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Affected by "Jurassic Park", the box office performance of other films in the first week of the Christmas file in the North American theater was unsatisfactory.

Under normal circumstances, with the advent of the holiday, most of the two films around Christmas will appear to fall, but this time did not happen, even if it is the most suitable for the theme of "The Alone 2", from December 18 to December On the 24th of this week, the box office data all fell by as much as 17%.

In the fifth week of the release, the box office receipt of "Home Alone 2" was $10.29 million, and the cumulative box office reached $13.205 million.

For this reason, Daenerys Entertainment's distribution team had to lower its local box office expectations for "The Alone 2". The original expectations of up to US$200 million will certainly be difficult to achieve. In the best case, it is estimated that it can only reach the original About 170 million USD on the timeline.

Robin Williams's fantasy comedy "Toy", which was painted at the same time as "Jurassic Park", even hit the street directly, with a box office of only 5.31 million US dollars in the first seven days of the first week.

The same week, on Monday, December 21, the 50th American Film and Television Golden Globe Award nominations were officially announced.

The "Crying Game" under Daenerys Entertainment won three nominations for the best film, best supporting actor and best screenwriter in the plot category. As the focus of the 1993 award season, "Wen Xiang Zhi Women" won the best in the plot category. Six nominations for Best Actor, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenwriter in Film and Drama.

With the announcement of the nomination, the two films have once again attracted media and public attention.

The "Crying Game" opened on September 25th. As of December 24th, it has been released for a total of 13 weeks. The total box office in North America has reached US$51.63 million, and the box office has fallen to less than US$4 million in a single week, from December 18 to December 12. At the box office on the 24th of the month, only 3.13 million US dollars were recorded.

Gaomen Pictures has put the focus of the announcement on "Wen Xiang Zhi Women". Therefore, taking the advantage of the award season and appropriately re-expanding the scale of the show, "Crying Game" may still be worth 1500. In the end, the box office in North America is expected to be between US$65 million and US$70 million.

Relative to the film's production cost of $3 million, this is already a miracle.

On November 13th, the painting "Wen Xiangzhiren Women", after two weeks of screening, was officially opened on November 27th.

As of December 24, four weeks after the large-scale release, the cumulative box office of "Wen Xiang Zhi Hua" reached 30.11 million US dollars.

Considering the award season in the next few months, "Wen Xiang Zhi Xian Zhi" will become the focus of PR awards for Daenerys Entertainment. The local box office of the literary drama starring Al Pacino can at least achieve the same as " "Crying Game" is quite standard.

On December 25, the second week of Christmas, the North American theater continued to release three new films.

Warner Bros. Films' "The End of the Wild", starring Mel Gibson, opened 1,710 screens.

In Simon's memory, the original heroine of the film is Jamie Lee Curtis. This time, the heroine was replaced by Meg Ryan.

Obviously the influence of Simon's big butterfly.

However, Simon did not intervene in person. He hoped that the heroine of the film or Jamie Lee Curtis, just thinking about the masculine atmosphere of Curtis, could not have any sparks with Mel Gibson, It’s not a Daenerys entertainment movie, of course, the worse the better.

Of course, even if the heroine is replaced by the more pleasing Meg Ryan, this year-end schedule, "The End of the Wild" is destined to be crushed by "Jurassic Park".

Two other new films.

Paramount Pictures' "The Miracle of the Heavens", starring Steve Martin, tells the story of a liar traveling around the country and performing 1,554 screens.

Fox Pictures' "Hoffa", a biographical crime drama starring Jack Nicholson, clearly targets the award season, opening 1066 screens.

new York,

Inside a synagogue in East Hampton.

The time is December 27.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Steve Rose's funeral was held here.

The Jewish pastor introduced Rose's life, followed by relatives, friends, and colleagues who came to the stage to make speeches. The funeral continued until noon, and everyone returned to the Ross family to eat at the East Hampton manor.

The lunch buffet mode is adopted, and the atmosphere is somewhat solemn.

"Simon, I was thinking about one thing recently, and I hope to be able to use "Schindler's List" as a work dedicated to Steve."

In the hall of the manor house, the Simons once again expressed their condolences to the widow of Rose, Courtney Rose, and Steven Spielberg next to him said so suddenly.

