In the six major Hollywood film companies, "Spy Shadow" is an ordinary medium-sized production, but for Relativistic Entertainment, this is a top-level super A project.

The resources of publicity and distribution are naturally close to "Spy Shadows" in an all-round way.

In an interview with Jason Bourne on the cover of Vanity Fair, a quote from Ronan as a producer was also published.

"Matt Damon and Jason Byrne are all one. His wonderful, that calm, that helplessness, that firm persistence, and the kind of vow not to give up until the goal is not achieved, which is moving. ”

Ronan praised both the character of Bourne and the starring role of Matt Damon: "Bourne never waits passively, but takes the initiative to take control of the chess game firmly in his own hands; This is the charm of "Spy", this is the charm of Matt Damon!"

It is impossible for the producer to blow himself, and if he blows, few people pay attention to it, and he still has to blow the stars and movies in front of the screen.

There is no doubt that once "Spy Shadow" was released, it stood out from a series of spy films with bizarre lights, equipment competitions, and extreme spectacles.

There is also a very important point, "Pearl Harbor", which had a huge scale of publicity and screening, was affected by word-of-mouth in all aspects, and the box office declined rapidly, and now it can really compete with "Spy Shadow" in theaters, in fact, there is only one film, "Tomb Raider".

After the start of the working day, the box office of "Spy Shadow" began to decline normally, but the trend was relatively stable, from Monday to Thursday, four working days to win $19.93 million.

Then, the film ushered in the second weekend of its North American release.

The biggest film of the weekend was Twentieth Century Fox's "Strange Doctor Doolittle 2".

It is a quintessential black comedy starring black comedy star Eddie Murphy.

Films similar to "Strange Doctor Doolittle 2" have always had a relatively good market in North America, and black comedy is also a relatively large category among commercial films.

Strictly speaking, Jack Chen's "Peak Moment" should also be classified as a black comedy.

The film quickly grabbed the market after its release, earning $25.03 million in North American theaters over the weekend, snatching the top spot at the North American box office in one fell swoop.

"Spy" only stayed at the top of the North American box office for one weekend and slipped to second place, but the box office of $23.56 million also made Ronan quite satisfied.

Ten days after its release, the North American box office of "Spy Shadow" totaled 93.34 million US dollars, and it was easy to break 100 million.

The weekend box office of "Tomb Raider," which came in third, has slipped to $10 million.

The rate at which "Pearl Harbor" faded in popularity was not at all proportional to the film's investment, and after just five weekends of release, the North American weekend box office plummeted to about $6 million.

Disney's ambitious war epic is certainly not a failure, but it is far from meeting expectations.

In the past two years, Ronan has conducted in-depth analysis and synthesis based on the top 20 films in North America and the global box office list, combined with the production cost and publicity and distribution investment of each film, to compare the actual box office revenue at home and abroad, and basically came to a conclusion.

Films with good box office and relatively high investment must have at least three times the production cost at the global box office to ensure that the film company is likely to recoup its costs through the box office.

Of course, this is just an average calculation, and there are certainly different cases.

If nothing else, the final box office figure of "Pearl Harbor" is estimated to be more than $100 million away from Disney's psychological expectations.

But this did not affect Disney's cooperation with Jerry Bruckheimer, with whom Disney is said to be preparing to work on a new film project.

Ronan is very curious, what will the two work together?

Although Jareven Katzenberg has left Disney, the relevant news channels have been open, and he soon told Ronan that Bruckheimer Pictures is ready to cooperate with Disney on a movie about treasure hunting.

Ronan was a little puzzled, because strictly speaking, "Pirates of the Caribbean" is also a treasure hunt theme.

More definite news, I can't inquire about it for the time being, Ronan is also cautious, maybe "Pirates of the Caribbean" should also be mentioned on a daily basis.

Although the copyright of related stories and characters has been registered with the Copyright Office, and even the case has been specially filed with the screenwriters' union, Di Baobao and Bruckheimer Pictures will infringe copyright 100% if they shoot according to the story of their previous life, but it is not unusual for Hollywood to shoot a plausible story.

Of course, under normal circumstances, genuine film companies will not deliberately infringe copyrights, not to mention reputation problems, and the follow-up troubles alone will be countless, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Ronan is in line with the idea that it is indispensable to guard against people, and feels that in the second half of this year, to be exact, after September 11, "Pirates of the Caribbean" will be officially put on the agenda.

For such a top-level production, it takes about a year and a half to prepare and shoot alone.

