Hollywood Domination Chapter 392: 140 million on the first day

"Her, there are actually 1.47 million midnight shows in Beijing?" In the early morning of July 3, the Time Warner Center - one of the most famous buildings in New York and the main office of the Time Warner Group - was on the 79th floor In the sky, Jeff Robinov's roar kept echoing, "Isn't this fake news? It's three times higher than that of "Avatar"? Three times? But I remember that half a year ago, "Avatar" According to the statistics of midnight shows in China, more than 500,000 midnight shows in China have been marked as record-breaking—Kerry, are you sure this is not fake news?"

"The two English-language media outlets that are publishing the news are citing different sources," Kerry Orient said, not minding Jeff's irritable tone at all, "We also had someone translate the source webpage. , don't worry, Jeff, this is definitely not a misunderstanding - it was the official agency in Beijing that announced this news, and you are right, it did triple the record set by "Avatar", according to Beijing, This means that the occupancy rate of all theaters that open midnight shows is close to 100%...Some people in China have already started to exclaim—they think this may be another "Avatar"!"

If Jeff is an East Asian, he must have a festive and self-sustaining smile on his face now, saying "I dare not think, I dare not think" - but at this time, his performance is not the same as that of an East Asian. Not much difference, "Hehe, this kind of prediction is still too bold. The market that "Codename Shero" faces is much narrower than that of "Avatar". Although her plot is compact, it also makes it self-limited. The script of "Avatar" is the textbook for the largest possible market..."

Although the plot of "Avatar" has been criticized a lot, for filmmakers, this kind of undisputed plot is suitable for a large-scale production with a level of 200 million. "Code Shero" has many sensitive issues All break the rules: the heroine does not fall in love, there is no love line in the whole film, the protagonist Kelly is ungrounded and belongs to a very small group of people, and there is no positive white male character in the whole film... This movie may be cool, but in There may not be many advantages in the market, because—no matter what the individual claims, human nature will indeed be despicable under big data. There is no doubt that racism and patriarchal ideas will be reflected in the box office. The reason why movies rarely have blacks as protagonists, gays as protagonists, and - women as protagonists (action movies).

As a businessman, of course, try to avoid minefields as much as possible. If there is a minefield, you will be prepared to lower your expectations in advance. And "Codename Shero" although the quality of the film is excellent, but in terms of its style, it is destined not to please those white middle-aged audiences. Of the 700 million achievements of "Avatar" in North America, at least 100 million are their contributions. So in theory, "Code Shero" can't replicate the miracle of "Avatar" anyway.

"Looking at the results of the first day, "Codename Shero" performed better than "Avatar"," Kerry defended his film in a very American way at this time, "North America 81 million, The first weekend of "Avatar" can work hard - foreign box office is stronger than that of "Avatar" in the same period, Beijing, Seoul, New Delhi, Paris, London... none of them have a legendary opening, Jie Husband, believe me, this movie is a hit! Judging from word of mouth, the subsequent curve must be very good! One billion is no longer a problem!"

"Yeah, counting Beijing's start..." Of course, Jeff didn't mean to contradict Kerry, and the smile on his lips deepened, "If Beijing can get 200 million or more— "

He didn't continue to calculate—he really couldn't calculate and estimate such a huge number, Jeff hurriedly said to Kerry, "Call me when China's first-day box office comes out", Then he hung up the phone and opened Jo's website: Seeing that the latest news hadn't been refreshed there, he opened Paul Degarabidean's personal blog again—since he accurately analyzed the rise of the Chinese market last time After predicting the performance of "Avatar" in the Chinese market, Paul came into Jeff's field of vision, especially this time, he accurately and boldly predicted the box office of "Code Shero" on the first day. The box office has risen to 80 million, and the gap with the final result is only negligible, which makes Jeff pay more attention to Paul's opinion. Now that the first day and midnight shows in various countries are out, there must be no problem with the world's first day breaking 100 million, but the final box office The statistics are not yet in place, where will the final global box office of "Code Shero" fall? He wanted to hear Paul's opinion.

I waited patiently for a while. Although it was Saturday, Jeff did not have the impatience of working overtime: the box office of this project is really important to him! Warner got this opportunity only after giving up the five-year North American copyright of "Slumdog Millionaire". His bottom line is that half of Warner's copyright in "Code Shero" must exceed the five-year income of "Millionaire", There's no excuse, don't think about the 'if Warners do it, it might just be released as a DVD' thing, Warners have to prove that they made a clean, beautiful, visionary investment, so that Jeff will be in the upcoming The established president's office occupies a favorable situation-if Kelly Johnson can be pulled into the DC universe, maybe there will be no president's office, and Jeff will be able to succeed Barry Meyer, who is finally about to leave The rumors have been circulating for at least three years) and became the CEO of Warner Entertainment.

