Post-shadow Development Plan

Jim Ganopoulos growling could be heard all over the floor.

The other Fox executives present couldn't help shrinking their necks. They knew the reason, but none of them dared to say.

It is normal for a special effects popcorn movie like ubw to surpass an animated movie like "Ice Age 2", after all, the audiences of the two are not at the same level.

After working hard in Hollywood for so many years, Jim Ganopoulos certainly knows that he is a bit unreasonable, but he doesn't care at all.

What Jim is doing now is venting his emotions and venting the anger accumulated in his heart.

Few people know that this seemingly one-sided CEO at 20th Century Fox has had a hard time recently.

Beginning with last year's "Kingdom of Heaven," most of Fox's films have ended in violent deaths.

If it weren't for "Star Wars: Episode 3" winning the annual box office championship, and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" making a lot of money because of the rumors of the male and female protagonists, it is estimated that Fox would be the worst loser last year. of the Big Six Hollywood companies.

But my family knows their own affairs. Although "Star Wars Episode 3" Fox made a lot of money at the box office, it also distributed a lot of money to Lucasfilm.

More importantly, Fox only has the right to distribute the "Star Wars" movie, and the most profitable peripheral part of "Star Wars" is in the hands of Lucasfilm itself.

Although the movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" made a big hit at the box office due to the scandal of the male and female protagonists cheating on filming, but the quality of the movie was not good, and the continuous offline income received mediocre response.

It can be said that all the money Fox made last year was paying for the losses of "Kingdom of Heaven".

This year's "Ice Age 2" is off to a good start, and "The Devil Wears Podala" is not bad at the box office, but Fox still has a heavy burden this year.

Only Jim himself knows how much pressure he is under now.

You must know that he can sit in this position because of the support of Murdoch News Corporation, but because of last year's ugly performance, the media emperor has begun to express his dissatisfaction with himself.

If Fox can't make a beautiful report this year, then he will be driven by that adult to manage the printers in the printing room.

What Jim Ganopoulos needs now is to make Fox movies continue to be successful. Only in this way can he prove his worth and he can continue to sit in his current position.

Fox has three big movie projects this year. In addition to the already released "Ice Age 3", there are also two major productions, "X-Men 2" and "Night at the Museum".

This is why Fox is unhappy with watching ubw anyway, because it is too close to the schedule of "X-Men 3".

Coupled with the fact that the two films are large-scale productions with special effects, the audience overlap is not small, and it is easy to grab the box office.

This is why Fox does not allow ubw to advertise on its own platform. Compared with the advertising fees earned, ubw may steal more box office.

Not to mention the feud between Fox and Jiufeng since last year.

It can be said that the ubw movie is a collection of new and old hatreds for Fox.

But the current situation can be said to be developing in the direction that Fox executives least want to see.

"Jiufeng...Kiryu Nanaya...I swear against you!!"

Staring at the TV screen, Jim Ganopoulos let out a low growl.

Compared to Fox's office, which was full of mourners, Jiufeng's side seemed much more relaxed.

At least everyone was watching the news with a smile.

"As a newcomer to Hollywood, Jiufeng Entertainment's two films of "fate stay night" have laid a solid foundation for the company's future development. We have reason to believe that the fate series will become a new popular IP in Hollywood. Saber will also Become a classic image on the screen like Captain Jack and Darth Vader."

Qiye felt very refreshed by the words of the hostess, he opened a can of iced Coke and took a big gulp.

"Ah~~ I love to hear that."

Qiye lay on the chair, crossed Erlang's legs and said, "Classic screen image...well, we can smoothly launch Saber Lily, Saber alter, Saber X, Saber Lancer..."

"Are you going to let Lily form a football team by herself?"

Zi Yuan asked angrily and amusedly.

Qiye raised her eyebrows: "I plan to let her fight a Holy Grail War by herself."

At this time, the announcer lady read the box office data, which made Ziyuan shut her mouth in embarrassment, and just waved her pink fist at Qiye.

Although she had known the box office results of ubw's premiere in the first place, it still had a different feeling to hear these figures read from the mouth of the newscaster.

Diss seven nights can be done at any time, but the only time to pretend to be a news is now.

"After the premiere on Thursday, the film was screened in 4319 theaters in North America. ubw lived up to expectations, not only got a first-day box office of 4710 million US dollars, but also won excellent audience and media reputation.

"By virtue of this advantage, ubw achieved a box office curve upward on Saturday, raking in $5235 million, plus Sunday's box office of $4426 million...

The announcer lady paused for a moment, and then announced the total box office results: "ubw's first weekend box office reached 1 million US dollars, not only won the weekly box office champion, but also became the first box office box office of this year's first weekend million-dollar movie."

"Hoohoo!"

Qiye held up the Coca-Cola monster and shouted, if he hadn't considered the impact, he would probably have just spilled the drink in his hand as water.

The average person might think he was excited about ubw's nearly $1.5 million opening weekend.

But it's more than that, Qiye also knows that the original box office champion "Pirates of the Caribbean 2006" in 2 had a box office score of 1 million US dollars in its first weekend.

In other words, as long as ubw's box office curve trend is normal, the annual box office champion has been stabilized.

"Humph! Well done."

Ziyuan's chest was also fluctuating with excitement, but she still praised her pretending to be calm.

"You don't even look at who I am~"

Qiye crossed Erlang's legs and laughed.