Epix, a pay-per-view movie channel for North America and Canada, has achieved a good number of subscribers with a unique viewership positioning. This was largely due to the extensive film resources of Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures and MGM Pictures, which also signed Paramount's library contract for another five years.

In other words, in the next five years, there will be four film companies to provide resources for Epix, and occasionally release a little Chinese film for the old beauties to spice up their tastes.

Of course, this news did not cause a sensation, and Epix is just one of the hundreds of TV stations in the United States. And Summit Entertainment wants to be promoted to a large studio, and its own TV station is also indispensable, and the acquisition plan is not what everyone expected.

April is still the off-season for movies, "Weakness" continues to be released, and it has reached $250 million worldwide, and "Red Flame Battlefield 2" has performed mesoly, and has now received $40 million at the box office. The DreamWorks acquisition is still under review, and the filming of "The Avengers" is in full swing.

At this time, a personnel change is also quietly happening.

Lionsgate CEO Jon. Philheimer, who left Lionsgate, joined Summit Entertainment and served as the deputy general manager of Summit Entertainment. The outside world did not know this, but in fact, Philheimer was responsible for helping Summit Entertainment buy Lionsgate.

May is coming, Carl. Icahn is about to launch an attack on Sony, and he has already sold his shares to Shao Shuaijun a few days ago. Regardless of whether Sony can be trapped in the end, this deal is a proper topic to pay to Summit Entertainment. Shao Shuaijun holds a 29.7% stake. Summit Entertainment owns 22.4 percent, which adds up to 52.1 percent of the shares, and the 3.2 percent of the shares it has acquired on the stock market, which can completely dominate Lionsgate's decision-making.

Jon. Philheimer was the man who made Lionsgate's transition to Summit Entertainment.

At the end of April, another piece of news was announced.

Summit Entertainment acquired Netflix for $650 million.

Netflix is an online movie rental provider that offers a huge selection of DVDs and allows customers to quickly and easily select titles and deliver them for free. Internet on-demand streaming is also available in the United States and Canada. Netflix isn't a big company and doesn't make a lot of profits. The reason why Summit Entertainment acquired this company. It is to expand their own sales channels.

As we all know, the box office and DVDs have always been the two pillars of income for movies, and Summit Entertainment's box office has always been good, while DVDs have been lackluster. The acquisitions of Lionsgate and Netflix were both for the DVD sales channel. At the same time, Netflix will also supplement Summit Video's premium online video. Expand the business scope of Summit Entertainment on the Internet.

Relying on genuine channels. Netflix will overtake Apple. It has become the No. 1 in the United States in terms of online movie revenue, and if you add Time Video, it will be No. 1 in the world. The cinema of the future with the Internet. It is the two trump card channels for movie broadcasting, and Dream Chasing Entertainment is laying out ......

On April 28, 2011, the fourth film "Thor" planned by the Marvel Cinematic Universe began to be released in 7,250 regions in 56 countries outside North America. This is also an avoidance for the sake of the schedule, after all, "Fast and Furious 5" will be released in North America this week, and it is necessary to postpone it for a week in North America.

However, the effect of overseas preemptive release is very good. It was screened in 500 theaters in the UK and Ireland for 5 days and grossed $9 million; 579 theaters in France, with a box office of $8.1 million; $5.7 million for 513 theaters in South Korea; $5.5 million for 455 theaters in Italy; Spain's 377 theaters grossed $5 million, and European countries got off to a good start.

At the same time, "Thor" also grabbed the top box office in some smaller markets, such as Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam and so on. By May 1, "Thor" had already received a perfect box office of $83 million overseas in one weekend.

From May 6th to 8th, the North American theater will begin.

It was released in 3,955 theaters, and it received $66 million in three days over the weekend, successfully topping the box office. So far, the global box office has accumulated to 220 million US dollars, although it is not as strong as "Iron Man 2", it can be regarded as a good performance. And under the cover of the box office, a silent battle is being fought.

Take Karl. Icahn's two major hedge funds, led by financial market capital, began to attack Sony Corporation, a crazy hostile takeover. Sony's stock market, which was not very good, was shaken by the impact, and Sony urgently convened a general meeting of shareholders and informed Summit Entertainment to withdraw funds from MGM to deal with it.

In this regard, Mitchell said very simply: "No! ”

"Corporate predator Carl. Icahn, the lone wolf of Wall Street, has finally taken aim at Sony! Overseas travel funds frantically attack Sony stocks, or trigger the biggest stock market shock after the subprime mortgage crisis! ”

Cal. Icahn, a name that scares Wall Street CEOs, became famous for its hostile takeover of Global Airlines, and what he does best is buy public companies, then change leaders, stimulate performance, and then cash out. Rumor has it that Icahn has set his sights on Warner Bros., and as a result, he suddenly kills back and rejoins MGM.

I have to say that a predator is a predator, and he seals his throat with blood when he makes a move.

Sony's stock plummeted, and most of the money immediately evaporated.

Several important leaders have repeatedly appeared on TV, stating that the company's financial health and this capital will not succeed! As a large company, a large enterprise that has been fluctuating for decades, shareholders immediately have confidence in this appearance.

