Chapter 584

The most popular movie in the Easter season is mission impossible.

Simon accompanied the two women on maternity leave. In the past few months, the acquisition of paramount communications by sigram group of Canada was approved by the federal government in the opposition of many media, and the two sides officially completed the transaction in October.

Therefore, mission impossible is the first blockbuster of the sigram group after it entered Hollywood.

Thanks to the accumulation of blockbuster films such as "the Moonlight" and "killing time", Nicholas Cage has become a new generation of male stars with strong box office appeal, and the heroine Demi Moore is no less popular than cage.

In terms of cost, the production cost of the first "mission impossible" finally reached 65 million US dollars. Paramount and Denise generously put forward another 35 million US dollars of publicity budget this time, making up a total investment of 100 million US dollars. It can be said that they are determined to win this Thanksgiving schedule.

I didn't expect to kill a lion king.

After the box office of $70.31 million in the first week, the Lion King continued to gain momentum in the next week. In the face of new films such as mission impossible and the perfect world, from November 26 to December 2, the box office decline in the second week was still only 26%, making another $52.06 million.

In the first two weeks, the cumulative box office of "the lion king" quickly hit a high of $122.37 million, and even showed the potential to impact the annual champion position of summer season "Superman".

In the face of the strength of the lion king, mission impossible, which is well publicized both in the early stage and after the release, finally made $46.35 million at the box office in the first week, far lower than the initial $60 million expected by the distribution team.

In the first week of $46.35 million, the box office data is equivalent to the opening data of "Raider 3" four years ago. However, with the change of Hollywood film distribution mode and the same opening scale, "mission impossible" is hard to hit the domestic $200 million mark like "Raider 3".

As for how far the final box office can reach, it depends on the curve in the next few weeks.

Of course, the box office of $46.35 million in the first week is definitely not a failure. It is certain that the total box office in North America will exceed $100 million. Even if the local box office can not make the film companies recover the cost, it is not a big problem for spy in the disc to make a profit through the global cinema distribution based on the market heat shown by the film and the data feedback from the overseas ticket warehouse in the same period.

Compared with the box office performance of another large-scale commercial film "perfect world", mission impossible once again confirmed that blockbuster will become the mainstream development trend of Hollywood studios.

"The perfect world", directed by Clint Eastwood and starred by Kevin Costner, has a strong lineup. The production cost of $30 million has also reached A-level. Warner Bros., the producer, has also arranged the opening scale of 1964 screens for the film.

After the release, this crime drama about a escaped robber who accidentally "kidnaps" a little boy and wanders around the world together to get redemption is not bad.

However, compared with the $46.35 million box office in the first week of mission impossible, the box office in the first week of the perfect world was only a disappointing $10.06 million.

Old cowboy and Costner's strong creative lineup, Thanksgiving's best schedule, nearly 2000 pieces of opening screen, Warner originally expected this film to become another 100 million yuan Club blockbuster, now, the first week of $10.06 million, the film's total box office in North America is difficult to exceed 30 million, can only expect the box office performance of overseas markets.

However, in the next few months, the eyes of overseas film makers are bound to focus on such films as "Lion King", "mission impossible" and "steel bone", the new cosmic project of DC film on Christmas schedule.

In December, the North American film market fell into a short cold period between the two major periods.

From December 3 to December 9, the Lion King's box office inevitably fell by a large margin. In the third week of its release, the box office fell by 36%, and it closed for another $33.29 million, with a total of $155.66 million in the three weeks.

Mission impossible failed to threaten the Lion King's box office champion position in the first week. In early December, the box office data failed to escape the cold period. The box office decline of the next week reached 37%, which was more serious than the lion king. The box office volume of a single week also fell to less than $30 million, only $29.34 million.

Mission impossible grossed $75.69 million in two weeks.

Such a trend of box office in the next week will certainly be no problem if it exceeds 100 million yuan. However, the total domestic box office data still depends on the box office trend during the Christmas season.

