Hollywood Hunter

The most popular movie in the Easter period was actually Mission Impossible.

Simon accompanied the two women on maternity leave for several months. The acquisition of Paramount Communications by Canada's Seagram Group passed the federal government's approval in many media's opposition. The two sides officially completed the transaction in October.

Therefore, "Mission Impossible" is the first blockbuster after the Seagram Group entered Hollywood.

After accumulating the best-selling movies such as "Moonlight" and "Moment of Kill", Nicholas Cage is already a box office appealing new-generation actor, and the heroine Demi Moore will not lose in popularity or coffee. Cage is too much.

In terms of cost, the production cost of the first "Mission Impossible" eventually reached US$65 million. Paramount and Daenerys generously released a budget of US$35 million this time, making up US$100 million. Total investment can be said to be a must for this Thanksgiving schedule.

Unexpectedly, a "Lion King" was killed in the sky.

After a strong $70.31 million box office in the first week, "Lion King" continued its momentum in the following week, and faced new films such as "Mission Impossible" and "Perfect World". It was released from November 26th to December 2nd. Week's box office decline is still only 26%, and another 52.06 million US dollars box office.

Within two weeks of the painting, the cumulative box office of "The Lion King" quickly rushed to a high of $12.237 million, and even clearly showed the potential to impact the summer championship "Superman" championship position.

In the face of the strength of "The Lion King", "Mission Impossible", whether it is pre-publicity or after the screening is well in place, the box office receipt in the first week was finally 46.35 million US dollars, far lower than the release team's original 60 million US dollars expectations.

At the first week of US$46.35 million, the box office data is comparable to the same period of the four-year-old "Puzzle Quest 3" drawing data. However, with the change in the distribution mode of the Hollywood movie, the same opening scale, "Mission Impossible" is It's hard to hit the local $200 million mark like "Raiders 3".

As for the extent to which the box office can be reached in the end, it depends on the curve of the following weeks.

Of course, the first-week box office of US$46.35 million is definitely not a failure. The total box office in North America is over 100 million. Even if the local box office cannot allow the film company to recover the cost, the market heat shown by the film and the data of the box office released in the same period overseas According to feedback, "Mission Impossible" is not a problem to achieve profitability through the worldwide distribution of theaters.

Compared with the box office performance of another large-scale commercial film "Perfect World" during the same period, "Mission Impossible" once again confirmed that blockbuster will become the mainstream development trend of Hollywood studios.

The lineup of "Perfect World" directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Kevin Costner, the lineup is not weak, the production cost of 30 million US dollars has also reached the A level, and the producer Warner Bros. Pictures also An opening scale of 1964 screens was arranged for this movie.

After the release, this movie about the escape from a prison robber accidentally "kidnapped" the little boy to wander the world and eventually get salvation is not bad.

However, compared with the $46.35 million box office in the first week of "Mission Impossible", the box office at the first week of "Perfect World" has only a disappointing $10.06 million.

The strong original lineup of old cowboys and Costner, the best quality of Thanksgiving, and nearly 2,000 opening screens. Warner originally expected this film to become another 100 million yuan club explosion. Now, it is $10.06 million in the first week It is difficult for the film's total box office in North America to exceed 30 million, and we can only expect the box office performance in overseas markets.

However, in the next few months, the eyes of overseas filmmakers will be destined to gather in films such as "The Lion King", "Mission Impossible" and the new project of the DC movie universe "Steel Bone" during the Christmas period.

In December, the North American film market fell into a short period between two major periods.

From December 3rd to December 9th, "Lion King" inevitably experienced a large box office decline,

"Mission Impossible" failed to threaten the "Lion King" box office championship position in the first week. In the week of early December, the box office data failed to escape the unpopular decline of the box office. The box office drop of the next week was 37%. , More serious than "The Lion King", the box office volume in a single week also fell to less than 30 million US dollars, only 29.34 million US dollars.

Two weeks after its release, "Mission Impossible" had a cumulative box office of $75.69 million.

This next week's box office trend, there must be no problem with breaking 100 million. The local gross box office data depends on the box office trend during the Christmas period.

Other films released at the same time as the two giants of "Lion King" and "Mission Impossible", "Perfect World" box office fell 32% in the next week, which seems to be stronger than "Lion King" and "Mission Impossible," The box office accounted for only US$ 6.86 million in the second week of the release, which basically withdrew from the competition at the end of the year.

