Chapter 730： The worst movie that Disney lost

As soon as the sun rose from the east, tight footsteps sounded on the cobblestone path of the manor. Ryan and Charlize in short sportswear walked through the woods one after another, letting their running shoes shatter and flicker. The fallen leaves with dewdrops, on the dappled light spots of the sun, left traces that belonged to the two of them alone.

They were not fast. After running out of the woods, they circled the garden and finally walked into the restaurant through the back door of the villa.

After taking the towel handed by the servant to wipe off the sweat, Ryan and Charlize sat at the dining table and beckoned to the former Mr. Bodyguard who had obviously been waiting for a while, "Hi, George, waited a long time."

"Ryan, if you don't come again."

No longer engaged in serious security work, George occasionally joked, "I'm going to eat up breakfast."

"If your stomach is big enough, I have no objection."

Ryan looked at the housekeeper sitting next to Charlize, "I think Lisa definitely doesn't like a fatter George."

"Actually."

Lisa holding the donut raised her head and said, "He is already twenty pounds heavier than his normal weight."

"Do you need me to introduce a weight loss coach?" Charlize turned to ask Lisa, "I promise, in just one month, the old George will change back."

Ryan has never been particular about table manners in private. Several people talked and ate, and it took about twenty minutes before they ran out of breakfast.

Back in the living room, Charlize and Lisa talked about some trivia about daily life, while George talked about what Ryan had told him to do some time ago.

"Sandy's trust fund, Scott has completed all the procedures." He flipped through several documents and said softly to Ryan, "Regarding stocks and dividends, at most the end of the month can be transferred to the trust fund. "

"As for the representatives going to Iran, two producers from Touchstone Pictures and Disney's Animation Department took the initiative to apply for registration."

"Also, the Google board of directors this month..."

"It's better that you take the place for me."

Take the coffee from the servant. Ryan thought for a while, "There is also the board of directors of Blizzard Entertainment next month, and you will participate for me."

George nodded lightly, then turned to the last page of the document, “This month, Disney’s office system was attacked by a hacker because we were prepared and the other party did not cause any loss.”

"What do Cook Dick and Robert Iger think?" Ryan frowned slightly.

"Their opinion is to report the case to the FBI."

Listening to George's words, Ryan lifted his chin and thought about it, "Yes. Also. Remember to remind them to strengthen network protection, and don't use email and office systems to communicate private speeches and opinions about celebrities among employees."

Sending George away, Ryan is still thinking about the hacker, it is hard to say that it has nothing to do with Iran.

After all, from "Argo" to "Spartan Three Hundred Warriors", although he has not personally made any remarks against Iran, he wants to come to the Iranian government to know what role he and The Walt Disney Group have played.

Fortunately, be prepared in advance. No loss was caused, but I still can't be careless in the future.

"I'm going to read the script." Charlize stood up and prepared to go to the study upstairs, "Are you with me?"

"of course."

Ryan walked over and pulled her up to the second floor. "I want to study my new role."

"You seem to be particularly concerned." Charlize quickly cast his lips behind Ryan, "I heard that this is your Oscar-impact movie specially prepared for Portman director?"

"Hey, dear."

Entering the study, Ryan closed the door. Pressed Charlize on the chair behind the desk, "If you want to be a director, I can also write a script for you."

"I have no interest in directors." Charlize shrugged. I took the script placed next to him, "Why don't we star in this movie together?"

"I remember when I watched it yesterday..." Ryan turned to the desk and sat across from him, "Is the leading actor a black man?"

"If you are willing to act." Charlize opened the script, read it, and said without looking up, "Sony Columbia Pictures must be happy to change the role of the actor."

Ryan knew that Charlize was only joking and shook his head, "The style of the whole movie will change. You should know that I am not suitable for a funny type of role."

"Sony Columbia invited Will Smith." Charlize just nodded slightly.

"Sure enough, it's a big deal." Ryan took the script of "Black Swan" and flipped through it at will. "Your two's pay will account for nearly half of the film's production cost."

The new movie they are talking about is "The Superman Hank for All". In order to impress Charlize, Sony Columbia Pictures directly offered 22 million U.S. dollars in remuneration, which made the South African Diamonds into the 20 million club in one fell swoop. .

"What do you think of the script?" Charlize asked suddenly.

For this purely commercial film, she, like most companies in Hollywood, has a blind obedience to Ryan.