The "Schindler's List" in memory is the work of Universal Pictures, but the end of the film is also specially marked "dedicated to Steve Rose".

Simon didn't mind at this time, and nodded: "Of course, no problem, Steven, "Schindler's List" is entirely up to you."

Spielberg originally wanted to explain his own specific thoughts. When Simon said that, he didn't say much, just a little more gratitude in his eyes.

Courtene Rose also had a touched expression: "Oh, Steven, and Simon, thank you very much."

"This is what we should do, Ms. Rose."

"So," Courtene Rose looked at Simon and said, "Simon, next month, I'm going to plan a Steve memorial ceremony. Can you take the time to participate?"

Simon paused and faced Courtene Rose's eager gaze, he nodded: "Okay, just notify me when it's enough."

Janet, standing quietly beside Simon carrying a dinner plate, heard the conversation, and pouted her lips insignificantly.

Speaking of it, Courtene Rose is Steve Rose's third wife. He is more than 20 years younger than Rose and has a standard husband and wife.Compared to Steve Rose's high emotional intelligence in dealing with people, Courtney Rose is not very pleased in this circle.

Like the invitation just now.

Simon and Rose are not too deep friendships, it is already a face-saving thing to be able to rush back from Australia to attend the funeral.

Rose's commemorative ceremony should have been an invitation in private. If Simon had time to attend, it would be best if he had time to attend. If there was no time, quietly refusing and not hurting.At this time, he proposed it in front of others at the lunch after the funeral. In order to avoid obvious embarrassment, Simon could only agree.

Moreover, in the face of Spielberg, who almost had a father-son relationship with Ross, Courtene Ross was also too enthusiastic about Simon, which would inevitably appear snobbish.

Courtney Rose apparently did not realize this.

This woman may only see that if Simon’s current status in the net worth, if he can attend Rose’s commemorative ceremony, it will definitely add some glory to the event.As for Spielberg beside her, she probably felt that even if she didn't mention it, the other party should take part in the Rose Memorial Ceremony.

Moments later, Robert Daly and Terry Semel came together to greet the two Ross celebrities.

Everyone whispered a few words, and Spielberg took the initiative to walk away in a very interesting way.

Janet glanced at Courtenay Rose, still standing, and had to come forward: "Curt, could you please introduce me to everyone?"

Courtney Rose heard that Janet, who was just a little cold, took the initiative to talk to her and quickly nodded and smiled, "Oh, of course."

After the two women also walked away, Robert Daly said first: "Simon, I have read some information about TV. Speaking of which, the cable TV industry really lacks a professional fashion TV station. This plan should be promising, Warner. I will do my best to make this TV station go online as soon as possible."

As Ross's two deputies, Terry Semel is mainly responsible for the movie business, and Robert Daly is in charge of Warner's cable TV operator business, mainly Warner Cable.As for the cable TV station HBO, it actually belongs to the times company system.

If Daenerys Entertainment wants to launch TV, it definitely needs the cooperation of cable TV operators.

Of course, Simon understands the meaning of Robert Daly showing himself to him through TV, and laughs: "In fact, TV is mainly to cooperate with the promotion of Gucci and other brands. I can't do it well. By the way, you have been in the past few days How's it going?"

The two looked at each other, Terry Semel said: "The board of directors plans to hold an extraordinary general meeting on January 5th, when the company's management will be determined."

Today is December 27, more than a week before January 5.

Simon calculated his mind and then said: "In fact, in the first half of the year, Steve talked to me about this matter, and he should have informed you. I also don’t want Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group to have 'S good cooperation status has been destroyed, so I will support you two as co-CEOs of Time Warner as much as possible. If you need help, you can contact me at any time."

Steve Rose’s successor, Gerald Levin, was discouraged these days because of the leaks he spoke at the last internal meeting, especially the box office of Jurassic Park exploded. Gerald Levine, who renegotiated Daenerys Entertainment, appeared more passive.

Coupled with the recent plunge in Time Warner's stock price caused by a series of events such as high-level internal fighting and the death of Ross, Warner's board of directors and major shareholders have been very critical of Gerald Levin.

If Simon can spare no effort to support Robert Daly and Terry Semel at this time, the two are not without the possibility of full control of Time Warner.

