Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 301: Sales of the M66 fighter jet and the terrifying sales of movie peripherals

In Medford, in the office of Mario Airlines, Zhao Mancang sat and listened to the work report of the person in charge.

Leonard Esvid and others were also sitting there. At this moment, Vice President Valentinian Henderson was reporting on the marketing data of Mario's M6147 passenger aircraft, M66 fighter jet and M6712 passenger aircraft.

The M6147 passenger aircraft is the earliest passenger aircraft and is also the flagship product of Mario Aviation. However, its sales in the first half of this year were very mediocre, with only aircraft sold so far.

In contrast, 66 M fighter jets were directly sold, because many were purchased in Europe, as well as in other places such as the Gulf Islands and Africa.

I have to say that Sam's name is very effective. If the M66 was produced by Dongda, its sales would definitely not be so good.

But there is no way. The maximum combat radius of M66 is kilometers, the maximum range is kilometers, it can carry six missiles or eight aerial bombs, and is also equipped with a powerful combat system.

Despite its superior performance, the price is not expensive, only 15 million US dollars.

Of course, the price of 15 million US dollars is still very expensive for many countries, but such fighter jets are active fighter jets that are prohibited from sale in all countries in the world.

But the M66 fighter is different. It has obtained authorization from the Sam military because Lockheed Martin and other companies have more powerful fighters. What's more, the M66 fighter was originally modified based on Moscow-type fighters such as the Fishbed fighter, so Sam has no reason to stop it.

In this case, the M66 fighter jet can certainly be sold, and even at a price of million US dollars, it is still a hot commodity.

In addition, the new short-haul passenger aircraft M6712 has become a new passenger aircraft in the civil aviation field and a new profit growth point for Mario Airlines.

After the launch of the M6712 passenger aircraft, it sold very well in Sam's home country and was also very popular in the European market.

why?
Because of its extremely high fuel efficiency, it is a fatal attraction for airlines.

When fully loaded, the M6712 passenger aircraft can fly a maximum range of kilometers, which is an impressive distance for a short-range passenger aircraft.

There are not many seats, just a passenger cabin for 128 people, which can be changed into business class and ordinary class according to the needs of the airline, for a total of 89 seats.

But the problem is that even when fully loaded, the M6712's fuel consumption is percent lower than similar products from competitors such as Boeing.

My goodness, Pan American World Airways and other airlines were so excited that they placed orders crazily.

Less than a month after its launch, Mario Aviation had already received orders for 300 passenger aircraft.

It’s really profitable.

Mario Airlines is developing well, and Zhao Mancang is of course relieved.

Right now, his attention is still on movie giants such as Paramount, MGM, and 20th Century Fox, because June 27th has arrived and Paramount's first summer movie has also been released.

Why are you in such a hurry?
Because the summer season is coming soon, and each of the four giant MGM studios has prepared two blockbusters. The summer season is only two months long, and everyone wants the best time slot, but how is that possible?
So, it all depends on your means.

The fiercely competitive summer season gives moviegoers more choices, but it also further promotes the prosperity of the film market and allows people to focus more on movies.

As for televisions, haha, this is the trend of the times and there is nothing we can do about it.

There will only be more and more ways to entertain yourself, and no one can stop it.

Since you can't stop it, just go with the flow.

On Thursday, June 27th, Paramount Pictures' "The Journey" was officially released. The box office exceeded 30 million on the first day, and the entire Hollywood film industry gasped.

“Is the era of blockbusters really coming?”

"Treasure Hunt", which has an investment of over 50 million, is indeed a blockbuster. Every shot shows that the quality of this movie is very high, otherwise it would not have been possible to sell such a high box office on the first day of its release.

The box office revenue was a total of 30.82 million US dollars, and it was released on a Thursday.

It broke the first-day box office record for a film in history, and attracted the attention of the entire United States.

The Wall Street giants are getting restless again because they are becoming more and more eager after suffering setbacks at the hands of the four Hollywood giants, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures and MGM.

So, this time, someone went straight to Columbia and was determined to take over the film company.

Someone from Kimura's side also came and seemed to want to take over this company as well.

For a time, Hollywood film companies all saw their fortunes rise.

However, what no one noticed was that a romantic film "I Am Mike" which was released on the same day as "The Treasure Hunt" also earned a box office of two million US dollars.

