Hollywood Hunter

Carmen Case heard her boss's request not to let other goblins disturb her, nodded in agreement, and left the restaurant.

After a while, a document came in.

Simon was eating breakfast while opening the box office data report for the past three weekends from November 10th to November 12th.

The most blockbuster "Justice League: Invasion" at the end of this year will be opened this Friday. Compared with "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", which set a box office record of 700 million US dollars only in the local area a few years ago, the industry expects "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" Justice League: Invasion is the most conservative and has a local size of 600 million.

This also caused other competitors to avoid it.

One of the most important films is "Bourne Bourne".

This completed spy film was originally planned to be released at the end of this year. However, with Justice League: Invasion in the Thanksgiving file and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Grinch in the Christmas file, this project doesn’t fit anywhere.

Strong plugs can of course be plugged in.

The problem is that "Bourne Bourne" is the opening of an important branch series of the secret agent movie universe. If it is crushed by two super blockbusters at the end of this year, even if the box office is still considerable, but it fails to cause the impact, the follow-up series must also be affected.

In the end, all parties agreed that Simon's decision should be postponed to next summer.

A good movie is not afraid of being late.

Although some projects actively avoided it, last Friday, that is, on November 10th, the Thanksgiving file at the end of the year was actually officially opened.

Among them is a new sequel film, "Scream 2", released by Daenerys's New World Pictures.

This nonsensical series of spoofing various horror films was the first in 1998. The production cost was 20 million US dollars, the local harvest was 146 million US dollars, and the global income was 273 million. It can be said to be a big sale.

In theory, this should be regarded as an important series of films, not the kind of cannon fodder. However, Daenerys really has no shortage of similar series. As a result of her family being too rich, she can only 'internal friction'.

The sequel, which cost $40 million to make, also featured Madonna as a cameo. After weighing, the schedule is still placed on November 10.

Moreover, although there is a cameo from Queen Mai, the quality of the sequel, at least Simon personally thinks, is only average, even if it really becomes cannon fodder, it will not be a pity.

Speaking of which, for the series "Scream", whether it is on the original timeline or this time, like many movies that are inexplicably sold out, no one can say why the audience is so enthusiastic.

Three days after the start of the painting, Simon made some preparations, but the income in the first weekend still reached 25.13 million US dollars.

It is expected that the full first week is expected to earn 40 million.

Even with the sequel costing twice as much, that's actually a pretty good result.

It is conceivable that if it weren’t for a box office monster blocking the front, it would not be too difficult for “Scream 2” to break through 100 million in the local market.

Of course, even if it is bound to be crushed by "Justice League: Invasion" next, it is expected that the final domestic box office of this project will not be less than 70 million US dollars. This is more than the total project cost of $60 million including the 20 million announced.

Considering that the overseas schedule of the film can be arranged relatively flexibly, there is no need to collide with "Justice League: Invasion", and it is hoped to recover more box office than the domestic one.

Therefore, this is still a project that can be profitable at the cinema stage.

I didn't expect it, but Simon was a little surprised by this result. Maybe the third part can also be included in the planning of New World Pictures. Of course, according to Simon's vision, the sequel should be delayed as much as possible, and it will not be considered for the next three years.

In addition to "Scream 2", the second place is a new film by Adam Sandler called "Petmons", which tells the story of a kind-hearted and dull veterinarian because of a pet dog. Accidentally finally harvested a warm story of love.

After Adam Sandler ended his package deal with Daenerys Entertainment, he moved to other studios because of Simon's insistence on the company's strategy of not working for stars.

This "Petmons" was invested by Disney and cost 60 million US dollars to produce. It is obviously a story template that is very suitable for Adam Sandler's simple and honest image. Therefore, it earned 23.93 million US dollars in three days over the weekend, and is expected to make about 35 million US dollars in the first week.

Or because "Justice League: Invasion" is in the front, the domestic box office is expected to be 60 million US dollars, which is comparable to the production cost.

Not a failure.

The problem is that the budget for this project is too high. Even if the overseas market can also perform better, it is unlikely that Disney wants to recover the cost in the theater stage.

This is also a kind of 'one-off' that Simon is happy to see.

