America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM.

Chapter 325 323. Eric, we want to talk to you

Thanks to the influence of Iron Man, Captain America has also received a lot of attention.

Most of the audience who watched the movie said it was good, saying that the movie fully showed Captain America's growth trajectory without wasting too much time on minor details.

The long and exciting war scenes and fiery action scenes are very enjoyable to watch.

Although it lacks the depth of Iron Man, it is still an excellent commercial blockbuster.

More importantly, many viewers realized that Marvel seemed to be planning something big.

There are Captain America Easter eggs buried in Iron Man, and there are Thor Easter eggs buried in Captain America, constantly leading to the next superhero.

And they are brought together in one era or even one city, which is different from DC's superheroes who each manage their own cities with no intersection.

As we all know, Marvel's superheroes are active in New York City.

God knows why New York can attract so many villains and heroes, with robberies, murders, violence and crimes happening every day.

Theoretically, Marvel's New York is the most chaotic city in the world, much darker than DC's Gotham.

And when Marvel brings together these superheroes, it is enough to build a complete universe and open up a more grand chapter.

If you think about it, that must be a very wonderful thing, not only for the fans but also for all the audiences.

Things turned out just as many movie fans expected.

As the new week's box office figures came out, "Captain America" ​​unsurprisingly beat "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "Rivals."

Will Smith?
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie?

It doesn’t work. It doesn’t work at all!
What's more, the scandal between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie was all over the city some time ago, and all kinds of gossip tabloids were running rampant.

What about Angelina Jolie being the third party and actively seducing Brad Pitt.

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have split.

Jennifer Aniston caused a scene on the set and had a fight with Angelina Jolie.

You have to know that "Friends" has just ended for half a year, and Jennifer Aniston also starred in the hit movie "Marley and Me". She is very popular and is a goddess sweetheart in the hearts of many people.

As a result, the reputation of the two became very bad, and many people hated them. Some people even launched a boycott of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" online.

If Fox doesn't wade into this mess and delays the release for half a year, the film will be almost ignored by then.

Given the quality of the movie, it should not be a problem to get a good box office.

But who made you so confused that you insisted on following Mickey Mouse? The audience is resentful, and it is in direct competition with "Captain America". If you don't die, who will?
The result was that "Captain America" ​​took in $1.25 million at the box office in one week and took the top spot.

Even though it is the third week, "Iron Man" still took in about 6000 million US dollars at the box office, winning two weekly box office championships and one runner-up.

Will Smith's "The Man with the Stars" did a little better, grossing $4100 million.

This movie cost 7000 million U.S. dollars. If it continues on this trend, it should be able to make a small profit.

In fourth place was Mr. and Mrs. Smith, which earned only $4 million at the box office, just as poorly as The Chronicles of Narnia.

Ranked fifth is Disney's only decent film, "The Incredibles," with $5 million.

Then there's "Assassin's League," which came in at $1660 million, not far behind.

In between are small companies such as New Line, Dynagate, Summit Entertainment, and New Regency.

"Inception" and "Spider-Man 2" have not fallen out of the top 20 even after more than a month.

《盗梦空间》以880万美元的票房挂在排行榜第12的位置，《蜘蛛侠2》则只剩下490万美元，勉强居于19位。

As for "Kung Fu" and "Napoleon Boss", facing such fierce fighting, the scope of their release has been narrowed.

There are only more than 600 companies left of the former, and the same is true of the latter, all concentrated in first- and second-tier cities.

Among them, the North American box office of "Kung Fu" has reached more than 5200 million US dollars, approaching the 5500 million US dollars of "Hero".

It shouldn't be a problem to surpass the other party, but there is no chance of surpassing "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" because the box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was 1.2 million US dollars.

The only exception is that "Kung Fu" also wins the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, but that is unlikely.

We have won another great victory, so there is no need to hesitate any longer.

Marvel Studios and MGM jointly issued a statement that they will start the "Thor" and "Ant-Man" projects as soon as possible.

