Hollywood Hunter

The sea-selection stage of the first season of "American Idol" was completed on November 16, with a total of 16 issues, exactly half of the total episodes planned for the first season. All 32 finalists were finalized and began to enter the winter break.In the 16 episodes, the average number of viewers reached 31.7 million. The average audience rating of the core audience audience between the ages of 18 and 49 was 17.5%, all of which were far ahead of other TV programs in the same period.

According to the schedule, the second half of the first season will return on February 6 next year.

In order to ensure that the popularity of "American Idol" will not dissipate during the winter break of more than two months, Daenerys TV Department has formulated a very detailed winter break marketing plan.

In addition to the ABC official continuous promotion, all 32 finalists regularly interact with the audience on social platforms such as Facebook and Instagram in accordance with the requirements of the production team, and share the behind-the-scenes dynamics of receiving official singing training during the winter break.

Simon himself provided the theme song "Dream It Possible" for this project, which was also a heavyweight in the marketing plan of "American Idol" during the winter break.

Many times, "propositional composition" often does not appear too good works.

Therefore, the original producer of "American Idol" Shane Derek hoped that Simon would create a theme song for the show, mainly to use his own boss's reputation.When the production team received the song scores from Simon to New York, it was a big deal.

A large part of the production team is from Daenerys records, and they have been in this circle for a long time, so they can better understand the quality of a song than ordinary people."Dream It Possible" not only fits the theme of "American Idol" from the name to the lyrics, the tune is also the main level of the top pop singer record.

Stunning.

Still can only be described as stunning.

It is still uncomfortable to feel that the pearl is not showing people.Endure for a while, and pass the sample of the pre-recorded single to Simon in San Francisco. At the same time, the producer of "American Idol" Shane Derek also announced the news on his Facebook page at 8 o'clock that night.

The theme song composed by Simon Westero for "American Idol" will be officially released on January 5, 1996.

As Facebook's official news became popular, and the news was announced at less than an hour at eight o'clock on the East Coast time, Shane Derek's Facebook blog likes exceeded 2.1 million, and hundreds of thousands of users also commented on the news. Forward.

In the hundreds of thousands of comment messages, most people expressed their expectations for Simon Westero's latest works, and a few people are very much looking forward to the kind that can't help but curse people.

It's not yet December.

The single was released on January 5th, okay, it's put on other singers, and it belongs to the normal publicity rhythm.

just.

Can't it be released in advance?

Can't it?!

Because this expectation was too high, it was unreasonable, and as a result, all of Simon’s related singles on the Broadcast website of Tincobal increased significantly in the next 24 hours.

Immediately afterwards, some people simply set up a petition website to solicit the support of netizens, and asked the "American Idol" production team to release the single created by Simon Westero in advance. As for whether it is to promote "American Idol", whoever controls it, everyone Just want to hear Simon's new song.

With the help of Igret, the petition website quickly became popular news, and countless netizens ran to vote.

In just three days, the number of supporters on the website exceeded 5 million.

Even though most of them are following the trend, the "American Idol" production team still has to pay attention.This kind of public opinion is often manipulated and used to achieve unexpected results, but it is also a force that absolutely requires attention.

After the emergency consultation, I greeted the big boss again,

No more compromises this time.

After all, the sample of the song has just been completed, and there is still a lot of work to be done to produce the MV. It is impossible to release a semi-finished product.

In addition, Tinkerbair also announced that this theme song will be simultaneously logged on the Broadcast platform, and once again promoted the sales of the player.

In the North American film market, the second week of the Thanksgiving holiday period from November 24 to November 30 also ended soon.

The fourth 3D animated film "Beauty and the Beast" produced by Daenerys won the first place in the weekly box office list without suspense. Because the performance of the new film last week was weak, the box office of the film fell only 23% the next week, and continued to enter 5291 Ten thousand US dollars, the cumulative box office easily broke 100 million in two weeks, reaching $12.163 million.

Martin Scorsese's new film "Casinos" won the second place on the list.

Seven days in the first week of the painting, "Casino City" received a total of 16.91 million US dollars at the box office. This result was the best among the new films last week, but the gap with the first "Beauty and the Beast" is too obvious.

