Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1643 Priorities

Barry Diller can be said to be a decisive person. When the attendance rate of "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future" gradually declined, he immediately decided to adjust the number of screens, directly reducing the screen from 8000 yuan to 4000 yuan.

The single-day box office of "Star Trek 4: Rescue the Future" also dropped from the peak of 800 million to the current 500 million.

But anyway, the box office of this movie still exceeded [-] million, which is a good thing for Paramount no matter how you look at it.

It's just that Barry Diller will definitely not be satisfied with this result, because on the other side, the box office of "Living by Dawn" and "Rush Hour" is still rising.

Thanks to the high attendance rate of the two dramas in the first week, Lin Daoqiu got another 2000 yuan screen from Universal.

At this time, the attendance rate of "Rush Hour" can still be maintained at about 500%, and this is achieved when Lin Daoqiu added a [-] yuan screen to "Rush Hour".

Two weeks after the movie was released, the box office of "Rush Hour" also reached [-] million. Looking at it this way, I believe that the final box office of this movie should exceed [-] million, which is definitely no problem.

But for MGM, the movie they are most concerned about this Christmas is "Living by Dawn".

From the 3000 yuan screen in the first week, to an additional 500 yuan later, the attendance rate of "Life of Dawn" has remained at around [-]%.

When the box office of "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future" exceeded 8000 million, the box office of "Life of Dawn" also reached [-] million, and the single-day box office has also exceeded [-] million.

Those who originally thought that "Star Trek" would be the champion of this year's Christmas slot are now counted on their fingers.

Everyone is waiting to see if "Life of Dawn" can break through the [-] million US dollar mark in the North American film market.

Because as long as "Life of Dawn" breaks [-] million, it will be the champion of the North American film market this year.

And more importantly, this is a turnaround for MGM, which has been at the bottom.

Lin Daoqiu knew that this was just the beginning, and the real big drama would not be released until at least next year. No matter how good the performance of "Lives of Dawn" was, it could only break through [-] million US dollars.

But [-] million US dollars is no longer enough for Lin Daoqiu.

If he wants to break through, then Lin Daoqiu must break through himself, and the goal is naturally the miracle created by "Godzilla".

However, the big problem facing Lin Daoqiu is naturally to solve the number of screens first. Without enough screens, there is no way to get more box office revenue.

Lin Daoqiu didn't want to think about ACC. He even blacklisted ACC. At least until Chris Wolf left the chairmanship of ACC Cinemas, Lin Daoqiu didn't plan to cooperate with them.

Now Lin Daoqiu's goal is naturally on RT Cinemas.

He had met Jason Green of RT Cinemas before, and the attitude of the other party was actually very enthusiastic, and he also proposed to adjust the priority of MGM to the same level as that of Paramount and Fox.

However, Lin Daoqiu did not agree with the other party's proposal, so that meeting ended in failure.

But the situation is different now. MGM has always been underestimated. Even after he took over, the situation has not improved much.

Now the combined box office of "Rush Hour" and "Life of Dawn" has reached 3000 million, and in Lin Daoqiu's view, the box office of the two films can exceed at least [-] million US dollars.

If he went to talk to Jason Green at this time, Lin Daoqiu believed that the other party's attitude should be looser than before.

In fact, Jason Green has been paying attention to the two movies released by MGM, and he even went to see "Life of Dawn" in particular.

Looking at the box office of "Rush Hour" and "Living Daylight", the attendance rate of "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future" has dropped to about [-]%.

It's absolutely impossible for Jason Green to say that he doesn't regret it. Who doesn't want their theaters to have more income.

Moreover, RT Cinemas is not a subsidiary of Paramount and Fox, they are just a cooperative relationship, whoever can bring more income to RT Cinemas, then he is the grandfather.

So when Lin Daoqiu met Jason Green again, compared to before, Jason Green's reaction when he received the invitation was very tangled.

On the one hand, he knew very well that the purpose of Lin Daoqiu's meeting with him this time was to hope that RT Cinemas would give MGM the highest priority.

If he rejects Lin Daoqiu, then this meeting can be said to end without a problem.

But as before, Jason Green's concerns have not been resolved. It is impossible for him to offend Paramount and Fox for MGM.

So after receiving the invitation, Jason Green wanted to go to the appointment as soon as possible, but felt depressed because he felt that there would be nothing to talk about when he went to see Lin Daoqiu.

"Why is the president so distressed?"

Ball, the general manager of the theater, noticed that Jason Green had a sad face all day long, as if he had encountered something difficult.

Jason Green looked at Bauer. After thinking about it, he felt that he couldn't come up with a good solution alone. It's better to discuss it with Bauer. There are more people and more strength. Maybe he can come up with a proper solution. Also a possibility.

After Jason Green told Bauer about his troubles, the other party fell into deep thought immediately after listening.

Jason Green saw Bauer's appearance and knew that he must be stumped by his own problems.

But this is also a very normal thing, even if he can't think of a proper solution, how could he think of it right away.

But just when Jason Green thought that this matter would always trouble him, Ball suddenly raised his head.

From his eyes, Jason Green felt that the other party seemed to have thought of something good.

"Although there is no way to cooperate with MGM, we can use this as an excuse to negotiate with Paramount and Fox to lower their box office share."

Jason Green thought that Bauer had come up with some clever trick, but he didn't expect him to come up with such a bad idea.

It would be fine if there were only the Paramount family, but now it is the two Hollywood giants, Paramount and Fox.

If Jason Green adopted Bauer's method, it would be tantamount to offending two companies at the same time. Jason Green never even thought about using such a stupid method.

"Thank you very much for your suggestion, but I think I should consider this issue after I meet Lin Daoqiu first."

Jason Green didn't reprimand Bauer, but from his words, Bauer could already feel that the suggestion he just made Jason Green didn't like at all.

It seems that I have come up with a bad idea.

(End of this chapter)