Back home, worrying about Wonder Woman and the development trends of the Hollywood film industry as a whole happens to be the two neighbors Michaels have been discussing coping strategies almost all night.

While the whole of Hollywood was paying close attention to everything about Wonder Woman, the Simons had already rushed to Australia.

"Superman" has officially started filming recently, and the shooting location of this superhero movie is still in Australia.

The difference is that the main shooting city this time is in Sydney.

Because of Daenerys Entertainment's connections in Australia, "Wonder Woman" has also been released simultaneously in Australia with North America, and the Australian film circle has also been quite lively during this period.

After attending the premiere of "Wonder Woman", he set off on Friday, June 5th, and arrived in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon local time.

In order to take care of children, Veronica no longer lives in a high-rise apartment in downtown Melbourne, but also bought a villa on the banks of the Yara River, not far from the Johnston family mansion and the Simon couple’s nest in the suburbs.

Raymond Johnston loved this grandson very much and specially arranged a room for the little guy in the mansion.

When the Simon and his wife arrived, they saw a little guy in the nursery room of the mansion.

Half-year-old Melbourne Westeros can now do things and climb. Compared to her ugly appearance when she was just born, her white and tender appearance makes people unable to help but hug her and kiss her when they see her.

Janet picked up the child at first sight when she saw the "little annoying" she often said, and she was very kind and um. After the last Easter, she didn't see her for more than a month. She didn't recognize her child at all. She cooperated with her mother, and she looked very tacit.

After the mother and son "interacted" for a moment, Janet handed over the child to Simon.

The little guy inherited his mother's beautiful eyes and looked at the man in front of him. Perhaps he might have thought he had seen it somewhere, but he didn't resist. He raised his tender little hand and grabbed Simon's collar. Hearing Simon asking words like "Do you miss your father?", he naturally wouldn't answer, but he was very skillful and um and said twice to express his response.

Veronica, whose temperament is much softer than before, stood next to the family of three, watching Simon talk to the little guy, and wanted to say something, but she still didn't say a word, just staring at the situation in front of her with a little satisfaction in her eyes.

After playing for a while, the little guy quickly fell asleep tiredly.

The nanny was guarding her while she was still in the crib and the three of them left the room together.

There were still some time before dinner, in addition to Raymond Johnston and his wife, Anthony Johnston also brought the family over and gathered in the living room of the mansion to discuss some of the recent things.

After Australia relaxed foreign investment into the telecommunications industry control last year, after more than a year of layout, the Westeros system's Internet access services and the Igret portal website have already gained a foothold in this country.

Affected by Japan's economic recession, Australia's economy has also entered a recession period.

The rise of the emerging Internet industry against the trend has caused the Australian government to pay more and more attention to this area. Of course, there are also the results of the Westeros system and the Johnston family's secret lobbying.

Just last month, the Australian Federal Parliament just passed a bill related to promoting the development of the Internet industry. The Australian government plans to invest 10 billion Australian dollars in the next five years to build infrastructure related to the Internet industry. At the same time, this bill also formulates support measures in many aspects such as talent and taxation.

Under Simon's secret operation, the United States' "Information Highway Act" has entered the congressional agenda ahead of schedule. However, it will be at least next year to pass and implement it.

Europe, which has not yet completely ended its turmoil, has no intention of taking into account this emerging field.

Therefore, Australia's bill on promoting the development of the Internet industry has become the first national policy document in related fields.

Due to its own market size, the scale of the Australian Internet industry cannot be too large after all.

However, taking this step ahead in advance and taking the lead in the Internet field will definitely bring unexpected benefits to this country.

In addition to the Internet field, Verizon's Australian branch has also successfully started to launch mobile communications business in Australia. Although Nokia is temporarily unable to enter North America, it took this opportunity to cooperate with Verizon's Australian branch to lay a technical foundation for entering the North American market in advance.

Finally, it is naturally the film industry.

