Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1638 Greeting the Victory

As the Christmas schedule approaches, various film companies are busy.

Among them, Paramount's "Star Trek 4: Rescue the Future", which is about to be released in the Christmas schedule this year, got a jaw-dropping 8000 yuan screen because of MGM's withdrawal from the ACC theaters.

When Lin Daoqiu's "Godzilla" was released, it only got more than 1 screens under the joint cooperation of Universal and Fox.

This shows how powerful Paramount is in Hollywood at this time.

But even with so many screens, in Lin Daoqiu's opinion, this is definitely not a good thing for "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future".

Although he has not seen the finished film of "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future", Lin Daoqiu has never heard of this movie at all, and he thinks that it is basically unlikely that this movie will cause too much sensation when it is released.

It's just Lin Daoqiu's personal idea. For Star Trek fans, "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future" is definitely a sci-fi movie that they are proud of.

Although it is not as good as "Star Wars", there are not a few fans who like the series of "Star Trek".

The "Star Trek" series was born in 60. It is a science fiction script written by Gene Roddenberry.

When Gene Roddenberry recommended "Star Trek" to major film companies, because the plot of "Star Trek" was incompatible with the style of the TV series at the time, no one was willing to buy it.

In the end, a small film company, Deslo Studios, took a fancy to the script, but this company was not well-known, so Gene Roddenberry was very entangled.

Gene Roddenberry sold the Star Trek script to Desrew after three years of negotiations.

Afterwards, Desluw negotiated with Columbia and NBC, and it was not until 66 that "Star Trek" was made into a TV series.

Until 86, "Star Trek" started from the completion of the script. This drama has been born for 26 years, and the fourth film has been produced so far.

According to the box office results of the previous movies of "Star Trek", the global box office of this movie is about 9000 million.

This year is the first time "Star Trek" has been put on the Christmas schedule. It seems that Paramount wants to take advantage of this popular schedule to push up the box office of "Star Trek".

But it's a pity that Barry Diller's idea is very good, but this time he directly ran into "Rush Hour" and "Life of Dawn".

If it weren't for Paramount's strong strength, it would have won 4 million screens before the release of "Star Trek 6000: Rescue the Future", and then won an additional 2000 yuan for screens because MGM withdrew from the ACC theaters.

I'm afraid Barry Diller is not particularly optimistic about the prospects of "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future".

"The 8000 yuan screen release of "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future" is too risky."

In Barry Diller's office, a group of people were sitting together when Jeffrey Katzenberg suddenly said something strange.

Regarding Jeffrey Katzenberg's concerns, in fact, Barry Diller also knows why the other party has such an idea.

Three films in the "Star Trek" series have been released, and the box office is good, but not very good.

Allocating 4 yuan to "Star Trek 8000: Saving the Future" all of a sudden, although it looks pretty good, but if the word of mouth is not good at that time, the speed of collapse will be very fast.

And Barry Diller and everyone at the scene are very clear that unless science fiction movies are of the type like "Star Wars", it is basically difficult to get a good box office.

Paramount executives, including Barry Diller, did not believe that "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future" could soar into the sky and win several times the box office of the previous three films.

"That's not what I'm most worried about..."

Barry Diller frowned suddenly, listening to what he said, as if he had thought of something bad for Paramount.

Everyone turned to look at Barry Diller, wondering what Barry Diller was thinking of.

"Lin Daoqiu's withdrawal from the ACC theater chain seems to be a good thing, but...if no one fills up the vacated share, the pressure on Chris' side may not be small."

Even if Kris Wolf is the chairman elected by the board of directors of ACC Cinemas, he can control the affairs of ACC Cinemas.

However, if the ACC theaters suffer losses due to this, the board of directors and the big boss will not let him pass the test easily.

Not to mention that MGM's upcoming movie is a big hit, but ACC theaters can't make a dime. Everyone's anger will definitely be spilled on Chris Wolff.

"At the beginning, everyone thought Lin Daoqiu's decision to let MGM withdraw from the ACC theaters was a crazy decision, but now it seems that Lin Daoqiu seems to have expected this."

Although Jeffrey Katzenberg is unwilling to admit it, he is now aware of Lin Daoqiu's decision. Although it seems that MGM has suffered a big loss, the loss on the ACC side is not small.

At that time, Lin Daoqiu's movies will make more money, and the directors and big bosses of ACC will see it. How will their anger against Chris Wolf be appeased?
"I heard that Lin Daoqiu went to meet Mr. Green from RT Cinemas. It seems that MGM's next cooperation partner will be RT Cinemas."

Barry Diller didn't know the news, but he didn't show any worry or uneasy reaction on his face after hearing it.

"RT Theaters only has 3000 yuan screens, and most of the movie theaters are located in relatively remote places. Even if RT Theaters raises MGM's priority, it won't be as much as what they lost from ACC."

Regarding this point, Barry Diller still has strong confidence. After all, he has been engaged in film work for so many years, so how could he not know this.

Moreover, RT Cinemas has been cooperating with Paramount and Fox. This time, Paramount got a 1000 yuan screen from RT Cinemas. No matter how much Lin Daoqiu danced, it was useless.

"This year's Christmas schedule, "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future" will definitely win the box office. We want to let that brat from Xiangjiang know who is the overlord of Hollywood."

In Barry Diller's view, the box office champion of this year's Christmas schedule must be in Paramount's pocket.

As for Lin Daoqiu's "Rush Hour" and "Life of Dawn", they can only be ranked second and No.3. After all, the number of screens that Lin Daoqiu can mobilize at this time is only 5000 yuan.

The two films are divided into 5000 yuan screens. No matter how amazing the attendance rate is, the box office revenue will not be much better, so Barry Diller is not worried about these at all, and he is ready to welcome the victory.

(End of this chapter)