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In a blink of an eye, it's another Friday, June 28th.

"Batman: The Dark Knight" ended its third week of screening. For the seven days from June 21 to June 27, the film's box office decline shrank to 25% compared to last week, with another $45.13 million in revenue.

At the same time, the cumulative North American box office of the superhero blockbuster also officially broke the $200 million mark, reaching $207.28 million.

Over 100 million in the first week!

Breaking 200 million in three weeks!

Such a box office record, in the eyes of many people, is probably only broken by other films in the dc movie universe.

In addition, Paramount Pictures' new film "White Head Detective 2", which opened last week, earned $31.54 million at the box office in the first week, exceeding Paramount's expectations.

As "Batman: The Dark Knight" began to rapidly release market space, the industry gradually discovered that this unstoppable superhero movie actually played a very obvious role in stimulating the market.

The week of May 24th, when six new films were launched intensively in the summer season, the total box office of North American theaters in a single week was only more than 86 million US dollars. However, since the opening of "Batman: The Dark Knight" on June 7, the total weekly box office figures of the North American film market for three consecutive weeks have reached 179 million US dollars, 146 million US dollars and 131 million US dollars respectively.

Calculated, the cumulative box office of the three-week period minus the $200 million of "Batman: The Dark Knight" is equivalent to the average weekly revenue of other films of $83 million.

Obviously, many viewers have watched more than one movie during this period due to the recent movie-watching boom caused by "Batman: The Dark Knight".

As for the films of the same period, in addition to "The White-Headed Detective 2" whose box office exceeded expectations in the first week, the fire-fighting film "Temperance" produced by the original Universal Pictures, which opened on May 24, has accumulated a total of 5,611 box office in five weeks. Ten thousand U.S. dollars.

Although the single-week box office has slipped to around $5 million, "Backfire" is still expected to hit the $70 million mark in the final North American box office.

Tempering had a production budget of $40 million. The $70 million North American box office, including the expected overseas box office revenue, is basically enough for the film to recoup its production and distribution costs.

Billy Crystal's "Urban Hillbilly" has also grossed $52.22 million in the shadow of "Batman: The Dark Knight" since its four-week release on May 31.

Unlike "Tempering", which fell into the $5 million range, "Urban Hillbilly" still has a weekly box office of $14.18 million in the past week, ranking second only to "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "Batman: The Dark Knight". White-Headed Detective 2", ranked third.

According to such box office trends, it is easy for "Urban Hillbills" to break through 100 million at the domestic box office in North America.

Not only these mainstream commercial films, but also the Antarctic documentary "Frozen World" produced by Gaomen Pictures, a subsidiary of Daenerys Entertainment, has been like a small but very eye-catching 'dark horse' since its release.

Although the box office volume is not large, due to the excellent market performance and the alternative themes outside the mainstream summer movies, it has attracted much attention from the media and the public, even under the limelight of "Batman: The Dark Knight". A very good topic.

Therefore, although the highest single-week box office of this non-mainstream Antarctic documentary was only $7.66 million in the second week, the cumulative box office continued to exceed the expectations of all parties.

As of June 27, the cumulative box office of "Frozen World" has reached 31.12 million US dollars. This figure is equivalent to 10 times the production cost of the film's paltry $3 million, and it is definitely the highest return film of this summer.

Moreover, with the box office level of "Frozen World" still taking in $4.61 million last week and its downward trend of less than 20% for four consecutive weeks, the film's next North American box office is very hopeful to hit the $50 million mark.

There are movies that sell well, and naturally there is no shortage of cannon fodder.

The most dismal market performance this summer is undoubtedly Bruce Willis' "Ultimate Condor", which cost $65 million to make. The film's word of mouth and box office both failed.

As of June 20, "Ultimate Condor" has only received a box office of over 16 million US dollars for four weeks after its release, and it can't even make any money for the publicity fee. files.

Others, such as Disney's "Prancing Horse," Fox's "The Ugly," and Paramount's "Soap Platter," also struggled at the box office.

The original Universal Pictures produced Spike Lee's new film "Jungle Fever" with a production budget of $14 million. Due to mistakes in the release schedule and publicity strategy, the market also failed to meet expectations. The total North American box office is expected to be only over $20 million.

The overseas market potential of all-black lineup films is limited, and Daenerys Entertainment can only expect to recover the full $19 million in production and publicity costs through subsequent distribution through other local channels.

The problem of "Jungle Fever" is obvious. It directly collided with the schedule of "Batman: The Dark Knight". During the integration of the two companies, people were unstable, and it was difficult to adjust the publicity strategy in time. As a result, the box office of this well-received movie was not satisfactory.

