Chapter 1719

Carmen Keith nodded in agreement when she heard her boss's request not to let other goblins disturb her, and left the restaurant.

A file came in after a while.

While eating breakfast, Simon flipped through the box office data report for the three-day weekend from November 10th to November 12th.

The heaviest "Justice League: Invasion" at the end of this year will start drawing this Friday. Compared with "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", which set a box office record of 700 million US dollars in China a few years ago, the industry expects " Justice League: Invasion is the most conservative and also has a local volume of 600 million.

This also caused other competitors to evade.

One of the most important films is "The Bourne".

This completed spy movie was originally planned to be released at the end of this year. However, there is "Justice League: Invasion" in the Thanksgiving file, and "Lord of the Rings 2: The Two Towers" and "The Grinch" in the Christmas file. It is not appropriate to place this project anywhere.

Of course it can be plugged in too.

The problem is that "Bourne" is the beginning of an important branch series of the spy movie universe. If it is crushed by two super blockbusters at the end of this year, even if the box office is still considerable, but it fails to make it influential. must also be affected.

In the end, all parties agreed that Simon made a decision and postponed it until next summer.

A good movie is never too late.

Although some projects took the initiative to avoid, but last Friday, that is, November 10, the Thanksgiving file at the end of the year was actually officially opened.

Among them is a new sequel film, "Scary Movie 2" launched by Daenerys' New World Pictures.

This nonsensical series of spoofing various horror films was the first in 1998, with a production cost of 20 million US dollars, a domestic harvest of 146 million US dollars, and a global income of 273 million. It can be described as a big hit.

In theory, this should be regarded as an important series of films, not the kind that can be regarded as cannon fodder. However, Daenerys really has no shortage of similar series. As a result of her family background being too rich, she can only "internal friction".

The sequel was raised to $40 million and featured a cameo from Madonna. After weighing, the schedule is still on November 10.

Moreover, although Queen McQueen has a cameo, the quality of the sequel, at least in Simon's opinion, is only average, even if it really becomes cannon fodder, it will not be a pity.

Speaking of which, for the "Scary Movie" series, whether it is the original timeline or this time, just like many inexplicably best-selling movies, no one can say why the audience is so cheering.

After three days of painting, Simon made some preparations, but the first weekend's income still reached 25.13 million US dollars.

It is estimated that the full first week is expected to earn 40 million.

Even with double the cost of the sequel, that's actually a pretty good result.

It is conceivable that if it wasn't for a box office monster blocking the way, it would not be too difficult for "Scary Movie 2" to break through 100 million domestically.

Of course, even if "Justice League: Invasion" is bound to be crushed next, it is expected that the final domestic box office of this project will not be less than 70 million US dollars. This has exceeded the total project cost of 60 million US dollars including 20 million announcements.

Considering that the film's overseas schedule can be arranged relatively flexibly, it does not need to collide with "Justice League: Invasion", and it will recover more box office than the domestic box office. There is great hope.

Therefore, this is still a project that can achieve profitability in the theater stage.

I didn't expect much, but Simon was a little surprised by this result. Maybe the third part can also be included in the plan of New World Pictures. Of course, according to Simon's vision, the sequel should be delayed as much as possible, and will not be considered in the next three years.

In addition to "Scary Movie 2", the second place is a new film by Adam Sandler called "Pet Romance", which tells the story of a kind-hearted and dull veterinary doctor because of a pet dog. A heartwarming story of love finally reaped by accident.

After Adam Sandler ended his package contract with Daenerys Entertainment, because Simon insisted on the company's policy of not working for stars, he began to move to other studios.

This "Pet Romance" was invested by Disney, and the production cost was 60 million U.S. dollars. It is obviously a very suitable story template for Adam Sandler's simple and honest image. Therefore, it earned 23.93 million U.S. dollars in three days on the weekend, and it is expected to be about 35 million U.S. dollars in the first week.

Still because "Justice League: Invasion" stands in the way, with an estimated domestic box office of $60 million, matching the production cost.

Not a failure.

The problem is that the budget of this project is too high. Even if the overseas market can also perform better, it is unlikely that Disney wants to recover the cost in the theater stage.

This is also a kind of 'ebb and flow' that Simon is happy to see.

