Chapter 963
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The second day of the premiere, on June 13, the word of mouth of "007 Spectre" was directly lifted.
Without suspense, it became the focus of hot media discussion.
The film's comprehensive media score not only reached a high of 8.6 points, "The Hollywood Reporter" also praised the film as the best 007 movie in the past 10 years. While the word of mouth was affirmed, the new 007 actor Pierce Brosnan, as well as the changes in female Mrs. M and young Dr. Q, were widely recognized.
Under the deliberate promotion of the Westeros system, the discussion of this movie on the Internet platform has become a hot spot on major social portals, especially the Charlie's Angels trio that appeared as Easter eggs and the secret agent movie universe that was immediately involved. .
In Hollywood commercial films, word of mouth is not even necessarily the decisive factor in the box office. The popularity of the film is often more important. Once it arouses heated discussions at the national level, even if the word-of-mouth of the film is not satisfactory, many people will buy it involuntarily under the guidance of herd mentality. Tickets come in.
Now, "Spectre 007" not only has an excellent reputation, but the focus of this film is even more widely discussed, and the commercial prospects are almost conceivable.
The time will soon come to Friday, June 14th.
Under the much-anticipated, "007 Spectre" opened in North America with a scale of 3,346 screens.
In order to avoid the edge of "007 Spectre Party", except for this super agent blockbuster this week, the release scale of other opening films is less than 1,000 yuan, which is not worth mentioning.
With the heavy opening of "007 Spectre Party", and this just past box office week.
Prior to June 7, in line with Hollywood's default business strategy of one piece and one relaxation, the two new films "Dragon Heart" and "Overage Transfer Student" released that week were not too heavy.
Among them, "Dragon Heart" was produced by Warner Bros., with a production cost of 57 million US dollars, reaching the level of a blockbuster. However, although it is already a big budget movie, it is only seen that Warner Bros. put this movie in "Mission Impossible" 2" and "007 Spectre", it is enough to imagine that the producer obviously does not have much confidence in this film.
The same is true.
This fantasy film set in 10th century England tells the story of a king who was overthrown and killed by a living half of the dragon's heart. It had been circulating in Hollywood for a long time before the project was approved. Simon also read the script, Warner Bros. The brothers also hoped for Mel Gibson or Harrison Ford to play, but unfortunately both of the two superstars refused, and finally fell on Dennis Quaid.
After the film started, the comprehensive media reputation was only 6.3 points, barely passing.
Another "Over-age Transfer Student" is mainly Simon's ideal in order to foster a new generation of Hollywood comedy stars, starring Adam Sandra, and the production cost is only 10 million US dollars. Compared with the previous two dark horses "Romeo and Juliet" and "Black Man" and "Overage Transfer Students" are undoubtedly much mediocre, with a score of 6.5 points, also just breaking the passing line.
Therefore, in a box office week from June 7 to June 13, the box office blockbuster is still concentrated on a few old films.
No. 1 on the list is no suspense.
In the second week of its release, because there was no strong opponent, "Mission Impossible 2" maintained a very good one-week box office drop of 35%, and received another $57.11 million. In two weeks, Daenerys and Paramount's co-produced spy war blockbuster has reached a cumulative box office of 133.26 million US dollars, directly becoming Paramount's best box office film in the past year.
Second place went to Dragon Hearts from Warner Bros.
In the first week of its release, "Dragon Heart" opened with a scale of 2,130 screens and earned $16.83 million in the first week.
In the first week, it was only US$16.83 million. In the face of "007: Spectre" that followed, "Dragon Heart" is neither a theme like "Romeo and Juliet", and its reputation is also very general. It is expected that the decline will be at least half in the next week. The total box office is about $30 million.
The production cost of the film alone reached 57 million US dollars, and the local revenue was 30 million, so losses were inevitable.
The third place is "The Mummy".
"The Mummy", which was released in the fourth week of its release, continued to earn $12.01 million in the past week with a 39% drop in the box office. The volume in a single week has approached the threshold of 10 million. The film's domestic box office accumulated to $137.17 million. It is estimated that the total domestic box office and initial forecast Quite, probably around $150 million.
