As a precursor to the Oscars, this year's 51st Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be held on January 22, Saturday.
Simon returned from New York with Janet on Friday. As usual, he had no plans to attend the Golden Globe Awards ceremony. He only planned to attend the after-party hosted by Eagle Reiter after the ceremony.
This year's Golden Globe Awards, including the upcoming Oscars, actually don't have much suspense.
"Schindler's List" directed by Steven Spielberg is definitely the big winner this awards season.
Unstoppable.
As the popular period at the end of the year has passed, the stamina of all the blockbusters has gradually faded.
As of January 20, the three major blockbusters at the end of last year, "The Lion King" was released in its ninth week, with a single-week decline of 27%, and another US$10.11 million, with a cumulative box office of US$279.53 million, a distance of 300 million US dollars. There is only a difference of US$20 million, and the total box office in North America is expected to be about US$310 million.
Moreover, the box office performance of "The Lion King" in overseas markets is even more eye-catching. Although many overseas ticket offices have not yet opened, the cumulative overseas box office of this 3D animated film has surpassed North America and reached 360 million US dollars. Including North America, the film's global box office has exceeded US$670 million, and the industry generally predicts that the film's global box office will be between US$800 million and US$900 million.
Daenerys Entertainment was able to earn more than $200 million in net profit from "The Lion King" just by relying on box office revenue. The great success of the second 3D animated film also completely broke Disney's monopoly on animated films and basically consolidated Daenerys Entertainment's position in the Hollywood animation industry. "Toy Story 2", which will be released at the end of 1994, will also become this year's One of the most anticipated movies.
In its eighth week of release, "Mission: Impossible" continued to earn US$5.51 million with a 37% single-week decline, with a cumulative box office of US$170.96 million. The total North American box office is basically locked at US$180 million. The overseas box office of "Mission: Impossible" also exceeds that of North America. It has recently reached 230 million U.S. dollars, and the global total has reached 410 million U.S. dollars.
The global success has made Nicolas Cage, the leading actor of "Mission: Impossible", become another super A-list actor in Hollywood.
In recent years, as a large number of new-generation male stars such as Keanu Reeves, River Phoenix, Brad Pitt, and Nicolas Cage have emerged relying on the DC movie universe and other blockbuster films, the 1980s were the most popular. Tom Cruise's popularity has begun to fade rapidly, and there are fewer and fewer resources available. For many recent high-quality projects, studios' first choices have begun to tend to be rising stars in recent years.
The box office of the DC Cinematic Universe film "Cyborg" fell 37% in the first post-holiday week from January 7 to January 13, taking in US$35.52 million. The decline narrowed to US$31 in the week from January 14 to January 20. %, and collected another US$24.51 million. After four weeks of release, "Cyborg" has accumulated a box office of US$192.63 million.
According to the box office base of "Cyborg" in the fourth week and the current downward trend, the final box office of the film is probably around 260 million US dollars, surpassing "The Flash", but the possibility of hitting 300 million US dollars is slim.
As the blockbuster buzz subsides, attention for many films during awards season begins to increase significantly.
As the biggest hit of this awards season, "Schindler's List" has recently begun to expand its screening scale. From January 14th to January 20th, the number of screening screens for "Schindler's List" increased to 256, with a single-week box office of The revenue was 4.67 million US dollars, and the average library price was still as high as 18,000 US dollars.
Six weeks after it started filming, and still without a large-scale release, the cumulative box office of "Schindler's List" has reached 15.65 million US dollars.
Dume Point Estate.
In the restaurant of Shell Villa, the atmosphere during dinner was very lively, but it was just a bit overwhelming. This was after all the maids were sent out.
At the dinner table, Janet was next to Simon as usual. Opposite are Veronica and Jennifer, and between them is Melbourne, who has been completely weaned. The little guy is facing his biological parents. He looks very well-behaved and has never climbed onto the dining table or thrown away the dishes. The bad behavior of listening to noises, and being picky about food is not allowed.
Small details like this can be regarded as the result of forced twists by Simon and his wife.
During this time, Simon also discovered that Jennifer was definitely more suitable to take care of children than Veronica. In addition to the two little ones, the female assistant also took good care of Melbourne. She was not as indulgent as Veronica and was always very patient. It guides the little ones carefully on what they should and should not do. Recently, they have also begun to provide some enlightenment education. Various picture building blocks and the like are not deliberate, but they can obviously improve children's cognitive abilities.
It can be seen that Veronica is a little disappointed by this.
But Simon didn't dare to let her take Melbourne any longer. Veronica's attitude towards the little guy was completely, 'The baby wants a star, okay, Nana will pick one for you.' If this continues, the child will definitely become a star when he grows up. Super dude.
The live broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards was playing on the wall-mounted TV in the restaurant, but the topic of discussion was the construction of a private school for the little ones in Malibu.
