Chapter 700

When Simon returned to the United States, the summer season in North America in 1994 had already ended, and the film market entered a period when the total box office per week was less than $50 million.

It happened that during the box office week from September 16 to September 22, Batman: the rise of the dark knight, the biggest summer blockbuster of this year, was released in the 16th week. The box office revenue in a single week was $3.95 million, and the cumulative box office officially exceeded $400 million, reaching $4031 million.

This is also the second film in the DC movie universe series, whose local box office has exceeded the $400 million mark.

The last one was Batman: the moment of war.

According to the current weekly box office volume of Batman: the rise of the dark knight, the film will continue to earn US $10 million to US $20 million, and the total domestic box office will be between us $410 million and US $420 million.

Overseas.

According to the latest statistics, Batman: the rise of the dark knight's overseas box office has reached 513 million US dollars, significantly exceeding expectations.

You know, in order to protect the local film industry, some important overseas ticket warehouses such as France and Germany deliberately delayed the release of Batman: the rise of the Dark Knight until after the summer season. The film has just started recently and is expected to bring about 200 million US dollars in box office revenue in the future.

This means that "Batman: the rise of the Dark Knight" will not only become the first movie to break the $1 billion global box office mark, but also be expected to raise the record to more than $1.1 billion.

Such an amazing box office performance is no accident.

First of all, the success of Batman: the rise of the dark knight is the result of Denise Entertainment's elaborate operation of the DC movie universe brand for five years. The film is not only the final work of Batman trilogy series, but also a popular burst after danielis entertainment has paved the way for five years in a row.

Secondly, the domestic box office volume of the film still remains at $400 million, which is not a big breakthrough. However, the overseas revenue is expected to hit a new high of $700 million, which is largely due to the globalization strategy of Daniels entertainment in recent years.

It's not just melisandro. Denise Entertainment's global strategy actually started earlier.

Mark Belford, vice president of global operations of danielis entertainment, ranks second only to Nancy Brill and Robert egger in the group, and even slightly higher than the leaders of the two major sub brands of gaomen film and new world film.

Mark Belford has been wandering abroad for most of the last few years, which is to make a global layout for danielis entertainment.

Simon only visited Ukraine for the first time last month, but mark Belford has been rushing to set up the film distribution network of Denis Entertainment Group in Poland, Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine and other Eastern European or former Soviet countries and regions since the drastic changes in Eastern Europe.

The work that needs to get through all aspects of facial joints is arduous.

The results are also very gratifying.

At this stage, Denise entertainment has a fairly complete distribution network in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Australia outside North America. Most countries and regions can directly distribute in the name of its own branches of "daenerys". At present, only Denise entertainment can do this in Hollywood.

Therefore, if mark Belford didn't feel it was unnecessary, he would have become the third president of the group before the IPO of danielis entertainment.

Although Warner Bros. is still responsible for the overseas distribution of Batman: the rise of the dark knight, in fact, many overseas markets are relying on Denise's entertainment resources and channels, so there is a record box office expectation of $700 million overseas.

In addition to Warner, who is afraid that Simon will do something because of his tight contract, other Hollywood film companies don't have too many worries. For example, this summer season's "true lies" by danielis and fox and MGM's "speed of life and death" are released by danielis entertainment in many overseas markets. If there is a demand for other major films, Simon will not be stingy and will not accept it The fee is also quite reasonable.

People are lazy, and so are enterprises.

Now that there is a ready-made distribution network available, we are often too lazy to explore it by ourselves. It may be too late to react.

The average cost of Hollywood movies will only get higher and higher, especially blockbuster movies. Five years ago, there were only a few blockbuster movies with a production cost of 50 million US dollars. Now, it is quite common to cost more than 100 million US dollars. Next, with the further increase of film production costs, if you want to recover investment and achieve profits, the overseas market will become more and more important.

As a matter of fact, with the establishment of the world trade organization, many people in Hollywood have responded. It's just that Hollywood, apart from Denise entertainment, has not enough strength to support a global film distribution network, including Warner.

