Chapter 1535: The Strong Get Stronger
October 1st is a Friday.
China is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, but in North America, when Simon woke up, according to the time difference, it was already afternoon on the other side of the ocean.
Simon arrived at the company in the morning. In addition to some things about Tianlong Babu, which just ended last night, there is another project. The first week of the documentary Mount Everest was released at the box office.
In a box office week from September 24th to September 30th, Mount Everest made a good start with the promotion of Daenerys and its own excellent reputation. The whole North America has a total of 139 opening screens, and the income in seven days is as high as 778. 10,000 U.S. dollars, and the average museum is 56,000 U.S. dollars.
Even though Simon believed from the beginning that this project would be very good, the first-week box office of 7.78 million US dollars still exceeded expectations. Not only that, but according to the feedback from the Gaomen Films team in charge of this project, the box office trend of this documentary has a counterattack posture. With the further spread of word of mouth, it is likely to achieve a reversal in the next week.
Therefore, the Gaomen Films team made a proposal, hoping to start the distribution of this drama on ordinary screens.
Simon also discovered a problem because of this.
In the same year as Mount Everest, in 1999, the commercial operation of imax had just started, so there was a lack of content resources. Therefore, a documentary film, probably after a long release of no less than half a year, accumulated a lot of money. to over $80 million at the box office.
This time, it was different.
The current time has entered October, and in mid-November, when the Thanksgiving schedule starts, there will be new imax blockbuster resources released. After all, the imax team, with the support of Daenerys Entertainment, has broken through the early imax copies that can only be released. With a time limit of tens of minutes, it is not a problem to meet the two-hour regular movie screening.
In short, before the opening of the Thanksgiving file, Mount Everest can still monopolize the length of imax, and there are about six weeks left.
Then, at least part of the screen resources must be given up.
In fact, if it wasn’t for saving budget, Daenerys’s three summer blockbusters, Peerless Cataclysm, made an imax version, and planned to come to a super long line. After all, the conversion and copying costs of imax are too high, and the number of screens is only There are so many, all three are made, and the price/performance ratio is very low. As a result, the trend of the peerless catastrophe is really a bit sluggish, so all of them were handed over to Mount Everest on September 24, otherwise, this documentary will not get much at the beginning. imax screen.
In any case, there is not enough schedule, and if you think about accumulating 80 million as before, the chances are not great.
Therefore, in order to maximize the benefits, it is undoubtedly a good choice to release the ordinary screen version of this documentary as soon as possible. Otherwise, the complete imax version, the market volume of this documentary is at most 50 million US dollars this time.
Compared to the cost, the $50 million imax box office is of course a huge profit, but the current documentary has such a good reputation, and it would be a pity for the popularity of the film not to take the opportunity to expand the market.
So, of course approved.
As for not being able to get the highest quality imax experience on ordinary screens, that is also impossible. After all, there are only 139 imax screens in the United States, and only a few people can see the imax version.
The Gaomen Films team was already planning, and with Simon's approval, it was implemented immediately. It is expected that more than 1,500 ordinary screen versions of Mount Everest will be rolled out rapidly across the United States next week. In addition, this documentary got off to a good start in the first week, and naturally there is no need to hesitate to release it overseas, and of course it will be rolled out across the board as soon as possible.
Except China.
Simon's attitude was, let the bullets fly for a while.
If the North American box office accumulates higher, it will have a sufficient driving effect on the audience in China.
After dealing with these routines, Simon rushed to the Pixar studio on the second floor of Daenerys Studios.
The remaining two hours in the morning will be spent on Frozen.
The general story and character setting of this cartoon, including the theme song that brainwashed the world, has already been made by Simon, and the next step is the execution of the Pixar team.
This time we will mainly discuss this matter.
Speaking of which, although Pixar's animation film production progress is about one and a half years, in fact, there are often two or three films in production at the same time, mainly an animation film, and the number of teams cannot be too large after all. If there are too many, it will be impossible to ensure the uniform style of the animated film here. Therefore, it takes an average of half a year, but in fact, if an animated film wants to be completed, if it is not rushed, it can be as short as three years, as long as five years, or even longer Neither is impossible. Just like Disney’s Rapunzel, because of some bumps and bumps, it took nine years to do it, and the budget was greatly overrun, and the final results were not tepid. Of course, this is an exception.
The work in the morning is over, and after lunch, there is a production meeting first.
During this period of time, a number of new projects for Daenerys have been established one after another. The Frozen that was discussed in the morning is actually one, and the one discussed in the production meeting in the afternoon is the man in black who has been suppressed by Simon for a long time.
Recently, it has signed a trilogy agreement with Will Smith, the new "Steel Bone" actor of this time and space.
It is also said to be in a hurry.
