Hollywood Hunter

The box office sales of DC Movie Universe's five consecutive projects have made Daenerys Entertainment's control of the series even stronger.

Terry Semel appeared here today with no plans to gain control. However, he was not simply accompanying Simon to check the production progress of the two projects "Batman: The Rise of the Dark Knight" and "Suicide Squad."

Ending the topic about the actor of "Suicide Squad", Terry Semel said: "Simon, don't you think that the advancement of the DC movie universe can be accelerated?"

This is already an old-fashioned problem.

Daenerys Entertainment has created super explosions such as "Jurassic Park" and "Lion King" in addition to the DC movie universe project, but Warner has no such luck. The movie business in recent years has been largely We must rely on the interests of the DC movie universe to support it.

This year's two "Superman" and "Steel Bone", next year's two "Batman: The Rise of the Dark Knight" and "Suicide Squad", such advancement speed has made Simon feel a bit hasty.In the past history, starting with Tim Burton's first "Batman", Warner only launched four Batman movies ten years before the millennium.

Simon cannot agree to Warner's proposal to speed up the DC movie universe again, and Terry Semel also knows that Simon cannot agree.

Routine bluffs, and time passed five o'clock in the afternoon.

Sending away Terry Semel, Simon did not leave work as usual, and rushed to the district office to continue to discuss with Amy the employee salary reward plan at the end of the year.

After the merger of the MCA, although there was a very substantial layoff at first, after the expansion in the last two years, the entire Daenerys Entertainment Group, excluding subsidiaries such as Blockbuster with a shareholding ratio of less than 50%, employees The total scale has also rapidly expanded to 21,000.

As the entire group's revenue and profits continue to reach new highs in the past year, Daenerys Entertainment once again planned a generous year-end dividend plan this year, only for the total dividend size of employees below the non-core management level. Reaching US$500 million, each employee is equivalent to an additional salary reward of up to six months.

In addition, Amy Pascal, Robert Egger, Nancy Brill, and other core management compensation plans have to be calculated separately, and are naturally more lucrative.

The average salary of the employees of Daenerys Entertainment is originally the highest in Hollywood. With the news of this generous dividend plan set aside, the resumes received by recruitment positions of various departments of the group have skyrocketed several times in a short time.

In the office of Simon, the office building in the administrative area.

Amy Pascal and Simon discussed the dividend plan that the personnel department had initially determined, but she couldn't help thinking about her own affairs.

From the beginning of employment in March 1987, the initial 4-year term to the extended 3-year contract, a total of 7 years, step by step witnessed the rise of the Daenerys Entertainment Group, Amy himself will also receive a terrible return .

In the past 6 years, it is not said that this year, according to some statistics from the preliminary statistics of the finance department, even if employees are given generous cash dividends, the scale of Daenerys Entertainment Group’s net profit this year will reach the terrible $2 billion level.

Among them is that a "Jurassic Park" at the end of last year brought more than US$600 million in pre-tax net income to Daenerys Entertainment in the 1993 local release, overseas distribution and peripheral sales. The film, television, games, music, publishing, cinema, retail, theme parks, etc. businesses are showing a thriving state driven by the powerful locomotive of the film department.

Based on a net profit of 2 billion US dollars, Amy Pascal can get a 5% net profit dividend and an equivalent stock in the future, which means an annual income of up to 200 million US dollars.

There is probably no professional manager with a higher salary than the whole world.

Moreover, this is only one year's income in 1993.

Amy's stock awards have not been fulfilled for the past 6 years.

Her boss has personally promised that she can redeem her stock award at 30% of the Daenerys Entertainment IPO valuation.After all the 7-year stock awards are fulfilled next year, and Daenerys Entertainment successfully completes the IPO, Amy feels that she will certainly be able to occupy the Forbes rich list next year as a billionaire. A very nice location.

One billion dollars.

Every time I think about this, Amy has a feeling of falling in a dream.

The heads of traditional Hollywood big film companies, such as Steve Rose who has died or Lu Wasalman who retired after selling the MCA, have been in Hollywood for a lifetime, and have not been able to accumulate such a richness. Her net worth, senior executives at the same level as her in Hollywood at this stage, may not have earned as much income as her entire career has come this year.

