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Two other new films.

"Presumed Innocence" starring Harrison Ford ranked third, with a box office of 1171 million US dollars in the first week, which unfortunately failed to break through [-].

No.4 "Back to the Future 3" received another US$1084 million in the third week of release, and the cumulative box office reached US$5272 million.

Disney's re-release of "The Jungle Book" came in fifth with $770 million in its opening week.

In addition to the top five, "Firebird Attack", which was drawn at the same time as "Back to the Future 3", had a single-week box office drop to 178 million US dollars in the third week of its release. In three weeks, "Firebird Attack" accumulated box office It is only $1201 million. It is expected that after the release next week, most of the screens will be removed, and the final box office can only stay at around $1500 million. Paramount cannot even recover the cost of publicity and distribution relying on the North American box office.

On June 6th, the new week, North American theaters will still release two new films at the same time. The comic book adaptation film "The Greatest Detective" starring Dee and Madonna.

Chapter 342 Fighting against wits and stars (repair)

It's impossible for any movie to be completely useless.

What's more, since the original "Sleeping with the Enemy" can earn more than $1 million in the North American box office, there must be some elements in this movie that can arouse the audience's interest.

After Daenerys and Fox’s joint word-of-mouth public relations, when the film was released on June 6, the mainstream media’s evaluation of the film was either optimistic about the performance of the new protagonist Michelle Pfeiffer, or praised the film’s soundtrack , or dig deeper into the film's exposure and accusations of domestic violence.

All in all, it's basically all positive.

When the comprehensive media score statistics were released, the score of 6.7 points for "Sleeping with the Enemy" even surpassed the 6.4 points of "Supreme Detective" in the same period, and it was much higher than the 5 points or less estimated by the release team before the film was released based on the test screening feedback. point.

In addition, "Sleeping with the Enemy" is the first of the 10 foreign cooperation films of Daenerys Entertainment that the media and fans have been paying attention to for a long time. The foundation of popularity has been laid before the filming started.In the end, during the first three days of the opening weekend, "Sleeping with the Enemy" won a box office of 1719 million US dollars with a screening scale of 1886 screens.

The average number of theaters in three days exceeded [-], making it one of the best-selling movies in one fell swoop.

In comparison, Disney's "Supreme Detective" had a box office of 2254 million U.S. dollars in the first three days. The box office is not as good as "Sleeping with the Enemy".

The first three days of painting were 1886 million U.S. dollars, which is already comparable to the data of 1976 million U.S. dollars in the first seven days of "Human Ghosts".

Based on the box office ratio of weekend equivalent to 60% to 70% of the first week, the box office of "Sleeping with the Enemy" is expected to reach 2700 million to 3000 million US dollars in the first week. It is impossible to get out of the beautiful long-term like "Ghost Love", but as long as the drop does not exceed 30% in the next week, it is quite easy for the total North American box office of "Sleeping with the Enemy" to hit the [-] million mark.

What's more, even if it can't exceed 1500 million, compared to the total production cost of "Sleeping with the Enemy" of 700 million U.S. dollars and the publicity budget of 10 million U.S. dollars, even if Fox only occupies half of the investment share, including a 6% distribution commission , The return on investment of this film can easily exceed "Die Hard 29", which is scheduled to be released on June 2.

Unlike "Sleeping with the Enemy", which cost a total of US$2200 million in production and publicity, Bruce Willis' "Die Hard 2" only cost US$7000 million in production.Counting the huge local and overseas publicity budgets, the global box office of the film needs to be at least three times the production cost, which is 3 million US dollars, in order to break even.

In Simon's memory, the global box office of "Die Hard 2" is roughly more than 2 million.

In the new week, Simon flew to the east coast on Monday, June 6, in order to guest star in Madonna's concert on Saturday.

Originally decided to rest and relax for a year last year, after all, because there were always too many things at hand, Simon simply took this cameo as a relaxation.After the cameo, Simon will fly to Melbourne to personally follow up the filming of "Batman: The Dark Knight".

During this time, Simon and Madonna's team have been in very close communication.

Madonna just sold the live broadcast rights of the concert for 600 million, which is equivalent to 5 times of her ticket income for each concert at the Brenda Barry Arena, and it is equivalent to 10 times of the total ticket income of this round of concerts. %.In order to achieve the best stage effect and make all parties feel that it is worth the money, after being soft and hard, Daenerys Entertainment was forced to give two free movie cameo opportunities, and Madonna got two more from Simon. new song.

Of course, it was all her own.

If Simon is unwilling, it is of course impossible to get the song from him.

