The Best Entertainment Era

On the first weekend of December, North America ushered in two more large-scale new films, and the market popularity remained at a relatively high level. Death is Coming produced by Shahai Entertainment and released by Embassy Pictures has not received much attention before. The impact of the failure of another film Kingsman co-operated by the two companies landed in nearly 2,600 theaters on the opening weekend, and earned 28.69 million U.S. dollars in the first three days, surpassing Toy Story 2 with a revenue of 27.2 million U.S. dollars. On the weekend championship throne.

In the office, Eideardo Sanziz put down the newspaper and looked at his partner Daniel Malik: Did Ronan Anderson's new film fail?

Daniel Malik's face was a little ugly, and he said, There is no failure.

Eideardo Sanzizi opened his mouth, and suddenly found that he didn't know what to say, and felt that everything he said was going to hit Daniel Malik in the face.

Daniel Malik took off his glasses, rubbed his sore eyes, and felt an urge to cry. He had been unsuccessful for 30 years, so why did Ronan Anderson succeed so easily?

He just read the newspaper. Not only did Death Comes have a box office of 28.69 million US dollars in the first weekend, but the North American box office of the failed Kingsman has also reached 8 million US dollars. What a failure.

Want to see Ronan Anderson go broke? There is no such possibility in the short term.

Daniel Malik realized one thing, Ronan Anderson is really capable! The success of The Blair Witch...

He quickly shook his head and didn't continue to think about it. The successful template of The Blair Witch was already in front of him, and with the support of a big company like DreamWorks behind it, it would definitely be easier for a sequel to succeed.

The sequel is a success, and it can prove to those who look down on themselves!

Ed! Daniel Malik greeted, Put down the newspaper and get to work!

The InterContinental Century City Hotel in Beverly Hills, where Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has leased an entire floor as the office of the Los Angeles branch.

Early on Monday morning, Semir met Aziz who had just rushed over from Abu Dhabi here.

The last report you sent was that a movie by Ronan Anderson failed? Aziz, who was thin and plenipotentiary for Mansour, was naturally one level higher than Mier, and asked, Would it be possible? Will it affect our plans?

Samir replied: Kingsman failed at the North American box office. Up to now, the North American box office is only 8 million US dollars, which is far lower than the investment, and its influence is also very small.

Aziz frowned: 8 million US dollars? I remember that the Investment Bureau invested 25 million US dollars in Ronan Anderson.

The 8 million US dollars is not Shahai Entertainment's income, at least half of it should be given to theater companies. After arriving in Los Angeles, Samir learned about some related situations: There will be income from overseas box office and home entertainment in the future. But I have read the predictions of many authoritative organizations, this film will not be able to recover the investment.

Aziz thought of Mansour's words, and said: Business investments always fail. What the minister wants to ask is, will this failure have a big impact on Sandsea Entertainment and Ronan Anderson?

Samir thought for a while, and said: Some time ago there were some adverse effects, but after the release of the movie The God of Death, all the adverse effects were offset by the success of The God of Death.

Aziz had just arrived in Los Angeles and didn't know the specifics, so he asked, Can you tell me in detail?

Reaper was just released last weekend. Samir could only say according to the superficial situation he knew: It took 28.69 million U.S. dollars in three days and won the North American box office championship, which is just three days. Time, this film can almost recover the production investment.

He added: This year, Ronan Anderson launched three films, namely The Blair Witch, Kingsman and Death. So far, it can be confirmed that Kingsman failed, The Witch Blair and Death Comes were huge successes.

Aziz said: When I was in China, I also saw The Blair Witch from the media, and everyone said that this film is a miracle.

A bit of envy appeared on Samir's face: Ronan Anderson bought The Blair Witch for less than 100,000 US dollars, and the revenue in the North American market alone exceeded 100 million US dollars!

US$100,000 to US$100 million? Aziz's face was shaking.

After all, Samir is a layman, and he hasn't studied it to that step, so he said: Yes!

Aziz couldn't help but said, It's much more profitable than selling oil. Compared with him, our way of making money is too primitive!

Samir continued: This morning, I read a report in the Los Angeles Times, predicting that the North American box office of Death Comes is also expected to hit 100 million US dollars.

I remember the budget of this movie is 15 million dollars. Aziz had a toothache: How much does the Hollywood film industry make?

