When Simon returned to the United States, the 1994 North American summer season had already ended, and the film market entered an unpopular period when the total box office in a single week was less than $50 million.
Coincidentally, in the box office week from September 16th to September 22nd, this summer's most blockbuster "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" was released in its 16th week. The single-week box office collected another US$3.95 million, and the cumulative box office officially exceeded 4 The US$100 million mark reached US$400.31 million.
This is also the second movie in the DC Cinematic Universe series to have a domestic box office of over $400 million.
The last one was "Batman Begins."
According to the current single-week box office volume of "The Dark Knight Rises", the film will continue to earn 10 million to 20 million US dollars in the future, and the total local box office will be between 410 million and 420 million US dollars.
Overseas.
According to the latest statistics, the overseas box office of "The Dark Knight Rises" has reached US$513 million, significantly exceeding expectations.
You know, some important overseas box offices, such as France and Germany, deliberately delayed the release of "The Dark Knight Rises" until after the summer release in order to protect their local film industries. The film has just started shooting recently, and it is expected that it will be released in the future. It can bring in box office revenue of about US$200 million.
This means that "The Dark Knight Rises" will not only become the first movie to break the $1 billion mark at the global box office, but is also expected to directly raise the record to more than $1.1 billion.
Such an amazing box office performance is certainly no accident.
First of all, the success of "The Dark Knight Rises" is the result of Daenerys Entertainment's five-year careful operation of the DC Cinematic Universe brand. The film is not only the final film in the Batman trilogy series, but also a concentrated explosion of popularity after Daenerys Entertainment has been preparing for it for five consecutive years.
Secondly, the local box office of the film still remains at 400 million U.S. dollars, which is not a big breakthrough. However, overseas revenue is expected to hit a new high of 700 million U.S. dollars. This is largely due to Daenerys Entertainment’s globalization strategy in recent years.
Not just Melisandre Company, Daenerys Entertainment’s global strategy actually started earlier.
Mark Belford, vice president of global operations of Daenerys Entertainment, is second only to Nancy Brill and Robert Iger in the group, and even higher than the two major sub-labels of High Gate Pictures and New World Pictures. It is not without reason that the status of the person in charge is slightly higher.
Mark Belford has been drifting overseas for most of the past few years, working on the global layout of Daenerys Entertainment.
Simon only visited Ukraine for the first time last month, but Mark Belford has been running non-stop since the drastic changes in Eastern Europe began in Poland, the Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine and other Eastern European or former Soviet Union countries to establish Daenerys Entertainment Group Film distribution network.
This job that requires opening up all the joints is arduous.
The results were also very gratifying.
At this stage, Daenerys Entertainment already has a fairly complete distribution network in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Australia outside of North America. Most countries and regions can distribute directly under the name of its own branch of 'Daenerys', and the entire Hollywood , currently only Daenerys Entertainment can do this.
Therefore, if Mark Belford himself did not feel the need, he would have become the third president within the group before the IPO of Daenerys Entertainment.
Although the overseas distribution of "The Dark Knight Rises" is still handled by Warner Bros., many overseas markets are actually relying on the resources and channels of Daenerys Entertainment, which is why this time it has a record overseas box office of US$700 million. expected.
Except for Warner, who is tight on the contract for fear that Simon will do something, other Hollywood film companies do not have too many concerns, such as this summer's "True Lies" co-produced by Daenerys and Fox and MGM's "Speed". Daenerys Entertainment is responsible for the distribution in many overseas markets. If there is demand for other major markets, Simon is not stingy and the fees charged are also quite reasonable.
People are inert, and the same is true when it comes to companies.
Now that there is a ready-made distribution network available, we are often too lazy to develop it ourselves. By the time we react, it may be too late.
The average cost of a Hollywood movie will only get higher and higher, especially for blockbuster movies. Five years ago, there were only a few blockbusters with a production cost of 50 million US dollars. Now, it is quite common for the production cost to exceed 100 million US dollars. Next, as the cost of film production further increases, overseas markets will become increasingly important if you want to recover investment and achieve profitability.
In fact, with the establishment of the World Trade Organization, many people in Hollywood have now reacted. It’s just that in current Hollywood, except for Daenerys Entertainment, other companies, including Warner, no longer have enough strength to support it. A global film distribution network.
