Director’s Legend - Chapter 367

“The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire” burned wildly around the world, and the whole November was a hungry world. The three-week champion, the fourth week was “Muppet” to end the consecutive championship, basically locked in this year’s Peak Entertainment’s most popular movie. Coupled with the summer archive of “Twilight: Breaking Dawn (Part 2, two best-selling novels adapted for teenagers have become the top-grossing film of Summit Entertainment.

The envy of Hollywood studios have their eyes straight.

November has passed and December has arrived. The animated film “Cat in Boots” produced by DreamWorks has begun to continue its road to the North American box office championship of Peak Entertainment. It is another full three weeks without any North American movies to stop it. 34.08 million U.S. dollars, 33.04 million U.S. dollars, 24.73 million U.S. dollars, although “Cat in Boots” is not high at the box office, it still won the title.

It was not until the release of “Mission Impossible 4” that the momentum was over.

When January 1, 2012 arrived, all parts of the world began to celebrate New Year’s Day. Shao Shuaijun and Li Xiuxiu also took their son and spent a day on the streets of Santa Monica. Then in the evening, Mitchell Bruce came over to Shao Shuaijun for a drink and brought a report to Li Xiuxiu by the way.

Nominally, Summit Entertainment Group has independent management rights, but it still needs to report to Dream International Holdings Group for everything.

“Shao, in 2011, we are North American champions and world champions again!” Mitchell raised his glass and cheered loudly, “Cheers for money!”

Throughout 2011, the total number of movies released by Summit Entertainment, including all the movies after the acquisition of DreamWorks and Lionsgate, exceeded 100 million US dollars worldwide. Lionsgate has released 11 low-cost movies, and Summit Entertainment has released 6 low-cost movies. Although none of them has a box office of more than US$100 million, they jointly contributed US$150 million in North American box office and US$220 million in total box office.

“Weakness” was released in March, with US$256 million in North America, 6th in the year, US$311 million in the world, and 20th in the year.

“Red Flame Battlefield 2” was released in April, with US$50 million in North America and US$130 million in the world.

“Thor” was released in May, with 180 million dollars in North America, 10th in the year, 450 million dollars in the world, and 13th in the year.

And “Kung Fu Panda 2” produced by DreamWorks, US$165 million in North America, 14th in the year, US$666 million in the world, and 6th in the world.

“Magic Mike” was released in June, US$110 million in North America and US$280 million globally.

“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 2 was released in July, with US$290 million in North America, 4th in the year, US$830 million in the world, and 5th in the year.

“Captain America” ​​was released in August, with US$175 million in North America, 11th in the year, US$361 million in the world, and 15th in the year.

“The Expendables 2” was released in September, with US$85 million in North America and US$330 million in the world, ranking 17th in the year.

“Calling the Soul” was released in October, with US$132 million in North America, 19th in the year, US$316 million in the world, and 18th in the year.

As well as “The Night Watcher: Reflection” directed by Shao Shuaijun, US$270 million in North America, 5th in the year, US$462 million in the world, and 12th in the year.

In November, “The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire” was released, with 410 million US dollars in North America, the first in the year, 850 million US dollars in the world, and the fourth in the year.

In December, “Cat in Boots” produced by DreamWorks was released. As of January 1, 2012, it was 130 million US dollars in North America, 20th in the year, 480 million US dollars in the world, and 11th in the year.

North America was 2.43 billion U.S. dollars, surpassing second-place Paramount’s 1.735 billion U.S. dollars, and became the top North American box office champion. What’s even more amazing is that it acquired DreamWorks and Lionsgate. This year, Summit Entertainment in North America received an unprecedented $2.43 billion, which raised the record of $1.789 billion in film history set by Summit Entertainment last year by nearly $700 million.

The world’s 5.686 billion US dollars, also surpassed the 5.027 billion US dollars of Peak Entertainment last year, and reached the top of the world championship. It was originally predicted by Summit Entertainment that the annual gross box office would be around 4 billion yuan. However, the plan could not keep up with the changes. Two large-scale acquisitions secured the title of the championship.

With last year’s box office summary table and future film schedule, from the perspective of the schedule, Summit Entertainment’s plan has been scheduled for 2017.

In January 2012, outsourcing films and low-cost production films such as “The Man on the Window Sill” and “Good Thing”, which were featured by Lionsgate Entertainment, were released. In February, Lionsgate Entertainment’s “Number One Enemy”, “Missing”, “Cold Days” and other outsourcing films and low-cost production films were the main product of Lionsgate Entertainment.

The “New Punisher” produced by Marvel Comics Film Studio will be released in March. This is an adaptation of the Punisher superhero in Marvel Comics. It is a supernumerary film belonging to the Marvel Cinematic Universe Trio, an independent film, and all movies have the same The world view, but there is no intersection. At the same time, Lionsgate Entertainment’s horror film “House in the Woods” was shown.

“Teddy Bear 2” produced by Summit Entertainment and the small-cost “Pregnancy Guide” produced by Lionsgate Entertainment will be released in April.

In May, “Avengers” produced by Marvel Comics Studio, Shao Shuaijun’s “Avengers” and a small cost “Security” produced by Lionsgate Entertainment were released.

