Before Thanksgiving, Ronan saw the film that won the Oscar for Best Actor and knew who Tom Cruise's biggest potential rival was.

Follist Whitaker, a black actor with a very rich resume.

"The Last Dictator," released by Fox Searchlight, chose to be screened in North America starting a week before Thanksgiving to qualify for all of the awards season's outpost awards.

In some ways, this is also a sign of a lack of confidence.

Those films that rush for awards are often in December, and even start to be released in mid-December, regardless of the sentinel awards in December, including the major film critics awards, the goal is to point to the real weather vane, Hollywood's major union awards.

Ronan deliberately watched some clips of "The Last Dictator" that the PR team got their hands on, and in terms of acting alone, Forster Whitaker was no better than Tom Cruise in "The Departed", and even no better than Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond".

Acting skills to a certain extent are very subjective things.

"The Last Dictatorship" is about Uganda's former ruling general Amin, and it is a standard black African theme.

Compared with black North American films, Relativity Entertainment has rich experience in dealing with black African films during the awards season, and once won Will Smith the Oscar for Best Actor in the competition for black African themes.

In fact, no matter what the initiative is, it is enough to grasp one thing - black Americans have never considered black Africans to be the same group as them.

This seemingly subtle psychology can influence many people's choices.

Since "The Departed" is going to hit the Oscars, Ronan doesn't mind winning a few more awards, one more Oscar for Best Actor, maybe he can earn tens of millions of dollars more.

He also took a look at Tom Cruise's other potential rivals, and the most likely to be nominated were Brad Pitt for "Babel" and Leonardo DiCaprio for "Blood Diamond".

Needless to say, the former is more than Tom Cruise and Leonardo who are not waiting for the academy judges, and the latter's Oscar escort road has just begun.

The biggest competitor is actually Folister-Whitaker.

Now if you want to win the Oscar, while praising yourself, you have to find a way to drag your competitors back.

The role of the latter point is also becoming more and more prominent.

Besides, "The Last Warlord" is a twentieth-century Fox work, so why not relativistic entertainment?

The weekend before Thanksgiving, Embassy Pictures held a huge premiere of Night at the Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. for Night at the Museum.

This is a truly family-friendly movie for Thanksgiving, with the success of the first installment and the return of leading actors including Ben Stiller and Robin Williams, which has attracted a large number of fans.

The sequel to a blockbuster movie, as long as it works well, will never lack an audience.

And the audience will increase significantly compared to the first part.

Of course, it's not just the audience that's increasing, it's also the cost of production, which has skyrocketed to $120 million for the second film, compared to the $75 million budget for the first installment.

This is still a long-term relationship between Ben Stiller and Robin Williams and other main creative staff, otherwise the production cost of the second part may go straight to $150 million.

Ronan also came to Washington, D.C., but instead of attending the premiere, he accepted the invitation of Heitan's classmates and participated in several parties in succession, further broadening his network in Washington.

Black Tan has already begun to prepare for the next general election, and his biggest rival in the Democratic Party may be Zipton's wife.

Is the next session black or female?

Someone once said that the US presidential election after the beginning of the new century has become a worse event.

Fuck off the one who's worse than who's worse than who's worse......

In addition, Ronan also met the New York real estate developer surnamed Tang, who is not to mention his style.

Relativity Entertainment also has dealings with him, and seeking benefits from various parties is the consistent practice of large companies.

is the daughter who follows the surname Tang, which is very distinctive.

This is also a well-known socialite in New York, but Ronan has no interest in her, and those who are interested in her have basically died at the hands of the beast.

To be on the safe side, Ronan didn't even say anything to her.

"Magical Night at the Museum 2" has also successfully landed in North American theaters, and this kind of comedy, adventure and family-fun film that can be enjoyed by children as young as 5 years old and the whole family is perfect for the whole family fun range on Thanksgiving.

This type of film is often the most popular in the market around Thanksgiving.

In the first weekend of its release in North America, "Night at the Museum 2" earned $70.5 million at the box office, replacing "The Incredibles" as the top box office in North America, and it can also be declared a success of the sequel.

In just five days, the film grossed more than $100 million at the North American box office.

Due to the approaching Thanksgiving Day and the audience base laid by the first part, "Wonderful Night at the Museum 2" was also released in many overseas markets at the same time, and nearly $100 million was earned in the first weekend overseas.