We can't invest in it now. In the future, we will only rely more and more on Denise's entertainment.

Simon is definitely not a herbivore.

When necessary, for the benefit of danielis entertainment, other film companies naturally have to stand aside.Forrest Gump, another phenomenal film in this summer season, also broke through the box office barrier of US $300 million two weeks ago. From September 16 to September 22, Forrest Gump received another US $3.61 million and was released for 12 weeks. The cumulative box office of the film in North America has reached US $311.37 million. It is expected that the follow-up, including the re screening during the future Oscar, will bring us $20 million to US $30 million The total domestic box office is expected to be around us $330 million.

Relying on the phenomenal word-of-mouth, the overseas box office of Forrest Gump has reached 220 million US dollars, and the global box office has reached 530 million US dollars. It is expected that there will be another 150 million US dollars in overseas follow-up, and the global box office is expected to hit 700 million US dollars.

In addition to the two phenomenal blockbusters, a number of hot summer movies have entered the closing stage since May.

Stargate, which opened the summer season, has been off the shelves in North American Theaters, with a total domestic box office of $112 million.

MGM's "speed of life and death" has also ended, with a total domestic box office of $109 million.

Evocation, the opening work of the evocation movie universe, came to an end 13 weeks after its release, with a total domestic box office of 129 million US dollars.

"True lies" by dannilis and fox, with a weekly revenue of $1.22 million from September 16 to September 22, has been released for 11 weeks, with a cumulative box office of $141 million. It is expected that it will go down in the next four weeks, with a total domestic box office of about $145 million.

Because of the upsurge in the topic of "God watching the movie" raised by danielis entertainment, and the excellent quality of the two crime movies "Romeo stained with blood" and "stealing the line of fire", which attract a large number of audiences, have exceeded 100 million.

As of September 22, the cumulative domestic box office of "blood stained Romeo" is 102.96 million US dollars. In the past week, the box office revenue is 1.16 million US dollars. It is expected that the next four weeks or so, and the domestic box office will be about 105 million US dollars.

Robert De Niro and Al Pacino co starred in "stealing the line of fire" box office performance and stamina are much better than "blood stained Romeo". Although it is better than "blood stained Romeo" in the evening for a week, the film's domestic box office has reached 112.17 million US dollars. In the past week, it has earned 3.11 million US dollars. It is estimated that there will be at least 10 million US dollars of box office potential in the future, and the domestic ticket market will continue to grow It's going to be around 120 million dollars.

Such a big year can really be called "God watching movies". The only 100 million yuan Club film "burning eyebrow pursuit" in the summer season, which has nothing to do with danielis entertainment, has been released for 10 weeks, with a total domestic box office of 117 million US dollars. In the past week, the box office revenue was 1.51 million US dollars. It is estimated that the total domestic box office will be around 120 million US dollars, which is a break of danielis entertainment The monopoly of music.

There is no dispute about the fact that Hollywood now feels the fear of being dominated by baby Dee 20 years in advance.

In Simon's memory, at its peak, Disney's global box office broke through $7 billion in more than half a year, and it is expected to further move towards the goal of $10 billion for the whole year. Warner, which ranks second, has less than $2 billion at the global box office, and Hollywood's other major players can't compete with Dibao.

Denise entertainment has now reached a further peak than Disney.

However, while enjoying this sense of arrogance, in order to avoid becoming a public enemy of Hollywood, Simon has to consider leaving a way for other film companies to survive.

When he came back from Europe, Simon made a noise.

Denise entertainment will start a number of foreign cooperation projects again, this time will still be 10 films.

In recent years, many media have pointed out that Denise Entertainment's foreign cooperation projects in recent years are actually an expansion in disguise. A reporter from Hollywood Reporter even put forward a widely recognized theory of "parasitic expansion". However, even if we drink poison to quench our thirst, no Hollywood has the courage to refuse Denise Entertainment's offer Olive branch.

Because you didn't accept it, others jumped on it.

There is a trade-off.

The result will only be worse.

An estate in the northern suburb of Greenwich, Connecticut.