It's the "Shy Daddy" released at the same time as "The Lion King". After the box office of $21.08 million in the first week, the box office fell by 26% in the next week, and the receipt of $15.6 million. The box office drop in the third week of the show is still only 29%. Continue Harvested 11.31 million USD.

Over the course of three weeks, "Slender Papa", who survived the gap between the two giants, had unwittingly accumulated $49.79 million at the box office.

With the family atmosphere of this film very suitable, it is not a big problem to achieve a box office rebound during the Christmas period, so it is still a seed player who hit the box office of the MPs.

What's more, the production cost of "My Slender Dad" is only 25 million US dollars, and the box office receipt of 47.79 million US dollars in three weeks has basically allowed the producer Fox to recover all the production costs. It is easy to achieve considerable profits through the local box office.

Fox is very satisfied with the box office performance of "Shy Daddy". The media also feels that it is already very good to get such box office results under the "Lion King" and "Mission Impossible" clips. Only Simon knows that it is subject to "Lion King" and "Lion King". With the impact of the two blockbuster bombs in Mission Impossible, the box office of "Slender Daddy" has shrunk by half compared to the original 200 million US dollars in the space.

A phenomenal box office bomb like "The Lion King" has greatly increased the box office capacity at the end of the year. However, the audience base in the North American market is ultimately limited.

In the face of the local box office that went straight to the $300 million level of "Lion King", even "Mission Impossible" was injured by mistake, not to mention the family comedy such as "Slim Papa".

After all, comedy films have a gratifying element.

When the audience has no other choice, and it happens to be a holiday suitable for watching movies, it will become a priority option.

However, in the face of absolute strength, the comedy movie is like a clown performing a comical drama facing the world-class boxing champion, punching KO."Slender Papa" is facing two powerful "strong men" "Lion King" and "Mission Impossible" this time.

December 10, a new box office week.

Damenlisi Entertainment's high-end film industry quietly launched Steven Spielberg's movie "Schindler's List" about the Holocaust during World War II. At the beginning, only 25 screens were opened.

Although the relationship with the Westeros system is tense, major paper media in North America have shown a very respectful and cautious attitude towards the film, including the theaters that show the film, and they have given special notices to remind the audience that this is not a It is suitable for watching movies with popcorn, and hopes that the audience who enters the theater will maintain a certain solemnity and quietness to show respect for the history that was unbearable.

This is the greatest political correctness.

Objections are certainly not without.

Film critics who dare to criticize this film basically have an attribute, the Jews.A Jewish film critic in the New York Times publicly stated that the most correct response to the Holocaust should be to remain silent, rather than putting it on the screen for everyone to appreciate.

Perhaps the historical picture in memory is too long and too repetitive. Simon's attitude towards the past is somewhat numb.

Like his pessimism about the future of mankind.

The media with ulterior motives really hope that Simon will make a statement on "Schindler's List", but unfortunately the related temptations have not received any reply.

Simon Westero is more and more ubiquitous, but he himself has appeared in the public eye more and more rarely.

Because in September the US 400 rich list stimulated Westeros concept stocks to continue to rise, in November, "Forbes" in the statistics of the global rich list increased Simon's personal assets by 10 billion US dollars.

Simon continues to purchase properties around the world, especially the 50 hectares of land surrounding the Malibu Dumei Cape Estate, which is almost the same size as the Malibu Daenerys Studios, so it has constantly caused the outside world to live too much for him. Extravagant criticism.

Igrid's opposition to the traditional paper media caused by the 58list platform also made many industries in the Westeros system a target for paper media. Finally, it was inevitable to turn the spear on Simon himself.

The 2nd Victoria's Secret Show was successfully held in November. The TV broadcast ratings were not much worse than the first season. The rise of the Legion of Angels made many gossip tabloids catching on the newspapers to capture the various scandals of Victoria Secret Angels and Westeros. .

Daenerys Entertainment will be listed next year. The success of "The Lion King" once again raised Wall Street's valuation of this entertainment giant. Daenerys Entertainment will bring Westeros again after its listing. How much wealth has become a hot topic in the media.

