Hollywood Hunter - Chapter 1543: : There are big benefits

After the US version of “Girls’ High School Ghost Story” hit the front station on October 22, October 29, a new week, the Halloween schedule officially opened. Daenerys Entertainment launched the first part of the latest branch series of the ghost movie universe, “Ghost Nun” .

Although it belongs to the Psychic Movie Universe series, as the first part, the production cost of “Ghost Sister” is still not high, and it still maintains a production level of 15 million US dollars. However, in order to promote this branch series, the New World Pictures team developed a project for the project. The publicity budget also reached 15 million U.S. dollars, which was the same as the cost.

The number of screens in the film is 3137, with the highest Halloween schedule.

Compared with the core “Call of Souls” and the other two branches, after the early premiere of “Ghost Sister”, word-of-mouth is a bit unsatisfactory, with a comprehensive media score of only 7.1, so people are a little worried about the film’s market performance. .

Fortunately, the reputation of the three consecutive series of soul-calling movies in the universe is still strong, and, with a score of 7.1, it is not a bad review after all. Daenerys felt relieved by the film’s market performance from the first day of its release.

After the lively Halloween, the first weekend ended. From October 28th to October 31st, “Ghost Sister” opened for three days with a box office of 37.19 million U.S. dollars, which is quite outstanding. Afterwards, for a full week, the total box office of this Halloween-themed horror film reached 56.35 million, which was another dazzling performance that entered the profit cycle in the first week.

In addition to the popular “Ghost Sister”, the market performance of the US version of “Girl’s High Story” the next week after its release was as expected. The box office fell 41% in the second week and continued to receive 16.15 million U.S. dollars. The cumulative box office therefore reached 43.36 million U.S. dollars.

The total investment of production and announcement is only 15 million US dollars, and the box office for two weeks is 43.36 million US dollars. Taking into account the overseas and follow-up, the income of the US version of “Girl’s High Story” to Daenerys Entertainment is second only to the soul-calling in the same period of this Halloween. The new movie “Ghost Sister” in the movie universe is enviable.

In contrast, among the new films released on October 29 for Halloween in 1999, only the crime thriller “Fatal Encounters” produced by MGM could slightly keep up with Daenerys’s pace. The film was released in Hollywood in recent years. Also well-developed Australian actor Russell Crowe and tall beauty Uma Thurman starred, as well as veteran actor Ed Harris partner, the production cost of 35 million US dollars, the announcement of 10 million US dollars, the first week of the box office 37.76 million US dollars.

It is estimated that the gross domestic box office of 70 million to 90 million US dollars will enable MGM to recover its costs only by relying on the local market, and overseas issuance will begin to make a profit.

Besides other things, Warner launched a sci-fi thriller this Halloween, inviting Matt Damon and Sean Penn, as well as Hollywood beauty Jennifer Connelly, named “AI Crisis”, about the male role played by Madam. The protagonist stops the artificial intelligence with autonomous intelligence from trying to destroy mankind.

Perhaps saving the world violated Madara’s destiny. After all, Comrade Damon has always been saved by others. Therefore, at a cost of 55 million US dollars, the box office of “AI Crisis” was only 17.96 million US dollars in the first week and ended in a loss.

As for the other companies, the market performance of new films is even more bleak, so there is no need to go into details.

Time entered November of 1999.

These days, Simon pays more attention to two important things.

The first is the official Ukrainian presidential election, which is the first presidential election since Ukraine promulgated the constitution in 1996.

Compared with the various undercurrents in Russia for next year’s presidency, it is a small country after all, and Ukraine’s presidential election will be relatively peaceful.

Unlike the United States, Ukraine’s general election is based on universal suffrage, and votes are counted uniformly. If no candidate obtains an absolute majority of more than 50% of the votes in the first round of elections, the top two with the most votes will go to the second election.

After the polling day on October 31, the results showed that the current President Leon Kuchma received 36% of the votes, the second-placed Uzbek Communist Party representative Petro Simonenko received 22% of the votes, and no one won. An absolute majority, so it went to the second game smoothly.

However, with the first round of election leading the two candidates’ votes, there will be no surprises in the second round of results.

In the Westeros system, the Ukrainian Progressive Alliance Party formed by the Rivno Gang is a firm supporter of the current president Leon Kuchma in this presidential election.

At the moment, the ending is basically determined, and then some strategies will need to be adjusted.

After being re-elected, according to some memories of Simon, Kuchma started his preparations for the third term at the beginning of his second term.

Simon would never allow this to happen.

After all, just like later Russia or neighboring Belarus, a president who has been in power for too long and deeply rooted, the political situation of this country will also tend to stabilize.