In June, “Madagascar 3: European Wanted Criminals” produced by DreamWorks and the small-cost “Marriage Counselor” produced by Lionsgate Entertainment were released.

“The Amazing Spider-Man” produced by Marvel Comics Studio will be released in July. This superhero movie will join the second ensemble of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Trio. It will also screen Lionsgate Entertainment’s major production “New Special Police Judge”. The film is adapted from the best-selling British comic “Special Police Judge”. In 1995, Stallone starred in an old version of the movie. This time it was filmed in 3D format. This is in Lionsgate. The industry was planned before the acquisition.

“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” produced by Summit Entertainment was released in August, which is the sequel of “Rise of the Apes”.

“The Expendables 3” produced by Summit Entertainment was released in September.

In October, “007: The Crisis of the Skybreaker” produced by Summit Entertainment and United American Film Company (under MGM) was released. This film is a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the 007 series, and it is also the first 007 film with copyright on Summit Entertainment. .

In November, “The Rise of the Guardians” produced by DreamWorks and “The Hunger Games 3: Mockingjay (Part 1 produced by Summit Entertainment were released.

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” produced by Summit Entertainment was released in December. This is the first part of the Hobbit trilogy directed by Peter Jackson.

In 2012, it was basically a major production by Summit Entertainment, whether it was Marvel Comics Studio or DreamWorks Film Company, it was released by Summit Entertainment. Lionsgate Entertainment still follows the old routine, choosing small costs and heavy tastes, and releases it separately under the name of Lionsgate.

The schedule for 2013 is also full, and the scripts are all finalized, and only the director is left to shoot and produce.

In January, Lionsgate Entertainment’s highlight “Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D” and “Red Flame Battlefield 3” were released. Released in February, “New Soul Chariot” is also a supernumerary film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Trio. “Crazy Primitives” produced by DreamWorks was released in March, “Magic Mike 2” was released in April, and “Iron Man 3” was released in May.

In June, the book “Now You See Me” written by Louis Leinard will be released, directed by Louis and supervised by Shao Shuaijun.

“Snail Speed” produced by DreamWorks was released in July, “Detective Sherlock Holmes 3: Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes” was released in August, and “The Fantastic Drifting of the Youth Pie” was released in September, directed by Li Yu and produced by Shao Shuaijun, and “Hunger” was released in October. Game 3: Mockingjay (Part 2), the second Hobbit “The Hobbit: The Fall of Smaug” was released in November, and Thor 2: The Dark World was released in December.

The schedule is basically full for 2014. Lionsgate’s main show “I, Frankenstein” was released in January, “Soul of Souls 2” was released in February, and “Glasses Dogs and Glasses Boys” produced by DreamWorks was released in March. , “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” was released in April, “Dancing My Life 5” was released in May, “Dancing My Life 5” was released in May, “How to Train Your Dragon 2” produced by DreamWorks was released in June, and “The Hobbit: The Hobbit:” was released in July. “The Battle of the Five Armies”, the Marvel movie “Guardians of the Galaxy” was released in August, and “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” was released in September.

“The new version of Daredevil” was released in December, which is the second part of the Marvel movie trio to join the new film.

Several films have also been finalized in 2015, including “Penguins of Madagascar” produced by DreamWorks in March, “Avengers: Age of Ultron” in May, “Antman” in July, and production of DreamWorks in October “Kung Fu Panda 3”, released in November “The New Fantastic Four”, this is the third of the Marvel movie trio to join the new film, because 20th Century Fox has determined not to start new film shooting, the copyright will automatically return to Marvel in 2012. Marvel Studios has planned this movie.

Lucasfilm’s major production “Star Wars 7” was released in December. This is the first work of the new trilogy in the Star Wars series. The script and director have not yet been determined, but the schedule has been determined.

It may be planned in 2016 that “The Wasp” will be released in May. This is the third ensemble of the Marvel movie trio to join the new film. The Wasp is the veteran of the Avengers in the comics. “The Amazing Spider-Man 3” was released in June.

“Ms. Marvel” was released in November. It is also the third ensemble of the Marvel movie trio to join the new film. This movie is just a plan and has not yet decided whether to shoot or not, because Ms. Marvel is the person who contacted the Avengers and the X-Men. If that At that time, the X-Men copyright was taken back, and it planned to start filming “Ms. Marvel”. If 20th Century Fox does not return it, it will be postponed.

“Star Wars 8” was finalized in 2017, and “Star Wars 9” was finalized in 2019.

This is the complete plan of Summit Entertainment in the next few years. Some series of works, because they don’t know the box office of the next movie, there is no sequel arrangement. Another thing worth mentioning is that although the “Twilight” series has ended after five movies, but Mel Stephanie has written the fifth novel, and there will be a sixth movie “Twilight”. City: Midnight Sun.

However, because the manuscript was uploaded to the Internet without permission, it was exposed, and Mel Niu got angry and announced that he would no longer write it. After fans persuaded, Mel decided that if no news of “Midnight Sun” was heard within two years, she would continue to write and publish it. If she hears it, she will give up the novel.

Although it is trivial, Mel is rich now and no one can do anything about her, so “The Twilight Saga: Midnight Sun” is temporarily not included in the plan.

In short, in the next few years, Summit Entertainment will be in a blowout period with countless good movies. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)