I’m in Hollywood Chapter 889: Destroyed and destroyed
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Los Angeles.
The wealthy area in the mid-levels of the northern part of Santa Monica city, although it is already late at night, Amy · Pascal is still reading the negotiation information about Rainbow Media with the basic cable company.
As a woman, although she gave up her Columbia Film Studio high-paying position and helped Drew to establish Flower Films, and thus obtained the opportunity of Metro Goldwyn Mayer, one of the seven major Film Studios today, Amy · Pascal did not happen at all. Slack mind. Regardless of any field, a woman in a high position is always more difficult to get recognition than a man. After so many years, Amy · Pascal has not cared about others' eyes, but she still wants to prove to everyone that she is no better than How much is any man.
On the other side of the study, Bernard Weinlaub, husband of Amy · Pascal, checked the news article that had just been completed and glanced at the electronic watch on the table. It was already a quarter of an hour. As usual, they should have taken a break at this time, but he also knows that his wife would be hard to sleep today if he ca n’t wait for the Box Office data on the first day of "Casino Royale". De Weinlaub picked up a book from the table and looked quietly.
Amy · Pascal noticed her husband ’s movements, looked at his watch, and turned his head: "Berny, why do n’t you go rest first, I might have to wait a little longer."
Bernard Weinlaub shook his head and smiled: "No, I actually want to know how many Box Office can be obtained on the first day of" Casino Royale "."
Amy · Pascal smiled softly, without persuasion, got up and went back to the kitchen to cook a pot of hot coffee, and poured a cup for himself and her husband.
Bernard Weinlaub held up the coffee cup and looked at his wife sitting on the other side, saying: "From today's film reviews, this should be the best Live-Action Film in the summer. You think it is probably How much Box Office can I get? "
Amy · Pascal shook her head and talked about this topic with others, she had always expressed full confidence, but in the face of her husband, she did not need to pretend to be confident, said: "This question is really It's hard to say that in "GoldenEye" two years ago, all aspects of the word of mouth have reached about 8 points, but global Box Office only has 350 million. This is mainly because the 007 series is not so popular in the most important North America market. Although "Casino Royale" has a better word of mouth and many other positive factors, we are not sure whether the audience will buy it. In addition, since May "The Fifth Element", the continuous disappointing low word of mouth Live-Action Film, also May reduce viewers' interest in "Casino Royale". "
Bernard Weinlaub is a playwright and film business reporter for 《The New York Times》. After listening to his wife ’s somewhat pessimistic tone, she thought about it and said, "I think it may be the opposite of what you think. The audience's demand for Live-Action Film is definitely greater than that of animated films. The continuous bad movie impact will make the market more hungry for the performance of high-scoring commercial movies. "
Amy · Pascal smiled and said: "I hope the situation will be as you said, but the total investment in the production of" Casino Royale "and announcement is 160 million USD, which is equivalent to twice the total investment in" GoldenEye ". The pressure is still great. If the Box Office of "Casino Royale" is not good enough, even if it is just average, some subsequent production plans may not be so smooth. "
"Oh, is it the trilogy of" The Lord of the Rings "you said last time?"
Amy · Pascal nodded, but said nothing more, although it was her husband, but too detailed details, she was not convenient to disclose to the other party.
Bernard Weinlaub did not follow up, and casually pulled the topic away.
Unconsciously, after waiting for more than half an hour, the mobile phone placed on the desk of Amy · Pascal finally vibrated. She picked up the mobile phone to connect, chatted a few words with the opposite side, and gradually raised her eyebrows, still a little uncertain. Repeatedly asked for some details.
Bernard Weinlaub has heard a set of numbers from his wife ’s conversation and raised his eyebrows in astonishment. Although he feels that after a series of bad films in summer, the performance of Box Office in Casino Royale will be better than expected It is better in the middle, but it is still not expected that the Box Office number will be so high on the first day.
When Amy · Pascal hangs up, Bernard Weinlaub can't wait to ask: "30500,000 USD?"