The female assistant has identified several education experts during this time and has also begun to select a school location.
Compared with university education, Simon actually values junior and senior education more, because this is the most critical stage for cultivating children's thinking and cognitive abilities and even their personal character. As long as certain key character qualities are confirmed before adulthood, university is not that important.
On the TV screen, "Schindler's List" successfully won another Best Screenplay Award. Simon just glanced at it casually, turned back his attention and said to the female assistant: "Not just the children of the management of the Westeros system, the school was built After that, it can be opened to the entire Los Angeles area, and I hope that Melbourne will have a larger social circle in the future.”
The female assistant nodded.
Janet said, "It's not good if it's too big. There's no need for Moer to know people he doesn't need to deal with."
The little guy opposite heard his parents mentioning him, raised his little head in confusion, and then looked at Veronica beside him out of habit.
Veronica wiped the corners of the little guy's mouth and explained in a friendly tone in a low voice: "Mom and dad are discussing about Mo Mo going to school."
The little guy obviously had no idea about going to school. After hearing what Veronica said, he pushed the small bowl in front of him to express that he didn't want to eat pumpkin porridge, and secretly whispered to Veronica for chocolate.
was discovered.
Janet glared over: "No chocolate, do you want a spanking?"
I was really beaten by my own mother.
vivid memory.
The little guy opened his mouth, but didn't dare to cry. Veronica glanced at Janet helplessly, and she didn't dare to coax her. According to past experience, opening her mouth would often attract the child's father.
"You scared Moore."
Simon didn't say anything, but the female assistant rolled her eyes at Janet. After saying this, she simply held the little guy on her lap and comforted her while feeding him. She softly said that after finishing the pumpkin porridge, she could reward her with a piece of chocolate, but the baby would have to eat it today. Learn to brush your teeth yourself.
As dinner came to an end, so did the Golden Globe Awards on the wall-mounted TV.
"The Lion King" successfully won the Best Picture Award for Musical Comedy, and then Best Director for Spielberg. .
After dinner, the female assistant handed the child to Veronica, and then asked Janet, who was leaning next to Simon, to look at the tableware together. Janet was reluctant, saying that this should be a matter for the servants, but Simon gave her an unkind look. He stood up reluctantly, and the sound of breaking porcelain soon came from the kitchen.
The female assistant's voice followed and she said patiently that it was okay and she could buy a new one tomorrow.
Then Janet kept complaining that it was such a miserable life when she was busy making money to support her family and still had to do housework.
Simon just smiled and sat at the dining table, listening to the occasional small arguments between the two women, and continued to watch the entire award ceremony. "Schindler's List" finally won the Best Picture Award for Drama without any suspense.
After putting away the tableware and coming out, Janet immediately threw herself into Simon's arms and stretched out her index finger to express pitifully that she had just been scratched by the fragments of the porcelain plate.
Simon looked at it and saw that there was only a shallow red mark, not even the skin was broken. He took the woman's hand and kissed the index finger, and said, "I will disinfect it for you. It will be fine soon."
Janet stretched out her index finger again with a smile: "Kiss me again?"
Simon raised his hand and opened it: "Don't be greedy."
Janet narrowed her eyes and leaned over: "Kiss me again, and I will kiss you tonight too."
The female assistant walked out of the kitchen and happened to overhear some of Janet's unreasonable words, and joked: "Simon is not used to waiting too late, why don't you cash in now."
Janet immediately grabbed one of Simon's big hands and kissed it several times, and then brought her index finger over.
Simon had no choice but to kiss him again.
The female assistant watched Janet messing around and asked Simon: "Do you want Neil to prepare the car?"
Simon nodded and said, "You can go there in half an hour," he said, patting Janet in his arms: "Are you going?"
"No," Janet shook her head and said, "I will do some maintenance later and then go to bed early. So, you don't have to come back tonight." After saying that, she got up from Simon's arms and said, "I'll go take a look. Nick and Cyr.”
After Janet left, the female assistant came over, smiled, raised her arms and put them on Simon's shoulders reservedly, raised one leg to rest on his knee, leaned over and kissed the man, and said: "Tonight the child has Janet." They are watching, I live in the villa on the west side."
Simon nodded: "Yes."
The man pretended to be stupid, and the female assistant showed dissatisfaction with a threatening look: "You must come back, you have been out for a week."
Simon put his arms around the female assistant's waist, held her in his arms, and said with a smile, "This week isn't over yet, is it?"
Feeling Simon's joking tone, the female assistant stopped saying anything, came over and put a kiss on his cheek, and whispered: "I'll go and help you prepare some clothes first."
Simon let go of his hand and said, "How about you go with me?"
The female assistant did not get up in a hurry: "Aren't you afraid that I will keep an eye on you?"
Simon shook his head: "Not afraid."
