The results of the presidential election were announced, and the attention of the media and the public quickly turned to other aspects. But in Hollywood, Daenerys Entertainment is still the center of attention.

On November 10, "Instinct", which was released in the 17th week, officially dropped off in North America, with a cumulative box office of $117.12 million.

In the second week of its release, "Scream" fell by only 19% at the box office, and collected another $18.35 million in seven days the following week, bringing the cumulative box office to $39.06 million. In just two weeks of screenings, according to the ladder sharing contract signed with the theater chain, Daenerys Entertainment has recovered all the budget costs and achieved profitability.

The box office results of the first week of "Steel Magnolia" were also eye-catching, with a total of 22 screens and an average box office of more than $68,000 in a single week. In the first seven days, this film adaptation of the stage play, which was not favored by many people, received $1.51 million at the box office.

A week before Thanksgiving, Hollywood's year-end schedule finally began to be lively.

On November 11, if you count the small-scale screening films that are also several dozens of screens, a total of 7 new Hollywood films will be released.

However, in the week from November 11 to November 17, although the box office decline expanded to 23% relative to the first week, "Scream" still maintained its position as the single-week box office champion, with another $13.96 million at the box office, and a total of $53.02 million in three weeks.

On this week's list, the films ranked after "Scream" also surprised many people, and the horror film "The Return of the Ghost Baby" produced by MGM's Luen Mei Pictures grossed $9.61 million in the first week.

The Thanksgiving schedule, which is supposed to be full of family fun, has two of the highest-grossing movies that are all horror films, which is definitely not normal.

This is indeed the case.

Normally, only second-tier studios like New Line, which focuses on the production and distribution of horror films, are keen to push their horror films to the hottest time possible, but that's also because they have no choice.

Obviously, the big Hollywood studios during this period actually didn't have many options, and in the final analysis, it was still the evil result of the previous screenwriters' strike.

According to Simon's memory, in a series of film lists for the two major schedules at the end of the year, if Daenerys Entertainment is not counted, none of the Thanksgiving films of major Hollywood studios can squeeze into the top ten of the annual list.

There are two Christmas files in December, one is "Dragon Brother and Mouse" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger under Universal Pictures, and the other is "Bald Detective" produced by Paramount Pictures, and the release time of both movies is not the most core around Christmas on December 25. The release date of "Dragon Brother and Mouse Brother" is December 9, and the opening time of "Bald Detective" is December 2.

Obviously, neither Universal nor Paramount expected these two films to become box office dark horses.

For Simon, this schedule actually means another thing, the core of the Christmas period on December 16 and December 23, Daenerys Entertainment's "Rain Man" and "Dead Poets Society" will not meet strong competitors outside the company.

Looking at the present, after "Scream" and "The Return of the Ghost Baby", the most concerned on the weekly box office list is still "Steel Magnolia".

In the second week of screening, the number of screens of "Steel Magnolia" increased to 35, and although the weekly box office of a single theater decreased from $68,000 to $66,000, it still received $2.35 million in seven days.

In just two weeks of screening, the cumulative box office of "Steel Magnolia" has reached $3.86 million, which is almost the same as the total box office scale of "Oolong Agent" of Warner Bros. before the box office fiasco.

In addition, following last week's "Instinct", on November 17, "Vulgar", which ran for 23 weeks in North America, was also drawn, with a cumulative box office of $156.93 million in half a year, temporarily ranking first in the North American box office list in 1988.

On the current annual list, "Vulgar" is followed by Disney's live-action and animated "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," which has shrunk to $230,000 in a single week, and the box office of the film that is also close to the next draw is closely following "Vulgar", with a box office figure of $151.36 million announced on November 18.

As long as Disney doesn't spend money at the box office to deliberately compete for a spot at the annual box office, it's unlikely that "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" will surpass "Vulgar" in the final weeks.

However, an annual box office champion work can still play a great role in promoting the subsequent distribution of the film through various channels, and with the box office data of "Vulgar" frozen, it is difficult to guarantee that Disney will not really spend money to buy the box office for the annual crown.

Simon is just a cold observer of this, "Vulgar" is Orion's project after all, and he is looking forward to the box office performance of "Rain Man".