Amy · Pascal put the phone back on the desk, exhaled relaxedly, with obvious excitement on his face, nodded and said: "Yes, count 5 300,000 in the morning and night show, Box Office 30 500,000 USD on the first day, oh God , 30 500,000 USD is really incredible. I have been thinking that if 20 million USD is available on the first day, everyone should be very satisfied. You must know that the Box Office on the first day of the last "GoldenEye" is only 9 million, oh God , 30 500,000, incredible. "
Bernard Weinlaub heard his wife sigh continuously, and did not feel anything wrong with her. As a movie business reporter who is very familiar with Hollywood, Bernard Weinlaub ’s shock was nothing compared to his heart. How much is the wife.
Know that Godzilla, the best performer on the first day of the summer, relies on the Box Office data of the super midnight field driven by the propaganda offensive of the previous bombing, and the first day Box Office was only 23750,000 USD. Even if it is "Finding Nemo" which is the biggest dark horse in the summer, Box Office is still only 20200,000 USD on the first day.
With excellent reputation, "Casino Royale" will definitely not get out of the bleak Box Office curve like "Godzilla" or "Batman and Robin".
So, the Box Office 30 500,000 USD on the first day, Box Office on Saturday and Sunday will not be much worse than the first day, even according to the average value of 30 million USD per day, Box Office of the first weekend of "Casino Royale" will reach 90 million USD There is no suspense in breaking the high in the first week. Even, "Casino Royale" will definitely create a series of Box Office records again.
Because this Box Office data is too unexpected, while Amy · Pascal received the news, many Film Studio executives and newspaper media reporters inside and outside Hollywood were also awakened by the phone ringtone late at night. Some people were mixed and excited. Sleepless, there are even people who suspect that this is a prank, and countless newspaper of North America even re-write the press release overnight.
In the bleak situation of the summer live-action blockbuster Box Office, the super high Box Office on the first day of "Casino Royale" is undoubtedly dazzling in the eyes of many people. Therefore, on the next day, many questions appeared on the North America media even on the first day of "Casino Royale" Box Office water injection News.
However, reality quickly shut up these media.
After 30500,000 on the first day, on Saturday, Box Office of "Casino Royale" not only did not fall, but hit a new high, reaching 33850,000 USD. The following Sunday, although the decline of Box Office was somewhat obvious, the single-day Box Office was still as high as 26.7 million USD.
In the three days from June 27 to June 29, the first weekend of "Casino Royale" Box Office reached an unprecedented 910 50,000 USD. Even "Finding Nemo" was hit by "Casino Royale", and the drop in Box Office expanded to 40% on the three days of the third week and the weekend, only receiving 28.38 million. The Box Office data of "Batman and Robin" released in the second week was even more miserable. Compared with the first weekend, Box Office fell by 63%. Only 15 730,000 USD was included in the three days of the next weekend. The cumulative Box Office 75 200,000 USD was released for ten days, and even "Casino Royale" The first weekend was not as good as Box Office.
When the Box Office data of "Casino Royale" was released on the first weekend, the media that had prejudices on the data of the film Box Office had to put down doubts in front of reality and began to analyze the reasons for the high Box Office on the first weekend of "Casino Royale".
"Perhaps, from the beginning, we have far underestimated the commercial potential of the Metro Goldwyn Mayer agent film universe."
"In retrospect, when the new James · Bond jumped off the cliff in the 《Charlie's Angels》 first part egg, Eric Williams has already begun to lay out the plan for this huge film. The subsequent" Mission: Impossible ", 《Charlie's Angels》 and" 007 " 》 The sequel of the series, Metro Goldwyn Mayer has been using the form of eggs to interact with the three special agent movies. Through this indistinct subtlety, the original unrelated popularity of the three special agent series began to gradually merge. Eventually, when Metro Goldwyn Mayer officially announced the special agent movie universe When planning, the fans of the three special agent series have formed a very large potential film viewing group. "
“Here, we have to mention that in July 1995, Metro Goldwyn Mayer announced another seemingly trivial event during the Secret Film Universe project. According to media reports during that period, Metro Goldwyn Mayer started at 2 million USD from Kevin McGregor buys out all the copyright of the "Ghost Party". The twists and turns behind this matter will be traced back to a few decades ago, we will not mention it for the time being. However, I ’m sure that Kevin McGregor will be in the future I will definitely regret this business. "
"Going back to the topic, while buying the" Ghost Party "copyright, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Flower Films, and DreamWorks producers, Film Studio, merged into one under the control of Eric Williams, and the three major agent series took" Ghost Party "as the ultimate villain, Starting from "Mission: Impossible2", officially launched the agent film universe cross fusion plan. Until "Casino Royale" is released, Metro Goldwyn Mayer agent film universe has actually relied on "Charlie's Angels1", "Mission: Impossible1", "007 of GoldenEye", "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle", "Mission: Impossible2 "The five movies have laid a solid foundation of popularity. The explosive Box Office data of" Casino Royale "is precisely the three special agent movie series that have a strong appeal of Box Office. After several years of popularity and mutual integration, A more powerful embodiment of Box Office's realism. "
This article on "Hollywood Reporter" deeply analyzes the in-depth reasons for the high level of "Casino Royale" Box Office. This article makes Hollywood stimulated by "Titanic" Box Office. The thoughts that have not cooled down have been warmed up again, and they have begun to retrieve their affiliates. Does the movie copyright library have a selling series that can build a movie universe.
