On June 13, the day after the premiere, the word-of-mouth ban on "007: Ghost Party" was directly lifted.

It has become the focus of heated discussions in the media without suspense.

Not only did the film's comprehensive media score reach a high of 8.6, but The Hollywood Reporter also praised the film as the best 007 movie in the last 10 years. While word of mouth has been affirmed, the new 007 actor Pierce Brosnan, as well as the changes in the female Mrs. M and the young Dr. Q, have been widely recognized.

Deliberately promoted by the Westeros system, the discussion of this movie on the Internet platform has become a hot spot on major portals and social networking sites, especially the trio of Thunderbolt Babies who appeared as easter eggs and the secret agent cinematic universe that was immediately involved.

Hollywood's commercial films, word-of-mouth is not even necessarily the decisive factor at the box office, the popularity of the film is often more important, once it causes heated discussions at the national level, even if the film's reputation is unsatisfactory, under the guidance of herd psychology, many people will involuntarily buy tickets to enter the show.

Now, "007: Spectre" not only has an excellent reputation, but the focus of this movie is even more extensive, and the commercial prospects are almost conceivable.

Fast forward to Friday, June 14th.

In anticipation, "007: Spectre" opened in North America with 3,346 screens.

In order to avoid the edge of "007: Ghost Party", except for this super agent blockbuster this week, the release scale of other open movies is within 1,000 yuan, which is not worth mentioning.

With the blockbuster opening of "007: The Ghost Party", there is also a box office week that has just passed.

Previously, on June 7, in line with Hollywood's default business strategy, the two new films "Dragon's Heart" and "Overage Transfer Student" released that week were not too blockbuster.

Among them, "Dragon Heart" is produced by Warner Bros., with a production cost of 57 million US dollars, reaching the level of a blockbuster, but although it is already a big-budget movie, just watching Warner Bros. put this movie between "Mission Impossible 2" and "007: Spectre", it is enough to imagine that the producer obviously does not have much confidence in this movie.

And so it is.

This fantasy film set in 10th-century England tells the story of a king who has become brutal and killed by half of the dragon's heart, which has been circulating in Hollywood for a long time before the project was established, Simon has also read the script, and Warner Bros. once wanted Mel Gibson or Harrison Ford to star, but unfortunately the two super-first-line celebrities refused, and finally fell on Dennis Quaid.

After the film opened, the comprehensive media reputation was only 6.3 points, barely passing.

Another "Overage Transfer Student", mainly Simon's ideal in order to support a new generation of Hollywood comedy stars, starring Adam Sandra, with a production cost of only $10 million, compared with the previous two dark horses "Romeo and Juliet" and "Black Man", "Overage Transfer Student" is undoubtedly much more mediocre, with a score of 6.5 points, which is also only breaking through the passing line.

As a result, during a box office week from June 7th to June 13th, the box office blockbusters were still concentrated on a few old films.

There is no suspense about the first place on the list.

In the second week of its release, because there was no strong opponent, the box office decline of "Mission Impossible 2" maintained a very good 35% in a single week, collecting another $57.11 million. In two weeks, the cumulative box office of this spy blockbuster co-produced by Daenerys and Paramount has reached $133.26 million, directly becoming Paramount's best box office performance in the past year.

The second place went to Warner Bros. for "Heart of the Dragon".

In the first week of its release, "Heart of the Dragon" opened with 2,130 screens and earned $16.83 million in the first week.

Only $16.83 million in the first week, in the face of the ensuing "007: Spectre", "Heart of the Dragon" is neither a theme like "Romeo and Juliet", nor is the word-of-mouth very average, and it is expected to drop at least half the next week, with a total domestic box office of about $30 million.

The production cost of the film alone reached 57 million US dollars, and the local income was 30 million, and losses were inevitable.

Third place went to "The Mummy".

"The Mummy", which was released in the fourth week of release, continued to earn $12.01 million in the past week with a 39% box office decline, and the volume in a single week has approached the threshold of 10 million, and the film's domestic box office has accumulated to $137.17 million, and the total domestic box office is expected to be similar to the initial forecast, about $150 million.

"Romeo and Juliet" in fourth place.

