Chapter 648 The No. 1 live-action movie at the global box office (4200+ chapters~)
Everyone knows where Chen Le has gone without asking.
Looking at the way to the airport, he knew with his drooped head that he definitely didn't want to leave Seoul so soon.
Wu Jianye determined that this long-distance relationship, which had nothing to do with it, would eventually turn into smoke as time went by, so Wu Jianye didn't care about him.
It was a smooth journey to Xiangjiang. Wu Jianye did not stay in Xiangjiang for long. He just took the time to meet Zhou Huimin, and then flew to the United States with his mother and aunt!
Procedures and such have never been a problem for Wu Jianye.
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At the Manor in Beverly Hills, my mother saw Li Xiu Ming with a big belly and Zhu Xie next to her, and she also had mixed feelings.
Wu Jianye made up his mind not to get involved at this time and drove directly to Phantom Entertainment.
The movie "The Last Days" has been released around the world for nearly a month. The box office in North America has now exceeded 250 million U.S. dollars, which has exceeded the 217 million U.S. dollars in another time and space. It is finally going to be extremely successful.
It may become another movie in the history of North American movies with a box office of more than 300 million US dollars.
Prior to this, only three movies in North America had a box office of more than 300 million U.S. dollars. They were the first "Star Wars" series. This movie was released in 1977, but it took a super high box office of 460 million U.S. dollars in North America.
, if inflation is taken into account, this movie will dominate the North American box office list for a long time.
Then came "et", which was released in 1982. This movie grossed US$359 million at the box office that year.
The last one was "The Lion King" produced by Phantom and written by Wu Jianye. After this movie was released, it made a box office of US$335 million in North America. Originally, Phantom had another film that was expected to break the US$300 million mark.
That was "Home Alone," the first movie produced by Phantom.
But it is a pity that the box office of this movie was finally set at US$293 million, and did not break the US$300 million mark!
Judging from the current box office trend of the movie "The Last Love", it is only a matter of time before it exceeds 300 million US dollars!
This also indirectly established Wu Jianye's status in Hollywood!
No one thought at the beginning that Wu Jianye’s first film, which no one was optimistic about, would make him a director alongside Lucas and Spielberg!
After all, before this, among the live-action film directors whose North American box office could exceed 300 million US dollars, only Lucas and Spielberg!
When many people thought that a Chinese director could achieve such achievements in North America, many people felt like a dream!
What’s even more surprising is the movie’s overseas box office record!
At this time, the global box office of the movie "The Last Days" has reached US$516 million, excluding North America!
According to the predictions of an authoritative Hollywood magazine, when the movie "The End of the World" is released worldwide, the total box office will reach a terrifying US$1 billion!
It exceeds the US$792 million of "et" and the US$775 million of "Star Wars", and is definitely comparable to the US$1.08 billion of "The Lion King", but no matter what, in the field of live-action movies, "The End of the World"
It is already a well-deserved number one in the world!
When Hollywood production companies saw this data, they were all shocked.
Wu Jianye's first movie in Hollywood actually ranked first on the global box office list?
At this time, everyone finally officially paid attention to Wu Jianye's global box office appeal!
In the past, the global box office was higher than that in North America, but now the global box office is twice as high as that in North America. This is definitely due to Wu Jianye's box office appeal in Europe and Southeast Asia.
The box office is much higher than that of other Hollywood movies!
"Should we hold a celebration party?" Johnson said excitedly in Linda's office.
Now Johnson is increasingly regarding the success of Phantom Entertainment as his own success!
Linda also looked at Wu Jianye happily, obviously she also had this plan!
"Then let's open one!" Wu Jianye has no objection to this. He holds a celebration banquet for "The Last Love", which can not only add another wave to "The Last Love" which has entered the second half of its release.
The popularity can also show off the skills of Phantom Entertainment.
The top two movies at the global box office are now produced by Phantom. Coupled with the operation of Phantom for more than half a year, it is now time for Phantom to show its skills to the other six major studios.
The challenges that are coming will definitely come, but blindly giving in is not the answer!
