Chapter 213： Rule the summer season!

On Friday, August 4th, another weekend started.

The cinema was lively, with crowds of people, restless, and long queues lined up to buy tickets to enter.

Dunn and Natalie, under the **** of two plainclothes bodyguards, wearing sunglasses and a peaked cap, also quietly walked into the movie theater to watch the new movie of old cowboy Clint Eastwood-" Space Cowboy.

Although Dunn said in an interview that he would buy tickets to watch "Transparent" and "Space Cowboy", in contrast, he had no interest in "Transparent".

Dutch director Paul Verhoeven came to Hollywood in the 1980s, and he did make several excellent films, including Robocop, Cosmic Dragon, and Instinct, all of which were box office hits.

However, when "Instinct" was a success at the box office, it also received huge criticism. Paul Verhoeven was caught in the whirlpool of public opinion.

The film "Transparent Man and Demon" has good creativity and realistic special effects, but it lacks flesh and blood characters and plots. It is like spending 95 million US dollars to shoot a B-grade film. It is hasty and empty, and has no charm.

In contrast, the movies of the old man Clint Eastwood, each of which is worth watching again and again.

But... fans obviously don't think so.

The settings of "Invisibility Potion" and "Invisible Man" in "Transparent Man and Demon" are really fascinating!

After three days of the weekend, the North American box office was released.

The sci-fi thriller "Transparent", which was severely criticized by a group of heavyweight media such as "Entertainment Weekly", "New York Post", "Times Weekly", "Los Angeles Times", took the top spot in this weekend's box office list!

It reached $26.41 million!

Secondly, the comedy "Professor Fat Guy 2" released by Universal Pictures at the end of July, with 18.16 million US dollars in the account for three days over the weekend!

The third place is "Space Cowboy", which is widely praised by the media, with a box office of 18.09 million US dollars, which is not far behind the second place.

Next, is the Disney movie "Girls Club" released at the same time as "Transparent" and "Space Cowboy"?

it's not true!

No. 4 on the list is DreamWorks' film "Dangerous", which has been in theaters for three weeks, with a box office of $13.8 million.

And then, it's still not "Girls Club"!

The "Spider-Man", which shocked the whole summer and was released for 44 days, occupied the fifth place on this list with an income of 7.85 million US dollars!

After that, it was Jerry Bruckheimer's first musical, "Girls Club," which grossed only $6.55 million in its first three days of release.

No. 7 is "Scream" by Miramax, a Disney subsidiary, with a box office of $4.21 million...

Defeat again and again!

At the end of June, "Spider-Man" crushed Disney's action blockbuster "Sixty Seconds" with an unshakable attitude.

As a result, the North American box office of "Sixty Seconds" is only 42.39 million US dollars and the overseas box office is 56.7 million US dollars. Although the total box office of over 100 million is just around the corner, thinking of the film's cost of 90 million US dollars, 60 million US dollars of publicity expenses, and 100 million US dollars of box office revenue can only bring bitterness.

In July, Miramax's "Scream" was released, entered the film market as a dark horse, and caused a sensation, which made Disney a lot of face.

But don't forget, no matter how much "Scream" is praised, it can't change the fact that this movie has never surpassed "Spider-Man" on the weekly box office list.

It's just because the momentum of "Spider-Man" is so fierce and so popular that everyone thinks that "Scream" is ranked below "Spider-Man" as a matter of course.

This doesn't change the fact that "Scream" was crushed by "Spider-Man" at the box office!

By August, the North American box office of "Spider-Man" has reached 450 million US dollars, the market is close to saturation, and Disney has released another new film - "Girls Club".

Now, it's a critical moment for Disney to surpass "Spider-Man" at the box office this summer!

However, Dunn didn't play cards according to common sense and chose the despicable act of harming others and not himself. Instead of promoting "Spider-Man", he vigorously promoted the two films "Transparent" and "Space Cowboy" that were released at the same time.

Rao was racking his brains with the Disney Marketing Department and Jerry Bruckheimer, and did not expect Dunn to choose such a lose-lose approach.

Kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred!

Suppress all movies including "Spider-Man" and "Girls Club" by promoting two new movies from Warner and Columbia!

Obviously, Dunn's strategy has succeeded again.

Although "Spider-Man"'s weekend revenue, compared to expectations, fell by about $1.5 million. But with the current box office revenue of "Spider-Man", do you still care about the $1.5 million?

In contrast, fame is more important!

