Conquer America, Start with a Boxing Champion

Although Lionsgate's movie box office performance last year was good, Link will not be complacent. The reason why Lionsgate Pictures' share of the North American film market has reached the top three is mainly due to the box office performance of "The Twilight Saga 4" Also counted.

There is only one such opportunity, and it will be extremely difficult to get into the top three next year.

The main movies produced by Lionsgate this year include "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D", "The Wolf of Wall Street", "The Expendables 2", "The Hunger Games 2", "Dallas Buyers Club", "Snowpiercer", "World War of the Dead" and "Black Madness". "Mother-in-Law's Marriage Counselor", "Maternal Invasion", "Insidious 2", "Now Now" and "Rust and Bone".

Films produced by Palm Beach Pictures include "Dragon," "August: Osage County," and "Identity Thief."

Summit Entertainment has four movies, "Red Flame Battlefield 2", "The Informer" and "Warm Corpses"

There are also two films in collaboration with Annapurna Pictures, "Her" and "American Hustle".

There are 20 movies in total, with an average of two movies released per month.

The box office performance of Lionsgate this year depends on the performance of these 20 movies.

In the new year, Lionsgate Pictures, Palm Beach Pictures, and Summit Entertainment's production departments are also preparing new film projects.

Lionsgate Pictures has tentatively confirmed 12 films.

Including "The Hunger Games 3", "We Are the Crazy Ones", "The Fake Family", "John Wick", "The Grand Budapest Hotel", "Annabelle", "The Conjuring 2", "Neighbors" and "Zooman Brothers" "Crack Drummer", "Deadly Call", etc.

Palm Beach Pictures' currently established film projects include "Gone Girl" and "Birdman."

Summit Entertainment currently has three confirmed films: "Ender's Game", "Divergent: Alien Awakening" and "Dance My Life 5".

The total budget of the three film companies for movies this year is as high as US$600 million.

Last year, Lionsgate's total film revenue was US$1.6 billion, including North American box office share, overseas box office share, television department revenue, film copyright share, subsequent box office revenue, etc.

Last year’s investment in movies was US$1 billion, including movie production costs, publicity costs, acquisition of Summit Entertainment, and acquisition of the rights to adapt multiple best-selling books.

Net income is approximately US$600 million.

More than 300 million yuan in loans were repaid, leaving behind film production and promotion costs. Last year, Lionsgate Pictures had a financial deficit of about 300 million US dollars.

For a large company like Lionsgate with a market value of more than 2 billion US dollars, a deficit of 300 million is not a big pressure.

On the contrary, Lionsgate Pictures is currently the film company with the best financial situation in the film industry.

According to the "Hollywood Reporter", 20th Century Fox Pictures lost about 1 billion US dollars last year, and its cumulative fiscal deficit reached more than 5 billion, accounting for almost one-eighth of the total market value. Paramount Pictures lost about 8.5 billion last year. billion, and the current fiscal deficit is more than 4 billion.

There are also Universal, Warner Pictures, Disney and Sony-Columbia, all of which did not have as much movie revenue as Lionsgate last year.

Lionsgate Pictures was also evaluated by the media as the most profitable film company in Hollywood last year.

Ivaca is also ranked first on the latest 'Hollywood Power Ranking' released by The Hollywood Reporter because she is the chairman and representative of Lionsgate Pictures.

Link came in third as an actor.

Harvey Weinstein dropped to No. 12 this year.

Leon Cavanaugh is ranked eighth, just above Harvey.

Catherine ranks 14th as president of Palm Beach Pictures.

After the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, the shortlists for the 85th Academy Awards were announced one after another. "Escape from Tehran" received 7 nominations, "Bin Laden" received 5 nominations, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" received 4 nominations, and "The Master" received 7 nominations. 4 items, 1 item for "Untouchable".

"Buried Alive" starring Link was rejected from the Oscars.

The most nominated Oscar this year is "Lincoln" with 12 nominations, "Life of Pi" ranked second with 11 nominations, and "Les Misérables" directed by Martin Scorsese ranked third with 8 nominations.

The competition for Oscar awards this year is fierce, and it will be difficult for several Lionsgate films to win more awards.

"This year's competition is mainly for the best picture, and "Lincoln", "Pi" and "Django Unchained" are also very popular."

said Lionsgate Chief Operating Officer Goldsmith.

"Just do your best."

Link said as he flipped through the newspaper.