After watching Cyborg 2, Simon decided that the next sequel will get a very good result. In addition, there is also the previous Independence Day. In short, the later the production, if you want to use the original team, Will Smith The price will only be higher.
even so
In the agreement signed this time, Will Smith's starting salary has also reached 8 million US dollars, and there is no share for the time being. Except for the popularity brought by 'Steel Bone', it is mainly due to the Independence Day. After all, which character is more popular in a movie? Gauguin is popular, and Hollywood has a special evaluation. Even if Independence Day is a group show, Jeff Goldblum is more inclined to lead the leading actor, but Will Smith's performance is still very remarkable.
In short, if you want to pick up the leak, it will definitely not work.
On the other hand, the other protagonist, Tommy Lee Jones, although he also has the role of Commissioner Gordon in the DC movie universe, but in other respects, Jones' development in recent years has been somewhat unsatisfactory. Cops, costing $100 million, wanted to recapture the success of The Fugitive, but in reality, it was still tepid, and Paramount didn't even fully recoup the cost in the theater stage.
Therefore, Jones' starting salary this time is 5 million U.S. dollars, and at the same time he signed a trilogy agreement of intent, without a sharing clause. The latter two, if any, have a maximum salary of 10 million and 15 million respectively. Compared with ordinary actors, this is of course a very luxurious agreement, but compared to the previous $20 million maximum salary and dividends for Jones and Smith, this time it is much more cost-effective.
In fact, the main reason is that Daenerys has been taking back more and more initiative from actors and even brokerage companies over the years.
Even if we can never return to the era of big studios, but with the current strength of Daenerys Entertainment, big stars still want to be 20/20 like they used to be in the 1990s, definitely don't think about it. Not only that, but now Daenerys Entertainment has reached the level of Disney in its heyday.
Let’s just talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In addition to Robert Downey Jr. in the early days, there is also the widow sister, who picked up a big leak because she didn’t sign a long-term contract, especially the widow sister, who is basically a supporting role, but can win several 20 million movies , That is simply a big leak, but the other Marvel actors, after locking the contract, can only be honest, take as much as Marvel gives. Even if the box office of Marvel's blockbuster breaks through the sky, under the constraints of the contract, it is impossible to earn a share like Downey.
Well, this actually proves how important it is to sign the packaging agreement in advance.
Of course, the stars naturally tried their best to refuse to sign the packaging agreement, which required a game. Right now, Daenerys Entertainment's shareholder power has completely overwhelmed West Wind. Stars don't have enough chips in the game, so they can only face the reality honestly.
Besides, the man in black is only a project this time.
Will Smith has participated in the filming of two back-to-back productions of Justice League in Australia. The script has been finalized here, and the main creators have been finalized. In addition to other aspects of work, the filming is starting, and it will not be until the middle of next year. Therefore, the men in black The release time of the first part will have to wait until the summer of 2001.
Compared with Men in Black, the other film to be dealt with this afternoon is much closer. Chicago, which was successfully completed in mid-August, recently completed the rough cut. The last part of Simon's afternoon was devoted to the film, discussing post-production editing and some problems with the soundtrack.
The final two heroines of the film are Catherine Zeta-Jones and Madonna respectively. South African diamonds were arranged as Madonna's spare tire at the beginning, but fortunately, it was useless. After all, Simon still prefers Queen Madonna.
Of course, during the actual filming process, even if three chapters were agreed in advance, Queen McMahon still made some troubles with Catherine. The feud caused by the hype, although, the two people were indeed tit-for-tat, but the traces of the hype of Miramax, who is good at marketing, are also very obvious. But this time, as a novice, Rob Marshall was really overwhelmed, and said in private that he would never cooperate with Madonna again.
Fortunately, the film finally finished successfully.
As for the feud between the two heroines, since there is a successful 'case', this time, Daenerys is also constantly releasing news to ensure that it cannot be speculated and at the same time, make use of behind-the-scenes gossip as much as possible. Musical and musical films in the Christmas file to create momentum.
At the end of the day's work, when I returned to my home at Cape Dumei Manor, it was past six o'clock in the afternoon.
Had dinner, because it was Friday night, there was social entertainment as usual.
Of course, I don't plan to go to San Lucas again this weekend. After all, theme weekends should not be too frequent and exhausting.
This time it was a reception at Shirley Lansing's house.
After all, he just took over the 20th Century Fox. After the merger of the three companies, the scale is more than three times larger than the original MGM, and the pressure is doubled. This Hollywood female palm who is often mentioned by the media alongside Amy Pascal The door also had to mention twelve points of mind.
In Hollywood, the higher the position, the more necessary it is for a similar kind of entertainment. After all, it is necessary to keep abreast of all aspects of Hollywood's dynamics. If you just sit in the office, it will definitely not work.
Of course, people like Simon have jumped out of the Three Realms and can do whatever they want.
Simon still didn't steal the limelight from his master, and he probably understood that he came here tonight as a mascot to let everyone confirm who is behind the brand new 20th Century Fox company. But at the same time, Simon is definitely not Will compete with Shirley Lansing for the control of Fox, although, the actual control is indeed in his hands, so, specifically, it is probably the management.
