Chapter 405 Year-end
After "Pengbo Information" announced MM's financial revenue, MM stocks rose slightly again across the board, and 17 film departments made profits, which was a shining and blinding achievement, and also made several other giant companies extremely envious.
In the original version of Soni Entertainment, it took 30 movies to win the same North Korean box office and become the overall champion of the year, and the overseas revenue, DVD and peripheral revenue did not exceed 10 billion.
It took ten years for Sonik to turn losses into profits before he had the ability to dominate the world, and MM only took one year to do the same, and the most important credit was given to Mark who selected the films for the group.
Of the 18 movies that have been released in the year, 17 of them have been released, and none of them can do this kind of terrible and astonishing data among the previous heads of the six Hollywood giants.
Giant companies like Paramount, Warner, and Disney will release blockbusters every year, but no one dares to guarantee that they will make a profit, whether the movie is a big hit or not, affected by many irregular factors, the risk and speculation are very high.
The same question has been asked by those who have interviewed Mark recently, how can you be sure that a movie will be a big hit?
And Mark always said modestly: "Luck and the audience appreciate the food!"
At this point, the audience was disappointed, and they knew that Mark was telling a lie, but they also understood that he said this, this is a big killer that turns stones into gold, the most valuable business secrets, and only fools will say it.
Does Warren Buffett share his investment experience with others? Everyone knows that what he says in newspapers and TV is general talk or public relations advertorials, and he will not show any real dry goods.
But it is undeniable that the current MM has fully recovered from a series of unfavorable factors after the merger and acquisition, and has become a strong competitor among the six giants, in terms of production and distribution capabilities alone, they are not inferior to any of the six giant companies, but these companies are an important part of the media group, they are the core industry of multinational media/companies, in this regard, MM is the smallest of the six majors, and the market value is far inferior.
But MM has the weapon of Viagra, which has completely become a big killer for their strange soldiers, in the original version, Nappy has become a behemoth with a market value of more than 60 billion, even if it is a discount, it can also make MM Group and Viacom, Time Warner, News Corporation, Disney Group go hand in hand, even if it is not enough, but sitting on 10% of the equity of Pingguo Company, it is enough for them to fight another turnaround.
In the era when Mark was killed by Samsung, the pattern of Hollywood's six major companies changed again, and under the impact of streaming media, the box office and DVD, the two major revenue weapons of the six giant companies, were hit like never before, and everyone's profits were only a handful.
Among the six giants, only Disney stands out, and continues to remain strong, getting bigger and bigger, and is even ready to buy all News Corporation's film and television entertainment industry, even the invincible Time Warner has been sold to United States Telecom, Paramount, Universal, and Soni are still supporting, with the help of the "Fast and Furious" series and the "Jurassic Park" series, Universal's life is not bad, and Paramount and Soney are really only struggling to support, and there have been rumors of betrayal, which shows that life is sad.
The key factor for Disney to stand out and become a supergiant is to build a super IP library with the help of Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm, and launch a series of blockbuster movies in batches, which makes them invincible, but this Pixar and Marvel have been included in MM, MM is also the largest partner of Industrial Light and Magic, which is the prey of Mark's layout in advance, Disney is difficult to replicate the same success, they are the film and television industry to drive the resort, and then the resort feedback film and television company, Disney in " Pirates of the Caribbean series has tasted the sweetness, and there is a lot to be done in this regard, but since the film and television industry is not prosperous, it is impossible to have this kind of interaction.
Who can become a supergiant company in the future is full of variables, and everyone has advantages and disadvantages.
However, MM is very busy on Christmas Eve, the celebration party is open one after another, the incentive meeting is also held again and again, their film projects are profitable, there are profits and dividends, and meritorious people must be rewarded, and the companies they cooperate with must also allocate their shares, as well as the production plan and distribution plan for next year in 2007 must also be implemented one by one.
The Oscar front of the week is vigorous, the Japanese chapter of the "Battle of Iwo Jima Two-Part Series" "Iwo Jima Family Letter" has been praised with "Oscar level for best picture"; Peter Otto's eighth nomination for "Eros at the End of the Road" seems to be a certainty; the media evaluation of "A City Full of Golden Armor" is not as good as "Ambush on All Sides"; plus works such as "Loyal to Duty" and "Veil", big and small news are readily available.
