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October 1st is a Friday.
In China, it was the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. In North America, when Simon got up, according to the time difference, it was already the afternoon on the other side of the ocean.
Simon arrived at the company in the morning. In addition to some things about "Dragon" which happened to end last night, there was also another project. The first week's box office of the documentary "Everest" was released.
In the box office week from September 24th to September 30th, "Everest" relied on Daenerys's promotion and its excellent reputation to get off to a good start. A total of 139 opening screens in North America were opened, and the revenue was earned in seven days. As high as 7.78 million US dollars, the average museum is 56,000 US dollars.
Even though Simon believed the project would be great from the beginning, the first-week box office of $7.78 million exceeded expectations.
Not only that, according to feedback from the Gaomen Pictures team in charge of this project, the box office trend of this documentary has a counterattack trend. As word of mouth further spreads, it is likely to achieve a reverse decline in the next week.
Therefore, the Gaomen Pictures team made a suggestion, hoping to start the distribution of this documentary on ordinary screens.
Simon also discovered a problem.
In the same year as "Everest", in 1999, the commercial operation of IMAX had just started, so there was a lack of content resources. Therefore, a documentary is likely to accumulate after a long release of no less than half a year. It grossed more than $80 million at the box office.
This time, it's different.
It's now October, and by mid-November, when the Thanksgiving season opens, there will be new IMAX blockbuster resources released. After all, the IMAX team, with the support of Daenerys Entertainment, has broken through what early IMAX copies could only have. With a duration limit of tens of minutes, it is not a problem to meet the two-hour standard movie screening.
In short, before the opening of the Thanksgiving season, "Everest" can only have IMAX exclusive time for about six weeks.
Then, at least some screen resources must be given up.
In fact, in order to save budget, only one of Daenerys' three summer blockbusters, "The End of the World", was produced in IMAX, and we plan to make a super long-term version. After all, the cost of re-production and copying of IMAX is too high, and the current number of screens It’s not enough. If you do all three, the price/performance ratio is very low and you may even lose money. However, the trend of "Everest" was really declining, so on September 24th, along with some other films, they were all withdrawn, and the screen resources were given to "Everest". Otherwise, this documentary would have been unavailable from the beginning. To too many IMAX screens.
In any case, there is not enough time slot, and if you want to add up to 80 million like before, the chance is not great.
Therefore, in order to maximize profits, it is undoubtedly the best choice to release the ordinary screen version of this documentary as soon as possible. Otherwise, as a complete IMAX version, this documentary will have a market size of up to US$50 million.
Relative to the cost, an IMAX box office of US$50 million is certainly a big profit. However, the current documentary has such a good reputation and it would be a shame to not take the opportunity to expand the market.
So, of course it was approved.
As for not being able to get the best IMAX experience on ordinary screens, there is nothing you can do about it. After all, there are only 139 IMAX screens in the United States, and only a few people can see the IMAX version.
The Gomen Pictures team started planning in advance, and after getting Simon's approval, it was implemented immediately.
It is expected that the ordinary screen version of "Everest" worth more than 1,500 yuan will be quickly rolled out across the United States next week.
In addition, this documentary got a good start in its first week, so there is no need to hesitate in overseas distribution, and of course it will be rolled out across the board as soon as possible.
Except China.
Simon's attitude was to let the bullets fly for a while.
Only if the box office accumulation in North America is higher can it have a sufficient driving effect on the audience in China.
After dealing with these daily tasks, Simon rushed to the Pixar Studio on the second floor of Daenerys Studios.
The remaining two hours of the morning were spent watching Frozen.
The general story and character settings of this cartoon, including the theme song "Let It Go" that once brainwashed the world, have been made by Simon. Next, it is the execution of the Pixar team.
This time we mainly discuss this matter.
Speaking of which, Pixar's animated film production progress is about one and a half years, but in fact, there are often two or three films in production at the same time, mainly one animated film. After all, the number of team members cannot be too large. If it is too much, it will be impossible to ensure the unity of the style of the animated film. Therefore, the average is half a year. But in fact, if you don't rush to complete an animated film, it can be as short as three years, as long as five years, or even longer. Not impossible.
Just like Disney's "Rapunzel", due to some stumbling blocks, it took more than six years to make, and the budget was greatly overrun, reaching 260 million, and the final results were tepid. Of course, this is an exception.
The morning's work is over, and after lunch, there's a production meeting.
During this time, Daenerys has been launching a number of new projects one after another. The "Frozen" just discussed in the morning is actually one. The production meeting discussed in the afternoon is "Men in Black" which Simon has suppressed for a long time. 》.
Recently, Will Smith, the actor who plays Cyborg in this new time and space, has signed a trilogy agreement.
Speaking of which, it is also to rush for time.
After watching "Cyborg 2", Simon concluded that the next sequel will achieve very good results. In addition, there is also the previous "Days of Independence". In short, the later it is produced, if you still want to use the original cast and crew If so, Will Smith’s price will only be higher.
Even so, in the agreement signed this time, Will Smith's starting salary will reach 8 million US dollars, and there will be no share for the time being.
