Lena and Annika worked together until they reunited in an evening at a French restaurant in the Upper East Side. The first topic was not today's work, but the 56th Golden Globe nomination for the West Coast announced this morning.

This is December 22.

Tuesday.

On the door of the restaurant by the window, the two women browsed a nomination list printed from the official Golden Globe Awards website. Within five minutes of sitting down, they had been sighing involuntarily for several times.

Because this latest Golden Globe nomination once again proves that Daenerys Entertainment no longer hides its sharpness.

Not to mention the lengthy nominations for TV awards, nor to mention other non-core nominations for movies, it is just one, the best film in drama and music comedy, and the nominations for 10 movies in total in two categories. This time, Daenerys Entertainment produced no more and no less, accounting for five.

The five movies are "Los Angeles Secret", "Save Private Ryan" and "Elizabeth", and "Hangover" and "Singing and Dance Youth" in the music and comedy category.

First of all, let’s talk about the quality of these five movies themselves, whether it is Palma’s peak work of becoming popular in many years, "Los Angeles Secret", Spielberg’s war epic "Save Soldier Ryan", or "Elizabeth", which has received rave reviews recently, or "Hangover" and "Singing and Dance Youth" that have achieved dark horse-level reputation and box office in the summer, and won the Golden Globe nomination for the corresponding best film of the Golden Globe Awards.

Then, return to reality.

There is no problem with the movie itself, but there are hundreds of film companies in Hollywood, including four or five hundred films that log in to theaters a year. As a result, at an award ceremony, the cake was so big that it was cut off by a film company. Even if the quality of the films produced by this film company reached the nomination level, it would inevitably cause controversy.

This is not a way out for everyone.

Inside the restaurant.

After browsing the nomination list in his hand, Annika looked at the opposite side. Lina was quickly pressing the limited-edition iBerry-10 Ultra phone in her hand and asked curiously: "What are you looking at?"

"I will forward some media reports about today's nomination."

Lina said, and after operating it a few times, Annika's iBerry quickly rang out an email prompt.

Just one year after its release, the iBerry phone became a must-have for many business people in the Westeros system. So much so that some mobile phone manufacturers, including Nokia, which also belongs to the Westeros system, have also begun to quietly develop their own similar business phones.

The Ultra limited edition used by the two women, even if it is released as many as 100,000 units worldwide, is still in a serious shortage of supply. At this stage, the price of some new iBerry-10 Ultra in online retail or scalper channels has been priced at tens of thousands of dollars. Even if it is a second-hand one, the lowest price is two or three times that of the official new product.

Annika operated the phone that she still liked for a few months, browsed for a while, and said, "It's so lively. The Hollywood Reporter said that Daenerys caused a serious imbalance in the Hollywood landscape. This is the lightest question. Do you think the Golden Globes jury can withstand the pressure?"

"What if I can't stand it?" Lina asked back and said, "I think he did it on purpose this time."

"deliberately?"

"This intentionally made Hollywood, the entire movie circle, and the audience, gradually get used to the fact that Daenerys Entertainment is equivalent to half a Hollywood. Haha, what we see on our mobile phones now is only a small part of the reports. The media and the Internet will definitely be very lively in the next few days, and I believe he will arrange to guide the public opinion accordingly."

"You really have confidence in him."

"Of course," Lina pretended to be arrogant: "That's my man."

Annika made an unbearable dry retching expression, but couldn't help but agree: "Actually, I don't think it's a big deal, just like this commentary article from the Variety Show website said, even though he won half of the best film nominations, Daenerys still has some movies this year, such as "Trumen's World" and Redford's "The Horse Whisperer", which are also excellent, but failed to get the nomination."

Lina knew that "Trumen's World" would definitely not be nominated, including the next Oscar. Many people know the reasons. I believe Annika knew it and didn't say much. She just said: "The Hollywood landscape has begun to change a long time ago. Simon just let everyone fully recognize the reality this time. In addition, this time, it started to launch a new film industry, and the off-staff MGM, Daenerys Entertainment's territory in Hollywood will become larger and larger."

"This is a monopoly," Annika looked away from the screen of her phone and glanced at Lina with a smile: "From the perspective of our agents or filmmakers, the monopoly of the studio giants is not a good thing for us. Think about it, if you are dumped by him one day, you may be kicked out of Hollywood in one word."

Lina glanced over and said, "Don't worry, I will try my best to please him."

"Tsk."

"Tsk, you are actually a gift I have found to please him. Simon likes girls with very white skin, and you just fit it."

Of course, Annika had long realized this. At this time, Lina pointed it out, and some mixed emotions inevitably emerged. I don’t know if it was nervous or expecting anything, but she didn’t show any weakness: “Since I’m more in line with his preferences, be careful I’ll squeeze you out.”

