There are many predecessors in the Hollywood industry, but there are not many who can really be called legends, and Roy Disney is definitely a legend among legends.

Maybe he is not as famous as Marlon Brando and Paul Newman, but his prestige in the industry has not diminished, and he is the nephew of Walt Disney, the founder of the Disney Group!

So when facing Donne, a young junior, he naturally held on to himself.

Unexpectedly, Don didn't care about seniority and had no respect for Roy Disney.

Roy Disney has been letting Down Down for a long time, and Donn will definitely not give him face.

Come and don't get along, it's indecent!

Don refused Roy Disney's invitation to meet, which naturally caused Roy Disney's displeasure, but now he has no fame but no absolute power, and there is really not much to do with Don.

Even Disney's first-in-command Michael Eisner can't help Donn, so what can he do with his second-in-command?

The only hope is Disney's upcoming animated film "Atlantis: The Lost Empire"!

Although Roy Disney is no longer in power, he is still the nominal chairman of the animation department, and as long as the cartoon is strong at the box office, he will have more advantages in the next meeting with Donn.

Especially after the release of Donn Pictures' main commercial blockbuster "Unsinkable" this summer for 4 weeks, the box office power has been significantly reduced, as if it has been surpassed by Paramount's "Tomb Raider".

"Unsinkable" has beaten "Pearl Harbor" in the box office market, and if "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" is good enough at the box office, it can not only fight Donn's arrogance, but also re-establish its authority within Disney, against Michael Eisner.

However...... "Tomb Raider" is clearly not as exciting as expected.

The biggest selling point of this movie adapted from a game is Angelina Jolie, and in other aspects, there are many slots.

Boston Globe: "While Tomb Raider is as tiresome as most films of its kind, Angelina Jolie is the one who adds to the film. ”

Washington/The Fullerton Post: "The film is boisterous, corny, hollow, frenetic, tasteless, monotonous, and sexy, with no bloody violence and no sexual content. ”

The Hollywood Reporter: "Angelina Jolie's tight T-shirt is more appealing than the action scenes of the film. ”

Film Review: "The story of the film is not credible, not only because the story itself lacks novelty, but because the director does not focus on the story arrangement and character building. Most action movies can't stand up to logical scrutiny, but if the story is exciting, it can set off the fight scenes to a certain extent, or make up for the lack of fight scenes. Conversely, if the story and characters are weak, the audience's focus will inevitably be more focused on the action sequences. ”

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In short, contrary to the predictions of many evaluation agencies, the box office of "Tomb Raider" in the second week not only failed to beat "Unsinkable", but also plummeted.

Monday, $3.01 million, Tuesday, $3.01 million, Wednesday, $2.84 million, Thursday $2.71 million.

In four working days, only $13.6 million was received, and the box office of "Unsinkable" still exceeded $15 million, although it shrank severely during the same period.

Friday, June 22nd, the weekend is coming!

Disney's animated film "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" was released, and at the same time, another action blockbuster from Down Pictures, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", was also officially released.

In the promotion stage of "Unsinkable", both Tang Pictures and Universal Pictures called and allocated all available resources to fight against Disney, and even Don personally came forward and accepted a media interview.

In comparison, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is like a wild child, and the conditions are obviously insufficient in all aspects, so much so that director Luc Besson has complained to Donn many times.

No way, as far as the current Tangen Pictures and Universal Pictures are concerned, the strength is ...... Compared with other giants, they all have obvious weaknesses.

Don't look at Universal Pictures with its back to Vivendi, you can't count on it at all.

Vivendi's ambition is too great, and he doesn't want to concentrate on operation, coordinate internal resources, and help Universal Pictures, but continue to carry out bloody acquisitions outside!

Following last year's acquisition of the Seagram Group for a sky-high price of $34 billion, Vivendi spent $2.2 billion to acquire the U.S. Horton Mifflin Publishing Company in May, and a few days later, it spent $372 million.

Now, it is said that it intends to continue to develop the cable TV industry, and has launched an acquisition from the American Movie Network.

So much so that the US imperialist media, which "have the world in mind", shouted again and again: "After breaking through the Japanese / Benhu, we have ushered in the French wolf again!"

Don has been secretly keeping an eye on Vivendi's every move, as he has long been eyeing parts of Vivendi's entertainment division.

Such crazy acquisition news is a great thing for Donne.

Now Vivendi Group has a debt of more than 20 billion US dollars, and once the acquisition of the American television network is completed, the debt will exceed 30 billion!

By the next year, when Vivendi had indigestion and the financial statements were released with huge losses, it was when Vivendi collapsed.

At that time, in order to avoid bankruptcy, Vivendi can only be forced to sell assets to pay off debts, which is the best time for Don to buy the bottom!

Compared with such a major event, he doesn't care much about this little trouble in the box office market at the moment.

