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Chapter 583 Is This Still a Cartoon? (build)

The nearest mansion to the west of Cape Dumei Manor, the villa is a three-story three-dimensional modern-style building. The main body of the white building seems to be composed of many cuboids superimposed, which is full of modernity.

Simon walked around the villa with his female assistant, and the two came to the terrace on the third floor. The female assistant leaned on the railing and looked at the sea view. Simon naturally put his arms around her waist and asked, "How is it?"

"Very good," the female assistant turned her face to Simon and posted it, then pointed to a row of mansions on the west side: "Have you bought all of these?"

"Yeah, how's it going?"

Jennifer said: "In recent years, many media have always criticized you for being extravagant."

"I don't care what other people say, I just do what I want to do."

The female assistant didn't really care, and she didn't even think about persuading Simon to restrain himself or use the money for public welfare.From the first meeting to becoming the mother of his child at this time, so many years have passed unknowingly, watching him walk step by step, watching him create a huge business empire, she feels that she is still the same as she heard in Venice Beach. He sneaks down $10 unnamed girls while he sings.

Until now, I still just want to stand beside him silently forever.

No matter what the outsiders are, no matter what he does, she will always be the one by his side.

Noticing that the female assistant in her arms was looking at the east side of the bay in a daze, Simon followed and looked at the coastal line of Santa Monica: "What are you looking at?"

Jennifer said: "Suddenly remembered the first time I saw you."

Saying this, he remembered that he still didn't know about the video tape at the time, and he didn't intend to let him know. He wanted to keep it as a little secret in his heart forever.

Simon hugged the female assistant's waist tightly, and said with a smile, "Did you secretly fall in love with me when we first met?"

Jennifer recalled that it was actually the second meeting between the two, and teased a little: "You mean the guy who was beaten into the hospital at that time?"

"Well, let's change the subject."

"Hehe," the female assistant laughed, raised her wrist to check the time, and said, "Let's go back, the children should wake up."

The two returned to the Shell Villa, and girl A happened to return from the outside and brought back a set of scrolls.

The female assistant first went to the baby room to see the two little guys. The children were still sleeping, so she came out to admire the scroll brought back by Alison with Simon.

This is a Chinese painting.

The picture is close to three meters in length and 1.5 meters in width. On it is a magnificent picture scroll of ancient warfare. Tens of thousands of ancient soldiers of various types are fighting hard on the vast battlefield. Giant siege vehicles and awe-inspiring Modao array , cruel cavalry collided, crumbling dilapidated city, surrounded by corpses, and the blood-stained sun outside the distant mountains. On the right side of the banner is Cao Song's "Jihai Years" written in cursive.

At the beginning, I just asked girl A to find someone to write down Cao Song's poem.

Later, I felt that the thin volume of poetry was a little pale, so I ordered it casually, and I got this painting.

The painter's skills are very solid, and the female assistant doesn't know the poems on the right side of the picture, but she can't hold back the picture of cruel war and feels a little suffocated.Involuntarily holding Simon's arm, he whispered, "I don't like this painting."

Simon patted the back of the female assistant's hand, beckoning to the four girls who were carefully displaying the huge painting, and said, "Put it away and put it in the showroom."

After finishing speaking, he said to the female assistant: "Let's go and see the child."

Jennifer took a last look at the painting that Alison and the others were carefully rolling up, nodded, and followed Simon to the baby's room, thinking about it but still didn't ask.

Simon didn't explain either.

Things in New York, with David Dinkins losing the mayoral election on November 11 to Rudy Giuliani by 1% to 41% of the vote, some things have been temporarily settled.

Of course there is a follow-up.

Now that he has decided to attack the entire David Dinkins city government cabinet, Simon has no intention of stopping.

It is true that the Westeros system tends to side with the Democrats, but if anyone takes that for granted, or even takes any responsibility, this incident will serve as a clear warning.

Maybe the two sides will have some quarrels because of this, and Simon doesn't care.

If Simon hadn't made a strong enough layout immediately after David Dinkins suddenly turned his face, he believes that many follow-up small actions will definitely follow.

In this world, too many people like to balance the more they are in high positions. Sometimes, this is a reaction of showing weakness in the eyes of the enemy.

Simon did not hesitate to directly turn against the Speyer family behind Tishman Speyer and even turned against the Democratic Party. Only then did many people realize his personality.In his bones, Westeros has not turned to peace due to the increase in wealth and power. He is still the madman who can knock off other people's legs without hesitation.

