Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

Everyone knows that "Avatar" will be a movie that can be recorded in film history, and I'm afraid everyone will hardly forget its box office after many years.But when everyone saw "Avatar"'s first-week box office, various emotions were still there. "Avatar" was drawn in 3452 theaters in the first week, which is a very large-scale release, but the box office of the first weekend was only 77 million US dollars.Of course, it's not that the box office of $77 million in the first weekend is an unsatisfactory figure. On the contrary, this figure is a figure that many movies cannot match;

According to the "Hollywood Report" statistics, there are not many movies that can rank ahead of "Avatar" at the box office in the first weekend.Among the movies produced by Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group, there are at least a dozen movies such as "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", "I Am Legend", "Wolverine" and so on. Before Avatar.But even so, the "Hollywood Reporter" reminded everyone very carefully, "In Hollywood, the box office of the first weekend is of course a very important data; but another more important data is the three-week box office decline rate. The box office of the first week is only It represents the instant earning power of a movie, and the three-week box office decline rate is the benchmark that truly reflects whether a movie is really making money."

The comments of "Hollywood Reporter" have been recognized by many professional film critics. For a film, the first three weeks are the critical moment to truly earn back the cost, so the data of the three-week box office decline rate is very critical.It seems to be to confirm the comments of the "Hollywood Reporter". In the second week, the weekend box office of "Avatar" was still as high as 76 million U.S. dollars, a drop of only about 1%.This data makes many analysts find it incredible. You must know that the box office performance of Hollywood movies usually drops by about 5% in the second week, and if it can be controlled at 3%, it is considered an ace movie.But "Avatar" hardly declined, so it continued to lead the weekend box office charts.

In the third week, the weekend box office of "Avatar" was US$69 million, a drop of only 9% compared to last week.Comparing the three weeks, the drop in the box office has remained at about 1%. This kind of data is enough to convince everyone that "Avatar" will be a movie that can truly surpass "Titanic".

As a good neighbor of the United States, the performance of "Avatar" in Canada can also be said to be destructive.Almost all Canadian theaters have given the last screening hall to "Avatar" in the past few weeks, and imax, which was originally born in Canada, is also well known to Canadian people because of this movie.In Europe, although the British film industry has always been self-admired, in the face of the invasion of the Na'vi, British gentlemen surrendered one after another.Because of sticking to the tradition, the imax theater is regarded as an alternative in the UK, but in the midst of the "Avatar" trend, the British felt for the first time why they resisted the construction of the imax theater?

However, in Germany, France, Italy and other established film powerhouses, filmmakers in their own countries appreciated "Avatar" with mixed feelings.On the one hand, they ridiculed that American films still lack any depth of thought as usual, but this time even the storyline is so old-fashioned; but on the other hand, they have to marvel at the imagination of directors and screenwriters, as well as the creativity of the American film industry .When a real but nonexistent Nami star appeared in front of them, they could only admire from the bottom of their hearts.

And in Asia, the traditional ticket warehouse of Hollywood, whether it is Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, or Taipei, Hong Kong and Greater Shanghai, all the imax screening halls are already hard to find.Many imax theaters have been showing from morning to early morning, and the air conditioner must be turned on to 16 degrees until the projection room is fully loaded, and even at this time the average temperature in Asia is already below zero.Asian film critics commented sourly, "From this we know that Asian audiences are not incapable of spending, but that our filmmakers are too weak!"

In addition to its amazing performance at the box office, "Avatar" has almost become a cultural phenomenon in the United States and the world.Whether it's "Saturday Night Live", the most senior variety show in the United States, or the "Today Show", the most popular late-night talk show in the United States, all talk show hosts have turned "Avatar" into their talk.From abc's "Good Morning!"From "America" ​​to NBC's "News Nightline", almost all news programs will mention "Avatar".As if you don't mention "Avatar", you really seem to be an alien from Nami.

And in the shadow of "Avatar," no one noticed, Sherman Films Entertainment Group released two animated films around the New Year, "Arthur and His Mini-Kingdom" Parts 2 and 2.This is a trilogy of animated films supervised by Luc Besson. The first film has already failed in the United States, but Luc Besson still insists on bringing the second and third films to the North American market.It's a pity that this movie is not as good as the recently released "Mouse 9: Star Club" in terms of comedy; it is also not as warm and thoughtful as the brothers of the same school, Lan Tian and Pixar.In short, these two episodes of animated films were released in the last week of 2 and the first week of 1. Of course, the box office results were very unsatisfactory.

Fortunately, the distribution costs of these two films were borne by Luc Besson himself, which did not cause the company any losses.Seeing that these two episodes of animated films seemed a little unacceptable, Meribo also shifted the focus of the release to "Sherman Holmes", another film created by Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group for Robert Downey Jr. series of movies.