According to the analysis of first-line market data, Embassy Pictures estimates that the final North American box office of "Wonderful Night at the Museum 2" will reach 250 million US dollars, and the total global box office will be 500 million US dollars, which is not very difficult.

"The Incredibles" also began its second week of overseas screenings, with a total of $212.68 million at the overseas box office, and easily more than $400 million worldwide.

Pixar Studio's animated feature films are still sweeping the global film market.

Except, of course, for markets across the Pacific Ocean.

After "Night at the Museum 2", there are only two films left under Relativity Entertainment that have not been released this year, one is "The Departed" directed by Martin Scorsese for the awards season, and the other is the comedy film "The Hangover" that was released before Christmas.

The latter has already completed filming and production, but due to scheduling reasons, it has been delayed until the holiday file, and it was finally confirmed that it will be released before Christmas.

As a typical poop-pee-fart comedy, it is impossible to expect this kind of film to gain sensational fame, and Relativity Entertainment's only goal is to make a profit.

After Ronan returned to Los Angeles, Bradley Cooper came to see him on one more occasion.

Bradley Cooper has signed a long-term contract with Shahai Entertainment, and in addition to the sequel to "The Hangover", he doesn't want to appear in other, pee, and fart comedy movies, hoping that Ronan can understand, and also hopes to get other types of roles and opportunities from Shahai Entertainment.

Ronan said he would consider it.

This is not surprising, for stars and directors, the style of-pee-fart comedy is undoubtedly very low, and stars or directors who are born in this ranks hope to be able to transform, and stars or directors who have become famous will not easily step in......

There aren't many people like James Franco.

Originally, Ronan had an idea about Bradley Cooper, but unfortunately there has been no response from Warner Bros., and Bradley Cooper himself needs to continue to hone it.

The current Bradley Cooper is just a pure-pee-fart comedy star.

The day before Thanksgiving, Charles Rowan of Warner Bros. suddenly took the initiative to visit.

"How do you have time to come over?" Ronan received Charles Rowan in the reception room, "I heard you've been busy lately. ”

Charles Rowan smiled and said, "There are some things I want to talk to you about The Dark Knight. ”

Ronan's heart moved, could there be an accident? But he asked quietly on his face: "We are all old friends, just say something directly." ”

Charles Rowan said: "Remember what I said about the Batman movie franchise?"

"Of course, I remember it very well. Ronan deliberately reminded: "I put forward the conditions at the time, but Warner Bros. never replied. ”

Charles Rowan didn't have the slightest embarrassment on his face, but said: "What movies do you want Warner Bros. to exchange for the rights? There must be an explanation, right? Otherwise, Warner Bros. is not easy to measure." ”

Ronan didn't answer him, but asked, "Charles, we are not outsiders, and there are some things that don't need to go around in circles." I just wanted to ask if Warner Bros. held an internal preview for The Dark Knight and ......"

He didn't say the latter words, but the other party would definitely understand.

Charles Rowan's face changed slightly, and soon returned to normal, the crew director was completely biased towards relativistic entertainment, Warner Bros. made some moves, and it was impossible to hide it from Ronan.

Indeed, Warner Bros. held internal previews for The Dark Knight, more than once, and the results were sensational.

So, Kevin Tsuhara picked up the deal that was tossed aside.

"There's such a thing. Charles Rowan could only answer.

Ronan said: "I don't think there's any need to talk about it at this stage. ”

Charles Rowan hurriedly said: "Ronan ......"

Ronan raised his hand to interrupt him: "Charles, a year ago and now, the chips are different. Now and next year, the chips are also different. ”

Charles Rowan understood what Ronan meant, his face was expressionless, and he didn't know what to say.

Ronan said directly: "After the release of "The Dark Knight" next year, it is not too late for us to talk about the investment and copyright matters of "The Dark Knight Rises", Relativity Entertainment is not in a hurry, and has enough patience to wait for another half a year." ”

"I'll feed back your words back to Kevin. Charles Rowan is well aware that with the strength of Relativity Entertainment, Warner Bros. simply cannot force Ronan to abandon the "Batman" series: "Hopefully, this will not affect Relativity Entertainment's cooperation with Warner Bros. ”

Ronan smiled and said, "I hope not." ”

There is still half a year before "The Dark Knight" will be released, and Ronan can't give up investing in "The Dark Knight Rises" on the same terms as a year ago at this time.

For half a year, Relativity Entertainment can wait, I don't know if Warner Bros. will continue to wait.