Chapter 644 (2/2)
From the initial little discord to the present deep entanglement, all originated from the entanglement of the Hurst family.
Simon can't forgive himself if he wants to let go of the other side when he has completely occupied the absolute advantage.
This time, even if we can't make the Hester family become poor, Simon will make the Hester family completely removed from the media industry, and lose the huge media empire that supports its recessive power. Even if the Hester family can retain some family background, it will lose its influence in this country.
Wealth and power are always complementary.
Without power, it will only be easier to continue to deprive a family of its remaining wealth.
What Simon said to Lydia Hurst last week when he was entertaining her mother and daughter was not a joke at all.
After breakfast, Veronica left for New York, and Janet would have gone. The merger of black rock asset management company and State Street bank asset management department is at a critical moment. Because of the president's wife's visit, women postpone their trip until tomorrow. After all, it's impossible to just let the female assistant who is not well-known come forward to entertain them. Simon doesn't care, but it will inevitably make Hillary feel despised and offended.
Simon is on his way to Daniels studios to start the day.
In order to avoid the attack of Batman: the rise of the dark knight, a super blockbuster on June 3, the summer program of 1994 was officially launched on Friday.
On May 13, a total of three new films appeared in North American theaters. They are ”star gate” directed by Michael Bay, produced by danielis entertainment, new ”race deep” by Spike Lee, a famous black director, produced by Columbia Pictures, and ”when a man falls in love with a woman” starring Meg Ryan, produced by Disney.
Among them, stargate is undoubtedly the most popular one.
Since he was announced as the director of Jurassic Park 2 in early April, and was selected to direct the first vermeen show, Michael Bay's Virgo has become the focus of much media discussion.
After several internal auditions to roughly confirm the film's reputation, Denise entertainment also decisively invested $20 million in the publicity budget.
With the production cost of $30 million, the total investment of Stargate has reached $50 million, which is the level of a blockbuster.
The new stargate is really better than the original.
Michael Bay made full use of the action adventure style he was good at later on within the budget, and the plot was no longer procrastinating and completed in one go.
Instead of focusing on portraying the eccentric alien image of Jay Davidson, the film tells a high-level story of human beings leading alien aborigines to fight against evil aliens and gain freedom.
Although it is a high concept film in essence, the operation of wormhole theory in the film is still very novel in the type of Hollywood science fiction film, which has become a selling point of the film.
In terms of casting, neither James Spade, whose style is more suitable for literary films, nor Jay Davidson, whose style is more suitable for crying games, has been used again. Casting basically follows the routine of American commercial films, with upright protagonists, playful male partners and eye-catching vases.Once upon a time, the heroine of ”Stargate” was a little-known newcomer. This time, Simon himself appointed the famous Hollywood beauty actress Catherine Zeta Jones. This British actress, who has accumulated a lot of fame in recent years, has a slightly darker complexion, which is very consistent with the style of the alien Aboriginal girl in the group photo.
Stargate scored 8.2 on Friday after opening with 2296 screens.
Since the official announcement of Jurassic Park 2, the media and the public have been observing Michael Bay with a magnifying glass, so it's hard to avoid being harsh. In this case, ”Stargate” can also get an excellent media score of 8.2, and Michael Bay's first feature film is equivalent to a perfect answer.
The box office of the film is even more satisfying.
During the first weekend from May 13 to May 15, the box office of ”Stargate” reached 25.63 million US dollars in three days. It took only three days to achieve the average sales of 10000 US dollars. It is estimated that the box office of the first week will be about 36 million US dollars. This kind of box office performance is far more than the other two blockbuster movies ”Four Weddings and a funeral” and ”detective plane head” launched by Denise entertainment in 1994. It is almost certain that the box office will exceed 100 million.
As long as the local box office exceeds 100 million yuan, star gate can recover the full cost only through the distribution of the North American Academy of art, and the follow-up channels will directly enter the profit cycle.
On the other hand, as of May 12, four weddings and a funeral, which had been released for 13 weeks, had grossed US $104.55 million, making it the first domestic film with a box office exceeding US $100 million in 1994.
Just over the past weekend, four weddings and one funeral received another $680000, with a cumulative box office of $152.3 million, and the box office is expected to be around $1 million for the whole week.
This romantic comedy, which is partial to Literature and art, is still showing on 563 screens. Although the box office is about to fall within $1 million a week, with the film's strong reputation and long-term trend, it's not a big problem to continue to earn $5 million. Finally, the local box office will reach about $110 million.
Moreover, the overseas box office of Four Weddings and a funeral is even better. As of last week, the cumulative overseas box office of the film has reached 153 million US dollars, which is expected to exceed 200 million US dollars, and the total global box office may reach 300 million US dollars.
With a production cost of US $5 million and a box office return of US $300 million, ”Four Weddings and a funeral” is almost the highest box office return film of 1994.
The other Kim Carrey comedy, detective plane head, grossed $77.26 million in five weeks as of May 12.
However, just over the past weekend, under the impact of three new films such as ”Stargate”, the box office of ”detective plane head” dropped by 31%, and only received $4.13 million in three days. It is estimated that the box office of the whole week will be about 6 million.
With the official opening of the summer program, due to the vulgar comedy theme of popcorn, the box office decline of ”detective plane head” will continue to deepen in the face of a lot of new film pressure. As of last weekend, the box office of this box office comedy with a total box office of 81.39 million US dollars is not a big problem for the local box office to exceed 90 million US dollars, but the possibility is very small.
Moreover, because of its emphasis on the vulgar comedy style of American local culture, the overseas box office of ”detective plane head” is not very good. As of last week, it has only earned 33 million US dollars, and the total overseas box office is expected to be about 50 million US dollars.
The global total box office is expected to be 140 million US dollars. Compared with the total investment of 25 million US dollars of the film, it is certainly a big profit. Simon knows that the box office appeal of Kim Carrey has not been fully stimulated, so he can only expect the box office performance of ”the disguised geek” at the end of the year.
As for the fact that the local government can't break the 100 million mark, Simon is not really sorry.
With a total box office of more than 90 million US dollars and entering the billion yuan club, it's more just a symbolic meaning, and it's more significant for actors, especially those just popular actors like Kim Carrey.
Moreover, because Kim Kerry tried to change the uneasy style of his original contract immediately after he suddenly became famous, it's just right that the box office of detective airplane head stopped at more than 90 million dollars. Simon is not a stingy person. If Kim Carrian is safe, he will give a big red envelope to the other party after the successive big sales of ”detective plane head” and ”disguised geek”.
Now, as soon as the comedian became famous, he began to make noise. Unfortunately, Simon would only give nothing.
The back-to-back production of quirky has been completed. If Kim Carrey continues to be ignorant, Simon doesn't mind keeping each other cold for a few years. Several other Hollywood studios may give in to a star who can bring a big sale of films. However, danielis entertainment has too many good projects to develop, and no one is indispensable.