I’m in Hollywood

In Beverly Hills, Eric lived in the girl's mansion at Trousdale Manor for the past two days. He didn't stay up all night like many high-level Paramount executives did. Although it was Saturday, he still got up on time to wash up. , morning exercise, breakfast, sitting on the patio of a mansion overlooking Los Angeles reading the new day's newspaper.

As if trying to strike back at something, Paramount couldn't wait to publish Friday's one-day box office charts in the newspapers.

The twins quietly took away the tableware from the round table, the girl sat opposite Eric, also reading a copy of the Los Angeles Times spread out on the table, and said in surprise, The first weekend is expected to be 40 million in three days, isn't that more than the first week? $60 million, about the same as the first one, didn’t our blockade plan fail?”

Eric shook his head with a smile and said, Usually movies are correct according to your algorithm that weekdays are equivalent to more than half of weekends, animation movies are different, especially 2 animations, because most audiences need Children accompanied by their parents, the box office ratio on weekdays will be lower. The first three-day box office of The Lion King is close to 70% in the first week, and this sequel must be similar, so it is unlikely that it will exceed $60 million in its first week, it should be Around $55 million.

$55 million in the first week, what will the total box office be?

Eric read a review of a prison in the sky, thought for a while, and said, I can't tell. The total box office of The Lion King 2 mainly depends on its box office performance in the first four weeks. After this week, next week is Godzilla. , Next week is Finding Nemo and Chrono Contact, followed by Batman and Robin. These are films that can pose a great threat to The Lion King 2. If these films perform well at the box office, The Lion King 2 will definitely be It's not impossible for The Lion King 2 to be close to the first film at the box office.

In fact, according to the memory of the previous life, Eric already had some details in his heart.

In the films to be released in the next three weeks, Godzilla, Batman and Robin are very likely to hit the streets, and only Finding Nemo is the most direct opponent of The Lion King 2.

However, the current air prison seems to have a tendency to fail to meet expectations at the box office. The first day of 7.7 million US dollars, the first week can only collect about 35 million US dollars. Under the bombardment of blockbusters in the next few weeks, will the North American box office be able to break through 100 million? Still very hung. The sluggish performance of Air Prison makes Eric less certain about the box office prospects of Finding Nemo. He has seen the finished film of this 3 animation several times. Although it is not inferior to the original, it is better than the original The launch time is six years ahead of schedule, and Eric is not sure whether it can still show the once amazing box office explosiveness.

The girl listened to Eric's words, looked down on the entertainment page, found the summer movie schedule, watched it for a while, then raised her head and said, Well, it seems that the global box office of the summer movie may be close to 1 billion US dollars, only Godzilla and our Casino Royale.

You are also very excited by the Titanic. 1 billion in the world is so easy. Hollywood is lucky to have a box office dark horse with a global box office of 1 billion every year. This year, um, Eric hesitated. Next, without saying the name of Finding Nemo, he paused and said, Maybe this year, but definitely not Godzilla and Casino Royale.

Ah, are you not confident?

Eric analyzed, Look, the global box office of the last Golden Eye was 350 million US dollars. If inflation is not included, this is the best result of 007. In fact, it also shows the box office potential of 007 in its original form. This time Casino Royale, my modification of the film format, I am not sure whether the audience will like it or not. But combining the 007 brand, my personal box office appeal and the halo blessing of the agent movie universe, this film has a global box office of more than 500 million US dollars. It’s still not big, if it breaks out a little bit, maybe it can reach 700 million, but 1 billion requires a lot of chance.”

The girl rolled her eyes and said, Then,

Is it possible to reach $1 billion by the time the three major secret service organizations and Spectre finally fight?

Eric remembered the original time and space. After the release of the first Avengers, Captain America and Thor, the first mediocre sequels of the series, almost doubled the box office, and the very popular Iron Man box office even more. exceeded $1 billion. The reason why this happens is largely because the gathering of multiple superheroes has enhanced the popularity and box office appeal of the original single hero.

007, Mission: Impossible and Charlie's Angels, the three agent film series were already very popular. Casino Royale happened to be the first crossover of the three series of plots. After this film, fans of the three agent series must also Fusion will occur. Even if Casino Royale did not lift the original series as powerfully as the Avengers, as long as this kind of plot cross-continuity is maintained in the next series sequels, perhaps before the final Spectre Armageddon, a global A movie with a box office of 1 billion is also possible.

Of course it's possible, you don't even need to wait until the final battle.

Eric nodded, and suddenly thought of something, put down the newspaper in his hand, created a blank document on the laptop next to him, and said while typing on the keyboard, However, it suddenly occurred to me that in the next series, you You should pay attention to some issues, and I will write a memorandum for you.

The girl came over curiously and said, What?

Eric continued to type on the keyboard and explained, As for the supporting roles, you see, whether it's 007, Mission Impossible, or Charlie's Angels, there are more outstanding supporting roles, madams, doctors, and so on. After Casino Royale , it would not be a problem to make another 10 films in the Agent Cinematic Universe series, but in this case, if you want the protagonists of the three series to make cameo appearances with each other, the production cost will become very high. At this time, let the supporting characters in the series To achieve this interspersed effect, the cost performance is very high. Even, like Mission Impossible, Kevin Costner's salary is getting higher and higher, if it is difficult for the two parties to cooperate any more, we can even use the original supporting role to continue Lead the Mission Impossible Division and continue the Mission: Impossible franchise.

The girl looked at the memo document Eric quickly typed out, and roughly understood, and nodded with a smile, Like you promised Chrissy to star in that speeding movie as Angela Lind in Casino Royale?