Fourth place is Romeo and Juliet.
This summer file was released in the fifth week of the dark horse of Xiaoboda's love. It still maintained a single-week box office of more than 10 million US dollars with a mere 21% decline, and the revenue reached 10.56 million US dollars. The cumulative box office of the film is also close to the threshold of the box office club of 100 million yuan. reached $99.67 million.
The fifth place is "Over-age Transfer Students".
After all, it is a new film. This Adam Sandra-starring comedy grossed $8.2 million in its first seven-day box office. Based on the film’s production cost of $10 million and an announcement of $5 million, it is estimated that the domestic box office will be around 20 million, which is not very good. , it is not bad, and it will soon be profitable through subsequent issuance.
Outside of the top five, films such as "The Evaporation Order" and "Ace Power Spy" are completely unworthy of mention.
Of course, except for another trumpet dark horse "Black Man".
This action film from the other side of the ocean was released in its third week, and the decline narrowed to 22% after a sharp halving in the following week, and it received another $3.97 million.
The film's cumulative box office has reached 19.38 million US dollars. With a total cost of $5 million, it's on the verge of breaking $20 million at the box office, enough to be the envy of many studios.
Los Angeles.
On a Saturday morning at the Dumay Cape Manor, the restaurant was bustling as usual.
But there are only four little guys left for dinner today, Seattle, Nick Jr., Greenwich and Snow.
Veronica came to North America last week and took Melbourne back to Australia by the way.
According to Janet, this is the old man's request. Melbourne is expected to stay in Australia throughout the summer vacation. The old man plans to take care of and educate his precious grandson himself. He also said that it is the rule for little Nick to be older.
As for why.
The old man bluntly said that there are too many women around Simon. I don't know where I saw some sayings. Children who grow up among women tend to become feminine.
How can this be tolerated? !
All right.
To put it bluntly, it was also the old man's dissatisfaction with Simon's living conditions.
Simon had no problem with that.
And I don’t have much time to educate my son on weekdays. Looking at the elder brother and second brother Janet who are supporting the family business very well now, Simon is quite letting go of the old man. In fact, Simon also hopes that his eldest son’s character Can be like his grandfather, sturdy and tough, like the first generation of old cowboys who traveled across the ocean to open up the Australian mainland. .
In fact, the characters of the core members of the entire Johnston family are basically in the same line. Even if he did not grow up in the corresponding environment, Simon obviously has the corresponding characteristics in his bones.
In comparison, if Melbourne has been growing up in Dumeijia Manor, the future character is really difficult to say.
"Anthony went to Brazil again last week, Vale's privatization project. Although we put some pressure through Washington's relationship, the Brazilian side is more inclined to cooperate with the Japanese side, and the Japanese have more time to operate in Latin America. Speaking of Australia, Janet talked about the layout of Johnston Holdings in the iron ore industry: "However, Brazil has not rejected us, and Johnston Holdings can probably get about 10% of the shares, and A certain right to speak."
In the restaurant, Simon heard what Janet said, smiled and looked at Jennifer, who was taking care of the two youngest children on the opposite side: "What do you think?"
The female assistant shook her head gently and said, "I don't understand, but I think Johnston Holdings wants to control the global iron ore industry. Yes, this is enough to create a kind of alliance. Also, the main integration target of Johnston Holdings, I think, should still be in Australia.”
Janet said: "This family knows it, but after the annexation of Billiton, it is not easy for us to go further in the country due to supervision. Now Johnston Holdings is also a member of the Westeros system. Governments of various countries We have become wary of us."
Saying so, Janet looked at Simon again.
The merger of BHP and Billiton in memory is probably in 2001, and the reasons are also multi-faceted.
Now, in the face of a separate economy like the Westeros system that has surpassed the chaebol level, it is impossible to say that Western countries are not wary of this.
In the end, the control is still not up to a certain level.
After all, mature capitalist countries are naturally hostile to capital oligarchs, otherwise Morgan and Rockefeller would not have been dismantled. Therefore, instead of continuing to merge in mainstream Western countries, focusing on third world countries, such as Latin America or Eastern Europe, is also another way out.