This is not a small amount. A box office of two million US dollars in a single day is already quite good in Hollywood.

The movie "I Am Mike" was produced by a subsidiary of Universal Pictures and cost only one million dollars. At present, it seems that such a small movie can also make a lot of money.

MGM's "Blade Runner" earned more than 29 million US dollars on its first day of release on the 20th, and then earned 30.2 million, 32.7 million and 31.08 million US dollars on Friday, Saturday and Sunday respectively.

In other words, the box office exceeded 123 million US dollars in the first weekend, but the box office fell to 23 million US dollars on Monday of the second week.

As of now, the total box office of this movie has exceeded 210 million US dollars.

In just one week, the box office exceeded 200 million. Such box office trend is simply unbeatable.

However, at present, "Blade Runner" may not be able to stop "Treasure Hunt". After all, the latter is going to expand its release scale, and cinemas will definitely give more screenings and time to "Treasure Hunt".

As expected, on the 27th, the box office of "Blade Runner" was only 19 million US dollars, ranking second in the box office rankings of the day.

"The Treasure Hunt" broke a new box office record on Friday, directly taking in 33 million US dollars, which stunned the American people.

Analysts from the Wall Street Journal predict that "The Treasure Hunt" will definitely exceed $35 million at the box office on Saturday, breaking Sam's single-day box office record.

As expected, the 29th was a Saturday and many schools were closed, which resulted in many students being unable to buy tickets for the movie "Treasure Hunt" and could only buy tickets for the next day or other movies.

The box office of "Blade Runner" returned to 25 million US dollars, and "The Treasure Quest" was even higher, directly reaching a box office record of 37.89 million US dollars.

There is only $2.11 million left to reach $40 million.

In just three days, "The Treasure Hunt" broke the record for the fastest box office to reach 10171 million US dollars in film history with a total box office of million US dollars.

In less than three days, the movie's box office exceeded 100 million yuan, causing a sensation across the United States.

This summer vacation is really an adrenaline rush.

The bold and red box office also stimulated various industries, especially Wanjia Supermarket, which saw a significant increase in sales.

It’s simply because movie-related products are selling so well. Small pendants, small accessories, posters and other movie-related products are not expensive at all, just a few US dollars, and many people can afford them.

It may seem like a small amount of consumption, but in just three days after the release of "The Treasure Hunt", the peripheral products sold exceeded 500 million US dollars, which is more than the box office revenue.

Moreover, the next step is still the peak, and it can continue to grow steadily. It seems that it is not impossible for a movie to generate revenue of 10 billion US dollars from peripheral sales.

It's crazy!

Anyway, the current market has taken off completely.

Sunday was June 30th, the last day of June. The box office of "Treasure Hunt" did not drop, but became even more popular, directly earning a box office of 38.23 million US dollars.

Horror!
The reason why the box office is higher is that the theaters adjusted other movies that had exhausted their box office potential and gave them to the movie "The Treasure Hunt".

According to the current situation, the movie "The Treasure Hunt" will definitely be the fastest to break 200 million US dollars.

When film companies like Disney and Columbia saw this scene, they went completely crazy. They wished these movies were produced by their companies.

It has been released for less than half a month and the box office is about to exceed 200 million US dollars. Such box office results are simply amazing.

And now that the July issue is about to arrive and the new movie from 20th Century Fox is about to be released, a battle between the dragon and the tiger is about to unfold.

When they were promoting the film on a large scale before, giants like Columbia thought that the four giants including Universal Pictures and Paramount were crazy. If each film was released so close together, the box office revenue would definitely be diverted.

Now they have figured it out a little bit. That is, the four giants including 20th Century Fox have probably already discussed and decided to artificially create a golden age of movies. This is a carnival festival for movie fans.

July 4, 1968, was a Thursday. It was already summer vacation, and there were so many moviegoers coming to see the movies.

On this day, the movie released was "Jurassic Park", a family-friendly movie. Although it also had horror plots, it was more about the novel world of dinosaurs.

Monica Meyer and her husband Raven Albert went to the cinema to spend some time together again. They did not come on the weekend because Thursday night is a rare free time for them.

On weekends, I need to play with my children, so I can only come to see it on Thursdays.

"Honey, I saw in the newspaper that Jurassic Park is about dinosaurs that lived hundreds of millions of years ago. I don't know if dinosaurs really existed."