The various changes in the Westeros election funds during the election of the mayor of New York also made the media speculate whether Simon Westeros broke with the Democratic Party. At the same time, he did not forget to call for a revision of the Federal Election Law to avoid capital from federal elections. Excessive intervention.

As such.

Because it is powerful enough, all of this has little effect on Simon's life.

After accumulating months of vacation time and restarting work, Simon quickly fell into a non-stop busy schedule.

"The key to the storyline of the "Suicide Squad" is how to guide a group of evil villains to complete their tasks. Moreover, in the process, the villains cannot be turned into good people because of some small stimuli such as drinking and talking. Too old-fashioned, it is difficult to persuade the audience logically, and more importantly, the essence of the "Suicide Squad" group itself is lost. For the story to be wonderful, from the beginning to the end, they should be a group of evil, no action, no position or even death. No bad guys."

"So, the leader of the Suicide Squad Rick Flag is the key?"

"Yes, according to the script settings, Rick Flegg killed the criminals pursued by the special team in order to avenge the sacrifice of his teammates, so he was kicked out of the army and recruited by Amanda Waller as the captain of the suicide team. Seeing the teammates is honest enough but not pedantic, and good at coordinating teamwork. These special features make the unruly criminals unknowingly ridicule Rick Flegg into acknowledgment and follow after the mission, and eventually Completed the task together."

Inside the office LOFT on the second floor of Daenerys Studios.

Terry Semel has been here for an afternoon, watching the final part of the late Batman trilogy "Batman: The Rise of the Dark Knight" with Simon, and then turning to the next January. Opening of "Suicide Squad".

In fact, it is next month.

In preparation for this project, many members of "Suicide Squad" have already rushed to Australia in advance, and the project will still be selected for shooting in Australia.

After listening to the staff's demo version of "Suicide Squad", Simon and Semel came to a rest area together to continue the topic about the movie.

"Actually, I have also studied the script seriously," Terry Semel took the coffee from Girl A, thanked him, and then said to Simon: "However, Fang Kimmer's coffee seat assumes this role. Weakened?"

Simon smiled and shook his head: "I know your thoughts on this side, Terry. However, if you let Mel play this role, do you think we will pay for it?"

Terry Semel is also a little helpless, saying: "It is always possible to talk."

When he first chose the actor, Warner proposed that the role of the suicide squad leader Rick Flegg be played by Mel Gibson.

Frankly speaking, Mel Gibson is very suitable for this role in terms of coffee, image and temperament. If you can, Simon will definitely welcome the other party to participate in this series.

The key is the issue of pay.

Mel Gibson's current pay, with an asking price below $10 million, is simply not necessary to continue talking.

If "Suicide Squad" only intends to shoot one, it may be possible to cooperate once.

The point is that this is a trilogy series.

In the previous "Fatal Weapon" trilogy, from the second part, Mel Gibson took away most of the profits of the project. Warner Bros. just earned a lot of money and was reduced to working for a main creative.

And, if it's just a matter of pay, it's good to discuss in advance, as long as it's not too ridiculous, Simon will probably be able to accept it.

There is also the issue of project dominance.

Mel Gibson is a strong filmmaker who does not lack control. If he participates in this series, he will inevitably strive for the dominance of the project, and then lead the plot to the side that is more conducive to his role, or even become a film. The standard'Mel Gibson Movie'.

"Suicide Squad" is a group drama. The leading actor is mainly led by Rick Flegg, but villains such as death shooter and crocodile are also important.Female characters will be more outstanding. The poison ivy girl played by Nicole Kidman and the catwoman played by Valerie Gallino will appear in this movie. Simon also took away the role of clown girl for this.

Death shooter, crocodile man, poison ivy girl, catwoman, and villain succubus are all destined for the film to become an actor's one-man show.Forcibly using big actors like Mel Gibson may eventually lead to an ending like "Invincible Hulk" in the original space and time.

By comparison, Fang Kimer, whom Simon chose, is just right.

The 33-year-old Fang Kimmer made his debut in "Zhong Zhi Ling Yun", and then appeared in "Feng Yun Ji Hui", "Gate" and other films.Before the "Suicide Squad", the other party also had two outstanding works in the Christmas period, "Tombstone Town" and next year's "Stealing Fire", which are enough to ensure the popularity of this man and balance with other actors in the movie.