America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM

Chapter 72 The biggest problem with "Transformers"

On February 4, the fourth week of "Saw" box office has been released. The North American box office reported 12.5 million US dollars, and the total North American box office reached 109 million. It will be drawn in the last week.

Overseas, South Korea, Japan, India, Southeast Asia and other regions have also begun to premiere, but there is still no China. After all, it is difficult to introduce such R-rated movies, and they will not sell for much money if they are introduced.

However, since it has been almost a month since its North American premiere, pirated copies have long been leaked, and the box office will definitely be affected.

The overseas box office revenue this week was US$44.75 million, and the total overseas box office reached US$99 million. The total global box office of "Saw" is less than US$100 million, which is a good result.

It is expected to collect another 30 to 40 million US dollars globally, with the total box office reaching 500 million, exceeding analysts' estimate of 200 million US dollars.

Hofta Military Base, Nevada, today is a special day.

Around ten o'clock in the morning, several vehicles of different sizes appeared outside the base gate. The only thing these vehicles have in common is that they all have the lion's head logo printed on them.

And when the MGM motorcade appeared, countless weapons were aimed at them from different angles, scaring the staff so much that they didn't dare to breathe.

If any soldier accidentally fires, the lives of a whole vehicle may be taken away.

In the co-pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Freeman made a call. After a few minutes, the base door opened and Eric and his party were let in.

"follow me!"

After getting off the bus, Lieutenant Colonel Freeman took Eric to meet the person in charge of the base, another man with a tough look named John Defare Adams.

The military rank is higher than Freeman's. Although he is a colonel, Freeman privately said that he is about to be promoted to brigadier general.

But this situation is actually very good, because at the moment of promotion, the other party will not mess around.

After taking out the approval document from the Ministry of National Defense, the two parties communicated for a while, and John Adams expressed that he would cooperate with the filming.

But when Eric showed the shooting plan to the other party, the other party immediately frowned.

"Director Eric, do you know how outrageous this list you wrote is? It doesn't matter the soldiers. There are as many as you want in the base. Carbines, Brownings, and any firearms are at your disposal."

"But 7 V22 Ospreys, no less than 5 Black Hawk attack helicopters, at least 5 low-altitude Paver IV helicopters, and a battalion of M60 and M1 Abrams tanks."

"Are you kidding me?"

Eric pointed: "There will be more later, you'd better read it all at once."

Hearing this, John Adams continued to turn back, and then stared: "A squadron of F22s? Are you really planning to make a fucking movie?"

Seeing John Adams's reaction, Eric was also beating a drum in his heart. As a military advisor, Lieutenant Colonel Freeman had of course seen his shooting plan.

While watching, he raised a question. The equipment Eric requested was a bit too rich. Even in the United States, not many military bases could afford it at once.

Especially the F22s of that squadron, a total of 26 aircraft, could blow up all countries in Africa.

But Eric also has his own ideas. Although the "Transformers" of the original time and space is also very good-looking, it always gives people the feeling that these iron lumps seem to be too weak.

Except for the base destroyed by Vertigo at the beginning of the movie, this section is quite eye-catching and gives the audience a feeling of how powerful the Decepticons are.

But then he pulled his crotch, and Scorpion was flying with shells, drilling into the ground and dancing around. It was a very fancy fight, and the score was zero to five.

The villain Megatron was suppressed by several missiles and was driven back by tanks.

Come on, you are Megatron, the leader of the Cybertronian Decepticons. A mere human weapon can cause you so much trouble. Where is your face?

Not only is it shameless, what about the energy cannon? What about shock waves? What about the death ray?

All the alien high-tech weapons are sealed, the boss's combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the younger brother, and the Decepticon's best skill is stun. How embarrassing!

In Eric's opinion, this is the biggest failure of "Transformers", and there is news that it is because Michael Bay made a lot of money from it.

Since he had a good relationship with the Department of Defense, Michael Bay used Paramount's funds to lobby the Department of Defense, and whatever he saved went into his own pocket.

So to give the movie more aircraft and cannon effects? It's still almost enough, but can you make tens of millions of dollars into your own pocket? This is a multiple-choice question that normal people would do.

"Colonel Adams, what we are going to film is Transformers. I think you must have seen it when you were a child. The opponent is an alien. If one or two planes and tanks can win, don't you think it is outrageous?"

"Moreover, the essence of this movie is a military propaganda film. MGM and the Ministry of National Defense have already reached an agreement. They must try their best to show the power of the US military. There is too little equipment. Not to mention that people in other countries do not believe it, even our own people will not believe it. "

John Adams frowned: "No, other things are easy to say, but an M1 Abrams tank battalion and an F22 squadron are absolutely impossible. This is simply nonsense!"

"Colonel Adams, without these equipment, the movie will not be effective, and I don't mean to embarrass you. You see, there are also aircraft carrier formations and AC-130 ghost gunships listed in it. I know you don't have them, so in this regard I I’ll think of another way.”

John Adams glared at the young man in front of him and thought, you still know that I don’t know, this is an army base, where can I get an aircraft carrier?

"In short, it won't work. One squadron is too many. I will send you 5 at most."

"Colonel, are you kidding? The Ministry of National Defense has approved it. So, I will make a concession, 22."

"10!"

"20 planes!"

"13 planes!"

"19, no more!"

"Up to 15. This is the total number in the base, including the ones just delivered last month. If you are not satisfied, I will explain to the Ministry of Defense and ask you to leave my base!"

Seeing that the other party was about to get angry, Eric hurriedly held the other party's hand, not to offend the local snake.

"make a deal!"

"Director, we are here!"

As soon as Eric and John Adams reached an agreement, Ryan Reynolds, Tom Hardy, Ben Foster, and Michael Fassbender came over from afar.

After being arranged to train at the base for a month, when I saw them again, I could feel an unusual aura from a distance.

To be precise, they are more masculine and manly. With the stubble on their faces and the military uniforms on their bodies, people who don't know them will definitely mistake them for soldiers.

Looking at the changes in the four people, Eric smiled.

"Very good. Now you have the aura of elite soldiers. How is the training result?"

Ryan Reynolds held an M16 in his hand, changed the magazine with one hand in front of Eric, and made several tactical moves.

Eric doesn't know whether it's a standard or not, but it looks pretty decent and could pass the test on the big screen.

Then he looked at the other three people. They had the same movements and the same standards. It seemed that they were all very attentive.

"Very good, let's start on time at 2pm!"

It's the weekend. Today I want to make 8,000 a day. I won't sleep until the day ends. I want to challenge myself.

Thanks to Lao Ma for the 500-coin reward, thank you boss!