After Daenerys Entertainment held the premiere on June 26 for the only blockbuster film "Guillotine Valley" produced entirely by itself in this summer season, another box office week in the North American summer season came to an end quickly.

From June 21 to June 27, last Friday's three major new films posed no threat to the second week of its release, "007: Spectre," a veteran spy franchise that fell very well at the box office of 37% the following week, continuing to bring in $56.22 million. In two weeks after its release, the cumulative domestic box office of "007: Spectre" quickly reached $145.39 million.

is about to enter July, starting the summer season of nearly two months, and the only one who can keep up with the pace of "007: Ghost Party" is "Mission Impossible 2". In the fourth week of its release, "Mission Impossible 2" fell by 43% at the box office in a single week, collecting another $15.94 million, ranking second on the weekly box office list, with a cumulative box office of $177.18 million.

The third place is the new film "Police Empire" starring Sylvester Stallone.

This crime movie, in which all the leading actors only get the basic salary of the union, grossed $12.76 million in the first week of its release, and if you compare it with the production cost of a mere $10 million, it is definitely the most cost-effective movie starring Stallone in recent years. With $12.76 million in the first week, coupled with a good reputation, the local box office is expected to be around $25 million, which is enough for Daenerys Entertainment to make a small profit.

Fourth place went to Disney's Clock Tower Stranger.

This old-school 2D animated film adaptation of "Notre Dame de Paris" exceeded $9,300 in the first week and first week, close to the big hit level, higher than the more than $7,500 of "Police Empire", however, because Disney has lost confidence in 2D animated films, the film only has 1,297 opening screens, and the final box office in the first week of opening is only $12.03 million, lagging behind "Police Empire".

The fifth place is Spielberg's new work "Broken Locks".

The slave revolt film grossed just $7.36 million in its first week, the worst result of Spielberg's directorial work in years. Considering that this is not the end of the year when you can take advantage of the awards season to brush up on the long term, the film has a mediocre start, and it is basically impossible to turn over in the future.

As a result, there have been rumors in circles that Paramount is at odds with Spielberg-led Dream Works.

Simon, of course, knows the details.

Paramount was dissatisfied with Spielberg's filming of such an unpopular movie, urging the director to make some films similar to "Jurassic Park", even if it was a reboot of "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Although Spielberg, who has already become famous, has established DreamWorks, he is more inclined to his own preferences in his bones, and to put it bluntly, he only likes to shoot subjects of interest.

In fact, many commercial film directors have this problem, and after becoming famous, they always like to shoot some literary or profound films.

It is inevitable that there will be discord between the two sides.

Moreover, DreamWorks also accused Paramount of serious missteps in its distribution strategy for "Broken Locks", arguing that the film is more suitable for the year-end awards season than the summer season. It can be said that unlike the honeymoon period in the original time and space, the two sides have only been working together for a few years this time, and there have already been cracks.

After digging deeper into this matter, it comes down to the birth of Daenerys Entertainment.

In the past, after experiencing the peak of the "Jurassic Park" series, Spielberg does not seem to have directed any phenomenal box office blockbusters, in fact, this is not the case, because the legendary Hollywood director has begun to live in the background more , on the list of producers, the name of Steven Spielberg appears.

And now, this ubiquity, which should have belonged to Spielberg, has not only been replaced by Simon, relying on the increasingly powerful Daenerys entertainment, Simon has also pushed this ubiquity to another level, a height that is gradually dominating the whole of Hollywood.

Daenerys Studios, Malibu.

Kate Beckinsale, who had been touring around the studio all afternoon, watched the busy scene in the film and television base, although indirectly but clearly felt a certain ubiquitous control, and couldn't help but feel some awe in her heart for a young man who was not a few years older than her.

Near the end of the day, Kate and her two maids went to the post-production center on the second floor of the studio again, and when they entered a film with additional guards, they accidentally found that someone had another girl next to her, Natasha Hensquidge.

It's kind of understanding.