Australia had a great support for the film industry in the 1980s, and George Miller's "Mad Max" series was created in this context.

However, this policy support is far less than the promotion brought by a series of blockbuster movies in Australia.

In the original time and space, just because of the "Lord of the Rings" series, not only New Zealand has become the Middle Earth world that movie fans around the world yearn for, but this small country in the southern hemisphere that lives in a corner has also become one of the most well-known film production bases in the world.

The situation in Australia is almost the same as that in New Zealand.

In addition to the filming of "Wonder Woman" that could not be filmed in Australia due to the scene, a series of projects in the DC Cinema Universe, "Batman: The Moment of War", "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "The Flash" are all filmed in Australia, including a large amount of post-production work being completed directly here.

Driven by the DC Cinema Universe series, Australia quickly formed a film industry chain foundation with Melbourne as the core. Coupled with Australia's thick tax refund measures, some other Hollywood studios are increasingly inclined to make movies here.

Australia's Internet industry, mobile communication industry and film industry are booming, and a series of companies in the Westeros system have taken an important position in these fields in Australia.

This is actually a kind of penetration.

The next goal of the Westeros system is to capture the Johnston family and enter Australia's most core mining resources field.

By completing this layout, Simon will have a significant influence on the country.

June is winter in the southern hemisphere, and cities such as Melbourne, located on the coast, are not too cold.

The couple spent a weekend in Melbourne and went to ski nearby on Sundays. On Monday, Simon rushed to Sydney's Superman crew to follow up on the filming of the film.

The straight-line distance between Sydney and Melbourne is about 700 kilometers, which is just a take-off and landing of a private plane. Therefore, when working in Sydney during the day, Simon will basically fly back to Melbourne at night.

At the same time, box office data about "Wonder Woman" in North America continues to be heard.

With the support of excellent reputation, "Wonder Woman" won a box office of US$19.21 million on the first day of its painting.

Then, three days after the first weekend, the superhero movie had a box office of $61.39 million.

When Simon returned to North America after his weekly working in Australia, the first seven-day box office of "Wonder Woman" was officially released: $91.12 million!

Stimulated by "Wonder Woman", the total single-week box office of North American theaters reached US$162.86 million in the week from June 5 to June 11.

However, because of the movie "Wonder Woman", more than half of its weekly box office share was cut, the box office of movies such as "The Deadly Weapon 3", "The Nuns Are Crazy" and "The Ambition of the Earth" released in the previous few weeks all saw a 30% box office decline in City Gauge.

Because the reputation is far inferior to "The Deadly Weapon 3" and "The Nun is Crazy", and the theme is not popular with the audience. "The Land Ambition" starring Tom Cruise was already far lower than expected at the beginning, and the decline this week was even worse, reaching 46%. Compared with the $15.62 million in the first week, the box office was only $8.39 million the next week.

It earned $24.01 million in two weeks, and the single-week box office has shrunk to over $8 million. Even if the subsequent box office declines ease, the total box office of "Earth Ambition" in North America is expected to be difficult to exceed $50 million.

However, the total budget for production and publicity for this project reached US$90 million.

Even without considering the cost of time, "Earth Ambition" needs to achieve a box office of about $60 million in North America before it can recover all investment through subsequent overseas distribution, videotape channels and TV platforms.

The North American box office of less than $50 million means that it will be difficult for Columbia Pictures to recover the total cost of $90 million during the entire effective movie release cycle of this film for 5 to 7 years.

Under the lessons of "The Ambition of Earth", Hollywood will obviously never be able to get involved in similar topics for a long time to come.

Tom Cruise's popularity, which was already declining, was also severely impacted by the failure of "The Land Ambition".

Next, the Hollywood actor can only return to the low budget field.

It is true that low-budget movies can make big money with small profits. However, less than one-tenth of Hollywood's hundreds of low-budget movies can make big money with small profits.