Although the plan of Firefly ’s attempt to create Marvel Cinematic Universe has not been officially announced, this news is no longer a secret in the circle. It was inspired. A producer of Warner Bros. quickly submitted a DC movie to the top of the group. The report of the universe, unfortunately, "Batman and Robin" has just experienced a fiasco. Warner Bros. will not be able to start the DC remake movie in the next few years. The report written by the producer staying up late was directly thrown into the trash by the Time Warner executives.
While analyzing the reasons for "Casino Royale" Box Office in "Hollywood Reporter", when the first week of "Casino Royale" came to an end, another important magazine 《Variety》 of Hollywood also published its opinion on the super high Box Office of "Casino Royale" on the official website.
"'The audience is looking forward to good movies. If Film Studio only has the ambition to catch up with" Titanic "Box Office, but does not pay the sincerity of" Titanic ", then they are doomed to fail." Eric Williams at the premiere of "Casino Royale" London This sentence when answering the reporter's question on the previous page is undoubtedly the most true comment on the performance of this summer live-action blockbuster Box Office. "
"It is true that any Film Studio cannot invest in a movie with tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of USD. They are not directly related to the quality of the film. The ability of screenwriter, Actor, Director, producers and other film functionaries has a strong impact on a film. Before "Casino Royale", two other ambitious films "Godzilla" and "Batman and Robin", the production budget must exceed "Casino Royale". But in these films, only "Casino Royale" perfectly realized the elements that a commercial blockbuster should have, smooth plot, hot Scenes, elaborate lines, three-dimensional characters, etc. Through "Casino Royale", Eric Williams, who regained control after four years of silence, once again perfectly demonstrated his amazing talents in Director and film production. Four years , When we thought that this young man who had relied on "Home Alone", "Ghost", "Twister", "Jurassic Park" and other films step by step to the peak of Hollywood has accumulated After a huge amount of wealth, when you will retire and enjoy life on this basis, relying on the nirvana redefinition of a veteran agent series Phoenix that continues 30 years, Eric Williams once again showed us what is called the return of the king.
"Although the two animated films" Box Office "of" The Lion King2 "and" Finding Nemo "performed very well in June, this does not change the market position of live-action movies as the mainstream demand of the film public. However, this should be the best Live-Action Film The summer file of the schedule, a series of mediocre or poor or obscure Live-Action Film, repeatedly hit the confidence of fans into the cinema. According to statistics, from the May 30th summer file until the release of "Casino Royale", compared to last year, The number of viewers of North America dropped by 18% in four weeks, which is still the case without excluding the two animated big movies "The Lion King2" and "Finding Nemo."
"However, despite the continuous disappointment of the summer season Live-Action Film, as a must-have entertainment in people's lives, the movie watching needs of fans have not disappeared. The well-known" Casino Royale "came out to fill the summer A large number of market vacancies accumulated in the early period of the file. So, in the eyes of everyone who was surprised and even questioned, "Casino Royale" broke the horde of Box Office with the first day of 30 500,000 USD, the first weekend of 910 50,000 USD, and the first week of 100 million 17 510,000 USD. Hollywood All Box Office records. "(To be continued.)