Chapter 821

Hollywood is a circle full of personal heroism. When you can create a box office miracle, you are the hero pursued by all people, and the whole world will revolve around you.

However, few Hollywood filmmakers can be treated as heroes forever.

It's another cruel side of Hollywood.

When you are no longer able to create miracles and are abandoned by everyone, almost in a moment, there are too many people in Hollywood who have experienced such a strong gap in the past century. Therefore, many people have spared no effort to maintain their own scenery.

Steven Spielberg's recent mood is probably like this.

The fate of the veteran filmmaker, who made his name with "great white shark", has changed since the summer of 1986. Without the appearance of a young man, the name of Spielberg will still be a symbol of Hollywood after the new century.

The strong rise of danielis Entertainment Group has changed the fate of almost every filmmaker in Hollywood.

Steven Spielberg is undoubtedly the one who has been most affected.

Because Hollywood's resources are limited after all, the reason why Spielberg has been prosperous for a long time is that in addition to his personal film talent, the most critical point is that this filmmaker has always been able to enjoy the top resources in Hollywood, such as abundant production funds, top production team, generous publicity investment, high-quality film schedule, golden cinema resources, and so on wait.

Now, it's all taken away by Denise entertainment.

From "Lola Run", the American public's attention has been attracted by the name of Simon westero. Even in the first "Jurassic Park" three years ago, many people think that this is mainly due to westero's insight. Instead, Spielberg, as a director and producer, was placed in the second place, and later he was directly kicked out.

It's the first time in so many years that 29 year old Spielberg has been treated like this since jaws put him at the top of the Hollywood pyramid.

However, what makes Spielberg more uncomfortable is the great success of Jurassic Park 2.

When the box office of Jurassic Park 2 came out on the first day, Spielberg felt very bad. Counting the morning and night show, the first day income of $28.79 million was already the total box office of many blockbuster movies in the first week, but for Jurassic Park 2, it was just a day's income.

Three days after the first weekend, the cumulative box office of this phenomenal dinosaur blockbuster was as high as $83.16 million, directly surpassing the seven day box office of Jurassic Park three years ago with $72.17 million in the first week. It is widely predicted that Jurassic Park 2 will break the box office record of Batman: the rise of the Dark Knight last year with $113 million in the first week, creating a new opening box office High.

There is almost no doubt about that.

So, even though he was very careful, when he went to a meeting in Paramount Studios on Tuesday, June 6, Spielberg was stopped by the paparazzi who had been watching for a long time and asked him about the box office of Jurassic Park 2. Several paparazzi came forward with obvious preparation and deliberately blocked the collision. Spielberg, who had been cared for by Hollywood for a long time, had not suffered this This kind of treatment, even if he finally repressed his mood and didn't get angry on the spot, he was still photographed by the paparazzi with a black face on the car.

The next day, the news appeared in the media that "Spielberg left indignantly after hearing the box office data of Jurassic Park 2".

Any circle, no matter how deep the contradiction between them is, will not easily tear their faces open.

What's more, Denise entertainment is now so strong, and the media is making such a fuss, as if the two sides are already at odds, which is very bad for both Spielberg and DreamWorks.

Just like after the success of the film due to the discord of ET, Spielberg, in order to retaliate for Frank price, the then president of Universal Pictures, who had made trouble with the project at the beginning, wrote the clause of not cooperating with each other in the agreement every time he signed the film contract. The situation of Frank price in Hollywood can be imagined.

This time, if the circle also thinks that the contradiction between danielis entertainment and Spielberg is irreconcilable, then, whether it is active or passive, there may be the phenomenon of choosing the side. In the current situation of Hollywood, it is self-evident which side those people will choose. At that time, DreamWorks will be in a dilemma.

Therefore, even though he was choked, under the pressure of other DreamWorks executives and partner paramount, Spielberg still had to respond quickly to the gossip. He publicly issued a clarification statement, saying that there was no contradiction between the two sides. He also specifically mentioned that there was a contract left over from the global age with Denise entertainment, and he was very satisfied with "dwarf" Congratulations on the success of rocky Park 2.

