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After the unexpected first day of 23.1 million US dollars, entering the weekend, the momentum of "Rush Hour 2" has not diminished at all. The single-day box office on Saturday reached a new high of 24.34 million US dollars, and the single-day box office on Sunday also reached a new high. Only a 19% drop, another $19.95 million.
In three days, the cumulative box office of "Rush Hour 2" in the first weekend has reached 67.4 million US dollars.
This box office data not only easily surpassed the Thanksgiving schedule of "Monsters, Inc." and "Night at the Museum 2" at the same time, but also put "Starship Troopers", which was released at the same time, far away.
In the three days of the first weekend, Sony Pictures' $110 million special effects blockbuster only got a box office of $22.05 million, which is not even as good as the first-day box office of "Rush Hour 2".
This result was beyond everyone's expectations. No one thought that "Rush Hour 2" would suddenly be so popular, and no one expected that the box office of "Starship Troopers" was much better than that of "Rush Hour 2" which had just passed. It will be so bleak.
Sony Pictures released "Starship Troopers" before Firefly Pictures' "Jurassic Park 3". The original goal was to compete with "Jurassic Park 3". The feeling of stepping on the ground.
Unlike "Rush Hour 2" which saw a slight 19% drop on Sunday, after "Starship Troopers" achieved a single-day box office of US$8.3 million on Friday and US$8.28 million on Saturday, Sunday's single-day box office decline has already Reaching 34%, the box office received only 5.45 million US dollars that day.
Therefore, entering the working day, the single-day box office decline of "Starship Troopers" was even more miserable. On Monday, the box office dropped by 61% compared with the previous day, and the single-day box office was only 2.1 million US dollars. In comparison, the Monday box office of "Rush Hour 2" also fell 51% compared to Sunday, but the single-day box office data is still as high as 9.47 million US dollars, which is higher than any single-day box office of "Starship Troopers" in the first weekend. Much higher.
In order to find out what happened, Eric took the time to watch "Starship Troopers".
Then I found out that, strictly speaking, there was nothing wrong with the plot of this film, and the special effects were excellent. However, the combination of the whole gives people a very uncomfortable feeling, because it is difficult for the audience to find anything that makes people happy physically and mentally in the whole movie, but it is full of a relatively blunt preaching atmosphere.
Although media film critics are explaining that this is a satire on fascism, most people are obviously not interested in this kind of satire. What's more, it is still during the Christmas season, and most of the audience who enter the cinema are just for entertainment, so "Starship Troopers" is even more out of date. As a result, although the film received fairly good reviews from film critics, it was extremely coldly received by the market.
On the contrary, compared with the first part, "Rush Hour 2" can't be said to have any intentions in terms of plot, which is why most media gave the film a low score. However, the audience is very satisfied with such a slapstick Kung Fu comedy.
The box office of 67.4 million US dollars in the first weekend has exceeded everyone's expectations. When the box office of 9.47 million US dollars on the first day of the working day was released, most people realized one thing. "Rush Hour 2" may become the No. One and perhaps the only movie with a box office of more than 100 million in its first week.
The box office exceeded 100 million in the first week. If it is the upcoming "Jurassic Park 3", maybe it is nothing. Because the first two films in this series both broke 100 million in the first week, but such an honor fell to "Rush Hour 2", a film whose total box office in North America was expected to be only more than 100 million. People find it incredible.
Firefly headquarters in Burbank, Los Angeles.
Bill Michanik saw that the driver had parked the car, but he was still reluctant to get out of the car.
The driver and assistant sitting in the front row naturally didn't dare to rush, they all knew that Bill Michanik was in a very bad mood in recent days.
As the vice chairman of Sony Pictures and the CEO of Columbia Pictures, since Bill Michanik took this position, not only is he not as relaxed as when Peter Cooper and Jon Peters were in charge of Columbia, the management of the film company On the contrary, the situation has gone from bad to worse than when Peter Guber was in charge.
From the summer file to the Christmas file, Sony Pictures has been trying to create two series of special effects films, "Godzilla" and "Starship Troopers" in a year, and now they all ended in failure, and the failure was very thorough.
Bill Michanik first rose to prominence as the head of Disney's home entertainment division during the Disney era.
Originally, as an executive of the Disney system, he was able to achieve the position of one of the seven leaders. At least on the surface, his status was comparable to that of Jeffrey Katzenberg, who was the CEO of Firefly Group, and Jeffrey Katzenberg, who was the CEO of Universal Pictures Group. Michael Eisner is almost equal, and he is still very proud of it.
But now, he even often regrets taking the job.
If he can stay in Disney, he now feels that he should also be a vice president-level executive of the Firefly Group. Maybe after Frank Wells retires, he can still compete for the position of president. Serving as the president of the Firefly Group is no worse than being the CEO of the current Columbia Pictures.
After sitting in the car for a while, Bill Michanik still had to get out of the car. The time he agreed with Katzenberg was coming soon.
The consecutive failures of "Godzilla" and "Starship Troopers" also made Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony America Branch, start to get angry. The film industry must come up with film works that can turn the situation around as soon as possible.
Therefore, "Men in Black", "James of the Brave" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", which Columbia cooperated with Firefly, became the best choice to reverse the situation of Sony Pictures. Especially "Men in Black", this series not only has a very high popularity, but also has a guaranteed box office.
Although Sony Pictures produces and distributes more than a dozen films a year, the 20-80 rule of the Hollywood film market is also very obvious. Eighty percent of a film company's box office and profits are concentrated in the most outstanding percent. Among the twenty films. If "Men in Black 3" can be launched, although Sony can only take 40% of the interest in this film, it will at least make Sony Pictures' performance in the next one or two years not too ugly.
