the child at first sight after seeing the "little annoying" who often talked about, and it was kind of ah.I haven’t seen you for more than a month after the last Easter, and the little guy didn’t admit his life at all. He was very cooperative with his mother.

After the mother and son'interacted' for a moment, Janet gave the child to Simon.

The little guy inherited the beautiful eyes of his mother and looked at the man in front of him. Perhaps he might have seen where he had seen it, and he did not resist. He also raised his tender young hands and grabbed Simon's collar.Hearing Simon asking questions like "would you like dad", he will not answer, but he is also very skilled.

Veronica, who was much softer than before, stood next to a family of three, watching Simon talk to the little guy, what she wanted to say, she still said nothing, but looked at the situation with a little satisfaction in her eyes. .

After playing for a while, the little guy quickly fell asleep tired.

The babysitter is still in the crib, and the three leave the room together.

Sometime before dinner, in addition to the Raymond Johnston couple, Anthony Johnston also brought the family over, and everyone gathered in the living room of the mansion to discuss some recent things.

After liberalizing foreign investment in telecommunications industry regulation in Australia last year, after more than a year of deployment, the Internet access service of the Westeros system and the Igret portal have initially established a foothold in this country.

Affected by Japan's economic recession, Australia's economy has also entered a period of recession.

The rising trend of the emerging Internet industry has led the Australian government to pay more attention to this area. Of course, there are also some of the secret lobbying efforts of the Westeros system and the Johnston family.

Just last month, the Australian Federal Parliament just passed a bill to promote the development of the Internet industry. The Australian government plans to invest 10 billion Australian dollars in the next five years for the construction of infrastructure related to the Internet industry.At the same time, the bill also formulated supportive measures in many aspects such as talent and taxation.

Under the covert operation of Simon, the United States' "Information Superhighway Act" has already entered the Congress agenda in advance, but it is at least next year if it is to be passed and implemented.

Europe, which has not completely ended its turmoil, has no mind to take into account this emerging field.

Therefore, Australia's bill on promoting the development of the Internet industry has become the first national-level policy document in related fields.

Due to its market size, the scale of the Australian Internet industry cannot be too large.

However, taking this step in advance and taking the lead in the Internet field will definitely bring unexpected benefits to this country.

Outside the Internet field, Verizon’s Australian branch has also successfully launched mobile communications business in Australia. Although Nokia is temporarily unable to enter North America, it took advantage of this opportunity to cooperate with Verizon’s Australian branch in order to enter North America in advance The market lays the technical foundation.

In the end, it is naturally the film industry.

Australia's support for the film industry in the 1980s was very strong, and George Miller's "Mad Max" series was born in this context.

However, this kind of policy support is still far inferior to the promotion of a series of blockbuster movies in Australia.

In the original time and space, just because of the "Lord of the Rings" series, not only has New Zealand become the Middle-earth world that fans of the world yearn for, but this small country in the southern hemisphere has also become one of the most well-known film production bases in the world.

The situation in Australia is almost exactly the same as in New Zealand.

In addition to "Wonder Woman" that could not be shot in Australia because of framing, a series of projects in the DC movie universe, "Batman: The War Time", "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "The Flash" are all shot in Australia, including A lot of later work is also done directly here.

Driven by the DC movie universe series, Australia quickly formed a film industry chain foundation with Melbourne as the core. Coupled with Australia's generous tax refund measures, some other Hollywood studios are also increasingly inclined to make movies here. .

Australia's Internet industry, mobile communications industry, and film industry are all booming, and a series of companies in the Westeros system have already occupied a pivotal position in these areas of Australia.

This is actually a kind of penetration.

The next goal of the Westeros system is to catch the shell of the Johnston family and set foot in Australia's core mining resources.

After completing this layout, Simon will have a decisive influence on this country.

June is the winter in the southern hemisphere, and cities such as Melbourne on the coast are not too cold.

The couple spent a weekend in Melbourne. On Sunday, they ran to the nearby mountain skiing. On Monday, Simon rushed to Sydney's "Superman" crew to follow up the filming of this movie.

The straight-line distance between Sydney and Melbourne is about 700 kilometers, which is just a landing of a private jet. Therefore, working in Sydney during the day, Simon will basically fly back to Melbourne at night.

At the same time, box office data about "Wonder Woman" in North America kept coming.

With excellent word-of-mouth support, "Wonder Woman" received a box office of $19.21 million on the first day of painting.

Then, three days after the first weekend, the box office figure for this superhero movie reached $61.39 million.

When Simon finished his work week in Australia and returned to North America, the box office for the first week of "Wonder Woman" was officially released: $91.12 million!

Stimulated by "Wonder Woman", the total weekly box office amount for the North American theater reached $16.286 million in the week from June 5 to June 11.

However, because of the "Wonder Woman" part, it has scrapped more than half of the weekly box office share. The movies such as "Fatal Weapon 3", "Nun Is Crazy" and "Earth Ambitions" have appeared in the city at the box office. 30% of the box office fell.

