Chapter 499

Nicole Kidman, who has long been ridiculed as "box office poison", killed dark matter: Golden Compass "as always" this week. As a "luxury souvenir for the 40th anniversary of new line company", Golden Compass not only has a popular original novel, but also holds a huge budget of US $180 million. Therefore, People from all walks of life are still generally optimistic that it will open with a high-profile premiere number of more than 50 million, and finally earn more than 200 million beimi box office.

Unexpectedly, the actual harvest of 26 million is only about 50% of the expected, creating a "beautiful dream", which is similar to the "soul castration" of cutting off children and guarding elves in the play What's the difference!? so it's strange that such a dull and lackluster fake blockbuster has failed miserably at the box office! Since it has no mercy on the dogmatist and small footed David Yates media, drowning dogs like Chris Weitz should be beaten!

Marvel's Captain America, which was released at the same time as the golden compass, made a strong rise. This comic adapted film, which was not expected, was praised by film critics after it was released, and the box office was quite good. It won US $65.8 million three days after the premiere weekend, bravely winning the weekend box office champion.

"Golden Compass" was full of confidence before it was released. With huge investment and super CASS, after Captain America was first set up in the first weekend of December, "Golden Compass" strongly jumped the queue: "if you don't want to lose too ugly, move back for a week."

The new line has been resenting mm for a long time because of the Hobbit and Peter fat. Now it's not easy to catch the opportunity and come to the door to fight in the face.

In the face of the strong and domineering atmosphere of the other party, it is not a shame that the Colombian film industry responsible for the distribution gives way. Captain America is far inferior to the golden compass in terms of investment, lineup and publicity. The investment is only a fraction (180 million to 75 million).

However, Mark said that he was full of confidence when someone asked to hit him in the face until he was swollen.

Last Friday, with the idea of fighting with the golden compass, Captain America successfully achieved the goal of making a good start for mm film industry with the help of large-scale distribution: after the film appeared on 7100 screens in 3785 cinemas, it recovered $26.8 million a day on Friday, and the ticket room of one day was better than that of the golden compass for three days.

This disappointed the busy media. There was no expected battle between dragons and tigers, only a unilateral massacre, just a role change. No one expected that the Golden Compass would lose so miserably and disgracefully. Creating another Lord of the rings trilogy was just a joke. New line boss Bob Shea died crying in the toilet.

There were many contradictions and dangers inside the new line, the relationship with the parent company was very poor, and he still owed a lot of foreign debt. This huge loss of hundreds of millions hurt his vitality and faced the fate of being taken over by the parent company. The largest independent vassal under Warner Brothers was no longer qualified to say no to the parent company and lose his transcendent status.

The great success of Captain America officially proves that marvel is a treasure house and a gold mine. The success of iron man is not an individual example, but can be copied. Marvel's universe is not whimsical, but is likely to surpass Star Wars As for the series of IP, Marvel's rise has doubled its popularity in the capital market, while mm has become the most potential giant company because of its massive IP.

In terms of creating and owning IP, mm is currently the first in the world. Sitting on Marvel makes them have inexhaustible treasures. With the addition of transformers, twilight, hangover, chainsaw and other series, the money path is bright. What is recognized by all Hollywood now is that there is no film that can make a steady profit and lose money. A film sells well. Finally, it is to make n sequels and shoot it until it sucks.

Marvel has more than ten series and more than 5000 superheroes, which is the best natural material to create a series of stories. Now there is no doubt. The most intuitive response is that MM's share price has reached a new high.

On the eve of the release of Captain America, David Wang and mark flew to Switzerland to meet several European fund managers. This is the superficial reason. The real reason is that Scarlett is going to have a baby.

The place where she produces is a private hospital on the Bank of Yangguang lake, with beautiful environment and first-class doctors and equipment. Her brothers and sisters have arrived. Mark came because of his commitment, and David came here to set up a trust fund. David doesn't think much of Mark's lovers, but he attaches great importance to his grandson. The trust fund he set up allows them to have no worries about food and clothing, which is a good idea The only thing he can do.

Scarlett was a little relieved to see Mark and David coming. She was born in a foreign country. She was a little nervous. After five months, she had been living in Switzerland. During this period, mark only came once. Mark said that he would come at the critical moment, but she had no bottom. After all, mark was the boss of a large company and busy.

Scarlett is petite and slim. Now her stomach is big and round. Doctors think it is impossible to give birth normally, so it is safer to prepare for caesarean section. When Mark and his team arrived, the amniotic fluid had been broken and met the conditions of natural production, so they immediately sent her to the delivery room.

Mark didn't know Scarlett's family well. He just met several times and didn't communicate much. They didn't know each other very well. They just chatted without a word. Of course, everyone was very happy and full of expectations for a new life.

This is Mark's second child, but mark is still excited and excited. David is a barrister and calm. He is introducing the trust fund he established to the Johnson family. There are only 50 million startup funds, holding high-quality stocks of Pingguo company, Naifei, Facebook and Google, This can make Scarlett and their real food and clothing.

Half an hour later, the delivery room door opened and the doctor came out to report the good news. He gave birth to a son, weighing nine pounds and two. Mark couldn't restrain his excitement. He hugged and shook hands with each other. David was also very happy. The family fund was growing and was no less than those big families, but the population was not prosperous. Every addition of a family member was a great good thing and a sign of family prosperity, If Sophia hadn't been busy with the foundation, she would have come. He agreed.

Scarlett's petite figure, but pregnant with a big fat boy, made her suffer, but when she saw a healthy and strong baby, all the hard work was worth it. Her postpartum face was pale and bloodless, but her spirit was excellent. Holding her son, she asked Mark, "give our child a name?"

Mark fondly stroked the baby's black face and said, "call Marvin?"

Scarlett said, "you seem to like the M word very much."

Mark said, "yes!" he simply admitted that the child's father liked it, and others had no objection. Mark's second son was Marvin.