Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

 Chapter 481 The end of the year and the beginning of the year

 On Christmas Eve, Link and Iwaka held an engagement ceremony on a private island in Hawaii.

 Dozens of relatives and friends were invited to participate, including Old Tom's family, Catherine's family, Ms. Mandy's family, and friends of Link and Ivaca.

Although an engagement is not as good as a marriage, he and Ivaca are both status people, and the scale of this ceremony is more luxurious and lively than many large wedding parties.

 Spent more than 3 million US dollars on drinks, yachts, wedding dresses, etc.

  After the engagement party, Link and Iwaka stayed in Hawaii for another week before returning to Los Angeles together in the New Year.

This time they moved directly into their new home in the Santa Monica Mountains, a luxurious, classic and modern mansion.

It covers an area of ​​about 1.6 hectares. From the top of the mountain to the road below, the entire mountain belongs to the scope of the villa.

There are 5,600 square meters of lawn and British-style ornamental gardens, a 1,200 square meter sports field, three outdoor swimming pools, and three villas in the front and rear.

The main villa is four stories high, with 18 bedrooms, 26 separate bathrooms, a 50-seat private cinema, a training center, a library, a wine cellar, a piano room, two servant buildings, etc. The villa also has the most developed intelligent management system system.

 The purchase price of the villa was only 48 million, but US$25 million was spent on renovation and decoration, turning this property into a truly top-notch mansion.

After the New Year, Link and Ivaca started to get busy.

Link’s main work includes participating in award ceremonies such as the Golden Globe Awards, Grammy Awards, Berlin Film Festival, and Academy Awards.

There is also boxing work. His boxing championship match with IBF boxing champion Chad Dawson is scheduled for March 3 in Tokyo. He needs to strengthen training before the match. By May and June, he will participate in two boxing championships. A challenge match with WBO boxing champion Nathan Cleverley is also being negotiated.

 Evaka’s main work is at Link Music and Lionsgate Pictures.

At the end of last year, Wiz Khalifa released his second album, by the beginning of the year Lana Del Rey and Mars were preparing to release their third album, and Ariana Grande and Charlie Puth were preparing to release their first official albums.

These are relatively important tasks, and Ivaca needs to personally take care of them.

As for Lionsgate Pictures, films such as "The Hunger Games", "The Evil Dead", "The Cabin in the Woods", "Safety", "Complete Pregnancy Guidance" and "The Witness Protection Program" have been completed and are in the process of being scheduled. Expect.

 In addition, in January, the box office results of several movies released by Lionsgate Pictures in the second half of last year were also released. The best-performing "The Help" had a North American box office of US$169 million and an overseas box office of US$46.93 million, for a total box office of 216 million.

 According to the annual box office rankings in North America, "The Help" ranked 11th in the year.

 The annual box office champion in North America in 2011 was "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" with a gross of US$380 million and a global box office of 1.34 billion, ranking first in the global box office list.

 The second place is "Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon", with 350 million in North America and 1.12 billion globally.

 Third place "The Twilight Saga 4", with 281 million in North America and 705 million globally.

 The fourth place is "The Hangover 2", with 254 million in North America and 580 million globally.

 Fifth place "Captain America", with 252 million US dollars in North America and 510 million US dollars globally.

 “The Help” has a North American box office of 169 million and a global box office of 216 million, ranking 18th globally.

  "Bridesmaids" ranked 12th globally with a box office of 142 million in North America and 360 million globally.

 Silver Linings Playbook has a North American box office of 138 million and a global box office of 240 million, ranking 16th.

In 2011, the total box office revenue of North American theaters was US$10.2 billion, a decrease of 3.5% compared with US$10.6 billion in 2010. The main reason was the lack of phenomenon-level movies such as "Avatar" and "Alice in Wonderland".

 In terms of film distribution companies, Paramount Pictures ranked first in the industry with $1.94 billion, with a total market share of 19.2%. Warner Bros. ranked second with $1.68 billion, and third was Sony-Columbia Pictures.

 Lionsgate Pictures released a total of 12 movies in 2011, ranking seventh with a total box office of 580 million, second only to 20th Century Fox with 960 million.

 The eighth place is Summit Entertainment, with 409 million. The main box office is movies such as "The Twilight Saga 4", "Source Code" and "I Fight Cancer".

 The ninth place is Weinstein Pictures, which released a total of 15 movies in 2011 with a total box office of 290 million.

 The tenth place is Relativity, with 7 movies released and a total box office of 220 million.

 After the box office data was released, Lionsgate Pictures' market value rose, and its market value soared from 680 million in April to 1.4 billion U.S. dollars, including the value of Lionsgate Pictures itself and the value of 11.37% of Netflix's shares.

 Become recognized as the seventh largest film company in Hollywood.

Because of its four dark horse films, good production capabilities, and some film copyrights, Palm Beach Pictures was valued by Wall Street at about US$120 million, and its bank loan amount also reached US$200 million.

Due to the good development of the two companies, Link's net worth successfully exceeded 4 billion US dollars in early 2012, ranking among the top 300 richest Americans in Forbes. The specific ranking will not be known until the new issue of Forbes' rankings is released in March or April. .

Evaka’s net worth has successfully exceeded US$300 million due to the growth in market value of Link Music and Spotify, as well as dividends from Lionsgate Pictures.

 And Ms. Catherine and Ms. Mandy also relied on the shares and dividends of Palm Beach Pictures and Palm Bay Brokerage Company, and their net worth exceeded 20 million US dollars.

 Also, in terms of debt and personal income.

 Link’s fourth album earned a share of approximately US$180 million, and Palm Beach Pictures and Palm Bay Management’s annual dividends totaled US$120 million.

