Chapter 1310： Defeated Maicheng

Compared with the grievances between Eleven Studios and Universal Alliance—Universal Pictures and Universal Music—in fact, Eleven Studios and Disney can only be regarded as having just turned their faces. .

In fact, before that, although the "Pirates of the Caribbean" cooperating with Evan Bell and Disney had a storm of changing roles in the middle, the two sides could still be considered to be in the honeymoon period. However, Eleven Studio Hukou completed the acquisition of Pixar, which put Disney in a difficult position. Then the "Four-eyed Chicken" was defeated again in the showdown with "Little Sunshine" and became the last to crush Disney. Straw, this made the two sides stand on opposite sides.

However, in the past six months, the relationship between Disney and Eleven Studios has been somewhat sensitive. On the one hand, Disney and Universal Music have cooperated on the release of the album, and the animation crisis that Disney has fallen into because of Eleven Studios has not been alleviated. Currently, Disney is working with Sony Columbia Pictures on the cooperation of Aardman Studios. Fierce competition, two years and three months have passed, and the situation is still unclear; on the other hand, Disney has cooperated with Eleven Studios on Pixar's peripherals, and Eleven Studios' olive branch has also eased Disney's crisis, especially It was Robert Eagle's dilemma. So, it's a bit more complicated between the two.

This time, after Disney launched the "Four-Eyed Chicken", the "Madagascar" media, which was suspected of cloning the old enemy DreamWorks, also took a wait-and-see attitude, especially in the "Four Eyes" storyline created by its own animation department. After the loss of Tianji, the media believed that Disney had lost its way after losing Pixar. And Pixar's last work with Disney, "Cars", has been confirmed for release on June 9, which puts Disney in an awkward position. "Savage Mission" can only win but not lose. The pressure will only increase.

In this situation, the showdown between "Beastly Mission" and "Ice Age 2" is all the more compelling.

As a result, the box office results came out. "Ice Age 2 has a strong box office score of 3,000 US dollars in the third week of its release, which is still astounding. Relatively speaking, "Savage Mission" only scored 9 million US dollars. The box office performance was so dismal that the media had to use the word "ugly" to describe the current Disney. This is definitely Disney's most tragic failure in recent years. Zhou Yi won the championship with a score of 38 million US dollars. Although the final result was not satisfactory, the global cumulative box office was also 230 million. But this time, the first-week box office of "Savage Mission" was less than 10 million US dollars. It only ranked fifth in the North American box office charts, not to mention the confrontation with "Ice Age 2, and it does not even have the power to shake." No wonder this grade is considered "ugly". And the evaluation of the media and the audience has not been able to cross the pass line, and the scolding is overwhelming.

The rematch between Disney and Evan Bell still ended in Disney's failure, and this time it was a disastrous failure. This shameful failure did not even need the media to deliberately exaggerate, and Disney was ashamed.

After the lack of Pixar, Disney has once again lost to Maicheng, and has stood precariously on the edge of the cliff, which has also made the animation department, which Disney relies on for survival, feel an unprecedented sense of crisis. With the $80 million investment of "Savage Mission" destined to go to waste, Robert Eagle finally showed his courage and quickly persuaded the board of directors to buy Aardman Studios.

Last year, Aardman Studios and DreamWorks co-produced "Super Gate Dog: The Curse of the Rabbit", although the box office results were not satisfactory, but the media and audience's reputation was unbelievable, and it also successfully won the Oscar Award for Best Animated Feature. This is Disney's best option right now.

So, after thinking about the pain, Disney and Sony Columbia Pictures launched the pursuit of Aardman Studios.

You must know that Sony Columbia Pictures is not a studio of Eleven. As one of the six major Hollywood film companies, they have the funds, connections and capabilities. More importantly, Sony Columbia Pictures is in the animation market. "Surfing Penguin" and "The Smurfs" all failed in box office and word-of-mouth. They were ridiculed, copied, and criticized for nothing. At present, the failure of works such as "Ben, Neng 2" and "Lucky Number Slevin" has also made people see the disadvantage of Sony Columbia Pictures in terms of distribution. Since the remake of "The Grudge American Version", Sony Columbia Pictures has It's really like "ghost upper body", except for Will Smith's "National Rivals" and Kim Kelly's "new money grabbing couple", no one is spared. Therefore, the distribution level of Sony Columbia Pictures is affected by Faced with severe challenges, it may be overtaken by Eleven Studio if you don’t pay attention at any time. Under this situation, Sony Columbia Pictures is also working hard, hoping to join forces with Aardman Studios to launch some high-end products. Quality works, re-call the company's momentum. . . .