If major studios do not have enough accumulation, such as IP, such as long-term series, they can only accept this kind of cooperation with low cost performance, and eventually tend to be more and more in a state of barely maintaining.

In the past, the favorite partners of the Hollywood gangsters were studios such as Sony and Paramount, which were struggling to survive.

This time, Disney is mainly controlled by French Vivendi.

In comparison, even Paramount, which is backed by Westinghouse Electric, not only has series such as "Mission Impossible" and "Star Trek", but also cooperates with Spielberg and others' DreamWorks.

As for the others, not to mention.

Thinking of this, Simon once again realized that there are only five major studios left in Hollywood.

The ultimate goal is the tripartite confrontation.

Let's talk about the list of the first week of Thanksgiving. After two new films, the third place went back to "The Conjuring 4: Reaper" produced by Daenerys Entertainment's New World Pictures.

After a good start in the first week, "The Conjuring 4: Reaper" recorded a good drop of 36% in the second week of its release from November 3rd to November 9th, and received another US$50.77 million, and the cumulative box office quickly reached US$130.11 million.

This past weekend, "The Conjuring 4: Reaper" saw a 39% drop compared to the previous weekend, with another $20.37 million in revenue. The full third week is expected to take in around $30 million, thus pushing the project's total to over $160 million.

From the threshold of 200 million US dollars, there is only a difference of 40 million.

Facing the fierce momentum of "Justice League: Invasion", even if the film's box office drops by half next week, leaving about 15 million U.S. dollars, considering the next two consecutive popular schedules, the film's remaining single-week box office volume is not large. It will encounter too strong a shock, rely on long-term accumulation slowly, and collect another 40 million, break through the 200 million box office threshold, there is great hope.

Once the goal is achieved, "The Conjuring 4: Reaper" will also become the first film in the "Conjuring Cinematic Universe" series whose domestic box office breaks through 200 million U.S. dollars due to the limited subject matter.

It's worth celebrating.

Apart from the top three, the box office of some other projects fell directly to less than 10 million U.S. dollars in the three days of the weekend, which is not worth mentioning.

After breakfast, bid farewell to the big and small goblins in East Hampton's Seaside Manor, Simon set off for Washington to start various schedules.

While Simon is busy with his own affairs, two major entertainment news this week are gradually covering the aftermath of the previous general election. One is "Justice League: Invasion", which will be released on Friday, and the other is the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show that will be held on Saturday. show.

This is what Simon deliberately did.

Politics is so boring, wouldn't it be better for everyone to pay more attention to entertainment news to make the body and mind happy?

Moreover, this is firstly due to the high degree of attention that the two major entertainment events have. Otherwise, it would be difficult to attract much attention even if Simon is behind the scenes to fuel the flames.

The current situation is that it is absolutely at the national level, and it can even be said to be at the global level.

This can be seen in a certain unity around two things.

Outside the Holy Citizen Auditorium in Los Angeles, where the world premiere of "Justice League: Invasion" is about to be held, and outside the Armory on Rasinton Avenue in New York, where the new Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is about to be held, there are already fans more than a month in advance Set up camp.

On the streets of Los Angeles, cospalys around DC superheroes can be seen everywhere during this time.

And on the streets of New York, the angel posters posted by Victoria's Secret officials during this period have been stolen. The Manhattan police have also recently dealt with six consecutive stalking incidents related to Victoria's Secret Angels. This is the kind that has already been put into action and caused personal threats and has to be dealt with by the police.

In short, all kinds of fanaticism.

And every frenzy surrounding the two major entertainment events is a write-off of the aftermath of the general election just past, and the effect is gratifying.

Fast forward to November 15th.

Wednesday.

When Simon held a reception at his estate outside of Washington, where the president and his wife were invited to attend in a low-key manner, at five o'clock in the afternoon on the west coast in Los Angeles, the world premiere of "Justice League: Invasion" officially opened.

Downtown Los Angeles.

On the street near the Holy Citizen's Auditorium, a courtesy car slid slowly through the jammed traffic.

The little maid who came from China was wearing a bright red one-shoulder dress. Sitting in the concierge car, she looked at the bustling crowd on both sides of the road holding various signs mixed with various superhero costumes. She was filled with emotion.

When will I be able to act in such a world-class super blockbuster!