We can’t rush into it now, as our reliance on Daenerys’ entertainment will only get stronger in the future.
Simon is definitely not a herbivore.
When necessary, for the benefit of Daenerys' entertainment, other film companies will naturally have to step aside.
Another phenomenal movie this summer, "Forrest Gump", has also exceeded the domestic box office mark of US$300 million two weeks ago. In the week from September 16th to September 22nd, "Forrest Gump" "" collected another US$3.61 million. After 12 weeks of release, the film's cumulative box office in North America reached US$311.37 million. It is expected that subsequent re-releases including during the Oscar period will bring in US$20 million to US$30 million. The total local box office is expected to be Around $330 million.
Relying on its phenomenal reputation, the cumulative overseas box office of "Forrest Gump" has reached US$220 million, with a global total of US$530 million. It is expected that it will earn another US$150 million overseas in the future, and the global box office is expected to hit US$700 million.
In addition to the two phenomenal blockbusters, many of the best-selling summer movies have entered their final stages since May.
"Stargate," which opened the summer season, has been released in North American theaters, with a cumulative domestic box office of US$112 million.
MGM's "Speed" has also concluded, with a total domestic box office of US$109 million.
"The Conjuring," the opening film in the Conjuring cinematic universe, came to an end after 13 weeks of release, with a total domestic box office of $129 million.
"True Lies", a collaboration between Daenerys and Fox, earned US$1.22 million in the week from September 16 to September 22. It was released for 11 weeks and has a cumulative box office of US$141 million. It is expected to be released in the next four weeks. The total local box office is expected to be is about US$145 million.
Because of the craze of the topic of "God watching movies" set off by Daenerys Entertainment, and the two crime genre films "Bloody Romeo" and "The Wire" that attracted a large number of audiences due to their excellent quality, both have exceeded 100 million.
As of September 22, the cumulative local box office of "Bloody Romeo" was US$102.96 million. The box office revenue in the past week was US$1.16 million. It is expected to decline in the next four weeks, with the local box office hitting around US$105 million.
"The Wire" co-starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino has much better box office performance and staying power than "Romeo Bloods". Although it was released a week later than "Romeo Bloods", the film's local box office The cumulative total has reached 112.17 million U.S. dollars, with revenue of 3.11 million U.S. dollars in the past week. It is expected that there will be at least 10 million U.S. dollars in box office potential in the future, and the local box office target will be around 120 million U.S. dollars.
In such a great year that can indeed be called "God's movie watching", "The Pursuit", the only billion-dollar club film in the summer season that has nothing to do with Daenerys Entertainment, has been in theaters for ten weeks and has accumulated a cumulative domestic box office 117 million U.S. dollars, and the box office revenue in the past week was 1.51 million U.S. dollars. The total local box office is expected to be around 120 million U.S. dollars, which can be regarded as breaking the monopoly of Daenerys Entertainment.
The undisputed fact is that Hollywood today has felt the fear of being dominated by Baby Dee in the original time and space twenty years in advance.
In Simon's memory, during its peak period, when Disney's global box office exceeded US$7 billion in just over half a year and was expected to further move toward its full-year goal of US$10 billion, Warner's global box office, which ranked second, was less than US$2 billion. None of the other major projects in Hollywood can compete with Di Bao, which can be said to be unparalleled.
Daenerys Entertainment has now reached a peak even further than Disney ever did.
However, while enjoying this sense of disdain, in order to avoid becoming a public enemy of Hollywood, Simon also had to consider leaving a way for other film companies to survive.
After returning from Europe, Simon spread the news.
Daenerys Entertainment will once again launch a number of external cooperation projects, this time there will still be 10 movies.
In recent years, many media have pointed out that Daenerys Entertainment's external cooperation projects in recent years are actually a kind of disguised expansion. A reporter from "The Hollywood Reporter" even proposed a widely recognized 'parasitic expansion' The theory is, even if you drink poison to quench your thirst, no one in Hollywood today has the confidence to refuse the olive branch offered by Daenerys Entertainment.
Because you don’t accept it, others will pounce on you.
One goes down and the other goes up.
The results will only get worse.
Connecticut, an estate in the northern suburbs of Greenwich.
The time is already September 23rd.
