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.The British media may publicize MGM's disappointment in recent years in order to highlight the influence of "Royal Sex", but in the United States on the other side of the Atlantic, "Bad Teacher", "High School Musical" and "Magic Mike" have been launched one after another. MGM, which has won 1 billion box office, gives the impression that it is no longer the decaying movie kingdom. network

The Hollywood Reporter's coverage of "Royal Sex" may be quite representative, and it also reflects the differences between the two sides of the Atlantic.

"James Bond is here again! "Royal Sex" was released in the United States, the United Kingdom, Taiwan and other places on the 17th. On the first day in the United States, it won 14.8 million box office with 3,400 screens, and its performance was mediocre. In the United Kingdom, "Royal Sex" " won a new first-day box office record. This classic series belonging to MGM may be the most iconic legacy left by the old MGM era. However, even so, Daniel Craig was chosen to play the role. The new Bond also seems to be different from the previous 007 agents. The unprecedented success of MGM this summer means that the new MGM under Daniel **** will glow with the colors that belong to this era. Instead of just relying on the glory of the past, "007" is still popular, but MGM's popular works are no longer only "007"!"

When many media reported on "Royal Sex", they did not forget the new work released by dd Pictures - "Invincible". Although both parties belong to the works invested by Daniel, they do not belong to the same company brand - MGM and DD Pictures still can't see the difference, which seems to make many people worry about Daniel.

"Maybe Daniel should learn some lessons from Miramax. There will always be times when the headquarters and its subsidiaries are difficult to get along with, especially DD Pictures is far less well-known than MGM, although in recent years, DD Pictures' performance has been better than that of MGM. GM is much better, but whether it is the employees of dd and MGM, or others from the outside world, it does not take dd to take it for granted that MGM can suppress MGM, so with the success of MGM, The conflict between dd's headquarters and MGM has the potential to repeat the problem between Disney and Miramax."

-- "Chicago Sun-Times."

But not everyone agrees with the "Sun-Times" view, the "Washington Post" put forward a completely different view.

"Dd and MGM, Disney and Miramax, do they have anything in common? Of course, they're under the same boss, but they make and distribute films independently. So what's the difference? Yes, it matters. The difference is that the core of Miramax is not from Disney Pictures, nor from the Disney Group, but from the Weinstein Brothers, so there will be irreconcilable contradictions between the headquarters and Miramax, and eventually we have to Go to one of them to coordinate the relationship between the two sides. But this is not the case with dd Pictures and MGM, they have a common core figure - Daniel Sandler.

We can know that whether it is "High School Musical" and "Magic Mike", MGM's popular films today, or the Bond candidates for the new "007", or even the literary film "Black Swan" launched early next year, all come from Daniel. Sandler's Will. He single-handedly propelled MGM to a new life and shaped MGM's new direction. As for dd film, even if Daniel is avoiding the role of replacement, everyone knows. The most useful thing for dd film to talk about is Daniel Sandler.

No matter in terms of capital, leadership, or core competitiveness, Daniel is enough to exercise full control over DD Films and MGM - this is enough to avoid internal friction between the two sides.

Considering Daniel's investment strategy in companies such as mb, f2f, Huffington Post, utub, etc. He should be inclined to run the companies independently, rather than form an interest group - that would damage the innovation of each company and the leadership's ability to unite the company's combat effectiveness.

At least for now. This strategy has not yet presented a problem. So we have no reason to suspect that dd and MGM will repeat the mistakes of Disney. "

Following the summer season, dd Pictures and MGM will successively launch three works, "007: Battle Royale", "Forever" and "Chainsaw 3" during the Thanksgiving period. "Forever" is only better than "Royal" **" one day later, and "Chainsaw 3" will only be launched on the 27th, 10 days later.

This schedule is somewhat confusing-there are only so many schedules in Hollywood, and dozens of films are released every year by major studios, and the possibility of appearing to beat themselves is very high. However, it is usually impossible to launch key films in a short period of time. On the one hand, it is the pressure of publicity and distribution, and it is difficult to complete the release of multiple blockbusters on the premise of satisfying the effect. The upper limit is predictable. Competing with other companies, winning or losing is a result that must be accepted. But in competition with your own film, whether you win or lose, you are the loser.

But for DD and MGM, "Royal Sex" is a blockbuster for granted - so far, in addition to the "Transformers" live-action movie being filmed, and "Pirates of the Caribbean", which only has one-third of the investment rights, Daniel I have never invested in a work with a higher cost than "Royal **". However, "Forever" is a blockbuster for the Olympics, and Daniel's hits for the Olympics have never been low at the box office. Even the lowest "The Pianist" has won more than 100 million at the global box office, so it should also be a key project. As for "Chainsaw", the horror series first developed by DD Pictures, the first two films have won more than 100 million box office for DD in North America, and the profit margin is very high.

Now, Daniel has put them all on the Thanksgiving schedule, which is not particularly popular, and the biggest possibility is that they have been squeezed a little.

The fixed schedule is not a matter of randomness~www.novelmt.com~ The film industry has sprung up, and it is normal to receive a little conspiracy.

In fact, it's true, it's not that Daniel's intention is to squeeze all his films together - it's just that after some adjustments, they won't affect each other too much.

"Invincible" was released on the 18th, only 2,900 screens were opened, and the single-day box office was only 8.95 million-this was still Saturday's result, and countless people were shocked.

Fox's Bill is one of them - their "Borat" is in theaters, so pay more attention to this wave of Daniel's moves.

After getting the data from the female secretary, Bill's first reaction was, is there a missing 1 in front? Should be 18.95 million?

He soon came to a firm conclusion.

8.95 million!

Daniel's new film for the Olympics, only 8.95 million on the first day of Saturday!

"The miracle is over!" (To be continued.).

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