On the day when Chen Qing left New York and flew to Hong Kong, another box office week in North America ended.

The box office data for the box office week from November 27 to December 3 is crucial for heavyweight films such as "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" and "Mummy 2", because the box office and decline trend of related films can basically determine the local total box office volume of a movie.

In terms of specific data, "Mummy 2" which was launched last week won the single-week championship without any suspense, and continued to earn US$50.65 million with a very outstanding weekly decline of 29%, with a cumulative box office of US$121.99 million in two weeks.

The decline in the next week was only 29%, with a total cumulative box office of more than 120 million yuan. It is basically certain that the local box office of "Mummy 2" will exceed the $200 million threshold.

The local box office is more than 200 million yuan. With the inevitable overseas attribute of "Mummy 2", even if the total cost of film production and promotion reaches US$150 million, it is only the global theater distribution stage, just like "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth", it will also reap quite a lot of profits.

The second place is "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth".

In the third week of release, "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" fell by 37%, earning $32.31 million again.

A trend that is neither good nor bad.

The cumulative box office of the film in three weeks was US$176.87 million.

Judging from the remaining box office volume and decline trend in a single week, the total local box office of the film will definitely exceed "Mummy 2", but the possibility of a hit of US$300 million is not high, and it can only ensure about 250 million.

The total cost of production and promotion of US$180 million is calculated locally for 250 million, because Daenerys Entertainment is so strong that it can obtain about 60% of the share from theaters. Only locally, it can recover US$150 million, leaving only 30 million in the balance of revenue and expenditure.

With the same overseas big head, "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" will inevitably be as profitable.

Unfortunately, the local area cannot reach 300 million, which actually means that the most optimistic expected returns cannot be achieved.

After two major highlights, the third place is Paramount's "American Police Officer".

In another thriller action blockbuster after "Broken Arrow", "Face Change" and "Mission Impossible 2", Bai Gewu's first start was lukewarm, and the decline in the next week directly plummeted to 46%, with only US$21.16 million left in a single week. In two weeks, this total investment volume was equivalent to that of "Mummy 2", and the cumulative box office was only US$60.33 million.

It is not considered a box office failure, but it is obvious that it has nothing to do with success.

In addition, although the box office was only 21.16 million US dollars the next week, considering that the total box office has exceeded 60 million, it is expected to break the 100 million RMB threshold as expected in the future, becoming the first local work that has nothing to do with Daenerys Entertainment this year.

Now it depends on whether the performance of "American Police" overseas can meet expectations. For example, it is equivalent to twice the local income, with a global total box office of US$300 million. In this way, Paramount can recover most of its investment in the theater stage and make a little profit in the future, and achieve a balance of revenue and expenditure.

Furthermore, after the success of three consecutive big-selling films, with the lukewarm popularity of "American Police Officer", Bai Gewu's influence in Hollywood also suffered a little downside. Of course, there is still no shortage of film contracts.

Anyone with discerning eyes may also find that the success of this Asian director is obviously closely related to Daenerys Entertainment's unremitting support. Without Daenerys, he seems to have begun to become unacceptable.

Simon, who got the relevant data in Australia, just watched it coldly.

In fact, it is very easy to completely suppress Bai Gewu. Then I will give him a war movie, such as "The Wind Whisperer", and then I can send Lao Wu back to the other side of the ocean to shoot various epic movies.

But Simon didn't mean to do that.

With Simon's current status and status, it is quite boring to deliberately make trouble for these things.

As for the rumors that the old Wu Rong returned to his hometown and pulled Wanwan and the artists from Hong Kong and Port to divide the mainland market with their ambitious intentions, it doesn't matter.

Just watch the fun.

After all, Simon is neither a bad guy nor a savior.

The only one who can save himself is himself. If you don’t work hard, you deserve it no matter how hard you are.

Back to the list.

The fourth place is the comedy "Tea Boy" starring Adam Sandler, a subsidiary of Daenerys.

After the unexpected first week, "Tea Boy" fell by 31% the next week and closed at another $16.41 million. Because the starting point is not high, this trend is quite normal. In two weeks, the cumulative box office of this "Saturday Night Live"-style joke comedy has reached $40.19 million.