In the fifth week of its release, this summer file was released as a small and broad love dark horse, and it still maintained the box office in a single week at more than 10 million US dollars with a mere 21% decline, with a revenue of 10.56 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office of the film is also close to the threshold of 100 million yuan box office club, reaching 99.67 million US dollars.

The fifth place is "Overage Transfer Student".

After all, it is a new film, this Adam Sandra starring comedy has a box office of $8.2 million in the first seven days of the first week, and with the film's production cost of $10 million and the promotion of $5 million, it is expected that the local box office will be about 20 million, which is neither good nor bad, and it will soon be profitable through subsequent releases.

Outside the top five, films such as "Evaporation Secret Order" and "Ace Big Spy" are completely not worth mentioning.

Except, of course, another small dark horse "Black Man".

This action film from across the ocean was released in its third week, and after a sharp halving the next week, the decline narrowed to 22%, collecting another $3.97 million, and the cumulative box office of the film has reached $19.38 million. The total cost of $5 million, which is about to break through the box office of $20 million, is enough to make many studios feel envious.

Los Angeles.

On a Saturday morning at Cape Dume, the restaurant is bustling with activity.

But there are only four little ones left to dine together today, Seattle, Nick Jr., Greenwich and Snow.

Veronica came to North America last week and took Melbourne back to Australia with her when she left.

According to Janet, this is the old man's request, Melbourne is expected to stay in Australia for the whole summer, and the old man intends to take care of and educate his precious grandson himself, and said that it is also the rule for little Nick to be older.

As for the reason.

The old man bluntly said that there are too many women around Simon, and I don't know where I saw some of the sayings, and the personality of children who grow up in the pile of women is easy to become feminine.

How can this be endured?!

All right.

To put it bluntly, it is also the old man's dissatisfaction with Simon's living conditions.

Simon has no problem with that.

And he doesn't have much time to educate his son on weekdays, look at Janet's eldest brother and second brother who are now very good at supporting the family business, Simon is still quite at ease with the old man, in fact, Simon also hopes that his eldest son's personality can be like his grandfather, tough and tough, just like the first generation of old cowboys who crossed the ocean to open up the Australian continent.

In fact, the personalities of the core members of the entire Johnston family are basically the same. Even if he didn't grow up in the corresponding environment, Simon obviously has the corresponding traits in his bones.

In comparison, if Melbourne had been growing up at Point Durmay Manor, it would be a bit difficult to say what his future would be.

"Anthony went to Brazil again last week, Vale's privatization project, although we put some pressure through Washington's relationship, but the Brazilian side is still more inclined to cooperate with the Japanese side, and the Japanese have been operating in Latin America for a longer time," Speaking of Australia, Janet talked about Johnston Holdings' layout in the iron ore industry: "However, the Brazilian side did not reject us, Johnston Holdings can probably get about 10% of the shares, and a certain right to speak." ”

In the restaurant, Simon heard Janet say this, and looked at Jennifer who was taking care of the two youngest children on the left and right opposite: "What do you think?"

The female assistant shook her head lightly and said, "I don't understand, but I think Johnston Holdings wants to control the global iron ore industry, which is not realistic, and it is very good to get 10% of the shares and a small number of voices, which is enough to establish an alliance." Moreover, the main integration target of Johnston Holdings, I think, should still be placed in Australia. ”

Janet said: "This family knows it, but after the annexation of Billiton, it is not easy for us to go further in China because of regulatory reasons, and now Johnston Holdings is also a member of the Westeros system, and governments have become wary of us." ”

With that, Janet looked at Simon again.

The merger of BHP and BHP in my memory was probably in 2001, and there are many reasons for this.

Now, in the face of a separate economy like the Westeros system, which has transcended the level of plutocracy, it is simply impossible to say that Western countries are not wary of it.

At the end of the day, it's not enough to have a certain level of control.

After all, mature capitalist countries naturally have a hostile mentality towards the capital oligarchs, otherwise Morgan and Rockefeller would not have been dismantled. Therefore, instead of continuing to merge with mainstream Western countries, focusing on third world countries, such as Latin America or Eastern Europe, is also a different way out.