And at this time, it is time for the peak entertainment to appear.

After Mitchell said no, he continued to hold Sony's funds on the grounds of fear of risk, and then accelerated MGM's restructuring plan, so that Sony could not keep up with the pace. Sony President and President Ryoji Nakaba flew to San Francisco, another filming location for "The Avengers" and the new home of Shao Shuaijun and Lee Xiuxiu.

"President Nakaba. Unfortunately, Summit Entertainment has already convened a board of directors and we cannot delay and backstage the plan without authorization, which is not in the interest of our shareholders. We are deeply sorry for what happened to Sony. Icahn is a dangerous man, and we don't want to offend him. Li Xiuxiu was embarrassed and politely rejected Nakaba Ryoji's request.

"Please Mr. Li and Director Shao must help, Sony is willing to make concessions in the cooperation, with Summit Entertainment as the lead." Ryoji Nakaba said unhurriedly, and he was very leisurely.

Li Xiuxiu still shook her head: "This is not in the interests of chasing dreams." We are a start-up company. The ability to resist risks is too low, and MGM plans to have a miscarriage, which has a huge impact on us, and I am sorry. ”

"You've acquired Lucasfilm and DreamWorks. Do you care about MGM's risk? "Ryoji Nakaba is in a bit of a hurry.

No matter what he says. Li Xiuxiu just shook her head. Shao Shuaijun sat on the sidelines, revising his storyboard script, without intervening at all.

"Dream Catcher Entertainment is reluctant to the most Karl. Icahn. Are you willing to offend our Sony company? Seeing that the plea had no effect, Ryoji Nakaha's tone began to have a threatening meaning.

Before Li Xiuxiu could speak, Shao Shuaijun suddenly raised his head: "I'm really not afraid, Dream Chasing Entertainment can earn 20 billion US dollars a year, and if it is financed, it can raise hundreds of billions of US dollars, there is really nothing worth us to be afraid of!" ”

"But you're afraid that MGM plans to take risks!" Ryoji Nakaba knew that his tone was not good just now, and he slowed down his tone again.

"Because we are businessmen, we only make money and don't lose money, and we won't touch all businesses that may lose money!"

Words are not speculative.

In the end, Ryoji Nakaba could only get up and say goodbye angrily: "Director Shao, Mr. Li, Sony can exist for a hundred years and has never fallen, and this time is the same!" ”

Looking at the back of Ryoji Nakaba leaving in a hurry, Shao Shuaijun rolled his eyes: "Will you also enlarge the words and support the scene!" You don't care about me, I just need MGM's library and Spider-Man! ”

"Ryoji Nakaba will come to beg for it, the Japanese are the best at stalking, look at it." Li Xiuxiu said.

"If you come back in the future, the door won't let him in! If you don't return it with Spider-Man, you have to get up, and I hate the Japanese the most. Shao Shuaijun said in an angry tone.

Financial people are concerned about Icahn's attack on Sony, ordinary people are concerned about the box office of "Thor", and life goes by as usual.

From May 13th to 15th, "Thor" continued to top the North American box office list with $34.5 million, so far it has accumulated $120 million in North America and $290 million at the global box office. Another "Red Flame Battlefield 2" has quickly ended its release, with $50 million in North America and $120 million worldwide, and the results are very sloppy. "Weakness" is still in theaters, but all such high-reputation literary films have a particularly long release period, which is currently $288 million worldwide.

From May 20th to 22nd, "Pirates of the Caribbean 4: Stormy Waves" was released, stealing the championship of "Thor". From May 27th to 29th, "Kung Fu Panda 2" produced by DreamWorks Animation was handed over to Summit Entertainment for distribution. Although the review of the DreamWorks acquisition has not yet come down, the cooperation has already begun.

"Kung Fu Panda 2" had a good start, with $53.6 million, and "Pirates of the Caribbean 4: Stormy Waves" was crushed under him and won the weekly championship. Overseas results are even better, winning $69 million in a week and $130 million globally.

Seeing that June is approaching, Summit Entertainment will succeed "Teddy Bear" and "The Hangover", and continue this year's comedy brand "Magic Mike", which will be released nationwide.

At this time, the review of the DreamWorks acquisition was finally passed, and Summit Entertainment wholly acquired DreamWorks Animation for $2 billion. Katzenberg joins top executives. This good brand animation film company, which has lasted for more than ten years, has finally become a board map of Dream Chasing Entertainment.

On the other hand, after Jon. Behind Philheimer's behind-the-scenes promotion, Summit Entertainment successively acquired the shares of several shareholders, and successfully merged Lionsgate into Summit Entertainment. Jon, who was driving the acquisition. Philheimer also acquired a stake gifted by Shao Shuaijun, became a majority shareholder of Lionsgate, and joined the top executive of Dream Entertainment Group.

In addition to MGM, Summit Entertainment's expansion of this year's territory has been completed, and the rest of the time can be slowly digested and these companies can be organically and harmoniously integrated into the Dream Chasing Entertainment Group. (To be continued......)