Chapter 511： truth or Dare

Another week has passed.

"Spider-Man 2" is already under $2 million a week, and "Pirates: The Curse of the Black Pearl" has dropped below $20 million, including $4.5 million from imax theaters.

In the past 5 weeks of the release of "Pirates League", imax theaters have contributed $ 23 million at the box office!

This is the box office record for an imax movie!

When the overall popularity of the film declined, in the imax theater, "Pirates League" was still being released!

No way, there are too few imax film sources now, except for documentaries, it is a science and education film, "Pirate Alliance: The Curse of the Black Pearl" is the only commercial film.

However, this situation will soon be reversed.

Because of the popularity of "Pirates League", the imax format movie has officially entered the mainstream of Hollywood. The "Lord of the Rings 2: The Two Towers" released on Christmas has already contacted the imax company to urgently convert the imax version.

In addition to "The Lord of the Rings 2", 20th Century Fox also intends to convert "Titanic", "Star Wars Episode 1" and "Star Wars Episode 2" into imax format, re-screen it once, and make profits Squeeze dry.

Although this is suspected of robbing Tang En for the market, he is happy to see it happen.

The more sources of imax movies, the more imax theaters can be!

And these videos are converted into imax versions... Hey, imax can get at least 50% of the profits!

Nominally, an imax film costs between $2 million and $3 million to convert, and an imax film copy costs about $50,000, such as "Pirates: The Curse of the Black Pearl."

But this is all external publicity and external bidding.

The real cost is actually less than half.

This patented monopoly technology can make a lot of money for imax.

For various reasons, Dunn is of course willing to see more imax movies appear.

The box office growth of "Spider-Man 2" and "Pirate League" gradually slowed down. Fortunately, on August 2, another Dunn Films movie was released-"The Sign of the Sky".

With Mel Gibson in the lead, there's little need to worry too much about the box office.

Sure enough, in the past week, "Tian Zhao" won the first-week box office of 60 million US dollars in North America!

Looking at the whole summer season, the opening results of "Tian Zhao" are second only to three mountains: "Spider-Man 2", "Star Wars Episode 2", and "Pirate Alliance".

The dazzling box office performance of Dunn Pictures in the film market made Dunn pay more attention to the acquisition of Blizzard.

Only by acquiring Blizzard can he successfully start the shooting plan of the American drama "Warcraft"!

Then led the sta TV network to rise again, leaving hbo and sho far behind.

"Dawn, haha, good news!"

Michael Eisner called Dunn with great interest.

"Good news?" Tang En asked with a laugh, "Why, is the first episode of "Wise and Brave" released?"

"American Idol" ended at the end of June, and young female singer Kelly Clarkson became the first champion of "American Idol" and successfully won a $1 million contract with Universal Music.

Just last night, "Wise and Brave Breakthrough" also successfully landed on abc TV!

Michael Eisner was in a good mood, "surprise!"

"Oh? How?"

"The average viewership exceeds 23 million!"

"It's only 23 million? It's not that good." Tang En frowned, slightly disappointed.

The last issue of "American Idol" averaged over 40 million viewers!

What is this concept?

This year's Oscars, the average viewership is only 41 million.

In contrast, the results of "Wise and Brave Breakthrough" are not outstanding.

Michael Eisner laughed and said: "Dawn, you are too impatient, don't forget, this is the first episode. Besides, "Wise and Brave" is a regular program, and it can maintain 20 million viewers. It's already a miracle. I'm very confident in this show and will gradually put all the resources of "Millionaire" into this reality show."

Tang En nodded, "Well, okay, I'm very relieved to leave "The Great Adventure of Wisdom and Bravery" to you. By the way, the opposition within Disney is much less now, right?"

Michael Eisner said: "Of course, with the establishment of "The Chronicles of Narnia 2" and "Dumbo" and the popularity of "Wise and Brave", the whole Disney saw the benefits of working with Dunn Pictures, Luo said. E. Disney's rhetoric...it's a hole in the sky."

"Oh, all right."

"Hehe, by the way, your negotiation with Vivendi... how's it going? Comcast, I've run out of energy."

Tang En said with a smile: "It's almost there, you can stick to it for another month. Except for a small difference, the big framework has been negotiated, and these small problems have been solved, and then the price can be negotiated."

"Can it be done in a month?"

"can!"

Dunn is full of confidence.

Hanging up the phone, Dunn narrowed his eyes and pondered a little.

At this time in 2002, reality TV was still a relatively new form of programming.

Very funny!

If so, why not plan a reality show for starz TV!

The reality shows broadcast on high-end pay TV stations such as sta must not be noisy and cheap programs such as "American Idol", "Wise and Brave", and "The Bachelor".