"Sherlock Holmes" can be said to be one of the most classic detective themes in the West, and the combination of Sherlock Holmes and Watson has become the favorite screen partner of men and women, although they may appreciate different points of interest.Jed wasn't involved in writing the script for "Sherlock Holmes," but he did chat a lot with screenwriter Simon Kinberg.

"Mr. Kinberg, you know that I'm going to ask Mr. Guy Ritchie to direct this movie, and you must have seen his "Two Smoking Barrels", so you know this movie will be a London-style movie. Hollywood movies with British humor. I hope that the movie can show the British style of the Victorian era. On the one hand, the conservative and stubborn gentleman and aristocratic flavor, on the other hand, it is the new impact brought by the industrial revolution. I don’t want the Sherlock Holmes of the movie to be the same I want a Holmes who is smart but somewhat neurotic. And his best partner, Dr. Watson, needs to be sullen. Yes, he looks rigid and stubborn but actually has a unwillingness to do so. Lonely Heart. I will not arrange big explosions and action scenes in this movie, but I will let Mr. Wu Yusen arrange his martial arts instructor to assist you in the fighting details. Yes, we will let Mr. Robert Downey Jr. exercise."

Simon Kinberg grasped Jed's needs so well that the script was quickly approved by Summit Films.What didn't surprise Jed was that Guy Ritchie was full of praise for the script, and under his direction, this "Sherlock Holmes" actually looked like a British movie at first glance.Americans, who have always had a different feeling for Britain, really have a soft spot for this adventure movie full of British elements. Although under the strong shadow of "Avatar", "Sherlock Holmes" still managed to accept 35 million US dollars At the box office, it became the weekend box office runner-up behind "Avatar".

And just when "Avatar" and "Sherlock Holmes" joined forces to occupy the top and second places in the weekend box office, the annual Hollywood awards season also began.Jade and John, who have chosen to gradually fade out, only chose to attend the most important Golden Globe and Academy Award ceremony in Hollywood.And as the number of public appearances of Jed and John decreased, countless people began to speculate whether Jed planned to retire.But this question has never been acknowledged or denied by Jed, and some interested people have also begun to speculate who will be the first person to be in charge of Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group in the "post-Jed era".

According to the survey of "Fortune" magazine, Jed Sherman's current public wealth is mainly concentrated in Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group, Sherman Media Business Group and Sherman Interactive Entertainment Group. , hotels, mobile communications and financial industries have also gained quite a lot.It's just that Jed Sherman puts most of his wealth on the Sherman Family Development Fund and Jed Sherman Trust Investment Fund, coupled with the public and undisclosed shell companies in his hands, so Jed Sherman De Sherman has always been ranked only in the top 2 in the world's rich list by "Forbes", not even in the top 1.

But no one really believes that Jed Sherman only has such a small amount of property. The biggest news at present is that Jed and John have invested in a leased island from the Greek government for a period of 299 years.This small island is not the kind of uninhabited paradise, on the contrary, its area is large enough.At present, in addition to building his own mansion there, Jed has also built necessary public buildings such as hospitals and schools.In addition, a so-called largest private rose garden in the world will also be built on this island, and a winery is also under construction.According to the British "Sun" report, the entire investment plan is said to be as high as more than one billion US dollars.

But just after the "Sun" report came out, Jed and John announced that they would continue to invest in the "Jed and John Global Children's Charity Fund" under their names.After providing emergency medical and food aid to African children last time, "Jed and John Global Children's Charity Fund" announced that it will launch the "Clean Water Project" in East Africa, which has been drought for many years, to help children there get clean drinking water.The first batch of aid was as high as 1 billion U.S. dollars, and such a large amount of aid silenced the newspapers that were planning to ridicule Jed and John.

On January 2, 1, the 1th Golden Globe Awards was held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, and we TV Network, as a co-organizer, broadcast the entire awards ceremony.Of course, the red carpet show was handed over to the local station of the we TV network in Los Angeles, and it was not until the awards ceremony that it was transferred to the TV network.The reason why Jed will attend the Golden Globe Awards is mainly for the stage of the song and dance comedy "Glee" premiered on the we TV network this fall.

Jed fulfilled the promise of the year and put "High School Musical" on the TV stage.Because the TV series are longer, the plot is also richer.But just as "High School Musical" has been criticized, "Glee" has also been ridiculed as a group of actors who don't know what acting is there to put on a karaoke reality show.

However, no matter how much critics belittle this TV series, it is an indisputable fact that we TV network will become the king of Tuesday's prime time with this TV series.