Due to the impact of "Jurassic Park", the box office performance of other films in North American theaters in the first week of the Christmas season was not satisfactory.
Normally, as the holidays approach, most movies before and after Christmas will experience a reversal, but this time it did not happen, even for "Home Alone 2", which is most in line with the holiday theme, from December 18 to December In the week of the 24th, box office data fell by as much as 17%.
In its fifth week of release, "Home Alone 2" took in $10.29 million at the box office, bringing its cumulative box office to $132.05 million.
For this reason, Daenerys Entertainment's distribution team had to lower its local box office expectations for "Home Alone 2". The original expectation of up to 200 million US dollars will definitely be difficult to achieve. In the best case, it is estimated that it can only reach the original level. About $170 million on the timeline.
The Robin Williams fantasy comedy "Toys", which opened at the same time as "Jurassic Park", was a direct hit, with a box office of only US$5.31 million in the first seven days.
In the same week, on Monday, December 21, the nominations for the 50th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards were officially announced.
Daenerys Entertainment's "The Crying Game" won three nominations in the drama category: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay. "Scent of a Woman", the highlight of the 1993 awards season, won the best drama category Six nominations for Best Actor, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay in Film, Drama.
With the announcement of the nominations, the two films have once again attracted the attention of the media and the public.
"The Crying Game", which opened on September 25, has been in theaters for 13 weeks as of December 24. The total box office in North America has reached 51.63 million U.S. dollars, and the single-week box office has also dropped to less than 4 million U.S. dollars. From December 18 to 12 The seven-day box office revenue on March 24 was only US$3.13 million.
High Gate Pictures has already focused its promotion on "Scent of a Woman". Therefore, if it takes advantage of the awards season and appropriately expands the scale of screenings, "The Crying Game" will probably earn another 1,500 yuan. The final North American box office is expected to be between US$65 million and US$70 million.
Compared to the film's production cost of $3 million, this is already a miracle.
"Scent of a Woman", which opened on November 13, will officially be screened on November 27 after two weeks of screenings.
As of December 24, after four weeks of large-scale release, the cumulative box office of "Scent of a Woman" reached US$30.11 million.
Taking into account the awards season in the next few months, "Scent of a Woman" will become the focus of Daenerys Entertainment's awards public relations. The total domestic box office of this literary drama starring Al Pacino will be at least as high as that of " The Crying Game is pretty good.
On December 25, the second week of the Christmas season, three new films will be released in North American theaters.
Warner Bros. Pictures' "The End of the World," starring Mel Gibson, opened on 1,710 screens.
In Simon's memory, the heroine in the original film was Jamie Lee Curtis. This time, the heroine was Meg Ryan.
Apparently it was the influence of Simon, the big butterfly.
However, Simon did not interfere personally. He hoped that the heroine of the film would still be Jamie Lee Curtis. He just thought that Curtis, who is full of macho atmosphere, would not be able to create any sparks with Mel Gibson. It’s not a Daenerys entertainment movie, so of course the worse, the better.
Of course, even if the heroine is replaced by the more likable Meg Ryan, "The End of the World" is destined to be crushed by "Jurassic Park" this year-end schedule.
Two other new films.
Paramount Pictures' "Miracles," starring Steve Martin, tells the story of a con man who travels around the country performing shows. It opened on 1,554 screens.
Fox Pictures' "Hoffa," a biographical crime drama starring Jack Nicholson, is obviously targeting the awards season, opening on 1,066 screens.
New York, Long Island.
Inside a synagogue in East Hampton.
The time is December 27th.
At ten o'clock in the morning, Steve Ross's funeral was held here.
The Jewish priest introduced Ross's life, and then relatives, friends, and colleagues came to the stage to deliver speeches. The funeral lasted until noon, and everyone returned to the Ross family's estate in East Hampton for dinner.
Lunch is a buffet style, and the atmosphere is somewhat solemn.
"Simon, I've been thinking about something recently. I hope to make "Schindler's List" also a work dedicated to Steve."
In the hall of the manor villa, the Simons once again expressed their condolences to Ross's widow Courteney Ross, and Steven Spielberg next to them suddenly said this.
The "Schindler's List" I remember is a Universal Pictures production, but the end of the film is also specially marked with the words "Dedicated to Steve Ross".