The other two do not say, but Ukraine and Simon will not allow this country to be too stable, otherwise, how easily the Westeros system can penetrate and eventually control it completely.

Simon’s plan, the next one, will be the former US spokesperson Yushchenko. Depending on the situation, let the other party serve one or two terms. The Rivno gang will continue to stand behind the scenes. Starting from the moment, there will be another 10 to 15 years to deal with. Ukraine started operations, and then, when Yushchenko’s term of office ended, the Rivno gang came to the stage.

Of course, this is just an ideal goal.

If the outcome is not ideal, for example, the worst, even if the entire Rivne region is reduced to ruins in the unpredictable war, Simon is not unacceptable, after all, there is nothing to do with the foundation of the Westeros system.

Another thing is that on November 3, Pfizer’s acquisition of Warner Lambert, another major pharmaceutical company in the United States, participated by Cersei Capital’s Apollo Management Company, was officially launched. The top executives of both parties launched the first on this day. A private acquisition negotiation.

The United States is not a country with universal health insurance, but the expenditure on health care in the national budget has reached an outrageous level.

In 1999, the total budget of the United States was 1.7 trillion U.S. dollars, of which military expenditure was 270 billion U.S. dollars, but health care expenditures were as high as 330 billion U.S. dollars, which is equivalent to the current U.S. population of 280 million, and the per capita expenditure is close to 1,200 U.S. dollars.

For comparison, let’s say that China’s per capita annual income in 1999 is estimated to be only US$870.

Some people may think that such a high level of investment just proves that the US government cares about the health and well-being of the people.

Standing in the present position, Simon agreed with a million.

Then, as a super-capitalist, the Westeros system will spare no effort to enter the medical field of the United States.

There are big interests in it.

The Westeros system has quietly absorbed about 10% of Pfizer’s shares in the past few years. For Pfizer, which is already a publicly held company, it is already the largest shareholder. In addition, Westeros’ shareholding in Warner Lambert has also reached 7%. With the continuous exit of the Mellon family before, it is also the single shareholder with the largest shareholding.

Therefore, it is obvious that the merger of the two companies is actually a merger of their own.

After the merger is completed, the new Pfizer will become the world’s largest pharmaceutical group.

In the Westeros system, although it is far from absolute shareholding, as the largest shareholder, coupled with the holdings of subsidiary capital such as Black Rock Asset Management, took the opportunity to insert the new company’s board of directors and management. My own person, the Westeros system is basically the actual controller of this super pharmaceutical giant.

New York.

Time comes to Friday, November 5th.

In China, the painting of “Mount Everest” was opened today. Chen Qing also specifically mentioned in her email that there was a grand premiere a week in advance. The scene was very lively, and it is expected that the box office will not be too bad.

I also talked about the project to explore the Yarlung Zangbo River Grand Canyon which was derived from this.

Simon also remembered that he had seen news about the longest and deepest canyon in the world in the past two years. It happened to be a sequel to “Mount Everest”. It was very good, so he directly agreed to let himself and Dannily over there. Wire contact.

As for excluding China Film and CCTV this time, but cooperating with Jiangsu, Simon did not say anything.

Those two families will definitely try their best to win in. After all, it’s easy to see. If your son doesn’t mix well, and the one who has been adopted is overtaken, he ran to file a lawsuit with his father and mother. Who would be unlucky?

Therefore, it must be offered.

Just like the big projects discussed last time, not only “My Motherland and Me”, some other films will also actively attract the participation of China Film. This can not only share financial risks, but also reduce other risks. In short, in China’s film and television industry, don’t put making money too much, but be more able to be a human being in order to last longer.

Simon flew to the East Coast yesterday, and his main work in the morning was to discuss Pfizer’s acquisition of Warner Lambert with the Apollo management team. James Leibald, who is in charge of Westeros, also participated.

For the Westeros system, the real goal of this acquisition is to achieve the greatest degree of control over the new company in the future.

After all, after the merger of the new company, the management must be adjusted.

Westeros Company, Cersei Capital, plus Goldman Sachs, First Boston and other companies that have good relations with this side, of course, are headed by this side. At that time, you can easily achieve a cage change.

It is the same reason. For a publicly held company with extremely dispersed equity, controlling the company’s board of directors and management is equivalent to controlling the company.

Simon set a goal very early to control the major American corporate giants as much as possible one by one through a similar model.

Controlling as many corporate giants as possible in the United States and the world is equivalent to controlling the global economy, and going further is equivalent to controlling the world.

A big goal, but in fact, it is not as difficult as imagined.

Just like in ancient China, after a founding monarch had accumulated enough strength, he mastered the general trend, defeated all his opponents and controlled a country, and even established a new empire. It only took a few years to a dozen years.