The female assistant kissed the man on the cheek again and said, "If you're not afraid, I'm still afraid. It's already messy enough, and I don't want any trouble."
This time at the Golden Globe Awards, Daenerys Entertainment had a great victory.
"Schindler's List" won three out of six nominations, winning three awards in the drama category: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay.
"The Lion King" won three out of four nominations, winning three awards in the categories of musical comedy: best film, best original song and best soundtrack.
The Tina Turner musical biopic "What's Love Got to Do With It," released by Premium Films in the summer, won the award for Best Actress in a Musical Comedy.
In terms of Best Foreign Language Film, Daenerys Entertainment was shortlisted for two films, namely "The Wedding Banquet" which won the Berlin Golden Bear last year and "Farewell My Concubine" which won the Cannes Palme d'Or.
Historically, the winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film was "Farewell My Concubine." This time, Simon is more interested in "The Wedding Banquet" and the development potential of the film's director Ang Lee in Hollywood. His second film "Eat Drink Couple" is still produced by Gaomen Pictures, so the focus of research is on "The Wedding Banquet". The film also successfully won awards.
MGM, which also belongs to the Westeros system, also won the Best Actor award this time with "Philadelphia Story". This is Tom Hanks's second Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and it is also the 3rd best actor award. The film has a good start in the Oscar race this month.
In terms of television, Daenerys TV's "Desperate Housewives" and "Seinfeld" also achieved great success.
Reality TV shows have become more and more popular in recent years. Daenerys Entertainment secretly pushed the Golden Globe Awards to set up related awards, but unfortunately it was not successful. On the contrary, the Emmy Awards have already established awards specifically for the reality show type.
Daenerys Entertainment's power in Hollywood at this time is impossible even if it wants to be concealed, so it will no longer be concealed.
After all, there is no doubt about the quality of the films produced. Whether it is "Schindler's List" or "The Lion King," it is well deserved to win the Golden Globe Award for the best film in both genres.
The after-party for Daenerys Entertainment was held at the Century City Hotel, not far from the Beverly Hilton Hotel where the Golden Globes were held.
When Simon arrived, it was already approaching ten o'clock in the evening, and the party was still very lively.
Not only the creators of the award-winning films, but also many celebrities who participated in tonight's award ceremony also came together.
Simon held up a glass of wine to congratulate Spielberg, John Lasseter, Tom Hanks and others one by one. After socializing in the crowd for half an hour, Amy Pascal came over.
"Steven's agent talked to me this afternoon," Amy and Simon chose a booth at the edge of the hall to sit down and said, "Steven recently decided to take a year off to spend time with his wife and children. them."
After a year of delay, Spielberg probably fully understood that Daenerys Entertainment did not want him to continue directing the "Jurassic Park" series, so he found a way for himself to withdraw voluntarily.
This is actually better for both parties.
Simon nodded and asked, "When will the news be announced?"
"At least after the Oscars," Amy said: "In addition, Steven also said that he will not be named in the sequel of "Jurassic Park"."
In the original time and space, until "Jurassic World" was restarted many years later, Spielberg still had the title of executive producer. In fact, many blockbuster movies in Hollywood, such as the "Men in Black" series and the "Transformers" series, were Spielberg is involved and is credited as an executive producer.
This actually shows Spielberg's lofty status in Hollywood.
Of course, many things have changed in this time and space.
Spielberg refused to be credited in the sequel to "Jurassic Park", apparently still harboring resentment towards Daenerys Entertainment. Everyone knows that this filmmaker actually holds a grudge. It is estimated that this is the last film left over from the Universal era. The date is far away.
Simon has no intention of changing Daenerys Entertainment’s established development strategy just to accommodate a certain filmmaker.
Doing so would do more harm than good.
Just like Sony in the original time and space kept accommodating the gang of bad guys. Not only did they give high salaries, but they were just used as a foil to earn hard money. They even caused tragedies such as the Sony hacking incident because of a spoof movie about assassinating the head of another country. . Paramount's continued accommodation of Michael Bay is also the main reason for the complete collapse of the "Transformers" series.
Disney, which is in the best shape of development in memory, doesn't have this problem.
They thought George Lucas was outdated, so they kicked him out of the "Star Wars" series. They thought Joss Whedon had too many ideas, and he was fired directly after two consecutive blockbuster "Avengers" movies. This kind of decision-making courage is difficult for other studios to achieve, and it also contributes to Disney's strength to a large extent.
The creativity of filmmakers is certainly precious, but it has been proven countless times that overindulgence will only lead to disastrous consequences.
Therefore, when it comes to Daenerys Entertainment, Simon has always maintained a strong and dominant business attitude. Although he will not be too harsh on the creations of filmmakers, he will definitely not always accommodate a certain filmmaker just because of his outstanding achievements. .