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Affected by the impact of "Jurassic Park", the box office performance of other films in North American theaters in the first week of Christmas was unsatisfactory.

Usually, with the holiday approaching, most of the two movies will have a reverse decline before and after Christmas, but this time it didn't happen, even "Home Alone 2", which best fits the holiday theme, from December 18 to December In the week of the 24th, the box office data showed a drop of as much as 17%.

In its fifth week of release, "Home Alone 2" grossed $10.29 million at the box office, with a cumulative total of $132.05 million.

For this reason, Daenerys Entertainment's distribution team had to lower its local box office expectations for "Home Alone 2". The original expectation of up to 200 million US dollars must be difficult to achieve. In the best case, it is estimated that it can only reach the original Around $170 million on the timeline.

The Robin Williams fantasy comedy "Toys", which was drawn at the same time as "Jurassic Park", went straight to the street, with a box office of only $5.31 million in the first seven days.

In the same week, on Monday, December 21, the nominations for the 50th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards were officially announced.

Daenerys Entertainment's "The Crying Game" won three nominations for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay in the drama category, and "Scent and Knowing a Woman", the focus of the 1993 awards season, won the best drama category. Nominated for six nominations for film, best actor in a drama, best director, best supporting actor and best screenplay.

With the announcement of the nominations, the two films once again received media and public attention.

"The Crying Game", which opened on September 25, has been released for 13 weeks as of December 24. The total North American box office has reached 51.63 million US dollars, and the single-week box office has also fallen to less than 4 million US dollars. From December 18 to 12 On July 24, the seven-day box office gross was only $3.13 million.

Gaomen Pictures has focused its announcement on "Smell the Fragrance and Know a Woman". Therefore, taking advantage of the awards season, and appropriately re-expanding the scale of the screening, "The Crying Game" will probably make another 1,500 yuan. Around, the final North American box office is expected to be between $65 million and $70 million.

Compared to the film's $3 million production cost, this is already a miracle.

"Smell the Fragrance and Know a Woman", which opened on November 13, was officially released on November 27 after two weeks of screening.

As of December 24, within four weeks of its large-scale release, "Smell the Fragrance and Know a Woman" has grossed $30.11 million at the box office.

Taking into account the awards season in the next few months, "Scent and Knowing a Woman" will become the focus of Daenerys Entertainment's awards public relations. The Crying Game is pretty standard.

On December 25, the second week of Christmas, three new films will continue to be released in North American theaters.

Warner Bros. Pictures' "The Endless Love", starring Mel Gibson, has 1,710 screens.

In Simon's memory, the original heroine of the film was Jamie Lee Curtis, this time, the heroine was replaced by Meg Ryan.

Apparently it was the influence of the big butterfly, Simon.

However, Simon did not personally interfere. He hoped that the heroine of the film would still be Jamie Lee Curtis, just thinking that Curtis, who was full of manly atmosphere, could not have any spark with Mel Gibson. Not a Daenerys Entertainment film, of course the worse the better.

Of course, even if the heroine is replaced by the more likable Meg Ryan, "The End of the World" is destined to be crushed only by "Jurassic Park" at the end of the year.

Two other new films.

Paramount Pictures' "Miracles", starring Steve Martin, tells the story of a liar who tours the country and performs all over the country. The number of screens is 1554.

Fox's "Hoffa," a biographical crime drama starring Jack Nicholson, is clearly targeting awards season with 1,066 screens.

New York, Long Island.

Inside a synagogue in East Hampton.

The time is December 27th.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Steve Ross' funeral was held here.

The Jewish priest introduced Ross' life, and then relatives, friends, and colleagues came to the stage to give speeches one after another. The funeral continued until noon, and everyone returned to the Ross family's manor in East Hampton for dinner.

The lunch is buffet style, and the atmosphere is somewhat solemn.

"Simon, I've been thinking about something recently, and I'd like to have Schindler's List as a work dedicated to Steve at the same time."

In the hall of the manor house, the Simons once again expressed their condolences to Ross's widow, Courteney Ross, and Steven Spielberg suddenly said so.

The "Schindler's List" in my memory is the work of Universal Pictures, but the end of the film is specially marked with the words "Dedicated to Steve Ross".