Judging from the single-week scale and decline trend, the local total box office of the film is very promising to reach about 80 million.

For Simon, it is far less than the 160 million in history, and it is obviously a failure. But for Daenerys and media all over the world, under the pressure of a number of super blockbusters, it is already an unexpected surprise that such a spoof comedy with a reputation that even makes a bit of a mess can reach 80 million. After all, the cost of making the film is only 25 million US dollars.

Anyway, after completing this movie, all the package contracts signed by Adam Sandler and Daenerys were fulfilled. With Adam's previous three films, he wanted to continue to work together next time. The pay was lower than the first-line 8 million, and the production cost was less than the medium-sized 30 million, so he would definitely not be able to negotiate.

With the box office of "Tea Boy" released the next week, other Hollywood studios have begun contact with Adam.

On Daenerys' side, Simon's explanation from Australia was to try his best to keep it, but if Sandler's offer was too high, it would be a pity.

In fact, it is basically certain that there is no hope of cooperation between the two parties in at least the next movie.

Because Simon expected the budget for the next collaboration film was about 35 million, some additional sharing conditions could be given. However, after two consecutive local 80 million works and the companies rush to pursue each other, the production cost of Adam Sandler's next film will definitely be more than 40 million US dollars.

With the popularity accumulated by Adam's consecutive movies, the cost of more than 40 million may be enough, but he will also fall into a state where Simon's disliked filmmaker makes hard money with the Big Head Studio.

Daenerys has no shortage of projects, nor does it lack comedy projects. For example, this year's big hit "The Hangover" is already preparing for a sequel. Therefore, for Adam, Daenerys has voluntarily given up on cooperation.

The last movie in the top five on the list is still an old movie from the previous two weeks. Martin's "The New York Gangster" was released in the third week, with a decline of 31%, earning $16.41 million, and a cumulative box office of $57.6 million.

Expected trend.

The expectation of 80 million local fluctuations can only be expected overseas.

After the top five, other movies are no longer in the competition at the end of the year, either starting to end or losing the start.

For example, three new films that started painting on November 27, the best performance was a comedy movie produced by Warner, called "Doctor in the Town", starring "Detective Whitehead" Leslie Nelson, with a production cost of 25 million US dollars and a screen opening of 1,925 yuan. The first seven days of the week only earned a bleak $4.59 million, even the Halloween file has continued to the present day.

"Annabelle 2" in the fifth week of release continued to earn US$7.33 million with an outstanding decline of 25%, with a cumulative box office of US$94.39 million, about to exceed 100 million.

Next.

December 4, the last month of 1998, the new box office week, the main film is "Elizabeth", which will be held by Daenerys's Gaomen Film Company, which will be held next year's awards season.

This movie, which tells the life of the famous "Bloody Mary" Queen Mary I, basically uses the original creator, and the heroine Cate Blanchett was excavated from Australia by Simon himself, so the quality of the film was quite guaranteed and it gained a good reputation during the internal preview stage.

The former "Elizabeth" collided directly with Miramax's "Shape's Love History" at the 71st Oscars, but unfortunately it was defeated by the Weinstein brothers' powerful public relations offensive.

Among them, the key reason why Gwyneth Paltrow was attacked as the most impressive figure is that compared with Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth", Paltrow's performance can only be described as mediocrity.

History has changed.

The former "Shapes' Love History" was prematurely advanced by Simon. Although it was crushed by a large ship and became a sacrifice, nothing was won on the award, compared with the cost of 25 million, the local price was more than 57 million, and the global box office of 120 million US dollars was not bad.

This time, after the premiere, the word-of-mouth ban was lifted, with a comprehensive media score of 8.6 points and a very outstanding media evaluation of "Elizabeth", combined with Daenerys' strong resources, is expected to receive a better result in both the box office and the awards.

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China.

Chen Qing returned from New York and first came to Hong Kong. She held a cocktail party at Grand Hyatt Hotel on Saturday night, mainly entertaining a group of Chinese businessmen from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, and promoting her boss’s stock exchange plan.

Simon's plan is to replace or cash out stocks or cash worth no less than US$100 billion in next year through private transactions, so he will inevitably face investors around the world.

