Bob White was not stunned by Simon's words, and there was a little more sour in his tone: "The problem is, Simon, in recent years, most of your so-called 'tent poles' have come from Daenerys Entertainment, which is very unfair, isn't it?"

"You're wrong, Bob, Hollywood is the fairest competition in other areas, and if you can make a good enough movie, the audience will buy it. Daenerys Entertainment has just done better in recent years, and we haven't stopped other studios from making great films, it's someone else's problem. ”

"Okay," Bob White said without continuing to argue, and no longer detouring, "Simon, I'm here in Los Angeles to hope that Warner Bros. will be able to develop more superhero movies beyond the existing DC series. ”

Simon retracted his expression: "If I'm not mistaken, Bob, Warner's film business should be Terry in charge." ”

"Yes, though, it's clear that Terry isn't doing his job at that, at least when it comes to developing superhero movies, and he's completely missing the potential that the DC brand should have. ”

"So, what I want to know is ......" Simon looked at Bob White: "Does Jack know about this?"

Bob White paused, but said, "I haven't told him yet." ”

Simon raised his glass directly to White and said, "In that case, have a better night." Moreover, I can make it clear that I do not agree. If you guys are going to force it, I certainly can't stop it, but I will change the development plan of the existing DC Cinematic Universe project. ”

After saying this, Simon ignored Bob White and turned around and walked away.

Asked about Jack Welch, Simon just wanted to confirm if tonight's incident was at Welch's behest. However, Simon's tough attitude towards the DC Cinematic Universe will not change in the slightest. Unconsciously has regarded Hollywood as his own territory, in order to avoid the premature flood of comic movies, in order to maintain the diversity of Hollywood, Simon has even been pressing his own Marvel, of course, he will not allow DC to mess around.

If the conflict intensifies, even if it is the DC Cinematic Universe, Simon can stop and stop.

As soon as he separated from Bob White, Jonathan Friedman greeted him and congratulated him again, Jonathan said another thing: "Simon, Daenerys Entertainment's two recent comet hit the earth-themed movies, "Heaven and Earth Collision" and "Peerless Tribulation", when do you plan to start preparation?"

"Peerless Tribulation" is an idea that Robert Poole, the screenwriter of the infectious disease blockbuster film "Terror Zone" that Simon gave to MGM at that time, had an idea very early on.

"Heaven and Earth Collision" is Simon's idea inspired by "Peerless Tribulation", in the history of the past, the two films fought in the same year, which was very lively. The original version of "Heaven and Earth Collision" has been butterfly dropped, Simon picked it up again, and handed it over to the original screenwriter Michael Tolkien to write.

The two projects have recently been added to Daenerys Entertainment's project list, and although preparations have not yet officially begun, the two super blockbusters that focus on special effects have quickly attracted the attention of major Hollywood agencies and a large and small star.

No way.

In today's Hollywood, the films produced by Daenerys Entertainment are the easiest to make actors popular, and at the same time, if they want to stabilize their coffee positions and not be topped by latecomers, even big names must try their best to fight for these opportunities.

Jonathan Friedman was clearly looking for news for the WMA-owned star at this time.

Simon, of course, will not hide anything from Jonathan, saying: "For the time being, it is only a project, but next year's schedule is full, "Heaven and Earth Collision" will be placed in 1998, and "Peerless Tribulation", I hope Michael Bay will be the director, which needs to wait for him to complete "Jurassic Park 3", and the release time will be pushed to 1999." ”

When Jonathan heard this, he nodded, basically expected, so he didn't rush to recommend candidates, but said again: "Kim has finished filming that "Cable TV Repairman", and there has been no news of the next project from Daenerys Entertainment, Simon, I can only ask you?"

"Cable TV Repairman" is a comedy tailored for Jim Carrey by Ben Stiller and Jad Apatow, members of the Rotten Boys gang that Simon has been quietly supporting.

In the past, Jim Carrey got Hollywood's first $20 million basic salary with this movie, which opened the era of 20 million.

