Heads Up Hollywood

Another weekend begins on Friday, August 4th.

The movie theater became lively, crowded with people, restless, and there was a long queue to buy tickets to enter.

Tang En took Natalie, under the guard of two plainclothes bodyguards, wearing sunglasses and a peaked cap, and quietly walked into the movie theater to watch the old cowboy Clint Eastwood's new movie - " Space Cowboy".

Although Tang En said in an interview that he would buy tickets to watch "Transparent Man" and "Space Cowboy", but in comparison, he had no interest in "Transparent Man".

Dutch director Paul Verhoeven came to Hollywood in the 1980s, and he did make several outstanding films, such as "Robocop", "Cosmic Veyron" and "Instinct", all of which were box office hits.

But when "Instinct" was successful at the box office, it also received huge criticism. Paul Verhoeven was deeply involved in the vortex of public opinion. Some of his talents were exhausted, and one movie was not as good as one.

The movie "Transparent Demon" has good ideas and realistic special effects, but it lacks flesh-and-blood characters and plots. It is like spending 95 million US dollars to shoot a B-level movie. It is hasty, empty, and has no charm.

In contrast, each of the old man Clint Eastwood's movies is worth watching repeatedly.

But... fans apparently don't think so.

The settings of "invisible potion" and "invisible man" in "Transparent Demon" are so fascinating!

After three days of the weekend, the North American box office is released.

The sci-fi thriller film "Transparent Man", which was severely criticized by a group of heavyweight media such as "Entertainment Weekly", "New York Post", "Time Magazine", and "Los Angeles Times", topped the box office list this weekend!

Reached $26.41 million!

Secondly, the comedy "Professor Fatty 2" released by Universal Pictures at the end of July, took in 18.16 million U.S. dollars in three days on the weekend!

The third place is "Space Cowboy", which has been widely praised by the media, with a box office of 18.09 million US dollars, which is not far behind the second place.

Next, is the Disney movie "Girls Club" released at the same time as "Transparent Man" and "Space Cowboy"?

it's not true!

The fourth place on the list is the movie "Dangerous", produced by DreamWorks, which has been released for three weeks, with a box office of 13.8 million US dollars.

And then, it's still not "Girls Club"!

"Spider-Man", which shocked the entire summer and was released for 44 days, occupied the fifth place on this list with an income of 7.85 million US dollars!

After that, it was Jerry Bruckheimer's first musical "Girls Club". In the first three days of its release, it only got a box office of 6.55 million US dollars.

The seventh place is "Scary Movie" produced by Miramax, a subsidiary of Disney, with a box office of 4.21 million US dollars...

One defeat after another!

At the end of June, "Spider-Man" crushed Disney's action blockbuster "Sixty Seconds" with an unshakable attitude.

As a result, the North American box office of "Sixty Seconds" is only US$42.39 million and the overseas box office is US$56.7 million. Although the total box office of more than 100 million is just around the corner, but considering the cost of the film of 90 million US dollars, the cost of publicity and distribution of 60 million US dollars, and the box office revenue of 100 million US dollars, it can only bring bitterness.

In July, "Scary Scream" produced by Miramax was released, entered the film market as a dark horse, and caused a sensation for a while, which raised a lot of face for Disney.

But don't forget, no matter how much "Scream" is praised, it can't change the fact that this movie has never surpassed "Spider-Man" on the weekly box office list.

It's just because the momentum of "Spider-Man" is so strong and the popularity is so strong that everyone thinks that it is reasonable for "Scream" to be ranked below "Spider-Man".

This can't change the fact that "Scream" was crushed by "Spider-Man" at the box office!

By August, the North American box office of "Spider-Man" had reached 450 million US dollars, and the market was close to saturation, and another new Disney film was released-"Girls Club".

Now, it is the critical moment for Disney to surpass "Spider-Man" at the box office this summer!

However, Tang En did not follow common sense and chose despicable actions that harm others but not himself. Instead of promoting "Spider-Man", he vigorously promoted the two films "Transparent Man" and "Space Cowboy" that were released at the same time.

Even though Disney's marketing department and Jerry Bruckheimer racked their brains, they never thought that Dunn would choose such a way of dealing with both sides.

Killing one thousand enemies will cost you eight hundred!

By promoting the two new films of Warner and Columbia, they will suppress all films including "Spiderman" and "Girls Club"!

Obviously, Tang En's strategy succeeded again.

Although "Spider-Man"'s weekend revenue, compared with expectations, fell by about 1.5 million US dollars. But with the current box office revenue of "Spider-Man", do you still care about the $1.5 million?