In addition to the popularity brought by "Cyborg", Will Smith's salary is mainly due to "Day Alone". After all, in a movie, which character is more popular and more popular, Hollywood has a special evaluation , even though "Days Alone" is an ensemble drama, and the leading actor is more inclined to be Jeff Goldblum, Will Smith's performance is still very remarkable.
In short, if you want to pick up the leak again, you will definitely not be able to do it.
Another protagonist, Tommy Lee Jones, although he also plays the role of Commissioner Gordon in the DC movie universe, in other aspects, Jones' development in recent years has been somewhat unsatisfactory. Last year, he took on the leading role and was directed by Bai Ge Wu. "American Police" cost 100 million US dollars, hoping to replicate the success of the original "The Fugitive", but in fact, it was still tepid, and Paramount did not even recover the cost during the theatrical stage.
Therefore, Jones's starting salary this time is 5 million US dollars, and he also signed a three-part intention agreement without any share clauses. The maximum salary for the last two parts, if any, is 10 million and 15 million respectively.
Compared with ordinary actors, this is of course a very luxurious agreement, but compared with Jones and Smith who once received a maximum salary of 20 million US dollars and dividends, this time it is much more cost-effective.
In fact, it is mainly because Daenerys has continued to take back more and more initiative from actors and even agencies over the years.
Even if we can never return to the era of big studios, with the strength of Daenerys Entertainment, the big names still want to be as 20/20 as they used to be in the 1990s. That is definitely not possible. Not only that, the current Daenerys entertainment has reached the level of Disney in its heyday.
Let’s talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In addition to Robert Downey Jr. in the early days, there is also the Widow Sister. Because he did not sign a long-term contract, he missed a big deal. Especially the Widow Sister, who is basically a supporting role, but can win several 2000 movies in a row. Wan, that is simply a huge loophole, but other Marvel actors, after locking in their contracts, can only honestly take whatever Marvel gives them. Even if the box office of Marvel blockbusters hits the sky, it is impossible to get a share like Downey under the constraints of the contract.
This actually proves how important it is to sign the packaging agreement in advance.
Of course, celebrities naturally try their best to refuse to sign the packaging agreement, which requires gaming. Now, Daenerys Entertainment's shareholder style has completely overwhelmed Zephyr. Stars don't have enough gaming chips, so they can only face reality honestly.
Besides, "Men in Black" is just a project this time.
Will Smith has already participated in the filming of two back-to-back "Justice League" films in Australia. The script has been finalized, the main creators have been finalized, and other aspects of work have been added. The official start of filming will not be until the middle of next year. Therefore, The first part of "Men in Black" will not be released until the summer of 2001.
Compared with "Men in Black", the other film to be dealt with this afternoon has a much closer schedule. "Chicago", which was successfully completed in mid-August, recently completed a rough cut. Simon spent the last part of the afternoon discussing the film, discussing post-editing and some issues with the soundtrack.
The final two heroines of the film are Catherine Zeta-Jones and Madonna. The South African diamond was originally arranged as a backup for Madonna, but fortunately it was useless. After all, Simon still prefers Queen Madonna.
Of course, during the actual filming process, even if it was agreed three chapters in advance, Queen Mai still caused some trouble with Catherine.
This is not the feud between Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweger that was repeatedly hyped by Miramax in the original time and space. Although, the two are indeed tit-for-tat, but the hype of Miramax, which is good at marketing, The traces are also very obvious.
This time, it really made Rob Marshall, as a newbie, a little anxious, and privately stated that he would never cooperate with Madonna again.
Fortunately, the film was finally completed successfully.
As for the discord between the two heroines, since there is a successful 'case', Daenerys is also constantly releasing news this time to ensure that there is no speculation and at the same time, try to use some behind-the-scenes gossip to prepare for the end of the year. Christmas musicals to build momentum.
After a day's work, it was already past six o'clock in the afternoon when I returned home to Dume Point Manor.
After dinner, since it was Friday night, there were social gatherings as usual.
Of course, I have no plans to go to San Lucas again this weekend. After all, theme weekends should not be done too frequently, as it would consume too much energy.
This time it was a reception at Shirley Lansing's house.
After successfully taking over the management of 20th Century Fox, after the merger of the three companies, the scale was more than three times larger than the original MGM, and the pressure doubled. This Hollywood female director is often mentioned by the media alongside Amy Pascal. Men also had to put a lot of thought into it.
In Hollywood, the higher the position in Hollywood, the more necessary it is for people with similar social activities. After all, they need to keep abreast of all aspects of Hollywood developments. It is definitely not possible to just sit in the office.
Of course, people like Simon have jumped out of the Three Realms and do whatever they want.
Simon still did not steal the spotlight from his host, and he probably understood that he would come here tonight just like a mascot to let everyone once again confirm who is behind the new Twentieth Century Fox Company, but at the same time, Simon definitely did not Will fight with Shirley Lansing for control of Fox. Although, the actual control does lie in his hands, therefore, specifically, the management power.
