Conquer America, Start with a Boxing Champion

In the fourth week of the release of "The Hunger Games 4", the North American box office was 286 million US dollars, the overseas box office was 335 million, and the global box office reached 620 million US dollars.

This also made the total box office of this series of movies exceed 3 billion US dollars.

For Lionsgate, this series has made a great contribution to the development of the company and is a "pillar" type of work.

When "The Hunger Games 4" was released, the publicity and distribution department stated that this series has come to an end, and derivative works related to "The Hunger Games" will still be filmed in the future, such as "The Hunger Games Prequel" and the stories of several supporting characters in the Hunger Games.

In addition, the production department of Lionsgate also plans to link "The Hunger Games" with the characters of "Twilight" and "Divergent" to create a movie universe belonging to Lionsgate.

However, this plan is too bold and risky, and it has not yet been launched.

"Wild" had a box office of 4.72 million US dollars this week, a cumulative box office of 32.09 million in North America, and a global box office of 45.74 million US dollars, and the box office has recovered.

In early December, The Revenant was screened in four theaters in Los Angeles and New York, with a box office of 872,000 US dollars in the first week and a single theater box office of 28,000, which is a hit among art films.

The film's reputation is also quite positive, with a media review of 88 points.

The San Francisco Chronicle gave the film 100 points, saying that The Revenant is an action blockbuster with the soul of an art film. The film's hasty and powerful action scenes are profound in meaning. The director and cameraman use their peak level to bring pure audio-visual enjoyment to the audience, which can be called a master level.

The Complete Film gave the film 99 points, saying that The Revenant is undoubtedly a high-level work. Leonardo Dicaprio's performance is exciting, Emmanuel Lubezki is a master photographer, and director Alejandro González Iñárritu has achieved the ultimate in the use of film language.

The Los Angeles Times said that this is an ambitious work, and every actor in the play and every staff member of the crew deserve an Oscar nomination.

Because the quality of this movie is so high, many media compare "The Revenant" with "American Sniper". The result is that both movies are the best of the year, and there is a high probability that they will be shortlisted for the "100 Best Movies of the Century" in film history.

Some media also compare these two movies with the movies released by the six major film studios this year, including "Jurassic World", "Avengers 2", "Jason Bourne", etc.

The result of the comparison is that although these movies are higher than "The Revenant" and "Sniper" in terms of box office, they are far inferior to these two movies in terms of artistry and impact on the film industry.

Some fans even think that the media should not compare these two movies with those commercial movies. One is a disposable consumer product, and the other is a classic movie. They cannot be compared at all.

The producers and distributors of both movies are Lionsgate.

This year, Lionsgate released not only these two classic movies, but also the best science fiction movie of the year "The Martian", the best horror movie of the year "Split", the best fairy tale movie of the year "Maleficent", the popular comedy movie "Trainwreck", the highly rated biographical movie "The Big Short", the highly rated female-themed movie "Wild", etc., all of which are of very high quality.

Some media have proposed that Lionsgate can account for half of the best 20 movies this year, so one Lionsgate is equivalent to the six major film studios plus dozens of independent production companies.

Some media have also counted the good movies produced by Lionsgate in the past five years.

From "Bridesmaids" and "The Help" to "Silver Linings Playbook", "Dallas Buyers Club", "Argo", "Zero Dark Thirty", to "Birdman", "Gone Girl", "The Grand Budapest Hotel", and then to several movies this year.

Almost every year, Lionsgate releases seven or eight high-quality movies, which are also movies that movie fans love.

The New York Post commented that Lionsgate is the best film company in Hollywood in the past five years, the film company with the greatest impact on the world film market in recent years, and the most indispensable film company in Hollywood at present.

Vanity Fair attributed the success of Lionsgate to Link and Eva Ka, saying that Link is a "godfather"-level figure in the current film industry, and Eva Ka is Link's most staunch supporter.

Other media also began to comment on the films released by Lionsgate in the past five years because of the popularity of "The Revenant".

Most of them were praises.

This undoubtedly made Lionsgate's position in the industry even higher.

It's just that Leonardo is a little depressed. The popularity of "The Revenant" should have made him, the leading actor, stand out, and the media should have praised him, but they all praised Lionsgate and Link.

"Shouldn't I be praised?"

In the King's Theatre on Broadway in New York, Link smiled and said, "In terms of contribution to this movie, I am greater than you. If you win an Oscar, don't forget to thank me."

"Humph!"