Linda smiled and said: "Okay, I'll send invitations to other production companies and stars!"
Johnson laughed: "I can't wait to see their faces!"
How popular the box office of "The Last Day" was, the other six major Hollywood studios regretted it. Wu Jianye ignored Johnson's bad taste and asked Linda about the release status of "Speed"!
The filming of "Speed of Life and Death" has already been completed, and I have been busy with post-production and pre-publicity!
Now we have entered the filming promotion period!
Linda replied: "The release date has been set for May 25, the first wave of summer releases!"
At this time, neither Linda nor Johnson had any doubts about the movie, because Wu Jianye was optimistic about the movie, and that was enough!
The success of "The Love of Ghosts" has completely dispelled their doubts. As long as Wu Jianye says it is good, it must be good. As long as Wu Jianye continues to be successful, this situation will always exist, unless something happens
When Wu Jianye failed, the trust was gone!
"Let Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock appear in public a few more times in the past two months, and if possible, stir up their scandals!" Wu Jianye suggested.
"Speed of Life and Death" is different from "The Last Love". Before "The Last Love" was released, the popularity was already high enough. In addition, due to Wu Jianye's personal reasons, the Phantom was banned from filming between him and Isabel Ajia.
Ni's relationship has been hyped up.
But "Speed" is different. Both Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock are still newbies in Hollywood. They are not popular enough. The promotion of this movie not only highlights that it is the work of screenwriter Wu Jianye, but also
We need to make a fuss about the two of us.
I believe they will not refuse. After all, doing this will not only promote the movie, but also increase the popularity of the two people, which is the best of both worlds.
Linda nodded and said: "The company has finished discussing it with their agent and has officially put it on the agenda."
In fact, Wu Jianye came to Phantom Entertainment today not only to avoid my mother, but also because he really had a lot of things to deal with.
Wu Jianye then asked about the status of the release of "Harry Potter".
Wu Jianye came out with this novel last year. It was originally planned to be released during Christmas last year, but after Wu Jianye discussed it with Linda and Sean, he decided to wait until this summer vacation to release it.
The main reason is that if it were released last Christmas, the publicity would not be able to keep up. It is better to release it in half a year and thoroughly warm up the novel!
Linda replied: "The promotion has started now, but when "Harry Potter" is released, I need you to come forward to do a book signing event!"
Wu Jianye nodded and said, "That's no problem!"
Although only one set of novels has been published in North America, the power of "Jurassic Park" is so great that Wu Jianye has already been dubbed a best-selling novelist!
Coupled with the addition of the movie "The Last Love", Wu Jianye can be said to be a household name throughout North America at this time.
Linda also said: "By the way, if you have time in the past two days, you need to take some promotional photos, which are also used to promote the novel "Harry Potter"!"
Wu Jianye had no objection to this and said, "Okay, just let Sean contact Lauren."
Lauren Donnell knows Wu Jianye’s itinerary in North America best, and it is appropriate that he determines the time.
Linda then began to introduce Wu Jianye’s plans for this year’s Phantom Entertainment.
The movie "The Last Love" is one of Phantom's most important projects at the beginning of the year, but now the movie has entered the later stages. When the movie is finished, it will be about the sales of video tapes and the sales of TV broadcast rights. But now Phantom has
I have focused my attention on the next few movies.
During the gap between the summer vacation and now, Phantom Entertainment will launch a low-cost film production. This work is produced by Phantom Entertainment itself and has nothing to do with Wu Jianye.
Then in the summer, "Speed" starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock will be released, followed by "Die Hard 2" starring Bruce Willis, and the Independence Day date is
Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Terminator" and Cheng Long's "Super Lucky Star" are on the Christmas schedule.
These are the most important movies of Phantom this year, and there are also two heavyweight works being filmed at the same time.
The first is of course "Jurassic Park" directed and produced by Wu Jianye. The other one is that Phantom finally restarted the second part of the "Terminator" series, with Carmelo Anthony and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The golden pair will produce the filming of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day".
At the same time, Athena Animation has also produced a cartoon, but judging from the current progress, it will not be released until next year!