Yes, due to the volatility of the profits of Warner Films and the disagreement within the group on the future development direction of the media industry, although the box office of "Avatar" has proved that I used "Millionaire" to invest in "Code Shero "It's not a stupid move, but Jeff also failed to achieve his ideal goal, and directly took over the position of CEO of Warner Entertainment. Time Warner President Jeff Bewkes has already decided to set up a president's office in the Time Warner Center, so that the film director Jeff Robinoff, Bruce Rosenbaum, Head of Examinations, and Kevin Tsujihara, Head of Digital Home Entertainment, are all in the office at the same time—it's like putting three beasts in one cage, even if Robin Nove himself often shudders when he thinks of this. He hopes to kill the fight before then. After all, to be honest, he doesn't have the confidence to completely win this round of **** killings.

"Yes, I hope to get in touch with Paul, right..." He picked up the phone and called rp. Jeff didn't care about the high consulting fees charged by Rentrak. "How many chips can it bring him in the game. "Yes, predictions about the global box office market..."

While waiting, he glanced at the poster at the door, and decided to let the headhunter come forward later, and discuss the expected salary with Paul Degarabidean. Warner needs such talents, at least Jeff needs them, and he Get ready to make Warner pay for it.

"Mr. Robinov, hello." Paul's voice was a little drowsy. He seemed to be catching up on the time to catch up on sleep, and he was not excited about the phone call with Jeff. "Related reports are being written, I have analyzed several key markets around the world - judging from the box office on the first day, it seems that the overseas and North American markets have a different tone on the curve, or a different tone on the excitement point. The North American market is obsessed with 3D It seems that the fever has subsided..."

Paul believes that if the market can still maintain the popularity of 3D when "Alice" was released, with the word-of-mouth of "Codename Shero", it may even directly exceed 100 million on the first day, and the first-day score of 80 million has confirmed that North America The market's interest is returning to the story itself, but the trend overseas is completely different. After "Avatar", even after the consumption of "Alice", the market's interest in 3D is still very strong. Excellent first day It should be the credit accumulated by "Avatar" - moreover, this movie has the guarantee of Jennifer's starring role, and its reputation is quite good. Its trend will not be too ugly, and the box office will at least be much higher than "Alice". But how much it can achieve in the end depends on the performance of the next film of the same file. After all, this is a highly competitive summer file, not like "Avatar", which almost monopolizes the entire Christmas schedule.

It can be much higher than "Alice". This is the momentum to go to 1.5 billion, or even 2 billion. The cash that Warner can return from the box office is at least twice the investment, and there will be a lot of money in the future. Constant copyright income, when he put down the phone, Jeff's mouth was already grinning to the ear - he put his hands in his pockets, whistled happily, and walked out of his office: What should Warner do? To bring Kelly into DC, we can discuss it after the holidays. Of course, the price paid will not be small, but he is confident that Warner can come up with better conditions than Disney: Kelly said that maybe Kevin Feige will also make a move, But Jeff is not so worried about this. There must have been a lot of friction between Marvel and Dameng before, which can be seen from the fact that Jennifer did not appear in "Iron Man 2". And Jeff is confident that Warner has made the other party feel his sincerity and strong strength in the cooperation with Dameng.

"Assemble ace painters and screenwriters, start a whole world line, start from Kelly's girlhood, first published for more than half a year, after stabilizing popularity, start to introduce Batman and Superman, as long as it is a joint publication, copyright even I can give half of Dameng, and it will be the same when developing movies in the future." He thought proudly, "With Marvel's stinginess, there is no way to offer a more favorable condition than this... If Dameng is unwilling to share the copyright, we may even You can rent Batman and Superman, you only need to charge a small amount of licensing fees, as long as you can get Kelly in when you are making a movie-this condition, it is impossible for Dameng to refuse..."

The elevator 'ding' woke Jeff up - he was a little surprised to find that Jeff Bewkes was standing in the elevator talking on the phone: He also came to the company on this rest day?

"Well, I've seen him," Bewkes gestured to him, beckoning him into the elevator, "we'll be right over—ok, ok, you can rest assured if Bob can't , Robinov can also contact her..."

