On December 18, when the first week of the Christmas season opened, the box office for the past week was also officially released.
From the week of December 11th to December 17th, the single-week box office championship was still won by "Home Alone 2". In its fourth week of release, "Home Alone 2" continued to earn $12.39 million.
The sequel to the phenomenal children's comedy has grossed $121.76 million in its last month of release.
Considering that the single-week box office base is still over 10 million US dollars, "Home Alone 2" can at least earn no less than 5,000 US dollars in the future. The total box office in North America is expected to be between 170 million and 200 million US dollars.
Without "Jurassic Park," "Home Alone 2" would definitely be the most popular movie this year-end across Thanksgiving and Christmas.
However, this can only be if.
As the potential dispute between Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group over the DC Cinematic Universe rapidly fermented in the media, the box office data of "Jurassic Park" also began to attract attention.
On December 18th, in addition to "Jurassic Park", another fantasy comedy "Toys" starring Robin Williams was released in North America, with an opening screen size of 1,272. The film tells the story of two heirs of a toy factory who use toys to compete for control.
Compared with the overall media score of "Jurassic Park" of 9.3 points after the premiere, the reputation of Robin Williams' new film can only be described as terrible, with the overall media score of only a pitiful 3.2 points.
In a high-end apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Ever since his speech at the meeting on Wednesday was exposed, Gerald Levin has been in a state of anxiety. The feedback from the movie viewing scene after "Jurassic Park" opened yesterday has made Levin even more The irritability in my heart increased a bit.
Unsurprisingly, it will be difficult for Steve Ross to survive this Christmas. If he had known this, he would not have been too eager to seize power.
It's a pity that things have already happened and it's too late to regret.
Now we can only hope that there will be no surprises in Time Warner's power transfer process.
Moreover, the biggest variable lies in a certain young man.
Gerald Levin certainly knows the importance of the DC movie universe to Time Warner. The speech at the last meeting was just a language strategy to squeeze out Ross's power. At least, deep down in his heart, he has no real relationship with Daenerys Entertainment. He is thinking of renegotiating. Once the DC movie universe plan is destroyed, even if he has successfully become the CEO of Time Warner, he is likely to be ousted.
I just didn't expect that someone would directly reveal this matter.
Gerald Levin was almost certain that Terry Semel did it.
However, it is impossible for him to attack the opponent because of this.
First of all, he really said what was exposed in the media. Even if it is misinterpreted, most of the facts cannot be refuted.
Secondly, there is no evidence. Even if the other party breaks the rules and lacks evidence, it is impossible for him to do anything to Terry Semel.
Daenerys Entertainment's reaction to this incident did not seem to be that drastic, but Gerald Levin was still uneasy.
The key was the young man's silence.
Although he called Simon Westeros a kid at Wednesday's meeting, a kid with a net worth of $65 billion still knows what it means.
Gerald Levin even remembered the original "Bodyguard" soundtrack incident, so he understood that the young man who always seemed to give people a lack of aggression would often leave no room for action once he started.
It's hard to say what would have happened if the other party had intervened in the power dispute within Time Warner because of his remarks at Wednesday's meeting.
The reason why Steve Ross has been able to maintain his position as the head of Time Warner for a long time is largely due to the support of a large number of top Hollywood filmmakers. During the most difficult years of Warner Bros. in the 1980s, the board of directors also initiated As a result of the ouster of Ross, a large number of Hollywood celebrities such as Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, and Barbra Streisand expressed their support for Ross in the media. Finally, As a result, the deposed action failed.
Simon Westeros' influence in Hollywood at this time is definitely far greater than that of Spielberg and others.
Moreover, Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group have a very close relationship because of their cooperation in the DC movie universe and other projects.
Even if Levine is already recognized by most people as the successor to Time Warner's chairmanship, there are not no competitors within the company. Although Terry Semel and Robert Daley are slightly more junior than him, if there is support, they can serve as Time Warner's chairman. The position of chairman of Warner is actually qualified.
In the past few days, Levine wanted to take the initiative to inquire about the other party's thoughts more than once, but he could not let go of his reserve and pride as a senior executive of a media group.
Unconsciously, I stayed up all night again.
At about four o'clock in the morning, the phone rang. Levin sat up directly on the big bed and picked up the phone.
Ignoring his wife's mutterings of dissatisfaction, Levin said a few words to the person opposite him, then got out of bed and went to the study, turned on the computer, and logged into the Ygrit portal.
The bold headlines on the website are extremely eye-catching and even a bit glaring.
"Jurassic Park's first-day gross of $11.76 million broke Spielberg's box office record."
Without clicking on the detailed news page, Gerald Levin only felt a bit bitter in his mouth.
21.76 million US dollars on the first day, then the three-day box office of the first weekend should be around 60 million US dollars, and the first seven days of the week, 90 million US dollars.
90 million US dollars.
Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" three years ago only had a box office of just over $46 million in its first week.
"Jurassic Park" reached a box office of $90 million in its first week, which has completely reached the blockbuster level of a DC movie universe project.
At Wednesday's meeting, Levine proposed to renegotiate with Daenerys Entertainment because Daenerys Entertainment is also very dependent on the DC movie universe and cannot easily fall out.
Now, "Jurassic Park" has directly overturned his argument.
More importantly, unlike the DC movie universe shared by both parties, "Jurassic Park" is entirely Daenerys Entertainment's own project, and all profits belong to the other party. In other words, a "Jurassic Park" with a box office volume equivalent to that of the DC Movie Universe will actually bring benefits to Daenerys Entertainment equivalent to two DC Movie Universe projects.
Gerald Levin also knew that from the beginning, Daenerys Entertainment’s plan for “Jurassic Park” was to be a trilogy.