In contrast, reputation is more important!

In the summer of 2000, Tang En Pictures, through the movie "Spider-Man", strangled three Disney movies in a row, "Sixty Seconds", "Scream" and "Girls Club".

Sweeping thousands of troops with one's own power!

This summer, Twain dominated the summer vacation, and "Spider-Man" was a nightmare hanging over Disney's head!

...

DreamWorks was poorly managed and had poor performance. Fortunately, the major shareholder was Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft.

The most uncomfortable person is actually Steven Spielberg.

In order to increase performance, Spielberg has to personally produce three films a year, either directing or producing, and the workload is heavy. However, with his own strength, it is really difficult to save the gradually declining DreamWorks.

Jeffrey Katzenberg is still spending money on animation, and David Finger is outrageously engaged in the music department, investing a lot, but to no avail.

But David Finger is the second largest shareholder of DreamWorks. He likes to burn money and others can't stop him, but Jeffrey Katzenberg... makes Steven Spielberg a little bit embarrassed.

Spielberg came to Katzenberg's office again and said with a smile, "Congratulations!"

Katzenberg was taken aback, and pointed to his nose, "Are you talking to me?"

Spielberg laughed and said, "Didn't you watch the news? Disney's life is very difficult now, losing face and money!"

Katzenberg was stunned, and said sarcastically: "Who says it is not? I have said long ago that a company has a soul, which is related to the temperament of the leader. Michael Eisner is arrogant, strong with an iron fist, and when he meets more It's no wonder that the arrogant and stronger Tang En doesn't suffer!"

Spielberg had contact with Twain, shook his head and said, "Jeffrey, what you said is wrong, Twain... Unlike Eisner, he is not mature enough to be a young man at all."

Katzenberg looked disbelieving, "Mature? Not necessarily? If he is mature, he will turn the table with Disney?"

Spielberg pondered slightly, and said slowly: "I think... this may be his coup!"

"Oh? How do you say it?"

"Have you forgotten? Some time ago, Tang En Pictures proposed to acquire the animation department?"

Mentioning this, Jeffrey Katzenberg's face is not very good-looking.

The Dreamworks Animation Department is the studio he has exhausted all his efforts to build in recent years. It has been integrated with his soul, and unless it is absolutely necessary, it will never be packaged for sale.

"That's why I said, Dunn Walker...he is indeed good at making movies, but his personality cannot avoid the impetuosity and pride of young people."

Spielberg looked solemn, "Jeffrey, do you think Tang En Pictures is not qualified to acquire the animation department?"

Katzenberg knew that Spielberg had long wanted to sell the animation department, which had been losing money, and concentrate on making live-action movies. He immediately retorted, "Do you think you are qualified? The animation department is in DreamWorks, and Mr. Allen's With me in charge of the funds, they are struggling, but if they are sold to Tang En Pictures, he can turn stone into gold?"

Spielberg nodded and smiled. "So, that's the point!"

Katzenberg raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Spielberg.

"I don't know if you've heard of it. Back then... Twain proposed the acquisition of Universal Pictures!" Spielberg lowered his voice, obviously this was a secret in the industry.

The relationship between DreamWorks and Universal is very good. Now all mainstream commercial films produced by DreamWorks are distributed by Universal. There is a lot of contact between high-level people, so they will hear some relatively secret inside information.

Katzenberg curled his lips in disdain, "It's just a joke, do you still take it seriously?"

No matter how bad Universal Pictures' situation is, it will not be reduced to the end of being acquired by Tang En Pictures. Take a look at which group companies Universal Pictures has belonged to in the past few years?

Panasonic!

Seagram Group!

Vivendi Group!

Twain Pictures has a strong momentum, but they are not qualified enough to acquire Universal Pictures.

But soon, Jeffrey Katzenberg realized that Spielberg meant something!

"Huh?"

Katzenberg's eyes suddenly lit up, revealing a look of astonishment, and he looked at Spielberg in a daze. Fighting against Disney with great fanfare is because... because..."

Spielberg made a downward gesture, and said in a low voice: "This is just a guess, but after several contacts with Tang En, I found that this young man behaved in an orderly manner, and he was humble and polite. It seems that the arrogant image that is often shown in front of the media."

Katzenberg took a sip and lit it up. After pondering for a while, he nodded silently, "If all of this is really Tang En's self-performance and personal calculations, then this young man...is really amazing."

"Yeah, he's amazing."

Spielberg heaved a long sigh, "He has already made three movies with a box office of over 1 billion dollars, and I haven't had one..."

"Steven!" Katzenberg called out, "In my heart, you are the best director in Hollywood!"