"If the director doesn't make random shots, plus the appeal of you and Will Smith, the film's box office problem should not be big." Ryan's gaze fell on the script in Charlize's hands. "But, how do you say this script? What..."

"Huh?" Charlize raised his head.

"I feel that there are two styles before and after, it seems to be written by two people or two teams." Ryan shook his head and joked, "I really suspect that the screenwriter was kidnapped by aliens before he finished writing. , So Sony Columbia had to make another substitution."

"I'm not kidding you." Charlize's eyes fell back to the script. "I want to study the characters. The film will start shooting soon."

Nodded, Ryan put the script of "Black Swan" aside, fetched a notebook, and flipped through the latest work emails.

"Iron Man", which was first released by Walt Disney in this summer, just rolled off the North America. The North American box office finally stopped at US$348.55 million. The current overseas box office is close to US$300 million, and the global box office exceeds US$650 million. There must be no problem.

On the other hand, the "Iron Man" Blu-ray discs began to accept online bookings last month, and the current pre-sale sales have reached 2.82 million sets. It is estimated that after the disc is officially launched, sales in North America will exceed 4 million sets in the first week.

Just 4 million sets of CDs can bring nearly 40 million US dollars in profits for Disney.

Compared with "Iron Man", "Cars", which also started pre-sales on Blu-ray discs, is much worse. The current number of North American reservations is only more than 800,000, and the box office performance is also much worse.

After the North American box office of "Cars 2" surpassed 240 million US dollars, it almost fell into a standstill. The box office performance of this film is indeed a lot slower than the previous works of Pixar Studios.

However, just like the "Wall Street Journal" commented, it has almost become a boy's "Disney Princess Series". The sales of peripheral toys in the film have been amazing under Disney's vigorous promotion.

So far, the global box office of the film has only exceeded 400 million U.S. dollars, and the sales of many peripheral products such as toys, models and cultural shirts have exceeded 500 million U.S. dollars worldwide.

In addition, Disney’s game department is developing a game called "Cars: Rapid Lightning", and the amusement park company is investigating and demonstrating the feasibility of converting an old car park in Disney’s California Adventure Park into a "racing world" recreation area. .

There is also "Jurassic Park 3" with outstanding commercial performance. This film with 3d and imax as its main selling points, although the dinosaur boom caused is far from being compared with "Jurassic Park" when it was released, 3d and imax The high ticket price of imax made up the gap in the number of movie viewers.

After more than a month of screening, the North American box office of the film is steadily approaching 400 million US dollars, and the global box office is about to touch the 1 billion US dollar mark.

Perhaps for professionals, this is just an ordinary film showing off visual effects, but for the entire film industry in North America, it has extraordinary significance.

The great commercial success of "Jurassic Park 3" fully demonstrates the benefits that 3D and imax can bring, and greatly accelerates the increase in 3D screens and the construction of imax cinemas in North America and the world.

Less than two months after the box office of "Jurassic Park 3" was released in the first week, 170 3D screens were added in North America alone, and nearly 50 imax cinemas are under construction.

Following the trend is a common phenomenon all over the world.

There is also "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: The End of the World", as the end of the trilogy, the global box office of this film is slowly approaching 1 billion US dollars, and the subsequent sequel, because of the need to change the director, starring and Johnny ? Depp's see-saw negotiation will inevitably fail to start in the short term.

In addition to films, Walt Disney is slowly taking stock of DreamWorks Animation Studios. The shares held by Disney Group are infinitely close to the five percent that must be disclosed to the market.

Of course, Disney’s films are not without failures. For example, the NBA's "Road to Glory" released by Bowei International, with a total investment of more than 60 million U.S. dollars, returned to the North American box office of 32.64 million U.S. dollars. The overseas box office, which has become more and more important, is even more terrible.

The film released at the beginning of this year has so far only been introduced in three overseas regions: Germany, New Zealand and Australia, and it has only received a pitiful US$290,000 in overseas box office. The weak performance of the film directly affects the confidence of overseas distributors, unless forced to cooperate with Other movies are sold in bundles, otherwise it will be difficult to find other overseas distributors.

The overseas box office revenue that "Route of Glory" can bring can only be said to be better than nothing. Disney has no plans to bundle sales, and is currently negotiating with some overseas companies to sell the copyright of DVD video tapes.

However, even relying on the surroundings, "The Way to Glory" will be the worst movie that Disney has lost in the past two years. (To be continued...) ()