On the contrary, seniors, masters, and elites like Roy Disney pay close attention to the box office market.

Friday, June 22nd.

"Tomb Raider", a single-day box office of $6.27 million!

"Unsinkable", a single-day box office of $9.5 million!

"Mr. and Mrs. Smith", a single-day box office of $20.81 million!

"Atlantis: The Lost Empire", a single-day box office of $4.8 million!

Saturday, June 23rd.

"Tomb Raider", a single-day box office of $7.08 million!

"Unsinkable", a single-day box office of $11.27 million!

"Mr. and Mrs. Smith", a single-day box office of $28.43 million!

"Atlantis: The Lost Empire", a single-day box office of $6.75 million!

Sunday, June 24.

"Tomb Raider", a single-day box office of $5.68 million!

"Unsinkable", a single-day box office of $8.96 million!

"Mr. and Mrs. Smith", a single-day box office of $25.84 million!

"Atlantis: The Lost Empire", a single-day box office of $5.14 million!

With such a box office report card, Roy Disney almost vomited blood!

He feels that he is conservative enough, even if "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is not fully promoted, but with Mel Gibson's super influence and Donne Walker supervising producer, the quality of this film must not be too bad.

So he gave up the idea of comparing with "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" early on, as long as the box office can surpass "Unsinkable" is enough.

Unexpectedly, the first weekend box office of Disney's animated film "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" only received $16.69 million!

The investment in this cartoon is a full 120 million US dollars, which is 20 million more than "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"!

It's just that the box office is not as good as "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", and Roy Disney can tolerate it.

But "Unsinkable" is already in its fifth week of release, and it got $29.73 million this weekend, and the North American box office this week exceeded $45 million, completely crushing "Atlantis: The Lost Empire".

What's even more unacceptable to Roy Disney is that the action movie "Tomb Raider", which is generally not rated by film critics, also got $19.03 million this weekend!

Even Paramount's movies can crush Disney's proudest cartoons, which makes Roy Disney, an old man, feel exhausted.

Roy Disney didn't even eat breakfast, and after receiving the latest box office data early in the morning, he sat alone in the study in a daze, deeply emotional.

Although his authority at Disney was completely suppressed by Michael Eisner, his sense of belonging to Disney is far superior to that of the other party!

Disney started with cartoons, but now Disney animation is no longer accepted by the market, which is somewhat desolate in the twilight of old age.

Look at Pixar animation, which is in the limelight, and look at DreamWorks animation, which has made a comeback with the hit of "Shrek", Disney animation seems to have been eliminated by the times.

"Traditional 2D animation, completely dead!"

Roy Disney let out a long sigh.

Pixar is a computer animation company, and DreamWorks acquired Pacific Digital Image Effects Studio last year, and this year released its first computer animation, Shrek, which was a huge success.

All the examples already show that the hand-drawn animation belonging to Roy Disney's time, completely dead.

Think about it some time ago, Sriwood Animation, a subsidiary of Down Pictures, acquired the "digital field" special effects studio at a high price of $20 million, and Roy Disney laughed at Don Die for being stupid, now it seems, what a clever move!

At this point, Roy Disney had to admit it.

During this time, he took advantage of Michael Eisner's incompetence in the film market and kept attacking in the board, but now the animated films he is in charge of have received the same cold reception, which is somewhat a slap in the face.

But in his opinion, Michael Eisner is really no longer suitable to continue to lead Disney.

Disney must have a new leader!

In situations of internal weakness, external assistance is crucial.

Looking at the whole of Hollywood, there are many people who want Michael Eisner to step down, but there is only one person who is most capable of operating Michael Eisner's downfall, and that is Done Walker!

Even if Donne's behavior seems a little rude in the past period, Roy Disney has to put up with it for the sake of the company's long-term interests.

He took a deep breath, finally couldn't make it through, and called Done.

"Mr. Disney, I didn't expect you to call me!"

Don has also just seen the latest box office data and is in a good mood.

"Mr. and Mrs. Smith" earned $75.08 million at the box office in three days over the weekend, although it failed to break 100 million, but it broke the monopoly of "Unsinkable" for three consecutive weeks and became the new weekly champion.

Roy Disney laughed, "Today...... Nice weather, find a place to sit down and talk?"

Don looked up and looked out the window, and found that there were dark clouds outside, and he almost laughed, and he was even more confident, "Or ...... Go to my office?"

Roy Disney was furious and almost cursed!

He's a senior, he's an old man!

Don actually let him come to visit, even the most basic etiquette is not there!

"My identity is inconvenient. Roy Disney took a deep breath, endured the anger in his chest, and said lightly: "This way, there is a rattan street between Yucca Street and Sunset Boulevard, where there is a nice century-old shop, which seems to be run by an old couple, and the hand-roasted coffee tastes very good." ”

Don smiled and pushed the boat down the river, "It's okay." ”