For familiar fields, although Simon often micro-manages, his energy is limited after all.
Therefore, after a general greeting, Simon found a secluded corner to chat with people as usual.
There are two English roses by my side tonight, Kate Beckinsale and Rachel Weisz.
It's been a long time. Rachel was recently discussing the Mummy 3 project with brand new 20th Century Fox, so she received an invitation to the party tonight, accompanied by her best friend Kate.
Speaking of which, the two girls have already returned the various benefits given by the Westeros family, such as mansions and maids, etc., and they are considered to be free. However, because of their busy careers, of course, some of these labels are not The factors that have not been completely washed away are still single for the time being.
Simon appeared here, and it was impossible for the two women to turn a blind eye. Even if they knew that sitting next to someone tonight, a certain label that hadn't been washed off might condense again, they didn't refuse.
After all, this man's status is too high, so high that women can't resist.
Or, don't really want to resist.
I just chatted with the girl next to me for a few trivial words, and then Simon mainly talked with other guests, such as Jonathan Friedman, the head of WMA who sat with him in the corner of the lawn here, or heard Lansing mention a few words in advance Harrison Ford, who is actively lobbying for Raiders of the Lost Ark 4.
The topic inevitably comes to the past September.
Daenerys's two new dho dramas, The Sopranos and House of Cards, and even Denon Babu, are not only Hollywood, but have recently become more and more widespread social topics.
The tone of the people around is basically full of undisguised envy and compliments from the bottom of their hearts.
Daenerys Entertainment is too strong right now.
In fact, Simon happened to discuss this issue with Amy during lunch at noon.
The strength of Daenerys Entertainment, and the strength of its films, TV, games, music and other businesses are of course one in essence. In other words, it is integrated with the entire Westeros system.
Let’s just talk about a small Tianlong Babu, why can it achieve such brilliant results on a dho TV station that has only been on the air for a year?
The point is that Daenerys Entertainment, or the entire Westeros system, has too many resources to promote this TV series to the public. More, but it’s just for the publicity team to greet Daenerys, Ygritte, and other media platforms that are not affiliated with the Westeros system but have a good relationship. A large number of media releases about Tianlongbabu came in one after another.
Not only that, because Daenerys Entertainment is currently strong enough in Hollywood, and unknowingly, it has become the attention of more media that have nothing to do with the Westeros system or even have hostility.
Therefore, when Daenerys Entertainment itself manipulated the public opinion about Tianlong Babu, other media noticed this news hot spot, and they would follow up spontaneously without lobbying and reminding here.
There is also an emerging Internet platform that has to be mentioned additionally. With the control of the Internet by the Westeros system, if you want to super-pop a TV series, it is as simple as quietly setting some parameters. The same other platforms, even if they are not related to the Westeros system, but if you want to obtain higher traffic support, you naturally need to focus on topics that can please the Westeros system.
For example, a Chinese martial arts drama that was unexpectedly popular in late-night theaters.
If there are articles about Tianlongbabu on some other websites or forums that are highly recommended by the Ygritte portal, then smarter related websites will naturally follow up.
The result is that the publicity budget of 100,000 US dollars has been truly released, and the publicity effect of 1 million or even 10 million US dollars has been achieved.
Such an effect, not to mention other small TV stations, even if it is placed on the side of DHO's biggest competitor, HBO, is it possible?
No.
Because even if Tianlong Babu has a little hit on hbo, it is not uncommon, after all, you are still the largest paid cable station at the moment. Secondly, it just so happens that hbo and dho are competing against each other. You are on the air, can you get on the Ygritte portal?
Unless the phenomenon is so high that it surpasses the prime-time ratings data, like man bites dog, of course it is impossible.
Then, will many film and television websites or forums take the initiative to promote it for you?
Maybe.
As long as a drama is good enough, there will definitely be running water.
However, if you want to accumulate water to form a puddle and become a tsunami, you must still need external force. If this external force not only does not do work in a positive direction, but is also resistance, then the tap water will definitely be dried up quickly.
All in all, the current state of Daenerys Entertainment is roughly similar to the two giants of Disney or Netflix in the North American film and television industry twenty years later.
Twenty years later, if you pay attention to Hollywood entertainment news, it is not difficult to find that all kinds of eye-catching headlines are often that a certain new Netflix drama has started filming again, a certain assembly line blockbuster has created the best 24-hour score, and Disney is getting more and more popular. The tasteless Marvel masterpiece suddenly broke the box office record of a certain month, blah blah, and so on, it seems that these two companies are the only ones left in Hollywood.
As for the other giants, except for some popular projects that support the scene, they are basically silent.
On the one hand, the two leaders are large enough and attractive enough to make any of their projects receive more attention from the global media; items occupy the page.
So, the end result is that the strong get stronger.