After repaying all loans, Link Music will pay an annual dividend of US$40 million, Dynasty Promotion will pay an annual dividend of approximately US$30 million, and Golden Shell Investment’s stock dividends include stock dividends from Nvidia, Tesla, Spotify, Amazon, Netflix, Wanda Cinema, etc. About 160 million US dollars. In the second half of the year, the income from advertising, film remuneration and boxing match follow-up sharing is about 160 million, of which endorsement fees from Nike, CK, Dior and others account for a large proportion.

  Relying on the year-end dividends and income in the second half of the year alone, he has about 700 million US dollars in funds on hand. He has repaid a 200 million US dollars personal loan and has about 350 million US dollars left after deducting taxes.

While Nvidia's valuation was still fluctuating around 9 billion, he transferred the money to the account of Golden Shell Asset Management Company and successively bought about 3.4% of Nvidia shares.

 Including 5.3% of the first purchase and 0.9% of subsequent purchases, Golden Shell Investment holds a total of 9.6% of Nvidia shares.

 On corporate debt.

Several albums released by Link Music last year were very popular, with annual profits reaching US$220 million. Taking into account the US$50 million dividend from SBproject Entertainment, Link Music brand headphones, T-shirts and other peripheral income, the total annual revenue is close to US$300 million.

After repaying 150 million in debt, Link, Ivaca, Scooter, Graeme, and their singers all received dividends of more than 10 million.

After Lionsgate bought Netflix shares, its debt reached 330 million. Last year, it made about 150 million U.S. dollars in film and television distribution and 68 million U.S. dollars in film and television copyrights. After paying off 100 million U.S. dollars in foreign debt, it left 120 million U.S. dollars as the first Quarterly project production funding.

 The current debt of Lionsgate Films has also been reduced to 230 million. Compared with the market value of nearly 1.4 billion, this amount of debt seems normal.

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By January, "The Thirteen Hairpins" was screened in 8 theaters in North America, with a box office of US$317,000 in the first week. The average daily box office per theater was US$5,800. The occupancy rate was 62%, which was just above the average. It can be expanded. The scale can also end the movie being shown.

After the discussion between Link and Iwaka, "The Thirteen Hairpins" was expanded to 244 theaters in the second week, and the cumulative box office in the second week was 1.54 million US dollars, which was slightly higher than the expected 1.2 million.

The film's reputation in the North American market is not as good as that of "The Secret Fan". The main selling point is Link, the male protagonist. Many fans went to the cinema to support Link's poster.

But fans left messages online afterwards, asking Link not to take on such incomprehensible foreign movies in the future, as they seemed too brain-breaking.

 The media also teased Link that he would not be able to choose scripts.

I also believe that the success of the movies invested by Palm Beach Pictures is due to Catherine and her producers, and has nothing to do with Link. Palm Beach Pictures has gone bankrupt long ago because of his choice of scripts.

Link didn’t pay attention to this kind of news when he saw it. His purpose of investing in movies was to make money, and he didn’t want to be a movie investment master.

On January 16, the 69th American Film and Television Awards were held at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel. A total of 5 films from Lionsgate and Palm Beach Pictures were shortlisted for this year’s Golden Globe Awards.

"The Help" has five nominations, including Best Picture in a Drama Series, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Original Song. Among them, Best Supporting Actress received two nominations.

 "Moneyball" received four nominations, including Best Picture Drama, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Screenplay.

 Silver Linings Playbook received four nominations, including Best Picture in a Comedy, Best Actress in a Comedy, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay.

 "Bridesmaids" received two nominations, Best Comedy Film and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy.

 “The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling” was shortlisted for Best Foreign Language Film.

˜Midnight in Paris, which is about Link, received four nominations, including Best Director, Best Actor in a Drama Series, Best Screenplay, and Best Music.

Link was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the first time with this film.

On the night of the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, Link took Evaka with him.

 In the end, "The Help" won the Best Supporting Actress award, and the winner was the black supporting actress Octavia Spencer, who is also an actor under Palm Bay.

Jennifer Lawrence won the award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her wonderful performance in "Silver Linings Playbook."

 The person who won the award for Best Actress in a Drama Series was Meryl Streep.

 "Midnight in Paris" won the Best Screenplay Award, and the Best Actor Award in the Drama Series went to "The Descendants" actor George Clooney.

 "Moneyball" and "Bridesmaids" ran together, and the best foreign language film was won by the Iranian film "A Separation".

The biggest winner at the Golden Globes that night was undoubtedly the black-and-white silent film "The Artist" released by Weinstein Pictures. It was nominated for six nominations and finally won three awards: Best Motion Picture Musical/Comedy, Best Actor in a Musical Comedy, and Best Original Score. awards.

 Harvey was also thanked twice that night, which made Harvey very happy. When they met at the party, Harvey snorted at Link, with a big belly and a proud attitude.

Link shook his head and ignored him.

This year, the films released by Lionsgate received 16 nominations and two awards, which is slightly worse than Weinstein Pictures, but more nominations than the six major film studios. This is obviously an improvement and there is no need to feel frustrated.

In addition, compared with the Academy Awards, the film and television Golden Globe Awards are less valuable and have less influence on the movie box office.

 The public relations department did not do much with this award.

The Oscars at the end of February are the key event. Winning one more award will bring hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars more to the movie box office. Six movies are worth tens of millions of real money.

With this in mind, Link felt it was necessary to talk to the Weinstein brothers about the Olympic plan for "Silver Linings". This was something the two parties had negotiated before releasing the film, for which he paid an additional $3 million.

 You cannot let the other party take the money for free.

 (End of this chapter)