Because of the original contract and Simon's suppression of Jim Carrey, of course, there was no $20 million this time. Moreover, including this movie, it was also deliberately arranged by Simon, "Cable TV Repairman" in the original time and space, the box office performance can be described as the worst one after Jim Carrey's popularity, which cost Sony's budget of nearly $50 million at the time, and the global box office barely exceeded 100 million.

This is still Simon's deliberate suppression of Jim Carrey, and by the way, let the rotten boy gang practice.

At this time, listening to Jonathan's obviously pleading tone, Simon did not insist, and said: "I took the time to have someone send him the script." ”

Jim Carrey originally signed a five-part contract with Daenerys Entertainment, and after the two "Detective Plane Head", "Strange Jack in Disguise" and "Cable TV Repairman", which has been filmed and has not yet been released, only the last one remains.

In fact, the script has already been prepared.

"Truman's World".

This is also a script that has been circulating in Hollywood for a long time and has not been fanned off by Simon's big butterfly, the story screenwriter had a creative idea in the eighties, and it was only noticed by Hollywood in 1991, and the script failed to be successfully filmed after many tosses, and finally fell into the hands of Daenerys Entertainment and was quietly taken by Simon.

If it weren't for Jim Carrey's attempt to break the contract and have an unpleasant quarrel with Daenerys Entertainment, Simon might have taken it out a long time ago, and could even push the other party at the Oscars.

Speaking of which, there are actually a lot of scripts that have been quietly suppressed by Simon in recent years.

Just like this year-end schedule in 1996, the highest-grossing film should have been "Mr. Sweetheart" starring Tom Cruise, Cruise has been reduced to the second and third tier under the continuous suppression of Daenerys Entertainment, and although the script of "Mr. Sweetheart" has not been fanned, it has also been sealed by Simon to make way for other movies.

Jonathan was relieved to see Simon relieved.

In fact, Simon's approach can also be understood.

At the beginning, Daenerys Entertainment signed a number of long-term contracts in a row, including a series of actor contracts in the key DC Cinematic Universe, if you don't teach Jim Carrey who tried to break the contract a lesson, other actors will definitely make trouble, and it is likely that it will not end at that time, and it is even difficult to say whether the DC Cinematic Universe can create the glory of last year's Super Bat War.

Jim Carrey, who took the initiative to soften, switched to the WMA, and only got rid of the situation of being hidden in the snow under Jonathan's words, but the bad feeling on Daenerys Entertainment's side has been formed. If not, with the box office momentum shown by the comedy star's first two films, the achievements now definitely don't stop there.

Fortunately, there is only one last film contract left.

Jonathan can imagine that after the final film, there will definitely be no more crossings between the two sides. However, Daenerys Entertainment, which is in full swing, obviously doesn't care too much about any intersections.

Even times have changed.

Today's Hollywood is obviously the era of super blockbuster movies, and it is no longer the year when big directors and big stars were held by the stars of major studios, just like the DC Cinematic Universe, without big directors and big stars, it can create box office miracles, and even a new batch of big directors and big stars have been brought out over the years.

Jonathan just asked about two comet films hitting the earth, and some big names under the WMA took the initiative to ask for it. Otherwise, Daenerys Entertainment will give these opportunities to those newcomers, and many big names who have been in danger in recent years may really be photographed to death on the beach.

At the end of the day, a young man who was born a decade ago has completely changed the landscape of Hollywood.

On the second day of the premiere, the word-of-mouth ban on "Wonder Woman 2" was directly lifted, and the comprehensive score of all media reached 8.7 points, close to the classic.

Moreover, the reputation of DC's latest masterpiece is no longer even relevant, when the major theaters put up the last poster of Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Cyborg on the second day of the premiere, it has already raised the expectations of a large number of fans who did not know that The Flash would participate in the show to a new level.

Then, on November 22, after the popular midnight show, the much-anticipated "Wonder Woman 2" was officially rolled out on 4017 screens in North America.

At the same time, the first week of the Thanksgiving schedule from November 15 to November 21 also came to an end.

In fact, after the three-day box office on the weekend from November 15th to November 17th, the two producers of "Slam Dunk" and "Star Trek 8" have already felt bad, and for a whole week, due to the fifth Victoria's Secret show TV broadcast on November 18 and the second season of the fall finale episode of "American Idol" with an average audience of more than 30 million on Tuesday and Thursday, the final box office results were released, and the producers of the two new films were completely cold.