He hung up the phone and said curtly to a startled Jeff, "I just lied, but you better make it true - we're going to Washington now, and if in the meantime Bob .When Iger says he can't find Jennifer Jefferson, you gotta find her and get her to Washington, get it? Doesn't matter if she's filming in **** Yosemite or somewhere else in the world Self, you have to find her."

Jeff can still understand Bix’s motivation for blatantly lying: bluffing to say that he and Jennifer have a closer relationship is an act of alienation following the trend. If Robert Iger really believes it, Disney The relationship with Dameng may bury hidden dangers, which is of course good news for Warner. Of course, if he didn't believe it, Warner didn't lose anything—what he didn't understand was why Bewkes was going to Washington now, and he had to take him with him.

"I'll call Carrie right now." He didn't ask right away, but took out his mobile phone first, and called Carrie Orient, a senior producer who often needed to talk to Jennifer, for sure Jennifer was in Los Angeles now, and after a few days did not plan to leave, she hung up the phone and looked at Bewkes suspiciously, "Bob should be able to find her—she hasn't left Hollywood, and her phone doesn't look like it did a few days ago." Shut down like a month—”

"Understood." Bix's expression was visibly relaxed, he shook his head, and cursed with some affection, "These damned artists."

Until now, he had the time to explain to Robinov, "As early as three months ago, we had a chance to have dinner with important people on Capitol Hill-God knows she would actually play at that time Disappeared, no one can contact her, not even Cesare Vijari."

He twitched the corners of his lips and sneered, "Of course, he may not be so enthusiastic... In a market with limited competition, privileged competitors must get more benefits than usual. But Now, the market in China has developed significantly within a few months? All this can’t wait any longer, Beijing must fulfill its promises within this year, higher share, lower restrictions – all this must start to work, And we need her experience—we must let her reveal something real before she 'disappears' again."

"But—" Jeff, who was thinking about how to win over Dameng, instinctively resented Jennifer's use and oppression, "If she wants to maintain her unique competitive advantage, the situation may change. It's embarrassing."

"I know what you mean, don't worry, I don't need you to be that villain." Bix smiled, "You just need to be with her and make her feel relaxed-the most important thing It is to let Bob see how close your relationship is, and the box office of "Code Shero" is so good, I don't believe that Bob will not be emotional-the rest will not have much to do with you..."

He smiled strangely again, and seemed to be talking to himself, "Even if you want to, I'm afraid you're not qualified."

Jeff is still at a loss, but he already understands Bix's meaning: he is purely a heavyweight foil, and Bix pulls to compete with Robert, because he himself and Jennifer have never had a relationship. Too much contact, it is indeed not familiar. Generally speaking, Bewkes, Robert and others are going to Washington to push the government to urge Beijing to further implement the wto agreement and relax restrictions on film imports, and they think that Jennifer may have a certain degree of influence in this matter. role.

"In the agreement between Beijing and the WTO, isn't the movie clause going to be further implemented in 2012?" He cleverly kept up with the topic: Jeff has been reading Chinese materials since he read Paul's article. "It's already July 2010——"

Under the eyes of Bewkes, he closed his mouth wisely, "Understood, if you don't push, Washington may not remember this at all..."

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Just as the two Jeffs headed to the airport and boarded the special plane, Robert Iger had already made a phone call in a mansion in Malibu, Los Angeles, and did not give Warner a chance to play—of course, the call , we must start with the global box office of "Code Shero".

"Yes, Bob, I have received the news. The current statistics on the first day may be 140 million—haha, it is indeed an unexpected result. I should still be enjoying the aftermath of "Avatar"..."

Sitting cross-legged on the sofa, Jenny said excitedly, "The response to "Codename Shero" gave me some inspiration for "Oz"—oh, it's all right, you say—"

Blinking her eyes and listening for a while, her voice became louder and louder, "Washington? Can--a special plane? Can--"

When she heard the end, Jenny finally exclaimed, "Dinner with the Secretary of State? Bob, this—in order to open up the Chinese market, you also—"

"This is a market where good movies can reach 150 to 200 million at the regular box office," Robert said with a smile on the other end of the phone, "Dear Jennifer, with a 50% profit, the capital will Taking risks, for 100% profit, it dares to trample on all the laws of the world—for the profit of "Code Shero", believe me, of course we can do anything."

——I don’t know if it’s humor or self-deprecating, but he quoted the famous quote of the founder of *.