However, Madonna's debut time is not too long after all, and there are not many songs suitable for live guitar performance.Although Simon took this cameo as a break, he didn't want to go on and off in a mediocre way, so he agreed.

Although Simon's cameo this time did not ask for an appearance fee or anything like that, but it involved two new songs, plus the previous song "Bad Romance", which Madonna planned to cover for the next album, the share of the calculation still needs to be paid. Calculated.Of course, there is no need for Simon to worry about these.

Madonna ended her tour in Toronto on June 6th. If she hadn’t participated in Simon, she would have moved to New York. She only needed to do proper rehearsals for familiar scenes. All were used to rehearse and grind the three songs that Simon was involved with.

Considering that the live broadcast revenue earned by a concert is equivalent to one-tenth of her total box office revenue for this 60-show tour, Madonna is also very motivated.

In the midst of being busy, time will soon come to Friday again.

The box office data for the full week from June 6 to June 15 is also officially released.

Disney's "Supreme Detective" finally won the box office championship this week with a box office of 3474 million US dollars.

It was followed by "Sleeping with the Enemy", which opened in the same week, with a seven-day box office figure of US$2762 million in the first week, ranking second. Such box office figures have clearly exceeded the initial expectations of the distribution team.It is expected that after next week, the film will be able to recover all production and distribution costs by relying on the domestic box office in North America, and then only wait for profits.

Although neither of the two summer films related to Daenerys Entertainment has ever won a weekly box office championship, however, the third-ranked "Ghosts" is even better than the No. "Sleep" is also eye-catching.

In the third week of its release, after a substantial increase in screen screenings, "Ghost Love" fell by only 12% compared to last week, and the box office received another US$1801 million in a single week.In three weeks, this fantasy romance film, which started less than expected, has earned a total of 5833 million US dollars at the box office.

Daenerys Entertainment has since begun to generate profits.

Moreover, the nearly flat box office curve for three consecutive weeks indicates that the total North American box office of "Ghosts" may not stop at around US$1 million.It is generally predicted in the industry that the North American box office of "Ghost Love" will at least reach the same level as "Pretty Woman".

Hollywood originally thought that Daenerys Entertainment's strengths had always been horror movies. In recent years, the "Death Comes", "Butterfly Effect" and "Scream" series are really too famous. It can be said that, except In the unexpected "Run Lola" at the beginning, Simon Westero mainly relied on horror movies to start his career.

Looking back at this time, I realized that Daenerys Entertainment had unknowingly created three classic romance films that could be recorded in Hollywood film history: "When Harry Met Sally", "Pretty Woman" and "Ghost Love". unfinished".

The success of "Batman: Beginning of War" at the end of last year proved that Simon Westero has even more unlimited potential in comic-changing action movies.

Counting the blockbuster literary films produced by Gaomen Pictures, it is obvious that Daenerys Entertainment has no shortcomings at all.

"Total Recall", which suppressed "Ghost Love" at the beginning, although the box office decline of 41% in the third week of its opening has narrowed significantly compared with last week, it only dropped 26% this week, but the single-week box office has slipped to . No.4 on the list, only received 1574 million US dollars, with a cumulative box office of 7214 million US dollars.

According to this box office trend, the total North American box office of "Total Recall" is expected to be only about 1.2 million US dollars.

Ranked fifth, Warner Bros. produced the crime thriller "Presumed Innocence" starring Harrison Ford, which also gave an unexpected box office trend.Although the start was not high, there was only a slight drop of 13% in the next week, and another US$1017 million was collected. It is expected that the total box office will hopefully reach more than US$5000 million.

In addition, in the new week, there will be two new films released in North American theaters, namely "48 Hours" starring Eddie Murphy and the fantasy horror comedy "Little Boy" starring Steven Spielberg. Monster 2".

Inside the apartment at East 68th Street on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

Simon and Janet sat in the dining room, casually flipping through the past week's box office data while eating breakfast.

The two films that have been released in the summer, "Ghost Love" and "Sleeping with the Enemy" are considered to be the overall situation. Relying on the box office results of these two films, next, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on July 7 ", "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" on July 6 and "Haunted Ghost 7" on August 27, Simon is not too worried.

Janet waited for Simon to put the box office report aside, and said, "We have basically settled the deal with the mattress company named Simmons. Would you like to go and see it in the morning?"

The reason why Simon noticed Simmons was because this mattress company was so well known across the ocean that it was simply synonymous with mattresses.

However, I have read the information before, and the operating conditions of this long-established mattress company in recent years have been unsatisfactory, and before Simon noticed this company, Simmons had been successively changed hands in 1986 and 1988 twice.

