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After the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe owned by Disney in the original time and space, various Hollywood movie universes came one after another, such as the DC Movie Universe, the Monster Movie Universe, the Transformers Universe, and so on. The universe all ends in failure.

The problem with DC is obvious.

The excessive interference of Warner's high-level executives, the lack of perfect production ideas, the lack of trust in the main creator, and so on.

Looking at the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the success of "Iron Man" in 2008 was actually just an accident. Neither Marvel itself nor Paramount, which was originally responsible for the release, did not have much confidence in this project.When "Iron Man" was a hit at the box office, Paramount, which had the first chance to win Marvel, was still hesitant, but was picked by Disney.

Disney, who won the Marvel Cinematic Universe, really played this good card to the extreme.

No matter how many people publicly criticize Disney as an assembly line operation, they cannot obliterate the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is destined to leave a brilliant mark in the world's film history.

The same is true of Daenerys Entertainment now.

Simon has absolute control over Daenerys Entertainment, and has a clear and firm production plan for the new DC movie universe. The combination of Time Warner and Daenerys can provide all projects with the highest quality production and publicity resources. It is the foundation of the success of the DC movie universe.

Not only that, the production and publicity experience accumulated in a series of DC movie universe blockbusters has also been successfully applied by Simon to the "Jurassic Park" series, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" series, and "Mission: Impossible" under Daenerys Entertainment. series and many other projects, these super blockbusters with great success finally created Daenerys Entertainment Group, which is extremely powerful in Hollywood at this time.

After the premiere, the word-of-mouth ban on "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" was officially lifted the next day.

The "Hollywood Reporter" commented that "Hollywood still only has two kinds of movies, one is the DC movie universe movie, and the other is other movies", which is a classic summary of most of the media's praise of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" .

"Variety", "Los Angeles Times", "New York Times", "Boston Globe", "Chicago Tribune" and other mainstream print media have all given high praise to the finale of the Batman solo trilogy.

The stunning feature of the film is definitely not just the further outstanding special effects after the previous six DC blockbusters; Ke Kidman's Poison Ivy, etc., have become the focus of many film critics.

In the end, the comprehensive media score of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" reached an astonishing 9.7 points, which was 9.6 points higher than the 0.1 points of the first "Batman: Beginning of War" that surprised fans that year.Considering the general phenomenon that Hollywood sequels often fail to break through the previous work, the media reputation of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" is even more rare.

On Thursday night, "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" was officially launched on 3515 screens in North America, and the number of screens opened also reached a new high.

Friday, January 6th.

On the first day of the large-scale release of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises", the box office data of the previous week in the North American film market was also released smoothly.

Last Friday's two new films "Blues Cowgirl" and "Princess and Goblin" failed to make any splashes. Therefore, during the week from May 5th to June 27nd, the North American theaters basically still have a few old films. film to its fullest.

"Speed" starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock continued to be No.1 in the single-week box office list without any suspense. Due to the lack of new film competition, the film's weekly box office fell by only 21%, and it received another 2539 million. US dollars, the cumulative box office in the two weeks reached 5756 million US dollars.

Simon originally expected that the box office decline of "Life and Death" this week could be controlled within 20%, and the 21% weekly decline was slightly lower than expected.Obviously, although there were no other strong competitors entering the field during the same period, the film was still influenced by "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises". The market is in a cooling state.

"Stargate" directed by Michael Bay continued to occupy No.2 on the list. In the third week of its release, the film's decline also narrowed to 23%, earning US$1945 million. The threshold is not too far away.

The western film "Ma Huali", starring Mel Gibson, ranked No.3, and this week's decline was only a very good 22%.However, the opening box office of "Gambler Ma Huali" was too low, and the box office of the second week was only 1615 million US dollars. quite.

Considering the strong impact of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" on June 6, the total North American box office of "Gambler Ma Huali" is likely to stop within 3 million US dollars.Relying on the domestic box office, Warner can only barely recover the $6000 million investment in the film's publicity and distribution, and huge losses are inevitable.