At the same time, the scripts of "Iron Man 2" and "Captain America 2" will be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

The announcement made many fans happy, as it showed that the speculation was correct and a grand movie universe was being formed.

Maybe one day in the future, they can actually see the Avengers brought to the big screen.

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Before we knew it, it was already February.

The quartet went to China to participate in this year's Spring Festival Gala. They performed a medley of songs in 5 minutes and gained a lot of popularity.

When they learned that Taylor Swift was only 16 years old, many Chinese audiences couldn't help but sigh that Europeans and Americans develop too fast.

The sixteen-year-old girl looks like she is eighteen or nineteen.

But this also depends on the person. Olsen is the same age as Taylor Swift, and she is still petite and delicate. Even though she has been cultivated by Eric for so long, she still hasn't fully grown up.

During this time, Eric was busy attending various events while filming Dragon Ball.

That is to say, China took a week off for the Spring Festival, and because Xiao Liu had a day off, everyone else also benefited from it.

Generally, the crew would like to continue shooting for a whole day, because stopping for a day means wasting a day's money.

Including venue fees, equipment fees, maintenance fees, props fees, etc.

But these expenses are not a problem for the Dragon Ball crew.

Everything belongs to MGM. Eric can move when he wants and stop when he wants. Just be happy.

During this period, MGM attended this year's Golden Globe Awards, where it was nominated for several awards.

"Million Dollar Baby" won five major awards including Best Original Score, Best Supporting Actor, Best Actress, Best Picture - Drama and Best Director.

"Frozen" won the Best Original Song Award.

Why isn't there a Best Animated Feature Film, you ask?
Because the Golden Globe Awards does not have this award at all, otherwise it would definitely be won by "Frozen".

The Hunger Games also won Best Original Song.

"Inception" won six major awards including Best Original Score, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, and Best Picture - Drama.

"La Vie en Rose" also won three major awards: Best Actress, Best Film - Musical or Comedy, and Best Director.

This is still in the film sector. The Golden Globe Awards also include the field of TV dramas. In the drama category, MGM and HBO are competing against each other again.

With so many nominations, the result is that you can always see the MGM logo, shots of Eric Cooper, and every now and then you can hear acceptance speeches thanking Eric and Mr. Cooper.

In the end, Nicole won the Best Actress award with her amazing performance in La Vie en Rose, while the strongest competitor Hilary Swank lost. In fact, both of them have reached the peak of their acting skills, so it is normal to choose either one of them as the Best Actress.

But who can blame "La Vie en Rose" which is currently in theaters, and many judges have already forgotten "Million Dollar Baby".

Coupled with the fact that Eric spent a lot of money on promotion, it would be hard for Nicole not to win the Best Actress award.

But I don’t know if it was to make up for it, but Mr. Fuyuki won the Best Director award. Logically speaking, Ron Howard was also very good.

It's just a pity for Martin Scorsese, who only got a nomination and was a runner-up again. His future at the Oscars is expected to be bleak.

Eric won the Best Screenplay Award for the umpteenth time with "Inception", but he has too many of these things and there's nothing new.

Fortunately, it won the Best Picture award. Although it lost the Best Director award, it was also a compliment to the entire crew.

Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright won the Emmy Awards again, beating out dramas like "The Sopranos" and "Six Feet Under".

At the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, MGM monopolized half of the time.

If the quality of the work was not really high, it would definitely be investigated for bribing the judges.

After winning the Best Actress Award at the Golden Globe Awards, "La Vie en Rose", which had originally been screened in a few hundred theaters, began to gain momentum, with the number of theaters showing the film suddenly increasing to more than 1300, continuing to build momentum.

On the contrary, the potential of films such as "Inception" and "Assassin's Creed" has been completely exhausted in two months.

"Iron Man" is also reaching its final stage, and has been pushed behind by new movies.

In the end, "Inception" took in $2.27 million in North American box office and $7.05 million worldwide.

The results were somewhat different from what Eric had expected. He thought that with so much effort and better results, the box office would be able to reach the original $8 million even after five years. Unfortunately, it did not.