The total box office for the first seven days of the Thanksgiving schedule was $95.46 million, of which $79.23 million was accounted for in the three days of the weekend, and only $16.22 million in the box office on the four-day weekday, accounting for a pitiful 17% of the week's box office, while under normal circumstances, this proportion tends to be around 30%.

In other words, this week's three popular dramas are equivalent to swallowing up more than $12 million at the box office in North American theaters.

Daenerys Entertainment's films over the years have made other studios more and more powerless, and now even Daenerys Entertainment's TV shows are competing for market share, which is really tearless.

In the end, in the first week of the Thanksgiving schedule, the box office champion was not the $80 million live-action animated film "Space Jam" led by Bugs Bunny and Jordan, but Paramount's classic long-running sci-fi series sequel "Star Trek 8".

In the first week of its release, "Star Trek 8" earned $34.67 million in the first seven days.

This result was not a failure, but it was also significantly below Paramount's first-week box office expectations of $40 million.

Moreover, the $5 million forecast gap is exactly the same as the box office share that was swallowed up by several popular TV episodes. If there is no "Wonder Woman 2", with a start of $34.67 million, "Star Trek 8" is actually expected to hit the local box office of 80 million to $100 million in the follow-up, and the production cost of the film is $45 million.

Now, "Wonder Woman 2" is violent, and in the first week of its opening, it was even slashed by a TV show produced by Daenerys Entertainment, and the possibility of a local box office of 70 million is pitiful, and I can only look forward to overseas. However, the popularity of the "Star Trek" series overseas is far less than that of the mainland, and it is already lucky to get the equivalent of half of the domestic box office.

After calculation, it should have been Paramount's earning Star Trek series, and in this sequel, even if it does not lose money on all channels, it will inevitably become the worst commercial performance in recent years.

However, Star Trek 8 is actually quite lucky.

"Slam Dunk", which ranked second on the box office list, is the real failure.

Warner imitated the model of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and spent $80 million to produce this live-action animation combination film, and also invited the well-known Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan, as a result, the word-of-mouth after the release of the film hit the street directly, with an average media score of only 4.3 points, which is not even passing, far from reaching the situation of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" that year.

Even if the North American market is very mature, there is actually no shortage of bad movies that sell well.

It just depends on the timing.

In the past, "Slam Dunk in the Air", in the absence of strong opponents, won more than 90 million US dollars at the box office in China, and 230 million worldwide, which is also a blockbuster.

This time, just talking about the first week of painting, not only will it collide with "Star Trek 8", but also Barbra Streisand's "Double Mirror" last week and "Annabelle", which has still been painted since the opening of the Halloween schedule, and the ending can be imagined.

In the first seven days of the week, relying on 2,650 open screens, the box office of "Empty Slam Dunk" was only $25.14 million, and the average museum did not even reach the box office level of $10,000.

With $25.14 million at the beginning, and "Wonder Woman 2" next week is enough to cut the box office data of the same period in half, and Warners can't even imagine what the next $80 million blockbuster will face.

In addition to the two new films, "Annabelle", which successfully broke 100 million last week, fell by 43% at the box office this week under the impact of the two new films, but still earned $15.56 million at the box office, with a total of $124.76 million in four weeks of release.

This new film of the Conjuring Cinema Universe, with a total investment of only 30 million US dollars, sits firmly in Diaoyutai.

The fourth place is Barbra Streisand's "Double Mirror", which fell 29% at the box office the next week, earning $11.4 million, with a total of $27.49 million at the box office in two weeks.

The fifth place is "Unruly Night", which is still a film produced by Daenerys Entertainment.

Compared with the $11.4 million of the fourth place "Double Mirror", the box office of "Unruly Night" in the fifth week of release fell directly to $4.31 million, and it is conceivable that the box office situation of other old films in the same period is even more dismal, counting "Unbodely Night", the last nine of the 13 films included in the box office statistics report this week have only received a total of less than $9 million.

However, all these movies, whether good or bad, have been reduced to floating clouds in front of the vigorous crushing "Wonder Woman 2".