When a new box office week opens, the attention of the North American media and the public is almost entirely attracted by "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises".

After the one-sided stunning word-of-mouth start on Thursday, on the first day of large-scale release on Friday, "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" relied on 3515 opening screens to win another record-setting first-day box office of 2613 million US dollars.

The box office score of US$2613 million on the first day of filming almost made most Hollywood filmmakers burst into tears.Many Hollywood movies may not have so much box office in the first week of production, but "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" only took one day.

The media has spared no effort to follow suit and hype, and the public's viewing habits of the DC movie universe have further boosted the phenomenon-level movie-watching boom of the film.

From June 6rd to June 3th, in the three days of the first weekend, "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" made a strong gain of 6 million US dollars, which is also a record-breaking first weekend box office.

6月3日到6月9日，首周票房出炉，《蝙蝠侠：黑暗骑士崛起》的开画七天票房进账最终高达1亿2763万美元。

Destroy the dry and pull the rotten, like a broken bamboo.

Faced with the strong crushing of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises", the box office of "Speed" and "Stargate", which had a very good box office momentum, was directly cut in half in the new week, with a drop of 49% and 53% respectively. The box office dropped directly to US$1293 million and US$921 million.

However, Mel Gibson's "Ma Hua Li" is even more miserable.

The low box office started off, facing the impact of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises", the third week of its release dropped as much as 57%, and the single-week box office plummeted from last week's US$1615 million to US$693 million. Zhou's original box office expectation of 6000 million U.S. dollars is now difficult to pass even the 5000 million U.S. dollar threshold.

As for other films such as "When a Man Loves a Woman" starring Meg Ryan and Spike Lee's "Racial Love", they were hit to the edge of the next level at one time.

The same goes for Daenerys Entertainment's "Aeroplanes."

《神探飞机头》原本凭借5月27日到6月2日一周317万美元的票房进账顺利迈过9000万票房门槛，新一周票房在《蝙蝠侠：黑暗骑士崛起》冲击下跌幅同样达到53%，单周票房仅剩149万美元，累计票房9239万美元。

Although Daenerys Entertainment still reserved 325 screening screens for this film, it is expected that the follow-up can only get a box office of about 500 million US dollars at most, and the final box office of "Aeroplane" will be 9700 million. It is only one step away from the [-] million box office club.

Speaking of which, as long as Simon is willing, Daenerys Entertainment can cross the threshold of this step, but for the sake of suppressing Jim Carrey, Simon did not approve some of the plans proposed by the announcement team of "Aeroplane".

Regardless of the situation of other films, "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" was a huge success at the box office in its first week. Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group jointly held a grand celebration party for the first time, and the location is still Daenerys in Malibu. The staff activity center of the studio is on Saturday, June 6.

Although he is no longer directly in charge of Time Warner's film business, Terry Semel still came to Los Angeles from New York on the day of the celebration party.

Simon had dinner with his family at the Cape Dume Manor, and didn't arrive at Daenerys Studios until around 09:30, but he didn't plan to stay at the party for too long.

Met with Terry Semel, who was still at the party, and the two quickly talked about the recent DreamWorks issues that are very popular in Hollywood.

DreamWorks, planned by the three of Steven Spielberg, has already started looking for a cooperative publisher at this time.

In the original time and space, DreamWorks’ early partner was Paramount Pictures. This time, in addition to Daenerys, MGM and Disney, the other four of the seven major Hollywood companies were Columbia, Paramount, Warner and Fox. Extended an olive branch to DreamWorks.

For this reason, Terry Semel also called Simon specifically to test his attitude towards the cooperation between Warner and DreamWorks. The news from the major studios clearly has some intentions aimed at Daenerys' entertainment.

Simon is noncommittal.