With the dismissal of "Vulgar", Hollywood suddenly realized again that although the distributors of the three films "Vulgar", "When Harry Met Sally" and "Instinct" are not Daenerys Entertainment itself, no one can deny that they are the works of Daenerys Entertainment and the projects of Simon Westeros.

Not only did all three films achieve a domestic box office of more than 100 million, ranking among the top 10 of the annual list, but also the North American box office with a total of $380 million has even exceeded the annual box office of most Hollywood studios.

With the box office success of "Scream" and "Steel Magnolia" at the end of the year, Hollywood is finally feeling some kind of aggressive pressure from Daenerys Entertainment.

The most important point, although very reluctant to admit it, has to face a reality.

Just like Simon asked Jack Valenty to pass on the words, Daenerys Entertainment has indeed become one of the players in Hollywood, although it has only been two years since its rise.

Hollywood's tricks to deal with latecomers are nothing more than restricting funding sources and distribution channels, or adding some less sophisticated lawsuit-bombing and scandal tactics, but these tricks no longer pose much of a threat to Daenerys Entertainment at this time.

Simon Westeros's third-largest multi-billion dollar net worth in the United States is enough to support Daenerys Entertainment from being plagued by a shortage of funds. Driven by the interests of a series of blockbuster hits, North American cinema chains will not join forces with the Seven to restrict Daenerys Entertainment's distribution channels, but will compete with each other.

As for those unpopular methods, it may be very effective against some weak or troubled solo producers, and if it is aimed at Daenerys Entertainment, the result is likely to usher in a strong counterattack from the other party.

However, there always seems to be some 'breakthroughs'.

While the whole of Hollywood was uneasy about the rise of Daenerys Entertainment, the news that Paramount Pictures was negotiating a new film collaboration with Wes Craven, the director of "Scream", suddenly woke up many people.

Truly.

Even if you can't compete with Daenerys Entertainment, who wouldn't do such a thing as digging into the wall?

Even if "Scream" is still Simon Westeros' work, when "Steel Magnolia" once again showed the momentum of a box office dark horse, not many people in Hollywood doubted Simon's eye for films.

Next, as long as it is a project or script that Daenerys Entertainment likes, everyone will grab it with their ability.

With the excellent reputation accumulated by the screening, on November 18, "Steel Magnolia" was officially released on a large scale in North America, and the number of screens of the film has increased from 922 in the initial signing stage to 1,135.

And, encouraged by the success of "Scream", Daenerys Entertainment's distribution team was even more daring in the promotion of "Steel Magnolia".

A week before its release, "Steel Magnolia" even ran an ad for ABC's hit "Who Will Be a Millionaire" show.

The ratings of "Who Will Become a Millionaire" have been suppressed by "" during this time, but compared to ", it is the most realistic show for audiences of all ages, which happens to fit the market positioning of "Steel Magnolia".

As one of the most expensive TV shows in North America at the moment, Daenerys Entertainment's previous "Scream" did not advertise on "Who Will Be a Millionaire". The winter break is just around the corner, and the next "Rain Man" and "Dead Poets Society" don't have that chance.

Three episodes of "Who Will Be a Millionaire", with two 30-second trailers in each issue, cost Daenerys Entertainment $1.5 million in advertising money alone.

From November 18th to November 24th, the week of Thanksgiving, "Steel Magnolia" unexpectedly and expectedly replaced "Scream" as the box office champion of the new week.

In the first seven days of the week, the final cumulative box office of "Steel Magnolia" was $12.81 million.

The $12.81 million in the first week seems to be a far cry from the $20.71 million in the same period for "Scream" on the surface, but if you count the average box office, "Steel Magnolia" averaged $11,286 in the first week on 1,135 screens, and "Scream" averaged $11,232 in the first week on 1,755 screens.

In a simple comparison, the average box office of "Steel Magnolia" actually exceeds that of "Scream".

Therefore, although there is no shortage of media hyping the film's 'box office failure' after the box office of "Steel Magnolia" was released in the first week, predicting that it will be difficult for this film to continue Daenerys Entertainment's '100 million yuan box office relay', but anyone with a discerning eye can see that "Steel Magnolia" can be regarded as another blockbuster work of Daenerys Entertainment in any case.