For other films released at the same time as the two giants of "Lion King" and "mission impossible", the box office of "perfect world" dropped 32% in the next week, which seems to be better than that of "Lion King" and "mission impossible". However, the box office revenue in the second week was only $6.86 million, which basically dropped out of the competition at the end of the year.

On the other hand, my fair dad, which was released at the same time as the lion king, made $21.08 million in the first week. After that, the box office fell by 26% in the next week and made $15.6 million. In the third week, the box office still fell by 29% and continued to earn $11.31 million.In three weeks, my fair dad, who lives between the two giants, grossed $47.99 million.

With the family atmosphere of this film, it's not a big problem to realize the box office rebound in the Christmas season, so it's still the seed player who impacts the box office Club of members.

Moreover, the production cost of "my fair dad" is only $25 million, and the box office revenue of $47.99 million in three weeks has basically made fox recover all the production cost, and it is easy to make considerable profits through the local box office in the future.

Fox is very satisfied with the box office performance of "my fair father". The media also feel that it is very good to get such a box office performance under the attack of "Lion King" and "mission impossible". Only Simon knows that, affected by the two blockbusters of "Lion King" and "mission impossible", the box office performance of "my fair father" is smaller than the original domestic performance of $200 million The water is half full.

The phenomenal box office bomb like "Lion King" has greatly increased the box office capacity at the end of the year. However, the audience base of the North American market is limited after all.

In the face of the domestic box office of "Lion King", even "mission impossible" has been wrongly injured, not to mention "my fair dad" such family comedy.

There is a flattering element in comedy movies.

When the audience has no other choice, they will be given priority only when they happen to meet the suitable holiday.

However, in the face of absolute strength, comedy movie is like a clown performing farce, facing the world-class boxing champion with one punch. "My fair dad" is still facing two powerful "strong men" in "Lion King" and "mission impossible".

December 10, a new box office week.

Danilisi Entertainment's gaomen film company quietly launched Steven Spielberg's film "Schindler's list" about the Holocaust in World War II. At the beginning, it was only 25 pieces of open screen scale.

Despite the tense relationship with the westero system, the major print media in North America have shown a rather respectful and cautious attitude towards the film, including the cinema where the film was shown. They have specially given notices to remind the audience that this is not a suitable movie to watch with popcorn. They hope that the audience entering the cinema will keep a certain degree of solemnity and quiet, in order to show their dissatisfaction with the previous period Looking back on the history of respect.

This is the greatest political correctness.

Of course, the objection is not without.

The critics who dare to criticize this film basically have one attribute, Jewish. A Jewish film critic in the New York Times said publicly that the most correct response to the massacre should be to remain silent, rather than to put it on the screen for everyone to enjoy.

Maybe the historical picture in memory is too long and repetitive. Simon's attitude towards the past is numb.

It's like his deep-rooted pessimism about the future of mankind.

The media with ulterior motives would like Simon to make a statement on Schindler's list, but it's a pity that the relevant probe didn't get any reply.

Simon westero is more and more ubiquitous, but he himself is more and more rare in the public eye.

In September, the US 400 rich list stimulated the continuous rise of westero concept stocks. In November, Forbes raised Simon's personal assets by $10 billion when counting the global rich list.

Simon has been buying properties all over the world, especially the 50 hectares of land around Malibu domay manor, which is almost the same area as Malibu danelise studios. Therefore, he has been constantly criticized by the outside world for his extravagant life.

The opposition between igritte and traditional paper media caused by 58list platform also makes many industries in westero system become the target of paper media, and eventually inevitably turns the spearhead to Simon himself.

In November, the second Vimy show was successfully held, and the TV rating was no less than that of the first season. With the rise of the angel legion, many tabloids reported all kinds of scandals between Vimy angel and westero.

Denise entertainment will be on the market next year. The success of the lion king has once again raised the valuation of the entertainment giant on Wall Street. How much wealth Denise entertainment will bring to westero after it goes on the market has become a hot topic in the media.