It's frustrating to think about.

Although she has successfully packaged herself as a superstar with international influence through the "My Fair Princess" series and "Legend of Sword and Fairy", plus some films in North America, but in fact, her influence Basically only domestically.

In Hollywood, Li Youhu, who starred in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero" consecutively, or Jiang Anqi, who is well-known for her role in "Taken", are much more famous than her.

Next, if the "Chu Han" series can be successful in the United States, it will definitely become popular again.

There is no her in it!

This time I came here to participate in an audition, and at the same time to join in the excitement of the world premiere of "Justice League: Invasion". However, it is conceivable that if the domestic operation is not good, it may be ridiculed.

The little maid believed in the strength of the Metropark Media she was backed by, but the problem was that the other big and small fairies who competed with her were not cheap.

If it's an internal fight... well, Gongdou, whether it's Jinshu or Weijing, others can only pretend not to see it.

Now I can only be thankful that the trio who became popular with "My Fair Princess" back then, and the other two, left Metropark because of their previous job-hopping, and at the same time left a certain man. It can be said that it is a drop in popularity that is visible to the naked eye.

There is no way, the current competition in the domestic circle is really fierce.

As for Hollywood, there is no follow-up.

Every time the little girl thinks of how Big Eyes flattered those Hong Kong filmmakers at a dinner a few days ago, she can't help but want to laugh. The role she despises, the other party needs to do their best to win it now.

I also heard that both Big Eyes and Ziweihua want to return to Metropark.

The little maid was nervous about this for several days, and finally couldn't help asking Ren Jingxi, and the answer was that this side had already rejected it, and the reason was that it was difficult to arrange resources.

This is also true.

Although the scale of Metropark is growing rapidly now, there is no shortage of contracted actresses of various types under its banner, and even some yin is flourishing and yang is declining. With Big Eyes and Ziweihua back, it is difficult for Ren Jingxi to reasonably determine the treatment of the two.

After all, the two left voluntarily at the beginning. Although it was considered a good reunion, it was also a kind of betrayal to a certain extent.

The traitor is back, if there are all kinds of good resources and good projects immediately, what do others think? It must be hurting morale and hurting people's hearts. And if 'overkill', it will make two people dissatisfied.

In this case, it is better to refuse.

Although she figured this out quickly, the little maid almost couldn't help but hugged her sister Ren and kissed her.

It's a family after all!

What is Metropark Media's yin and yang decline?

Outsiders will think so.

If you count a certain big backer, hey, the one written in the company name, Metropark is definitely full of yang energy. And with such a big backing company, those two thought they were famous and their wings were hardened, so they were so stupid that they wanted to leave solo.

Tsk!

Thinking wildly, the concierge car had stopped at some point, and was reminded by Mona Almery, a maid from Weijia who had been in touch with her in recent years and called from New York to act as an interpreter. The little maid hurriedly put away her thoughts, and Dong Lili, an Asian assistant who was in charge of her contact with WMA, and the stylist she brought from China helped her check her clothes and makeup.

After a short fuss, he stepped out of the car door opened by the driver.

Immediately overwhelmed by more enthusiastic cheers.

Knowing that none of these cheers were for herself, perhaps there were not many people here who knew her, the little maid still raised her head slightly, put on her best posture, picked up her skirt and walked forward slowly.

Dong Lili has already arranged for a photographer, so the little maid doesn't need to think about these corner issues.

Moreover, this time is actually not unrelated, the little girl has won the dubbing job of the Catwoman character in the Mandarin version of "Justice League: Invasion" before, and will participate in the promotion of this movie in China next , It can be regarded as a famous teacher.

Stopping and stopping like this, while cooperating with my own photographer to shoot, I also tried my best to get some shots from other flashes. It was not until the staff on the red carpet reminded me that the little girl moved again.

Finally came to the end of the red carpet.

It was still early, and many big names hadn't shown up. However, there were already quite a few people here. Everyone was not in a hurry to enter the venue, and stayed in the interview area to chat in small groups.

Not to mention other movies, "Justice League: Invasion" is a super blockbuster that attracts worldwide attention, not only for the fans, but also for the upper layers of the entertainment circle, the premiere ceremony has naturally become a big social party that attracts countless people.