Even, considering the gang fight in Bowry Bay, a certain young man seems to be a little crazy.

For this kind of person, if there is no certainty of victory, playing with small tricks will not be worth the loss.

Janet picked up the business of Cersei Capital again, and after the weekend, Simon also started to work again.

When many filmmakers in Hollywood were still lamenting the unexpected box office results of "The Seven Deadly Sins" during the Halloween schedule, "The Lion King" once again shocked everyone in the past weekend.

For a 3D animation film, Daenerys Entertainment not only invested 6000 million US dollars in production costs, but also announced a scale of 3000 million US dollars. Before the film was released, most media believed that Daenerys Entertainment dared to invest so much. The key lies in Potential side benefits of 3D animated films.

Daenerys Entertainment presumably doesn't intend to make any money at the box office.

You know, in addition to the global box office of 4 million U.S. dollars for "Toy Story" two years ago, the sales of peripheral toys for the film have exceeded 30 billion U.S. dollars in the past two years. Daenerys Entertainment has brought in a net profit of $10 billion, most of which comes from peripheral toy sales.

Moreover, "Toy Story" brought more than just monetary benefits to Daenerys Entertainment. The success of this film not only broke Disney's long-term monopoly on animated films, but also drove Daenerys Entertainment The development of the entire industrial chain of its peripherals, games, theme parks, etc.

Therefore, "The Lion King" this time, in the eyes of many people, is just a further layout of Daenerys Entertainment in terms of the entire industry chain.

According to the "Second Year Curse" phenomenon seen in Hollywood, whether it is a filmmaker or a studio, after the first film is amazing, the second film produced is often not as good as before.

There are even some media predictions that if an animation film like "The Lion King" has no foundation of fairy tale popularity and is still a partial animal theme, it is already a success if the local box office can exceed [-] million.Daenerys Entertainment is likely to end up losing money and earning a living this time.

Because "The Lion King" was not considered too much of a threat, there were as many as 11 films that started production on November 19th.Although there are three very small-scale literary and award-winning films, there are also two blockbuster films that will be released at the end of the year. Costume epic "Gronimo".

The local box office of "Slim Dad" in Simon's memory exceeded 2 million US dollars, and it was the runner-up in the box office of the original space and time in 1993, second only to "Jurassic Park".

"Gronimo" produced by Columbia Pictures tells the story of a hero named Gronimo who rebelled against the British rulers during the American War of Independence. The film budget reached 3500 million US dollars, the same A-level production level.

Simon doesn't have much on his mind about "Gronimo," which is apparently yet another one of Peter Guber's legacy of expensive box office duds.After months of auditing, Sony finally announced a $25 billion write-down on Columbia Pictures.

Asset write-down is actually a loss in disguise.

The loss of 25 billion US dollars, although 2 million US dollars less than Simon remembered, should not be underestimated.

After the news was announced, Sony's stock price has been falling for more than a month, and its market value has even returned to within 150 billion US dollars.There are also rumors in the circle that Sony plans to sell this hot potato.

Despite being in a quagmire, Columbia still prepared a screen scale of 1605 screens for "Gronimo". It is less than the opening level of "The Lion King" at 1678 yuan, but in the eyes of many people, it also poses a clear threat to "The Lion King", especially "Slim Dad", which is also a family-friendly film.

Daenerys Entertainment opened up the media word of mouth for "The Lion King" after the premiere on November 11.

Because the media that participated in the premiere was selected in advance, the first wave of media critics of "The Lion King" was almost overwhelmingly praised, and there were a lot of soft or hard publicity on the Internet platform.

However, even if it officially opens on a large scale on Friday, many people don't think how good the box office of "The Lion King" will be.

until Saturday.

When countless media reporters and film company executives were woken up by phone calls at one or two o'clock in the morning on Saturday and saw the previous day's box office data report, many people's first reaction was even 'Could there be a mistake? '

The first day was 1633 million US dollars.

First day.

Is this still a cartoon?

The Igret Portal responded immediately, directly pushing the first-day box office data of "The Lion King" to the headline of the portal homepage.

"A new box office record for animated films, "The Lion King" made $1633 million in its first day."

The box office on the first day was 1633 million US dollars. What kind of concept is this?

The comparison is clear.

