Conquer America, Start with a Boxing Champion

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

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

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

More than three million US dollars were spent on drinks, yachts, wedding dresses, etc.

After the engagement party, Link and Iwaka stayed in Hawaii for another week before returning to Los Angeles 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 lawns and British-style ornamental gardens, a 1,200 square meters 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 Iwaka 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 deal with 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 of several movies released by Lionsgate Pictures in the second half of last year was also released. The best-performing "The Help" had a box office of 169 million US dollars in North America and 46.93 million US dollars in overseas box office, with a total box office of 216 million.

According to the annual North American box office rankings, "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 380 million US dollars 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.

The third place "Twilight Saga 4", 281 million in North America and 705 million worldwide.

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

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 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 "Fighting 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 shares.

Become recognized as the seventh largest film company in Hollywood.

Palm Beach Pictures was valued at approximately US$120 million by Wall Street because of its four dark horse films, good production capabilities, and some of the film copyrights it held, 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 have a net worth of more than 20 million US dollars thanks to the shares and dividends of Palm Beach Pictures and Palm Bay Agency.

In addition, in terms of debt and personal income.

Link's fourth album share is about 180 million US dollars, and the annual dividends of Palm Beach Pictures and Palm Bay Agency total 120 million US dollars.

After repaying all loans, Link Music's annual dividend is 40 million US dollars, Dynasty Promotion's annual dividend is about 30 million US dollars, and Golden Shell Investment's stock dividends include Nvidia, Tesla, Spotify, Amazon, Netflix, Wanda Cinema and other stocks. Dividends are about 160 million US dollars.

There are also about 160 million incomes from advertising, film remuneration and subsequent boxing in the second half of the year, among which endorsement fees from Nike, CK, Dior and others account for a large proportion.

Relying on year-end dividends and income in the second half of the year alone, he has about 700 million US dollars in funds, repaying 200 million US dollars in personal loans, and deducting taxes, there is still about 350 million US dollars left.

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

Including the first purchase of 5.3% and the subsequent purchase of 0.9%, Jinbeike Investment holds a total of 9.6% of Nvidia's shares.

On corporate debt.

Link Music's several albums released last year sold well, with annual profits reaching 220 million US dollars. Including SB project entertainment company's dividend of 50 million US dollars, Link Music brand headphones, T-shirts and other peripheral income, the annual total income is close to 300 million.

After repaying 150 million debts, Link and Eva Ka, Scooter, Graeme, and the singers under the company all received dividends of more than 10 million.

After buying Netflix shares, Lionsgate's debt reached 330 million. Last year, the profit from film and television distribution was about 150 million US dollars, and the profit from film and television copyright was 68 million US dollars. After repaying 100 million US dollars of foreign debt, 120 million was left as the first quarter project production funds.

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

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In January, "The Flowers of War" was screened in 8 theaters in North America, and earned 317,000 US dollars in the first week, with an average daily box office of 5,800 US dollars per theater and an attendance rate of 62%, just above the average level. It is a movie that can be expanded or ended.

After Link and Evaka discussed, the number of theaters for the second week of the screening of "The Flowers of War" expanded to 244, 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 reputation of the film in the North American market is not better than "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan". The main selling point is still Link, the male lead. Many fans went to the cinema to support Link's poster.

But afterwards, fans left messages online, asking Link not to take on such foreign movies that he couldn't understand in the future, which seemed too brain-wrenching.

The media also ridiculed Link for not being able to choose scripts.

I also believe that the reason why the movies invested by Palm Beach Pictures are so popular is the credit of Catherine and its producers, and it has nothing to do with Link. If he chose the script, Palm Beach Pictures would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Link doesn't care about this kind of news. His purpose of investing in movies is to make money, and he doesn't want to be a movie investment master.

On January 16, the 69th American Film and Television Awards was held at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. This year, Lionsgate and Palm Beach Pictures' films had a total of 5 nominations for the Golden Globe Awards.

"The Help" has five nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Original Song, of which Best Supporting Actress received two nominations.

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

"Silver Linings Playbook" has four nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay.

"Bridesmaids" has two nominations, including Best Comedy Film and Best Supporting Actress.

"The Flowers of War" is nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.

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

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

On the night of the Golden Globe Awards, Link attended with Eva Ka.

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

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

The winner of the Best Actress in a Drama Series was Meryl Streep.

"Midnight in Paris" won the Best Screenplay Award, and the Best Actor in a Drama Series Award was won by George Clooney, the male lead of "The Descendants".

"Moneyball" and "Bridesmaids" were runners-up, and the Best Foreign Language Film was won by the Iranian film "A Separation".

The biggest winner of the Golden Globe Awards that night was undoubtedly the black-and-white silent film "The Artist" released by Weinstein Pictures, which received six nominations and finally won three awards: Best Film in a Musical or Comedy, Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, and Best Original Score.

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 smug attitude.

Link shook his head and ignored him.

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

In addition, compared with the Oscars, the Golden Globe Awards for Film and Television are less valuable and have less influence on the box office.

The public relations department does not do much work on this award.

The Oscars at the end of February are the key project. Winning one more award will also increase the box office by hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. Six movies will be tens of millions of real money.

Considering this, Link felt it necessary to talk to the Weinstein brothers about the Oscar plan for Silver Linings Playbook. This was something the two sides had negotiated before releasing the film, and he paid an extra 3 million US dollars for it.

The other party cannot take this money for nothing.