Danielis entertainment also showed great magnanimity and soon made the same response. In an interview with the media, Jurassic Park 2 director Michael Bay also highly praised his predecessor.

This seems to be the end of the storm.

However, early this morning, Spielberg was still having breakfast with his family when he received bad news. Michael Clayton, the original author of Jurassic Park, whose CAA is in contact with him, finally got the latest sci-fi play tornado into the hands of Denise entertainment.The success of the series of Jurassic Park and the story of the emergency room has made Michael Clayton famous. Many Hollywood studios hope to win each other's latest plays.

In order to stabilize his position in Hollywood as much as possible, Spielberg took the initiative to postpone the lock breaking fury, which tells the history of slave trafficking, and planned to direct a blockbuster bomb again. Tornado is his favorite project. If it was a few years ago, not to mention directing in person, even if it was just hanging the name of a producer, as long as Spielberg spoke, those writers would cry and shout to send the script to him.

All this scenery has become the past.

Obviously, even if DreamWorks and paramount are willing to bid a higher price, Michael Clayton is still more willing to hand over the project to danielis entertainment group. Danielis's strong technical background of special effects can undoubtedly better show tornado on the big screen.

Michael Clayton's current coffee table can enjoy a higher profit share.

If the project is handed over to danielis entertainment, the film will be more successful. As a screenwriter, Clayton will get more.

Spielberg didn't know about the Matthew effect, but he realized that he was getting less and less resources in Hollywood.

CAA headquarters in Century City.

When he heard the news, Spielberg came here from his mansion in palisade to see if there was any way to recover. Michael Clayton's brokerage contract was in CAA.

As one of CAA's most important clients, Michael owitz personally received him, but owitz could not help him in this matter.

If it was in the 1980s, Michael owitz could make tornado a package project, and he had a big say in which studio to sell the project to. Now everything has changed. The huge investment in blockbusters, the rise of the film, let the studio regain the initiative of film production, strong danilisi entertainment, is CAA need to try to make friends.

Just like this time.

Michael owitz also tried his best to make Clayton and Spielberg cooperate again, but the attraction of Spielberg alone can't be compared with the whole Daniels entertainment group. If owitz obstructs and forcibly gives the script to Spielberg, it will not only offend Daniels entertainment, but also lose Michael Clayton, the gold medalist Households.

Of course, Michael owitz is not a snob who likes to be swayed by the wind.

The meeting lasted for an hour, confirming that there was no hope of recovery. Spielberg had to leave with the scripts recommended by owitz. He also knew that the CAA president had tried his best.

Today is Friday, June 9.

The beginning of another box office week.

Taking Spielberg into the elevator, owitz returns to his office and finally has time to pick up the box office report of the past week.

The box office of Jurassic Park 2, which we are most concerned about, is actually nothing new.

Just in the past week, Denise entertainment once again launched a wonderful marketing plan, announcing the one-day box office of Jurassic Park 2 on its official Facebook account every day. After careful study, owitz found that this marketing plan is absolutely brilliant.

In fact, ordinary people do not lack the ambition to create miracles, but most people are often unable to do so.

Danielis entertainment announced the one-day box office of "Jurassic Park 2" at the first time every day, making good use of the subtle mentality of the public that they want to participate in creating a miracle together. After the first day box office, danielis entertainment will take the initiative to create a new one-week box office of "Jurassic Park 2", which is just equivalent to a new box office miracle.

At the same time, the public only need to buy a movie ticket to participate and witness the miracle, almost involuntarily. Many fans who didn't plan to watch the film are affected by the atmosphere of this topic, and they will inevitably be affected to buy tickets. After all, Jurassic Park 2 is definitely a commercial blockbuster to watch anyway.

Recently, owitz, who happened to be paying attention to the Internet industry, also found that Denise entertainment provoked this marketing event and further promoted the popularity of the Facebook social network of igritte.

Kill two birds with one stone.

Finally, during the first seven days of the first week from June 2 to June 8, "Jurassic Park 2" opened for a full week on the basis of $83.16 million at the box office. The cumulative revenue reached $129.13 million, raising the $113 million first week record of last year's "Batman: the rise of the Dark Knight" by $16 million.