As Daenerys' entertainment becomes larger and larger, Simon is well aware that this kind of problem is inevitable, and he can't do everything alone.

In fact, this is also Simon's recent insistence on streamlining and integrating Daenerys Entertainment's production and distribution teams.

one of the reasons. Big company sickness is inevitable for any corporate giant, but the effects of this negative factor can be mitigated by constantly adjusting and efficient corporate teams.

On June 28, a new box office week, North American theaters once again had two new films released.

The blockbuster film "Terminator 2", a collaboration between Daenerys Entertainment and Fox Pictures, opened with 2,506 screens.

The sci-fi classic sequel ended up costing $73 million to make, and Cameron still forced $3 million over Simon's $70 million budget cap.

Fortunately, after all, it is still a lot less than the original time and space budget of 102 million US dollars.

Now that the $73 million was spent, Simon did not save any more, and asked Fox to give a budget of $30 million, making the total production and publicity budget of this project still exceed the one-hundred-million-dollar mark.

Another new film is a gangster film "Boys in the Block" produced by Columbia Pictures. The screen size of the opening screen is only 876, which is basically a foil.

Simon checked out the next phase of Universal Studios' redevelopment in Burbank in the morning, had lunch with Nancy Brill, who was still here, and drove back to Malibu at two o'clock in the afternoon.

The car left Universal Studios and drove west along Ventura Boulevard for more than 20 kilometers, then turned south onto Intermountain Highway 27, which runs north-south to Malibu. Along the No. 27 mountain road about 5 kilometers inward and enter a newly built asphalt road.

The asphalt road leads directly to the administrative area of ​​Daenerys Studios. The entrance and exit are just at the top corner of the triangular-shaped studio. This was originally a mountain trail leading to the water tower on the top of the mountain. There is a two-lane asphalt road.

With the further expansion of Daenerys Entertainment, the transportation and accommodation of Daenerys Entertainment's employees began to become a concern for the company.

In the past, Malibu Daenerys Studios had only one exit from the studio area to Linhai Highway 1.

Although the southern exit leads directly to Malibu to the west and to Sunset Boulevard to the east, neither Malibu nor the wealthy areas such as Palisades, Bel Air, Beverly Hills, etc., which the Sunset Boulevard leads to, are not Daenerys. Entertainment Most employees can afford to live, and Santa Monica is also a high-spending area.

The problem was exacerbated after Daenerys Entertainment merged with mca.

Because Universal Studios is in Burbank, most employees also live in valleys where housing prices are relatively cheap.

With Simon moving most of his functions from Universal Studios into Daenerys Studios, many employees are facing long commutes.

In the past, if you wanted to rush to Burbank from Malibu Daenerys Studios, you needed to enter the Linhai Highway from the southern exit of the studio, go east for a while to the entrance of No. 27 Mountain Highway, and then go north.

After the construction of the asphalt road connecting the northernmost administrative district of Daenerys Studios and the No. 27 Mountain Road, employees can save at least 15 minutes in time for entering and leaving, and the entire road can be driven into the northern valley area in less than 10 kilometers.

Moreover, there are actually many scattered residential communities on both sides of the No. 27 Mountain Road.

After the asphalt road directly to the north of the administrative district is opened, many employees can also buy or rent houses in these cheap mountain residential communities. There is no need to drive around a big bend from the southern exit, and even walking to work on weekdays is no problem.

From Burbank Universal Studios to Malibu Daenerys Studios, the total distance is about 35 kilometers, and it took exactly an hour in the afternoon when the traffic was smooth.

Simon didn't have any spare time in the car. After the car drove into the administrative district from the northern entrance, he had already finished reading the project materials of "The Wife of New York", which will start shooting next month.

Robert Iger was also in Los Angeles recently, and happened to be here with Simon from Universal Studios.

The two got off the car in the parking lot. Simon was still holding the document, turned to the previous page while walking and asked, "The plot summary is very good, but what happened to this woman?"

On that page, the woman's name was Kris Jenner.

At the year-end party at Daenerys Studios last year, a woman called Kris Kardashian.

Although the original history is like this, it seems to be too fast.

and.

She also became the 'New York Wife'.

Robert Egger glanced sideways, some weirdness flashed across his expression, glanced at Simon, and asked, "You don't know?"

Simon was even more puzzled: "What do I know?"

Robert Iger re-examined Simon's expression, hesitated, and said, "This, Ms. Jenna was not originally among the finalists. However, she took the initiative to contact me several times, that, implied, she and you. Very, um... familiar. So..."

Iger didn't say it too thoroughly, but Simon understood it, and could only smile bitterly and sigh that this woman is really... amazing.