It's September 23.

In the evening, Sophia Fissi, who had been busy all day for the fashion week, finally returned from the city and landed in a small manor next to Simon's house by westrow's Black Hawk helicopter.

This is the new house of the fazies.

In the last incident, it was later discovered that an assistant of Sofia in Italy was coerced by the Mafia to disclose the detailed address of ficia in Greenwich, which was directly approached.

The assistant has naturally been dismissed.

Sophia strengthened the protection of family privacy, at the same time, this time simply put the new home next to Simon's manor, because it can be directly incorporated into the security system of the Westeros.

Although it is less than 30 acres of Simon's manor, the new house is 12 acres in size. There is a long corridor between the main villa and the gate of the mansion, with enough buffer. Coupled with the strict security of the westrow system, no stranger will be able to come directly to the gate of the house.Simon returned from Europe, and the Westeros came to live on the east coast.

At this time, other women usually take the initiative to retreat, but Sophia has no such concern. Over the years, she and two jennies have been quite familiar, and neither Janet nor Jennifer has regarded her as a threat.

The two families were appointed to have dinner together in advance.

Sophia came from her manor and saw her daughter Gemma playing with three kids on the outdoor lawn, mainly in Melbourne. The other two children still had to sit in the stroller to watch their brothers and sisters frolic.

She was accompanied by a female assistant and two other waiters.

He grabbed the Indian girl and asked. He learned that Simon was still visiting. After his son Daniel came, Simon called him to listen in. Sophia thought about it and didn't say anything.

Daniel's precocity, as a mother, Sophia is more clear.

After the incident some time ago, Sophia didn't disclose too much to a couple of children even out of a protective mentality. Daniel has obviously changed a lot during this period.

Simon pulls Daniel to participate in the reception. Although Sophia feels a little early, she still feels that her little man can accept Daniel's behavior.

It's evening.

After chatting with Jennifer and telling her daughter not to be too crazy, Sophia went into the villa.

Janet is arranging dinner. She offers to help in the kitchen.

In a study of the villa, after more than ten minutes, he saw off Joseph schrap. Simon, who was sitting on the sofa in the reception area, asked Daniel, who took the initiative to help sort out the information, with a smile: "how do you feel?"

In the afternoon, he discussed with Joseph schrap the political layout of the westero system for more than three hours.

Daniel started school after the summer vacation. Just after school, he was called by Simon to listen in for less than half an hour. The last topic was mainly about the anti-monopoly investigation of three technology companies in westrow system by the Ministry of justice.

Hearing Simon's question and wearing his school uniform, Daniel thought for a moment and said, "the Internet industry is expected to become the key to the fourth technological revolution. In the future, it will involve all aspects of the global industrial chain. In the current context of globalization, it is very beneficial for Cisco, AOL and igrit to maintain a strong posture It's about the global expansion of American technology, isn't it, Simon? "

Simon nodded with a smile: "that's right."

"In this case, considering the interests of the United States, I don't think the White House and Congress should rush to curb the growth of the three companies. Only when they are strong enough can they have enough advantages in the process of global expansion to suppress the development of science and technology industries in other countries," Daniel said

Sophia's two children were born in France. A few years ago, they immigrated to Switzerland with women. Now they are both Swiss citizens. In recent years, he has lived in the United States. Although Sophia has not changed his nationality for his two children, Daniel has unconsciously taken a position.

Simon sniffed and said, "well, what do you think is the problem?"

Daniel thought for a moment, but shook his head.

Simon motioned to the boy not to collect the information on the desk. When he sat down on the opposite sofa, he said, "national interest is the most important thing. This is what every politician in Washington would say. At first, I had a similar idea with you. But I found out later that it was a big mistake. In reality, every politician in Washington has his own stand, and few of them will really implement the principle of "national interest first". If we lobby Washington to terminate this anti-monopoly investigation with US interests in global science and technology, it will only become a joke in the eyes of many politicians. So if we want to achieve that, we have to deal with it in the way that politicians think, not in the so-called national interest. "