Chapter 496： What about the pay?

"Spider-Man 2" is in full swing, sweeping the entire North American box office market.

In this May, the entertainment media in the United States has only one voice, and that is "Spider-Man 2"!

In the second week of its release, the North American box office shrank by 48.2%, but still topped the list with $112 million!

The plot of "Spider-Man 2", which connects with "Spider-Man 1", does not need to explore the personal background of "Spider-Man", and adds more emotional elements and action scenes, which is better than "Spider-Man" in terms of viewing experience and fun. Hero 1"!

While Dunn Walker's "Spider-Man 1" scored higher and more meaningful in the overall rating of film critics, Ridley Scott's "Spider-Man 2" is clearly better than "Spider-Man 2" two years ago. "Xia 1", the momentum is stronger, more prosperous, and more popular!

After the perfect foreshadowing of "Spider-Man 1", "Spider-Man 2" began to focus on developing the entertainment and fun of the film, setting the style for the entire "Avengers" series.

"Spider-Man"'s sleazy and rude style is also vividly shown in this film.

Released for 10 days, the North American box office was 320 million US dollars!

"Spider-Man 2" became the fastest North American film to exceed $300 million!

The record continues.

But next week, the big show is coming.

"Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones" directed by George Lucas is about to land in major theaters after a wave of high-profile publicity!

The two most anticipated films of this summer season, in the May schedule, are right!

Such a situation, whether it is Fox, Universal, or Lucasfilm, Dunn Pictures, do not want to see.

The distributors, Twentieth Century Fox and Universal Pictures, had many discussions on the release time of the two films.

Dunn's "Spider-Man 2" will be released in May, "Pirates: The Curse of the Black Pearl" will be released in July, and "Omen" will be released in August.

According to Universal, it is hoped that "Star Wars 2" will change the schedule to June, and the schedules of several blockbusters will be staggered, so that both parties are good.

But Fox refused.

What are you kidding?

The Spider-Man franchise is fierce, but their movie is Star Wars!

America's largest IP!

It is simply impossible to change the schedule of "Star Wars Episode 2".

Will Star Wars be afraid of Spider-Man?

To change, it is also to let "Spider-Man 2" adjust the schedule and switch to June.

After several discussions to no avail, Universal communicated with Dunn whether to back down.

Tang En immediately stated that it was impossible to change the schedule!

"Spider-Man 2", not afraid of any film!

Twentieth Century Fox relies on "Star Wars Episode 2", and it's hard-hearted. If it wants to challenge Dunn Pictures, then it's fine. Dunn is even more confident.

"Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones" is almost the worst movie in the series. In his previous life, he only got the North American box office of 300 million and the global box office of 650 million US dollars, which is surprising.

Dunn also specifically asked Natalie how the film was made?

Her statement was straightforward, "Director Lucas is getting old, it's time to retire!"

Dunn is more confident.

In June, although no Dunn Pictures film was released, Universal Pictures had a film that Dunn cared about very much - "Bourne Bourne".

The film investment is not large, and Universal Pictures does not have much hope.

But Dunn is different. He knows the potential of the "Bourne Bourne" series, but if this action film is in the same schedule as "Spider-Man 2", there is absolutely no room for survival. But competing with "Star Wars 2" may have the potential to break through.

But now, the two high-profile sequels of "Spider-Man 2" and "Star Wars 2" will have a showdown in May, and they will be released in June, so that "Bourne Bourne" can develop safely, maybe It is more in line with the overall interests of Dunn Pictures and Universal Pictures.

Vivendi is already doomed, and the disputes between shareholders and management are getting bigger and bigger.

Now Dunn has regarded Universal Pictures as a possession.

CFO Brandi Norris has contacted a number of banks and can prepare loans of $4 billion to $5 billion at any time.

All is ready except for the opportunity!

As long as Vivendi is really in chaos, Dunn Pictures can fish along the water and bring Hollywood things back to Hollywood!

Take the world!

...

Vivendi's chaos is gradually expanding, and Disney's chaos is also intensifying.

After the resignations of Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, the "Save Disney" movement launched by Roy Disney and Stanley Gold has grown in momentum.

They set up a website, "savedisney.", which they wanted to use as a base to overthrow Michael Eisner.

They are trying to use the Internet to democratize the unresponsive company management mechanism to win more "dissenting shareholders" to vote to say no.

And on May 13th, they publicly published an open letter:

"The time has come for all Disney shareholders to take the first steps to push for the necessary changes in the company... Join us in voting against Michael Eisner, George Mitchell, Judith Esther Director Lin, John Bryson...by dissenting, you will send a message that the board cannot ignore...you will force the board to recognize a widely spread belief that both senior management and management must A major change..."

In addition to those criticizing Michael Eisner, the letter also harshly criticized George Mitchell, the chairman of the management committee, saying that he does not undertake any business at Disney, but charges more than $1 million a year, which is reputation!

Criticisms of George Mitchell are even more powerful than criticisms of Michael Eisner.

Because George Mitchell is so famous!

He was the leader of the Democratic Party, the leader of the Senate majority, and a veritable statesman.

After leaving the Senate, he went to Northern Ireland and ended the century-old civil strife in Northern Ireland with his incorrupt tongue and without firing a single shot!

As a result, he has personally won the Nobel Peace Prize and is the president and honorary president of several universities.

In the past two years, Disney has been at a disadvantage in the competition between Disney and Viacom.

Not only Viacom's business performance is beautiful, but also Redstone's strong political ability behind it.

Michael Eisner deeply realized this and realized that if he wants to compete with Viacom, he must have political influence, so he hired George Mitchell at a high price and made him a director and management committee of Disney. Chairman.

On the one hand, it is to restrain the internal forces of Roy Disney and Stanley Gold; on the other hand, it is to counteract Redstone's external political and business relations.

Unexpectedly, this has also become a point of attack for Roy Disney.

Someone like George Mitchell $10,000 annual salary, is that much?

Michael Eisner is annoyed!

But George Mitchell couldn't take it anymore. He was a politician and planned to continue to serve the federal government. His reputation was the most important thing to him. If Michael Eisner can't solve the immediate crisis, he will choose to resign and leave Disney, the crater of public opinion.

Of course Michael Eisner disagreed. In order to compete with Viacom, he had a battle with Redstone and tried his best to dig him into Disney.

Originally, I wanted him to be the co-chairman and president, but he had too many part-time jobs and no time to participate in specific management.

How could Eisner let go so easily?

After thinking for a long time, he chose to ask Dunn for help again.

Now, Disney has started the project preparation for "The Chronicles of Narnia 2", and the director is still Chinese director Ann Lee.

ABC Group also cooperated closely with Dick Clark Television Production Company to successfully produce "Wise and Brave" in a style more in line with Disney.

In order to gain more investor confidence, Disney must play its cards as soon as possible.

When "Spider-Man 2" swept North America, of course, it was more effective with less effort under the name of Dunn Walker.

It's time to kick off the live-action doubling of Disney's animation.

It's not about more money than less.

It's a matter of market effects.

Pull the tiger's skin, pull the flag!

Use Dunn's fame and influence to endorse Disney and stand for Michael Eisner!

"Dang En, you must help me this time!"

Michael Eisner's tone was eager.

Tang En's reaction was very insipid. With just one sentence, he was almost choked up.

"Oh, help you... how about the reward?"

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(Sanqi Chinese)