If we talk about dependence, Daenerys Entertainment, which has occupied a large number of places on the annual box office list in recent years, is not as dependent on the DC Movie Universe as Time Warner Group.
Now that there is "Jurassic Park", the next question is probably whether Daenerys Entertainment wants to renegotiate in order to share more benefits from the DC movie universe plan.
After sitting in front of the computer in a daze for a moment, Gerald Levin finally picked up the phone and asked his assistant to arrange a call between himself and Simon Westeros.
Simon is in Melbourne, but he has also been paying attention to the 'busy' scene in North America in recent days.
After Gerald Levine's remarks in the internal meeting were exposed, Simon quickly received a call from Terry Semel. During the call, the other party said sincerely that as long as he could continue to be in charge of Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films would There will never be any changes in the cosmic plan.
Later, when the first-day box office of "Jurassic Park" was released, Levine also called.
Simon's attitude toward this was more of just watching indifferently.
As a human being in two lifetimes, he couldn't see through the twists and turns.
Although if he uses his existing influence, he is indeed very hopeful to disrupt Gerald Levin's plan to take over Rose's position, Simon can't think of any reason to do so.
Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group are, after all, competitors in the same media industry.
As long as you have a little bit of sanity, you should understand that it is definitely much better to let competitors maintain an unstable state of internal fighting for a long time than to have a united enemy.
Therefore, although Daenerys Entertainment behaves very strongly in the media and has no intention of giving in, privately, Simon's instructions to Amy Pascal are simple: just watch the fun.
Things were boiling over until Sunday, December 20, when another news came.
Steve Ross passed away at his East Hampton estate on the evening of December 20 at the age of 65. This media tycoon, a contemporary of Rupert Murdoch and Sam Redstone, has largely been defeated by time.
The North American media was all over the news about Ross's death, and a large number of Hollywood filmmakers also expressed their condolences.
Simon did not return to North America to see Rose for the last time before her death. Although the relationship between the two parties was good, it was not yet to that extent. However, Simon also accepted the invitation of Rose's family and planned to attend the other party's funeral on December 27 a week later.
For this reason, the time for returning to North America can only be advanced, and I cannot spend the New Year in Melbourne.
While Time Warner expressed its condolences for Ross's death, it did not immediately announce Ross's successor.
Obviously, the internal power game continues.
The year-end schedule in North America will not be greatly affected by the death of a media tycoon.
After 21.76 million U.S. dollars on its first day, "Jurassic Park" continued its momentum, with a three-day box office of 60.31 million U.S. dollars in its first weekend.
Finally, when the first week of screening was over, the cumulative box office of this prehistoric monster movie that brought strong visual shock to the audience had reached an astonishing US$91.38 million in seven days.
Even though Daenerys Entertainment has become somewhat accustomed to the box office miracles it has created in recent years, most media are still amazed by the first-week box office of "Jurassic Park."
At the same time, Gerald Levine’s remarks at Warner’s internal meeting were once again hyped up by some media with ulterior motives.
The first week's US$91.38 million almost guaranteed the local box office of "Jurassic Park" in North America, which started at US$300 million.
Given the theme of this dinosaur movie, the overseas box office won't be much different.
In addition, with the box office success of "Jurassic Park", sales of the film's peripherals have also boomed rapidly. Regarding the development of peripheral products for "Jurassic Park", this is directly reflected in the peripheral store shots in the film. Moreover, the large number of dinosaur characters appearing in the film are really suitable for developing peripherals.
Although there is no official data from Daenerys Entertainment, many media have determined that the "Jurassic Park" project is expected to bring as much revenue to Daenerys Entertainment as a DC movie universe blockbuster.
To be more precise, because DC movie universe projects often involve Daenerys and Time Warner, they need to share profits. For Daenerys Entertainment, the revenue from "Jurassic Park" may even be equivalent to two DC movies. Revenue from Universe Films.
Under this circumstance, Daenerys Entertainment seems to be more inclined to develop "Jurassic Park", even if it suppresses the DC movie universe for this, it is completely worth it.
Not only that, when the first weekend box office results of "Jurassic Park" were released, Daenerys Entertainment executives already revealed the sequel development plan.
This phenomenal dinosaur movie was planned as a trilogy from the beginning.
In an interview with "The Hollywood Reporter", the film's heroine Rene Russo also proved that she originally signed a trilogy contract, and also revealed some insider information that is more interesting to fans. If the DC movie universe is the same, Simon ·Westeros has planned the plot of the trilogy from the beginning.
Although Steven Spielberg later stated in the media that his next focus is to complete the "Schindler's List" project, he does not seem to be that concerned about directing the sequel to "Jurassic Park". However, with Simon Westeros as his background, no one would doubt that the "Jurassic Park" series would be unsustainable without Spielberg.
Some media even criticized "Jurassic Park" for not being that perfect. The film's plot was too routine, and relying on a little girl's scream to advance the plot seemed too rigid. If Spielberg gave up directing and the sequel was helmed by Simon Westeros himself, the quality might be higher.
For traditional Hollywood movie companies, a best-selling trilogy is often enough to last ten years. Just like Paramount's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series in the 1980s, Universal's "Back to the Future" series and Columbia Pictures' "Ghostbusters" series.
A blockbuster project like "Jurassic Park" with a local box office starting at 300 million yuan, let alone three movies, even just this one, through the global box office, video sales, TV broadcasts and peripheral development, is enough for a major movie The company lasted five years.
Relying on the foundation of such a blockbuster, coupled with the fact that Daenerys Entertainment has occupied a large number of places on the box office list in recent years, the question now is whether Daenerys should re-engage with Time Warner The distribution of profits from the DC Cinematic Universe has been negotiated.