Simon returned to Los Angeles and started working hard again. During this period, one of the most popular things in Hollywood is undoubtedly the resurgence of the Star Wars series.

In order to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of the Star Wars series and also to warm up for the upcoming Star Wars prequel series, on January 30, "Star Wars: The Ghost Threat" reopened in North America with a screen size of 2,104. The Star Wars series' status in the United States is like China's "Journey to the West", and this re-screening can be described as "one call and one hundred responses".

From January 31 to February 6, the first week of re-screening seven days, Star Wars: The Ghost Threat easily won $45.49 million in box office. The unpopular end-of-January schedule was no less than a bombshell in a popular schedule, which shows the strong appeal of Star Wars IP.

Affected by the re-release of the Star Wars series, a series of old films that were released at the end of last year, except for "The Mind Catcher" and "The British Patient", which still has the finale.

In the same week, "Charlie's Angels", which ranked second in the box office in the same week, fell from $12.49 million last week to within the range of tens of millions, earning 7.11 million US dollars, and a total box office of 232.81 million in seven weeks.

The third place is "The Mind Catcher".

From the preview, in the 9th week of the painting, "The Spirit Catcher" continued to earn US$6.69 million with a single-week decline of 25%, with a cumulative box office of US$133.78 million.

It seems that "Charlie's Angels" is still higher in a single week than "The Spirit Catcher", but paying attention to the decline, it is not difficult to find that "Charlie's Angels" fell 43% in the seventh week under the impact of "Star Wars: The Ghost Threat", while "Charlie's Angels" fell only 25%, and the trend is much more stable than "Charlie's Angels", and it is no problem to hold on to the Oscars.

The Game of the Brave, which ranked fourth and fifth, is almost tied with "The Patient in the UK", earning $5.03 million and $5.01 million respectively. However, the status of the two films is similar to "Charlie's Angels" and "The Mind Catcher".

"The Brave's Game" released in the 8th week has a weekly decline of 39%, with a cumulative box office of US$194.09 million.

The same week 8 "The Patient" earned $5.01 million in the same period with a 19% drop in the same period, with a cumulative box office of $36.37 million.

In addition to the top five, "Wonder Woman 2" released last year was completely finished.

In the 11th week of the release, "Wonder Woman 2" gradually reduced to 565 screen screens, earning another $1.63 million, with a cumulative box office of $415.09 million. As Daenerys Entertainment further reduced the "Wonder Woman 2" canvas in order to launch a new film on February 7, the subsequent box office of the film will shrink again, and it is expected to earn up to $2 million in the future, and the total local box office will remain around $417 million.

After the first week of Star Wars re-released, Daenerys Entertainment also began to focus on the film business in 1996.

On February 7, a new box office week, the well-received "Two Big Blows" and "Follow" were released at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

Or do you start painting simultaneously in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Simon initially hoped that the British box office results far exceeded those of North America, and another more phenomenal movie "The Six Heroes of Light Pigs" were first released in the UK, and then transferred to North America. However, when he saw the company's promotion and promotion team proposed a package marketing plan for British films in February, Simon decisively approved this new strategy.

The main reason is that this strategy does not include the once phenomenal film "The Six Heroes of Light Pigs". As for "Two Smoke Bowls", the British box office in memory was 28 million pounds. The success is undoubtedly, but it is far less than the 160 million pounds of "The Six Heroes of Light Pigs", which broke the British historical box office record. Therefore, even if there are some deviations, it has nothing to do with the overall situation.

In addition, this package release strategy is not just "Two Big Blows" and "Following". "BJ Single Diary", which will be painted on Valentine's Day schedule on February 14, is the top priority.

Although the heroine of the new version of "BJ Single Diary" which was a few years ahead of schedule is Julia Roberts, a typical American big girl, the film is from behind the scenes to the story content from the UK, and it is not too inconsistent to say that it is a British movie.

Let’s talk about “Two Big Smoke Bowls” and “Following”.

Continuing the excellent reputation at the Sundance Film Festival, these two low-cost dramas that were first drawn were widely recognized in the mass media of Britain and the United States. Moreover, according to Simon's proposal, not only Nolan's "Following" and Guy Ritchie's "Two Big Bowls" were also labeled as "brain-burning". After all, the narrative technique of this film's multi-line progress is far more complex than other similar projects in recent years, and it is indeed brain-burning.

