Chapter 429 Disney's Regret

Disney Group.

As one of Disney's executives, Robert Iger will defeat the current Disney chairman Michael Eisner, known as the "Disney tyrant", and ascend to the highest throne of Disney's power, status and honor in one fell swoop.

However, he was in the office at the moment, frowning.

"Robert, I wrongly underestimated Wald Pictures. Your judgment is correct, and its future cannot be underestimated. No! It has grown to the point where it cannot be ignored!" Roy Disney said solemnly.

"Yes."

Robert nodded and said solemnly: "It's developing too fast, everything caught us off guard."

The rapid development of Wald Pictures is far more terrifying than DreamWorks, which is regarded as a major enemy of Hollywood.

It's not....

In this Christmas period, except for the two film companies Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox Pictures, the other four Hollywood studios have exerted tremendous pressure on Wald Pictures.

The number of theaters in the United States for the Harry Potter movies shows it all.

Roy Disney, a member of the Disney family, is also the first person within the Disney Group to oppose Chairman Michael Eisner.

The battle between the two sides can be described as incompatible!

Roy Disney believes that: The Disney Group was founded by the Disney family, and even in today's commercialization and shareholding, members of the Disney family cannot be deprived of their status within the group.

Eisner scoffed.

He said: I am grateful to the Disney family for inviting me to serve as the CEO of the group. It turns out that I have led Disney to a more brilliant today, so as it should be, I should get more benefits.

The contradiction between the two sides is completely irreconcilable.

Robert Iger, the future CEO and chairman of Disney, is precisely a member of Roy's camp. For this reason, he had been suppressed for several years and was exiled to the Japanese branch for several years.

"As a result, we still failed."

Roy thought of the box office success of the "Harry Potter" movie in the UK,

Involuntarily, he let out a burst of exclamations.

"One of Hollywood's laws of survival: If you can't suppress it, try your best to win over it!"

Robert laughed at himself: "Once, we almost became a partnership with Wald Pictures, but that shit-like Eisner actually pushed Wald Pictures away~"

"......"

Roy Disney was dumbfounded.

Once upon a time, at the suggestion of Old Bill, Zucker took the initiative to contact the Disney Group and wanted to jointly develop the "Pirates of the Caribbean" project.

This is undoubtedly a beneficial existence for both parties.

But!

What did Disney do?

"If you want to cooperate, there is no problem, but the premise ... is that the Disney Group will get the full rights to 'Pirates of the Caribbean'."

These are the words of Disney chairman Michael Eisner.

How arrogant and arrogant!

Zu Ke put a cold ass on his hot face. So Zhu Ke was annoyed, and after one shot and two scattered, Lao Tzu stopped playing with you.

At that time, Robert Iger, one of the executives, worked hard to facilitate this cooperation, and for this, he also asked Roy Disney for help.

However, Roy Disney didn't pay much attention to Wald Pictures.

Well, to be precise, he despises Zucker, and thinks that Zucker is a lucky guy with little ability from beginning to end, a character who will not last long and will lose sooner or later.

"Hey~"

"Dude, stop talking about that!"

"I admit, I made mistakes, made arrogant, arrogant, defiant mistakes."

"After all, even though Wald Pictures has released a lot of good films before, it has never proved its strength during Thanksgiving and Christmas. But.... this time, "Ha "Lee Porter" movie, gave me a loud slap in the face."

Roy Disney is very regretful and annoyed.

At this time, Robert's words stabbed him in the heart again.

"If, I said, if the future "Pirates of the Caribbean" project produced by Wald Pictures also exploded, would you be more regretful?"

Suddenly, Roy's old face froze.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" movie, will it be a big hit in the future?

It won't really explode, will it?

Thinking of this, Roy couldn't help but regret it even more.

At the beginning, if he took part in it, maybe the "Pirates of the Caribbean" project was really developed by Wald Pictures and Disney.

"How can there be so many good things?"

Roy said stubbornly: "They developed "Spider-Man" first, and then "Harry Potter" exploded. This is already a very rare thing. I don't believe that "Pirates of the Caribbean" can be so successful in the future!"

Saying a thousand words and ten thousand, the Disney Group missed the opportunity to win over Wald Pictures.

The two sides are not enemies, but they are definitely not friends.

......

20th Century Fox.

"The rise of Wald Pictures is unstoppable!"

Rupert Murdoch said solemnly: "In just a few days, the "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" movie has achieved a box office of nearly 30 million pounds in the UK market. If nothing else, it must be It's the number one in the UK box office charts this year, and even... the UK box office number one, it's a contender."

Annual box office champion?

British box office champion?

"No way?"

At this moment, Murdoch's third wife, Wendi Deng, said in astonishment: "Over the years, many Hollywood blockbusters have been lost in the UK market, and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone will definitely be able to compete for the UK. Movie history box office champion?"

Wendi Deng couldn't believe Murdoch's remarks.

Murdoch smiled, and then said a set of data - the UK box office charts.

As of December 2020:

1. The Lion King, released in the UK in 1996, grossed £76.5 million at the box office;

2. "Titanic", released in the UK in 1998, grossed £69.8 million at the box office;

3. "The Six Heroes of the Light Pig", released in 1997, has a total box office of 52.23 million pounds;

4. "Star Wars Episode 1", released in 1999, grossed £51.6 million at the box office;

......

As Wendi Deng said, many films that achieved high box office success in the United States failed to achieve amazing box office results after their release in the United Kingdom, and were even very mediocre.

"The Matrix" movie, it's awesome, right?

The United States alone has achieved a super high box office of 171 million US dollars, and the global box office is as high as 460 million US dollars.

However, it only reaped £17.28 million in the UK market.

And this is the result achieved after the highest opening of more than 900 movie theaters. Tsk tsk ~, to be honest, the box office is really not much.

However, the achievements of "Harry Potter" in the UK today, and the future development trend, have completely exceeded everyone's expectations!

£50 million is definitely not the end of it!

60 million, 70 million, even 80 million pounds, there is a great possibility!

In the history of the original time and space, the final result of the British market of "Harry Potter 1" was 66 million pounds, but this version of Zucker's box office will definitely exceed 66 million pounds.

As for the final box office results, who knows?

Similarly, the final global box office result of "Harry Potter 1" is also a big unknown.

Because soon, to be precise, in three days, "Harry Potter 1" will be released in the United States.

More than 1,900 theaters opened?

NO!

Now more than 2700 theaters!

The three major theater chains in the United States, which are based on interests, have seen that "Harry Potter" has exploded in the United Kingdom, and naturally they have rapidly increased the number of films and screenings.

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