It took more than an hour to get a general understanding of the reward schemes of the various departments under the collective. Simon remembered one thing and said to Amy: "Remind everyone when cashing out the dividend. This money is best used to subscribe for the company’s stock, IPO. After that, you can definitely get a good income."

Internal subscription before the company's listing is also a practice.

Now almost no one is optimistic about the prospects of Daenerys Entertainment's IPO. The price of the internal subscription must be lower than the issue price. As long as you can get the stock, it will be an additional income directly after the listing.

Amy nodded with a smile and joked again: "BOSS, can I also subscribe?"

The pencil in Simon's hand turned around and said, "As long as you have free money after paying taxes, of course."

Amy's stock dividends cashed out next year also need to pay personal income tax. According to her income scale, it is estimated that all the cash in her hands is not enough, and may need to be compensated by loans.

Amy certainly knew her problem, shrugging regretfully, and said: "I don't think I have a chance."

This is indeed just a joke.

Although the top executives and employees will definitely have a certain share of subscriptions, Amy has no plans to take up such a small price for stocks worth up to several million dollars.After all, the total amount of internal subscriptions at that time is fixed. Rather than taking advantage of all the benefits through loans, it is better to distribute your subscription shares to company employees, so that you can get more potential benefits.

Thinking about this, Simon's just unintentional turning movement made Amy notice the letters drawn by a string of pencils on the document paper in front of him, and wondered: "What is that?"

Simon didn't cover up, lifted the folder and showed it to Amy.

Amy read subconsciously: "Westerosian (Westeros)."

"Yeah, the Westeros," Simon nodded and flattened the document. "I've been thinking about this recently."

Reaching the Daenerys Entertainment annual dividend plan that is still in his hands, Amy quickly understood the meaning of the word Simon.

The Westeros system has risen like a miracle in recent years, and is now at the level of the chaebol empire.However, the young man in front of him is not satisfied, and even intends to separate a brand-new economy, and everyone in this economy has become a class, a class called'Westerosian'.

Thinking of this, Amy couldn't help being excited.

Because she is also one of the important creators of this new economy, a typical Westeros.

"Understood?" Simon smiled and looked at Amy's brighter eyes, asked softly, and then said: "So, this dividend plan is just the beginning. Next, all of the Westeros system The company will promote higher salary and benefit plans. I want all employees who work for the Westeros system to live the best life. Of course, this is only the most basic. The key lies in the cultural awareness of the entire system. Construction, I hope that any member of the Westeros system will be proud of being a'Westerosian' in the future, and I hope that everyone outside the Westeros system will become a'Westerosian' as their life goal, I hope that'Westerosian' will eventually become a strong presence that can control this world."

For many days that followed, Amy continued to haunt the word'Westerosian' and Simon's words of the day, and became a witness to the realization of Simon's words in the more distant days.

The week before Christmas stalls passed by in an increasingly festive atmosphere.

From December 10 to December 16, the "Lion King" remained strong, and the fourth week of the release narrowed the box office's decline to 23%, recording 25.63 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office reached 181.2 million US dollars, ranking second only to the annual list. "Superman" in summer.

The third week of "Mission Impossible" ranked second in the weekly box office list, and the weekly decline also narrowed to 25%, accounting for 21.99 million US dollars, the cumulative box office reached 97.6 million US dollars, breaking 100 million soon.

At the third place in the list, "Slender Dad" slipped directly to US$8.23 million at the single-week box office, a 27% drop per week, and a cumulative total of US$56.22 million at the box office.

Clint Eastwood and Kevin Costner's new film "Perfect World" ranked fourth, with a weekly drop of 21%, accounting for 5.39 million US dollars and a cumulative box office of 22.31 million US dollars.

The fourth place is basically some old movies before Thanksgiving.

Among them, "Gronimo" released by Columbia Pictures and "The Lion King" at the same time at the box office only had $1.62 million left at the box office, ranking seventh in the list.

The "Schindler's List", which opened on December 10th, was worth US$1.19 million on a 25-screen scale, ranking ninth in the list, and each weekly pavilion reached US$47,600.