However, this is also somewhat inappropriate for Johnston Holdings.
Thinking this way, Simon said to Janet: "If you can't gain control, I don't actually recommend continuing this investment. Speaking of which, once the share of iron ore controlled by Johnston Holdings is too large, it is large enough to control the iron ore. The price of ore may be subject to strict antitrust investigations.”
Janet said: "You mean you should wait for other companies, like Hollywood's Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group?"
Simon smiled and nodded: "Yes."
Janet thought for a while, and then said, "However, the share we control now is not large, not even a quarter."
"But it's beyond companies like Vale, Rio Tinto, BHP, etc., isn't it?"
Janet shrugged.
Simon still had a smile on his face and said, "Well, let's go to Australia for a vacation together after a while, and then I'll have a serious talk with Ray and the others."
When she heard the vacation, Janet stopped paying attention to the family business, and her eyes were bright: "When exactly?"
"In August, when Verizon goes public, we'll start right away."
"That's what you said, don't go back."
"of course not."
"Then I'll start making arrangements recently."
The plan was finalized like this, and the breakfast continued, Simon couldn't help thinking about what just happened.
Vale, Brazil's largest iron ore company, was once one of the world's three largest iron ore suppliers. If possible, Simon certainly hopes that Johnston Holdings can eat it. Relying on the Westeros system, the Johnston family has also expanded rapidly in recent years.
However, a lot of things are always too much.
If one day in the future, Johnston Holding Group will have considerable shares in the world's major iron ore supply companies, once there is a sign that the international iron ore price is being manipulated, then the goal is too clear
obvious.
It's also easier to find trouble.
What's more, in order to solve their own worries about resources, the Japanese have been operating all over the world for a long time. The former Vale, which seems to be the largest iron ore company in Brazil, is actually the Japanese chaebol behind the scenes. Even if the current mainstream public opinion in the West tends to suppress Japan, it is not easy to win the long-running fat from the Japanese.
If you only get a small amount of shares, you might as well not.
In addition, Simon still hopes that Johnston Holdings can focus on China and further diversify around the steel industry that he is familiar with.
It just so happens that next year is also an opportunity.
In 1997, the Asian financial crisis further drove the whole world economy into a trough, and also caused a new reshuffle of the global steel industry chain.
All in all, the former three-legged confrontation is actually quite good.
No one can take all the benefits.
Diversification is also more resistant to potential risks than expansion in separate areas.
In fact, just like Hollywood, if you only get involved in film production, it is difficult for a big studio to develop and thrive. Only by forming a huge and diversified industrial cluster around the entire media and entertainment industry, like Daenerys Entertainment at this time, can it be arrogant. Heroes.
Simon never thought of letting Johnston Holdings get involved in electronics, video and other fields that he was not familiar with, but only related to the extension of the steel industry, such as transportation, smelting, etc. If it is deeply cultivated, it can also form a huge industrial cluster, And it can also be like Daenerys Entertainment, as long as it controls enough resources, other iron ore suppliers, even if they do not control, still need to bow down to the Johnston Group.
After breakfast, there was no rest at home this Saturday.
A lot of work is scheduled today.
Simon arrived at Daenerys Studios at nine o'clock, and the first thing he saw was the first-day box office data of "007 Spectre".
On the first day of the filming, including the midnight show, "007: Spectre" earned $18.63 million on the day. According to this kind of performance, this can be regarded as the opening work of the spy movie universe, and the box office will probably be 50 million in the first weekend. Between $60 million and $80 million to $90 million for the first seven days of the week.
Even better than "Mission Impossible 2".
After all, the foundation is here.
Moreover, on the basis of the production cost of 75 million US dollars, the publicity investment of "007 Spectre Party" reached 50 million US dollars, in order to open up the situation in one fell swoop.
Now, with a score of 80 million to 90 million in the first week, the total North American box office of this film is expected to hit 300 million US dollars. 007 has always been the largest overseas player, and the global revenue may be around 700 million to 800 million.
A good start.
With the results of this film, as long as the "Charlie's Angels" at the end of the year can enter the 100 million yuan box office club, the entire secret agent movie universe plan can be successfully implemented.
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