With the advent of December, there have also been fairy fights in North American theaters.

On December 1, "The Grinch of Christmas" and "Breaking Bad" were released at the same time.

In the first three days of the weekend, they jointly cut the box office of 69 million.

Among them, the grotesque comedy co-produced by Jim Carrey and Lang Howard received 40 million.

and Charlie's Angel, co-starred by American sweetheart Cameron Diaz, Steven Spielberg's goddaughter Drew Barrymore, and Chinese actress Lucy Liu, received 29 million.

Although compared with the results of Roland's previous life, the box office of these two films has fallen to varying degrees, among them, "Breaking Bad", which was supposed to enjoy the blank schedule in early November, has a box office of 11 million less, and "Christmas Grin", which should have occupied the Thanksgiving schedule exclusively, has a box office of 15 million, but even so, this kind of result has made the film very satisfied.

Because of the movies released later, the box office was even worse.

Five days after the release of "Christmas Grin" and "Breaking Bad", on the sixth day, Disney's "Immortal" and "102 Dalmatians Dogs" finally met the public, and a Wednesday without a village or store has already proved the cannon fodder identity of the two movies, Bruce Willis can't save "Immortal" with 40 million in five days, and "102 Dalmatians Dog" is simply eaten alive, because the production method is similar to "Christmas Grapple", so they only collected 23 million box office in five days.

Such a tragic achievement made Disney bitter, but when they launched the animated movie "Transforming into a King" again on the 15th, "Eavesdropping on a Woman's Heart", which was released on the same day, made them spew out a mouthful of old blood.

The cartoon "Transforming the King", which invested 100 million, only received 9.81 million at the box office in its first weekend!

And the romance film co-created by Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt swept away 33 million!

After such a huge gap appeared, no one beeped their own movie box office did not meet expectations.

"The Grinch of Christmas" didn't reach the Thanksgiving schedule?

"Breaking Bad" is missing a gap in early November?

You've got it!

Compared to the fact that the box office of "Transforming the King" has not yet reached one-tenth of the investment amount in the first weekend, they are already very good!

What made Disney vomit blood even more was the release of Tom Hanks and Robert Zemeckis's "Desert Island Aftermath" on the 22nd, on Christmas Eve, when Fox played the slogan of the whole team of "Forrest Gump......

"Transforming the King", which has only been released for a week, has even less share of films!

Even if it is a long-term screening, let him be a wild old man, this movie will not be able to break 100 million in North America!

Of course, if you just look at the whole of December, Disney is really miserable enough.

But if you take stock of the entire 2,000 years, then ......

All right......

The worst thing is Disney!

With the end of the millennium and the dawn of the 21st century, the pattern of the global box office charts is very clear:

Sony's "Spider-Man 3" successfully topped the list, Paramount's "Mission Impossible 2" came in second, DreamWorks' "Gladiator" rushed to third place, Fox's "Desert Island Aftermath" ranked fourth, Universal's "Christmas Grin" and Paramount's "Eavesdropping on a Woman's Heart" competed for five or six, Universal's "Meet My Father-in-law" ranked seventh, Warner's "The Perfect Storm" came in eighth, and the remaining ninth and tenth were occupied by DreamWorks' "Danger" and Miramax's "Screaming".

Just looking at the list, people who don't know still think that the struggle of the seven Hollywood congresses is quite fierce!

Ten places were divided by seven companies.

And among them, Paramount, DreamWorks and Universal, there are only two works!

But those who know will definitely call out a good guy after seeing it!

Because the old-school kings MGM and Disney are gone!

However, MGM's fall is normal.

After all, when they were squeezed out of United International Pictures by Universal and Paramount, they lost their ability to promote and distribute globally, and when the financier behind them fell, and the media + production model became popular in Fox, Disney, Warner, and Paramount, they had no money to buy cable networks, and no media companies were willing to merge with them, so they became dead ducks, leaving only the membership of the Motion Picture Association of America as a hard weapon, and in the case of holding "007" and waiting for death, They can't produce many movies a year, and if they make it to the top 10 of the global box office, it will be big news.

