Chapter 1665 Billion Years

Facing Charlize's furious spray, Andy was very depressed and helpless, and he should go to appease the angry and bad-tempered Sally as soon as possible. However, today's Universal Pictures meeting is very important, and he cannot be absent.

Thinking of her glamorous but increasingly aggressive Sally, Andy couldn't help but smack her lips a few times.

"No, you can't let her be too idle, you have to get busy, otherwise, her bad temper will get worse..."

The conference room at the headquarters of Universal Pictures was already full, including the heads of various subsidiaries and studios, and even the CEO of Marvel Pictures also attended the meeting.

"boss--"

When Andy walked into the conference room, everyone stood up to greet him. Andy smiled and stretched out his hand to signal, "Sit down, you're welcome."

Although the big boss said it so politely, as the employees under him, they really are idiots. They still stood there one by one, waiting for Andy to walk to the main seat with smiles on their faces, looked around, nodded slightly, and sat down. He smiled again and said, "Let's sit down."

"Hula—"

Only then did everyone sit down together. As Andy Smith's wealth and resources increased, the powerful aura brought by his power also increased day by day.

Fame, power, money, and status are very powerful in modifying the aura, because these things can affect people's psychology and create enough oppression. When people face these things, their psychology will unconsciously become weak, and they are more likely to be infected by the other party.

In addition, Andy himself is very mature and steady, his eyes are confident and firm, and when facing a group, his head is slightly raised, his chest is stretched, and his gestures give people a sense of security with everything in mind.

"Since January, 2008 Christmas blockbusters such as "Marley and Me", "Grand Cars", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "Bedtime Stories" have not slowed down this year, but are sitting on word-of-mouth dividends , Like "Grand Cars", it is not Clint Eastwood's top level, but it has become his number one cash machine, with more than 100 million US dollars in income in January alone.

When those films started to falter, new films such as the half-dozen top-notch, half-star romance "You Don't Know His Heart" hit the top in time, and performed exceptionally well. The North American market is currently ushering in its first $1 billion January.

The same is true in February, with almost no mistakes in the blockbusters. The popular Oscar film "Slumdog Millionaire" became more and more popular after winning the award.

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The spring file is not everyone's cake, the DC Comics adaptation of the film "Watchmen" was very popular, and finally crossed the 100 million yuan mark, and "Bride Wars" starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway ", regardless of word of mouth or quality, is even more disappointing.

Overall, the two months of spring 2009 were all-time highs, and the total box office rose to $1.8 billion, 15 percent higher than the same period in 2008. "

At the beginning of the meeting, the head of the marketing department of Universal Pictures reported the specific situation of the North American film market in January and February 2009.

"The crazy year of 2009 has been filled with such frenzy since the beginning of the year. It seems that breaking 10 billion this year is not a joke."

Andy was a little surprised to hear that the total box office in North America exceeded 1 billion US dollars in just one month. You know, the spring schedule in North America in the past was not so crazy. For other companies, just Universal's current movies such as "Everybody's Superman", "Fast 4", "Twilight" and other big productions are ready to seize the summer slot, let alone "Change 2" , "Harry Potter", which has been delayed for a year, and the 3D masterpiece "Avatar", which is ready to grab money.

Andy knew that it would be very easy for the box office in North America to exceed 10 billion. Now it seems that a comprehensive adjustment is necessary.

"It seems that North American audiences, distracted by the financial crisis, are willing to spend more time watching movies. I believe that this year, all kinds of movies will be blockbusters, and there will even be "many winning movies" , very few failed films” situation.

With the help of the popularity of the spring file, I think it is completely possible to advance the schedule of "Fast and Furious 4" to April, avoiding the summer file war, and only leave "National Superman" to compete head-on with other blockbuster films. As for the other few films Movies can be placed in May and autumn to grab the box office. What do you think? "

Hearing the decision of the big boss, everyone present began to discuss in a low voice. In fact, to be honest, for Universal Pictures, this year's acquisition by Andy Smith and the merger with Summit Entertainment definitely took the lead.

To put it bluntly, without the few films of Summit Entertainment, this year, Universal Pictures' box office will definitely create a very shameful record, because they don't have any big productions to participate in this "feast". .

However, now that Summit Entertainment has become a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, a series of large-scale productions that Summit Entertainment used to gain a foothold in Hollywood have all been taken over and distributed by Universal. Not to mention the next few blockbuster films, just a single romantic film "Actually You Don't Know His Heart" with a collection of half a dozen top-notch stars easily topped the box office of the week as soon as it was released. Universal's distribution department really worked hard. Publicity, the stars who participated in the show were separated and ran around for publicity, especially Scarlett Johansson who just won the Best Supporting Actress statuette. The global publicity and distribution department is like serving an aunt. The specifications are waiting.

Well, who made this Hollywood sexy YOU have too much scandal with his big boss, they can't guarantee whether this aunt is the big boss' mistress or not. . . . . .

However, the moment Scarlett raised the statuette, the distribution department of Universal Pictures knew that their work was not in vain. The princess's South African diamond now has a modern version of Monroe.

"This year's summer file, whether it's "Change 2" or the "Harry Potter" of the little wizards who have entered puberty, will be our main opponent, as well as the truck driver who has been silent for 12 years and returned with a super production , I believe you should have received more or less news. Just three or two years ago, even in the eyes of most film industry insiders, 3D movies were still unrealistic dreams. However, the news from many sources, Anyone who has seen a clip of Cameron's "Avatar" movie is amazed that this movie has answered many questions about 3D once and for all!

A 3D movie ticket costs about 12 or 13 US dollars. You can imagine that once 3D movies become popular, all previous box office records will become weak. Breaking through 100 million in the first three days of the weekend will become a reality!

In this coming 3D storm, we must prepare in advance, and we must not miss this 3D feast! "

Andy knows better than anyone else how powerful the movie "Avatar" is. It can't help but start the 3D era of movies, and it's also the biggest factor that ushered in the first ten billion-dollar year in the North American market.