"Zhang Yimou's Martial Arts Masterpiece Part III" - "The City Full of Golden Armor", which is characterized by ** phalanx, eunuch choir, Naruto tightrope team, Golden Saint Seiya group gymnastics, palette glazed pillars, Gong Li's natural cups, etc., will go to Beimi this weekend, and in a small range of 60 cinemas, with an average of 8,000 yuan for a single theater, the premiere box office of about 500,000 yuan will be grabbed. Compared with the achievement of about 400,000 yuan in 15 theaters in Beimi during the same period of "Ambush on All Sides", the income of "Full of Golden Armor" in the first weekend has regressed significantly.
Compared with the second episode of the "Yimou Martial Arts Trilogy" "Ambush on All Sides", which marched to the Oscars two years ago, there is also a certain gap in the media comprehensive evaluation of "Golden Armor" B-, which includes the A of "Chicago Tribune" and the B+ of "New York Times", but the sharp criticism of other media "Hollywood Reporter", "New York Post", "Variety", "Entertainment Online", and film review websites at the same authoritative level is very glaring.
"The Chinese have recently shot a series of costume action blockbusters, and it is obvious that "Golden Armor" is very typical", "The intricate relationship between the characters fully shows the unknown dark world in the Oriental palace" "The Hollywood Reporter"
"Zhang Yimou's obsession with dazzling visuals borders on paranoia," The New York Post
"In 'Hero' and 'Ambush on All Sides', the story and fights are more in line with the lavish design, while 'Golden Armor' is disappointingly sluggish" ....... Entertainment Online.
In response to the core point of this film's Oscar competition, that is: after experiencing "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Hero", and "Ambush on All Sides", such works have seriously lacked impact, and the oversaturated status quo makes the best foreign language film of "Golden Armor" not optimistic, considering the history of "Ambush on All Sides" being shortlisted for best foreign language film but nominated for best cinematography - "Golden Armor" may not be nominated for best foreign language film, but may become a dark horse in the "Best Costume Design" award.
"The Battle of Iwo Jima Two-Part" The rice country chapter "The Flag of the Fathers" questioned the government's self-injury and self-examination attitude of "fabricating heroes to sell national debts", the casting strategy of reducing the starlight as much as possible, and the brutal realistic war scenes, which finally led to a dismal box office of less than 35 million US dollars, which made the producer Warner speechless for a while, but under the tough attitude of the old cowboy, Warner still stubbornly put the Japanese chapter of "Iwo Jima Family Letter" From next spring to this year's gift, it debuted in 5 theaters this week, with an average score of about $15,000 per theater, and nearly $77,000 at the premiere box office.
Relatively decent sales, A-'s evaluation skills were shocking, and the original doubts were instantly silent. "The surging story and the torture of human nature that cause an emotional earthquake", "The textbook directorial aesthetic of strange power", "The supreme war epic of compassion and cruelty androgynous", "The anti-war concept and the deep reflection on life that transcend national boundaries and national borders", "The power of cleansing the mind is heartbreaking", "The unpretentious and ingenious narrative technique does not give the Japanese language the slightest opportunity to form an obstacle to understanding", "Master Eastwood has reached a new pinnacle of his career...... , the fanaticism of the critics is not inferior to the worship of "The Queen" and "Infernal Affairs" two months ago, and even the original popularity of "The Banner of the Fathers" is far behind.
Beginning with 10 scores from Newsweek, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Daily News, The New York Post, and The Premiere, the praise from all walks of life focused on Eastwood's breathtaking directing skills. In addition, the intellectual and sassy Ken Watanabe, and the sensual and hot-blooded Kazuya Ninomiya (an idol of Janice & Associates...... The outstanding performances of Japanese actors such as are also highly praised. The strong stance of the original script, editing, cinematography, art direction, sound, sound editing and other departments is undeniable, and "Iwo Jima's Family Letter" also has the potential to set off a hurricane in major awards such as Best Picture, Director and Best Actor.
Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg produces, using the smash hit books of the two famous authors, the screenwriters of the famous William Broles and Paul Haggis, and then the mastery of gathering the award-winning royal team behind the scenes, and finally, spending 90 million dollars - if you make you imagine, what kind of excitement and shock will such a lineup bring you? The answer should be: you can have as much excitement as you want, and as much shock as you want.
Exploding beer, hitting the box office, this is a standard Oscar-style movie, such a huge investment, their only hope is to repackage and list after the Oscars are plated with a layer of gold, and at present, "The Flag of the Fathers" is pounced, and the old cowboy earned it for Warner in "Million Dollar Baby", and he lost it all, only hoping for "Letter from Iwo Jima".