In the first week, a total of 16.91 million US dollars was received. Combining factors such as word-of-mouth and box office trends, the final local box office of the film is likely to be between 40 million and 50 million US dollars.

Warner Bros. Pictures provided $52 million in production costs for The Casino.At present, the local box office is comparable to the production cost. Even if the overseas performance will be better, it is already a pleasure to recover the cost at the box office.Even if there is no loss in general, considering the cost of time is basically a busy schedule.

The third place is also a new film that began painting on November 24, "Silver Line" starred by black movie star Wesley Snipes, this action movie about a robbery of a money transporter. The first week of the box office is 1318. Ten thousand U.S. dollars.The production cost of the film is only $30 million, and the harvest is not bad.

The fourth place is another "White House Pocahontas" produced by Sony Pictures, like "The Silver Line". The box office fell only 21% in the second week of the painting, with a receipt of 10.66 million US dollars, which is in line with the industry's generally predicted box office. The trend, the two-week period, the film box office totaled 24.15 million US dollars.

However, considering the production cost of $62 million in "White House Pocahontas", such box office figures, Sony is not happy at all.

Fifth place is the soul-rearing film universe project "Zhao Hun 2" produced by New World Pictures under Daenerys.

In the fifth week of release, "Zhao Hun 2" dropped by 25%, accounting for 7.79 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office of the film reached 112.91 million US dollars.

Even if it is far inferior to "Beauty and the Beast", "Zhao Hun 2" is also the project that Hollywood studios envy the most during this period. The low and medium production cost of 25 million US dollars, the steady market trend, both local and overseas have broken 100 million. The box office is simply a low-input high-output movie that any film company dreams of.

In addition to the top five, it is worth mentioning MGM's "Good Things Double", which opened at the box office for the first week of $7.43 million, ranking sixth in the list, and the production cost of the family comedy starring the Olsen twins. Only 10 million US dollars, therefore, the box office of 7.43 million US dollars in the first week fully met the expectations of the producer.

Paramount and Carlock's "Cut Throat Island", after a large range of paintings the following week, the already low box office also plunged by 56% again, and the box office in the second week was only $ 2.17 million.In two weeks, this $100 million super blockbuster has a cumulative box office of $7.31 million. With the expiration of the two-week guaranteed screening contract, "Cut Throat Island" is basically drawn on December 1 and the box office figures are also So freeze.

With the fiasco of the project at the box office, these days, the saliva surrounding the movie has been flying all over the place.

Basically, it was Paramount, Carlock, and one of the main film creators who blamed each other for their blame, and all kinds of news broke out endlessly.

Simon finally had to fight to suppress some public opinion trends.

Mainly Martin Campbell is the director of the "Wonder Woman" series outside of "Cutting Throat Island", and "Wonder Woman 2" has been launched, neither Daenerys nor Time Warner will allow "Cut Throat Island" The negative word-of-mouth influenced "Wonder Woman 2", and the two giants worked hard. The quarrel in the media quickly changed the target.

The results are basically confirmed.

Martin Campbell went out in a circle, and honestly returned to Daenerys to make "Wonder Woman 2" with peace of mind, and did not dare to ask for this outside of the original contract. This was Simon from the beginning. Hope to see the results.

Paramount went down.

Even if the Seagram Group that won Paramount still did not lose confidence in the entertainment industry, after a few tossing down, it might have felt that Hollywood is not so easy to play with.

Carlock Pictures went bankrupt and began liquidation.

The original Renee Haring and Gina Davis and his wife escaped because they did not participate in this project. However, the new version of the male and female protagonists, William Baldwin and Daryl Hannah, both suffered heavy losses.

William Baldwin is considered to be the most handsome among the Baldwin brothers, and he is very promising to move towards an action star. Unfortunately, after Cut Throat Island, it may be difficult to receive projects of the same size in the next few years.

Daryl Hanna, who became famous in the early 1980s by participating in "Blade Runner", has been trying to hit the front line for many years, and the resources are not bad. In addition to "Blade Runner", he also works with Robert Redford, Tom Hanks, Michael Douglas and other big coffee are considered cooperation, but it has always been the kind of state that makes the audience very familiar but half-red.