It's just that this is also a bit inappropriate for Johnston Holdings.

Thinking so, Simon said to Janet: "If you can't get control, I actually don't recommend continuing this investment, speaking of which, once Johnston Holdings controls too much iron ore and is big enough to manipulate the price of iron ore, it may be subject to a strict antitrust investigation." ”

Janet said, "You mean you should wait for other companies, like Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner in Hollywood?"

Simon smiled and nodded, "yes." ”

Janet thought for a moment and said, "However, the share we control now is not large, not even a quarter. ”

"But it's already beyond Vale, Rio Tinto, Bihe and other companies, hasn't it?"

Janet shrugged.

Simon still had a smile on his face and said, "That's it, let's go to Australia for a vacation together in a while, and I'll talk to Ray and them seriously when the time comes." ”

Hearing about the vacation, Janet suddenly stopped paying attention to the family business, and her eyes were shining: "When exactly?"

"In August, when Verizon Telecom went public, we set off immediately. ”

"That's what you said, don't go back. ”

"Of course not. ”

"Then I've been arranging it recently. ”

With the plan finalized and breakfast continued, Simon couldn't help but think about what had just happened.

Vale, Brazil's largest iron ore company and once one of the world's top three iron ore suppliers, certainly hopes that Johnston Holdings will take it if possible. Relying on the Westeros system, the Johnston family has also expanded quite rapidly in recent years.

It's just that many things are inevitably too much.

If one day in the future, Johnston Holding Group has a stake in the world's major iron ore suppliers, once there are signs of manipulation of international iron ore prices, the goal will be too obvious.

It's also easier to find trouble.

What's more, in order to solve their own worries about resources, the Japanese have been operating all over the world for a long time, and the former Vale, which seems to be the largest iron ore company in Brazil, is actually controlled by the Japanese chaebol. Even if the current mainstream public opinion in the West tends to suppress Japan, it will not be easy to compete with the Japanese for this piece of fat that the other side has been operating for a long time.

If you just get a small number of shares, it is better not to.

In addition, Simon still prefers that Johnston Holdings can focus on China and further diversify around the steel industry that it is more familiar with.

It just so happens that next year is also an opportunity.

In 1997, the Asian financial crisis further drove the entire world economy into a trough, and also caused a new reshuffle of the global steel industry chain.

All in all, the former three-legged stand is actually very good.

No one can take all the benefits.

Diversification is also more resilient to potential risks than expansion in a single area.

In fact, just like Hollywood, if you are only involved in film production, it is difficult for a large studio to develop and thrive, and only by forming a huge diversified industrial cluster around the entire media and entertainment industry, like Daenerys Entertainment at this time, can it stand out from the crowd.

Simon didn't want Johnston Holdings to get involved in electronics, video and other fields that he was not familiar with, but around the steel industry, such as transportation, smelting, etc., if it is deeply cultivated, it can also form a huge industrial cluster, and it can also be like Daenerys Entertainment, as long as it controls enough resources, other iron ore suppliers, even if they do not control, still need to bow down to Johnston Group.

After breakfast, this Saturday did not rest at home.

A lot of work is scheduled today.

Simon arrived at Daenerys Studios at nine o'clock, and the first thing he saw was the first-day box office data for "007: Spectre".

On the first day of the opening, counting the midnight show, "007: Spectre" earned $18.63 million on the same day, according to such a performance, this is also the opening work of the Secret Service Movie Universe, with a box office of about $50 million to $60 million in the first weekend, and an estimated $80 million to $90 million in the first seven days.

It's even better than "Mission Impossible 2".

After all, the essence is here.

Moreover, on the basis of the production cost of 75 million US dollars, the publicity and distribution investment of "007: Ghost Party" reached 50 million US dollars, in order to open up the situation in one fell swoop.

Now, with a score of 80 million to 90 million in the first week, the total box office of this film in North America is expected to hit 300 million US dollars, and 007 has always been the largest overseas player, and the global income may be around 700 million to 800 million.

It's off to a good start.

With the results of this movie, as long as the results of "Breaking Bad" at the end of the year can enter the box office club of 100 million yuan, the entire Agent Movie Universe plan can be successfully implemented.