Because the word-of-mouth is far worse than "Fatal Weapon 3" and "Nun Is Crazy", and the subject matter is not liked by the audience. The opening of "Earth Ambitions" starring Tom Cruise was originally much lower than expected, and the decline this week was even worse. Reached 46%, compared with 15.62 million US dollars in the first week, only 8.39 million US dollars left at the box office the following week.

With two weeks worth of USD 24.01 million, the single-week box office has shrunk to the beginning of USD 8 million. Even if the subsequent box office decline has eased, the total box office in North America for Earth Ambitions is expected to be difficult to exceed USD 50 million.

However, the total budget for the production and promotion of Columbia Pictures for this project has reached US$90 million.

Even without considering the cost of time, "Earth Ambitions" needs to obtain a box office of about US$60 million in North America before it can recover all its investment through subsequent overseas distribution, video channels and TV platforms.

The box office in North America is less than US$50 million, which means that it is difficult for Columbia Pictures to recover the total cost of US$90 million during the entire effective film release cycle of the film for 5 to 7 years.

Following the lessons of "Earth Ambitions", Hollywood will obviously not be able to get involved in similar subjects for a long time to come.

Tom Cruise's declining popularity was also severely impacted by the failure of "Earth Ambitions".

Next, the Hollywood actor can only return to the low-budget field.

It is true that low-budget movies can be big-budgeted. However, in Hollywood, hundreds of low-budget movies can be really big-budgeted in less than one-tenth.

Moreover, according to the usual practice, Cruise can only fail twice at most.

If the subsequent two consecutive films are not sold, the other party's popularity will drop.

Three films that have been released in the DC Movie Universe, "Batman: Moments of War", box office at $82.39 million in the first week; "Batman: The Dark Knight", box office at $10.207 million at the first week; "The Flash" The box office was US$72.86 million.

The opening week of "Wonder Woman" in these four films is second only to "Batman: The Dark Knight".

Moreover, "Batman: The Dark Knight" obviously has a sequel popularity bonus, if you don't consider this factor, only count the first song, "Wonder Woman" in "Batman: The War Time", "The Flash" three movies Among them, it is undoubtedly the highest.

As a DC movie universe project that is not optimistic because it is a female superhero movie, the first week of "Wonder Woman" really surprised many people.

In the originally agreed agreement, "Wonder Woman" was jointly invested by Daenerys and Warner Bros. Daenerys was responsible for distribution.

Even with half of the investment in this film, Terry Semel complained half-truth about Simon’s eccentricity in a call with Simon.

"Wonder Woman" opened the box office in the first week, it can break through 90 million US dollars, the total box office in North America broke through 300 million US dollars is almost nailed.

In the first series of the three series, although the North American box office of "The Flash" has reached 250 million US dollars, whether it is the opening or the expected box office, it is obviously the lowest.

Compared with the "Superman" who rushed to Australia to sit in the city just after the shooting, Simon was almost "indifferent" to the original "Flash".

Moreover, the comparison between "The Flash" and "Wonder Woman" is not just at the box office, there are also great differences in the sales of the peripheral products of the two projects.

Along with "Wonder Woman" hot show, the synchronously released original soundtrack was only a week old, and it caused a big sale because of Diana Prince's own background music. 870,000 copies were sold in seven days. It is expected that in the future It's no problem for the total sales volume to exceed 10 million.

The sales of character dolls and Wonder Woman weapon props in the movie also far exceeded the original "Flash".

One of the 10,000 sets of Amazon Women Warriors' limited edition full set is hand-made. Although the price is as high as 1,000 US dollars, it is still sold out within one week, but this item brings in 10 million US dollars.

Is Simon partial?

This is of course.

At first, Simon hoped to exchange half of the investment rights of "Superman" for half of the investment rights of "The Flash" and "Steel Bone". This was actually a very cost-effective business, but Simon's proposal was eventually rejected by Warner.

In order to maintain the unity of the DC movie universe, Simon still accepted these two superheroes.As a producer with a strong voice, Simon actually invested enough energy in these two projects.

However, it would be unrealistic to want him to treat "The Flash" and "Steel Bone" like "Batman", "Wonder Woman" and "Superman".

After the first week, on June 12, the North American theaters registered two new films again, "The Brothers and Brothers" produced by Warner Bros. and the "Remanufactured Warriors" launched by Samsung, a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures.

"Brother and Brother" is a comedy, and "Rebuild Warrior" is an action film starring two male stars, Duff Longer and Shange Yunton.

However, only from the perspective of the scale of the paintings, the two films are basically left behind after "Wonder Woman". The number of screens for "The Brother and the Brother" is only 1140, and the "Rebuilding Warrior" is only 1281. Painting the screen.The combined scale of the two films is not as good as "Wonder Woman".

The thoughts of Warner Bros. and Columbia probably did not want to give up this summer file, and had no confidence in the two films, so they chose this distribution strategy.

However, under the crushing popularity of "Wonder Woman", the two films that were originally regarded as cannon fodder, were not able to splash any water after being released.

At the end of the second week's release, "Wonder Woman" had a box office decline of only 25% and received another $68.39 million.

In two weeks, the cumulative box office of this superhero bombshell has reached $15.951 million, directly surpassing all the movies released in 1992 and ranking first in the total box office of the year.