Chapter 1221： Listing Prelude

So far, the biggest blockbuster movie in the current summer season is Daredevil 2, which has been released for more than a month. The North American box office is 480 million US dollars, the overseas box office is 420 million US dollars, and the global box office has successfully exceeded 900 million US dollars. The $1 billion mark is on its way.

Now, it's time for a new hit - "Pirates Alliance 3: World's End"!

Different from the Avengers series, Mission: Impossible series, and Star Wars series, this series belongs to Dunn's "original drama", which is the work that he established as the first commercial film producer in Hollywood.

When "Pirates League 1", the film achieved a box office of 330 million US dollars in North America and a global box office of 750 million US dollars, which was a great success.

When it comes to "Pirate League 2", it is even more incredible, with a North American box office of 460 million US dollars and a global box office of 1.08 billion US dollars! It directly shook the whole Hollywood!

Also because of the unexpected success of "Pirates Alliance 2", Tang En's professional voice in the industry has risen sharply.

Now, the new work is here again!

"Pirates Alliance 3"!

The film is the most invested film this summer!

The production cost is 225 million US dollars!

100 million US dollars were announced in North America, 80 million US dollars were announced overseas, and the total investment was as high as 400 million US dollars!

Counting the subsequent dividends of the main creative team, in order for the film to be profitable through the box office market, the global box office must exceed 1 billion US dollars!

Possibly due to the good luck of Tang En's addition of a noble daughter, the film immediately became a new favorite in the film market as soon as it was released.

Friday, $55.83 million, Saturday $44.44 million, Sunday $35.36 million…

Including the early stage, "Pirates Alliance 3: The World's End" has a North American box office of up to 146 million US dollars in its first week!

Higher than Daredevil 2!

Of course, this is also the reason why the series is more family-friendly, humorous and fantasy coexist, and the word of mouth is definitely far worse.

It can also be seen from the box office trend that the box office diving of "Pirates Alliance 3" is not the same as the enduring strength of "Daredevil 2".

The difference is that in May, the global market for the summer vacation has not yet fully launched. By June, the summer season is completely hot!

The overseas market of "Daredevil 2" is gradually developed, and "Pirate Alliance 3" is released simultaneously overseas!

At the same time as North America, it also includes more than 30 countries including Britain, France, Germany, Australia, South Korea, the Netherlands, Japan, China, Mexico, Pakistan, Italy, and the West!

In the first week, "Pirates Alliance 3" took $146 million in North America and $275 million in overseas regions!

Worldwide first-week box office, over $410 million!

Created a new record!

Such an amazing result really surprised Tang En.

"Pirates League 3" isn't quite the same as the first two films because he worries about the series' reliance on Johnny Depp. At the heart of the film are Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway.

Armed with the family sword, Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway went to "the end of the world" to deal with pirates in Asia in the South China Sea, and then rescued Johnny Depp from prison and defeated the great The story of the devil.

The film marketed 112 minutes, and Johnny Depp didn't appear until the end of the film for 20 minutes.

Now, the movie has achieved great success, and also broke the world first-week box office record held by "Spider-Man 2", which shows that this model has achieved great success.

Weakening the role of Johnny Depp, the "Pirate League" series can still make fans pay!

For Dunn Pictures, this is the biggest success of "Pirate Alliance 3"!

Let this series have more long-term vitality.

It also gave the "Pirate Alliance" series of world patterns more space for exploration.

Next, you can connect with pirate organizations in the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Malacca, and develop this story of punishing evil and promoting good to the world, and truly tell the story of the "Pirate Alliance".

The summer work was very busy, but even so, Tang En also took three days off to spend with his wife and children at home.

After racking his brains for three days, he couldn't come up with a name for the child.

In the end, Natalie suggested, why not call her grandmother's name - Amalia.

Therefore, the name of Dunn's eldest daughter was decided, Amalia Portman Walker.

……

Three days later, Dunn returned to the company and participated in an important financial meeting.

The time has been determined, New Universal will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange on August 8, 2006!

New Global has already undergone share restructuring. At present, New Global has a total share capital of 1 billion shares, and plans to issue an additional 200 million shares during the IPO, expanding the total share capital to 1.2 billion shares.