If Warner Bros. wins the agency distribution rights of the films produced by DreamWorks, it may be able to show a wave of prosperity in the short term and continue to support the momentum of Warner and Daenerys in Hollywood. This still does not deviate from Simon's plan.As for the long-term impact, the big deal is to adjust some plans in the future according to the specific situation.

Although the two parties are relatively close partners, Simon has no intention of pointing out Warner.The road is chosen by oneself, and the result must be borne by oneself.

Chapter 656 Next Week (Revised)

In fact, Terry Semel understood Simon's attitude from MGM's indifferent response to DreamWorks.

However, Time Warner, which seems to be doing well in the film business in recent years, has to consider cooperation with DreamWorks.Mainly outside the DC movie universe, Warner has had fewer and fewer other big-selling projects in recent years.The failure of "Gambler Ma Huali" this time made many senior executives in Time Warner inclined to reach an agreement with DreamWorks.

Although most of the edge has been suppressed by the rapidly rising Daenerys Entertainment in recent years, Steven Spielberg is still the most box-office-guaranteed commercial film director in Hollywood, not to mention that the other party has "Jurassic" in recent years. Super-best-selling works like "Park" are Warner's greatest expectations. Terry Semel and other executives also hope that their company can get rid of its dependence on the DC movie universe to a certain extent.

As for whether it will immediately form a dependence on DreamWorks, in short, it is definitely right not to put all eggs in one basket.

In the party hall, as long as Simon did not object to the cooperation between Warner and DreamWorks, Terry Semel didn't care about anything else, and turned to talk about another thing: "Simon, the Hearst family has recently been quietly seeking to sell some assets , do you know about this?"

Simon nodded and asked with a smile, "Do you want to buy?"

The Hearst Group, whose financial situation has continued to deteriorate due to a series of recent incidents, has to consider selling some of its assets in order to deal with various investigations and lawsuits. Simon, who has been closely following all the movements of the Hearst family, is of course well aware that the Hearst family wants The list of assets for sale had appeared in his hands several days in advance.

The first impression of Time Warner to the public is often the film business and cable TV. In fact, after merging Time Inc. a few years ago, Time Warner also owns "Time Magazine", "Sports Illustrated", "Entertainment Weekly", "Fortune", "People" and many other well-known magazines with great influence all over the world.

Terry Semel nodded and said, "Of course, the price is very cheap now."

Among the assets sold by the Hearst family this time, in addition to newspapers, there are also several fashion magazines of very good quality. This is the goal of Time Warner. By winning several fashion magazines, Time Warner can further expand its category in the magazine field .

However, many people know that even if the Hearst family sells the warehouse, whether it can be sold depends on the attitude of Simon Westeros.

The Westeros system has not relaxed its attitude towards the Hearst Group. This transaction seems to be something that can be taken advantage of. However, without the acquiescence of a certain young man, it is very likely It will set you on fire.

Simon thought about it for a while and said, "I'll take the time to send you a price assessment document. As long as your transaction price is within this range, you'll be fine."

When Terry Semel heard what Simon said, he responded with a smile on the surface, but felt a little pity for the Hearst family in his heart.

It is conceivable that Simon will definitely keep the Hearst family's selling price to the lowest price. The most important point is that once the news spreads, as long as he does not want to take the Hearst family's troubles on him, the asking price of other buyers must not be high. The upper limit given by the young man in front of him.

The purpose of Simon's doing this is also obvious. He doesn't want the Hearst family to have enough funds to deal with the immediate troubles.

Assets under the name of one's own family, but the pricing power is in the hands of the opponent when they want to sell them. There are probably not many things in this world more embarrassing than this.

The two continued to chat about some topics, Terry Semel took the initiative to walk away, and other guests at the party who had been paying attention to the movement immediately made up for it.

Simon entertained some people, and unknowingly came to a sofa in the corner of the hall to sit down. The "waist fine" and "leg fine" who came to join in the fun tonight were with him. The thing about the sharing website Instagram, coupled with the low season in the fashion industry in recent months, there is not much work, so I often stay on the West Coast.