Moreover, the method is also very simple.

As long as the cooperation between Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group in the DC movie universe is enough to pressure Time Warner's board of directors and shareholders.

Since Time Warner's merger, the company's most dazzling project in recent years has been the DC Movie Universe. This plan has not only represented huge profits, but it has also greatly influenced the market's confidence in Time Warner. .

Once the DC movie universe plan changes, Time Warner's stock price will continue to fall sharply.

For Daenerys Entertainment, not to mention Marvel under development, just the recently released "Jurassic Park" is enough to show that Daenerys Entertainment's dependence on the DC movie universe is far lower. Because of Time Warner, Daenerys Entertainment has a lot of initiative in front of Time Warner.

However, listening to Simon's words, both Robert Daly and Terry Semel realized that Simon did not mean too much to intervene in Time Warner's high-level change.

Of course, the two of them did not completely understand some of the joints.

Daenerys and Time Warner, after all, are competitors. An internally chaotic competitor is definitely more in the interests of Daenerys Entertainment than a competitor with stable management.

In addition, there is one more point.

The two also couldn't get the chips that Simon tried to help them up.

In order to ensure that the cooperation between the two sides will not change, Westeros can openly support them to jointly serve as the CEO of Time Warner, but lack of other benefits, the other party can not do too much.

As for the deeper factors, in fact, even if they really have full control of Time Warner, the two of them have no tit-for-tat meaning.

After all, Time Warner is a publicly held company. The two of them are just professional managers.

As a professional manager, it suffices to be able to do the best during the tenure, get the highest profit, and get the deserved compensation.As for the long-term planning of a company, neither of them feels that they have such an obligation. Even for Time Warner, where internal struggles continue, even if the two want to undertake such an obligation, it is unlikely.

Time Warner is not Daenerys. In this hill-topped company, each faction has its own appeal.

Simon had a call with Gerald Levin when he was in Australia. He also expressed his attitude on the phone.

The three discussed briefly. Simon promised that Daenerys Entertainment will issue some statements in the media to ensure that there will be no other changes in the shareholders' meeting on January 5. Simon does not plan to do more.

After a simple lunch and hello to the person who ought to greet, Simon and his wife returned to Manhattan together.

In the evening, I also had a dinner with the Rabolds, and the Robert Igers would also be present.

Although he came back early, he did not plan to return to Los Angeles to work immediately, but planned to spend the New Year in New York, and arranged various activities in the following days.

Unconsciously, the last week of 1992 finally passed.

From the week of December 25 to December 31, "Jurassic Park" is still in full swing. The second week of release, the film's decline was only 21%, compared to the very high box office of $91.38 million in the first week. This decline has been very good. .The rest of the week, Jurassic Park continued to receive US$72.17 million, and the cumulative box office quickly reached US$163.55 million.

Compared to "Jurassic Park"'s $72.17 million box office in the second week of the rankings, "The End of the Sky" is only $15.18 million at the first week of the new film starring Mel Gibson. Far below Warner's expectations.

Considering that the Christmas season will pass next week, and the production cost of "The End of the Wild" will reach US$30 million, the total box office in North America may only be between US$30 million and US$40 million.

The third-ranked "Devil Alone 2", because of Christmas, received another 9.98 million US dollars with an ultra-low drop of 3%. After six weeks of release, the cumulative box office was $142.03 million.

The "Hofa" produced by Fox, at the box office for the first week, was 8.71 million US dollars, ranking fourth.

With a comprehensive media score of only 5.4 points in the end of the film, this biographical crime drama wants to impact the award season, which is obviously unlikely.

Paramount produced the comedy "The Miracle of the Sky" starring Steve Martin. The box office was $7.37 million in the first week, ranking fifth, which was also less than expected.

In fact, the top five films in the single-week list, the last four films such as "The End of the Sky" are added together, and the box office is not as good as the film "Jurassic Park".

Relying on "Jurassic Park" to bring momentum, Daenerys Entertainment's statement on the need to ensure the stable replacement of Time Warner's management immediately received affirmative response from all parties of Time Warner.

Through this incident, Hollywood also once again felt that Daenerys Entertainment's growing influence in the good American media industry.