Either take the exquisite and high-end route and invest huge amounts of money in the production; or take the large-scale route, you can take off, you can be naked, or you can recklessly say a lot of swear words that need to be silenced on public television.

That night, Dunn, accompanied by Anne Hathaway, took a cold shower. In this sultry summer, he had a bit of warmth and refreshment.

Then, the two of them wrapped in bath towels and walked out of the bathroom.

Dunn went directly to the living room and saw that Scarlett and Penelope Cruz were sitting on the sofa, watching TV with relish.

"Huh? Where's Nat?" Dunn walked over and kissed Scarlett on the face.

She went to film "Lost in Translation" at the end of June, and it was finished at the end of July, and Sofia Coppola was very fast.

Scarlet said casually, "In the study? She's about to start school and needs to make up her homework."

Her beautiful eyes stared at the TV screen, as if she didn't want to miss a single shot.

"What show is so attractive?"

Tang En was suspicious, turned his head to look, and laughed dumbly. It was "Six Feet Under 2" broadcast by starz TV station.

"Let's go, let's find her." Dunn took Scarlett's hand and wanted to go to the study.

Scarlett pouted, ten thousand unwilling, "Why? I still want to watch TV, this is the last episode! Or, would you let Penny and Annie accompany you first?"

Anne Hathaway couldn't help but pursed her lips.

She had just showered with Tang En, and naturally had some intimate contact. Her mouth was still sore and tired, and her knees were still red. At this time, Dunn must not have misunderstood because of that reason.

Sure enough, I saw Tang En gently pinching Scarlett's nose, "What are you thinking about? It's business!"

Scarlett was taken to the study by Dunn half-pushed, and sure enough, Natalie was here too.

"Okay, what about pouting? Don't forget, "Six Feet Under 2" is a TV series I invested in, and I have a set of DVDs there." Dunn kissed Scarlett a few times on the cheek, " I'm looking for you on business, didn't you see that I didn't even look for Annie and Penny?"

Scarlett's beautiful eyes lit up, "Really? Do you have the disc of "Six Feet Under 2"?"

"Of course, after the TV series is over, the DVD will be released in early September. I'll bring it back tomorrow so you can watch it!"

"Wow!"

Scarlett happily jumped into Dunn's arms.

Natalie frowned slightly at the desk, "What's the matter?"

Dunn took a folder from the bookshelf, pulled Scarlett to sit down on the sofa, and then waved to Natalie, "Come here."

"what?"

"I'm planning a reality show for starz TV. I've planned several projects. I'm a little undecided. You two can help me."

Natalie sat on the other side of Dunn, a little strange, "Let us both be the staff? Can you?"

Scarlett was also confused, "Yeah, reality show... I don't understand at all? I didn't even watch American Idol."

Tang En said indifferently: "It's okay, I said yes, it's alright!"

These several ideas of his are all successful reality shows in his previous life.

The main purpose of having these two girls as staff advisors is to create an opportunity for them to deepen their sisterhood.

"This is the first project, called "Truth or Dare."

"what?"

Natalie took the document Dunn stood up and changed seats with Scarlett, letting her and Natalie be next to each other and look at the information.

"This is a curious reality show. Of course, it can also reflect some sharp social issues and human nature reflections." Dunn was very happy watching the two beautiful girls leaning against each other to read the material.

Natalie glanced at it briefly, a little strange, "A program that answers questions? What's so good about this?"

Tang En said with a smile: "Did you not read it carefully? This is under the joint attention of the audience and relatives and friends across the country, answering 21 questions truthfully and truthfully, and passing the polygraph test."

Natalie's eyes widened. "You mean... ask some personal questions?"

"Not just a personal issue, but an extremely personal issue."

When Dunn said it, he was a little embarrassed.

"Truth or Dare" is a program, as long as you answer 21 questions truthfully, you can get a huge bonus.

It seems that making money is easy!

But how is it possible?

The contestants were very interested, and many of them could not answer the 21 questions at all, and would rather give up the prize money.

In the past life, as soon as this show appeared, it set off a strong public opinion. In order to get the bonus, the contestants would give a lot of shocking answers under the surveillance of the polygraph!

For example, the host asks, "Do you want your wife's sister to go to bed?"

That's just an understatement, if asked "Do you want to have **** with your wife's mom?"

Once the affirmative answer is spoken, let alone the contestants, even the group of relatives and friends will collapse and run wild!

All kinds of cheating, cheating, betrayal, death and other elements are emerging one after another.

So interesting, so controversial, and such a shocking show, can it not be popular?

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(Sanqi Chinese)