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The festive atmosphere permeated the streets. In a mansion on the east side of Beverly Hills, the owner also hung some colorful lights on the Christmas tree. It was shining and really beautiful.

But at this moment, on a sun lounger by the pool in the backyard, Joson Campbell was carefully studying the analysis of market data in his hands, and remembered that someone used this to pressure the board of directors.

"Golden Compass" is over.

Box office of the magic series——

The first weekend of "The Lord of the Rings 1" screened in December 2001 earned 47.21 million; the first weekend of November 2001, "Harry Potter 1", earned 90.29 million; even "The Chronicles of Narnia 1" that was not particularly successful the year before In the first weekend, he got 65.55 million box office.

Using these data to compare the 26.12 million in the first weekend of "Golden Compass", and without the praise of "Lord of the Rings", what does it stand for?

No need to think about it, it's nothing more than a loss.

Qiaosen got up and was about to make a phone call to discuss with the major shareholders, when he saw his wife coming and said that it was Shay who came.

He is fairly familiar with Shay. After all, the two often cooperate. He is also a rare senior in Warner who does not agree to merge into the new line. He mainly thinks that the role of the new line can be a supplementary business like Fox Searchlight based on Fox Pictures. Label.

A low-cost studio that supports independent films will focus more on film festivals, so that it can stagger with Warner Pictures, allowing them to focus more on producing high-budget projects and allocate resources more rationally.

It's a pity that the new line executives have their own ideas, and perhaps they are not reconciled to become affiliates of low-profit labels, which led to this time falling into the pit.

Think about it, people also shot the "Lord of the Rings" series back then, and they seem to understand it.

......

When he saw Shay again, Jonson felt that he was lowered a lot, and his eyes inevitably stayed on him for a moment.

The person who was still high-spirited, only a few days later, looked so old, and the wrinkles in the corners of his eyes couldn't hide.

Xie Yi smiled slightly, not knowing what to say.

The film was screened until the following week, and "Golden Compass" was criticized and had a poor look and feel, and it dropped 37% directly-slightly better than "Beowulf."Brothers and sisters of Christmas 2007.

Therefore, Shay, who has no hope of turning over, wants to explore the tone of Warner's senior management. Does he maintain the original pace of treatment for the future of the new line, or have other plans?

Do you have to live on?

Qiaosen was silent for a while, and then quietly said: "What do you think of yourself, do you have any thoughts on how to explain this defeat?"

Shay was dumb.

He wants to know, is he still here?

Now he has basically lost the trust of the board of directors, and he knows it himself.

On the other hand, Warner, who has also suffered a loss, can still sit at home. For him, he is trying to find a way around. Such a comparison makes Shay annoyed.

"We misestimated the market and violated the company's expectations, but things have already happened. We all agree on what kind of disposal, but we still hope to discuss more about the merger."

This is a consistent demand within the new line.

"So, I know..."

After Shay left, Jonson felt a little regretful.

He had previously suggested that the new line should actively transform and focus on low-cost topics. At this time, it seems that people still care about status and refuse to be small.

Originally thought that Shay had a lot of experience and managed only orderly, but he did not expect to be driven.

Ugh.

Really think that if you join together, you will have some scruples?

Naive!

The failure of "Golden Compass" hasn't figured out where to stop?How can it be so easy to expose.

Pity.

The new line itself is a bit embarrassing in Warner's layout. Now it is crooked and broken, making it even more useless.

It's time to find a way to deal with it, Joson thought.

......

"Boss, Li is here as the director."

In the office, Lehman was confirming the cost of "I Am a Hero" when he heard Metz knock on the door and report.

In a blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed since the visit to Li Press that day, and he finally returned to Los Angeles from China.

Lehman lifted his spirits and immediately asked Metz to invite him.

The Hulk is a key part of the linkage plan. After the screening of "Iron Man" next summer, if we can take advantage of the heat and cooperate with the world to push "The Hulk" into the theater, it will definitely be beneficial to the publicity.

More importantly, a series of subsequent works can be launched in due course.

See you again, the two have a good conversation.

This time he went to China, and Li Zheng was a little regretful.