Simon naturally didn't mind at this time, nodded and said: "Of course there is no problem, Steven, "Schindler's List" is entirely up to you."

Spielberg originally wanted to explain his specific thoughts. Seeing Simon said this, he didn't say any more, just a little more gratitude in his eyes.

Courteney Ross also had a moved expression: "Oh, Steven, and Simon, thank you so much."

"That's what we should do, Ms. Ross."

"Then," Courteney Rose looked at Simon and said, "Simon, next month, I plan to organize a

Steve's memorial service, can you make time to attend? "

Simon paused, facing Courteney Rose's eager eyes, and nodded: "Okay, just let me know when the time comes."

Janet, who was standing quietly beside Simon with a dinner plate, curled her lips indistinctly when she heard this conversation.

Speaking of which, Courteney Ross is the third wife of Steve Ross, more than 20 years younger than Ross, the standard old couple. Compared with Steve Ross's high emotional intelligence in dealing with people, Courteney Ross is less likable in this circle.

Like the invitation just now.

Since Simon and Ross are not too close friends, being able to rush back from Australia to attend this funeral is already a very face-saving thing.

Ross's memorial ceremony, originally, it was best to send an invitation privately. If Simon has time to attend, it is naturally best. If there is no time, it is not hurt to refuse quietly. In order to avoid obvious embarrassment, Simon can only agree to bring it up in front of the others at the lunch after the funeral.

Moreover, in the presence of Spielberg, who almost has a father-son relationship with Ross, Courteney Ross is also a little too enthusiastic for Simon, which will inevitably appear a bit snobbish.

Courteney Ross apparently didn't realize this.

This woman may only see that with Simon's current net worth, if she can attend Rose's memorial ceremony, it will definitely make the event even more glorious. As for Spielberg next to her, she probably felt that even if she didn't mention it, it was a matter of course for him to attend the Rose Memorial Ceremony.

Moments later, Robert Daly and Terry Semel, two of Ross' close associates, came over to say hello.

Everyone chatted softly, and Spielberg took the initiative to walk away.

Janet glanced at Courteney Ross, who was still standing still, and had to step forward and say, "Kurt, can you introduce everyone to me?"

Courteney Ross heard Janet, who was still a little cold just now, take the initiative to talk to her, and quickly nodded and smiled: "Oh, of course."

After the two women also walked away, Robert Daly first said: "Simon, I have seen some materials on fashion tv. Speaking of which, the cable TV industry really lacks a professional fashion TV station. This plan should be very promising. Warner Bros. will do its best to get this station online as soon as possible."

As Ross's two lieutenants, Terry Semel is in charge of the film business, and Robert Daly is in charge of Warner's cable operator business, mainly Warner Cable. As for the cable TV station hbo, it actually belongs to the Times Company system.

If Daenerys Entertainment wants to launch fashion tv, it will definitely need the cooperation of cable TV operators.

Simon of course understands what Robert Daly means to him through fashion tv, and smiles: "Actually, fashion tv is mainly to cooperate with the promotion of Gucci and other brands. I have no confidence in whether it can be done well. By the way, you guys are here recently. How's it going for a few days?"

The two looked at each other, and Terry Semel said: "The board of directors plans to hold an extraordinary general meeting on January 5, and the management of the company will be determined at that time."

Today is December 27th, and January 5th is more than a week away.

Simon did some calculations, then continued: "Actually, in the first half of the year, Steve talked to me about this, and he should have informed you. I also don't want Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group to have existing The good cooperation status of the company has been destroyed, so I will support the two of you as joint CEOs of Time Warner as much as possible, and if you need any help, you can contact me at any time.”

Steve Ross' successor, Gerald Levine, is looking a little disgraced these days because of his leaked speech at his last internal meeting, especially with Jurassic Park's box-office smash, which has made him sworn to be with him. Daenerys Entertainment's renegotiated Gerald Levin appears more passive.

Coupled with the recent plunge in Time Warner's stock price caused by a series of events such as high-level infighting and Ross's death, Warner's board of directors and major shareholders have criticized Gerald Levin.

If at this time, Simon can spare no effort to support Robert Daly and Terry Semel, the two are not without the possibility of taking full control of Time Warner.

Also, the way is simple.