If the big studios do not have enough accumulation, such as IP, such as long-term series, they can only accept this kind of cooperation with low cost performance, and ultimately tend to be more and more reluctant to maintain.

The Hollywood Bad Boys used to love to work with studios like Sony and Paramount.

This time, the moment is mainly Disney controlled by France's Vivendi.

In comparison, even Paramount, which is backed by Westinghouse Electric, in addition to series such as "Mission Impossible" and "Star Trek", also has cooperation with the DreamWorks of Spielberg and others.

As for the others, not to mention.

Thinking of this, Simon realized once again that there are only five major studios left in Hollywood.

final goal

It's a tripod.

Let's talk about the list in the first week of Thanksgiving. After two new films, the third place went back to "The Conjuring 4: Reaper" produced by Daenerys Entertainment's New World Pictures.

After a good start in the first week, "The Conjuring 4: Reaper" dropped by 36% in the following week from November 3rd to November 9th, and received another 50.77 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office quickly reached 130.11 million US dollars.

This past weekend, "The Conjuring 4: Reaper" still had a pretty good 39% decline compared to the previous weekend, and received another $20.37 million. The full third week is expected to bring in around $30 million, thus pushing the project's total to more than $160 million.

From the $200 million threshold, there is only a difference of 40 million.

In the face of the aggressive momentum of "Justice League: Invasion", even if the box office of the film falls by half next week, leaving about 15 million US dollars, considering the next two consecutive popular schedules, the film itself has a small remaining single-week box office volume. It will encounter too strong impact, rely on long-term accumulation slowly, collect another 40 million, break through the 200 million box office threshold, there is great hope.

Once the goal is achieved, "The Conjuring 4: Reaper" will also become the first film in the "Conjuring Cinematic Universe" series, which is limited by the subject matter and difficult to reach too high, with a domestic box office of more than 200 million US dollars.

Worth celebrating.

In addition to the top three, the box office of some other projects fell directly into less than 10 million US dollars during the weekend and three days, which is not worth mentioning.

After breakfast, farewell to the goblins in the East Hampton Seaside Manor, Simon set off for Washington to start various schedules.

While Simon is busy with his own affairs, two major entertainment news this week are gradually covering the aftermath of the previous election, one is "Justice League: Invasion", which will be released on Friday, and the other is the Victoria's Secret Fashion Conference that will be held on Saturday. show.

This is what Simon did on purpose.

Politics is so boring. Wouldn't it be better for everyone to pay more attention to entertainment news and make them happy?

Moreover, this is also due to the fact that the two major entertainment events have a high degree of attention. Otherwise, it will be difficult to attract much attention if Simon contributes to the flames behind the scenes.

The current situation is that it is an absolute national level, or even a global level.

This is evident from some unifying phenomenon around two things.

Outside the Holy Citizen Auditorium in Los Angeles, where the world premiere of "Justice League: Invasion" is about to be held, and outside New York's Lai Hinton Avenue Arsenal, where the new Victoria's Secret show is about to be held, fans already have fans more than a month in advance. Set up camp.

On the streets of Los Angeles, cospaly around DC superheroes can be seen everywhere during this time.

On the streets of New York, the angel posters posted by Victoria's Secret officials during this period have been stolen. Manhattan police have also recently dealt with six consecutive stalking incidents related to Victoria's Secret Angels.

In short, all kinds of frenzy.

And every frenzy around the two major entertainment events is a write-off for the aftermath of the just past election, and the effect is gratifying.

Time flies to November 15th.

Wednesday.

When Simon hosted a cocktail party at his estate outside Washington that the president and his wife were also invited to attend in a low-key manner, the world premiere of "Justice League: Invasion" officially opened at five o'clock in the afternoon on the West Coast in Los Angeles.

Downtown Los Angeles.

On the street near the Great Hall of the Holy Citizen, a courtesy car tumbles through traffic jams.

The little maid who came from China, wearing a bright red one-shoulder dress, sat in the courtesy car and looked at the bustling crowd on both sides of the road holding various signs and superhero costumes, filled with emotion.

When will I be able to star in such a world-class super blockbuster!

It's frustrating to think about.