The popular media praise and the curiosity of the audience caused by the brain-burning labels, the two films successfully grabbed a lot of public attention in the face of the re-reflection Star Wars that sells feelings.

In the first week of the opening of the painting from February 7 to February 13, "Star Wars: The Threat of the Ghost" was still under the re-screening of $26.35 million in the second week. "Two Big Smoke Bowls" and "Follow" opened the painting screen with a comparable scale of 763 and 712 yuan, and successfully won $5.41 million and $4.65 million in box office.

The two box office data seems to be small, but in just one week, the box office revenue of the two open paintings directly exceeded their production costs.

Not only that, the calculation halls all have a total of $7,092, and the "Following" also has a high of $6,530. In the cold February period, there were less than 1,000 screens. Such halls can be considered a big hit. At the same time, the two films also followed "Star Wars: The Ghost Threat", "The Mind Catcher" and "Charlie's Angels", and squeezed into the top five of the weekly box office lists, ranking fourth and fifth respectively.

Subsequently, during the premiere of "BJ Single Diary" at the Hollywood China Grand Theater on February 12, the main creators of the two films, "Two Big Smoke Bowls" and "Follow" attended the event together. With the help of Daenerys Entertainment, the three films were officially tied up, which made the popularity of the two films after a good start again.

With its popularity at this time and a market with a lack of rivals recently, it is expected that the two films can be easily screened until Easter at the end of March. It is easy for North American box office to reach the expected range of 20 million to 30 million US dollars by Daenerys Entertainment, and it is not impossible to even break through 30 million.

Considering that both films are only a low investment of $20 million, the box office returns of only 10 times higher than those of local North Americans, plus the income from overseas Shanghai, the profit level of the two projects is no less than that of some bombshells with mediocre market performance.

February 14, Valentine's Day.

As the first main feature of Daenerys Entertainment in 1996, "BJ Single Diary" opened on a large scale with 2,513 screens in North America.

The same praise.

After the word-of-mouth ban was lifted on the second day of the premiere, the film's comprehensive media score quickly reached an excellent score of 8.3.

Variety Magazine Review "BJ Single Diary" is another romance film that is both smart, alternative and delicate after "When Harry Meets Sally" and "Four Weddings and One Funeral".

Julia Roberts' performance that took the initiative to gain 30 pounds and was called a "self-destructive image" also gained recognition from the media.

The New York Times commented that after Julia gained weight, she not only did not hide the charm of the actress, but instead made her even more charming. The famous film critic Roger Albert also praised Julia's double breakthrough in image and acting skills in the Chicago Sun.

Although the Valentine's Day period also featured "Vegas Holiday" starring Warner's veteran comedy star Cheve Chess and Paramount's "Friends" starring Matthew Perry and Mexican actress Salma Hayek's romance film "Silly Love Comes True" starring Salma Hayek, the romance of the re-released "Star Wars: The Threat of the Ghost" was covered up, and the attention of the other two new films is even more uncommon.

On the other hand, after the re-release of Star Wars and the packaging marketing strategy of Daenerys Entertainment re-stimulated the market, the industry generally predicted that in the Valentine's Day box office week that happened to start on February 14, the total box office in North America will once again reach the 100 million yuan mark, and most of the shares will be divided into the most popular films.

The facts that followed proved so.

Even though the former glory has been captured by the rapidly rising bombshell movie in recent years, Julia Roberts' box office appeal has not faded much. Coupled with an excellent story, the market potential of this Hollywood actress who is not as sweet as American sweetheart is more popular in the United States has been stimulated again.

In just the first weekend, "BJ Single Diary" successfully won a box office of US$26.29 million, easily reaching the sales level of the museum exceeding 10,000 in three days.

Immediately afterwards, from February 14 to February 20, the first week of "BJ Single Diary" finally reached $37.62 million, and the seven-day hall was close to $15,000. For this film, which also took the initiative to make a stable and long-term trend before the Easter schedule, this is a very outstanding opening achievement.

The second-ranked "Star Wars: The Ghost Threat" originally expected that it would even have a counter-slump this week. It was impacted by several new films such as "BJ Single Diary", and the counter-slump was not only not realized, but the single-week box office fell by 22%, earning $20.61 million.

