Chapter 862: The Sorrowful Pick-up Man
Since its global release, "The Avengers" has set a variety of brilliant box office records along the way, and now the next release is no exception, after nearly a year of screening, "The Avengers" is only "Avatar" in front of the North American box office and the global box office. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In the base camp of North America, this film received a strong response, won last year's North American box office championship without any suspense, and crossed the threshold of "Titanic", with a score of 725.86 million US dollars, second only to "Avatar" of 749.76 million US dollars, becoming the runner-up in the total box office list in North America.
On the other hand, the global box office of "The Avengers" has reached 2,267.84 million US dollars, exceeding the 2,187.66 million US dollars after the re-release of "Titanic", behind the 2,787.96 million US dollars of "Avatar", and it is also the runner-up in the global total box office list.
At this point, the top of the world movie box office has been completely dominated by Duke and James? Cameron occupies.
The media believes that only Duke can surpass the box office of a single "Avatar", and Duke's total box office performance is James? Cameron is out of reach.
Before the release of "Iron Man 1" in 2006, even in North America, many people did not know where Marvel was sacred, but today, I am afraid that even the homeless people on the side of the road know that there is a progressive young man with a shield on his back in the United States.
As a giant in the American comic book industry on the same level as DC Company, since Duke became the largest shareholder, after years of planning and implementation, Marvel Dafa began its killing road in the film industry.
"The Avengers" is undoubtedly the ultimate epitome and beneficiary of this series of plans, and even if this film is downgraded, there are still many aspects that can be operated.
With the film going down, the $19.9 and $39.9 DVD sets are bound to be launched.
However, today's DVD market is no longer the blockbuster film that easily sold more than $100 million in the first week. But Duke, Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. still did a good job.
A Blu-ray set called "Marvel Universe: Phase One" will be officially released from late April.
The included films include Iron Man 1, Iron Man 2, Hulk, Thor, Captain America, and The Avengers, 3 of which include 2D/3D dual versions, plus a Phase 1 bonus disc, for a 10-disc deluxe set, in addition to a companion artbook. Coupled with the cool hand-held gift box, it can be described as a must-have for home travel and gift collection.
The total price of this set is $129.99, and the outer packaging of the gift box is designed as an imitation aluminum box, which highly restores the S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick in "The Avengers"? Director Fury's suitcase for storing the Cosmic Rubik's Cube.
The set is expensive and well-made, and although it is hugely profitable, Marvel doesn't fool fans casually.
The lettering on the handle of the suitcase can be pressed. The eagle logo that lights up the top of the suitcase can be opened, and after opening the collection box, you can find that it basically restores the internal structure of the suitcase in the Avengers movie, including the Cosmic Rubik's Cube placed in the middle and the keyboard combination lock in the lower right corner, and the BD disc is placed in an oblique insertion style, and the details in the box are eye-catching enough.
In addition to cosmic cubes and movie discs made of imitation crystals. It also contains quite a bit of Avenger material.
First of all, Captain America, Steve? Rogers, including a visa refusal letter, an application form, a medical examination report, a data registration certificate, a pencil drawing in the diary, 3 commemorative cards that have collected 7 to summon the American team, a half-length photo of the American team of the little chicken who has not changed his big chest muscles, and a photo of the head of Carter, the first female ticket agent in the American team's pocket watch.
And then Iron Man Tony? Stark. Includes Ark Reactor Design Drawings, Iron Man News Clippings, Stark Industry Fair Trifold Brochure, Kraft Mk1 Design Manuscript, Stark Industry Fair VIP Admission Ticket, Pepper's Coffee Napkin, and Tony's Notes on Studying the Cosmic Rubik's Cube.
And then Fat Green Hulk Bruce? Banner, which contains the specifications of Stark Industries' sonar armored vehicles used against the Hulk, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Hulk report, academic reports, newspaper clippings from experimental accidents, supermarket merchandise stickers, and Stark Industries' aluminum nameplate.
Almost every Avenger's item is included. And in addition to the six highly restored and extremely precious personal information files of the Avengers, there is also a black S.H.I.E.L.D. top-secret envelope containing an access card, which can be logged in to the S.H.I.E.L.D. internal website. Check out the footage and trailer, a translucent document board, and the URL of the "Battle of New York" on the assessment report.
As soon as this set was released, it was frantically snapped up by fans, and in just five days, it sold more than $80 million in North America, which shows its popularity.