Because "Cut Throat Island" is a partial heroine movie, this time can be described as a breakthrough for Daryl Hanna.

It is a pity that the carp failed to jump the Dragon Gate, and the result was even worse than William Baldwin.

In general, after last year’s IPO, certain patterns in Hollywood have been divided. Daenerys Entertainment will no longer retain its strength this year. As a result, other Hollywood studios have not been very good for a year.

The current Big Seven in Hollywood, which is truly controlled by American capital, are only Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group.

The remaining five companies, Sony controls Colombia, and gradually canceled the label.Although the boss of the twentieth century Fox immigrated to the United States, the core of the parent company News Group is still in Australia, Paramount was bought by Seagram Group of Canada, and MGM was controlled by an Australian consortium led by the Johnston family. Disney, once a representative of American culture, was acquired by Vivendi of France.

In this case, even if Daenerys' entertainment is too strong to make the other five want to rebound, it is doomed to have no results.

Not to mention the gradual deep political layout of the Westeros system in the federal authorities. Even without these, overseas capital wants to crack down on local capital. In any country in the world, the result is basically just to help relatives.

As for Time Warner, under Simon’s continued operations, the relationship between the two has been very close. Even after the acquisition by General Electric, the two sides will be able to live in harmony.

Commercially, it is impossible to compete with Daenerys Entertainment, and it is not feasible to use other means to suppress it. The downturn of the whole year has come down. At the end of this year, especially Sony Pictures, Paramount and Daenerys Entertainment focused on suppressing All three Disney companies had to quietly reduce the production scale in 1996.

Although it is a last resort, it is obvious that this will only form a vicious circle.

The market space voluntarily ceded by these studios, Daenerys Entertainment and its allies are fully capable of eating them all.Then, the living space of several Sony companies will become smaller and smaller. When they finally wake up, they may have been completely reduced to Hollywood's second-tier studios.

Malibu, Daenerys Studios.

Simon's last work schedule on the afternoon of December 1st was to discuss the packaged financing plan with MGM principal Shirley Lansing.

During this time, Shirley Lansing shot two of the senior executives responsible for financing of Carlock Pictures, which had filed for bankruptcy, to MGM, which was regarded as the initial successor to Carlock Pictures’ financing channel.

Even if he just planted a big lead on the "Cutting Throat Island" project, the two heads who switched to MGM disclosed to the previous gold master that MGM's financing plan, even if they did not agree, the other party gave A very positive response.After all, everyone knows that MGM is the younger brother of Daenerys Entertainment, and it depends on the towering tree of the Westeros system behind it.

Moreover, considering that Daenerys Entertainment’s projects in the past few years have basically made a lot of gains in other Hollywood studios, this time even MGM led, as long as Simon Westero led the scene, It has considerable investment potential.

Simon also discovered this problem.

The rise of many second- and third-tier film companies, in addition to the speculative capital behind the scenes, is more important because the film companies unexpectedly produced several very successful films in the initial stage of their operation, and finally formed a virtuous circle for a long period of time.

In this plan to guide overseas capital, if a series of packaged projects are eventually tepid, the result is probably not to have a second time.

After all, no one is a fool.

Therefore, the beginning is best to give a big sweetness, the greater the sweetness, the greater the subsequent attraction.

As long as it is a practice, even if there is only one big-selling movie in each issue in the future, the combined benefits of speculative capital will be slightly higher than other investment channels. The locomotive effect plus positive income will continue to attract capital from energy sources. come.

Reluctant to let the child catch the wolf.

So, after pondering between "Tornado" and "Independence Day", Simon finalized the latter.

It's the next big medicine.

Moreover, the director of "Independence Day" Roland Emmerich came from Germany, and the Makako Carroll financing channel was basically German tax avoidance capital, plus Roland Emmerich in the DC movie universe The fame accumulated in the series will lead the German capital to do more with less.

Taken together, this package agreement will eventually have about 40% of the profits received by the Westeros system.