Cal. Icahn's impact, MGM's restructuring drag, Sony's military heart, which had been stabilized by the management, fell again, the market collapsed, and the situation was in danger. And, Carl. Icahn also agitated the media, trumpeting that Sony was about to go bankrupt.

In addition, Sony's business has been in a recession in recent years, and all aspects of its business have been surpassed by its opponents, and Sony finally can't hold on. Ryoji Nakaba came to San Francisco again, spent a night, and met Shao Shuaijun and Li Xiuxiu. Without the calmness and calmness of the last time, the eyes were bloodshot, and it looked a little hideous.

After the meeting, Ryoji Nakaba went straight to the point: "What conditions do you need to agree to Sony's divestment of MGM?" ”

Li Xiuxiu did not make a fool of himself, and said directly: "We don't want Sony to withdraw its investment, and the reorganization of MGM seems to us to have a great deal." If you give up MGM, I'm afraid you won't have such a good opportunity in the future. ”

"I know, I've always believed that MGM has something to do, but Sony isn't going to follow suit. Director Shao, Mr. Li, make a price. ”

"Well, Sony will transfer its MGM shares to Summit Entertainment at a low price, and at the same time transfer all MGM movie copyrights, as well as the rights of Spider-Man, to make up for the loss of funds and human resources invested by Summit Entertainment in MGM. We agreed to Sony's divestment from MGM! ”

Ryoji Nakaba closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, and said, "We will transfer the copyright and shares to Summit Entertainment as soon as possible." ”

Ryoji Nakaba is gone. Lee so-so immediately contacted Carl. Icahn: "Mr. Icahn, Sony is ready to divest from MGM. ”

"A strong man broke his wrist. Yes, yes, I thought Sony would hold out a little longer. Mr. Li, after you get what you should take, you take the resources of the film library, and return the shares to me! ”

"Nature."

The campaign is over, all that remains is the distribution of benefits.

In a blink of an eye, on June 3rd, "Magic Mike" began to be released, and at the same time there was also "X-Men: First War" produced by Twentieth Century Fox. In the end, "X-Men: First Class" sat on the top spot with $56 million, compared to the X-Men series of movies. The film has a high reputation and is exemplary. But the opening results were too low, only slightly higher than the first part of the series, and far below the expectations of Twentieth Century Fox.

"We will also make a sequel, and we believe that there is a high reputation for the movie. The sequel will take it to the next level. Twentieth Century Fox press spokesman. Said strongly.

Compared with the box office failure of "The First War". "Magic Mike" is simply blinding, with a cost of $7 million and a first-week result of $40 million. Earn over. In particular, a large group of macho men sell muscles, which are deeply loved by female audiences and gay audiences, and they are starring and also producing Qian Ning. Tatum left a message on Twitter, asking for a sequel.

Summit Entertainment immediately held a press conference with Qian Ning, and Qian Ning excitedly affirmed the sequel plan, saying: "Yes, yes! We're working on it, and we want to be able to write the script as soon as possible and shoot it on a bigger scale. And now, we're getting ready to bring "Magic Mike" to the stage. ”

"Magic Mike" performed well, "Kung Fu Panda 2" also performed well, taking in $24.3 million this week, and overseas markets performed amazingly, earning $126 million, and the global box office has reached $363 million.

From June 10th to 12th, "Kung Fu Panda 2" received $16.64 million in North America, and "Magic Mike" received $14.95 million. "Weakness" was also officially drawn, with $256 million in North America and $311 million worldwide, making a lot of money.

At this time, Summit Entertainment and Sony reached an agreement on the film copyright and MGM shares and signed a contract for transfer.

On the official website of Marvel Comics, the company announced as soon as possible: "Good news, after friendly negotiations with Sony, the copyright of Spider-Man has returned to Marvel Comics." We are already working on the script for Spider-Man, and it is very likely that we will join the second ensemble of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the majority of Spider-Man fans can look forward to it! ”

Comic book fans applauded, Worm is the most popular one in Marvel Comics, and has a lot of intersections with superheroes, even good friends. If Xiao Worm joins the Women's Federation, it will definitely enhance the influence of the Women's Federation. Of course, "The Avengers" has already filmed most of the shots, and it is impossible for the bug to appear in the first part.

In the news of the return of Spider-Man, Summit Entertainment also announced another news, after negotiations, all the MGM movie distribution rights and copyrights obtained by Sony were transferred to Summit Entertainment. MGM is an independent economy, film copyright is the biggest capital, it is impossible to sell it easily, this so-called copyright, in fact, is the distribution right of the film, and half of the ownership of the film series.

For example, the copyright of the 007 series must be in the hands of MGM, and it is simply impossible to want the 007 series without acquiring MGM. MGM's equity is very complicated, and everyone knows that the film copyright is important, and it cannot be sold at will, even if it is Carl. Icahn now owns the majority of MGM's shares, and he can't decide at will.

The half of the copyright owned by Summit Entertainment is only for new movies, and on the basis of the 007 series, new movies are extended by Summit Entertainment to produce them at their own expense and enjoy half of the copyright and revenue. However, MGM will retain a separate copyright to the 007 series.