"Assassin's Creed" grossed $1.21 million in North America and $2.37 million worldwide, which is more than $ million less than the original version.

"Iron Man" surpassed the original version's 5.8 million and took in a terrifying global box office of 8.3 million US dollars, of which North America accounted for 44%. The marketing effect was quite outrageous.

In the office at MGM headquarters, Eric was looking at the latest analysis report.

"Eric, this combines data from various analysis agencies, box office, our internal market research data, etc."

"We have reviewed and summarized the situation in the past year from all aspects. We lost at least $10 billion in box office revenue."

"This is a scary number. Although the money has to be split and not all goes into our pockets, it is still a scary number."

Snapped!
Throwing the report on the table, Eric looked at Judy and said, "What about the Big Six? I lost $10 billion, they must be having a hard time too."

"Well, this is a game with no winners. The more you invest, the more you lose."

"For companies like Paramount, which is just following behind and waving the flag, it's worth $500 million to $600 million."

"Universal, Sony, and Fox have lost at least $700 million to $800 million."

"Disney and Warner are the most active in targeting us, and we have suffered the greatest losses, which are already approaching 10 billion."

"The most intuitive reflection is the total box office for the whole year. Last year, the North American box office was $115.6 billion, and this year it was $123.8 billion."

"But the corresponding number of films is 25 less than last year, because DreamWorks, Lionsgate and other companies have withdrawn their films on a large scale."

"With so many big releases, the gap shouldn't be just $8 million."

"The figure should be at least $30 billion, but it is not. Where did the lost box office go? We all know it."

Hearing this, Eric crossed his legs and said, "It does sound terrible, but I don't care."

"Anyway, Lionheart Network has already made back the money it lost. Not only is it enough, it's also very wealthy."

"But Lionheart is your personal asset, and MGM is a listed company. It is the assets of countless people. What you are doing is equivalent to harming others for your own benefit."

"So what do you want me to do? Give in?"

"Of course not. Am I that kind of person? I'm showing you this report to let you know that everyone is feeling bad."

dong dong dong.
Carol pushed the door open with a look of joy on her face.

"What's wrong? From the looks of you, it seems like something good has happened."

"Boss, the Nasdaq just opened, and our market value officially surpassed Disney, making us the largest film and television company in Hollywood."

"Ah? Really?" Judy asked in surprise.

"Really? We have surpassed Disney by more than $20 billion."

"Great! Wait, someone is playing tricks on me."

Eric stood up. He was not surprised to hear this result.

If the six major studios had not joined forces to target me this year, this goal might have been achieved half a year ago when the summer season came to an end.

Film is a storytelling industry, and MGM tells stories beautifully.

Especially this major counterattack during the Christmas season, which allowed the market to see the fangs and claws of this lion.

I'm using the future cheat, how can I not beat you?
"There's no trickery, this is what should have happened."

He suddenly laughed and said, "Carol, issue an internal announcement. All MGM employees will receive an additional $1 bonus this month."

"This is an encouragement to everyone. Getting our position back is inseparable from everyone's joint efforts."

“Yeah! Thank you, boss. You are getting more and more handsome!”

"You can flatter them when there are more people around. Also, draft a public notice and publish it. The content will focus on this matter. We must piss off those old guys!"

"Understood, execute immediately!"

As soon as Carol left, Judy suddenly rushed over and pushed him onto the table.

"Ouch, what the hell are you doing! Luckily I've been working on my akimbo muscles."

Boo!
"Ok?"

Well.
After a passionate kiss, with her mouth filled with Judy's saliva, she pushed Eric away, said, "I'm a little excited," and turned away.

"Damn it, what the hell is wrong with you!"

Bah Bah!

Wet.

bell! ! !
Eric's personal phone rang, and the caller ID showed a familiar yet unfamiliar number.

Familiar because he knows the person, strange because there has been no direct contact for a year.

"What's wrong, Gray? It's rare that you actually call me."

There was silence on the other side for a moment: "Eric, we want to talk to you."

(End of this chapter)