The listed underwriters that have been identified are Citi, Goldman Sachs, Chase, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank.

The list of nine board members after the company's listing has also been announced, including Dunn Walker, Barry Diller, Robert Iger, Brandi Norris, Kevin Turner, five executive directors, and Steve ·Jobs, Jim Jennard, Prada family representatives, Dolby family representatives 4 shareholder directors.

The issue price... is still negotiating.

Because the performance of Xin Universal this summer is so good, especially the global hit of the movie "Daredevil 2" and the joint marketing of Prada and "The Devil Wears Prada", which has greatly increased the market's expectations.

The issue price discussed by the two parties is also rising, gradually rising from the initial $132, $133, $136, $138, $140... until the first week of the global box office of "Pirate Alliance 3: The End of the World" hit a record. It exceeded 400 million US dollars, which greatly improved the confidence of larger investment banks in New Global.

The estimated issue price has reached $146!

According to this standard, the market value of New Universal will reach 175.2 billion US dollars!

Such a market value is enough for New Global to rank among the top 25 companies in the world by market value!

Of course, this is not enough.

There are still nearly two months before the listing of New Global, and New Global still has enough time to negotiate with investment banks to further accurately determine the issue price that is in the interests of both parties.

For example, recently, Lucasfilm has been dealt with!

After a series of asset evaluations, as well as the agreement between Dunn and George Lucas, the two sides negotiated that the transaction will be completed at a price of 3.6 billion US dollars.

However, George Lucas is not short of money, he does not need cash, and New Global needs to acquire shares in the form of shares. At that time, George Lucas will also get an independent director of New Universal.

The specific transaction will have to wait until after the listing.

At this stage, the investment banks have completed the asset evaluation of New Universal, and if they buy into Lucasfilm, the work will have to be done again. It is impossible to carry out large-scale project transactions before listing.

Listing is a big event, and all shareholders are looking forward to it.

Once it's on the market, you can cash out!

Except for those major shareholders, most of the shareholders are employees of New Universal, especially those old team members who have followed Tang En since he started his business. Most of them are "subject-oriented" talents selected by Tang En through the system.

Fortunately, they are entrepreneurial veterans and hold a lot of shares.

With the listing of New Universal this time, they can take the opportunity to cash out, get a lot of money, and then truly change their lives.

In terms of Dunn's current wealth, money is already a number for him. It doesn't matter whether it is listed or not, whether it is cashed or not.

However, he is the big boss of New Universal, and he is responsible for all the employees, especially the old team!

He has the responsibility to let these subordinates who have followed him for many years lead a better life.

New Universal must be listed!

Moreover, the stock price must continue to grow, and as much as possible to create more wealth for their cash out.

Therefore, Dunn has prepared a series of good news, and will continue to release it in the following period of time!

Raise the issue price to the highest!

And, make sure the stock price continues to grow after the IPO!

For the benefit of shareholders!

Therefore, during this period of time, New Universal is trying its best to integrate the good news, and the general trend of "Daredevil 2", "Pirate Alliance 3" and "Avengers" released in July in the summer Driven by the new global stock price to the highest!

It is already 2006, and within a few years there will be a financial crisis.

At that time, there was mourning everywhere, no matter how good the performance of New Global, the market value would shrink by a large margin, so we must hurry up.

"The summer movie market should not be a problem. We need good news in the field of TV dramas. The copyright of "A Song of Ice and Fire" hasn't been negotiated yet?"

"I ran into some trouble."

Glenn Fierro, who was in charge of the copyright negotiation, was called to the office by Dunn, looking very embarrassed.

Dunn frowned, "What's going on?"

Glenn Fierro said: "HBO is involved!"

"HBO?"

Dunn's eyes widened.

In recent years, Staraz TV station has risen like a rocket and has become the favorite TV station of the American elite. The average monthly subscription fee is 9 US dollars. It still has more than 35 million users in North America, and the number of global users has exceeded 42 million. .

Under such a big situation, Dunn almost forgot about HBO!

Yes, in the past life, HBO was the leader in this field!