During the New York mayoral election, various changes in the campaign funds of westrow system also made the media speculate whether Simon westrow broke with the Democratic Party. At the same time, they also called for the revision of the federal election law to avoid excessive capital intervention in the federal election.

And so on.

Because he is strong enough, all of these have little impact on Simon's life.

After a few months of vacation time accumulation, to start working again, Simon soon fell into a non-stop busy.

"The key to the story of the suicide squad is how to guide a group of evil villains to complete their own tasks. Moreover, in this process, the villains can not become good people just because of some small stimulation such as drinking and talking. It will be too old-fashioned to do so, and it is difficult to convince the audience logically. What's more, they lose the group foundation of the suicide squad The essence of the body. If they want to have a wonderful story, from the beginning to the end, they should be a group of villains who do nothing evil, have no position, and even don't care about death. ""So Rick fleig, the leader of the suicide team, is the key?"

"That's right. According to the script, in order to avenge the sacrifice of his teammates, Rick fleig killed the criminals pursued by the special team, so he was kicked out of the army and recruited by Amanda Waller as the leader of the suicide team. See squadron friends very much, honest enough but not pedantic, good at coordination and teamwork. These characteristics make a group of unruly criminals unknowingly ignore Rick freig from ridicule to approval, and finally complete the task together

Inside the loft on the second floor of Daniels studios.

Terry Semel has been here all afternoon, watching the last part of the ongoing Batman Trilogy "Batman: the rise of the Dark Knight" with Simon, and then turning to "suicide squad" which will start shooting in January next year.

Next month, actually.

In order to prepare for this project, many members of the suicide team have gone to Australia in advance, and the project will still be shot in Australia.

After listening to the staff's storyboard demonstration of the suicide squad, Simon and Semel went to a rest area to continue the talk about the film.

"In fact, I've studied the script seriously," Terry Semel said, thanking Simon for the coffee from girl A. "but is it weaker for Fang Kimer to take on the role?"

Simon smiles and shakes his head. "I know what's on your side, Terry. But if Mel is allowed to play the role, do you think we can afford to pay for it? "

Terry Semel also has some helplessness, said: "it can always be talked about."

When choosing actors, Warner suggested that suicide team leader Rick fleig be played by Mel Gibson.

Frankly speaking, Mel Gibson is very suitable for this role in terms of position, image and temperament. If he can, Simon will definitely welcome the other party to participate in this series.

The key is still the payment.

Mel Gibson's current pay is less than $10 million, so there is no need to continue to talk about it.

If "suicide team" only plans to make one film, maybe we can cooperate once.

The point is that this is a trilogy series.

In the previous "lethal weapons" trilogy, starting from the second, Mel Gibson took most of the profits from the project in a row. Warner Brothers just made a lot of hard money and became a part-time worker for the main creators.

Moreover, if it's just a matter of film payment, we can discuss it in advance. As long as it's not too outrageous, Simon will probably be able to accept it.

There is also the issue of project dominance.

Mel Gibson is a very strong and controlling filmmaker. If he takes part in this series, he will fight for the dominance of the project, and then lead the plot to the side more favorable to his role, and even become a standard "Mel Gibson film".

"Suicide squad" is a group play, the main actor is leader Rick fleig, but death shooter, crocodile man and other villains are equally important. Women's roles will be more brilliant. Nicole Kidman's poison ivy girl and Valerie Gallino's cat girl will appear in this film. Simon also takes off the role of clown.

Death shooter, crocodile man, poison vine girl, cat girl and villain enchanter, all of which make it impossible for the film to become an actor's one-man show. Forcing a big actor like Mel Gibson to work may eventually lead to an ending like that of "invincible Hawk" in the original time and space.

By contrast, Simon's choice of Fong Kimmer is just right.

Fang Kimer, 33, made his debut in "top gun" and later starred in films such as "fortune fair" and "gate". Until "suicide squad", the other side also has two brilliant works "tombstone town" in the Christmas schedule and "stealing the line of fire" next year, which are enough to ensure the popularity of the man and the balance with other actors in the film.