Robert Iger is still a little unsure. If the woman in the information is not familiar with Simon, why did he take the initiative to ask this time.

Moreover, thinking about the posture and posture of the beautiful woman in her thirties, Iger thinks that it may be more in line with the taste of his boss. Therefore, Iger did not ask Simon for confirmation in advance for this kind of 'little thing' that only required the subordinate's understanding.

Seeing Simon closed the folder and handed it over, and continued to walk towards the office building, Iger thought about it, and then asked, "Simon, do you need a replacement?"

Simon shook his head and said with a smile: "No, this woman is very tossing, and it is indeed very comfortable.

Fit this program. "

Iger nodded and said no more.

Simon added: "I'll be in New York for a day before I go to the UK next week. Make arrangements for her to see me."

Iger was stunned for a moment, then just answered again.

The two soon separated, Iger went to a meeting, and Simon came to a screening room in Office Building 1.

There are still two hours in the afternoon, and the schedule is for the internal test screening of Katherine Bigelow's just finished final cut.

The schedule for "The End of the Wild Flower" is September 6th. The film's publicity work has already started, but it was only completely completed two days ago, and it will be sent to mp for rating next week.

Entering the screening room, the screening of the film is ready.

It was probably confirmed that Simon would attend, and the small theater with more than 30 seats was very lively.

In addition to Catherine, the film's producer and the staff of the publicity department, the two heroines of "The End of the Wild" Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis also rushed over, and the two also brought their own Boyfriends, also filmmakers in the circle, Tim Robbins and Renee Haring.

Tim Robbins is the actor in The Shawshank Redemption in the original time and space, and he also participated in Robert Altman's "Intersection of Life" before.

Renee Haring has emerged in Hollywood in recent years by directing Die Hard 2 and Elm Street 4, and belongs to a new generation of new directors on the rise.

Moreover, the latest film directed by Renee Haring is called "Passion Rose", which will also be released in the next September, two weeks later than "The End of the Road". The heroine of "Passion Rose" is already doomed. Miss Laura Dern in the new Jurassic Park.

If history does not change, the pair of Renee Haring and Geena Davis will also work together to complete the super "blockbuster" "Cut Throat Island" that has created a Guinness record for the loss of the film industry in Hollywood history.

So, Hollywood is really small.

Simon actually wanted to drive away the other "irrelevant people" so that he could be alone with Catherine.

Of course, just think about it.

Everyone greeted him, but Simon didn't hide it. He sat directly with Catherine in the back corner of the screening room, and then motioned for the staff to start playing the movie.

Catherine is not as cheeky as Simon, but fortunately she is in the last row, which is not so embarrassing.

And, even if absolutely not admit it to anyone.

However, there is probably no one in Hollywood who does not know the relationship between the two.

After a brief period of shyness, Catherine quickly got used to the feeling of sitting with Simon in public.

A few years have passed, and many things have changed. He has even gotten married, and she has tried to keep him cold on purpose. However, the intimacy that has accumulated between the two since their initial encounter has not diminished.

Originally a celibate, Catherine gradually adapted to her current life.

He has his own career, his own life, his own social circle, and a close little man.

A few occasional sneaky kisses can be satisfying for a long time.

Although he seemed to have everything for granted, he wouldn't let her feel the possessiveness that made women disgusted.

All right.

In fact, in Hollywood now, no man dares to pursue her at all.

When the lights in the projection hall were dimmed, she noticed that Simon seemed to have a tendency to put his arms over. Catherine glared at him and said softly, "Don't do anything wrong, someone is there."

Simon smiled and leaned into the woman's ear: "Do you think I look like a good person?"

"..."

"Oh, wrong, do you think I look like a bad guy?"

Catherine rolled her eyes, intending to ignore him.

Knowing that women are actually very thin-skinned, Simon just made a joke and said, "Let's go back to Du Meijia for dinner together at night. I'm going on a business trip next week, and I want you to help take care of Jenny. Thank you in advance for tonight. ."

Catherine heard Simon say this and remembered one thing, with a little teasing in her tone: "Is it still a business trip like last Saturday night in Seattle?"

"Um?"

Catherine once again rolled her eyes at Simon, who was trying to pretend to be stupid, and said, "Jenny said that night that she couldn't sleep, so she insisted on calling me to accompany her, and said you were going to Seattle on a 'business trip'."

Simon nodded solemnly: "Yes, a business trip, a very urgent matter."

On the screen, the main feature of "Crazy Flowers at the End of the Road" began to play.

Catherine turned to the other side.

Going to ignore a guy for the next two hours.

It's punishment.

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