The first time was a private equity fund, which bought Simmons for US$1986 million in 1.24. After two years of operation, Simmons got rid of the original business difficulties in one fell swoop, and it was still thriving after the stock market crash in 1987.

The Simmons management team, which thought it had contributed the most to this process, proposed a management buyout to that private equity fund in 1988. The private equity fund did not insist, and readily chose to cash out, and finally took away 2.4 million US dollars.

Simmons also became an employee-owned company.

Then, obviously overestimating its own ability, coupled with the high debts undertaken during the management buyout process and the untimely internal profit distribution reform, the operating conditions of Simmons, which were originally good, have taken a sharp turn in the past two years. Ditto for struggling tobacco giant Reynolds Nabisco.

Simon heard Janet talking about it and asked, "What's the specific price?"

"9600% equity of US$100 million," Janet said: "However, after the acquisition, we have to assume US$1.36 million in debt."

Over $1 million in debt, apparently a holdover from the last management buyout process.

Simon thought to himself and asked, "Wouldn't it be the Apollo Management Company who invested alone?"

Janet shook her head and said, "Of course not. We have brought in two other private equity funds to cooperate. We invested 3600 million US dollars, accounting for 37.5% of the shares, and have control over Simmons' follow-up."

Simon nodded approvingly.

The investment of US$9600 million, even if the US$1.36 million in debt is included, Apollo Management, which still holds US$5 million in cash, is also responsible for it, but this does not conform to the investment style of private equity funds.Putting all the funds on one project will not only increase the risk, but also prevent the fund from exiting and cashing out at the right time.

In Simon's view, it is the best investment method to undertake only part of the investment and still be able to gain control of the acquired company.

After thinking about it, Simon said: "After the junk bond market collapsed, Drexel, KKR, Carl Icahn, and Ronald Perelman swallowed companies with high leverage and quickly sold assets through spin-offs. The cash-out model is no longer applicable. Next, private equity should focus on improving the operating conditions of the acquired companies. Perhaps, while conducting corporate mergers, Cersei Capital can also cultivate a group of dedicated professional managers. "

Janet nodded seriously, and said, "I'll discuss it with them in the morning."

Simon heard Janet agree, and added: "Of course, what I said may not be right, you are the experts."

Janet slapped Simon and said, "Even if you are wrong, I will listen."

Simon pretended to be unbearable to hide, and said with a smile: "Don't do this, it's too easy to make a man swell."

Janet's eyes flickered twice, and her eyes moved to Simon's body: "Are you bloated? Do you need my help?"

Simon raised his hand and knocked on the woman's forehead.

After a few laughs, Janet said softly again: "I have already asked them to start building long positions in crude oil futures. If you make a wrong judgment this time, we will lose a lot of money."

Although Saddam Hussein has threatened to go to war to protect Iraq's oil interests, there is no sign of war in the Middle East, and most people do not believe that Saddam Hussein really dares to start another war.

Crude oil prices have fluctuated between $14 and $15 recently, and Simon knew that the lowest point of this crisis was roughly $13.

However, many analysts predict that the international crude oil price may drop to around US$10 due to the continuous increase in production by oil-producing countries such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

If the war on August 8 does not happen as scheduled and the price of crude oil falls to $2 a barrel, Cersei Capital will not only have to give up all the profits it earned through short selling in the past few months, but may even lose its principal.

This is indeed a very risky bet.

Of course, high risk also means high reward.

If you don't bet in advance now, when the situation becomes clear and everyone sees signs of war and builds up bulls, then Cersei Capital will not be able to make much money.

Simon thought about this, and said to Janet with a smile: "If you lose money, you will lose money. It has been too conspicuous in the past few years. I really want to lose money somewhere now."

Janet smiled and said nothing more.

After breakfast, Janet rushed to the headquarters of Cersei Capital in Midtown, but Simon didn't go to Jersey City. Madonna just performed a concert last night, and she probably didn't get up in the morning.

Simon's destination is the East Coast division of Daenerys Entertainment in Greenwich Village.

In the morning, there is a new film project that I just got to talk about. It is called "Wisdom", which is adapted from a short play of "Saturday Night Live". The creator is the star of the "Ace Powers" series. ers.

After Danny Morris, the director of New World Pictures, was guided by Simon to determine the next expansion goal of developing the vulgar comedy market, he soon found out that this film, which had a box office of over [-] million in North America in the original time and space, was among the projects that Morris was looking for. Alternative comedy.

Chapter 353 Concert (Revised)

"Fighting Wits and Stars", the English name is actually Wayne's World, literally translated as "Wayne's World".

