Chapter 1045： spoiler qualification

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The media is a hound that listens to the wind. As early as when Teddy Bell began to contact the heads of several companies, the "New York Times" took the lead in guessing the next move of Eleven Studio: establishing a distribution department. However, it is a bit vague who Eleven Studio's acquisition target is, because Teddy Bell has seen too many people.

After the deal was finalized, "Entertainment Weekly" took the lead this time. They were the first to get Teddy Bell's confirmation. Eleven Studio completed the acquisition of New Market Pictures, Roadside Landscape Pictures, Conch Shadow. The acquisition of the industry, the official establishment of the Eleventh Distribution Department. This also means that the internal development of Eleven Studios has finally been perfected, and it has officially qualified as a "spoiler".

The final conclusion of "Entertainment Weekly" is, "Eleven Studios ranks among the forefront of second-tier film companies, and new players disrupt Hollywood."

In fact, as early as last year when the year-end statistics were made, the total box office of the four films of Eleven Studios was 480 million US dollars, which has already attracted the attention of countless people.

After a century of development, Hollywood film companies have gone through countless ups and downs. The brilliance of the eight major film companies in their heyday attracted the world's attention. However, after these years of integration, reorganization, and acquisition, they are currently among the top film companies in Hollywood. The number of places has changed from the "big eight" to the "big six", Paramount, Warner Bros., Universal, Sony Columbia, Disney, 20th Century Fox, as for those familiar film companies, most of them were either acquired or went bankrupt. Labels like Fox Searchlight and Focus Pictures are all affiliates of big companies, while major film companies such as New Line, Lionsgate, Summit, Miramax have always been active on the big screen, but it is difficult to Shake the status of the Big Six studios. DreamWorks, the only hopeful company to enter the ranks of the big movie companies, also declared bankruptcy last year. At present, it seems that Universal has the most hope to become the acquirer of DreamWorks.

Under this circumstance, Eleven Studios earned 480 million US dollars at the box office, becoming the second-tier film company in North America after Lionsgate in addition to the six major film companies. The leader of the film company, surpassing the famous new line of the "Lord of the Rings" series in the past two years, and Miramax, which is famous for its high-definition films, and these famous labels, occupying the second-tier high-definition film company. a place.

However, as Evan Bell and others have said before, it is difficult to continue to move forward in Hollywood without the Eleven Studios in the distribution department.

Counting down the six major film companies, Disney is backed by its entire industry chain kingdom, and the other five are all attached to a large group company. Time not to close down.

Single-handedly United Arts and MGM encountered difficulties at a critical moment due to lack of funds to bail out the market. The former was defeated by the disaster blockbuster "Heaven's Gate" by "Deer Hunter" director Michael Cimino, and the latter was defeated. Encountered the fatal blow of the big production "Wind Whisperer" when weakened. This is also true of the current DreamWorks. In addition, the huge distribution system formed by the big studios over the years has also made the small companies daunting. Their monopoly position cannot be shaken for a while, and the most profitable part of the film is distribution. There are also movie peripherals. Big studios have already developed a huge industrial chain, and it is difficult for high-end companies to compete with them. Evan Bell is very clear about this. In Pixar's acquisition plan, the weakest link of Eleven Studios is distribution, and they do not have this industry chain.

Prior to this, the media had been referring to Eleven Studios as the "Second DreamWorks" for a number of reasons. For example, Eleven Studios and DreamWorks both started out as producers, and they are very unfamiliar with the distribution department. Unlike Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment, which started out as distribution companies, they use rich//Book fans to write the fastest text Update - Ad-free//distribution experience, a large number of co-producers, and a very large library of works. At present, outside the six spheres of influence, the most powerful second-tier publisher is Lionsgate Pictures.

What Evan Bell knew was that the acquisition of DreamWorks was eventually won by Paramount, Universal Pictures failed at the last moment, and in the following year, DreamWorks was resurrected as a national studio, and the new DreamWorks released it. The rights were signed to Universal, but then Steve Spielberg and Ron Mayer had a conflict, turned to Disney, and eventually signed to Twentieth Century Fox, and in the process, the reason is simple , 1 percent of the box office. Steven Spielberg fell out with his friend Ron Mayer in order to reduce the box office share by 1%, turned his head to Disney, and then switched to 20th Century Fox because of the issue of distribution rights.

