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.British media may make public MGM's unsatisfactory recent years in order to highlight the influence of "Royal Sex", but on the other side of the Atlantic, the United States has successively released "Bad Teacher", "High School Musical" and "Magic Mike". MGM, which has won a box office of 1 billion, gives people the impression that it is no longer the declining movie kingdom. net

The "Hollywood Reporter" report on the "Royal Wedding" may be quite representative, and it also reflects the difference between the two sides of the Atlantic.

"James Bond is here again! "Royal Queen" was released in the United States, the United Kingdom, Taiwan and other places on the 17th. The United States won 14.8 million box office on the first day with 3400 screens, which was mediocre. In the UK, "Royal Queen" " won a new first-day box office record. This classic series belonging to MGM may be the most representative legacy left by the old MGM era. However, even so, choosing Daniel Craig to star in The new Bond also seems to be different from the previous 007 agent. The unprecedented success of MGM this summer means that the new MGM under Daniel Sandler will glow with the colors of this era. Instead of relying solely on past glory, "007" is still popular, but MGM's popular works are no longer the only "007"!"

When many media reported "Royal Desire", they did not forget the new work released by DD Films - "Indomitable Movement". Although both parties belong to the works invested by Daniel, they do not belong to the same company brand - MGM and DD Films still can't tell the difference, which seems to make many people worry about Daniel.

"Perhaps Daniel should learn some lessons from Miramax. There will always be times when the headquarters and its subsidiaries are difficult to get along with, especially DD Pictures is far less famous than MGM. Although in recent years, DD Pictures has achieved better results than MGM. GM is much better, but whether it is the employees of DD and MGM, or other outsiders, it does not mean that DD Pictures can suppress MGM for granted, so with the success of MGM, The conflict between DD headquarters and MGM may repeat the problem between Disney and Miramax."

—Chicago Sun-Times.

But not everyone agrees with the views of the "Sun Times", and the "Washington Post" puts forward a completely different view.

"DD and MGM, Disney and Miramax, what do these two have in common? Of course, they are owned by the same owner, but they independently produce and distribute movies. So what's the difference between them? Yes, it matters The most important thing is that they are different. The core of Miramax is not owned by Disney Pictures. It is not owned by Disney Group, but by the Weinstein Brothers. Therefore, there will be irreconcilable conflicts between the headquarters and Miramax, and in the end they have to Go to one to coordinate the relationship between the two parties. But this is not the case for DD Films and MGM. They have a common core figure——Daniel Sandler.

We can know that whether it is "High School Musical" and "Magic Mike", which are MGM's popular films today, or the Bond candidates for the new "007", or even the literary film "Black Swan" released early next year,

All come from Daniel Sandler's will. He single-handedly promoted the rebirth of MGM and shaped the new direction of MGM. As for DD Films, even if Daniel is avoiding the replacement function, everyone knows it. The most useful person from DD Films is Daniel Sandler.

Regardless of capital, leadership, or core competitiveness, Daniel is sufficient to fully control DD Pictures and MGM-this is enough to avoid internal friction between the two parties.

Consider Daniel's investment strategy in mb, f2f, huffington post, utub, etc. He should prefer to run each company independently, rather than form an interest group-that would damage each company's ability to innovate, and the leadership's ability to unite the company's combat effectiveness.

At least for now. This strategy has not yet gone wrong. So we have no reason to doubt that DD Pictures and MGM Pictures will repeat the mistakes of Disney. "

Following the summer vacation, dd Pictures and MGM will launch three works in succession during the Thanksgiving holiday, "007: Battle Royale", "Breakthrough" and "Chain Saw 3". **" was one day late, and "Chain Saw 3" was only launched on the 27th, 10 days later.

This schedule is somewhat confusing—there are only a few schedules in Hollywood, and dozens of films are released every year by major studios, so the possibility of hitting yourself is very high. However, it is usually impossible for key films to be launched continuously in a short period of time. On the one hand, due to the pressure of publicity and distribution, it is difficult to complete the release of multiple blockbuster films under the premise of satisfying the effect; The upper limit is predictable. Competing with other companies, winning or losing is a result that must be accepted. But to compete with my own movie, no matter whether I win or lose, I am a loser.

But for DD and MGM, "Royal Desire" is a natural blockbuster - so far, except for the "Transformers" live-action movie that is being filmed, and "Pirates of the Caribbean" with only one-third of the investment rights, Daniel It has never invested in a work with a higher cost than "Royal Sex". However, "Indomitable Action" is a blockbuster for the Olympics, and Daniel's box office for the Olympics has never been low. Even the lowest "The Pianist" has won more than 100 million box offices worldwide, so it should also be a key project. As for "Chain Saw", the first horror series developed by DD Films, the first two films have earned more than 100 million box office for DD in North America, and the high profit margin is enviable.

Now, Daniel has put them all on the not-so-popular Thanksgiving schedule, and the biggest possibility is that he has been squeezed.

Scheduling schedules is not something you can do as you wish, dd Pictures has suddenly emerged, and it is only normal to be under a little conspiracy.

In fact, it is true, it is not that Daniel intends to squeeze all his films together-it is just that after some adjustments, the mutual influence will not be too much.

"Moving Forward" was released on the 18th, with only 2,900 screen openings, and a single-day box office of only 8.95 million. This is the result of Saturday, and countless people were surprised.

Fox's Bill is one of them - their "Borat" is in theaters, so pay more attention to this wave of Daniel's actions.

After getting the data from the female secretary, Bill's first reaction was, is there a 1 missing in front? Should it be 18.95 million?

He soon came to a firm conclusion.

8.95 million!

Daniel's new Olympic film only had 8.95 million on the first day on Saturday!

"The miracle is over!" (To be continued.) .

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