The day after the premiere, June 13, the word-of-mouth ban on "Spectre" was lifted.
This 007 movie with a completely new style has undoubtedly become the focus of heated discussion among the media and the public.
The film's comprehensive media score not only reached a high of 8.6 points, but the "Hollywood Reporter" also praised the film as the best 007 film in the past 10 years. While the reputation has been affirmed, the new James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan, as well as the changes in aspects such as the female Mrs. M and the young Dr. Q, have been widely recognized.
Driven by the Westeros system, the discussion of this movie on the Internet platform has become a hot topic on major portal social platforms, especially the appearance of the Charlie's Angels trio as easter eggs and the involvement of the Agents movie universe.
For Hollywood commercial movies, word-of-mouth is not necessarily the decisive factor in box office. The popularity of the film is often more important. Once it arouses nationwide heated discussion, even if a movie has an unsatisfactory reputation, many people will buy it involuntarily under the guidance of herd mentality. Tickets to enter.
Now, "007: Specter" not only has an excellent reputation, the film has also aroused widespread heated discussions, and its commercial prospects can be imagined.
Then, Friday, June 14th.
Much anticipated, "Spectre" opened on a large scale in North America with 3,346 screens.
In order to avoid the sharp edge of "Spectre", apart from this super agent blockbuster, the other films this week are all niche new films with openings of less than 1,000 yuan, which are not worth mentioning.
On the other hand, the North American box office data for the past box office week was also officially released on the opening day of Specter.
Previously on June 7, in line with Hollywood's usual release strategy of one film at a time, the two new films "Dragon Heart" and "The Overage Transfer" that opened on that day were not too blockbuster.
"Dragon Heart" was produced by Warner Bros. with a production cost of US$57 million, which can be regarded as reaching the level of a big-budget movie. However, although it has crossed the blockbuster threshold, it only seems that Warner Bros. will put this movie on "Disc". Between "Impossible 2" and "Spectre", it shows the producer's obvious abandonment mentality towards this movie.
This is also true.
This fantasy film set in medieval England tells the story of a king who becomes cruel after obtaining the heart of a dragon and is overthrown and killed. The film had been circulating in Hollywood for a long time before the project was approved. Simon also read the script, but nothing happened. Then, Warner Bros. After the brothers took over, they once hoped that Mel Gibson or Harrison Ford would star in the film. Unfortunately, both top-tier celebrities refused, and the leading actor finally fell on Dennis Quaid, who could only be considered a second-tier star.
After the film opened, the comprehensive media score was only 6.3, barely passing.
Another film, "Overage Transfer", was mainly produced by Simon in order to cultivate a new generation of Hollywood comedy stars. It starred Adam Sandra. The production cost was only US$10 million. Compared with the previous two dark horses "Romeo and Juliet" and "Black Man" and "Overage Transfer" performed quite well, with a score of 6.5 points, which also just broke through the passing line.
Therefore, during the box office week from June 7 to June 13, the box office hits were still concentrated on a few old films.
There is no doubt that the first place is "Mission: Impossible 2".
In the second week after its release, because there was no strong opponent, "Mission: Impossible 2"'s single-week box office decline maintained a very good 35%, collecting another US$57.11 million. In two weeks, the cumulative box office of this spy-themed action blockbuster co-produced by Daenerys and Paramount has reached 133.26 million US dollars.
In just two weeks of opening, "Mission: Impossible 2" has become Paramount's best-grossing movie in the past year.
Second place fell to "Dragon Heart".
In its first week of release, "Dragon Heart" opened on 2,130 screens and earned US$16.83 million in its first week.
It only had 16.83 million US dollars in its first week. Facing the following "Spectre", "Dragon Heart" is not a special theme like "Romeo and Juliet", and its reputation is also very average. It is expected that the decline will be at least halved in the next week. The local box office is about US$30 million.
The production cost of "Dragon Heart" alone reached 57 million U.S. dollars, and the domestic revenue was 30 million, so losses were inevitable.
The third place is "The Mummy".
"The Mummy", which is in its fourth week of release, has continued to earn US$12.01 million with a box office drop of 39% in the past week. The single-week volume has approached the 10 million threshold. The film's cumulative domestic box office is US$137.17 million. The total domestic box office is expected to be compared with the initial forecast. Quite, probably around $150 million.
The fourth place is "Romeo and Juliet".