Simon naturally didn't mind at this time and nodded: "Of course, no problem, Steven, "Schindler's List" is completely up to you."
Spielberg originally wanted to explain his specific thoughts, but when Simon said this, he said no more, but his eyes were a little more grateful.
Courteney Rose also had a touched expression: "Oh, Steven, and Simon, thank you so much."
"This is what we should do, Ms. Rose."
"So," Courteney Rose looked at Simon and said, "Simon, next month, I plan to organize a memorial ceremony for Steve. Can you make time to attend?"
Simon paused, faced Courteney Rose's earnest gaze, and nodded: "Okay, just let me know when the time comes."
Janet, who was standing quietly next to Simon with a dinner plate, curled her lips slightly when she heard this conversation.
Speaking of which, Courteney Ross is the third wife of Steve Ross. She is more than 20 years younger than Ross. She is a standard old married woman. Compared with Steve Ross's high emotional intelligence in dealing with people, Courteney Ross seems less likable in this circle.
For example, the invitation just now.
Considering that Simon and Rose didn't have a very close friendship, it was already a great honor to be able to rush back from Australia to attend the funeral.
It would have been best if the invitation to Rose's memorial ceremony should have been sent out in private. If Simon had time to attend, it would be best. If he didn't have time, it wouldn't be hurt to decline quietly. At this point, it was brought up in front of others at the lunch after the funeral, and to avoid obvious embarrassment, Simon had no choice but to agree.
Moreover, in front of Spielberg, who has almost a father-son relationship with Ross, Courteney Ross was also a little too enthusiastic about Simon, which inevitably seemed a bit snobbish.
Courteney Rose clearly doesn't realize this.
This woman may only see that with Simon's current wealth and status, if he can attend Rose's memorial ceremony, it will definitely add a bit of glory to the event. As for Spielberg next to her, she probably felt that even if she didn't mention it, he would naturally attend Ross's memorial ceremony.
After a while, Robert Daley and Terry Semel, two close associates of Rose, came over to say hello.
Everyone chatted softly for a few words, and Spielberg walked away on his own initiative.
Janet glanced at Courteney Rose, who was still standing still, and had no choice but to step forward and said: "Curt, would you please introduce everyone to me?"
When Courteney Rose heard Janet, who was a little cold just now, taking the initiative to talk to her, she nodded quickly and smiled: "Oh, of course."
After the two women also walked away, Robert Daly said first: "Simon, I have read some information about Fashion TV. Speaking of which, the cable TV industry really lacks a professional fashion TV station. This plan should be very promising. Warner will definitely try its best to cooperate to get this TV station online as soon as possible."
As Rose's two deputies, Terry Semel was mainly responsible for the film business, and Robert Daly was in charge of Warner's cable operator business, mainly Warner Cable. As for HBO, the cable TV station, it actually belongs to the Time Company system.
If Daenerys Entertainment wants to launch Fashion TV, it will definitely need the cooperation of cable TV operators.
Of course, Simon understood Robert Daley's intention to express his goodwill to him through Fashion TV, and smiled: "Actually, Fashion TV is mainly to cooperate with the promotion of Gucci and other brands. I am not confident whether it can do a good job. By the way, you guys have been here lately. How have you been for the past few days?"
The two looked at each other, and Terry Semel said: "The board of directors plans to hold an extraordinary shareholders' meeting on January 5, and the company's management will be determined by then."
Today is December 27th, more than a week away from January 5th.
Simon did a mental calculation and continued: "Actually, Steve talked to me about this matter in the first half of the year, and he should have informed you. I also don't want Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group to have an existing relationship The good cooperation status has been destroyed, so I will support you two as co-CEOs of Time Warner as much as possible. If you need any help, you can contact me at any time."
Steve Ross's successor, Gerald Levine, has been a bit disgraced these days due to the leakage of his speech at the last internal meeting. Especially with the box office success of "Jurassic Park", he has vowed to cooperate with Gerald Levin, who was renegotiated by Daenerys Entertainment, appeared more passive.
Coupled with the recent sharp decline in Time Warner's stock price caused by a series of events such as high-level infighting and Ross's death, Warner's board of directors and major shareholders have criticized Gerald Levine.
If Simon can spare no effort to support Robert Daley and Terry Semel at this time, it is not impossible for the two to completely take charge of Time Warner.
Moreover, the method is also very simple.