They weren't familiar with each other, so they looked at each other with a little more spark, and Kate also regretted that she couldn't bear the boredom and ran to hang out.

"Soul Catcher", which started filming in April, was recently completed, and Kate also returned to Los Angeles.

learned that the man would watch the sample film with the director of "Soul Catcher" today and discuss the post-production plan, so he called and contacted him, and he also came over, but from two o'clock in the afternoon, Kate only stayed in the viewing room for less than half an hour before losing her patience, and the man thoughtfully sent her to play casually, so she ran out.

Because of her special status, Kate can be unhindered in this studio.

So I saw the film project team packed with studios on the first floor, the dreamlike Pixar studio on the second floor and a large number of people busy with various Daenerys special effects in the post-production of various films, and the hurried people coming and going in the third-floor office building.

It's a completely different feeling from other studios in Los Angeles.

It's not even enough to describe it with vitality, but to be more accurate, Kate even feels a strong aggression in it.

This is just one of Daenerys Entertainment's many film and television bases.

Not only is there a large Universal Studios in Burbank, Daenerys Entertainment already has film and television bases of various sizes on the East Coast of the United States, Melbourne in Australia and Toronto in Canada.

Moreover, the news from Rachel, who officially went to Australia last week to join the crew of "Titanic", is only a 20-hectare filming base circled by "Titanic" on the Gold Coast, a famous tourist resort south of Brisbane on the east coast of Australia, which is no less than a movie studio.

This kind of pomp and circumstance is probably only comparable to MGM at the height of the Golden Age.

During the Louis Mayer era, the MGM dynasty had as many as six locations across Los Angeles, and now Daenerys Entertainment has spread its own filming bases around the world.

There were less than ten minutes left until 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and when Kate entered the movie, a man was still concentrating on watching the sample film with Gus Van Sant, the director of "Soul Catcher", and saw Natasha Hensquitch sitting next to her with a magazine in her hand, without the slightest intention of disturbing, and Kate, who was actually a little delicate, was also very smart not to come forward to disturb, and also found a copy to smash on, and sat down directly on the sofa next to Natasha.

Even though the eye contact was full of sparks and a little hesitation, Kate habitually tried to grasp the initiative, found a topic and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Natasha Hensquch thought that Kate would not talk to her, and she also had no intention of speaking, but when she took the initiative to speak, she raised her head, looked at Simon and the others who were busy in front of the workbench not far away, and whispered: "I'm here for a production meeting." ”

I didn't explain much.

Kate said, "Is it the "Extreme Cold"?"

Natasha was visibly surprised: "How do you know?"

Kate not only knew, but also read the script, after all, the screenwriter of "Extreme Cold" Stephen Sommers is the director of "The Mummy", the heroine of "The Mummy" is Rachel Weisz, Rachel is her best friend, and Hollywood filmmakers who have worked with each other usually maintain good communication with each other.

So, Rachel first learned about "Extreme Cold", and Kate soon knew.

Kate is not a reserved and humble person, so she quickly asked her agent to find the script and inquire about some other information.

Thinking so, Kate curled the corners of her mouth, raised her eyebrows slightly, and said: "I've read the script, but it's a pity that the heroine is just a vase, so I'm not interested." ”

In other words, I'm not interested, so it's your turn.

Beautiful women are often proud, but Natasha is the kind of soft temperament, seeing Kate's obvious provocation, she subconsciously looked at the man who was repeatedly playing back a scene in front of the workbench not far away and discussing something with the director, and then retracted her gaze, lowered her head and looked at the magazine in her hand, intending to ignore Kate.

Of course, there are some small grievances in my heart.

The women around Simon will inevitably pay some attention to each other, and Natasha also knows some of Kate's situation, so she understands that she is really just a vase, and there is no way to compare with one of the heroines of "Breaking Bad" next to her.

And I also understand that Simon is very generous to them, but he is never excessive, what they can support, what they can get.