Lina just rolled her eyes and then said: "In the 21st century of informatization and globalization, the integration of resources in various industries is an inevitable result, because only in this way can we strengthen our global competitiveness. Hollywood's coexistence state in the past seven, eight, and nine majors will be completely changed in the future. According to my observation, Simon may only plan to stay two majors, and the others will retreat to the second line."

Annika blinked and quickly realized: "There is another Warner?"

"Yes," Lina nodded: "And in the end, Warner's strength should be much weaker than Daenerys. Only by bringing the entire GE can you compare with Daenerys. Haha, in terms of market value, it is already like this now, and GE Group is even worse than Daenerys."

While the two women were discussing this matter in the restaurant, the entire North American film and television circle was talking about this Golden Globe nomination.

However, whether it is cursing, clamoring or skepticism, facts are already facts.

Because from a very early stage, Simon adopted the strategy of boiling frogs in warm water for Hollywood. He was initially weak. In order to avoid being suppressed by the studios with big waists at that time, Daenerys has been actively using the concession strategy of joint production for many years. Until now, many projects are still continuing. The most well-known one is undoubtedly the DC movie universe series represented by "Suicide Squad 2" which was painted last Friday.

Then, from a straw platform team, he first took over New World Pictures, had its own discovery channel, and then won the MCA, the parent company of Global, and was promoted to the ranks of large studios. Then, he annexed Metropolitan ABC Group and completed the layout in the TV field, until now.

With another stage of the US stock bull market coming, Daenerys Entertainment's market value has recently approached $500 billion again, and it is only a matter of time before the breakthrough is made.

The market value of $500 billion is the most direct reflection of Daenerys' current strength. If the media and entertainment business are just mentioned, it is not as good as Daenerys. Even if it includes their respective parent companies, such as GE Group, which has a market value of only $360 billion behind Warner, is not much higher than Daenerys Entertainment Group in general.

The frogs boiled in warm water have reached such a huge difference in strength. How can other studios jump to the wall even if they want to be anxious?

This is actually like twenty years later, Hollywood is basically the industrial structure of Disney's first superstar Warner and Universal, which occasionally explodes with a group of old studios. Disney, which has several aces such as Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars series, divides about half of the annual box office top ten shares every year, and no one else jumps up.

Because I can't jump up.

According to the free market business theory, this is the result of natural monopoly. If you can't make good movies, you can't come up with good IPs to compete with Disney, so you can only endure it, gradually compress your market share, and gradually decline, and in the end there is only a big studio nameplate that may have been glorious.

Now, Simon has opened up such a pattern ahead of time and has gone further.

Disney's market value was only about 200 billion at its peak. With the overall prosperity of its film, TV, games and other businesses, Daenerys Entertainment Group's current market value is close to 500 billion, and it is not the kind of bubble-stricken 500 billion. Based on the net profit scale of US$7.61 billion in the previous fiscal year, considering the strong growth momentum that Daenerys still maintains in gaming and other businesses, the price-to-earnings ratio of about 65 times is still within a reasonable range.

As Lina expected, while the Golden Globe nomination was announced, the Daenerys Media Public Relations Department, which closely monitors public opinion trends, began to operate accordingly.

There are only two core points.

First of all, are the five nominated movies themselves qualified?

The answer is self-evident.

Secondly, if these movies cannot be nominated at the same time because they come from a company, is that true injustice?

The answer is also self-evident.

If that's the case, what else can be controversial? Do you have to share the award nominations evenly among film companies like pork?

The two core principles were put into operation on the Internet, television and print media at the same time, and soon completely suppressed the initial controversy. Even the general public, under the overwhelming relevant arguments, generally tended to recognize the Golden Globe nominations for this year.

Even further, we began to speak out for the next Oscar.

The problem is also very simple.

Should Oscars divide pork? Should they only choose one of the series of excellent films under Daenerys that are nominated for the sake of balance, and then give up everything else?

This public opinion is released, and people with a keen sense of smell can roughly judge it. This is obviously a call for the upcoming Oscars.

Or put pressure.

What is the result? People can only wait for the results of the Oscar nomination next month.

Amidst the turmoil, a box office week from December 19 to December 24 ended soon.

Although Thursday's Christmas Eve caused the box office to shrink significantly year-on-year, as the most golden week of the Christmas period, the North American film market still delivered a dazzling report card.

First of all, it is naturally the highly anticipated "Suicide Squad 2".

As another super heavyweight film in the DC movie universe, "Suicide Squad 2" opened the screen with 4,155 yuan, and without any suspense. After earning $83.76 million in three days on the first weekend, the box office in the final seven-day period reached $126.34 million, second only to the box office of the summer "Jurassic Park 3" in the same period, making it the second highest box office film in the first week of opening the painting in 1998.

