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Chapter 727 The Continuing Impact of the Financial Crisis

If it weren't for foresight, objectively speaking, "Avatar" would not be a good project.

A movie takes several years to make, and the production costs are so high, so the risks are very, very high.

But once the film director's name is James Cameron, everything becomes a little different.

Gilbert chose Knives Out instead of a larger-scale production to avoid Avatar.

The two big-budget films will inevitably be compared. If Gilbert Jr.'s new film does not perform as well as "Avatar", those black fans will have something to say.

Gilbert Jr. is a director who particularly dotes on his fans. Even if he makes a small production, his fans have reasons to be happy about it.

After all, you can't use the standards of an A-level film to determine the quality of a B-level film, and the haters will have one less reason to attack.

Although this year has not ended yet, there is no doubt that Gilbert Jr. is the biggest winner. He has once again dominated the summer season and firmly established himself as the king of the summer season.

Warner Bros. has also maintained good performance this year thanks to the film "The Dark Knight". Although affected by the breakup between Gilbert Jr. and Warner Bros., its stock price remains stable.

However, this year is not over yet. On November 11, MGM's "Quantum of Solace" was released. The film earned 14 million US dollars in the first week, which was considered a success.

This is the 007nd James Bond film and Daniel Craig's second film as 007.

Since being acquired by the UAE consortium, MGM's development has not been smooth.

Hollywood is a circle of squids, and when an Arab consortium suddenly breaks in, it is naturally excluded.

However, the UAE consortium has one advantage, that is, it is rich, and the desert is full of black gold. The little money MGM lost is just a matter of digging a few more barrels of oil, so it can afford the loss.

So even though MGM was boycotted by the Hollywood Squid Club, and the Squid Club's directors, producers, and actors rarely cooperated with MGM, MGM still managed to survive.

This time, MGM ambitiously produced the "007" movie, hoping that this old spy movie could regain its former glory.

From the current perspective, the first week box office in North America is indeed good.

Each "007" movie has a different style, and this "Quantum of Solace" focuses on the suspense part.

Moreover, this "007" movie is related to its predecessor "Casino Royale", which is also the first time for a "007" movie.

The "007" film series has quite a lot of fans, and as long as the film is not too badly made, there will be many fans who will pay for it.

At this critical moment, MGM dare not fool the audience and must ensure that its ace series can survive.

On November 11, Cantaloupe Studios' last film of the year, "Twilight," was released, starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Cam Gigandet, Taylor Lautner and others.

After the film was released, it immediately attracted the attention of young boys and girls. Countless young men and women went to the cinema to express their love for the film with practical actions.

However, the film's reputation is quite poor, with an IMDB score of only 6.1 points, which is still declining.

Well-known IMDB film critic Peter commented: "The film's plot is really old-fashioned and the emotions are pale.

The film is a human-ghost love story packaged as a vampire + youth campus romance. According to the audience's viewing habits of loving to watch stories, the so-called love in this movie is lifeless.

The film is full of boring long shots of handsome men and beautiful women, poor performances, a dragging plot, and breathless and incoherent dialogues.

Peter was then blasted by angry Twilight fans who thought the movie was great.

Especially the male and female protagonists, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, became American idols overnight. Both Edward and Elizabeth were crazily sought after by young men and women.

With such popularity, this small-scale youth love fantasy film grossed $7063 million in theaters in its first week.

The young men and women proved that they really enjoyed the movie.

However, IMDB users are relatively professional and experienced movie fans, so it is normal that they do not give a high evaluation to "Twilight". From a professional perspective, "Twilight" is indeed not a good movie.

But again, as long as it makes money, "Twilight" is a good movie for the film company.

More importantly, the film has an original novel, and there are several parts in it, which means that once the first part is successful, the subsequent parts can be made into a series of films.

At this time, Hollywood had to admire Gilbert Jr.'s vision. He had the ability to accurately discover "Twilight" and it became a big hit.

It is said that when investing in a movie, what many investors want most is the sharp eyes of little Gilbert.

The risks in the film industry are high, but as long as you have Gilbert Jr.'s sharp vision, you can make money without doing anything.

Youth movies have always had a market, and the "High School Musical" released by Buena Vista Pictures is now in its third installment. As long as you can accurately grasp one point, you can attract impulsive and young moviegoers to go to the cinema again and again.

It's a pity. If Leo was ten years younger, the effect would definitely be better than Robert Pattinson.

When "Twilight" was a huge success, a big thing happened at DreamWorks: Spielberg and Paramount parted ways.

This was actually foreshadowed several years ago. The seeds of disharmony were sown when DreamWorks fell apart.

Affected by the financial crisis this year, major Hollywood companies are generally facing a cash crunch and have been forced to cut spending and reduce investment to survive the financial crisis.

Although the rumors of Paramount and DreamWorks' separation had been talked about so much, when the moment really came it still surprised everyone.

DreamWorks has always been very confident. After all, in the more than two years since joining Paramount, DreamWorks has contributed a large number of excellent films to Paramount.

With achievements, one naturally feels confident, especially last year, when Paramount jumped from fifth place in the year-end ranking in 2006 to the second place in 2007, and this was almost entirely due to DreamWorks!
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Gilbert Jr. went to produce TV series this year. Even so, Disney still sits firmly in the top spot.

All of Paramount's independently produced films in recent years have been bad movies without exception. Not only do they have terrible reputations, but their box office revenue is also barely above the cost.

In 2007, DreamWorks was so dazzling that Spielberg had the confidence to make decisions about Paramount.

The industry immediately acknowledged that Paramount's acquisition of DreamWorks was the most cost-effective deal, but of course it also immediately believed that the deal was coming to an end.

Paramount had no choice but to swallow its anger like a bullied wife.

Finally, at the end of 2008, DreamWorks and Paramount separated. Afterwards, DreamWorks announced that it had reached a cooperation with the Indian entertainment giant Reliance Group to continue making movies.

According to insider information, DreamWorks asked Paramount to provide $5 million to $7 million in production funds each year, but Paramount failed to agree.

Later, with the help of an intermediary, Spielberg and Reliance Group reached a cooperation.

This can be seen as a microcosm of Hollywood's money shortage, where they are so poor that they have to look for investors from India.

In the past, when Hollywood was short of money, it would first turn to Wall Street. But unfortunately, due to the impact of the financial crisis, Wall Street is not doing well this year either.

Faced with a cash shortage, Hollywood has to tighten its belt to get through this difficult time.

(End of this chapter)