In the summer of 2000, Dunn Pictures strangled three Disney films, "Sixty Seconds", "Scream" and "Girls Club" through the movie "Spider-Man".

Sweep thousands of troops with one's own power!

This summer, Dunn dominates the summer season, and "Spider-Man" is a nightmare hanging on Disney's head!

...

DreamWorks is not well managed and its performance is not good. Fortunately, the major shareholder is Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft.

The most uncomfortable person was actually Steven Spielberg.

In order to increase performance, Spielberg personally produces three films a year, either directing or supervising, which is a lot of work. However, with his own power, it is really difficult to save the gradually collapsed DreamWorks.

Jeffrey Katzenberg is still burning money to engage in animation, and David Finger is even more outrageous in the music department, investing a lot of money, but it doesn't work.

However, David Finger is the second largest shareholder of DreamWorks. He likes to burn money and others can't stop him, but Jeffrey Katzenberg... makes Steven Spielberg a little disgusting.

Spielberg came to Katzenberg's office again and said with a smile, "Congratulations!"

Katzenberg was stunned for a moment and pointed to his nose, "Are you talking to me?"

Spielberg laughed: "Didn't you watch the news? Disney is having a hard time right now, losing face and losing money!"

Katzenberg was stunned and sneered: "Who said no? I've said before that a company has a soul, which is related to the temperament of a leader. Michael Eisner is arrogant and strong-armed. The arrogant and stronger Tang En, it's no wonder that he doesn't suffer!"

Spielberg had more contact with Dunn, shook his head and said, "Jeffrey, you are wrong, Dunn... Unlike Eisner, he is not mature at all like a young man."

Katzenberg looked incredulous, "Mature? Not necessarily? If he's mature, will he flip the table with Disney?"

Spielberg pondered slightly and said slowly: "I think... this may be his coup!"

"Oh? How do you say it?"

"Have you forgotten? Some time ago, Dunn Pictures proposed to acquire the animation department?"

Speaking of this, Jeffrey Katzenberg's face is not very good-looking.

DreamWorks Animation Department is a studio he built with all his efforts in recent years. It has been integrated with his soul. Unless it is a last resort, it will never be packaged and sold.

"That's why I said, Dunn Walker... He is really good at making movies, but his character is a bit impetuous and proud of young people."

Spielberg looked solemn, "Jeffrey, do you think Dunn Pictures is not qualified to acquire the animation department?"

Katzenberg knew that Spielberg had long wanted to sell the animation department, which had been losing money, and concentrate on making live-action movies. He immediately retorted, "Do you think you are qualified? The animation department is in DreamWorks, with Mr. Allen's Funding, I personally manage it, it is difficult, and if it is sold to Tang En Pictures, he will be able to turn a stone into gold?"

Spielberg nodded and smiled, "So, that's the point!"

Katzenberg frowned slightly, looking at Spielberg.

"I don't know if you've heard of it. Back then... Dunn made a request for the acquisition of Universal Pictures!" Spielberg lowered his voice, obviously this is a secret in the industryDreamWorks and Universal's relationship is very good. Now all mainstream commercial films produced by DreamWorks are distributed by Universal. There is a lot of contact between high-level people, so they will hear some relatively secret inside information.

Katzenberg curled his lips in disdain, "It's just a joke, are you serious?"

No matter how bad the situation of Universal Pictures is, it will not fall to the end of being acquired by Tang En Pictures. Take a look at which group companies are Universal Pictures under in the past few years?

Panasonic!

Seagram Group!

Vivendi Group!

The momentum of Tang En Pictures is very strong, but it is not qualified to acquire Universal Pictures.

But soon, Jeffrey Katzenberg reacted, and Spielberg has something to say!

"what?"

Katzenberg's eyes suddenly lit up, revealing a look of astonishment, staring at Spielberg in a daze, because he is well-informed, he can't help but feel astonished, "You mean...the reason why he is Fighting Disney with great fanfare is because...because..."

Spielberg made a downward gesture and whispered: "This is just a guess, but after several contacts with Dunn, I found that this young man behaves in a well-organized manner, and is humble and polite. It seems like the arrogant image that is often displayed in front of the media."

Katzenberg took a breath and lit up, pondered for a while, before nodding silently, "If all this is really Dunn's self-performance and personal calculations, then this young man... is too surprising."

"Yeah, he's really surprising."

Spielberg sighed deeply, "He's made three movies that have grossed over $1 billion at the box office, and I don't have one yet..."

"Steven!" Katzenberg called out, "In my heart, you are the best director in Hollywood!"