Although she successfully packaged herself as a superstar with international influence through the "Huanzhugege" series and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", as well as some films in North America, but in fact, her influence Basically only domestically.

On the Hollywood side, whether it is Li Youhu, who starred in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero" in succession, or Jiang Anqi, who is well-known for her "Hurricane Rescue", her fame is much greater than her.

Next, if the "Chu Han" series can be successful in the United States again, it will definitely be popular again.

There is no her in it!

This time, I came here to participate in an audition, and also to join in the excitement of the world premiere of "Justice League: Invasion". However, it is conceivable that if the domestic operation is not good, it may be laughed at.

The little girl believes in the strength of Metropark Media, which she relies on. The problem is that some other fairies competing with her are not fuel-efficient lamps.

If it's an internal fight... well, Gongdou, whether it's Jinshu or Weijing, everyone else can only pretend they didn't see it.

Now I can only be fortunate that the trio who made a big fire with "Huanzhu Gege" and the other two, because they quit Metropark Media before, and also left a certain man, it was a super stinky move. In just a few years, It can be said that the popularity has dropped visibly to the naked eye.

No way, in the domestic circle, the current competition is really fierce.

As for the Hollywood side, there is no follow-up.

The little girl could not help laughing every time she thought of how the big-eyed filmmakers on Hong Kong Island were ingratiating themselves at a dinner party a few days ago. The other party needed to do everything in her power to win the role she didn't like.

I heard big eyes

Both Jingjing and Ziweihua wanted to return to Weijing.

The little maid was nervous about this for several days, and finally couldn't help asking Ren Jingxi, and got the answer that this side had rejected it because it was not easy to arrange resources.

This is also true.

Although the scale of Weijing is growing rapidly now, there is no shortage of contracted actresses of various types under its umbrella, and even some of them are yin and yang, and when Big Eyes and Ziweihua come back, it is difficult for Ren Jingxi to reasonably position the treatment of the two.

After all, the two took the initiative to leave at the beginning. Although it was considered a good time to get together, it was also a kind of betrayal to a certain extent.

The betrayer is back. If it is a good resource and a good project right away, what will other people think? It must be both morale and heart-wrenching. And if 'overkill', it will make the two dissatisfied.

If so, it is better to refuse.

Although she quickly wanted to understand this, the little maid almost couldn't help hugging her sister Ren and kissing her.

It's a family after all!

What is Metropark Media's yin and yang decline?

Outsiders would think so.

If you count a certain big backer, oh, the one written in the company name, Weijing is definitely full of yang energy. And with such a company with such a big backer, the two at the beginning thought they were famous and their wings were hard, but they were so stupid that they wanted to leave the solo flight.

Gee!

Thinking wildly, the courtesy car had stopped at some point. She was reminded by Mona Elmery, the waitress of the Wei family who had been in touch with her in recent years, who had specially called from New York to act as an interpreter. The little maid quickly put away her thoughts. Dong Lili, an Asian assistant who was in charge of her contact with wma, and the stylist she brought from China helped her check her clothes and makeup.

After a brief frenzy, he stepped out of the car door opened by the driver.

It was immediately drowned out by more enthusiastic cheers.

Knowing that none of these cheers were for him, and perhaps there were not many people who knew him here, the little girl raised her head slightly, picked up her skirt in the best posture, and walked slowly forward.

Dong Lili has already arranged a photographer, and the little girl doesn't need to think about these corners.

Moreover, this time is actually not unrelated pure rubbing. The little girl has won the dubbing work of the Catwoman character in the Mandarin version of "Justice League: Invasion", and will participate in the announcement of this film in China. , also known as a teacher.

Stop and go like this, while cooperating with my own photographer to shoot, I also try to get some shots from other flashes, until the staff on the red carpet reminded the little girl to move again.

Finally came to the end of the red carpet.

It was still early, and many big names didn't show up. However, there were already a lot of people here, and everyone was not in a hurry to enter the venue. They stayed in the interview area to chat in groups of three or five.

Not to mention other movies, "Justice League: Invasion", a super blockbuster that has attracted worldwide attention, is not only a large number of movie fans, but for the upper echelons of the entertainment circle, the premiere ceremony has naturally become a social party that attracts countless people.