Although Simon often micro-manages familiar areas, his energy is limited after all.
Therefore, after a brief exchange of greetings, Simon found a secluded corner to chat with others as usual.
Tonight I am surrounded by two British roses, Kate Beckinsale and Rachel Weisz, whom I haven’t seen for a long time. Rachel Weisz was recently discussing the "Mummy 3" project with the new 20th Century Fox, so she received an invitation to this party tonight. As a good best friend, Kate accompanied her.
Speaking of which, the two girls have returned the various benefits, mansions, attendants, etc. given by the Westeros family, and are considered free. However, because they are too busy with their careers, of course there are still certain labels that have not been completely The factors that have been washed away are that I am still single for the time being.
When Simon appeared here, it was impossible for the two women to turn a blind eye. Even though they knew that sitting next to someone tonight, a certain label that had not been washed away might be reunited again, they did not refuse.
After all, this man's status is too high, so high that women can't resist him.
Or, I don’t really want to resist.
He just chatted a few trivial things with the girl next to him. Simon mainly talked to other guests, such as WMA head Jonathan Friedman, who sat with him on the corner of the lawn here, or listened to Lansing mention a few recent remarks in advance. Harrison Ford is actively lobbying to promote "Raiders of the Lost Ark 4".
The topic inevitably comes to the past September.
Daenerys' two new DHO dramas, "The Sopranos" and "House of Cards", and even "Dragon" have recently become a widespread social topic not only in the film and television circles.
Everyone around him basically expressed unconcealable envy and heartfelt compliments.
Daenerys Entertainment is simply too powerful at the moment.
In fact, Simon happened to discuss this issue with Amy during lunch.
The strength of Daenerys Entertainment is essentially integrated with the strength of its film, television, game, music and other businesses. In other words, it is integrated with the entire Westeros system.
Just take a small "Dragon Movie", why can it achieve such outstanding results on a DHO TV station that has just started broadcasting for a year
The key is that Daenerys Entertainment, or the entire Westeros system, has too extensive resources to promote this TV series to the public. Therefore, even if the project's publicity budget is only 100,000 US dollars, it is actually much larger than this. It’s more, but it’s just for the publicity team to greet Daenerys, Ygritte, and even other media platforms that are not affiliated with the Westeros system but have good relations. No money is spent. A lot of A large number of media releases about "Dragon Babu" came in one after another.
Not only that, because Daenerys Entertainment is currently strong enough in Hollywood, it has also unknowingly attracted the attention of more media that have nothing to do with the Westeros system or even are at odds with it.
Therefore, when Daenerys Entertainment itself conducted a round of publicity and publicity about "Dragon", other media noticed this news hot spot and followed up spontaneously without any need for lobbying and reminder.
There are also emerging Internet platforms that have to be mentioned additionally.
With the Westeros system's control over the Internet, if you want to make a TV series popular, it is as simple as quietly setting some parameters. The same other platforms, even if they have nothing to do with the Westeros system, if you want to get higher traffic support, you naturally need to focus on topics that can please the Westeros system.
For example, a Chinese martial arts drama accidentally aired in DHO late night theater.
If there are articles about "Dragon Babu" on other websites or forums that are highlighted by the Yigrit portal, then smarter related websites will naturally follow suit in order to gain traffic.
The result is that the publicity budget of 100,000 US dollars has been truly released, and the publicity effect has reached 1 million or even 10 million US dollars.
Is such an effect possible, let alone other small TV stations, even on DHO's biggest competitor, HBO
No.
Because even if "Dragon" is slightly popular on HBO, it is not unusual. After all, you are still the largest paid cable channel at the moment.
Secondly, HBO and DHO happen to be competing against each other. If you become a hit, will you be able to be on the Igret portal and become a hot topic of discussion on the Internet platform
Unless the phenomenon is so great that it surpasses the prime-time ratings data, like man bites dog, otherwise, of course it is impossible.
Then, will many film and television websites or forums take the initiative to help you promote it
Maybe.
As long as a drama is good enough, there will definitely be tap water.
However, if you want to accumulate water into an abyss or become a tsunami, you will definitely need external force. If this external force is not only not a positive force, but also a resistance, then the tap water will definitely dry up quickly.
All in all, the current state of Daenerys Entertainment is roughly similar to the two giants Disney and Netflix in the North American film and television industry twenty years later.
Twenty years later, if you pay attention to Hollywood entertainment information, it is not difficult to find that various eye-catching headlines are often that Netflix's new drama has started filming again, a certain assembly-line blockbuster has created the best performance in 24 hours, and Disney is becoming more and more popular. The tasteless Marvel movie suddenly broke the box office record for a certain month, blah blah blah.
It seems like these two companies are the only ones left in Hollywood.
As for other giants, except for some popular projects that support the scene, they are basically silent.
On the one hand, the two leading companies are large enough and eye-catching enough, so that any of their projects can receive more attention from the global media.
On the other hand, both companies are strong enough and have enough capital and resources to allow their projects to occupy the spotlight.
The end result is that the strong get stronger.