Through Simon's suggestion, the two women also enrolled in some MBA courses at Stanford University. They also know that the career of modeling is destined to be impossible for a long time. Still only in the last few years.

Rather than suddenly being photographed on the beach by a rising star one day in the future, it is better to consider other retreats early.

However, the two women obviously didn't realize how lucrative a "retreat" for them was to get a mere 5% of Instagram's shares in a breakfast meeting two months ago.

With the support of Simon, Instagram started preparations in April. Unlike financial information companies that require a lot of time and energy to make products with B girls, the development cycle of Instagram with relatively simple functions only takes about three months, and is expected to be ready by the end of July. Officially launched, this is the result of D Girl's pursuit of excellence as much as possible.

In today's Silicon Valley, relying on Eaglet's convenient YWS platform, there is no need to bother to build servers and other hardware equipment by yourself. Many entrepreneurial teams can build a website in a week or even two or three days.Moreover, because the concept of the Internet is becoming more and more popular, many shoddy websites can still get a lot of money from the turbulent venture capitalists in Silicon Valley.

It is worth mentioning that a large part of these limelight funds were spent on purchasing server space from Eaglet or placing online advertisements to Eaglet for website promotion, which further promoted the growth of Eaglet’s 1994 revenue. Substantial growth.

Yasmin Gary and Nadja Orman were leaning on the man's side, chatting about various recent trivial matters in an intimate manner. They originally thought that other guests would be very sensible and stop disturbing them. Simon should The guests who say hello have basically already said hello.

However, someone came over quickly, and it was Cindy Crawford.

Because of the popularity of the small role with Bruce Wayne in the second "Batman: Dark Knight Rises", Cindy got another roughly 2 minutes in "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" Opportunity to appear.

In the setting of the story, Meera Eisley, who has not yet become Poison Ivy, originally worked in a research institute of a biopharmaceutical company run by Cindy. Mira Eisley was kidnapped by the Joker, and Batman pursued the clues , as Batman's hardcore 'fan girl', Cindy's character offered to help, and later Cindy's character also provided Poison Ivy with a laboratory to study the Joker's nerve agent.

Cindy, who was wearing a white low-cut long dress tonight, sat down on the single sofa beside the coffee table, nodded politely to the two women beside Simon, then looked at the man, and asked with a smile: "Simon, what should I do this time?" How is your performance?"

Beautiful women are always a bit pleasing to the eye, Simon smiled and appreciated, nodded and said: "Very good."

Cindy felt the man's sizing up, and she glanced over with flirtatious eyes, and said persistently: "So, Simon, do you think I can go further to Hollywood?"

Simon smiled and said, "Want to hear the truth?"

When Cindy saw the man say that, she immediately shook her head: "I don't want to, just tell me some lies to comfort me."

Simon was very supportive and said, "You still have great hopes of becoming a master of acting like Meryl Streep."

When Simon said these words, the two big goblins around him immediately laughed very disapprovingly.

Cindy also rolled her eyes: "It's too fake, it doesn't look like comforting people at all."

There is no shortage of successful cases of models turning into actors in Hollywood. Many actresses had the status of models in the early stage of their debut. At this stage, Daryl Hannah, Kim Basinger, Geena Davis, and Simon have been picked up by Simon himself. This is true for Renee Russell, who became the heroine of the "Jurassic Park" series, etc.

However, as one of the most popular supermodels in recent years, compared with other models who intend to develop in Hollywood, too much fame has become an obstacle to Cindy's transformation, because she is too stereotyped in the public's mind. serious.

Of course, if Cindy's determination to transform is firm enough, and with Simon's strong support, it is not impossible to become a first-line actress in Hollywood.It's just that Cindy, who is still at the peak of her fame in the fashion industry at this stage, doesn't have such thoughts, and Simon also doesn't plan to spend too much energy on her.