$100 billion seems to be a lot, but compared to Simon's personal wealth, it is nothing. According to this year's Forbes list, it is only one-eighteenth.

Moreover, the replacement plan is actually quite flexible.

Simon tends to obtain short-term cashable stocks or direct cash, but if there are other high-quality assets, whether they are real estate, mines, oil fields, etc., they can also be exchanged.

To be honest, the replacement model of mines, oil fields, etc. is very simple, which is to prepare for certain countries in Africa or Eastern Europe.

At the Grand Hyatt Hotel's cocktail party, various details were confirmed from Chen Qing. Many guests expressed their intention to replace them on the spot. Some people directly proposed to exchange some properties in Hong Kong for a batch of stocks from core companies in Westeros system, with a total of three buildings. Even after the financial crisis, the Hong Kong property market plummeted and the valuation was more than US$1.5 billion.

Chen Qing took notes one by one and said she would contact her boss as soon as possible.

After ending the Hong Kong schedule, Chen Qing rushed to Shenzhen the next day.

Excellent Technology initially started in Dongguan. Later, following the advice of its boss, its headquarters was settled in Shenzhen. After rapid development, it also set up R&D centers, assembly factories and other branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou and other places.

It was established in early 1996 and launched its first personal computer product in June that year. Until now, Zhuoyue has only been established for only three years. However, in these three years, taking advantage of the explosive growth of the domestic information industry, Zhuoyue Technology has also made great strides to achieve rapid growth of triple jumps.

In the past 1998, the total number of PC shipments in mainland China is expected to be 13 million units, of which the shipments of Excellent Computers, including the estimates for the next last month, will reach 1.9 million units, accounting for more than 14% of the mainland PC market share.

This is actually lower than 20% of the outstanding internal estimate under the initial rapid growth momentum.

However, the problem is not excellence, but the growth of the PC market in mainland China is too rapid. In 1996, when Excellence was established, domestic PC shipments had just exceeded 5 million units. Then, it reached 8 million units last year, and this year it grew leap forward again, reaching 13 million units, with an increase of about 60% for two consecutive years.

Faced with such a huge and attractive market, more manufacturers have entered, resulting in the fierce competition in the domestic PC field.

It is already a business miracle that Yueyue can steadily seize 14% of the market in such an environment. You should know that Lenovo, which ranks first this year, expects market share to be only 21%, and the annual shipment volume is about 2.8 million units.

Of course, it has to be said that any success is not accidental.

The excellent success is ultimately due to the strong resources of the Westeros system. Among them, the excellence of establishing a potential alliance with AMD through Westeros system relationships has obtained more advantageous prices than those parallel bulk manufacturers that can avoid tariff costs.

Then there is the team.

This is also something Chen Qing is quite proud of.

In the past three years, Zhuoyue has established a very efficient and capable business team from R&D to sales. This is why Chen Qing came here in person after having a conference call with her last week.

The plan to sell excellence will not change, but Chen Qing certainly does not intend to hand over the company in full. At least, a group of talents marked by Chen Qing will be taken away this time.

Although it is impossible to develop an excellence without being honest and continue to sell computers, Lenovo will not make such a mistake and will definitely sign a corresponding competition agreement, but such a team will be able to do other businesses in the current wave of rapid domestic economic development.

Chen Qing stayed in Shenzhen for a day and basically decided to leave and stay, and then set off for Beijing.

A senior team that is about to officially start sales negotiations will be accompanied by.

Arriving in the capital was on the morning of December 7, we arranged the contact matters between Zhuoyue and Lenovo. After lunch, Chen Qing rushed to a large yamen near the imperial city.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, a discussion meeting was held by a major yamen to review the Ningbo refining and chemical project together. It will basically determine whether this large-scale refining and chemical integration project with a planned production capacity of 5 million tons can be approved.

In addition to Chen Qing, the Zhejiang Provincial Local Government and State-owned Assets Representative Team led by Lin Lan, the investment team of Westeros, and the operation team of South Korea SK Group have arrived in advance. The three parties will be questioned by the authorities for various details of the project.

So, compared to others, Chen Qing seemed to be coming to listen.
Chapter completed!