Katzenberg didn't go out to greet his former colleague, and Bill Michanik didn't expect it, he still knew Katzenberg's character very well. He brought his assistant to Katzenberg's office door, five minutes before the appointed time.
Waiting in the lounge, watching the busy scene of four or five assistants and secretaries outside Katzenberg's office, Bill Michanik was unavoidably envious, and then smiled self-deprecatingly, perhaps, even if he and Carson Berg also hired four or five assistants, and Sony Pictures didn't have so many things for them to deal with.
The current Firefly Group is already a giant corporate aircraft carrier larger than the entire Japanese Sony. Wall Street's valuation of Firefly Group reached US$85 billion last year, and it will definitely rise sharply again this year. Taking advantage of the wave of new technologies, the entire Sony Group's current market value has not exceeded 70 billion US dollars, and Sony Pictures' market value is less than one-tenth of the entire Sony Group's market value.
"Mr. Michanik, you can go in now."
While thinking about these things, Bill Michanik heard the voice of one of Katzenberg's assistants, stood up quickly, nodded at him, and walked towards Katzenberg's office.
Seeing Bill Michanik come in, Katzenberg, who was sitting behind the desk, put down the phone in his hand, got up and came over to shake hands with him, saying, "Sorry, Bill, I'm a little busy at the end of the year."
"It's okay," Bill Michanik smiled and shook hands with Katzenberg, and the two sat down on the sofa in the reception area.
The secretary quickly served two cups of coffee, and then quietly left the office. Bill Michanik knew Katzenberg's behavior style, and he didn't beat around the bush. He took a symbolic sip of the coffee, and then went straight to the point: " So, Jeffrey, what do you think of the plan I talked about last time on the phone?"
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The box office exceeded 100 million in the first week. If it is the upcoming "Jurassic Park 3", maybe it is nothing. Because the first two films in this series both broke 100 million in the first week, but such an honor fell to "Rush Hour 2", a film whose total box office in North America was expected to be only more than 100 million. People find it incredible.
Firefly headquarters in Burbank, Los Angeles.
Bill Michanik saw that the driver had parked the car, but he was still reluctant to get out of the car.
The driver and assistant sitting in the front row naturally didn't dare to rush, they all knew that Bill Michanik was in a very bad mood in recent days.
As the vice chairman of Sony Pictures and the CEO of Columbia Pictures, since Bill Michanik took this position, not only is he not as relaxed as when Peter Cooper and Jon Peters were in charge of Columbia, the management of the film company On the contrary, the situation has gone from bad to worse than when Peter Guber was in charge.
From the summer file to the Christmas file, Sony Pictures has been trying to create two series of special effects films, "Godzilla" and "Starship Troopers" in a year, and now they all ended in failure, and the failure was very thorough.
Bill Michanik first rose to prominence as the head of Disney's home entertainment division during the Disney era.
Originally, as an executive of the Disney system, he was able to achieve the position of one of the seven leaders. At least on the surface, his status was comparable to that of Jeffrey Katzenberg, who was the CEO of Firefly Group, and Jeffrey Katzenberg, who was the CEO of Universal Pictures Group. Michael Eisner is almost equal, and he is still very proud of it.
But now, he even often regrets taking the job.
If he can stay in Disney, he now feels that he should also be a vice president-level executive of the Firefly Group. Maybe after Frank Wells retires, he can still compete for the position of president. Serving as the president of the Firefly Group is no worse than being the CEO of the current Columbia Pictures.
After sitting in the car for a while, Bill Michanik still had to get out of the car. The time he agreed with Katzenberg was coming soon.
The consecutive failures of "Godzilla" and "Starship Troopers" also made Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony America Branch, start to get angry. The film industry must come up with film works that can turn the situation around as soon as possible.
Therefore, "Men in Black", "James of the Brave" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", which Columbia cooperated with Firefly, became the best choice to reverse the situation of Sony Pictures. Especially "Men in Black", this series not only has a very high popularity, but also has a guaranteed box office.
Although Sony Pictures produces and distributes more than a dozen films a year, the 20-80 rule of the Hollywood film market is also very obvious. Eighty percent of a film company's box office and profits are concentrated in the most outstanding percent. Among the twenty films. If "Men in Black 3" can be launched, although Sony can only take 40% of the interest in this film, it will at least make Sony Pictures' performance in the next one or two years not too ugly.
Katzenberg didn't go out to greet his former colleague, and Bill Michanik didn't expect it, he still knew Katzenberg's character very well. He brought his assistant to Katzenberg's office door, five minutes before the appointed time.
Waiting in the lounge, watching the busy scene of four or five assistants and secretaries outside Katzenberg's office, Bill Michanik was unavoidably envious, and then smiled self-deprecatingly, perhaps, even if he and Carson Berg also hired four or five assistants, and Sony Pictures didn't have so many things for them to deal with.
The current Firefly Group is already a giant corporate aircraft carrier larger than the entire Japanese Sony. Wall Street's valuation of Firefly Group reached US$85 billion last year, and it will definitely rise sharply again this year. Taking advantage of the wave of new technologies, the entire Sony Group's current market value has not exceeded 70 billion US dollars, and Sony Pictures' market value is less than one-tenth of the entire Sony Group's market value.
"Mr. Michanik, you can go in now."
While thinking about these things, Bill Michanik heard the voice of one of Katzenberg's assistants, stood up quickly, nodded at him, and walked towards Katzenberg's office.
Seeing Bill Michanik come in, Katzenberg, who was sitting behind the desk, put down the phone in his hand, got up and came over to shake hands with him, saying, "Sorry, Bill, I'm a little busy at the end of the year."
"It's okay," Bill Michanik smiled and shook hands with Katzenberg, and the two sat down on the sofa in the reception area. (To be continued.)