Eric's finger on the keyboard paused, took a picture on the round table, and said, Yeah, I almost forgot about this movie, it's because I've been too busy recently, I took the time to write the outline these past two days. , you find a few suitable screenwriters to fill the script.

Haha, the girl smiled and said, Give it back to us, Liz will definitely be more angry, maybe Jeffrey will have an opinion too.

Eric has indeed made too many hot movies for the girl in recent years, not to mention the Secret Agent movie universe, such as The Wonderful Night at the Museum, Resident Evil, Forrest Gump and other movies are all popular projects that make people jealous. Tolkien's Middle-earth epic series, that is enough to eat a film company for ten years.

It seems that Drew himself hopes that Eric will stop being so obviously partial.

Smiling and kissing the girl's face, Eric said, Forget it this time, you can continue to hold it. I hope this racing series can be linked with the Agent Cinematic Universe. If it is placed in other film companies, it can still be achieved. The plots overlap, but because the subject matter is quite different, doing so will be too deliberate, and there will also be a lot of unclear copyright disputes. Firefly has always been short of projects. Fox, they are now doing pre-Star Wars According to legend, Miramax's performance in the past two years has also been very eye-catching, and Julia, a box-office star, is on the scene. Except for the lack of major productions, the film business there is not much worse than yours. Besides, Fox The foundation is much stronger than that of MGM.

Fox has been taken over by News Corporation for more than ten years. Although the film business in these years has not been very good, with the support of News Corporation's strong strength, Fox's operation is still very stable.

In contrast, MGM's current business is still limited to movies. Although its vitality has begun to recover under the stimulation of a series of popular blockbusters, its overall strength is still at the bottom of the seven majors.

Of course, the girl also knows that Eric hopes that MGM will become stronger as soon as possible and play a greater role in Firefly's media system.

Nodding her head, she didn't refuse any more, the girl said, By the way, Eric, last time Amy discussed with me. We just had the opportunity to acquire a cable TV station recently.

If MGM wants to go further, it definitely needs to expand into the TV industry. Eric's original idea was to hope that MGM can acquire Columbia Pictures from Sony, but due to the rise of the new technology wave, the value has now exceeded 20 billion. US dollar, Sony also has no idea of ​​getting rid of the movie business, both of which are not feasible for the time being.

Then, expanding into the cable TV industry has become a good choice. In the next two decades, the North American public television network is destined to decline, and the cable television industry will enter its heyday.

Eric sent the written memo to MGM Amy Pascal's mailbox and asked the girl, Which TV station is it?

!entertainment.

Eric raised his eyebrows slightly, and immediately remembered that it was the TV station that broadcasted Yoda No, the same TV station that traveled with the Kardashians in the original time and space.

Nodding his head, Eric said, I've heard of this TV station, but I didn't pay much attention to it.

The girl introduced, I've read the information! The entertainment is mainly to show fashion-related movies, TV, music and other programs, oh, and Hollywood gossip.

Eric asked subconsciously, Is there no reality show?

The girl tilted her head, It seems, no, but if we can buy it, we can definitely make our own reality show.

This kind of TV station is a waste of resources if it doesn't broadcast a reality show, but it also needs to be well planned, Eric said, and asked, Now! Which company owns the ownership?

This is a bit complicated! Entertainment was originally established by five companies, Warner Cable, Comcast, Telecom, Continental TV, and Basic Cable. It has been integrated several times over the years, and both Continental TV and Basic Cable have withdrawn. Now, this time, Time Warner also wants to quit and is looking for interested buyers. We can buy about 40 shares at most. However, what Connast means, if we take over the shares in Warner Cable, we should I can get it! The right to operate entertainment.”

Cable television in North America has only begun to rise in the 1980s. At that time, in order to avoid investment risks and make better use of various resources, it was basically in the form of joint stock, just like the TV network and Hearst Group, which are still jointly held by Firefly and Hearst Group. TV like that.

Then buy 40 first, and have the opportunity to eat the entire TV station in the future.

But I think it's a bit expensive! Entertainment plus a few sub-stations, now has less than 50 million subscribers, last year's revenue was only 370 million, and it lost 13 million US dollars. Less than 40 shares, Warner Cable quoted 750 million, Amy said that the price is still negotiable, but in the end it will not be less than 600 million US dollars.”

If it is a paid cable station, the 50 million or so subscribers will definitely make the shareholders turn over, but! Entertainment apparently relies on advertising and operator share as the main revenue base cable station.

In the past two years, like the same, whether it is the public television network or the cable station, the price has soared due to the stimulation of the wave of new technology.

If it was a few years ago, according to the current financial situation,! The overall value of entertainment will never exceed the $750 million quoted by Warner Cable, but for now, Warner is right! The $750 million offer of Entertainment 40 shares is not too outrageous. Time Warner's financial situation in recent years has not been very good. Warner Cable estimates that it is also trying to cash out at a high level and get rid of the burden.

Buy it as much as you can, Eric said to the girl after thinking about it. In a few years, if I want to buy it, I think others won't buy it.

In recent years, it is the last moment of the integration of the North American media industry. When all the dust settles, the development momentum of cable TV stations is getting better and better. The major media groups that have formed a giant will definitely not easily let go. , arguably, the last few years have been MGM's last chance to expand into the TV industry.

The girl didn't doubt Eric's judgment at all, and nodded, Okay, I'll call Amy now.

Just as she was talking, Natasha came out of the villa with a cordless phone in her hand and handed it to Drew, Boss, it's Miss Hudson's phone..