In contrast, a series of new films in the past few weeks of this year's summer season show, the best performance of "tiger gall 3", the box office figure of $29.88 million in the first week, is only a fraction higher than that of "Jurassic Park 2".What makes other studios even more uncomfortable is the box office performance of other films under the impact of Jurassic Park 2 this week.

Jurassic Park 2, which ranked first, grossed $129.13 million in its first week.

However, the second place Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep starred in the new film "bridges of Madison", which was well received by the audience, did not have much in common with "Jurassic Park 2". The box office of the next week still dropped by 36%, and the box office of a single week dropped from $15.8 million to $10.13 million.

If there is no Jurassic Park 2 and the comprehensive media rating of "bridges" reaches 9.0, the local box office is expected to have a very beautiful long term, and the total box office is expected to reach more than 70 million US dollars.

Now, from the box office of the next week, even if the decline will slow down sharply next week, since the box office of a single week has fallen into the range of $10 million, the follow-up can only earn about $30 million. The cumulative domestic box office of the film should be about $55 million, at least $15 million less.

As a matter of fact, the experience of "bridges" is already very good. The production cost of this feature film is only $24 million, and the publicity cost is only $10 million. Just at the local box office, Warner Bros. can basically recover all its investment, and overseas and follow-up channels can easily make profits.

And then there's ghost horse elf, third on the list.

"Ghost horse elf", which was painted at the same time as "tiger gall 3", also had a good box office performance in the first two weeks.

In the first week, it was US $25.71 million, down 29% in the next week, and earned US $18.19 million.

However, as expected, this summer blockbuster family movie, which was expected to go out of the box office long term, ran into Jurassic Park 2, which is also for all age audiences in the third week of its release. Inevitably, it also suffered a deep drop, with a 52% box office drop, making the box office of ghost horse elf drop to a low of $8.61 million.

The total amount of three weeks is 52.51 million US dollars. For the theme of ghost horse elf, even if the subsequent decline slows down, the local box office is only about 70 million US dollars.

The worst is "tiger gall 3".

Bruce Willis starred in the $90 million action blockbuster, after $29.88 million in the first week, the box office fell 37% in the next week, closing another $18.79 million. Then, in the third week of its release, the box office of "die hard 3" has plummeted 56% in the past week, with only $8.26 million left.

Three weeks after its release, die hard 3 grossed $56.93 million.

As a typical popcorn commercial film, the box office of a single week is only $8.26 million, even if the next decline will slow down slightly, "die hard 3" will only earn about $15 million in the future, and the local box office is expected to be more than $70 million.

The same $70 million domestic box office forecast as "ghost horse elf" is not a failure.

However, the total production and publicity cost of 130 million US dollars for "die hard 3" is too high. Even if the overseas performance is better, if the global box office is calculated at 200 million US dollars, fox will still be unable to avoid a huge loss in the short term.

Without "Jurassic Park 2", whether it's "tiger gall 3" or "ghost horse elf", it's very hopeful that it will break through the box office threshold of 100 million yuan.

In Simon's memory, the same is true.

Now, just these two films, the total domestic box office has shrunk to 60 million US dollars. Plus "bridges" and "forget Paris" and "special agent", which are still on show in the same period, it is estimated that "Jurassic Park 2" has taken at least 100 million US dollars from all these projects.

That's not counting the upcoming "brave heart" and "fate in the wind" in the next few weeks.

In the first week, the box office has already reached 129 million US dollars. Coupled with the better reputation than the first film, it is only a matter of time before Jurassic Park 2's domestic box office broke through 356 million US dollars of the first song, and even a hit of 400 million US dollars is not impossible.

You know, this summer program is not a phenomenal juxtaposition of "Batman: the rise of the Dark Knight" and "Forrest Gump" last year. Denise Entertainment's other summer program, "Apollo 13," is selling well. It's definitely not phenomenal.

In addition to the gains brought by the film itself to stimulate market demand, the domestic market is expected to reach 400 million US dollars, and perhaps half of them will come from the box office potential of other films.

There is a trade-off.

It's still a trade-off.