As a joke, Simon remembered one thing, continued to look at Cindy, and said: "I recently found a model who is very similar to you, and I am still considering whether to let you go on the Victoria's Secret T stage together, maybe the audience will think Your long-lost twin sister has appeared."

Cindy paused, but still took the initiative to say a name: "Shana Zadrik."

Simon was a little surprised: "You know?"

Cindy tried her best not to care too much, nodded slightly and said, "Yes, have you forgotten that I am also a customer of Elite."

The fashion world is like Hollywood, sometimes it's big, sometimes it's small.

Certain news cannot be concealed in this circle. For example, Simon Westeros has recently selected a lucky person named Cuss Gauff. Victoria's Secret runway.

As for the less popular gossip, the matter about Gralf's three mothers and daughters is actually not an absolute secret.

Shanna Zadrick, who also happens to be one of Grace Spurte's clients, is 25 years old this year. She debuted late and only entered the circle after graduating from university. Not only does she have a great deal with Cindy in appearance Similar to the same, there is also a small mole on the corner of the mouth.

If you observe carefully, there are obviously obvious differences between the two, but if you deliberately make up and dress up, they can completely achieve the effect of twins.

In fact, it is precisely for this reason that Simon has rejected Grace's recommendation for Shanna Zadrik.

There is no need for two similar-looking angels to attract the audience's attention on the Victoria's Secret runway, not to mention that Cindy is also one of the spokespersons of Victoria's Secret. It is not a good idea to launch a "replica" to distract the public's attention.

Although it has been decided, it does not prevent Simon from teasing Cindy as a funny thing at this time.

However, although Cindy tried her best to look calm and breezy, Simon, hearing the girl's obviously resentful tone, still realized that her heart was not as relaxed as it appeared on the surface.

Think about it and quickly understand.

The circle of top models is so big. The supermodels who have finally reached the top absolutely do not want anyone to threaten their status, especially the supermodels with similar styles. As long as possible, the supermodels who have already succeeded will try their best to suppress them.Just like Naomi Campbell, who is well known in the original time and space, spared no effort to suppress Tyra Banks, who is also a black supermodel.

The intensity of women in this circle is far higher than that of other industries.

Without Simon's support, Cindy could have hundreds of ways to keep a model who imitated her style from being able to stand out, but now, if a certain girl is close to the towering tree of Westeros, it is not her who can suppress Got it.

Even the temptation to enter Hollywood just now was Cindy's instinctive reaction after feeling a sense of crisis.

Seeing that the small expression on the face of the big goblin next to him changed from resentment to pity, Simon was unmoved. Instead, he said with a disgusting smile: "Is it better than eyes? Yasmin is much better than you in this regard." Patted the slender waist of the girl beside him: "Baby, compare with Cindy."

It is also clear that many curvaceous waistlines are gloating recently. When the man said so, Yasmin Gary threw a look at Cindy without hesitation, with a little provocation in his charm.

In this era, there are very few girls who can become top supermodels.

In addition to her outstanding figure and appearance, Yasmin's unique and elegant steps are highly recognizable, and the girl's eyes on the runway are even more amazing.Occasionally, a seemingly casual glance towards the auditorium or the camera, whether it is cold or charming, can easily stir the hearts of the audience.

A real 'look and look'.

Facing Yasmin's provocation, Cindy, who was still pretending to be pitiful, suddenly wanted to win, but she hit the nail on the head, and stretched her long legs towards the man undisguisedly: "Simon, it's a bit noisy here, why don't we change to another place?" How about a place to chat?"

Simon didn't respond yet, but Nadja Allman glanced at her, and then unabashedly leaned into the man's ear and whispered.

Although Yasmin on the other side couldn't quite hear what Najia was talking about, she could roughly guess it, and her expression was a little more schadenfreude.

There are no secrets in this circle.

For example, XX and XX had a one-night stand in a certain day and place, as long as they have the heart, they can easily notice it.

It's just that most of the time, because of the lack of photo evidence and not enough news value, the news will only be circulated in circles.