Samir said seriously: I don't know much about others, but according to my observations over the past six months, Ronan Anderson is very good at operating movies. The failed Kingsman is not a disastrous failure, but a successful movie can be very good. Double or even a hundred times big profit!

Aziz nodded repeatedly, thinking about how to report to Mansur.

Samir continued: Even if publicity and influence factors are not considered, Ronan Anderson and his film company are worthy of our attention in terms of earning power alone! This person is of great value!

I know. Aziz said, I came to Los Angeles this time to investigate Ronan Anderson and Sandsea Entertainment.

Samir reminded: Not only Shahai Entertainment, but also Embassy Pictures, this is the distribution company that Ronan Anderson acquired this year. Hollywood distribution is very important. Without a distribution company, a single production company cannot make it big. powerful.

Aziz asked, Do you have details on Embassy Pictures?

Even though Abu Dhabi is relatively open-minded, it is far away in the Middle East, and the situation in Los Angeles is not well understood.

I have collected some, and I will bring them to you. Samir reminded again: If you buy it, you must keep Ronan Anderson. The key to success, without Ronan Anderson, our plan is meaningless.

Aziz is carefully considering Samir's words.

Compared with the previous Prince Saleh, Samir is undoubtedly a more pragmatic person: Even if we can break into Hollywood, we are still very unfamiliar with the film and television industry. We need the right people to run the business, but Jews have a huge influence in Hollywood. Ronan Anderson is one of those rare Arab friends in Hollywood, and no one is better than him.

Is it suitable? Aziz has doubts: That is Ronan Anderson's company, will it take us out of the way?

Samir is confident: As long as we can get an absolute controlling stake, these are not problems.

I will report to the minister, Aziz said.

Semi asked, When do you plan on reaching out to Ronan Anderson?

Aziz replied: Don't contact for the time being, we want to know the situation, and we will talk about it in January next year.

After the first weekend box office of Reaper was released, both Shahai Entertainment and Embassy Pictures breathed a sigh of relief.

If Kingsman fails at the box office, and Reaper then hits the box office, it will definitely be a fatal blow to the company that is just on the right track.

It's a good thing the worst isn't coming.

During the phone call, Ronan said to Carmen Kath who was far away in Europe: Otherwise I may go bankrupt.

Carmen Kath is also engaged in business investment, and she made some inferences. She asked, I remember hearing you mention it last time. Aren't these two films both financed and shot? The failure is to pay the investor's money, right?

Ronan didn't feel any embarrassment after being exposed. He smiled and said, But the publicity and distribution expenses are all borrowed from the bank.

It is said that in the publicity and distribution expenses of The Blair Witch, another 10 million US dollars was obtained with the income of Death Comes as collateral.

Financing is a good way to solve the problem. Carmen-Case said on the phone: Ronan, you gave me some inspiration.

Ronan immediately asked, You want to raise money too?

Carmen Kath did not deny it, and said: With this plan, my reputation in Estonia will increase very quickly, and it will not be difficult to raise money.

Ronan reminded: Be aware of the legal boundaries.

He doesn't want to see the future richest woman in Estonia end up in jail because of his influence.

Carmen-Case said: I know, I will not do illegal things. I will not give up the future for a little immediate benefit.

That's good. Ronan changed the subject: I will go to Europe next year, and I will find you then.

Carmen-Case said with a smile: Okay, I'll wait for you.

The two chatted a few more words about their respective situations, and then hung up the phone.

Reaper is a success at the box office in North America, and a series of subsequent plans will also be put on the official agenda on paper. The first ones are the sequels of the Bourne Shadow series and The Purge.

The first concern of both is to solve the directing problem as soon as possible.

As for the sequel to The Purge, Andrew, the production manager hired by Sandsea Entertainment, is in preliminary negotiations with James Huang's agent, Edward.

Since Edward dragged the negotiations until after the release of Death Comes, the two parties have not yet reached an agreement on James Huang's salary.

As for Bourne, Tony Gilroy's screenwriting team has already come up with some scripts. Ronan is not very satisfied with some parts. After holding a screenwriting meeting, let them continue to revise and create. It is expected that the first draft of the script will be completed after the new year.

Then there is the director Paul Greengrass. After a period of coldness, Ronan is going to reconnect with them.