In addition, compared with the $91.78 million in the first week of the first "Suicide Squad", the box office of "Suicide Squad 2" rose sharply by 38% during the same period. This basically means that, referring to the $303 million local box office of the first "Suicide Squad", if nothing unexpected happens, the local data of "Suicide Squad 2" is at least $300 million as the foundation. Considering that the final local box office of "Jurassic Park 3" during the summer season was fixed at 406 million, the North American local box office of "Suicide Squad 2" is most likely to be around $350 million.

The total cost of production and promotion of this "Suicide Squad 2" is US$250 million, with a local 350 million. With the DC Film Universe project, it can obtain a share of about 60% higher than the average from theaters, but the local area will recover US$210 million. Considering that overseas often exceeds the local area, and in the theater stage, this project can easily achieve a profit of hundreds of millions of dollars.

What's more, the DC Cinema Universe series also has a sales revenue of peripheral derivatives that is even larger than the box office, and the profits can be imagined.

Therefore, even if dark horses like "Shocking Scream" can also achieve 100 million yuan in the theater stage during the same period, the revenue volume of the omni-channel is not the same order of magnitude, which is why large studios are willing to invest huge costs for similar super bombs.

Despite this, the new week defeated "Suicide Squad 2" and won the second place in the weekly box office list, which was still eye-catching.

The following week of release, "Shocking Scream" under the strong pressure of "Suicide Squad 2", the decline was still well controlled at 41%, and it collected another $32.72 million, and the cumulative box office easily reached $88.39 million, with a 100 million approaching 100 million.

The third place finally fell on a new film of the week.

This is a medium-cost family comedy produced by Paramount, called "Christmas Love", which is completely customized for Christmas. You can also imagine why the paintings in this week collided with "Suicide Squad 2".

The production cost of $25 million and the screen was opened for 2,394 yuan. Because it fits the Christmas family atmosphere, the comprehensive score is only 7.1 points. Faced with the crushing of "Suicide Squad 2", "Christmas Love" still achieved a first-week box office of $23.73 million.

Even if the start of this kind is a half-cut trend, even if it is considered a halving in Shanghai, Paramount will be enough to recover the cost and make a small profit.

It's a surprise.

Then, the fourth and fifth places fell back to the two old films.

The co-star film "Mummy 2" led by Fox ranked fourth, and in its fifth week of release, it received another $15.41 million, with a cumulative box office of $188.77 million, which is about to exceed 200 million.

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

In its sixth week of release, "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" continued to earn US$12.53 million, with a cumulative box office of US$234.51 million. Referring to the current trend, this comet hits the Earth blockbuster, which will be about US$30 million in box office, and the local area will be fixed at around 260 million.

Regrettably, it failed to exceed 300 million.

There is no need to say much, it is also because of a certain two words.

In addition to the top five, it is worth mentioning that the award-winning film "Elizabeth" produced by Daenerys's Gaomen Pictures.

In order to avoid the crushing of "Suicide Squad 2", "Elizabeth" has only opened 125 screens in the third week of its small-scale painting, earning $2.87 million this week, and the museums are about $23,000 each.

In the new week, with the announcement of the Golden Globe nomination, Elizabeth's reputation and popularity have increased again. In addition, the most fierce competition has passed, the film has begun to increase its screening scale, with the number of screens this week reaching 506 yuan.

The new box office week begins exactly Christmas on December 25 and will end on December 31, 1998.

There are festivals before and after, so it is a golden period second only to Christmas week.

In addition to "Elizabeth", which expanded the screening scale, in addition to some award-winning films that were previewed at some stops this week, there are also three large-scale films.

First, Daenerys produced another romantic film "My Best Friend's Wedding" starring Julia Roberts. The production cost is 35 million US dollars and the number of screens to be opened is 2,613 yuan.

Influenced by Simon's super big butterfly, Julia Roberts, as the box office queen in the 1990s in the original time and space, although this time, under the promotion of Simon, created classic films such as "The Pretty Beauty", the development in recent years is obviously not as good as before.

Just like last year, Julia worked hard for a long time to participate in "Shapes' Love History", but was transferred by someone to Kate Beckinsale, who had a more consistent style and image. As a result, Julia missed at least her first Oscar nomination.

What else can Julia do?

She can't resist a big shot, and she can only swallow her teeth if she loses them.

Fortunately, this new film is considered a compensation.

Because it is the creativity given by Simon and the well-known guarantee, both Julia and Daenerys, the internal production team, have high expectations.

The second is MGM's crime thriller "Perfect Murder", starring Michael Douglas, which continues Douglas' usual style since the popular "Deadly Temptation" in the 1980s. The budget is also $35 million, and the screen is 2,354 yuan.

Finally, there is a bombshell from Disney called "The Giant Ghost Qiao Yang".
Chapter completed!