Chapter 243: The box office of the first week is out

Warner CEO Jeff Bickers was overjoyed.

Henry smiled at this time: "It just so happens that I have a script here that I want to shoot, if you want, you can invest in it!"

When the people heard this, their hearts were moved.

Jeff Bickers was the first to ask, "Oh, what kind of script?"

Henry smiled and replied, "It's a shipwreck, a big ship hit a glacier and then sank...... Well, the investment budget is about 200 million dollars!"

"That's a lot of $200 million?!! oh, Mr. Williams, these expenses also include the publicity costs, right?" asked Jeff Bicks, surprised.

"Not included,"

"It's going to cost $200 million just to make it, maybe more, maybe $300 million...... As you know, Galaxy Films' works must be excellent!"

Jeff Bicks was stunned and asked, "And how much did Jurassic Park cost?"

"About 120 million dollars......" Henry thought for a moment.

As soon as Henry finished speaking, everyone fell silent. The investment in this film is so much more expensive than "Jurassic Park", and it may be difficult to recover the capital in the end! The reason why "Jurassic Park" is successful is, in their opinion, that the subject matter has a great advantage.

People are curious about dinosaurs, so they are willing to pay for them, but if they change to other themes, they may not succeed!

Shipwreck films have appeared in American movies a lot, and the subject matter is not new......

"Well, do you have anyone willing to invest?" asked Henry faintly.

Universal CEO Longmayer asked seriously, "Mr. Williams, which director are you going to invite to make this film?"

"James Cameron!!

Henry smiled, "James Cameron once filmed "Terminator 2" for Galaxy Films, and I recognize his ability! I think it is the best choice for him to direct this drama!"

"Well, James Cameron is a good candidate!" Adam Ferguson nodded.

Henry joked: "Yes, he is an expert in spending money, and this movie needs a director who can spend money to shoot it!

Everyone smiled awkwardly. "Mr. Williams, investing two or three hundred million dollars is too risky!"

"High risk, high reward!" said Henry, shrugging indifferently. "Since you don't want to, then forget it, Galaxy Film Company will invest in filming alone!"

In fact, Henry also knew that they would not invest. After all, it is crazy to invest so much two or three hundred million dollars to make a movie! However, after the movie "Titanic" is released, they should be red again, and the box office is close to two billion dollars, which is almost crazy!

Henry smiled silently, picked up a glass of red wine and tasted it slowly!

Compared with the six major Hollywood studios, Galaxy Film Company is still far from enough, so the timing of Henry's acquisition of Time Warner is not very good! Henry and Karina spent one night at the Chinese Theatre. During this period, Henry was thinking about speeding up the development of Galaxy Films. In the past, the number of films produced was too small, and the film copyright library was not enough. But fortunately, the distribution capacity of Galaxy Films has been enhanced a lot during this time, not to mention the United States, there are IMDB theaters, there is no problem in distribution, many film companies come to the door to seek distribution, it is commendable that Galaxy Films has also developed by leaps and bounds in overseas distribution capabilities, and has established good cooperative relations with film distribution companies around the world!

In the future, the film may also be released globally!

The development of Galaxy Pictures delighted Henry. But this time, Henry decided to invest in the production of multiple films at the same time a year, so that Galaxy Pictures could become a Hollywood movie giant as soon as possible! What kind of movie is both a blockbuster and a good reputation. I can shoot with the current technology again!

Henry thought about it and came up with quite a few movies!

James Cameron is currently filming "True Lies", and I am afraid that he will not be able to shoot "Titanic" for the time being, and Henry has decided to make another film next year, and he can shoot other films first. Subsequently, Henry first came up with four films!

The first is "Forrest Gump". Released in 1994, it won 6 awards including the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director in 1995, with a global box office of $670 million and a production cost of $55 million!

The second is "The Shawshank Redemption", also released in 1994 and received seven nominations at the Academy Awards. Although the box office is not high, it has achieved great success in the home theater market and rental market! Just like Stephen Chow's "Journey to the West", the box office is not good, but it is too popular in VCD rental and the Internet!

The third is the "Mission Impossible" series, which was originally released in 1996 and Tom Cruise was one of the leading actors.

The fourth is "Independence Day", which grossed $810 million and cost $75 million to make!

After spending a night with Karina, Henry got into action the next day. "Forrest Gump" is adapted from the novel of the same name published by American writer Winston Glum in 1986, "The Shawshank Redemption" is adapted from "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Prison Redemption" included in Stephen King's "Different Seasons", and "Mission Impossible" is based on the TV series of the same name broadcast on CBS TV in the United States from 1968 to 1973!

These three movies are all adapted, which shows the importance of copyright! If you get the adaptation rights of these three movies, Henry will dictate again, and then let the screenwriter write according to what Henry himself said, the content of the script is similar to what he has seen in his previous life, and finally find the original director and leading actor to shoot, then it will be nine times out of ten!

"Independence Day" is much safer to find Roland Emmerich, he is both a director and a screenwriter, he is simply a master director of disaster films, he has filmed "Independence Day", "Godzilla", "The Day After Tomorrow", "2012", "Shocking Crisis"!

In "Independence Day", the scene of the destruction of the White House in the film is really talked about, and it is so refreshing!!

Henry then sent an e-mail to Bobby Robin, detailing what he was going to do.

After Bobby Robin received the email, he couldn't help but be surprised, Galaxy Pictures was going to shoot four movies, and even the director and actors were confirmed! Bobby Robin was very surprised by the chairman's maverick style, but every time his decision was correct, this was what surprised Bobby Robin the most!

Bobby Robin didn't dare to disobey the chairman's decision, and hurriedly acted according to the plan and bought the adaptation rights first!

At this time, "Jurassic Park" has been fully released in the United States, and after watching the movie, countless people were inexplicably excited, saying that the movie was so good, and they wanted to watch it a second time, especially the dinosaurs in the movie, which were lifelike, like the real thing, and they were scared to death!

On the IMDB website, "Jurassic Park" has a score of 9.3, and it is rare to see anyone criticizing this movie in the reviews!

Even if there were, it was inundated with good reviews!

Many movie analysts believe that the box office of "Jurassic Park" on the first day exceeded 100 million yuan, and the attendance rate was 100%, then the next day it would drop sharply, falling below 70%, but the fact was slapping them in the face! The attendance rate of "Jurassic Park" was as high as 75% on the second day, and it took another two or three days before the attendance rate dropped significantly, and by the seventh day, the attendance rate dropped to below 30%! Until this time, IMDB theaters began to reschedule the films, reducing "Jurassic Park" to increase the occupancy of that film and reduce waste, while the extra screens can be used to show other films!

The first week has passed, and naturally the first-week box office has also been released, and the first-week box office of "Jurassic Park" has a total of $280 million, which is the first box office in the first week!

"Ambition of the Earth," which was released on the same day, grossed $14 million, a 20-fold difference from the opening week of "Jurassic Park!!

Although "Earth Ambition" ranked second at the box office in the first week, it was really ...... when ranked with "Jurassic Park" Uh, it's a little not good-looking, the box office difference is 20 times, it's too embarrassing!

Hollywood News: "This week's box office is finally out, but the results are really shocking! The box office of "Jurassic Park" actually exceeded $280 million in the first week, breaking the world record once again and becoming the highest-grossing film in the history of cinema in the first week! And on the same day, "Earth Ambition" starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise was pale in comparison, only $14 million! This is a 20-fold difference, which is a world of difference! Perhaps, at this moment, someone has already fainted in the toilet crying......"

PS: I only wrote three more today, and I will write four more tomorrow......

(To be continued.) )