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In fact, Verratti needless to say, Ronan can also guess that Disneyland wants to cooperate with Relativity Entertainment to develop the Pirates of the Caribbean series of amusement projects, and Michael Eisner must be behind it.

Walt Disney is not the Disney of the Disney family, nor is it the Disney of Michael Eisner.

The dispersion of equity in the entire group company is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Whether it is Michael Eisner or Roy Disney, if they want to win the Disney Civil War, they must win the support of the majority of shareholders after all.

The vast majority of shareholders, in fact, only care about who they support, who can bring more benefits to their investment!

Roy-Disney has been digging the potential internally, and Disney's classic animated films continue to release new DVD versions, which come from his handwriting.

But in terms of business operations, Michael Eisner is undoubtedly better at it, just like what he has done in the past two decades since he entered Disney. He wants to increase revenue with new content.

In the past two decades, Michael Eisner has expanded Disney TV's business on the basis of Disney animation film production, developed live-action film and TV production, and acquired ABC and ESPN, etc., all adding new content.

Strictly speaking, Michael Eisner's successor, Robert Iger, who was recruited by Roy Disney, followed the same path.

At that time, Walt Disney successively took over Pixar Studios, Marvel Comics, Lucasfilm, and reclaimed Hulu's equity, and built Walt Disney into the number one giant in Hollywood with continuously superimposed new content.

Ronan understands the dynamics of Disney today, combined with his past memories, it is not difficult to judge Michael Eisner's intentions.

Frankly, such a collaboration would do more good than harm for Relativity Entertainment.

Verratti said at this time: Of course, Disneyland will pay the relevant licensing fees, either by buying out in the early stage or dividends in the later stage.

Ronan nodded slightly and said, I can feel Disney's sincerity.

Verratti looked towards him and said: I hope an agreement can be reached as soon as possible.

Ronan thought for a while, and said, I hope to have a talk with Michael in person. He paused, and said, Next week,

Tom Cruise and I hosted a charity dinner in support of people with ALS and you passed on to me that if Michael is available, Tom and I would welcome him to attend.

I will, Verratti said.

Ronan pressed the intercom next to him and informed Connie: Have someone prepare two invitations for the charity dinner.

The Disney-Relativity partnership? Verratti asked.

Ronan smiled and said, You must give me some time to think about it?

Verratti said quickly: No problem. He said goodbye at the right time: If Mr. Anderson has time, he can go to Disney as a guest at any time.

Ronan said: If our cooperation can be achieved, Disney may not welcome me.

It will. Verratti said: Disney will not change this.

Ronan didn't say any more, and waited for Connie to send the invitation letter, shook hands with Verratti, and sent him out of the reception room in person.

In terms of basic etiquette, Ronan has always been impeccable.

Back in the office, Ronan had a phone call with Robert Iger who was far away in San Francisco and exchanged ideas.

In the past two years, Michael Eisner has actually tended to be conservative. Compared with the original reform and radicalism, he is much more conservative.

But now actively seeking cooperation, on the one hand, it is the result of the long-term efforts of Robert Iger's team, on the other hand, it may not feel the huge pressure.

This pressure comes from Roy Disney, or more precisely, from Disney shareholders.

Inside Disney, there must be many shareholders who are dissatisfied with Disney's status quo and are beginning to tend to support Roy Disney.

At the end of last year, at Walt Disney's shareholder meeting, Roy Disney continued to choose to forbear, probably because he wanted to win more shareholders' support, and it was all done in one battle.

According to Robert Iger's understanding and speculation, the Disney shareholder meeting at the end of this year may become a decisive battle between Roy Disney and Michael Eisner.

According to the perception of people, the kind and stable Roy Disney and the arrogant and violent Michael Eisner, most people will choose to support the former.

But things between companies are far from that simple.

For Relativity Entertainment, Ronan and Robert Iger's first consideration is how to get as much profit as possible from this civil strife in Walt Disney.

This has nothing to do with justice, has nothing to do with human temper, but is determined by the nature of capital.

After the Independence Day holiday, after ten weeks of screenings, Bourne Shadow 3 broke through the US$350 million mark at the North American box office, with a total of US$362.57 million, making it the highest-grossing film in the series.

The film also grossed more than $600 million worldwide.