Glenn Fierro said: "HBO has just changed the person in charge. After the new leader took office, it seems that he intends to follow the development route of Starz, attracting audiences with high-quality productions. They want to launch an epic fantasy masterpiece, just like "A Song of Ice and Fire"."

Dunn was slightly annoyed and dissatisfied with his work. "We have been in contact with old Martin for many years! And if I remember correctly, we also reached a verbal agreement!"

Glenn Fierro was silent for a while, then whispered: "That's true, the old man did intend to cooperate with us to produce this fantastic historical masterpiece through Starz. But recently... He heard Some gossip, which upsets him."

"Gossip?"

"Well." Glenn Fierro gave Dunn a careful look, his level was low, and many things were unclear, "It is said... that we intend to make "The Hobbit", or even "The Silmarillion" American drama."

When Tang En heard this, he suddenly realized.

It seems that the old man lacks confidence!

Yes, this is the "Lord of the Rings" series, the originator of Western fantasy!

"Harry Potter" and "A Song of Ice and Fire" series are deeply influenced by "The Lord of the Rings".

Now, New Universal is going to promote the production of "The Lord of the Rings" related derivative American dramas, which is going to explode! In comparison, which onion is "A Song of Ice and Fire"? Isn't it a smashed product?

Don't talk about old Martin, even if he knew foresight that "Game of Thrones" was a big hit in his previous life, Dunn, who was the first TV series to hit the world in history, wouldn't be sure about the derivative of "The Lord of the Rings" Under the impact of American TV series, "Game of Thrones" can really compete.

Dunn had thought of it for a long time and said: "No such thing! You tell old Martin that the American TV series from the "Lord of the Rings" series will definitely not land on Starz! Now the fantasy American TV series on Starz is "Warcraft", wait again and again By the end of the four seasons, A Song of Ice and Fire will fill the void!"

"Really?" Glenn Fierro was slightly startled.

Tang En waved his hand, "You can write this clause into the contract!"

This was the truth.

Dunn has already planned the future trend of the derivative film and television works of "The Lord of the Rings". First, the American drama "The Man of Numenor" will be filmed, which will be broadcast on the streaming media Netflix for a total of three seasons. Then we will make three movies of "The Hobbit". After the movie is released, it will also be streamed directly. Next is the American drama "The Emperor Aragon", which has a total of three seasons and is also broadcast on the streaming media Netflix.

This will be an important sector in Netflix, and the key to allowing Netflix to catch up and defeat Hulu in a short period of time!

Indeed, it will not be broadcast on traditional platforms.

However, there is no need to tell old Martin these words.

This old man is a bit stubborn.

In his early years, he worked in Hollywood as a screenwriter. Later, he got annoyed that producers and directors would often cut his stories, so he left the screenwriting position and went back to writing novels.

People who have worked in Hollywood are usually more slick.

Get the copyright right now!

"If that's the case, then it's easy to handle." Glenn Fierro sighed in relief and nodded.

Dunn glanced at him, "Is there any problem with HBO?"

Glenn Fierro smiled, "No problem! HBO is not competitive at all in front of Starz!"

……

On June 19, Dunn got the box office report for the second week of "Pirates Alliance 3: The End of the World".

The North American box office is 130 million US dollars, the overseas box office is 210 million US dollars, and the next week box office is 340 million US dollars!

Released in two weeks, the global box office is 750 million US dollars!

I can't stop it!

Can't stop it at all!

This week, a total of 5 new films were released, but in front of this phenomenal blockbuster movie, everything became cannon fodder.

Even the "Speed ​​​​and Passion 3" produced by Universal Pictures, the new film was released. Under the general trend of "Pirate Alliance 3", the box office in the first week was only more than 30 million US dollars, which was very different from that of "Fast and Furious 2". Big, fans are collectively chanting for Vin Diesel's return.

Also on the same day, Universal Television Productions and Starz announced at the same time that they had reached an agreement with George Martin for the film and television copyright adaptation of "A Song of Ice and Fire". Within the next five years, this fantasy masterpiece will be adapted into The American drama, produced, is expected to be broadcast in 2010.