Leonardo curled his lips. Although he was not convinced, he could not help but admit that Link made a great contribution to this movie. The novel adapted into this movie was selected by Link, and the movie was also invested, produced and distributed by Link. It can be said that there would be no movie without Link.

But it is difficult for him to admit Link's contribution in person.

"Oscar, do you think I have a chance?"

This is the issue that Leonardo cares about most.

"Of course, with our Lionsgate Films, you have at least a 90% chance of winning the award, and the remaining 10% depends on God's will."

Link said confidently.

Leonardo stared at him, hoping that what he said was right.

Two weeks after the preview, the scale of the release of "The Revenant" was expanded to 3,375 theaters, and the box office in the first week was 57.17 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office reached 58.72 million US dollars.

In the second week, it was expanded to 3,711 theaters. After 12 days of release, the North American box office exceeded 100 million, and the cumulative box office was 1.01 US dollars. The box office decline was not large, and there was a great hope to break the 200 million mark.

The box office performance in overseas regions was better. Influenced by Leonardo, the film was released smoothly overseas. Many people knew Leonardo's new film and knew that he had an affair with the big brown bear.

Five days after the overseas release, the box office exceeded 100 million, and 14 days after the release, the box office exceeded 200 million.

The current global box office is 428 million US dollars.

The production cost of this film was 135 million.

Lionsgate Films made a profit of more than 100 million US dollars on this project.

This film is also the 12th film of Lionsgate Films that has exceeded 100 million in North American box office this year.

As of early December, there were 28 movies with a box office of over 100 million in North America, and Lionsgate's movies accounted for almost half of them.

With "The Hunger Games 4" breaking 300 million in North America and "The Revenant" slowly approaching 200 million US dollars in North America, the total box office of Lionsgate's movies in North America this year reached 2.68 billion US dollars.

In second place is Disney. In December, Disney's "Star Wars 7: The Force Awakens" was a big hit at the box office, with a North American box office of 119 million on the first day of release, breaking the North American movie opening record, and 247 million over the three days of the weekend, also breaking the record.

The North American box office in the first week of release was 390 million, and the North American box office is expected to be more than 800 million US dollars.

This movie also helped Disney surpass Universal Pictures, with a total annual box office of 2.4 billion US dollars.

The total box office of Lionsgate and Disney in North America this year exceeded 5 billion US dollars. According to last year's total box office, the two companies accounted for almost half of the North American market.

This data is very amazing.

No one expected Lionsgate to retain the top spot in total box office this year, nor did anyone expect that Disney, which released three blockbuster movies such as "Avengers 2", "Star Wars 7" and "Inside Out", and had an annual total box office of 2.3 billion, could not surpass Lionsgate in total box office.

Lionsgate's ability to make money is enviable.

"Don't look at Harvey, Lionsgate is too strong, we can't compare with them."

In the office of Weinstein Pictures, Bob Weinstein looked at Harvey and said.

"How could this happen, why did this happen."

Harvey threw down the newspaper and leaned back in his office chair weakly.

Since last year, in order to catch up with Lionsgate, they have started in-depth cooperation with Warner Pictures. Last year, they produced a total of five movies that were released this year, including "Iron Fist" and "Focus".

These five movies have good box office results, but compared with Lionsgate, they are not even a fraction of it.

This hit Harvey hard. As the former king of Hollywood and a top producer in Hollywood, he thought he could catch up with Link with a little effort, but after working hard for a year, he couldn't even see Link's back.

This was a fatal blow to him.

"Link is a genius. He can make money not only by boxing, but also by singing and making movies. He is so amazing. We can never compare with him."

Bob said with envy.

He likes money, very much. He used to make some money by opening a film company. In recent years, the film industry has been highly competitive and small film companies can't make money, so he is even more envious of people like Link.

Fighting a boxing match, more than 200 million or 300 million per game, making 200 to 300 million a year by releasing an album, making tens of billions a year by opening a film company, and becoming a billionaire by investing in stocks.

People like Link are the gods of wealth for those who love money.

"Yes, Link is a genius, a damn genius."

Harvey looked at the roof helplessly. When he met Link five years ago, he could still manipulate Link at will, but now even if he tries his best, he can't affect Link at all.

The gap was getting bigger and bigger, so big that he despaired.

"But I won't lose. Even if the box office is not as good as his, I will beat him in the Oscars."

Harvey suddenly clenched his fist and slammed it hard on the table.

Bang!