Heads Up Hollywood

"Only Tang En can defeat Tang En"!

This was the headline on the entertainment section of the "New York Times". While praising Tang En's outstanding ability in the film field, he also made statistics on the current film market structure.

When "Unsinkable" was released in the first week, it was unexpectedly won the weekly box office champion by "Pearl Harbor". The tyrants backed down one after another.

It wasn't until Tang En Pictures' another movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" was released that "Unsinkable" was finally pulled down from the top spot. Otherwise, "Unsinkable" will continue to lead the weekly list with a score of 45 million US dollars in the fifth week of its release here.

There are more and more signs that Tang En participated in the production of commercial blockbusters, which are invincible in the summer.

His opponent is only himself!

It is conceivable that in the next few weeks, the North American box office market will change from a one-man show of "Unsinkable" to a duo of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "Unsinkable".

"Film Review" also sent praises: "As of 24 o'clock yesterday, the global box office of "Unsinkable" has exceeded 550 million US dollars! Among them, the North American market has contributed 320 million US dollars. It is a great contribution to Tang En Pictures As far as commercial blockbusters are concerned, high box office seems to have become the norm, and the latest "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" also gained a lot of money, with 75.08 million US dollars in three days in the first weekend!"

The "Los Angeles Times" focused its attention on the French director Luc Besson: "Before that, Luc Besson encountered a career of Waterloo. His "Joan of Arc" failed so badly at the box office that many investors were interested He kept him at a respectful distance, and he even encountered a relationship crisis and got divorced."

"It was Dunn Walker who rescued him, invested 100 million US dollars, and planned the "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" project. Facts have proved that Tang En not only has a unique vision in terms of movie content, but is also sharp, bold, and Decisive, courageous, and successful."

""Mr. and Mrs. Smith" tells the story of a couple of killers. Mr. Smith is American and Mrs. Smith is French. Different cultures and criminal groups from different countries have created enough laughs for this story. and plot tension. It's a pity that the theme can't be sublimated and the plot is old-fashioned, but this is still a film worth watching, as evidenced by the box office of 75.08 million US dollars in the first weekend."

"Mel Gibson and Sophie Marceau, the multinational combination, had a wonderful performance together in "Braveheart", and this time their performance did not disappoint everyone. This screen couple will definitely dominate This summer, in my opinion, Tang En Pictures can prepare the script and shoot "Mr. and Mrs. Smith 2"."

"Entertainment Weekly" made an evaluation of the box office: "This week, the box office of "Unsinkable" has shrunk by 35%, and the North American box office has reached 320 million US dollars. The overseas market has also made efforts at the same time, and the global box office has exceeded 550 million US dollars. The film is still popular in the North American market, but in overseas markets, especially Japan, France, Austria, Germany and other countries where it was released earlier, it is obviously unable to continue."

"According to authoritative forecasts, the North American box office of "Unsinkable" will be about 420 million US dollars, and the overseas box office will be between 450 million and 480 million US dollars. In other words, "Unsinkable" wants to challenge Tang En's three 10 It’s impossible to make a $100 million blockbuster movie, and the only expectation is whether it can surpass Steven Spielberg’s "Jurassic Park" and rank second."

"Universal Pictures' first-week box office estimate for Mr. and Mrs. Smith was 90 million US dollars, and the actual box office shrank by 16.7%. Mel Gibson's appeal is beyond doubt, but Sophie Marceau's appeal is obviously slightly inferior. Especially compared with Angelina Jolie in "Tomb Raider" in the same period. In this kind of action movie, Sophie Marceau seems too delicate and too backbone."

"As the famous film critic Roger Ebert said, if Sophie Marceau is replaced by Angelina Jolie, as long as Jolie can perform in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" in the style of "Tomb Raider", It will be able to make "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" even better, meet the expectations of Universal Pictures, and get 600 million US dollars in the global box office."

"However, Sophie Marceau has a greater reputation in Europe. Tang En and Luc Besson's choice may be because they valued the overseas box office more. Even though the word-of-mouth and box office were not as expected, the global box office of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" exceeded 500 million U.S. dollars, maybe it's not difficult. It's ironic, isn't it? Twain Films' movies are still on par with 500 million U.S. dollars when the box office shrinks!"

...

This is a French coffee shop with a poetic name - "Jacqueline".

Dunn arrived 10 minutes late on purpose. As Roy Disney said, this is an old store. As soon as he entered the room, he was sitting by the window. An old couple over sixty years old was busy at the bar. make coffee.

Tang En had his bodyguards guard the door with great fanfare, and there was a kind of mobilization of the arrival of a big man, which naturally aroused Roy Disney's dissatisfaction.

But Tang En didn't care. People respected him a foot, and he respected others. If anyone was shameless...then there was nothing he could do.