Just use the cooperation between Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group on the DC movie universe to put pressure on Time Warner's board of directors and shareholders.
Since the merger of Time Warner, the company's most eye-catching project in recent years has been the DC Movie Universe. This plan has not only represented substantial benefits, but has also affected the market's confidence in Time Warner to a large extent. .
Once there are changes in the DC movie universe plan, Time Warner's stock price will definitely continue to plummet.
For Daenerys Entertainment, not to mention Marvel, which is still under development, just the recently released "Jurassic Park" is enough to show that Daenerys Entertainment is far less dependent on the DC movie universe. Because it belongs to Time Warner, Daenerys Entertainment has a lot of initiative in front of Time Warner.
However, after hearing what Simon said, both Robert Daley and Terry Semel realized that Simon did not intend to interfere too much in the top management changes of Time Warner.
Of course, the two of them didn't completely understand some of the joints.
Daenerys and Time Warner are competitors after all. A competitor with internal chaos is definitely more in line with Daenerys Entertainment’s own interests than a competitor with stable management.
In addition, there is one more thing.
At this time, the two of them had no leverage to allow Simon to try his best to help them get to the top.
In order to ensure that there will be no changes in the cooperation between the two parties, Westeros can publicly support them to jointly serve as the CEO of Time Warner, but without other benefits, the other party cannot do much more.
As for the deeper factors, in fact, even if they really have complete control of Time Warner, the two have no intention of going tit-for-tat with Daenerys Entertainment.
After all, Time Warner is a publicly held company, and the two of them are just professional managers.
As a professional manager, it is enough as long as he can make the company the best, obtain the highest profits and get the compensation he deserves during his tenure. As for the long-term planning of a company, neither of them feels that they have such an obligation. Even for Time Warner, which is constantly fighting internally, even if they want to assume such an obligation, it is unlikely.
Time Warner is not Daenerys. In this hilly company, every faction has its own demands.
Simon had already had a phone call with Gerald Levin when he was in Australia, and he also roughly expressed his attitude on the phone.
The three had a brief discussion, and Simon promised that Daenerys Entertainment officials would issue some more statements in the media to ensure that there would be no other changes at the shareholders' meeting on January 5, and Simon did not plan to do anything more.
After having a simple lunch and greeting the people who should be greeted, Simon and his wife returned to Manhattan together.
We also arranged a dinner party with the Raybould family in the evening, and Robert Egger and his family will also attend.
Although he came back early, he did not plan to return to Los Angeles immediately to start work. Instead, he planned to spend the New Year in New York, and various activities were planned in the next few days.
Before I knew it, the last week of 1992 finally passed.
From the week of December 25th to December 31st, "Jurassic Park" is still going strong. In the second week of its release, the film dropped only 21%. Compared with the super high box office of US$91.38 million in the first week, this drop is already very good. . The following week, "Jurassic Park" continued to earn US$72.17 million, and the cumulative box office quickly reached US$163.55 million.
"The End of the World" ranked second in the single-week rankings. Compared with the box office of "Jurassic Park" of $72.17 million, this new film starring Mel Gibson only had a box office of $15.18 million in its first week. Well below Warner's expectations.
Considering that the Christmas season will be over next week and the production cost of "The End of the World" reaches 30 million U.S. dollars, the total North American box office may only be between 30 million and 40 million U.S. dollars.
The third-placed "Home Alone 2", due to Christmas, once again earned US$9.98 million with an ultra-low drop of 3%. After six weeks of release, the cumulative box office was US$142.03 million.
"Hoffa" produced by Fox ranked fourth with a box office of US$8.71 million in its first week.
With the film's final comprehensive media score of only 5.4, it is obviously unlikely that this biographical crime drama will hit the awards season.
Paramount produced the comedy "Miracles" starring Steve Martin, which ranked fifth with a box office of US$7.37 million in its first week, which also fell short of expectations.
In fact, the top five films on the single-week list, and the bottom four films such as "The End of the World" together, have a box office that is less than the movie "Jurassic Park."
Relying on the momentum brought by "Jurassic Park", Daenerys Entertainment's statement on the need to ensure the stable replacement of Time Warner's management immediately received a positive response from all forces in Time Warner.
Through this incident, Hollywood has once again felt the growing influence of Daenerys Entertainment in the good American media industry.