Kate waited for a moment, seeing that Natasha did not accept the invitation, nor was she aggressive, and her eyes couldn't help but glance at the chest of the girl next to her shirt that was held up high.

Some envy.

Natasha was keenly aware of Kate's gaze, and inexplicably felt a little more proud, and also 'tooth for tooth', but she didn't feel it, so she glanced at it again, but she still didn't feel it.

Kate wore a close-fitting small T-shirt today, but the cost was really incomparable, and when she saw Natasha aiming, she quickly exploded: "You are too much." ”

Natasha slowly withdrew her gaze, as if she had been in a good stream.

Kate was even more angry and mocked: "That's why you can only play a vase." ”

Natasha didn't seem to hear it, but she sat up a little more straight, and held the light blue blouse higher.

The two women have been back and forth for more than 20 minutes, and the workbench is finally busy.

When Simon finally had a few words with Gus Van Sant, he turned around, and the two girls greeted him together.

Simon hugged Natasha and kissed the girl on the lips, and when she saw Kate looking over, she didn't show favoritism, and opened her arms to the girl, and then walked out with the two girls, and asked Natasha, "How were they talking to Stephen?"

"Yes, I also tried some shots, and Director Sommers thinks I'm quite suitable for the role of Cui Lian. ”

"What about your own feelings?"

Natasha blinked a few times before saying, "Great script, like "Alien". ”

Simon smiled and said directly, "I mean, if you're not interested, you can tell me." ”

"Of course not, um, I mean, I kind of like this script. ”

Although Natasha said so, in fact, just by reading the script, you can feel that filming this movie will be very hard, and it may be very dirty, after all, it is a monster movie, and it is a sea monster and all kinds of fights, but she also knows very well that she has no choice, although her role is still a vase, it is much stronger than the vase in "Xenomorph", which is obviously a gradual arrangement arranged by a man for her.

In fact, if you just make a vase for the man around you with peace of mind, you can do nothing. Natasha didn't think about it, she still wanted to have a career of her own.

Seeing Natasha say this, Simon didn't say anything more, and looked at Kate, who came to the studio for an afternoon: ""Disco Doomsday" will not start filming until next year, you can take a good rest in the second half of the year." ”

From last year's "Breaking Bad" to the just finished "Soul Catcher", Kate has been busy for most of the year, Simon can probably guess the girl's thoughts today, but he doesn't want her to continue to spin, an actor is not the more films the better, too ordinary to appear on the big screen, but will make the audience have aesthetic fatigue.

"I'm going to visit Australia recently, by the way," Kate took the initiative to say, seeing Simon hugging Natasha's waist but not touching herself, she took the initiative to wrap around the man's other arm, and then said: "Simon, the two projects announced by Disney last week, "Terminator 3" and "The Fifth Element", do you think I can try it?"

The news of the female terminator of "Terminator 3" has spread. As for "The Fifth Element", this is also a movie with a very heavy heroine, and it is also a super blockbuster. So it was no surprise that Simon was interested in Kate.

However, Simon shook his head directly and said: "My relationship with Disney is not very good, so I don't want you to participate in Disney films." ”

Kate was stunned when she heard this, and then nodded.

Even if she doesn't have a docile personality like Natasha, Simon says it so bluntly, Kate won't be stupid enough to screw up with a man.

The three of them chatted like this, and walked out of the post-center as Kate looked at the flow of people gradually gathering towards the parking lot, still did not let go of Simon's arm, and quietly wrapped some more, and said with a little coquettishness: "Simon, are you free tonight?"

Simon shook his head again and said with a smile: "I'm going home tonight, and besides, I'm going to Pixar to see a sample of another animated movie, and I won't get off work until about seven o'clock." ”

"Ah, it's Friday?"

"You have to work hard to make money," Simon said with a smile, "You two go to dinner together, well, don't fight, or if you want to fight, don't get into the middle of it, secretly find a place, remember to just don't scratch your face, I don't care about the rest." ”