In the first week, the museum exceeded 10,000 yuan, and it was $12.81 million in seven days, and if this is not a success, there will be few successful movies in Hollywood.

Moreover, the box office results of the next weekend of "Steel Magnolia" very simply slapped many media who hyped the film's 'box office failure'.

November 25th to November 27th is Thanksgiving weekend.

Compared with the first weekend, the box office drop of "Steel Magnolia" in the second weekend was only a very slight 5%, and the box office collected another $7.86 million in the three days of the next weekend, with a cumulative box office of $23.53 million. The slight decline of 5% almost means that the box office of the film in the second week is the same as the first week, which is very similar to Tom Hanks's box office dark horse "Flying Over the Future" in the summer.

"Flying Over the Future" was released on the same day as "Vulgar", although it has also been drawn, but this film, which was only half of "Vulgar" at the beginning, finally reached a cumulative box office of $114 million, currently second only to "Vulgar" with 156 million, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" with 151 million, "Journey to America" with 128 million and "Instinct" with 117 million, ranking fifth on the annual list.

"Flying Over the Future" was able to achieve a box office of more than 100 million, and "Steel Magnolia" straddled the Thanksgiving and Christmas files that were very beneficial to him, and there was no reason why he could not achieve the same good results.

Malibu.

It's Tuesday, November 29th.

Simon did not go to the company in the morning because today he has to sign a series of property transfer and bank loan documents.

The last time Janet went to Europe in person, after a few other operations, Simon's purchase of real estate in major European cities was completely finalized.

After several contacts, the French bank Crédit Lyon finally decided to provide Simon with this home loan, and considering the subsequent cost of home renovation and maintenance, Simon simply borrowed $200 million from Crédit Lyonnais in a lump sum.

In order to facilitate possible future cooperation, Crédit Lyonnais offered Simon a very favorable loan package, with a five-year contract with an annual interest rate of only 4.3%.

The various formalities lasted all morning, and Simon did not ignore the goodwill shown by Crédit Lyonnais in this cooperation, and specially hosted a luncheon at noon.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the luncheon ended, and Simon and James Raybould, who had come from New York this time, discussed some Westeros company affairs, and sent each other away, and the villa finally fell silent.

After tossing for most of the day, Simon took a comfortable shower, changed his clothes and came out, looking at Janet who was huddled on the sofa in the living room with Sophia Fesse and discussing how to renovate and renovate the properties, Simon was a little helpless, and the woman left Sophia behind.

Wearing a tie on his own, Simon said to Janet: "Let's talk slowly, I'll go to the company first, and make some appointments at four o'clock." ”

Janet got up and came over with a smile, took Simon's tie and fiddled with it, then took the man's arm and walked out with him, saying, "I bought so many houses at once, when are we going to live in them?"

Simon thought for a while and said, "Next year, we will be busy for another year, and when the production of "Batman" is finished next year, and the company is completely stabilized, we will take a good rest for a while." ”

"Uh-huh," Janet said, leaning her head on Simon's shoulder, "it's decided." ”

"Of course," Simon said, "I didn't want to be a workaholic all my life, I definitely had to enjoy life." ”

Janet pouted and said, "A lot of workaholics think so, and they can't stop for the rest of their lives." ”

Simon smiled and said, "Isn't there still you? If I can't stop, you just hold on." ”

"I've said it a long time ago, I'm not going to hold you back," Janet said, dropping Simon to the car, nodding to herself, "never." ”

Neil Benitra opened the door, Simon kissed the woman on the forehead, and said, "It's still going to be dragged when it's time to drag it out." ”

Saying goodbye with a smile, Simon got in the car and hurried to Santa Monica's corporate headquarters.

There wasn't much time left for the day, and Simon just arranged a meeting with a few Wonder Woman candidates.

During this time, various Hollywood agencies have sent several batches of Superman and Wonder Woman candidate lists, and Clark Kent's actor is still considering, but Simon has selected several good Wonder Woman candidates.