"Last month's statistics on the peripheral revenue of "The Avengers" have exceeded $2.5 billion!"
In the conference room of Sky Movie Studios, David? Ellison was yelling at a group of company executives, "What about Fast and Furious 5? Until now, even counting DVDs and Internet and TV rights, the peripheral revenue has not reached 250 million US dollars! ”
"Fast and Furious 5" grossed more than $285.6 million in North America and more than $750 million worldwide. Diesel has a lot of money, but it is not a problem to achieve high profits.
It's just that compared with "The Avengers", which was released at the same time, it is really not enough to watch.
But it's always good to be profitable, and "Fast and Furious 5" can also be given to David? Ellison justified his name, especially to appease his father Larry? Ellison, the problem is that this film has done well, but "Super Battleship", which was released in July last year, has achieved miserable results, and almost all the profits of "Fast and Furious 5" have been lost.
In this one in and one out, Sky Film Studio not only did not make any profits, but even lost money when the expenses of maintaining the company's operations were included.
In such a situation, how can David be made? Can Ellison hold back his anger?
There are also the vampires at Universal Pictures, who took a high share from "Fast and Furious 5" just by virtue of the copyright, which greatly weakened the profits of Sky Films, otherwise there would be no loss.
Break up the meeting, David? Ellison returned to the office and immediately called the assistant in, "How's the contact with Universal Pictures?" Can I get the copyright? ”
"It's still a stalemate." The assistant lifted his glasses and said, "Universal Pictures doesn't want to give up the copyright to this series. ”
The big hit of "Fast and Furious 5" also made David? Ellison saw the potential of the series, and if he could win the rights, even if he lost his fan? Diesel, follow-up profitability is not a problem at all.
He was keen to buy the rights to the series, but Universal's refusal to let go was the biggest obstacle.
After thinking for a few minutes, he told his assistant, "If you continue to increase the price, I will also put pressure on Universal Pictures through other aspects, and we must win the copyright of this series." ”
"And," he added, "how are the negotiations with Paramount Pictures?" ”
The current situation of Paramount Pictures is not good, there have been no outstanding works in recent years, and they basically rely on the "Star Trek" series as a support, and the liquidity problem has always plagued them, and even the funds for the production of the "Star Trek" series have to be completed through financing.
"There is basically a consensus." The assistant quickly replied, "If nothing else, we will soon be able to sign a formal contract with Paramount Pictures to invest in the next three Star Trek films." ”
That's good news, David? Ellison's tense face looked a little better.
After the assistant left, David? Ellison has also entered the state of work, and this summer file is also very important for Sky Movie Studios, and "Alien Battlefield", in which they occupy more than 60% of the investment shares, will also be released, but the distributor Walt Disney has a lot of money for Duke? Rosenberg and The Dark Knight Rises were clearly concerned and put the film in June.
The production cost of "Alien Battlefield" is as high as 270 million US dollars, and if you count the publicity and distribution costs, the total investment has reached a terrifying scale of almost 500 million US dollars, and Sky Film Studios has invested 300 million US dollars in it. Ellison still felt a lot of pressure.
If "Alien Battlefield" fails, he and Sky Movie Studios will be saddled with huge debts.
Two years ago, David? Ellison will definitely be confident in the films he invests in, and even dare to talk to Duke? Rosenberg's summer blockbuster directly competed, but "Robin Hood", "Tron War" and "Super Battleship" failed miserably one after another, even if he was arrogant and unruly, he was full of doubts about "Alien Battlefield".
Back in the day, when he bought the investment shares of these four films, he got the news from within the Duke Studios, because Duke? Rosenberg is optimistic, so he can't wait to grab these four items from the other party......
However, three of the four projects have failed, David? Even if Ellison was slow to react, he gradually realized that he was probably misled, Duke? Rosenberg must have been not optimistic about these four projects at the beginning, so that people deliberately released the news and made him a tragic pick-up man......
But he realized that it was too late, when "Alien Battlefield" had entered the end of post-production, and it was impossible to recover the funds, so he could only finish the film hard, increase publicity, and strive to sell the film at a good price.
Besides, David? Ellison still has some hope, Duke? Rosenberg's vision is not necessarily correct.
It's just that...... But what if it fails?
This anxiety still crept up on David? Ellison's mind is that if he fails, he will face an extremely dire situation. (To be continued~^~)
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