When the film was released on November 1, the box office of "Lust-Caution" has been soaring. In just 9 days, it has already collected 90 million in box office, and its momentum has been leaping forward. As of today, it has accumulated 123 million yuan in the mainland;

And on Hong Kong Island, "Lust-Caution" also reached the top. It was screened for 27 days and collected 30.78 million Hong Kong dollars. What is more worth mentioning is South Korea. Since Hong Kong Island movies have not fallen behind, another Chinese-language movie attracted nearly two hundred. The number of people in Wanguan Movies.

Compared with the production expenditure of 15 million US dollars, "Lust-Caution" has been paid back before it has been painted. This is only in the Asian region. Although the marketability of overseas Chinese films is certainly not enough, selling copyrights is estimated to be able to sell. Out a lot.

It's just that although the results are not bad, "Lust-Caution" has been criticized badly.

Everyone knows why.

After all, the 20-minute uncut erotic drama in the film was baptized by 18 banned movies in South Korean audiences, and they were all dumbfounded. Although the mainland was castrated, the distributor deliberately used the outflow of XX as a topic of crazy marketing before the screening. I believe the people who have experienced it will definitely understand.

In this regard, Lehman only thinks that Li Jiao is quite boring. He has researched that kind of posture, and he took it out with an upright image...

Zizi.

Of course, Li Zheng didn't know what Lyman was thinking. On the contrary, he had been thinking about not taking over the Hulk project for the past few days.

The success of "Brokeback Mountain" has made him a lot better in Hollywood, but in general, he still has not recovered to the previous situation. Moreover, he has not encountered any more favorite scripts recently, and the schedule is both leisurely and free. Ample.

In other words, he was moved, after all, the project budget is so high...

Ha, Lehman is also very happy.

Li Zheng was able to take over, but it saved him a lot.

"Regarding the shooting, if there are any requirements, we will try our best to meet them."

Li sat in his seat upright and unambiguous, "The salary is still with my team."

Every director has his own crew who often cooperates with, and the so-called queen team is nothing more than more familiar.

In this regard, Lehman has nothing to do.

As for the film remuneration, the basic salary of 9 million + floating box office incentives, capped at 500 million worldwide, and 10% of the box office profit in North America, also made Li Jiao nod readily.

Benefit distribution, everyone is satisfied.

What he took in "Lust-Caution" was the total profit of the project, but the basic salary was not high. In this respect, it was quite good.

Then there is the script.

The new Hulk must not copy the previous life, because the results have proved that the audience does not accept it.

So this edition follows the second phase of the super soldier project in the comics. Nick Fury and the military wanted to re-study artificial superheroes. As a result, Bruce Banner was sucked into the scientific research team and was dispatched by the bear. The spies of schemed, out of control and destroyed the laboratory...

Fleeing all the way, playing games with the two major forces of the bear KGB and the U.S. military, halfway through the desperate search for in vivo cell therapy that can cure his gamma-ray radiation poisoning, and want to relieve the other unconstrained one contained in the body. Personality.

Although this version of the story is not very new, it can smoothly introduce the hurried appearance of S.H.I.E.L.D. in "Iron Man" and plant the serum egg of the US team.

And compared to the contradiction between Bruce Banner and the military in "Invincible Hulk" and the brutal attack with hatred, it is better to introduce the background of the story to third-party forces, which will be more suitable for the audience. The play was done well, and afterwards there was a conflict and the KGB topped the tank. A big battle would not be able to clean up Bruce Banner-"Invincible Hulk" killed the military.

If the result is to be recruited, then taking care of the vanity of the American people requires external forces, and Teddy Bear has always been a big villain in Hollywood movies.

With this reasonable force display conflict, there will be a refreshing point and a big scene. When it is critical, S.H.I.E.L.D. will play to protect it, and Bruce Banner will not be able to enter the reunion system logically.

All aspects are considered, and it can be justified. It is not in vain that Lehman has brushed so many comics about related characters.

"Have you found a suitable protagonist?" Lyman asked suddenly.

"not yet."

"I recommend one. You can try it yourself, I feel you will be satisfied."