'Anti-Dou' means mischievous in Cantonese. Mike Myers created the 'Wanyne's World' skit after entering "Saturday Night Live" last year. It shows a pair of partners Wayne and Garth's nonsensical fantasy world, often featuring guest stars.

Inside the Daenerys Entertainment Branch building in Greenwich Village.

Simon was sitting in the office reserved for himself on the east coast, holding the script of "Fighting Wits" in his hand.

If judged according to the routines of Hollywood standard commercial films, the script of "Fighting Wits" is simply useless, the story lacks a main line, the plot is patchwork, and as a comedy, it does not have the Hollywood standard "Happy Ending".

However, it is precisely such a movie that Simon remembers after it was released in 1992, it got a North American box office of 1.2 million U.S. dollars, ranking among the top ten box office charts that year.Mike Myers, who was born as a young actor on a local TV station and has been at the bottom for many years, finally tasted the taste of sudden popularity. Throughout the 90s, he was firmly in the ranks of first-line comedy stars with the "Wisdom" series and the "Ace Powers" series.

After "Fighting Wits" hit the box office, interested people began to summarize the success of this film, breaking the fourth wall to talk to the audience, amateurish humor, imitation and ridicule of popular culture, "Posey The classic use of Mia Rhapsody, and so on and so on.

Whether it is success or failure, countless reasons can always be easily deduced from the results.

Only Simon and Danny Morris, president of New World Pictures, were in the office.

Simon was very interested in "Fighting Wits", but Danny Morris didn't like this movie in his heart. It's just that he tried his best to talk about what Simon liked, and then completed it dutifully.

Giving up the helm of Gaomen Films, Danny Morris has already missed once, and he does not intend to make a second mistake.

The rapid rise of a company can often stimulate the potential of employees. At the beginning, all the mediocre executives of New World Entertainment performed better than before after joining Daenerys Entertainment.

Of course, there are also reasons why Simon keeps 'squeezing' like driving a donkey.

Just work a little overtime on the weekends, and no studio in the Big Seven can compare to Daenerys Entertainment.

Although Danny Morris gave up taking charge of Gaomen Pictures, Simon was very satisfied with his work performance after becoming the president of New World Pictures, which is why he was able to sit firmly as the president of New World Pictures.

In fact, it is very difficult for Simon to tolerate subordinates who are too mediocre.

Because there are a large number of memories of more than ten people in his mind, although his soul comes from the East, Simon can easily understand all kinds of interesting passages in Mike Myers' script, so he read it with relish.

After quickly skimming through the entire script, Simon raised his head and asked Danny Morris, "Has the cost estimate been figured out?"

Danny Morris nodded, and said: "Because there are a lot of exterior scenes in the script, and some of them need to be specially set up, the preliminary estimate is that it will cost roughly 2000 million US dollars.

Simon recalled the completed plot of "Fighting Wits" in his mind.

Although it's just a vulgar spoof comedy, there are all kinds of big scenes and small explosions in the film, and the budget of 2000 million US dollars is really not high.

Danny Morris looked at Simon's expression and said, "Simon, if you think it's too high, I can talk to Myers and cut off some of the more expensive scenes. This should reduce the cost to 1500 million Within the US dollar, or perhaps 1000 million US dollars can also be won.”

"No, 2000 million is 2000 million." Simon shook his head and asked, "Also, what about Mike Myers' contract?"

"There are two film contracts. The remuneration for "Fighting Wits" is 100 million US dollars, including starring and screenwriting fees. The next film's remuneration will increase by up to 500%."

With the popularity brought by "Saturday Night Live", Mike Myers is already a well-known TV comedy star, and the total cost of starring and screenwriting of US$100 million is reasonable.

If the first film is a big hit, whether it’s filming a sequel or starting a new project, the salary can be increased up to 500 million US dollars, which is not only at the level of first-line male stars, but also not as outrageous as the salary of Stallone, Schwarzenegger and others. It is also just right.

Simon had no other questions, and pushed the script in his hand to Danny Morris, saying: "The last thing is the most important thing. Whether it is yourself or the specific producer of the next project, you have to work with Myers maintains full communication and knows all the humorous jokes in this script. If you don’t know where the jokes are, there is no need to move forward with this movie.”

"I've been doing this, Simon," Danny Morris said with a smile. "Honestly, there's a feeling of long-sightedness."

"So," Simon raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and said, "It's noon soon, let's have dinner together, and Bob."

I had lunch with Danny Morris and Robert Iger, and I couldn't help chatting about other things in the company.