But Disney......

Well, Disney's crotch pull is actually expected.

No way, who made most of their performance in the nineties by the Jewish gang?

With the departure of Jeffrey Katzenberg, Disney's main animation collapsed, and because of the rise of DreamWorks, the money-making projects formed by the Jewish gang such as "Death Island" and "Peerless Apocalypse" gradually began to drift to DreamWorks.

In the case that the live-action film business has not been able to get up, now they can only rely on Pixar, and when Pixar has a gap in works, watching others make money has become the most embarrassing thing for Disney.

As for saying that Miramax is a subsidiary of Disney, so their achievements can actually be counted on Disney's head?

If you think so, you are very wrong.

Because whether it is the previous "Scream" or the current "Scream", it is a project banned by Disney Emperor Michael Eisner but forcibly promoted by Harvey Weinstein.

In the whole circle knows that Disney and Miramax are like fire and water, even if Miramax is willing to count the results on the head of the parent company Disney, the Disney Group will not accept this humiliation!

If given the chance, they will even shout -

"Even if I starve to death, Disney won't eat any of you if I jump from here!"

"It's not really fragrant!"

Of course, some people may be curious.

If Disney can face up to its own shortcomings, why can't they face up to the entire market?

Knowing that December is the hell schedule, why can't they continue to skip tickets and move the big-budget works such as "Undead Robbery", "102 Dalmatians Dogs" and "Transform into a King" back?

This question is actually very simple.

Because the competition behind is even more terrifying!

In Zero Year, the works that can be named include "Harry Potter", "The Lord of the Rings", "Shrek", "Monsters, Inc.", "Rush Hour 2", "The Mummy Returns", "Pearl Harbor", "Ocean's Eleven", "Jurassic Park 3", "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", "X-Men", ......

In this situation, where can works such as "Immortal Robbery", "102 Dalmatians and Transform the King" escape?

Not to mention, it's okay to change the file once, but change the file twice or three times, and the cost of publicity and distribution will exceed the cost of production.

The longer it drags on, the less likely it is to make a profit.

So, strategic abandonment also emerged.

No way, who makes the ultimate purpose of capital to grab greater profits?

Right now, the bigger profits are obviously "The Princess Diaries", "Mean Girls" and "The Lord of the Rings".

…………

It's a pity that Roland doesn't know Disney's high expectations, and he doesn't have time to care about these now.

Because when the global box office of "Spider-Man 3" exceeded one billion, Sony, which made a lot of money, waved his hand and chartered the hotel in Fox City and held a large-scale celebration banquet for the project team.

All the crew members received invitations, not to mention, even the guys who were related to them could come.

Not only that, but if there are other peers who want to play, as long as they can talk to Sony, they can get tickets.

Of course, the momentum is so huge, in the final analysis, I still want to celebrate Roland Allen's successful ending, and at the same time, it is also a disguised expression that he finally ended his contract with Roland Allen and successfully sent away this plague god!

In the summer of '93, they couldn't wait to work with Roland Allen.

In the summer of '98, they wanted to send Roland Allen away as soon as possible.

In just five years, they have already seen the horror of Roland Allen, and in the past two years, they have even become fearful and cautious because of Roland Allen's strength.

Now, they've finally made it out!

Thinking that I finally don't have to serve this little ancestor in the future, and after "Black Hawk Down" is released on time, the cooperation between the two sides will officially end, Sony, not to mention how happy I am!

Because of this, in order to celebrate that his tomorrow will be better, the speech at the celebration banquet was made by Howard Stringer, Chairman and CEO of Sony (USA) -

"Today is a very happy day for us, but it is also very difficult to give up......

…… We are happy because the total global box office of "Spider-Man 3" exceeded one billion, and the "Spider-Man" series has become the first series in the world to exceed three billion at the cumulative box office......

…… We can't give up because Roland Allen has announced his retirement......

