Chapter 306: DreamWorks Animation Becomes History
$66.81 million, which is the box office of "The Raid" in its first weekend overseas.
$66.79 million, which is the three-day box office of "The Raid" in North America on the weekend, and the three-day box office in North America and overseas is almost the same.
The global box office of 133.6 million in a single weekend became the first film in Chen Tian's career to exceed $100 million at the global box office in a single weekend.
Far left behind "Buried Alive", which was in second place, and this is also the first film in Chen Tian's career to win the global weekend box office.
The second place in the global weekend box office list is not the new North American film, but "Spider-Man 2", which has been released for two months.
"Spider-Man 2", which earned less than $1 million in North America over the weekend, earned $22.71 million in overseas markets such as Japan.
"The Raid" threw off "Spider-Man" by a full $100 million, and after such a huge gap gave North American audiences a fairly clear understanding of Chen Tian, fans around the world were deeply impressed by Chen Tian.
If you count the whole week, "The Raid", which was released for seven days, frantically got a super number of 189 million.
Even before "The Queen Wears Prada", the overseas box office table was very eye-catching, and it got an excellent box office result of nearly 180 million overseas.
But now that "The Raid" has reached 180 million within seven days of its release, it is almost impossible to imagine that the box office of "The Raid" will comprehensively surpass "The Queen Wears Prada" to become a new milestone in Chen Tian's directorial career.
The excellent box office of "The Raid" has brought immeasurable influence to Chen Tian, which is far from being comparable to "The Queen Wears Prada".
The North American film market, with the success of "The Raid", raised the box office to the $4 billion mark before the end of the summer vacation schedule.
"The Raid," which came to its second week of release, slowed the pace of box office growth. On Monday, "The Raid" fell below the $10 million mark at the box office for the first time since its release. It only received a score of 8.34 million.
By Tuesday, "The Raid" continued to drop nearly two million from Monday, staying at the 6.33 million line. And on Wednesday, when the release days came to the tenth day, the box office of "Raid" showed a slight recovery.
7.21 million in a single day, and the North American box office also successfully crossed the 144 million mark.
Not surprisingly, "The Raid", an action film with an investment of no more than $3 million and actors all but one Leonardo DiCaprio using Chinese actors, will reach $200 million at the North American box office.
No one expected that "The Raid" would achieve such an unexpected result, which completely exceeded everyone's expectations.
It was as if on a rocket, and the box office rushed all the way to the sky.
And the overseas box office of "The Raid" has also stabilized above $10 million, although the profits from the overseas box office are limited. But for the film, it is not only an honor, but also a confirmation of strength.
North America and overseas are all excellent, without the slightest weakness, how can such a result not make other filmmakers envious.
"I really doubt I'm old enough to quit. Stephen Spielberg's expression was filled with a hint of loneliness.
In recent years, he has directed not many films, and his focus has been mainly on DreamWorks' film investment.
Last year's "Impunity", "Minority Report", and this year's "Happiness Terminal", all three films are large-scale, but these three films directed by him in the hope of making money for DreamWorks have made DreamWorks a big loss.
And most of the films he supervised are also loss-making, except for the world-famous animation masterpiece "Shrek 2".
"Stephen, how could you come, you're less than sixty. If you want, you can make a better film. David Geffen looked at his friend in front of him and said, "If you don't have to worry about damn performance, you can devote yourself to the film." It's going to be even better.
I think this is recognized all over the world, as long as you want, you can!"
Jeffrey Katzenberg looked at his two partners, DreamWorks was the brainchild of all three of them.
With David Geffen's music department sold out, and now his animation division coming to an end, DreamWorks' woes and huge debt pressures have forced him to make a deal with the acquirer.
Otherwise, DreamWorks' focus on the post-production of "Escape from the Clone" and the cost of publicity will be in jeopardy, and he would like to ask for a stake in YouTube or Facebook, even if it is less cash.
It's really impossible to get Miramax's shares, but Miramax resolutely bites the shares and doesn't let go, and can give cash.
Today, Miramax's price offer has reached $900 million, and it is all directly received and will not be paid separately.
900 million in cash, which is a huge temptation for DreamWorks.
None of the people they approached, except for Miramax, were willing to pay directly with so much cash, and more chose to help DreamWorks take on some of its debt or use a stake in DreamWorks' animation division to reduce the cash payment.
But DreamWorks Animation's stake and debt are not what DreamWorks wants right now, and what they want most is cash to solve their current predicament.
Nine hundred million in cash is also a lot of money for Miramax, but David Ellison and Ivanka Trump have already found banks willing to lend to Miramax.
The bank is confident in Miramax's profitability and they are happy to help.
"Stephen, at the end of this time, I think we should adjust our development strategy, before we were too smooth, and the most important thing is to stabilize our position a little bit.
It looks like we've quickly become the fastest rising giant in the history of Hollywood in the past century, but in reality the dirt under our feet is so bad that we can fall straight into the Pacific Ocean if we are not careful.
Cut back on some of your investment and focus on the films that will make the mark.
In two years, I think we can regain our position. Jeffrey Katzenberg said seriously.
The three of them already had a common idea about accepting Miramax's offer, but in the end, they decided that the three of them were very reluctant, just like when they sold the music department.
"It will!" said Steven Spielberg with his eyes closed.
Chen Tian, who had taken Scarlett from Las Vegas to Hawaii for a further vacation, returned to Los Angeles two days early, although he didn't want to come back so early.
However, when it came to the signing ceremony for the acquisition of the DreamWorks animation department, Chen Tian, who received the call, had to end his vacation early.
On September 10, 2004, a day in the history of cinema, Chen Tian, as the chairman of Miramax and the person with the largest shares, appeared in the conference room of the DreamWorks Pictures Building.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone on the scene, he signed his name on the contract.
The DreamWorks Animation Division, the Hollywood animation giant that gave birth to Shrek, officially became a subsidiary of Miramax Films.
"Happy working together!"
Chen Tian and Spielberg's hands shook together, and Spielberg, as a senior and master, had mixed feelings in his heart. (To be continued......)
PS: Well, I can't complete my goal today, I'm ashamed!