The only thing to be thankful for is that because he is extremely impressed by this series, Ronan not only knows who the three protagonists are, but even the director is vaguely impressed.

In the office, Ronan wrote down the director, starring and funding in his notebook.

If the director is a director, he can be asked to find it, he is not an unknown person, and it should be easy to find.

In terms of starring, the first part is undoubtedly the structure of the Iron Triangle, Johnny Depp naturally needless to say, no Depp is not a captain.

The current Johnny Depp is still a weird actor, far from being on the front line of Hollywood, let alone the so-called four kings of Hollywood in the future, and it is estimated that he can get a salary of up to 10 million US dollars.

The other two actors, who don't have to invite celebrities, seem to be just a little famous young actor before Miss A filmed "Pirates of the Caribbean", and they are not much better than Kate Beckinsale of "Pearl Harbor".

If you are a little blacksmith, choose the elf prince? It seems that finding a strong man is more suitable for the blacksmith, right? Of course, the elf prince is also good, in the Hollywood-style aesthetic, even the figure of a beautiful man is quite material, not really like a girl......

These can be carefully considered after the crew is established.

The most critical issue is funding.

Ronan has participated in and produced a number of film projects in a row, and knows that Hollywood is actually burning money when making movies, and fantasy blockbusters like "Pirates of the Caribbean", if you want to shoot the desired effect, the cost of special effects alone may be around 40 million US dollars, or even more.

There is basically no opportunistic place for special effects, and the amount of money invested is most directly displayed on the screen.

According to Ronan's estimates, the production cost of this film cannot be less than 120 million US dollars.

Although this money does not need to be invested at once and can be received one after another, relying only on internal financing, the capital chain of Relativity Entertainment may be broken.

Once the company's liquidity is tight, it will definitely affect Ronan's subsequent plans.

And it often takes more than two years for a film to go from investment to real benefits.

External financing remains the best option.

I wonder if Germany's Koch Film and India's Mountain Foundation will be able to raise such a large amount of money.

Ronan thought about the foundation that was being planned, and it should be able to play a role then.

The success of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series and the "Spy" series will allow Relativity Entertainment to gain a foothold in the commercial film market and launch more first-line productions at that time.

The premise is that there will be some inexplicable suppression.

Outside of the movie, it is still necessary to keep a low profile, anyway, there is DreamWorks in front now, acting as the best shield.

It is not difficult for Ronan to find that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Relativity Entertainment may not find a more suitable development opportunity than it is now for many years to come.

Now DreamWorks seems to be very powerful, winning the Oscar for Best Picture for two consecutive years, looking like it may become the seventh largest in Hollywood at any time, attracting the attention of the Big Six, and instead providing a rare space for the companies hiding behind DreamWorks.

In the previous life, Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment developed rapidly at the beginning of the century, which is not unrelated.

From the beginning to the present, DreamWorks has put on an attitude of Lao Tzu wanting to be in a position every day, and it is no wonder that the six major companies do not give priority to cracking down on DreamWorks.

With Ronan's memory, DreamWorks' good days can last for another two years, and these two years can fully play the role of an MT.

So, Steven Spielberg is actually a good man, and even more so a good-hearted old Jewish man.

Sacrifice me, a lot of ...... in the circle of happiness

The old man stubbornly resisted the Dream Factory until it completely disintegrated, and it is estimated that he also has a heart to do MT.

"My name is MT, my body is impregnable, I parry, I dodge, I use my body to guard your ......"

Infected by this spirit of being a good guy, Ronan also decided to be a good guy and not encourage Jared Katzenberg's DreamWorks Animation Studio to break up with Spielberg for the time being.

A dream factory that looks powerful enough from the outside to meet the needs of the development of Relatalistic Entertainment.

Now that Lionsgate is obscure and Summit Entertainment is obscene, once DreamWorks falls, Relativity Entertainment will soon become a very eye-catching presence among Hollywood's second- and third-tier studios.

At that time, Relativity Entertainment will inevitably usher in acquisitions or some other commercial treatments.

Before its own strength is not strong enough, this will make the future development out of thin air a lot of variables.

Soon, the first round of overseas releases of "Spy Shadows" also reached Los Angeles, and the film received $45.6 million at the overseas box office in more than 30 countries and regions in its first weekend.

In the coming weeks, the film will quickly expand to the rest of the world, including the eastern market across the Pacific.

The excellent box office results and word-of-mouth of "Spy Shadow" have also attracted the attention of many people, and some of them have their eyes on the company behind the film.