In the evening, Sofia Fesi, who had been busy all day for the opening of Fashion Week, finally returned from the city and took the Westeros family's Black Hawk helicopter to land in a smaller manor next to Simon's residence.
This is Fessey's new home.
In the last incident, it was later discovered that one of Sofia's assistants in Italy was coerced by the mafia to reveal the detailed address of Fesci's family in Greenwich, and that's when someone came directly to her door.
The assistant has naturally been fired.
While Sofia has strengthened her family's privacy protection, she simply set up her new home next to Simon's manor this time because it can be directly integrated into the Westeros family's security system.
Although it does not reach the 30 acres of Simon Manor, the Feisi family's new home is also 12 acres in size. There is a long corridor between the main villa and the mansion gate, which has enough buffer, coupled with the strict Westeros system Security, no strangers will be able to come directly to the door of Feixi's villa this time.
Simon returned from Europe, and the Westeros family came to stay on the east coast.
At this time, other women would usually retreat wisely, but Sophia had no such concerns. She had become quite familiar with the two Janets over the years, and neither Janet nor Jennifer regarded her as a threat.
It was agreed in advance that the two families would have dinner together.
Sofia rushed over from her family's manor and saw her daughter Gemma playing with three little ones on the outdoor lawn. Of course, it was mainly in Melbourne. The other two children could still only sit in the stroller and watch their older brothers and sisters play.
There was also a female assistant and two other Wei family maids accompanying him.
After grabbing the Indian girl and asking, she learned that Simon was still waiting for guests. After his son Daniel came over, Simon called him to attend. Sofia thought for a while and said nothing.
As a mother, Sophia is even more aware of Daniel's precociousness.
After the incident some time ago, even though Sofia did not reveal too much to her children out of a protective mentality, Daniel had obviously changed a lot during this time.
Simon dragged Daniel to attend the reception. Although Sofia felt it was a little early, she was more satisfied with her little man's ability to accept Daniel.
It was already evening.
After chatting with Jennifer for a few words and telling her daughter not to be too crazy, Sophia entered the villa.
Janet was arranging dinner and she volunteered to help in the kitchen.
In a study room in the villa, more than ten minutes later, Joseph Schlapp was sent away. Simon, who was sitting on the sofa in the reception area, smiled and asked Daniel, who took the initiative to get up to help organize the information: "How do you feel?"
In the afternoon, I discussed various aspects of the political layout of the Westeros system with Joseph Schlapp for more than three hours.
Daniel has already started school after the summer vacation. He was just called over by Simon after school for less than half an hour. The final topic was mainly about the antitrust investigation of three technology companies in the Westeros system by the Ministry of Justice.
Hearing Simon's question, Daniel, who was still wearing a school uniform and looked more and more like a school boy, thought for a while and said: "The Internet industry is expected to become the key to the fourth technological revolution, and will also involve all aspects of the global industrial chain in the future. So, at present, In the context of globalization, the three companies Cisco, AOL and Igret maintain a strong posture, which is actually very conducive to the global expansion of the U.S. technology field, right, Simon?"
Simon smiled and nodded: "That's right."
Daniel said: "In this case, for the sake of the interests of the United States, I feel that neither the White House nor Congress should be eager to curb the growth of the three companies. Only when they are strong enough can they have enough advantages to suppress the technology industries of other countries in the process of global expansion. development of."
Sofia's two children were born in France and immigrated to Switzerland with the woman a few years ago. They are both Swiss nationals now. In recent years, he has lived in the United States for a long time. Although Sofia has not changed nationality for the two children, Daniel has unknowingly developed a certain stance.
Simon heard this and said, "So, what do you think the problem is?"
Daniel thought for a moment and shook his head.
Simon signaled the boy not to clear up the information on the table. After he sat down on the sofa opposite, he said: "National interests are the most important thing. This is what every politician in Washington will say. In the beginning, I also had the same relationship as you." Similar thoughts. However, I later discovered that this was completely wrong. In reality, every politician in Washington has his own position, and very few will truly fulfill the principle of "national interests first". If we take the U.S. For the interests in the global technology field to lobby Washington to end this antitrust investigation, it will only become a joke in the eyes of many politicians. Therefore, if we want to achieve our goals, we must deal with this matter the way politicians think, rather than the so-called national interests.”