The box office of "Slim Dad", which was released at the same time, was only 531 million US dollars on the first day. It is estimated that it will only reach the first-day level of "The Lion King" in the first three days of the first weekend.Another "Gronimo" had a box office of only US$129 million on the first day, less than one-tenth of "The Lion King".

At the same time, the first day of 1633 million US dollars means that the box office of "The Lion King" in the first weekend is around 5000 million US dollars, and the box office in the first week is expected to reach 7000 million US dollars.

$7000 million in the first week, which is already the same level as the DC movie universe project.

Two years ago, "Toy Story" had a total box office of 2.11 million US dollars in North America, which surprised everyone. At that time, the box office in the first seven days was only 4673 million US dollars.

Daenerys Entertainment's large-scale promotion of "The Lion King" has already given the movie a very high reputation.

Although a large part of the traditional paper media remained quite indifferent to the news of the box office on the first day of the film, under the spare no effort of publicity from the Ygrit portal and the media close to the Westeros system, the topic of "The Lion King" quickly resumed. up a level.

Originally, both word-of-mouth and popularity were already excellent, coupled with the gimmick of breaking the box office record, "The Lion King" unknowingly attracted more media to enter the theater, and quickly formed a phenomenon-level movie-watching craze.

The first day was 1633 million US dollars.

$1829 million Saturday.

$1731 million on Sunday.

In the first three days of painting, the cumulative box office of "The Lion King" quickly reached 5193 million US dollars.

The same animation film box office new record.

Faced with the impact of "The Lion King", "Slim Dad", which had a decent box office on the first day, ended up with only US$1376 million in the three-day box office in the first weekend. It is conservatively estimated that "The Lion King" suppressed the box office by at least US$200 million.

Simon is more aware that this kind of suppression somewhat spans the two major periods throughout the end of the year.

The target group of "Slim Dad" is the same as that of "The Lion King", they are all family carnival audiences. This time, with "The Lion King" as a better choice, the box office of "Slender Dad" will inevitably shrink significantly.

No matter how hard the traditional media tried to stir up some controversy, attacking "The Lion King" as an imitation of Disney style, and criticizing the film for alleged hidden racial discrimination, etc., they could not stop the momentum of this phenomenal 3D animation film.

最终，11月19日到11月25日首周七天，《狮子王》的累计票房达到7031万美元，仅次于《侏罗纪公园》首周的7217万美元、《闪电侠》首周的7286万美元票房以及《神奇女侠》、《超人》、《蝙蝠侠：开战时刻》、《蝙蝠侠：黑暗骑士》这六部电影，排行北美影史首周票房No.7。

The DC movie universe has been classified as another dimension by Hollywood, and "Jurassic Park" has also brought too much visual shock to the audience. The success of these movies can be traced.

As a cartoon, being able to stand side by side with a bunch of phenomenal movies can only be described as a miracle.

With the box office success of "The Lion King", Daenerys Entertainment's more and more complete peripheral sales channels have also quickly pushed toys, posters, clothing and other products related to the movie to the market. According to preliminary statistics, the revenue in the first week reached 2 After all, because of the type of subject matter, this result is not as good as "Toy Story", which has more peripheral products, but at this time, no one dares to question the commercial prospects of "The Lion King".

In addition, after the box office was released in the first week, video games and theme park projects related to "The Lion King" have all been given the green light to enter the pre-planning stage.

Chapter 584 Accidental Injury (Revision)

The movie that received the most attention in the Easter schedule was actually "Mission: Impossible".

Simon accompanied the two women on their maternity leave. In the past few months, the Canadian Seagram Group's acquisition of Paramount Communications was approved by the federal government despite the opposition of many media, and the two parties officially completed the transaction in October.

Therefore, "Mission: Impossible" can be regarded as the first blockbuster after the Seagram Group entered Hollywood.

After the accumulation of blockbuster films such as "Moonlight" and "The Time to Kill", Nicolas Cage has become a new generation of male stars with considerable box office appeal, and the heroine Demi Moore is not inferior in popularity or popularity. Cage too much.

In terms of cost, the production cost of the first "Mission: Impossible" finally reached 6500 million U.S. dollars. Paramount and Daenerys generously provided a publicity budget of 3500 million U.S. dollars this time, making up a total of 1 million U.S. dollars Total investment, it can be said that this Thanksgiving schedule is determined to win.

Unexpectedly, a "Lion King" came out.

