Heads Up Hollywood

In late August, the summer vacation has come to an end.

Several blockbuster hits are starting to turn cold.

The North American box office of "Spider-Man 2" has reached 560 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office totaled 1.29 billion U.S. dollars. The box office performance is even better than that of "Spider-Man 1" directed by Dunn Walker.

The ability of the great British director Ridley Scott has been further recognized.

But at present, "Spider-Man 2" has lost the room for further growth of the box office. There are only 32 theaters in North America still showing, and the weekly box office is less than 100,000 US dollars; the overseas market is no longer active, and the weekly box office has also dropped to 400,000. USD or less.

According to rumors, "Spider-Man 2" will be officially released before August 31.

Then on September 1st, the videotape and disc will be released.

"Spider-Man 1" in the past two years, the global sales of videotapes and DVDs reached 680 million US dollars! This market alone has brought Tang En Pictures a net income of more than 300 million US dollars.

After "Spider-Man 2" is released in theaters, there is still a huge market waiting to be developed!

Many people think that movie fans will not buy DVDs after watching the movie in the cinema.

On the contrary, generally speaking, the main force of buying DVDs is those fanatical fans who have watched "Spider-Man 2" one or more times in the cinema.

Never underestimate the IQ of Hollywood.

Movie people have already figured out the minds of movie fans.

The DVD version often has some discrepancies with the theatrical version, adding some deleted scenes in the theater, as well as some behind-the-scenes highlights and other bonus content.

For example, in "Spider-Man 1", the standard DVD has 5 minutes of scenes and 10 minutes of extras, and the deluxe DVD has 10 minutes of extra scenes and 20 minutes of behind-the-scenes extras.

These elements are the biggest guarantee to attract movie fans to buy DVDs.

The most worth mentioning is "Basic Instinct". This kind of large-scale film, the sales of video tapes and DVDs are even better.

There are a lot of shots, which are not easy to show in the cinema, but on the DVD... everything.

Sharon Stone, the leading actress of "Basic Instinct", denounced the luxury DVDs released on the market, which exposed her privacy to nothing.

The DVD release of "Spider-Man 2" will still adopt the same model as "Spider-Man 1", with a slight increase in price, $15.99 for the regular version of the DVD and $36.99 for the deluxe version of the DVD.

There is only one version of the videotape, priced at $59.99.

"Spider-Man 2" is about to be released, with a global box office of 1.29 billion US dollars, which is blinding.

Under this brilliant light, Tang En Pictures' other two commercial blockbusters with excellent box office this summer are relatively bleak.

Seven weeks after its release, "Pirate League: The Curse of the Black Pearl" had a North American box office of $280 million, an overseas box office of $310 million, and a total box office of $590 million.

And the global box office of "Star Wars Episode 2: The Menace of the Clones" is the same!

"Signs" starring Mel Gibson, three weeks after its release, the North American box office also exceeded 200 million U.S. dollars, and the overseas box office was 130 million U.S. dollars. According to this trend, the global box office is expected to be between 380 million and 420 million U.S. dollars, and it can successfully pass the box office market to pay back.

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In September, "The Viceroy" was released; in October, "The Hours"; in November, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"; in December, "Gone Girl" and "Chicago."

This year, Tang En Pictures and its studios have released a total of 10 films, all of which have received high attention from entertainment news without exception.

Even a low-budget B-level horror film like "Saw 2" has had a wave of craze.

The upcoming "New York Times" in September, directed by the great director Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo Ricaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Cameron Diaz, can be described as starlight Yiyi.

However, in late August, the entire North American entertainment sector did not pay as much attention to this film as expected.

Because, there is more important news!

On August 18, Fox News reported: "Since last summer, there have been rumors in Hollywood that 'Twain Pictures is going to take over Universal'. Tang En Pictures is finally in the middle of a debt crisis! It is expected that Tang En Pictures and Vivendi will reach an agreement within a month, and the transaction volume... may even reach 17 billion US dollars."

On August 19, "New York Times" Entertainment Edition: "Vivendi owns many valuable companies. After the acquisition, Vivendi may only have Canal +, Gaumont Films and other French entertainment assets. The assets in the United States, Metropolis, were sold to Dunn Films. It is worth mentioning that Vivendi's entertainment department has a total debt of 10.2 billion US dollars, and Vivendi is expected to pass this transaction, and this debt will be resolved together."

On August 19, CNN News reported: "It is reported that Tang En Pictures will pay no less than 15 billion U.S. dollars to win the acquisitions including Universal Pictures, Universal Music, Blizzard Studios, Sierra Studios, and Houghton Mifflin. Publishing House, USA Television Network and other related assets. Especially Universal Pictures, which owns well-known works such as "Jurassic Park", "E.T.", "King Kong" and "Schindler's List."

On August 22, the "Hollywood Reporter" interviewed Bill McNick, the president of Dunn Films. He said: "Down Pictures and Universal Pictures have an unparalleled business combination, which enables us to create more attractive high-quality content. Expand international exposure. It’s a win-win deal and we’ll see results soon.”

On August 23, the headline on the front page of the "Los Angeles Times" printed a shiny headline in bold and bold: "Deal Closed!" $16.2 billion! Tang En Pictures successfully won Universal Pictures and other related assets. "

However, on the same day, CNBC gave a different answer: "According to two insiders, the deal between Tang En Pictures and Vivendi is still in the negotiation stage. Tang En Pictures has already given the latest quotation, asking for the purchase price , lowered to below $16 billion, and promote further cooperation between the USA TV network and the Canal+ TV network.”

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Vigorous news reports quickly spread from the entertainment edition to the business edition.

Tang En Pictures' acquisition of Vivendi's entertainment assets has become the most topical news in the United States at the moment!

Last year, the American media once shouted "America beware! Europe is coming! ", expressing the worry and nervousness about Messier's entry into the US media industry, "Be wary of this wolf from Europe", "European companies have returned to the playing field", "Vivendi has been tied with Time Warner and News Corporation" .

Fortunately, only a year has passed.

Tang En is about to represent the United States and buy back the "national industry" of the United States.

Whether it is Universal Pictures, Universal Records, or Mifflin Publishing House, they are all brands with a long history in the United States. They are owned by foreigners, not to mention cultural differences, which makes them feel uncomfortable.

On August 26, Dunn made separate phone calls to Vivendi's chairman of the board, Gene Fortour, and CEO Jean Levy.

On August 27th, Tang En took a special plane again and flew to Paris...