Simon set off back to North America alone on January 5. The two Jennys and the children will stay in Australia for a while because of the old man's request.
Back in Los Angeles, with just one night off, Simon was back to work the next day.
The time is Tuesday, January 6th.
Back from vacation, all good news.
In addition to "Titanic", which has already held a celebration party, as the Christmas season comes to an end, the three major film schedules starting from the Halloween season at the end of 1997 are basically settled.
First up is The Conjuring 3.
After the box office week ended on January 1st, although it has not been completely downgraded, it has entered the final stage with only tens of thousands of dollars in revenue per week. Affected by the fierce competition in the three major slots at the end of the year, and "The Ghost Story" "The Conjuring 3: Blood Moon," which is almost equally considered a phenomenon-level horror film, has a domestic box office of US$162 million, which is nearly 40 million US dollars short of the 200 million threshold.
However, the overseas box office of "The Conjuring 3" has exceeded 140 million. Considering that major overseas box offices such as France and Germany have not yet opened, the film's total overseas box office is expected to exceed 200 million, and the global box office will be approximately 360 million. Above the US dollar, if overseas performance is better, it is not impossible to hit the world's 400 million yuan.
Even if the total production and promotion expenditure of "The Conjuring 3" reaches US$75 million, it is still in the theater stage and can still reap considerable profits.
In addition to profits, the most critical point is that "The Conjuring 3" revitalizes the originally exhausted Conjuring movie universe.
It is also worth mentioning that the 1997 phenomenon-level horror film "The Conjuring 3" had a box office of 212 million U.S. dollars in North America. Its overseas distribution has also been completed, and the major overseas box office revenue was about 2.55 billion. billion US dollars, with a global total of US$467 million.
Compared with the false report, the production cost was only US$300,000, and the global box office was US$467 million. The rate of return made the global film and television circles go crazy. As a result, not only Hollywood, but also filmmakers from all over the world have begun to look for their own pseudo-documentary films, trying to make a big impact with a small one.
Then comes the thanksgiving stall.
"A Bug's Story" starring Daenerys has a cumulative box office of US$160.36 million in North America in the box office week ending January 1. As the holiday season passes, it is expected that there will be a box office potential of about 20 million in the future. The local box office will eventually be about It will be around 180 million. Judging from the existing data trends, it can also collect another 200 million US dollars overseas. The global box office is expected to be around 400 million, which is equivalent to "The Conjuring 3".
However, the production cost of "A Bug's Story" alone reached 100 million US dollars. Even if it is definitely profitable, it is still the most mediocre one in a series of 3D animations produced by Pixar.
Another film, "The Wedding Singer," faced the impact of a large number of blockbusters and barely managed to survive until the end of the year. It also ended completely, with a final domestic box office of US$82.37 million.
Considering that the cost of "The Wedding Singer" is only US$18 million, it is considered a dark horse at the end of the year. The regret is that Adam Sandler's comedy is too rooted in American culture and is not popular with audiences outside the United States. From the current point of view, the overseas box office is only about 20 to 30 million US dollars, and the global box office can barely exceed 100 million US dollars.
Then there is the collaborative project "Contact" in charge of MGM. As of January 1, the cumulative box office was US$109.97 million. The box office in the most recent box office week was only US$3.04 million, and the subsequent box office will only be about 5 million US dollars. The box office potential is US$115 million, and the local box office is basically locked at around 115 million.
Overseas, according to the current trend, it is also around US$100 million.
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The summer release of "Independence Day" made a lot of money for the original investors, and the market response of "Alien 2" was also pretty good. This time, "Contact" is expected to have a global box office of 200 million, not counting Failure is not considered a success. It is difficult to recoup the US$90 million cost and the 40 million MGM investment in promotion through theatrical distribution. However, it is not difficult to make a small profit through follow-up channels. It just takes time.
Then, Christmas time.
The sacrificial "Shakespeare in Love" and the counterattack "Titanic" need no introduction.
Throughout 1997, the total box office revenue in North America finally reached 6.19 billion U.S. dollars, lower than the expectation of more than 6.5 billion U.S. dollars at the beginning of the year.
This fulfilled Simon's long-held worries.
Too many blockbuster bombs harm the diversity of the film market, but will prevent some audiences from entering theaters, and will also prevent many films with higher box office potential from being fully realized.
However, Daenerys' entertainment situation is very good.