Moreover, as usual, Cruise can only fail twice at most next time.

If the two subsequent consecutive videos are not sold well, the other party's popularity will fall.

The three movies that have been released in the DC Cinema Universe, "Batman: The Moment of War", have a box office of 82.39 million in the first week; "Batman: The Dark Knight", have a box office of 102.07 million in the first week; and "The Flash", have a box office of 72.86 million in the first week.

"Wonder Woman"'s first week of opening paintings in these four movies is second only to "Batman: The Dark Knight".

Moreover, "Batman: The Dark Knight" obviously has a sequel's popularity bonus. If you don't consider this factor, you will only calculate the first song. "Wonder Woman" is undoubtedly the highest among the three movies, "Batman: The Moment of War" and "The Flash".

As a DC movie universe project that is not favored in advance because it is a superhero movie with heroines, the first week of "Wonder Woman" really surprised many people.

In the agreement agreed upon, "Wonder Woman" was jointly invested by Daenerys and Warner Brothers, and Daenerys was responsible for the release.

Even though he has half the investment share in the film, Terry Semer complains about Simon's bias in a call with Simon.

"Wonder Woman" can exceed $90 million in its first week of its debut, and the total box office in North America exceeds $300 million is almost a foregone conclusion.

Among the first songs of the three series, although the North American box office of "The Flash" reached US$250 million, it was obviously the lowest in both the start and the expected box office.

Compared to "Superman" who had just started filming and rushed to Australia to take charge, Simon is simply "ignoring" about the original "The Flash".

Moreover, the comparison between "The Flash" and "Wonder Woman" is not only the box office, but also the sales status of the surrounding products of the two projects is very different.

With the popularity of "Wonder Woman", the soundtrack released simultaneously has been a hit in just one week, and Diana Prince's own background music has caused a big sale. 870,000 copies were sold in seven days, and it is no problem that the total sales in the future will exceed 10 million.

The character dolls and Wonder Woman's weapon props in the movie are also far more sales than the original "Flash".

Among them, 10,000 sets of limited edition full sets of Amazon Women's Warriors were priced at as high as $1,000, but they were still sold out within a week, but this item brought in $10 million in revenue.

Is Simon biased?

This is of course.

At the beginning, Simon hoped to exchange half of the investment rights of "Superman" for half of the investment rights of "The Flash" and "Cyborg". This was actually a very cost-effective business, but Simon's proposal was ultimately rejected by Warner.

In order to maintain the unity of the DC movie universe, Simon still accepted these two superheroes. As a producer with a strong voice, Simon actually invested enough energy in these two projects.

However, it is not realistic to make him treat "The Flash" and "Cyborg" as "Batman", "Wonder Woman" and "Superman".

After the first week, on June 12, North American theaters once again logged in two new films, namely "Brothers in Defeat" produced by Warner Bros. and "Recreation of Warriors" launched by Samsung, a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures.

"Brothers in Desperate" is a comedy, and "Recreation of Warriors" is an action film starring two male stars Duf Longer and Shangge Yundon.

However, just from the perspective of the scale of the opening painting, both films are basically cannon fodder left behind "Wonder Woman". The number of screens for "Brothers in Desperate" is only 1,140 yuan, and "Recreation of Warriors" is only 1,281 yuan for screens. The total scale of the opening paintings of the two films is not as good as "Wonder Woman".

Warner Bros. and Columbia's mind was probably because they didn't want to give up this summer and had no confidence in these two films, so they chose this distribution strategy.

However, under the crushing popularity of "Wonder Woman", the two films that were originally regarded as cannon fodder did not splash any water after they were released.

After the second week of release, "Wonder Woman"'s box office fell by only 25%, and it closed at another $68.39 million.

In two weeks, the cumulative box office of this superhero bombshell has reached US$159.51 million, directly surpassing all the movies released in 1992, and ranking first in the annual total box office list.
Chapter completed!