Chapter 515： When the acquisition is in progress

In late August, the summer season has come to an end.

Several popular blockbusters have all begun to turn cold.

"Spider-Man 2" has grossed $560 million in North America and $1.29 billion worldwide, making it even better than Dunn Walker's "Spider-Man 1".

The ability of the great British director Ridley Scott has been further recognized.

However, at present, "Spider-Man 2" has lost the room for further growth at the box office. Only 32 theaters in North America are still showing, and the weekly box office is less than 100,000 US dollars; overseas markets are no longer dynamic, and the weekly box office has also dropped to 400,000. less than US dollars.

According to rumors, "Spider-Man 2" will officially drop before August 31.

Then on September 1st, the tapes and discs were released.

"Spider-Man 1" in the past two years, the global sales of video tapes, DVDs reached 680 million US dollars! This market alone has brought more than $300 million in net income to Dunn Pictures.

After "Spider-Man 2" was released from the cinema, there is still a huge market waiting to be developed!

Many people think that movie fans will not buy DVDs after watching the movie in the cinema.

On the contrary, generally speaking, the main force of buying DVDs are those avid movie fans who have seen "Spider-Man 2" in the cinema one or more times.

Never underestimate the IQ of Hollywood.

Film people have long understood the minds of fans.

The dvd version often differs from the theater version, adding some scenes that were deleted in the theater, as well as some behind-the-scenes footage and other bonus content.

For example, "Spider-Man 1", the ordinary DVD has 5 minutes of scenes and 10 minutes of footage, and the deluxe version has 10 minutes of scenes and 20 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage.

These elements are the biggest guarantees to attract fans to buy DVDs.

The most worth mentioning is "Instinct", such a large-scale film, the sales of video tapes and DVDs are even better.

There are many shots that are not easy to show in the cinema, but in the DVD... everything.

"Instinct" actress Sharon Stone, who has denounced the luxury DVDs released on the market, has exposed her to nothing.

The DVD release of "Spider-Man 2" will still use the same model as "Spider-Man 1", with a slightly higher price, $15.99 for the regular DVD and $36.99 for the deluxe DVD.

The videotape is only available in one edition and costs $59.99.

"Spider-Man 2" is about to be released, and the global box office of 1.29 billion US dollars is blinding.

Under this kind of light, the other two commercial blockbusters with excellent box office by Dunn Pictures this summer are relatively bleak.

"Pirates League: The Curse of the Black Pearl" grossed $280 million in North America and $310 million overseas, for a total of $590 million, seven weeks after its release.

And "Star Wars: Episode II: The Clones Menace" global box office equal!

"The Signs of the Sky" starring Mel Gibson, three weeks after its release, the North American box office has also exceeded 200 million US dollars, and the overseas box office has exceeded 130 million US dollars. According to this trend, the global box office is expected to be between 380 million and 420 million US dollars, which can be successfully recovered through the box office market.

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In September, "The New York Times" was released; in October, "The Hours" was released; in November, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was released; in December, "Gone Girl" and "Chicago" were released.

This year, Dunn Films and its studios have released a total of 10 films, all of which have received high attention from entertainment news without exception.

Even a low-cost B-level horror movie like "Chainsaw 2" has had a wave of craze.

The upcoming "New York City" in September, directed by the great director Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo Ricaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, can be described as starlight gleaming.

However, in this late August, the entertainment section of the entire North America did not pay as much attention to this film as expected.

Because, there is more important news!

On August 18, Fox News reported: "Since last summer, there have been rumors in Hollywood that 'Town Pictures is going to eat Universal', this news has aroused everyone's speculation. Wandi is in a debt crisis, and Dunn Pictures finally took action! It is expected that Dunn Pictures and Vivendi will reach an agreement within one month, and the transaction volume...will even reach 17 billion US dollars. "

On August 19, the entertainment page of The New York Times: "Vivendi owns many valuable companies. After this acquisition, Vivendi may only have local French entertainment assets such as canal+ and Gaumont Pictures. U.S. assets, Metropolis was sold to Dunn Films. It is worth mentioning that Vivendi’s entertainment department has a total debt of 10.2 billion US dollars, and Vivendi is expected to resolve this debt together through this transaction.”

On August 19, cnn news reported: "It is reported that Dunn Pictures will pay no less than 15 billion US dollars to win titles including Universal Pictures, Universal Music, Blizzard Studio, Snow Mountain Studio, Houghton Mifflin. Publishing house, usa TV network and other related assets. Especially Universal Pictures, which owns well-known works such as "Jurassic Park", "e.t.", "King Kong" and "Schindler's List"."

On August 22, The Hollywood Reporter interviewed Bill McNick, president of Dunn Pictures, who said: "Downe Pictures and Universal have an unparalleled business combination that allows us to create more attractive This is a win-win deal and we can see the results soon.”

On August 23, the front page of the "Los Angeles Times" featured a shiny headline in bold: "The deal is over! $16.2 billion! Tang En Pictures successfully won the Universal Pictures and other related assets. 》

However, on the same day, cnbc TV gave a different answer: "According to two people "qingren", the transaction between Dunn Pictures and Vivendi is still in the negotiation stage. Dunn Pictures has given the latest offer, asking for the The purchase price will be reduced to below $16 billion and will facilitate further cooperation between the usa network and canal+ network.”

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Vigorous news reports quickly spread from the entertainment version to the commercial version.

Dunn Pictures' acquisition of Vivendi's entertainment assets has become the most topical news in the United States!

Last year, the American media once chanted "America Beware! Europe is here! ", expressing concern and nervousness about Messier's entry into the US media industry, "be wary of this wolf from Europe", "European companies have returned to the playing field", "Vivendi has tied with Time Warner and News Corp." .

Well, it's only been a year.

Dunn is about to represent the United States and buy back the "national industry" of the United States.

Whether it is Universal Pictures, Universal Music, or Mifflin Press, they are all American brands with a long history, and they are owned by foreigners.

On August 26, Dunn called Vivendi's chairman Jean Furtu and CEO Jean Levi by phone.

On August 27th, Dunn took a special plane again and flew to Paris...

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(Sanqi Chinese)