Looking at the box office alone, it seems that it does not match the word-of-mouth and praise of the film, but the offline broadcast of The Bourne Shadow earns more.

For the previous two Bourne Movies, Relativity Entertainment's income from DVD rental and sales alone far exceeds the box office revenue.

These two films have won three annual rental titles in the North American film market.

Another film released by Relativity Entertainment in May, which was once translated as Despicable Me by Dongfang, has a North American box office of 235.89 million U.S. dollars and a global box office of more than 400 million in seven weeks. Dollar.

Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio, the first animated feature film became famous all over the world.

Before, more audiences knew about Peppa Pig, but they didn't know who the production company behind it was.

Compared with ordinary cartoons, animated films have stronger publicity for animation studios.

Ronan is also considering whether to spin off the animation studio from Sandsea Entertainment and become a separate company when the time is right in the future.

In this regard, he still needs to communicate and discuss with Robert Iger and George Clint.

Compared with the strength of these two films, Mr. and Mrs. Smith is like a tornado, surging when it comes, and lifeless when it goes.

The momentum comes and goes quickly.

The film Mr. and Mrs. Smith itself is not bad, nor is it very good. It has attracted such attention and sensation, and anyone with a discerning eye can see why.

The North American box office of this film broke through 100 million in just one week, and after the Independence Day holiday, the North American box office exceeded 200 million US dollars.

But with Jennifer-Aniston's complete silence, the popularity of the film dropped rapidly, and the screening rate in theaters began to drop sharply.

According to Relativity Entertainment's internal estimates based on market feedback, the North American box office of Mr. and Mrs. Smith will hardly exceed 250 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office is about 500 million U.S. dollars.

Even so, the film was a commercial success.

As the male and female protagonists of the film, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are so popular that even if such a scandal is caused, there is still an endless stream of crews and producers who want to find them to make a film, and they are likely to break through the threshold.

Hollywood is a relatively pure business circle, and the standard for measuring the value of actors has basically nothing to do with morality.

As long as the producer can make a lot of money, let alone cheating, even if she goes to a sow, she can still play the leading role in a big first-line production.

Not to mention anything else, the old cowboy Clint Eastwood, a typical representative of the die-hard right in Hollywood, a Californian who is more like a red-necked Texas, still lives like a fish in water in Hollywood, the largest leftist concentration camp in the United States.

Without him, the films made by Clint Eastwood can always make a lot of money from investors to producers to distribution companies.

With the arrival of a new weekend, Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest also spent its second release weekend in North American theaters.

But ahead of the weekend, the film comfortably surpassed $200 million at the North American box office.

This weekend, North America did not have a film that could compete with Pirates of the Caribbean 2, which also allowed the film to maintain a relatively stable trend and continue to attract money crazily in theaters.

The second weekend's box office of Pirates of the Caribbean 2 dropped by only a little more than 50% compared to the first weekend, and it collected an additional US$75.21 million in North America in the three days of the weekend. $81.2 million.

Only ten days after its release, the North American box office of this film is already close to the total cost line of 300 million US dollars.

At the same time, Pirates of the Caribbean 2 continues to wreak havoc in overseas theaters. From Europe to Latin America, from Asia to Australia, theaters in more than 80 countries and regions around the world have begun to screen this super masterpiece of the year.

The first Pirates of the Caribbean has cultivated many fans for the film, and these have become the basis for the success of the second film.

Even with the success of the first film, Embassy Pictures still spends more than 100 million US dollars on global promotion. The popularity of Pirates of the Caribbean 2 is also a typical example of successful publicity and marketing.

Pirates of the Caribbean 2's overseas total currently stands at $351.27 million.

According to conservative forecasts, the North American box office of this film is expected to be around 480 million US dollars, and the global box office is expected to hit 1.1 billion US dollars.

Even hotter than the film itself is Captain Jack Sparrow.

During the film's overseas promotional tour, in the promotional announcement at Tokyo Station, Johnny Depp was surrounded by crazy island fans and girls in Ginza. Tens of thousands of people were crowded, and he was trapped for three hours before he escaped.

It is said that Johnny Depp was in such a mess that several private parts were pinched and swollen by crazy island girls.

But on the second day, Johnny Depp continued to sign autographs for the crazy island fans despite the blockage of bodyguards.

It is no exaggeration to say that Johnny Depp in front of fans is always the best captain.