December 17, the new week.

In order to evade "Steel Bone" on December 24, the North American theater lined up and released seven new films this week, three of which were commercial films drawn on a large scale.

Disney's "Nun Is Crazy 2" is the most talked about, with 1938 screens.

Warner Bros. produced the comedy "Let's Forget Your Friends" starring veteran actor Jack Lemmon, opening the screen with 1,672 pieces.

MGM produced the "Philadelphia Story" starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington, which opened a screen of 1,317 blocks.

Among the other four small-scale point-and-shoot films, there is a film "In the Name of the Father" by Gaomen Pictures. The drama starring Daniel Day Lewis has 13 screens.

As the mainstay of Disney's end-of-year schedule, "Sisters Are Crazy 2" has high hopes.

It's a pity that people don't want things to happen.

After the opening of "Nuns Are Crazy 2", both word-of-mouth and box office failed to show the potential of the first one. This small bombshell with a production budget of $38 million increased to only $7.56 million in the first three days of the weekend. Not even half of Disney's expectations.

Considering that there is a real blockbuster "Steel Bone" intercepted next, the total box office potential of the film in North America is likely to be only about 30 million US dollars, which is not enough to allow Disney to recover the cost.

Moreover, the overseas box office potential of black comedy is limited, "Nun is also crazy 2" North American box office lost, basically will not have much income overseas, Disney’s total investment in the production and announcement of this project has reached 55 million US dollars, and is now destined to be End with a loss.

Warner Bros.'s comedy "Forget Your Friends" is destined to be only the background of this year-end schedule.

MGM's "Philadelphia Story" is the only one of the new movies this Monday that received more than $10 million for the first weekend because of the excellent media reputation after the release and the joining of Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. Videos.

Because of the weak performance of the new film market, the benefits of entering the Christmas stall for the audience to increase the volume of the box office almost fell on several heavyweight films on the Thanksgiving schedule.

As a result, from December 17 to December 24, "The Lion King" continued to occupy the top position at the box office list with an 11% weekly box office decline. The fifth week of the release was re-accounted for US$ 28.39 million, and the cumulative box office reached 200.968 million. Ten thousand US dollars, officially exceeded the 200 million US dollar mark, and became the second local film in 1993 to surpass 200 million at the box office, while steadily advancing toward the 300 million US box office.

"Mission Impossible," which Daenerys and Paramount collaborated, also achieved a 16% reversal this week. The box office rebounded to $25.53 million in the fourth week of the release, and the cumulative box office exceeded the $100 million mark to reach $12,321. Ten thousand U.S. dollars.

MGM's "Philadelphia Stories" ranking third, the first week of seven days of $ 13.67 million.

Considering the long-term nature of the film's prize-winning nature and the budget of US$26 million, the box office of US$13.67 million in the first week is also excellent.

Disney's "Sisters Are Crazy 2" has a total of 11.21 million US dollars in the first seven days of the week, ranking fourth, and the defeat has been determined.

Fifth place is "Slender Daddy" starring Robin Williams produced by Fox Pictures. This week's decline was the highest, reaching 25%. The box office rebounded to the US$10 million mark, reaching 10.32 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office rose to $66.54 million. Considering that there will be a good harvest in the Christmas week next week, the possibility of the film entering the 100 million yuan club will increase again.

In several other new films, Warner Bros.'s "Forget Your Friends" received only $4.61 million in the first week, which is basically the end of the two-week downgrade.

Although Gaomen Pictures' "In the Name of the Father" once again encountered the sniper of traditional paper media on word of mouth, the media comprehensive score is still as high as 8.6 points.

Moreover, with six nominations for the best film, best director, best actor, best supporting actor, best screenwriter in the new Golden Globe Awards on December 20, "Because of the Father" "Famous" has gained a lot of fame, relying on the professed genre film distribution strategy of the high-end film industry team, the film in the first week of the film successfully reached 29,000 US dollars, and received 380,000 US dollars.

It is worth mentioning that, in addition to the almost default award season of "Schindler's List", "The Lion King" produced by Daenerys Entertainment also won the new Golden Ball as an animated film. Nomination for the best film in the musical comedy category.