Starting from 2010, the number of films nominated for Best Picture has increased from 5 to 10.

Films shortlisted for this year's award include "Love," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Escape from Tehran," "The Hunt for Bin Laden," "The Master," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln," "Django Unchained" and "Les Misérables."

Lionsgate has released 4 films, which is a high ratio, but several of the films shortlisted this year are of high quality, such as "Lincoln", "Pi" and "Django", all of which can be called classics.

The advantage of "The Hunt for Bin Laden" and "Escape from Tehran" compared with several movies is that it fits the main theme.

The Academy Awards are the most important film awards in North America, and more than 90% of the judges are from the United States.

When selecting awards, more attention is paid to whether the content of the movie conforms to the main theme. For example, movies such as "All Quiet on the Western Front", "Forrest Gump", "Crash" and "The Hurt Locker" are all movies that are more in line with the main theme.

Therefore, "Hunt" and "Escape" have a higher probability of winning awards.

Considering this, Link discussed with the public relations department and decided to increase public relations efforts to win this award.

In addition, public relations efforts should also be increased for important awards such as Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress, and Best Adapted/Original Screenplay.

This kind of investment is like gambling.

If the bet is right, it can be recovered at the box office.

If the bet is lost, the loss will be several million.

Lionsgate made a lot of profit last year and did not need these several million, so Link's order to the public relations department was to do the best public relations and not be afraid to spend money.

There are rewards for successful public relations.

It doesn't matter if you lose.

While the public relations department of Lionsgate was working hard on public relations, the public relations teams of other film companies also began to work hard, including Weinstein Pictures, and began to cheer for their own movies, while also not forgetting to step on the movies of their opponents.

Since Lionsgate received more nominations this year, the probability of winning is high.

The number and frequency of being stepped on are very high.

Some media broke the news that Ben Affleck had scandals with other women during his marriage. He is a good director, but not a good husband or father.

Some media also broke the news that Jessica Chastain, the "hardworking sister", was not filial to her old father, and even did not attend the funeral when her biological father died, trying to use this news to destroy the reputation of the hardworking sister.

Some media also broke the news that the crew of "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "The Master" were suspected of damaging the local environment and harming small animals during filming.

Some media even made up stories, claiming that Jessica Chastain and Amy Adams had affairs with Link.

Lionsgate also responded to these negative comments in a timely manner, making clarification statements in a timely manner, sending lawyers' letters when necessary, and not letting go of the opportunity to drag down opponents.

During the period before the Oscars, the American entertainment industry was a mess.

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While the American entertainment industry was noisy, the Chinese region began to celebrate the Spring Festival. Link also took the opportunity to come to Beijing a week before New Year's Eve to participate in the rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala, visit Chris Liu, who was more than eight months pregnant, and accompany her, Jennifer Shu, and Xiao Shu Nan to celebrate the New Year.

Chris Liu got pregnant in May last year, less than two months before her due date.

After getting pregnant, Sister Shenxian's figure became a little rounder, but she was still very delicate and beautiful, and she had a more mature charm.

Lin Ke didn't know if he would have time to come over when she gave birth, so he could only accompany her more when he was not busy and try to be more responsible.

There is also Xiao Shu Nan, who is almost one year old now. Lin Ke only held him a few times when he was filming in Hong Kong Island in May last year and when he released an album at the end of last year. He also took advantage of the time now to accompany the little guy.

In addition, another year later, the executives of Hong Kong Island Jinbeck Investment Company also came to report to him.

Currently, Jinbeck Investment owns 11.6% of Wanda Films shares, 4.2% of BYD Auto shares, 3.4% of JD.com shares, 0.35% of Moutai shares, 0.22% of Alibaba Investment shares, as well as Dolphin Bay Film and Television Company shares and Jiatianxia Real Estate Management Company, with a total value of about 8 billion RMB.

Last year, the revenue and share dividends of several companies were B, and the net profit was more than 250 million.

Link used 20 million of the money to give Chris Liu and Shu Chang as living expenses, and reinvested the rest in real estate and acquisition of company shares. He also transferred 300 million US dollars from the United States to acquire some BYD Auto shares, JD.com shares, and Moutai shares.

He increased his investment in BYD Auto to 5.1% and joined the board of directors, increased his JD.com shares to 4.1%, and increased his Moutai shares to 0.45%.

His total assets in China have also reached 10 billion RMB.