"Vegas Holiday" produced by Warner Bros. ranked third, but the box office in the first week was the next level, earning only $11.76 million. The screen was opened at 2,054 yuan, which is equivalent to barely exceeding $5,000 in the museum. It can be imagined that after the Valentine's Day box office week, the movie will be eliminated quickly.

The fourth place Paramount's "Silly Love Comes True" is almost the same situation, with 1,674 yuan on the screen, and only earned $9.13 million in the first week.

Under the impact of three new films, Guy Ritchie's "Two Big Smoke Bowls" successfully held fifth place.

In the second week of release, due to the success of the first week, Daenerys Entertainment increased the number of screens of "Two Big Bowls" and "Following" to more than 1,000 yuan. In addition, the popular schedule of Valentine's Day, "Two Big Bowls" fell by 1,076 yuan in the next week, with a reverse drop of US$7.53 million, and the box office declined by as high as 39%.

Although Nolan's "Following" was squeezed out of the top five, it successfully maintained the sixth place on the list with the increase of 1,029 screen size, earning $6.21 million, and also achieved a 33% counter-slump.

Although this week is quite special, with such performance, Daenerys Entertainment raised the local box office expectations of "Two Smoke Bowls" and "Follow" to more than $30 million at the same time.

As for the total box office of "Two Big Bowls" is definitely higher than "Following", no surprise to all parties. After all, "Following" is really brain-burning, and you may not be able to understand it if you don't watch the movie carefully, and it lacks some fun. "Two Big Bowls" has stronger storyliness and fun. Even if the audience can't figure out all the clues, it's just a wonderful performance of a group of weirdos, and can get a very rich viewing experience.

Returning from China, it was Valentine's Day on February 14 and Simon's 29th birthday on February 22. Simon stayed in Los Angeles for two consecutive weeks.

Until February 24.

The end of the month.

At the same time, it was the beginning of a new week. Simon finally left Los Angeles again and set off to the East Coast.

Previous Friday, the day before Simon's birthday, continued to persist for more than half a month. Facing the Nasdaq Index, which had a rise of more than 5% in three weeks, further hitting the 6,700-point high, Tiger Fund, which had an overall loss of nearly 80%, officially announced the liquidation. More than three months ago, the Tiger Fund, which reached US$12 billion, cleared all its short positions, leaving only US$2.8 billion.

After publishing a public apology letter to investors, Tiger Fund founder Julian Robertson said that he would complete the redemption of the last remaining funds and would close the Tiger Fund and dissolve the team. He would not enter the hedging field in the short term.

It can be said that he is disheartened.

As a leader in the hedge fund field that has developed rapidly in recent years, the liquidation of Tiger Fund has shocked the entire industry.

However, in addition to the large number of investors who have suffered direct losses, the capital hedging field has attracted more and more attention from all parties. After all, this is a zero-sum game game. The other side of Tiger Fund's loss of nearly 10 billion is that in recent months, some people have made nearly 10 billion US dollars.

Although it is not easy to explore who has made this money, as long as we determine this, it will be enough for too many people to continue to flock to it.

Simon has been compressing the scale of Cersei Capital's direct hedging department, betting on Soros' funds and targeting Southeast Asia. Therefore, Cersei Capital has not made much profit in this feast of Tiger Fund. The Cersei Fund Management Team, which has been standing opposite Tiger Fund since the end of last year's general election, has been in the opposite direction of Tiger Fund, and has been in a conservative positioning strategy, and has accumulated a profit of only US$1.2 billion in more than three months.

Therefore, most of the losses of Tiger Fund fell into the hands of other hedging capitals.

Simon is not sorry for this.

Even Simon himself thought that the Nasdaq's turnover was likely to make a lot of long profits last year in December and even January this year. Simon also kept in mind the business principle of not making the last penny. After all, if it continues, perhaps the Nasdaq will just plummet in one day and swallow up most of the profits accumulated for several months.

Putting the bag is for peace.

No matter which fields of investment, the biggest mistake of too many people is that they can't let go when they should stop, and they can't let go when they should. Occasionally, they have to laugh at other people who choose to stop and seem to miss more profits.

In the end, these people often fetch water in bamboo baskets.
Chapter completed!