Its three brands, Daenerys Pictures, New World Pictures and High Gate Pictures, started with the huge sales of "BJ's Diary" in 1997, and continued to sell well with "Taken" and "Taken". Face," "Twister," "American Pie," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "The Haunted Man," "The Conjuring 3," "A Bug's Life," "The Wedding Singer," "Titans" "Knick" and so on, basically leading most of the 52 box office weeks throughout the year.
Among them, only 9 films have achieved a local box office of over 100 million US dollars as of December 31, 1997. The total box office has reached 1.6 billion US dollars, including "The Rescue", "Six Pigs", "The Wedding Singer", " "Spooky Ghost", "Cable TV Repairman" and a series of local box-office projects that are considered big hits with a box office of more than 50 million U.S. dollars but unfortunately failed to break 100 million U.S. dollars, this figure reached 2.2 billion U.S. dollars.
This is not the end.
In addition, "Two Smoking Barrels", "Following", "Mutant DNA", "Once Upon a Time", "Soul Transfer Girl", "The Pianist on the Sea", "Beautiful Mind" and a large number of low- to medium-level movies Films with box office volume accounted for more than half of the 46 films released by Daenerys' three labels in 1997, and the total box office revenue exceeded US$700 million.
The 1998 box office portion of films such as "Titanic" that are still in theaters is not included. The 1997 box office portion of films produced by Daenerys such as "Wonder Woman 2" and "Good Will Hunting" in 1996 are naturally also included. , probably another $200 million.
Add it all up, and the precise total is $3.14 billion.
This doesn’t even count collaborative projects such as “One Day Alone.”
In 1997, the North American box office total was US$6.19 billion, and Daenerys' direct distribution of films accounted for US$3.14 billion, accounting for 50.7%. As expected at the beginning of 1997, half of the real North American film market was occupied, and it was unparalleled in the limelight.
On the other hand, it also reflects that the six, seven or eight major studios in Hollywood's early years have been completely changed.
Just talking about the top ten box office movies in 1997, as of December 31 of that year, eight were directly produced by Daenerys Entertainment.
It seems to confirm a certain 80/20 rule.
The other two movies, one is "Days of Our Own" with Daenerys, excluding "Titanic" which is still in theaters, "Days of Our Lives" temporarily ranks first in the year with a local box office of US$306 million.
Another one that can barely be said to have nothing to do with Daenerys and can be called the only remaining one is "Terminator 3". As of December 31, 1997, the cumulative domestic box office was US$141 million, and it ranked only ninth, only higher than Dan. Nellys produced "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," which cost $134 million domestically.
As for blockbusters such as "The Fifth Element", "Starship Troopers", and "Alien 4" that many manufacturers had high hopes for, they all failed.
Faced with the power of Daenerys Entertainment, Hollywood once again has some voices that want to be suppressed. However, the best opportunity to suppress Daenerys' entertainment has long been missed. In the end, these voices are just complaints.
Compared with other industries, competition in Hollywood is relatively fair. Everyone produces their own movies and then lets the market speak for itself.
Now, Daenerys Entertainment is all king, and other companies can't play good cards. Who can blame it
We can’t let Simon Westeros make fewer films, right
That doesn't make sense.
As for accusations of monopoly, they are even more untenable.
If legitimate competition cannot be defeated, some unfair ideas will often arise. However, Daenerys does not dare to use this trick lightly at the moment, because in today's Hollywood, other studios should expect that Daenerys Entertainment, which is too powerful, will not use unfair means on others. , rather than mantis trying to make dirty moves against a certain Big Mac.
That is asking for discomfort.
This won't work, and that won't work either. Daenerys is too strong. In order to avoid losses, each company can only reduce its own production output. This is equivalent to actively giving up the market, which is like falling into a vicious circle that people cannot extricate themselves from.
Some people can still cycle.
Such as Vivendi, such as Seagram.
It has only been a few years since he broke into Hollywood with great ambitions, and of course he will not give up easily.
Some people feel that Hollywood is becoming less and less fun, and they originally wanted to quit. Now, this idea is getting stronger and stronger.
Such as Sony.
Sony experienced a major reversal in 1997 and produced super hit films such as "Men in Black" before barely surviving the most difficult periods in 1997 and 1998. This time it was not so lucky. In addition, the aftermath of the Asian financial turmoil is beginning to appear, making it increasingly difficult for Sony to continue to entangle itself in Hollywood.