…… In the past 2,000 days of cooperation, we have dealt with many complex situations together, overcome many unexpected difficulties, solved many problems, and the harmonious atmosphere of mutual understanding, mutual respect and mutual support in our work has allowed us to establish a very deep friendship, although in the future, we may never be able to make a project starring Roland Allen again, but I hope that we can maintain this hard-won friendship forever......"

The words that were better than the words that were sung were almost moved to tears by Roland in the audience.

Obviously, I wish I could get out quickly, but because of my lack of strength, I could only laugh and brag about myself.

This kind of professionalism is really admired by Roland.

Of course, there is a way to reach out and not hit a smiling person, Sony will give face, and Roland will of course give the field.

Because of this, when it was his turn to speak, he was on the stage, and the corners of his mouth were full of tears.

When I think about seeing each other again in nine months, Sony will be as familiar as a frog.

Roland, he panicked.

…………

However, just as Roland took the celebration banquet as a formality and finished blowing each other, he was about to say hello to people he knew, and then went back to his house to find his mother, Li An, who was dressed in formal clothes and holding champagne, suddenly squeezed in front of him.

"Roland, congratulations!"

The vicissitudes of life in the voice are a little flattering.

On the face full of smiles, there is a bit of reserve.

When Roland saw that this guy he hadn't seen for two years turned white, he was surprised and spontaneously born.

"Thank you, thank you!" While responding simply, Roland also said casually: "Congratulations too!" The movie is a big hit!

Now you already have two works that have broken 100 million at the box office, right?

And all of them are small investments of less than 20 million!

This rate of return has already made many large factories covetous!

Believe me, people will soon forget about Ride with the Devil.

Next, there will definitely be more and more people looking for you to film! ”

Although Roland arched a fire on the play "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and broke their inherent publicity plan, for Roland, this is all for his own interests, he himself has no opinion on Li An, if coupled with his wife's admiration for Li An, and the happy cooperation of "Spider-Man 1", Roland still has a good impression of Li An.

If the situation allows, he is also willing to continue his status as a friend.

Of course, the premise is that Li An does not propose that he wants to shoot "The Incredible Hulk".

That's right, in Roland's opinion, Li An's ability to find himself with a sad face is undoubtedly to find a way out in the film project.

And after he finished filming "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", there was only one "Hulk Hulk"!

And that thing, I really can't let Li An shoot.

However, when Roland said all this in a joking tone, Li An's face showed embarrassment, and he shook his head and said: "Thank you for your blessings, but when the matter at hand is not over, I don't have the heart to think about the next work." ”

"Huh? Having a hard time? How can I help? Just say it. Roland smiled and raised his hand, grabbed his shoulder, and took him away from the center of the noise, while his mouth did not stop, "When you asked me to vote for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" before, I didn't help you because of the situation, and I'm sorry for this, because I once said that if you have trouble, you can come to me directly." ”

"No, no, no, you've helped me a lot before." Hearing Roland say this, Li An, who was already organizing the wording, shook his head like a rattle, but while refusing, the estrangement that he hadn't seen for a long time also dissipated, "Yes, I'm in a little trouble now, and that trouble is related to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Previously, when I was discussing with Sony, I was going to make this movie as an Olympic movie.

But because of some accidents, it finally met the audience in the form of a commercial film.

Because the release time is very embarrassing, and it is not close to the public relations of the awards season, therefore, the current award promotion is not easy to carry out at all, and in this situation, Sony Classic directly stated that only by looking for you can there be hope of doing it......"

Yes!

Li An finally accepted the suggestion of Sony Classic and came to Roland for the award.

And he also recalled the ninety-four years of "The Wedding Banquet".

Back then, it was because of Roland's help that he won the life-changing trophy.

The ability that I think I have acquired will be remembered for the rest of his life.

And when Roland learned that all Li An wanted was the Golden Ball and the Oscar, he was relieved and made him more relaxed.

casually greeted the classic guys from Sony, and after asking them about the current situation, Roland, who didn't regard it as a difficult thing, became a bamboo in his chest, "That is to say, among the Golden Globe nominated movies next month, "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" was pushed by Miramax, "Love is a Son of a Dog" and "Lover in the Snow" were pushed by Lionsgate, and "The Italian Godfather" was self-declared? ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Sony's classic guy nodded his head repeatedly.

