How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 642 Disney: Be prepared to be ripped off, and be prepared enough to take advantage of it

Warner's new version of "Godzilla" grossed US$5510.4 million in the second week

[X-Men: Days of Future Past] had a box office of US$3551.1 million on the first day, US$2928.3 million on the next day, US$2602.8 million on Sunday, and a total box office of US$9082.2 million in the first week.

"Edge of Tomorrow" had a box office of US$1060.5 million on the first day, US$1047.4 million on the next day, US$768 million on Sunday, and a total box office of US$2875.9 million in the first week.

An old film released the next week, plus two new films released in the first week, the three films grossed a total of US$2.29 million at the box office.

Although "Edge of Tomorrow" is said to stretch the crotch, the gap with "X-Men: Days of Future Past" and "Godzilla" is particularly obvious, and it is almost not as good as "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 5". Three weeks at the box office.

But who can say that the three stooges are as high as the three stooges in Zhuge Liang?

As long as they can be compared to Zhuge Liang in total.

The cumulative box office of the first three days of this US$2.29 million is basically equivalent to the box office of a top global blockbuster in the first three days.

From here we can also see the strength of a world-class blockbuster.

"I am not saying this to shift the responsibility to anyone here. I took back the copyright of the [Pirates of the Caribbean] series under the orders of the old president. I don't want to see things like this now. .

Because [Jurassic Park] still has Spielberg as a producer, but there is nothing in the [Pirates of the Caribbean] series. "

And if nothing else happens, if we continue to make [Pirates of the Caribbean 5] according to the model of [Pirates of the Caribbean 6], then the future of the [Pirates of the Caribbean] series will probably be a replica of the [Jurassic Park] trilogy, or even more. Difference.

Good guy.

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And in terms of economic calculation, the investment in a top blockbuster is only over 200 million US dollars, and the investment in the three blockbusters [X-Men: Days of Future Past], [Edge of Tomorrow] and [Godzilla] combined, It’s almost half a billion dollars.

Silence.

A group of executives gathered in a conference room for a meeting.

"The current situation is obvious. The box office trend of [Pirates of the Caribbean 5] will be difficult to replicate the success of the first three films, and it will not be able to complete the record of continuing the global box office of one billion US dollars.

Disney Studios Headquarters.

Robert Watt looked around and found that no executive was speaking, so he could only speak again.

A group of executives twitched at the corners of their eyes after hearing what Robert Watt said.

That is the ability to really stand up to three ordinary blockbusters on its own.

In fact, Robert Watt's tone was not harsh, but his performance in "Pirates of the Caribbean 5" was a bit too obvious.

The most important thing is that Disney Pictures is actually the advertising company of Disneyland.

North America.

My Disneyland has just built the [Pirates of the Caribbean] series theme project, and your Disney Pictures has blown up the IP. Do you want to blow up the lower part of your butt too?

The whole place was silent.

But now that the matter has come to this, we have to face the problem actively and solve it. "

There is no doubt that the box office of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 5" were strongly hindered.

Robert Watt, the president and brother-in-law of Old Luke, sat at the top of the long conference room and began to speak.

Good guy, really good guy, no wonder you got to the top!

You really don’t want to shirk the responsibility for the failure of [Pirates of the Caribbean 5] on anyone here.

Instead, he directly shifted the responsibility to the old president who had resigned, and also portrayed himself as a character who had no choice but to execute under the circumstances of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" copyright, which he personally handled at a high price. .

The pot was thrown away so well that it felt like a dead person could not speak.

Of course.

The old president is not dead. But in the cruel zero-sum game of capital world in Europe and the United States.

After leaving office, no one will go through the process of cooling the tea. They will immediately freeze, which is almost as good as death.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many big shots who would directly become security consultants, honorary directors, etc. in various large companies when their careers are over.

Without it.

It’s really fast here!

But now that the blame has been thrown out and it has not fallen on themselves, a group of Disney executives suddenly stopped thinking that silence is golden and started to become active.

"I suggest that Zhang Nan be invited back to the [Pirates of the Caribbean] series." A senior executive said.

"It will be very difficult, and with Zhang Nan's character, the price will probably be very high. The price is too high." A senior executive said worriedly.

"Then do you have any other ways to ensure that the [Pirates of the Caribbean] series IP becomes prosperous again and protect us from the censure of the parent company? And no matter how high the price is, it will only be paid by the company, and we will not be allowed to pay a penny. But if this problem is not resolved, the criticism from the parent company will have a direct impact on our bottom position." The executive who started to speak asked rhetorically.

The worried executive shut up.

The speech he just made was a subconscious one as a professional executive. After being scolded, he immediately reacted. His brain also felt the dominance of the executive position under his buttocks, and he did not speak again.

After all, this is the fact. No matter how much the company loses, it has little to do with them.

Sometimes, the more companies lose, the more they make—think Silicon Valley Bank.

Of course.

Although the worried executive did not speak out again, his worry was still there.

It's just that the original concern about the price Disney Pictures will pay Zhang Nan has turned into concern about how much benefit he can get from this price.

He thought about the rumors that had been circulated in the circle. After the old president of Warner Pictures abdicated, he finally cooperated with Zhang Nan on "Voldemort 2" and directly made a huge profit of up to million US dollars.

So this time, their Disney Pictures has a new president who has just taken office. He is young and strong, and he is the brother-in-law of Zhang Nan's agent. This relationship is much stronger. How much can he earn? How much can he share?

There is no way, the thinking of the authentic Stars and Stripes people changes so quickly, otherwise they would not be able to become the world police in so many years.

And seeing that the discussion at the meeting has reached this point, Robert Watt is not ambiguous either.

"Let's put aside the follow-up matters of the [Pirates of the Caribbean] series first. We held a special meeting to discuss it. Now is the annual summer vacation. It is difficult to meet the box office expectations of [Pirates of the Caribbean 5], although it is mainly due to the wrong project route. caused, but there are also reasons for sniping from all parties.

It seems that many people in the circle are a little rude to me, the newly appointed president of Disney Pictures, and want to weigh my weight, so I can't show my cowardice.

I propose that "Maleficent" be released a week early, and "Godzilla", "X-Men: Days of Future Past" and "Edge of Tomorrow" be sniped like they did "Pirates of the Caribbean 5", and blood for blood, Tooth for tooth. "

All the executives in the conference room were stunned at first, feeling that Robert Watt was really cruel, and then they applauded and agreed wildly.

Without it.

The early release of "Maleficent" can indeed snipe other films, but it will also make the box office trend of "Pirates of the Caribbean 5" more difficult.

However, after this meeting, the blame for [Pirates of the Caribbean 5] has been placed on the old president.

So the more [Pirates of the Caribbean 5] fails, the more the future [Pirates of the Caribbean 6] project can pay, the more benefits they can get from it, and the more credit they can get from a successful operation. Big.

obviously.

After this meeting.

Disney Pictures, from the president to senior executives, had already anticipated that Zhang Nan would rip off the [Pirates of the Caribbean 6] project.

But what’s even more shocking is that Disney Pictures, from the president to the senior executives, is ready to be ripped off by Zhang Nan on “Pirates of the Caribbean 6” and plans to make a small profit from it.

All we can say is that these are professional managers in Europe and the United States.

The company can lose money, but I personally will never lose money, but will make money instead.

(End of this chapter)