After earning a strong box office of 7031 million US dollars in the first week, "The Lion King" continued to gain momentum in the second week. Facing new films such as "Mission: Impossible" and "Perfect World", it will be released for the second time from November 11 to December 26. The week's box office decline was still only 12%, and it earned another $2 million at the box office.

Within two weeks of its opening, the cumulative box office of "The Lion King" quickly reached a high of 1 million US dollars, and it even clearly showed the potential to hit the annual championship position of the summer file "Superman".

Faced with the strength of "The Lion King", "Mission: Impossible", which was well received in both pre-screening and post-screening word-of-mouth, finally earned $4635 million in the first week's box office, far lower than the distribution team's original expectation of $6000 million.

In the first week of 4635 million US dollars, the box office data is comparable to the opening data of "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3" in the same period four years ago. It is difficult to hit the domestic $3 million mark like "Raiders of the Lost Ark 2".

As for how far the final box office can reach, it depends on the curve in the next few weeks.

Of course, the box office of US$4635 million in the first week is definitely not a failure. The total box office in North America is a certainty. Feedback, "Mission: Impossible" is not a big problem in achieving profitability through theatrical distribution around the world.

Compared with the box office performance of another large-scale commercial film "Perfect World" in the same period, "Mission Impossible" once again confirmed that blockbusters will become the mainstream development trend of Hollywood studios.

"Perfect World" directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Kevin Costner has a strong lineup, and the production cost of 3000 million US dollars has also reached the A-level level. The producer Warner Bros. Pictures also The opening scale of 1964 screens was arranged for this film.

After its release, the crime drama about a young boy who was accidentally 'kidnapped' by a prison escapee and wandered the world together to finally get redemption was not bad.

However, compared to the US$4635 million box office in the first week of "Mission: Impossible", "Perfect World" only had a disappointing US$1006 million in its first week of filming.

The strong lineup of Old Cowboy and Costner, the best schedule for Thanksgiving, and the opening screen of nearly 2000 yuan. Warner originally expected this film to become another blockbuster hit of the billion-dollar club. Now, the first week is 1006 million US dollars However, it is difficult for the film's total box office in North America to exceed 3000 million, so we can only look forward to the box office performance in overseas markets.

However, in the next few months, the eyes of overseas film studios are destined to focus on films such as "The Lion King", "Mission Impossible" and the new DC movie universe project "Steel Bone" in the Christmas schedule.

Entering December, the North American film market has fallen into a short period of unpopularity between the two major schedules.

12月3日至12月9日，《狮子王》不可避免地出现了一次较大幅度的票房下跌，上映第三周的跌幅达到36%，再收3329万美元，三周票房累计为1亿5566万美元。

"Mission: Impossible" failed to threaten the box office title of "The Lion King" in the first week. In the week of early December, the box office data failed to escape the inevitable sharp drop in the unpopular period. The box office fell by 12% in the second week of the opening. , which is more serious than "The Lion King", the single-week box office volume also fell to less than 37 million US dollars, and only received 3000 million US dollars.

In the two weeks since its release, the cumulative box office of "Mission: Impossible" was 7569 million US dollars.

With such a box office trend for the next week, there must be no problem breaking through [-] million yuan, but the total domestic box office data depends on the box office trend during the Christmas period.

For other films released at the same time as the two giants of "The Lion King" and "Mission: Impossible", "Perfect World" fell by 32% in the second week, which seems to be stronger than "The Lion King" and "Mission: Impossible". The box office revenue in the second week of its release was only US$686 million, basically out of the competition for the year-end schedule.

On the contrary, "Slim Dad", which was released at the same time as "The Lion King", had a box office drop of 2108% in the second week after earning US$26 million in the first week, earning US$1560 million. The box office decline in the third week of release was still only 29%. Harvest $1131 million.

In three weeks, the cumulative box office of "Slim Dad", which survived in the gap between the two giants, reached 4799 million U.S. dollars without knowing it.

With the family carnival atmosphere of this film that is very suitable for the occasion, it is not a big problem to achieve a box office rebound in the Christmas period, so it is still the seed player to hit the box office club of the congressmen.

Moreover, the production cost of "Slim Daddy" is only 2500 million US dollars, and the box office revenue of 4799 million US dollars in three weeks has basically allowed Fox, the producer, to recover all the production costs, and it will be easy to achieve considerable profits through the local box office in the future.