They can reshoot the 007 series, or they can transfer the rights to a certain 007.

However, the 007 series MGM was retained, and the complete copyright of the Hobbit series was obtained by Summit Entertainment, which is the remuneration that Summit Entertainment should receive, because the copyright of this series is the great director Peter. The business made by Jackson and MGM belongs to MGM's purchase income, so they can naturally trade casually.

There are other films, either traded, or rights shared. Some old movies are directly shared with Summit Entertainment, and Summit Entertainment can use these old movies at will, except that they cannot be traded, they can be used under their own banners. MGM is now down. But back then, it was a giant, with countless film library resources, which fully expanded the film library of Summit Entertainment dozens of times.

The film industry has always been content king, and with content, Summit Entertainment can be regarded as a complete large company. Lionsgate's film library, Summit Entertainment's own film library, Dream Chase Golden Harvest's film library, and MGM's film library, the content occupied by Summit Entertainment is by no means inferior to any major studio.

After obtaining these copyrights. MGM for Summit Entertainment. There was no interest at all. After all, MGM's debt has now accumulated to $4 billion, and the acquisition of MGM must include these debts, which is not cost-effective at all.

Thus, in mid-June. With the withdrawal of Sony from MGM. Summit Entertainment also reluctantly announced. Exit from MGM, all shares, transferred to Carl. Icahn. In the eyes of the outside world. Summit Entertainment was originally ambitious to restructure MGM, but in the end, Carl Entertainment. Icahn was defeated.

Of course, in the eyes of the media, Carl. Icahn mainly defeated Sony, and Summit Entertainment cooperated in disguise and obtained a series of copyrights, which were enough to make up for the loss.

"Sony retreated with a broken arm, Summit Entertainment calmly turned around, MGM sank into the valley, and the corporate marauder Carl. Icahn becomes the new Lion King. A century-old brand may cease to exist. —The Wall Street Journal.

"Wall Street's first victory in Hollywood, has capital begun to infiltrate Hollywood? How does Sony deal with it? ―Yomiuri Shimbun.

"Summit Entertainment's plan to revitalize MGM has failed, and Icahn has become the ultimate profiteer, and MGM currently has only two paths, merger and reorganization and bankruptcy reorganization, either way, Icahn is enough to make heavy profits. The loss is only Sony and the majority of shareholders! —The Sun.

"Spider-Man is back to Marvel, half of the copyright of the new sequel to 007 is in hand, and The Hobbit has also invested in Summit Entertainment, and has enjoyed the sharing of MGM's film library! In the MGM restructuring case, did Summit Entertainment really lose? I'm afraid not! —The Observer.

"100 years of MGM, where is the road?" -- The Mirror.

"Hollywood compromises in front of capital!" -- Hollywood Entertainment Report.

Since the hostile takeover of World Airlines that year, Carl Brown. Icahn is once again the most popular investor on Wall Street, and his reputation as a corporate predator is getting louder. Icahn is in high spirits, Sony has words of suffering, and Summit Entertainment is secretly laughing, this is the magic of capital.

"We have agreed with MGM that the latest sequel to the 007 series has been decided, with a planned investment of $150 million, and will be titled "007: Skyfall." Mitchell. Bruce changed the subject with a smile when asked if Summit Entertainment had any losses in the MGM restructuring case.

Vice President David. Joe Cole added on the sidelines: "We are still with Peter. Director Jackson, after talking about the Hobbit, The Hobbit will be in the form of a trilogy, starting back-to-back production next year, and we believe that this will be an existence beyond the Lord of the Rings series. ”

The Hobbit is a prequel to The Lord of the Rings, copyrighted by director Peter Brown. In Jackson's hands, the original "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was a collaboration with New Line Films. Instead of working with Warner Bros., Jackson switched to MGM, which was acquired by Sony.

I thought MGM would be rejuvenated, but who knew that it had been cheating on his father, so the hobbits were repeatedly delayed. Now in the arms of Summit Entertainment, Jackson is the first to find Mitchell to discuss the filming of The Hobbit. Mitchell asked Shao Shuaijun, and Shao Shuaijun replied at that time: "Peter. Jackson can shoot as much as he wants! ”

This is where "The Hobbit" comes in.

And so, June, ended in such a hustle and bustle.

Everything is settled.

On July 1, Summit Entertainment's "Twilight: Breaking Dawn (Part II)", the last installment of the "Twilight" series, was released simultaneously worldwide. "Transformers 3", which was originally scheduled for this week, was released a week ahead of schedule under the power of twilight. Although the global box office of the Transformers series is better than that of the Twilight series, the Twilight series has always been known for its opening results, so it has to avoid the edge for the time being.

Movies adapted from best-selling novels like Twilight and Hunger have huge teenage fans as support, and they will choose to support the movie as soon as possible, so the opening results are quite powerful, and they are all over 100 million.

This time was no exception, at the end of the three-day weekend, the statistics came out, "Twilight: Breaking Dawn (Part II)" with $141.07 million, North America reached the top strongly. Affected by the breaking of dawn, the runner-up "Transformers 3" had a second-week result of only $32 million. (To be continued......)