Just put pressure on Time Warner's board and shareholders with Daenerys Entertainment's partnership with Time Warner Group on the DC Cinematic Universe.

Since the merger of Time Warner, the company's most eye-catching project in recent years is the dc movie universe. This plan has not only represented rich interests, but also greatly affected the market's confidence in Time Warner. .

Time Warner's stock price will certainly continue to plummet once the DC Cinematic Universe plans change.

For Daenerys Entertainment, not to mention Marvel, which is still under development, just the recently released "Jurassic Park" is enough to show that Daenerys Entertainment is far less dependent on the DC movie universe. For Time Warner, therefore, Daenerys Entertainment has a lot of initiative in front of Time Warner.

However, after hearing what Simon said, both Robert Daly and Terry Semel realized that Simon didn't have much intention of intervening in Time Warner's top-level changes.

Certainly the two are not completely ignorant of some of the joints.

Daenerys and Time Warner, after all, are competitors, and a competitor with internal chaos is definitely more in the interests of Daenerys Entertainment than a competitor with stable management.

Also, one more thing.

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At this time, people can't have the chips to let Simon try to help them in the upper position.

To make sure the partnership doesn't change, Westeros could publicly support their joint Time Warner CEO role, but without the added benefit, the other side couldn't do much.

As for the deeper factors, in fact, even if they really fully grasp the power of Time Warner, the two have no intention of fighting against Daenerys Entertainment.

After all, Time Warner is a publicly held company, and the two of them are just professional managers.

As a professional manager, as long as the company can do its best, get the highest profit, and get the remuneration it deserves during the term of office, it is enough. As for the long-term planning of a company, neither of them feel that they have such an obligation, and even for Time Warner, which has been in constant internal struggle, even if the two want to undertake such an obligation, it is unlikely.

Time Warner is not Daenerys. In this hilly company, each faction has its own demands.

Simon had already had a phone call with Gerald Levin when he was in Australia, and he also roughly expressed his attitude on the phone.

The three had a brief discussion, and Simon promised that Daenerys Entertainment would make some more statements in the media to ensure that there would be no other changes at the January 5th shareholders meeting, and Simon did not plan to do more.

After a simple lunch, and a greeting to the person who should be greeted, the Simons returned to Manhattan together.

In the evening, I also made an appointment for a dinner with the Raybold family, and the Robert Iger family will also be there when the time comes.

Although he came back early, he did not plan to return to Los Angeles to work immediately, but planned to spend the New Year in New York, and arranged various activities in the following days.

Before I knew it, the last week of 1992 finally passed.

From December 25th to December 31st, "Jurassic Park" is still on the rise. In the second week of its release, the film dropped by only 21%. Compared with the ultra-high box office of 91.38 million US dollars in the first week, such a decline is already very good. . The following week, "Jurassic Park" continued to take in $72.17 million, and its cumulative box office quickly reached $163.55 million.

The No. 2 in the weekly list, "The Endless Love", compared to "Jurassic Park"'s $72.17 million box office, this new film starring Mel Gibson only made $15.18 million in the first week of its opening. Well below Warner's expectations.

Considering that next week's Christmas season will pass, and the production cost of "The End of the World" will reach 30 million US dollars, the total North American box office may only be between 30 million and 40 million US dollars.

The third-placed "Home Alone 2", because of Christmas, once again won $9.98 million with a super-low drop of 3%, and it was released for six weeks, with a cumulative box office of $142.03 million.

Fox's "Hoffa" came in fourth with $8.71 million in its first week.

With the film's final comprehensive media rating of only 5.4 points, it is obviously unlikely that this biographical crime drama will hit the awards season.

Paramount's comedy "Miracles" starring Steve Martin earned $7.37 million in its first week, ranking fifth at the box office, which also fell short of expectations.

In fact, the top five films on the weekly list, including the last four films such as "The End of the World", together, the box office is not as good as the film "Jurassic Park".

Relying on the momentum brought by "Jurassic Park", Daenerys Entertainment's statement on the need to ensure the stable replacement of Time Warner's management immediately received affirmative responses from all parties in Time Warner.

Through this incident, Hollywood has once again felt the growing influence of Daenerys Entertainment in the good American media industry.

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