"And among the works competing for the Oscars this year, "The Taste of Others" and "Everyone Becomes Famous" were pushed by Miramax, "Love is a Son of a Dog" was pushed by Lionsgate, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Parting Ways" were pushed by you?"

"Yes, yes, yes." The Sony classic guy has already started chick peck.

"Self-declaration and Lionsgate shouldn't be a threat to you, right?"

Roland asked, "Your biggest enemy at the moment should be Miramax, right?" ”

"Yes, yes, that's right." Sony's classic guy just felt like his neck was about to break.

"Okay, you can contact Miramax directly and tell Harvey that I want the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and if he has any comments, let him come to me directly." With a wave of his hand, Roland settled the matter.

"Fight now, I'm right here."

"Okay, okay, okay!" Sony's classic guy nodded like garlic.

I almost didn't bang in front of Roland to show my respect.

And Li An, who saw that things were so simple, burst into tears of excitement, "Roland! Thank you so much! ”

"Oops, don't do this, don't do this." Roland waved his hand again and again, and said, "Little things, little things, all small things." ”

That's right!

The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, for Roland, that's really a trivial matter!

Especially after discovering that the biggest enemy is not the judges, but Miramax, things are even simpler!

Because......

This is what Miramax owes them!

After "Shakespeare in Love" took away the best picture, Miramax had a series of comical operations:

First of all, he threw out 100 million yuan and invested in "Gangs of New York";

Secondly, it was the burning of American knives again, and he invested in "Captain Craley's Mandolin".

These two films seem to have nothing to do with each other, but in reality, they are both the work of the Jewish Gang.

And they are all movies that the Jewish gang wanted to make, but because the profits did not meet the expectations of the green light committees of major companies, they were killed.

In 1970, Martin Scorsese wanted to put "Gangs of New York" published in 1928 on the screen, but because of the fiasco of "Heaven's Gate" in 1980, the major producers were still apprehensive about historical works, so the project of "Gangs of New York" was shelved, and it was not until "Shakespeare in Love" won the Oscar that Miramax decided to shoot.

And "Captain Creilly's Mandolin" published in 1994 was bought the filming rights in 95, but because it was about the Allied Army's sentence, the producer was reluctant to invest, resulting in the project being stranded for a long time, but when "Shakespeare in Love" won the Oscar, and "Captain Crelley's Mandolin" announced that the protagonist was Nicolas Cage, Miramax decisively injected funds and became a pick-up man on this sensitive issue.

If the appearance of Martin Scorsese and Nicolas Cage was an accident, then when the two films starring Christian Bale, "Fire Doomsday" and "Torn Doomsday", appeared, everything was clear.

Christian Bale is the younger brother of Steven Spielberg's ex-wife, Amy Owen, and the older brother of Steven Spielberg's eldest son, and Miramax kindly helps him as he seeks a way out......

All right!

This is!

These four movies are actually the price paid by Miramax!

The price after taking the Oscars!

Do you really think Steven Spielberg's peaches can be so good to pick?

Because of the situation, he can't avenge himself!

But that doesn't mean Miramax will be safe!

He can take the prize, but the profit must be spit out!

And "Gangs of New York", "Captain Cage's Mandolin", "Fire Doom" and "Torn Doomsday", the four projects with a total investment of 200 million, are the profits that Harvey Weinstein spit out!

This is why the dead fat man is so resistant to the court's accusations against his unspoken rule, Gwyneth Paltrow!

He dares to go to others, but he really doesn't dare to be a guy who can be publicly complained about by Steven Spielberg but is helpless!

In the case of debt repayment, Sony Classic just contacted Miramax, and before he finished speaking, the guy on the other side who had already understood had already made a statement - "Our main promotion this year is "Chocolate". ”

This result made Roland very satisfied.

Although many times, when people are interested, they will have a lot less fun.

But this kind of sanity can also make many things a lot easier!