On Friday, August 4th, another weekend began.

The cinema was lively, crowded with people, restless, and lined up in long lines to buy tickets for admission.

Don took Natalie, escorted by two plainclothes bodyguards, wearing sunglasses and a cap, and also quietly walked into the movie theater to see the old cowboy Clint Eastwood's new movie, "Space Cowboy".

Although in an interview Don said that he would buy tickets to watch "Transparent Man" and "Space Cowboy", in comparison, he had no interest in "Transparent Man".

Dutch director Paul Verhoeven came to Hollywood in the 80s and did make several excellent movies, such as Robocop, Cosmic Dragon, and Instinct, all of which were box office hits.

But when "Instinct" was successful at the box office, it also received huge criticism, Paul Verhoeven was caught in the whirlpool of public opinion, and some Jiang Lang was exhausted, and the movie was not as good as one.

The movie "Transparent Demons" has good ideas and realistic special effects, but it lacks flesh-and-blood characters and plots, just like spending $95 million to shoot a B-grade film, hasty and empty, without charm.

In contrast, the old man Clint Eastwood's films, each one is worth watching repeatedly.

But...... Fans apparently don't think so.

The settings of "Invisible Potion" and "Invisible Man" in "Transparent Man and Demon" are really fascinating!

After three days of the weekend, the North American box office was released.

The sci-fi thriller film "Transparent Demon", which has been severely criticized by a number of heavyweight media such as "Entertainment Weekly", "New York Post", "Time Magazine", and "Los Angeles Times", has dominated the box office list this weekend!

Reached $26.41 million!

Secondly, it is the comedy "Fat Professor 2" released by Universal Pictures at the end of July, which received $18.16 million over the three days of the weekend!

In third place is "Space Cowboy", which has been widely praised by the media, with a box office of $18.09 million, which is not much different from the second place.

Next, is it the Disney movie "Girls Club" that was released at the same time as "Transparent Demons" and "Space Cowboy"?

Not really!

At No. 4 on the list is the DreamWorks film "Danger", which has been in theaters for three weeks, with a box office of $13.8 million.

And then, it's still not "Girls Club"!

"Spider-Man", which exploded the entire summer and was released for 44 days, occupied the 5th place on this list with an income of $7.85 million!

After that, Jerry Bruckheimer's first musical and dance film "Girls Club" only got $6.55 million at the box office in the first three days of its release.

No. 7 is "Screaming" produced by Miramax, a Disney company, with a box office of $4.21 million......

Defeat after defeat!

At the end of June, "Spider-Man" crushed Disney's action blockbuster "Sixty Seconds" with an unshakable attitude.

As a result, the North American box office of "Sixty Seconds" is only $42.39 million in North America and $56.7 million in overseas box office. Although the total box office is just around the corner, thinking of the cost of the film of $90 million, the cost of $60 million in publicity and distribution, and the box office income of $100 million, it can only bring bitterness.

In July, Miramax's "Screaming" was released, which entered the film market as a dark horse, and caused a sensation and raised a lot of face for Disney.

But don't forget, no matter how praised "Screaming" is, it can't change the fact that this movie has never surpassed "Spider-Man" on the weekly box office list.

It's just because the momentum of "Spider-Man" is too fierce and the popularity is too strong, so that everyone thinks that "Screaming" is ranked below "Spider-Man" as a matter of course.

This can't change the fact that "Screaming" was crushed by the box office of "Spider-Man"!

By August, the North American box office of "Spider-Man" had reached $450 million, and the market was close to saturation, and Disney released another new film - "Girls Club".

Now, it is a critical moment for Disney to surpass "Spider-Man" at the box office in this summer file and raise its eyebrows!

However, Donn disobeyed common sense and chose the despicable act of harming others and himself, no longer promoting "Spider-Man", but vigorously promoting the two two films "Transparent Demons" and "Space Cowboy" that were released at the same time.

Rao was the brains of Disney's marketing department and Jerry Bruckheimer, and he didn't expect Don to choose such a lose-lose approach.

Kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 yourself!

By praising the two new films of Warner and Columbia, he suppressed all movies, including "Spider-Man" and "Girls Club"!

Clearly, Donn's strategy has succeeded again.

While Spider-Man's weekend revenue, compared to expectations, fell by about $1.5 million. But with the current box office revenue of "Spider-Man", do you still care about the $1.5 million?

In contrast, fame is more important!

In the summer of 2000, Donn Pictures strangled three Disney movies "Sixty Seconds of Speed", "Screaming" and "Girls Club" through the movie "Spider-Man".