"Who knows? But based on the existing fossil records, such terrifying creatures should really exist."

Raven and Albert chatted while looking forward to the next movie.

Holding popcorn in one hand and Happy Fat House Water in the other, Raven and Albert walked into the theater after checking their tickets.

There are really a lot of people!
There were over three hundred people in the huge theater, but it was completely full. When they checked the tickets just now, the line was incredibly long.

It's not just the ticket checking that requires queuing. When Raven Albert came to buy tickets a few days ago, there was also a long queue.

You need to grab the tickets, otherwise it will be difficult to get tickets for the first day of the premiere.

Generally speaking, the first day of the release is the craziest time for movie fans. They want to see the movie first as soon as possible, because there is always a group of people who have nothing to do but watch movies.

After sitting down, Monica Yameyer saw that the surroundings were still in a mess, and many people were coming in from both sides of the theater. There were indeed a lot of people.

Many people were holding popcorn and happy fat water, enjoying this rare happy time.

Time passed quickly, the movie began, and the entire theater instantly became quiet from being noisy.

Almost everyone's eyes widened, with curiosity and anticipation written all over their faces.

From the initial movie promotion to the ten most worth-watching movies during the summer vacation, "Jurassic Park", with a recommendation index of seven stars, has become one of the movies that everyone most wants to watch.

Because it's really awesome.

So, when the anticipation is at its peak, all the fans watching this movie in theaters across the United States are watching it intently at this moment.

At the same time, thousands of supermarkets, cinemas, etc. were updating their shelves, and they put a lot of dinosaur movie-related products on the shelves.

Some old movie peripherals that were already becoming less popular had their shelf space reduced and relegated to inconspicuous high-end locations.

"These are just dinosaur trinkets, right? I don't know what's so good about them. A little trinket for five dollars? Are they crazy about money? How could anyone buy them?"

Inside the Wanjia Supermarket, many consumers couldn't help but murmur when they saw the supermarket staff updating the shelves and placing many products in the most conspicuous position at the supermarket entrance.

But many people's eyes widened when they saw the dinosaur ornaments, because they had just come out of the cinema and watched this movie, so they were very impressed by these dinosaurs.

"This is a Tyrannosaurus Rex, it's so beautiful!"

A family pushing a shopping cart, who had obviously just finished watching a movie, was unable to move after seeing the dinosaur ornaments, their eyes were fixed on them.

In a short while, the shopping cart was filled with more than ten such small accessories, as well as several large dinosaur toys and other movie-related items.

Seeing that they had spent a lot of money, the family stopped taking the dinosaur peripherals, but soon they were stunned by the next scene.

Because just in front, in the middle of the supermarket, there is a relatively empty space that was originally filled with shelves, but now there is an extremely large dinosaur statue in the middle.

This is a lifelike ankylosaur statue toy. Although everyone thinks it is fake, they are still shocked at the first sight.

Ankylosaur is a herbivorous dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period, famous for its hard skin and thick back plate. It was huge, up to 6.5 meters in length and weighing two to seven tons. Its appearance was similar to a tank, so it was nicknamed "Tank Dragon".

Many people gasped after reading the introduction about Ankylosaurus.

This is definitely a very scary and terrifying dinosaur.

No matter what others think, someone has already found the supermarket staff and wants to buy such a dinosaur home.

I guess he makes such an outrageous request because he has a big house.

"Sir, a dinosaur statue like this is very expensive to make. It would cost at least several thousand dollars to buy it. Are you sure?"

The supermarket manager's words were originally a kind reminder, but the rich man didn't care at all because he wanted more of such big dinosaurs.

Some smart people even thought of ways to make money and quickly found 20th Century Fox, proposing a cooperation to build such a dinosaur park and charge admission fees.

Little did people know that 20th Century Fox had already started building such a dinosaur theme park.

An ordinary day like the Fourth of July passed quickly.

When Monica Meyer and her husband Raven Albert walked out of the cinema, they both looked dazed and their expressions were almost in disbelief.

The movie "Jurassic Park" describes a huge scene about dinosaurs, and they all believed what was said in the movie, that the company really built such a dinosaur breeding institute on an island in the Pacific.

“If this dinosaur zoo is really open to the public, I will definitely buy a ticket to go and see it.”