In its fifth week of release, this summer movie is a dark horse of love. It still maintained a single-week box office above 10 million U.S. dollars with a mere 21% drop, earning 10.56 million U.S. dollars. The film's cumulative box office is also close to the 100 million yuan box office threshold, reaching $99.67 million.
The fifth place is "Overage Transfer Student".
After all, it is a new film. This comedy starring Adam Sandra had a box office of US$8.2 million in its first seven days. Based on the film’s production cost of US$10 million and promotion of US$5 million, the domestic box office is about US$20 million, which is not good. , not bad, and can quickly achieve a small amount of profit through subsequent issuances.
Outside of the top five, films such as "The Vampire" and "Austin Powers" have completely withdrawn from the summer competition.
Of course, another small-scale dark horse "Black Man" still attracts much attention.
In its third week of release, this action movie from across the ocean narrowed its decline to 22% after a sharp cut in half the following week, and collected another US$3.97 million. The cumulative box office of the film has reached US$19.38 million. The total cost is 5 million US dollars, and the box office will soon exceed 20 million US dollars, which is enough to make many studios feel envious.
Los Angeles.
On a Saturday morning at Cape Dume Manor, the restaurant seemed lively as usual.
But there are only four little ones left to dine together today, Seattle, Nick Jr., Greenwich and Snow.
Veronica came to North America last week, and when she left, she brought Melbourne back to Australia.
According to Janet, this is the request of the old man. Melbourne is expected to stay in Australia throughout the summer vacation. The old man plans to personally take care of and educate his precious grandson. He also said that this will be the rule even if Nick is older.
As for the reason.
The old man bluntly said that there were too many women around Simon, and he didn’t know where he saw some saying that children who grow up among women tend to become feminine in character.
How can I bear this? !
All right.
To put it bluntly, it was the old man who was expressing his dissatisfaction with Simon's living conditions.
Simon was fine with that.
Moreover, he cannot spare much time to educate his son on weekdays. Looking at the eldest brother Janet and the second brother who are now supporting the family business very well, Simon is quite relieved about the old man. In fact, Simon also hopes that his eldest son His personality can be compared to his grandfather, tough and tough, like the first generation of cowboys who crossed the ocean and opened up the Australian continent.
In comparison, if Melbourne had been growing up in Dume Point Manor, it would be a bit difficult to predict his future personality.
"Anthony went to Brazil again last week to discuss Vale's privatization project. Although we exerted some pressure through relations in Washington, Brazil is still more inclined to cooperate with Japan. The Japanese have been operating in Latin America for longer. We are long-term and have a lot of investment in Brazilian mining.” Speaking of Australia, Janet talked about Johnston Holdings’ layout in the iron ore industry: “However, Brazil did not reject us, even if it could not compete with the Japanese. , Johnston Holdings can get at least about 10% of the shares and a certain right to speak."
Inside the restaurant.
After Simon heard what Janet said, he looked at Jennifer who was taking care of the two youngest children on the opposite side: "Jenny, what do you think?"
The female assistant shook her head slightly: "I don't understand, but I think it is unrealistic for Johnston Holdings to control the global iron ore industry. It would be great to get 10% of the shares and a small amount of voice. This is enough to establish an alliance. Moreover, I think the main integration goal of Johnston Holdings should be in Australia."
Janet said: "Everyone knows this. However, after the annexation of Billiton and some other acquisitions, the iron ore resources controlled by Johnston Holdings are already very large. Due to regulatory reasons, we cannot go further if we want to." Easy, now Johnston Holdings is also a member of the Westeros system, and governments around the world are already wary of us."
Saying this, Janet looked at Simon again.
The merger of BHP and Billiton in my memory was probably in 2001. There are many reasons for this.
Now, facing the Westeros system, an independent economy that has transcended the plutocratic level, it is simply impossible to say that Western countries are not wary.
In the final analysis, the control is still not up to a certain level.
Mature capitalist countries such as the United States, Britain, France and Germany are naturally hostile to capital oligarchs, otherwise Morgan and Rockefeller would not have been dismantled. Therefore, instead of continuing to merge in mainstream Western countries, focusing on third world countries, such as Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Asia, is another way out.
However, in Simon's opinion, this is also somewhat inappropriate for Johnston Holdings.