The head-on collision between Disney and Sony Columbia Pictures has also attracted the attention of many media. The ups and downs of the DreamWorks acquisition last year and the unexpected acquisition of Pixar have all made people see the ups and downs of the North American film market. This situation will continue.

"Ice Age 2 repelled the challenge of the "savage mission", stimulated Disney's morale, and gave Robert Iger a rare courage, but I don't know if this time can be an opportunity for Disney to get rid of the decline. Regardless of whether Disney How the future will develop, at least "Ice Age"'s performance at the box office makes 20th Century Fox happy.

"Ice Age 2 stayed on the North American box office charts for eight weeks with an average drop of 26 percent, and finally reached $260 million at the North American box office, which not only easily surpassed the previous record, but also The excellent reputation has also continued the unbeaten record of Blue Sky Studio. Blue Sky Studio has become an animation production company that can be compared with DreamWorks Animation and Pixar. Unfortunately, the department of Blue Sky Studio is still too small and its products The number has not kept up with the progress, and there is still a long way to go in the future.

Although "Ice Age 2 is not produced by Eleven Studios, and the excellent quality of the work should be recorded under the name of Blue Sky Studio, but Evan Bell as a voice actor, his appeal has been generally recognized. Excellent box office results in North America. , on a global scale, it is even more amazing.

"Ice Age 2 has swept the box office of $510 million outside of North America. In addition to the impressive reputation of the first episode, the quality of the second episode is still excellent. Evan Bell is in the The global appeal is the most impressive. "Ice Age 2 has won the weekend box office for at least a week in more than 15 countries and regions, and its momentum is comparable to a summer commercial blockbuster.

In the end, "Ice Age 2" made an astonishing $770 million at the global box office, and became a player of the same level as Pixar's "Finding Nemo" and "The Incredibles", in a deserted time period like the spring. created a myth.

Four years ago, "Ice Age" won the global box office of 480 million US dollars, proclaiming the rise of Blue Sky Studio as a dark horse, and 2bZ is also a year of the initial rise of Evan Bell. "Ice Age" It is a must; four years later, "Ice Age 2 has a global box office of 770 million US dollars, becoming the second best work in the history of computer 3D animation after "Shrek 2 and "Finding Nemo", but this time, Evan- Bell is the number one contributor to the film's success. The passage of time, the change of circumstances, is so magical.

20th Century Fox officially announced after Ice Age 2's first-week box office miracle that Blue Sky Studios will fully devote themselves to the production of the third installment of the series, which is great for the movie's loyal fans. But a piece of news.

In fact, 20th Century Fox immediately called Teddy Bell, who was far away in Asia, hoping to get an answer that Evan Bell would continue to dub "Ice Age, not only because Evan Bell was for the One of the three most important roles in the film is dubbed, and it is because Evan Bell has become an indispensable member of the "Ice Age" series.

Originally, 20th Century Fox was also worried that after Eleven Studios completed the acquisition of Pixar, Evan Bell would reject this invitation, or at least consider it, in order to avoid Blue Sky Studio's work and Pixar's fight. That's why 20th Century Fox asked Blue Sky Studio's head Chris Wicky to communicate with Teddy Bell But surprisingly, Evan Bell readily agreed to this The invitation, out of trust in Blue Sky Studio and his love for the "Ice Age" series, Evan Bell nodded and agreed without even asking about the dubbing salary. This is absolutely great news for Twentieth Century Fox.

"For the media, Ice Age 2 is just an outpost of Evan Bell's appeal at the box office. With the opening of the summer season, Evan Bell, who missed the summer season last year, will bring a cameo. "The Queen Wears Prada", starring "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" joins the battle, this is the one thing that really makes people excited.

If you add things like how Disney will promote "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", and what kind of achievements Pixar and Disney's last collaboration with "Cars" will achieve, the summer season will be even more lively.

Of course, no one will want to forget that Evan Bell's first transnational cooperation with Europe, the film "Perfume", which took time and effort to prepare for a year, is finally going to meet the audience at the Cannes Film Festival. Open the focus of the eyes.

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