Raven Albert muttered to himself, and Monica Yameyer rolled her eyes at him. "Even if there really is such a place, it's impossible for you to go there."

"Why?" Raven Albert asked subconsciously.

"Why else? If you want to die, don't drag me down with you."

Even a herbivorous dinosaur weighed several tons and was five or six meters tall. Wow, that's the height of two or three floors.

If such a giant stood in front of him, the weak human would be trampled to death by accident if the other party accidentally touched it.

So, of course, Monica Yarmeyer was terrified.

"Furthermore, if there really is such a zoo, do you think the government will not step in and take action?"

"Impossible! This is absolutely true. Perhaps those dinosaurs have really been discovered. We can go to space now, so why can't we discover dinosaurs?"

The couple had a very heated discussion, which was almost the real discussion among most fans after watching the movie "Jurassic Park".

Everyone's love and passion for the movie "Jurassic Park" is soaring at a visible rate.

It can almost be said that this movie taps into their curiosity and desire to explore the Earth hundreds of millions of years ago.

Many Hollywood film company bosses don’t know what to say, because it is obvious that the current attendance statistics and the hot sales of movie-related peripherals have shown that "Jurassic Park" has been a success.

On just the first day of its release, dinosaur-related merchandise was sold out in supermarkets such as Wanjia Supermarket and Target Supermarket, as well as in front of movie theaters.

Because basically everyone who comes out to pay will buy a small dinosaur accessory, a furry Q-version dinosaur, which is so cute.

It's perfect to hang on backpacks, cars, key chains, etc.

Although a dinosaur trinket costs a few dollars, these consumers are happy to pay such a sum.

"I'm afraid their film isn't really selling at the box office, but rather focusing on the peripheral products. Those little trinkets, dinosaur toys, and so on are where they really make their money."

An emergency meeting is being held in a Hollywood film company.

There were many Wall Street financial analysts sitting in the conference room, and they felt the magic of Hollywood for the first time.

The release of a movie can actually trigger a shopping frenzy, and the speed at which they make money is far faster than that of their financial companies.

It’s unimaginable!
Although movies released by Paramount and other film companies will be taken off the shelves in a very short period of time, the sales of movie-related products will also enter a low point.

But even so, during the release of the movie, the revenue from movie-related products is estimated to exceed hundreds of millions.

Now, "Jurassic Park" has only been released for the first day, and its movie-related products have already sold very well.

Since this is a family movie, most of the fans who go to the cinema are families, rather than couples or groups of friends.

What's more, some people have already started watching it for the second time on just the first day.

Just because the movie "Jurassic Park" is really good, of course, there are also people who want to study this movie thoroughly and want to catch the trend and get a piece of the pie.

Unfortunately, many people don’t know that 20th Century Fox has invested $100 million in the development of dinosaur peripherals, and has also hired hundreds of top lawyers to be ready to deal with possible plagiarism at any time.

Want to jump on the dinosaur movie bandwagon?

Haha, it’s not that simple. 20th Century Fox’s legal department has been prepared for this.

On the morning of July 5th, major newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal published an article about the box office of the movie "Jurassic Park". When everyone looked at the box office rankings, they all gasped.

Topping the list, of course, is "Jurassic Park," which took in $34.6 million on Thursday.

Such box office results broke the record for the first day of the premiere in film history. It is estimated that the fastest movie to break the 100 million mark will be "Jurassic Park" again.

After seeing this news, the four Hollywood giants, Warner Bros., Columbia, United Artists and Disney, all put on masks of pain and stopped looking at the box office list.

The runner-up for the day was "The Treasure Hunt", which ranked second with a box office of 24 million US dollars. Its decline rate was as steady as an old dog, and it was particularly strong.

Then came MGM's "Blade Runner" which ranked fourth with a single-day box office of $4.27 million. In third place was the less eye-catching "I Am Mike", which actually bucked the market trend and earned $5.07 million at the box office on Thursday.

hiss!
Many people don’t understand what’s so new about the movie “I Am Mike” and why it can rise steadily and gain a lot of market share at a time like Thursday.
In the entire ranking, the top three are basically from the four giants including Paramount. Among the top ten, the movie "Sadako" has always been there and has been there for more than a year.

After seeing the box office performance of "Jurassic Park" on the first day, many people are looking forward to its subsequent performance.

(End of this chapter)