Thinking this way, Simon said to Janet: "If you can't win control, I actually don't recommend continuing this investment. Speaking of which, once the share of iron ore controlled by Johnston Holdings is too large, it will be large enough to control the iron ore." The price of ore may instead be subject to strict antitrust investigation."
Janet said: "You mean, we should wait for other companies, like Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group in Hollywood?"
Simon smiled and nodded: "Yes."
Janet thought for a while and then said: "But the share we control now is not large, not even a quarter."
“But it’s beyond the likes of Vale, Rio Tinto, BHP, etc., isn’t it?”
Janet shrugged.
Simon still had a smile on his face and said: "Let's go to Australia for vacation in a while. Then Lei and I will have a serious talk."
When Janet heard about the vacation, she immediately stopped paying attention to the family business and her eyes were bright: "When will it start specifically?"
"In August, after Verizon goes on the market, we will start immediately."
"This is what you said, don't go back on it."
"of course not."
"Then I'll start making arrangements soon."
With the plan finalized and breakfast continued, Simon still couldn't help but think about what had just happened.
Vale, Brazil's largest iron ore company, is one of the world's three largest iron ore suppliers in recent memory. If possible, Simon certainly hopes that Johnston Holdings can take it. Relying on the Westeros system, the Johnston family has expanded rapidly in recent years.
However, many things are always too much.
If one day in the future, Johnston Holdings Group holds considerable shares in all major iron ore supply companies in the world, and if there are signs that international iron ore prices are being manipulated, the goal will be too obvious.
It must be causing trouble for the Johnston family.
And, the Westeros system behind it.
What's more, in order to solve their own resource worries, the Japanese have been operating all over the world for a long time. Vale once seemed to be Brazil's largest iron ore company, but the controller behind the scenes was actually the Japanese chaebol. Even if the current mainstream public opinion trend in the West is to suppress Japan, it will not be easy to seize this piece of fat from the Japanese that the other side has managed for a long time.
If you only get a small amount of shares, you might as well not get them.
In addition, Simon still hopes that Johnston Holdings can focus on China and diversify its development around the mining field that it is familiar with.
It just so happens that next year is also an opportunity.
In 1997, the Asian financial crisis will bring the world economy into another low point, and will also cause a reshuffle of the global steel industry chain.
All in all, in the basic iron ore field, the three pillars that used to exist are actually very good.
No one can take all the benefits.
Compared with uncontrolled expansion in a single industry field, diversification can better resist potential risks.
In fact, just like Hollywood, if it is only involved in film production, it will be difficult for a large studio to develop and grow, and it may even fall into bankruptcy at any time due to the failure of one or two projects. Only by forming a huge diversified industrial cluster around the entire media and entertainment industry, Just like Daenerys Entertainment at this time, only in this way can we stand out from the crowd.
Simon never thought about letting Johnston Holdings get involved in fields such as electronics and food that he was not familiar with. He only focused on related extensions of the steel industry, such as transportation, smelting, etc. If he works hard, he can also form a huge industrial cluster. And it can also be like Daenerys Entertainment. As long as they control enough resources, other iron ore suppliers, even if they do not take shares, still need to obey the Johnston Group.
Now that Daenerys Entertainment has achieved this in Hollywood, with the current size of the Westeros system, it is not impossible for the mining field to achieve this.
After breakfast, I did not rest at home this Saturday.
There is a lot of work scheduled today.
Simon arrived at Daenerys Studios at nine o'clock, and the first thing he saw was the first-day box office data of "Spectre".
On the first day of filming, including the midnight show, "Spectre" made 18.63 million U.S. dollars on its first day. Based on this opening result, this film can also be regarded as a super blockbuster at the beginning of the Agent Cinematic Universe. Its first weekend box office was about It will be between 50 million and 60 million US dollars, and the first seven days is expected to be 80 million to 90 million US dollars.
Even better than Mission: Impossible 2.
After all, the foundation of this IPO is here. Moreover, based on the production cost of US$75 million, the investment in the promotion and distribution of "Spectre" reached US$50 million, in order to open up the situation in one fell swoop. Based on the box office results of 80 million to 90 million in the first week, the film's total North American box office is expected to hit US$300 million. 007 has always been the largest overseas player, and global revenue may be around US$700 million to US$800 million.
A good start.
"Spectre" is a huge success. As long as the local box office of "Charlie's Angels" by the end of the year can break into the 100 million yuan box office club, the Spy Movie Universe plan can be successfully implemented.