"Mr. Disney, I just got the news. I heard that Disney's stock price has been falling all the way since the stock market opened today. Now it has fallen by more than 5%?"

Roy Disney shook hands with Tang En nonchalantly, "Into this summer, Disney's stock has been fluctuating."

Tang En said a little embarrassed: "Speaking of it, I was also wrong. "Unsinkable" was released, defeated "Pearl Harbor", and caused Disney's stock price to plummet. Last week's "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" surpassed "Asia Atlantis: The Lost Empire, causing Disney's stock to plummet again."

Roy Disney frowned, and said lightly: "Disney's market value exceeds US$40 billion. Among the global media and entertainment groups, it is second only to Time Warner, Viacom and Vivendi Universal. We have a huge industry Structure, the film market is only a tiny part, and it will not have such a big impact on the stock price."

"Oh, is it so?"

Tang En laughed, feeling contempt in his heart.

I will suffer at the cost of saving face!

Every industry is the same, there are always some self-righteous old guys, relying on their deep experience in the industry, many contacts, and great influence, they want to rely on the old to give advice to the younger generations.

As everyone knows, the times have changed a long time ago. In the wave of the Internet, young people are the masters of the new world!

Roy Disney is obviously still maintaining the attitude of his predecessors, and said lightly: "Of course, Disney's largest business income is the ABC Broadcasting and Television Group, because the financial statement released in June showed that Disney's overall operating income declined last year. .”

Tang En smiled half-smile, "Oh...it turns out that Disney's stock price continued to fall due to ABC's drag, but I remember that Michael Eisner had already reacted first. He bought the Fox Family Entertainment Channel, which should be given to the market. Bringing vitality and confidence? Why did the stock price drop as soon as the stock market opened today?"

Roy Disney frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Twain, aren't we going to discuss Disney's stock price?"

Tang En laughed twice, and made a haha.

"Let's talk about cooperation!"

"Okay, you say."

"I think... there is no absolute conflict of interest between you and Disney. All the misunderstandings were caused by Michael Eisner."

Tang En laughed loudly, "Of course, I am a newcomer in the industry, how could I take the initiative to provoke a behemoth like Disney? Michael Eisner will not give me a way out, I can only resist! So far, the results are not bad. Disney is not as strong as it is supposed to be."

A bit of anger surfaced on Roy Disney's face, but he quickly covered it up, took a deep breath, and said, "In the final analysis, it's still Michael Eisner! As you said just now, the trend of Disney's stock price this summer Not too good, this is also Eisner's mistake, so..."

"What?"

"We have a common enemy."

Tang En shrugged lightly, with a calm expression, "Maybe!"

Roy Disney didn't like Tang En's absent-minded appearance, so he gritted his teeth and could only say along the way: "So we should cooperate, you outside, I inside, and join forces to kill Michael Eisner!"

Tang En smiled, "Sounds very good."

Roy Disney said: "Indeed, this is the best decision for us! Internally... this is Disney's secret, and it is not convenient for me to disclose it to you. Externally, I hope you can do three things, with I cooperate."

The corner of Tang En's mouth curled up, his expression a little indifferent.

Roy Disney felt that he had already talked about this point, and that he had shown enough sincerity by forbearance everywhere, so he stretched out three fingers, and said slowly: "First, Disney's film production department encountered We have encountered great difficulties, and I hope that in the next three years, Tang En Pictures and Disney can cooperate on 5 films to help Disney tide over the difficulties."

"Oh, what about the second one?"

"I know that you are a shareholder of Legendary Films and have a lot of power to speak, so I hope you can come forward to persuade Michael Ovitz to cooperate with Disney on the platter investment project."

"Oh, what about the third one?"

Roy Disney smiled. Seeing that Tang En didn't react too much, he felt relieved and said slowly: "The third is the animation industry. Judging from the current situation, the traditional hand-painted 2D animation , is no longer favored by the market, and computer 3D animation represented by Pixar and DreamWorks Animation is the main trend at present.”

Tang En nodded, "Indeed, the Sillywood Animation Studio under Tang En Pictures is also currently producing computer animation."

Roy Disney smiled and said: "To be honest, I watched part of the cartoon "Fantastic Four" produced by Sillywood Animation, and it was very good! It is hard to imagine that you use such technology to make a cartoon, and Is it an animated movie! This is simply a huge waste of resources."

"Oh? What do you think?"

"Of course it is to make big animated movies! In the field of animation, Disney has the largest and most extensive channels in the world. If Sillywood Animation and Disney Animation can cooperate in computer production, or Disney can acquire Sillywood Animation , it couldn’t be better.”

Tang En looked at the way Roy Disney was talking, as if he was listening to the bible.

What a Roy Disney who relies on the old to sell the old!