The British media may have publicized MGM's unsatisfactory performance in recent years in order to enhance the influence of "Casino Royale", but in the United States on the other side of the Atlantic, "Bad Teacher", "Youth Musical" and "Magic Mike" have been launched one after another, and MGM, which has won 1 billion box office worldwide, gives people the impression that it is no longer the declining film kingdom.

The Hollywood Reporter's coverage of Casino Royale may be quite representative and reflects the differences between the two sides of the Atlantic.

"James. Bond is here again! "Casino Royale" was released in the United States, the United Kingdom, Taiwan and other places on the 17th, and the United States won 14.8 million box office on the first day with 3,400 screens, with a mediocre performance. In the UK, Casino Royale set a new first-day box office record. This classic collection, belonging to MGM, is perhaps the most representative legacy of the old MGM era. However even so, choose Daniel. Craig's role as the new Bond also seems to be different from the previous 007 agent. This summer, MGM's unprecedented success means that Daniel. Under Sandler's new MGM, it will glow with the colors of this era, and no longer rely only on the glory of the past, "007" is still popular, but MGM's popular works are no longer only "007"! ”

When many media reported on "Casino Royale", they did not forget the new work released by DD Pictures - "Unstoppable", although both belong to Daniel's investment works, they do not belong to the same company brand - MGM and DD Pictures still can't see the difference, which seems to make many people worry about Daniel.

Perhaps Daniel should learn some lessons from Miramax, there will always be times when the headquarters and its subsidiaries will not get along, especially since DD Pictures is far less well-known than MGM, although DD Pictures has done much better than MGM in recent years, whether it is DD and MGM employees, or others on the outside. This does not take it for granted that DD Pictures can hold MGM Pictures down, so with the success of MGM, the conflict between DD headquarters and MGM may repeat the problem between Disney and Miramax. ”

-- Chicago Sun-Times.

But not everyone agrees with the Sun, and the Washington Post offers a very different view.

"DD and MGM, Disney and Miramax, is there anything in common between the two? Of course, they belong to the same boss, but they independently produce and distribute film works. So what are the differences? Yes, what matters is how they differ, Miramax is not the CEO of Disney Pictures at the core. is not the CEO of the Disney Group, but the Weinstein brothers, so there will be irreconcilable contradictions between the headquarters and Miramax, and eventually they will have to go to one of them to reconcile the relationship between the two sides. However, this is not the case with DD Pictures and MGM, which share a central character - Daniel. Sandler.

We can know that whether it is "Youth Musical" and "Magic Mike", MGM's popular films today, or the Bond candidate for the new "007", or even the literary film "Black Swan" to be launched early next year, all come from Daniel. Sandler's will. He single-handedly propagated MGM's new life and shaped MGM's new direction. As for DD Pictures, even if Daniel is avoiding the role of CEO, everyone knows it. DD Pictures is still the most useful to talk about Daniel. Sandler.

In terms of capital, leadership, and core competitiveness, Daniel is enough to control DD Pictures and MGM - which is enough to avoid internal friction on both sides.

Consider Daniel's investment strategy in companies such as MB, F2F, Huffington Post, YouTube, and more. He should prefer to keep each company running independently, rather than forming a single interest group, which would undermine the innovation power of each company and the cohesion of the leadership of the company.

At least for now. There have been no problems with this strategy yet. So we have no reason to doubt that DD Pictures and MGM Pictures will repeat the mistakes of Disney. ”

Following the summer schedule, DD Pictures and MGM will launch "007: Battle of Casino Royale", "Unstoppable" and "Chainsaw 3" on Thanksgiving, "Unstoppable" is only one day later than "Casino Royale", and "Chainsaw 3" will only be launched on the 27th, 10 days later.

This schedule is somewhat confusing -- Hollywood only has so many schedules, and big studios have dozens of films released every year, and there is a great possibility that they will fight themselves. On the one hand, it is difficult to complete the release of multiple blockbusters under the premise of satisfying the effect, on the other hand, of course, they are afraid of competing with each other, the upper limit of the market is expected, and competing with other companies, winning or losing is an acceptable result. But competing with your own movies, whether you win or lose, you are a loser.

But for DD and MGM, "Casino Royale" is the obvious blockbuster - so far, apart from the ongoing "Transformers" live-action film and "Pirates of the Caribbean," which only has a one-third investment, Daniel has never invested in a higher-cost work than "Casino Royale." However, "Unstoppable" is an Olympic blockbuster, and Daniel's Olympic blockbuster has never been low at the box office, even the lowest "Pianist" has won more than 100 million box office worldwide, so it should also be a key project. As for "Chainsaw", the first horror series developed by DD Pictures, the first two films won more than 100 million box office for DD in North America, and the profit margin is enviable.

Now, Daniel has put them all on the Thanksgiving slot, which is not particularly popular, and most likely, it has been squeezed a bit.

The schedule is not a casual thing, DD Pictures has sprung up, and it is normal to be subject to a little plot.

In fact, it's true, it's not that Daniel is bent on squeezing his films together - it's just that with some tweaks, they don't affect each other too much.

"Unstoppable" was released on the 18th, with only 2,900 screens open, and the single-day box office was only 8.95 million - this is still Saturday's results, and countless people were shocked.

Fox's Bill is one of them - their "Borat" is in theaters, so it's more interesting to pay more attention to Daniel's fluctuating work.

After getting the data from the female secretary, Bill's first reaction was, is there a missing 1 in front? Should it be 18.95 million?

He quickly came to a definite conclusion.

8.95 million!

Daniel's new film for the Olympics was only 8.95 million on the first day of Saturday!

"The miracle is over!" (To be continued.) )