With your own strength, sweep away thousands of armies!

This summer, Donn ruled the summer file, and "Spider-Man" is a nightmare hanging over Disney's head!

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DreamWorks is not doing well and has poor performance, but fortunately, the major shareholder is Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, who is one of the top 5 super-rich people on the Forbes rich list, and does not care about this little money.

The most uncomfortable person in my heart is actually Steven Spielberg.

In order to increase his performance, Spielberg has to produce three films a year, either directing or supervising the production, which is a lot of work. However, on his own, it is really difficult to save the gradually declining dream factory.

Jeffrey Katzenberg is still burning money for animation, and David Finger is even more outrageous in the music department, investing a lot of money, but it has no effect.

However, David Finger is the second largest shareholder of DreamWorks, and he likes to burn money, but Jeffrey Katzenberg ...... It made Steven Spielberg a little unbearable.

Spielberg came to Katzenberg's office again and said with a smile, "Congratulations!"

Katzenberg was stunned and pointed to his nose, "Talking to me?"

Spielberg smiled: "Haven't you watched the news? Disney is having a very bad time now, losing face and losing money!"

Katzenberg sneered: "Who says it isn't? I said a long time ago that a business has a soul, and it has to do with the temperament of the leader." Michael Eisner is arrogant and strong-fisted, and it's no wonder if he meets an even more arrogant and powerful Donn!"

Spielberg had much contact with Donne, shook his head and said, "Jeffrey, you're wrong, Donne...... Unlike Eisner, he matured not like a young man at all. ”

Katzenberg looked incredulous, "Mature? Not necessarily, right? If he did, he would have flipped the table with Disney?"

Spielberg groaned slightly, and said slowly, "I think...... This may be a clever move by him!"

"Oh?

"Have you forgotten? Some time ago, Don Pictures offered to buy the animation division?"

Speaking of this stubble, Jeffrey Katzenberg's face is not very good-looking.

DreamWorks Animation, the studio he's worked so hard to build in recent years, has become so one with his soul that it's impossible to sell it unless it's a last resort.

"So I said, Done Walker...... He is indeed very good at making movies, but his personality inevitably has a bit of impetuousness and pride of young people. ”

Spielberg looked solemn, "Jeffrey, do you think Don Pictures is not qualified to buy the animation department?"

Katzenberg knew that Spielberg had long wanted to sell the animation department that had been losing money and concentrate on live-action films, so he immediately ridiculed him, "Do you think it is qualified? The animation department is in DreamWorks, with Mr. Allen's funds, and I am personally in charge, and it is all difficult, and if it is sold to Donn Pictures, he can turn stones into gold?"

Spielberg nodded and smiled slightly, "So, that's the point!"

Katzenberg raised his eyebrows slightly, looking at Spielberg.

"I don't know if you've heard of it, ...... Donn has made a request to buy Universal Pictures!" Spielberg lowered his voice, apparently an industry secret.

DreamWorks has a good relationship with Universal, and now all mainstream commercial films produced by DreamWorks are distributed by Universal. There is a lot of contact between the top management, so you will hear some more secret inside information.

Katzenberg pouted disdainfully, "It's just a joke, are you serious?"

No matter how bad the situation of Universal Pictures is, it will not fall into the fate of being acquired by Down Pictures. Look at which group companies Universal Pictures has been under in the past few years?

Panasonic!

The Seagram Group!

Vivendi Group!

The momentum of Down Pictures is very strong, but if you want to buy Universal Pictures, you are not qualified enough.

But soon, Jeffrey Katzenberg reacted, Spielberg had something to say!

"Huh?"

Katzenberg's eyes suddenly lit up, revealing a look of astonishment, and he looked at Spielberg in a daze, Rao was well-informed, and he couldn't help but be shocked, "You mean...... The reason why he is a brazen opponent of Disney is because ...... Because ......"

Spielberg made a downward gesture and whispered, "This is just speculation, but from my few contacts with Donne, I found that this young man behaved in a disciplined manner, and was humble and polite, not at all like the arrogant image that he often shows in front of the media." ”

Katzenberg took a puff and lit up, and after a long silence, he nodded silently, "If all this is really Donn's self-performance and personal calculations, then this young man ...... It's amazing. ”

"Yes, he was amazing. ”

Spielberg let out a long sigh, "He's made three films that have grossed over $1 billion, and I haven't ...... any of them."

"Steven!" Katzenberg exclaimed, "In my heart, you're the best director in Hollywood!"