Of course, this does not mean that Phantom Entertainment has only produced these two movies this year. Phantom Entertainment has invested in the production of 12 movies throughout the year. The overall investment will reach 350 million US dollars, of which "Jurassic Park" will take away 65 million US dollars.
production costs.
However, this is not the highest-invested movie by Phantom Entertainment this year. The highest-invested movie by Phantom Entertainment this year will be "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" by James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The production cost of the entire movie will be
It will be as high as $102 million!
After the filming plan for this film was proposed by James Cameron, Linda wanted to reject him at the time, but after discussing with Wu Jianye, she still agreed to the filming plan!
James Cameron's ability to make money is number one, and his ability to burn money is also number one!
However, these are not the most important tasks of Phantom Entertainment this year. The most important tasks of Phantom Entertainment this year are three acquisitions and one construction!
These five acquisitions and one construction will establish the media status of Phantom Entertainment in the next few decades. Whether Phantom Entertainment can transform from a traditional film production company into a large media group depends on these five acquisitions and two constructions.
"Nowadays, TV stations in the United States are divided into cable TV and wireless TV. Most of the influential TV stations have been targeted or acquired by several major media groups. Our opponents are not simple!" Linda said seriously.
If Phantom Entertainment wants to become a large media group, it must add to its shortcomings in television stations, otherwise it will not be able to compete with several other media groups!
Among the five acquisitions of Phantom Entertainment, the most important one is the acquisition of TV stations!
Not only Phantom Entertainment, but also several other media consortiums are working hard to create their own TV networks. This period is the cross-media and cross-industry merger and acquisition boom in North America, and media groups have become more three-dimensional and complex!
Phantom Entertainment wants to acquire a mature TV network, and it can be said that it is surrounded by powerful enemies.
Wu Jianye nodded, indicating that he understood the difficulty of acquiring a TV network, but the difficulty did not mean that he would not do it.
"It's not easy but it has to be won. Having its own TV network will bring immeasurable influence to Phantom. This is a move that must be made!" Wu Jianye said solemnly.
Linda also knew Wu Jianye's plan and said: "Now the company has identified several TV stations with the possibility of acquisition. You can take a look."
After finishing speaking, Linda handed Wu Jianye a stack of documents, which contained detailed information on each TV station, the capital behind them, and the possible acquisition price!
The acquisition of TV networks in North America is different from Marvel and other companies that Phantom previously acquired. Marvel, Toy Company, and Lane Publishing only paid $200-300 million.
Now, if you want to acquire an already successful TV network, the funds involved will be as high as billions or even tens of billions of dollars. This will also be a great test for the financial resources of Phantom Entertainment!
Since its establishment, Phantom Entertainment has successively launched the popular "Home Alone" series, "The Lion King", "The Last Days" and other movies, and its cash reserves are as high as nearly 3 billion U.S. dollars.
Even for a large TV network, this is not enough.
Linda naturally noticed this problem and said: "If you want to win a large TV network, you must be prepared to spend at least 5-10 billion US dollars. Phantom Entertainment cannot come up with this money at all, unless Phantom Entertainment mortgages it to the bank
shares or Phantom’s listing for financing.”
In fact, of these two options, Linda is more inclined to list Phantom Entertainment. According to the current development trend of Phantom Entertainment, especially the release of "The Ghost Story" this year, it can definitely help Phantom Entertainment reach a valuation of tens of billions of dollars!
The shares of Phantom in her hand will also be calculated in units of one billion US dollars.
Johnson was also very excited. Last year, Phantom and Oceanwide Cinemas exchanged shares. If Phantom goes public, the value of their shares will directly double.
Wu Jianye looked at Linda with a smile: "Actually, there is another way that you didn't mention, that is, what if I continue to inject capital into Phantom?"
It's not that Linda didn't think about it, but she didn't want to think so, because Wu Jianye's capital injection also meant that their shares were diluted...
Wu Jianye did not let them continue to worry and said with a smile: "Let's contact the major banks in North America first and tell them that we, Phantom, are ready for a loan!"