It can be seen that, without the distribution department, even if the box office received 480 million US dollars last year, it is difficult for Eleven Studio to have the ability to disrupt the game. At most, it can only be said to be highly regarded. But this time, Eleven Studio made a big fuss about the distribution department, and it also made people clearly see the trajectory of their future development.

The three companies acquired by Eleven Studio are not aimless. New Market Pictures, Roadside Landscape Pictures, and Conch Pictures are the results of careful consideration.

New Market Pictures started out with distribution. It not only has a mature distribution channel, but also has a huge resource library of works. They have the distribution rights of more than 30 works, which is a lot more than Eleven Studios. . In addition, New Market Pictures has made great progress in the production field. Works such as "The Devil" and "Whale Rider" show their strength, and they have good cooperation with 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. relationship, which is a very important supplement to the eleven production.

Roadside Landscape Pictures and Conch Pictures are the most important additions to Eleven Studios in terms of distribution. Although Roadside Scenery Films has been established for less than two years, they are an authentic distribution company. They currently have distribution contracts with several top film companies. Their distribution system is very good, and they are considered the leader of third-tier top film companies. The distribution system of Conch Pictures is even better. They have an agreement with the largest art theater chain landmark company in the United States. With the addition of these two professional distribution companies, Eleven Studio's distribution department can be said to have leaped from zero to the forefront of second-tier film companies almost overnight.

After completing these three acquisitions, Eleven Studios seems to have suddenly changed.

Although the strength of the distribution department of Studio Eleven has just been established and has not been verified by actual combat, it has been estimated that even if it is not comparable to Lionsgate Pictures and Summit Entertainment, the distribution strength of Studio Eleven can already rank in the second tier. Top 5 movie companies. Moreover, Eleven Studio itself has the appeal of a series of works. "Eleven Production" has now made a name, coupled with Evan Bell's reputation, it is estimated that in the future negotiations with the theater chain, the major theater chains will In the cooperation agreement with Eleven Studio, the number of theaters providing screenings should continue to rise, and the distribution strength has the potential to rank among the top three of the second-tier companies.

In addition, Eleven Studio's current business in the TV field is really enviable. Among the second-tier film companies, even Lionsgate Pictures cannot compete with Eleven Studio. A series of works such as "American Idol", "NCIS", "Grey's Anatomy", "Doctor House", etc., these works are reused through DVD, TV broadcast, video on demand, advertising revenue and other channels, and the average annual Steady generation of $200 million in cash proceeds. Coupled with the current film products and music products of Eleven Studio, in fact, Eleven Studio already has its own industry chain, especially the music is a big hit, plus the distribution rights in the hands of the three newly acquired companies. , so that the company's annual stable cash generation can increase to $300 million. This is terrifying for a small company that currently has less than 300 employees.

What really makes Eleven Studios eye-catching is their foresight in the network field. At present, the investment of Eleven Studio - Evan Bell to be precise - on Facebook, yautwbe and itwnes has enabled Eleven Studio to have the highest network strength in the United States, even if the six major film companies are in The development of the online world is more than one step behind Evan Bell The weakest Disney has been left behind by a long distance, and cannot be compared at all, even Warner Bros., which is currently the most closely developed, They are all a long way from Studio Eleven and need to be followed up. Eleven Studio's strides in the online world have also become a major weapon for the company's rapid rise. The 21st century is known as the Internet era, and Eleven Studios' pre-emptive opportunities on the Internet are enough to make them the object of vigilance by all major film companies.

Judging from the current development trajectory, Eleven Studios and DreamWorks have too many similarities. They started out as producers, quickly rose to the top with a few blockbusters, then tried to expand, achieved success in the TV field, and now established The distribution sector has developed very strongly. But it’s still a long way to get into the big studio camp. Today, Hollywood still judges success or failure by box office, but in the comparison of strengths between companies, the power of box office is not really big. The real money-making business is theme parks and resorts. , TV network, home audio-visual production and movie derivatives Now Eleven Studio can only be said to be a company that makes money by relying on movies. If one day the works produced by Eleven do not make money, DreamWorks will be theirs future. Even if Eleven Studio can continue to make money in movies, it is hard to say whether it can shake the status of the six major film companies. Therefore, the comment of "Entertainment Weekly" gave Eleven Studio a comment: It has the qualification to spoil the game!

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