On June 13, the second day of the premiere, the reputation of "007 Ghost Party" was directly lifted.

It has undoubtedly become the focus of hot media discussion.

The film's comprehensive media rating not only reached a high of 8.6 points, but "The Hollywood Reporter" also praised the film as the best 007 movie in the past 10 years. While the reputation was recognized, the new 007 actor Pierce Brosnan, as well as changes in female Mrs. M and young Dr. Q, have been widely recognized.

With the deliberate promotion of the Westeros system, discussions on this movie on the Internet platform have become a hot topic among major portal social networking sites, especially the Charlie Angel trio that appeared as Easter eggs and the agent movie universe that was immediately involved.

Hollywood commercial films, reputation is not necessarily a decisive factor in box office, and the popularity of the film is often more important. Once it arouses heated discussion at the national level, even if the reputation of this film is unsatisfactory, under the guidance of herd mentality, many people will involuntarily buy tickets and enter the market.

Now, "007: Ghost Party" not only has an excellent reputation, but the focus of this movie is even more extensive, and the commercial prospects are almost imagined.

It will soon be Friday, June 14th.

With great expectations, "007's Ghost Party" opened in North America with a screen size of 3,346.

In order to avoid the edge of "007's Ghost Party", except for this super agent blockbuster this week, the release scale of other movies with paintings is less than 1,000 yuan, which is not worth mentioning.

With the heavy-handed paintings of "007: Ghost Party", there is also this box office week that just passed.

Previously, on June 7, based on Hollywood's business strategy of defaulting on one-on-one looseness, the two new films "Dragon Heart" and "Super Age Transfer" released that week were not too heavy.

Among them, "Heart of Dragon" was produced by Warner Bros. The production cost is 57 million US dollars, reaching the level of a bombshell. However, although it is already a big budget movie, watching Warner Bros. put this movie between "Mission Impossible 2" and "007's Ghost Party", it is enough to imagine that the producer obviously does not have much confidence in this movie.

The same is true.

This fantasy film set in 10th century Britain tells the story of a king who became cruel with half of the dragon's heart and became cruel. It had been circulating in Hollywood for a long time before the project was launched. Simon also read the script. Warner Bros. also wanted Mel Gibson or Harrison Ford to star in it. Unfortunately, both of the top stars expressed their rejection and finally fell on Dennis Quaid.

After the video was started, the comprehensive media reputation was only 6.3 points, barely passing the exam.

Another movie "The Transfer of the Age" is mainly ideal for Simon to support a new generation of Hollywood comedy stars. It is starring Adam Sandra, and the production cost is only 10 million US dollars. Compared with the previous two dark horses "Romeo and Juliet" and "The Transfer of the Age" undoubtedly seems much mediocre. The rating of 6.5 points is also just a breakthrough in the passing line.

Therefore, in a box office week from June 7 to June 13, the box office was still focused on several old films.

There is no suspense about the number one on the list.

The following week of release, because there were no strong opponents, the box office decline of "Mission Impossible 2" maintained a very good weekly 35%, and it collected another $57.11 million. In two weeks, the cumulative box office of this agent spy war blockbuster produced by Daenerys and Paramount has reached $133.26 million, directly becoming Paramount's best box office performance in the past year.

The second place fell on Warner Bros.'s Heart.

In the first week of release, "Heart of Dragon" opened with a screen size of 2,130 yuan, and earned $16.83 million in the first week.

The first week was only 16.83 million US dollars. Faced with the closely followed "Ghost Party of 007", "Heart of Dragon" is neither the theme of "Romeo and Juliet", and its reputation is also very average. It is expected that the decline will be at least halfway through the next week, with a total local box office of about 30 million US dollars.

The production cost of the video reaches 57 million US dollars, and the local income is 30 million, and losses are inevitable.

The third place is "Mummy".

"Mummy" in the fourth week of release continued to earn US$12.01 million with a box office decline of 39% in the past week. The single-week scale has approached the threshold of 10 million. The cumulative local box office of the film is US$137.17 million. It is expected that the total local box office is equivalent to the initial forecast, about US$150 million.

The fourth place is "Romeo and Juliet".

This summer season, which is a love dark horse with a small profit, is released in the fifth week. It still maintains the single-week box office of more than 10 million US dollars with a drop of only 21%, with an income of 10.56 million US dollars. The cumulative box office of the film is also close to the 100 million US dollars box office threshold, reaching 99.67 million US dollars.

The fifth place is "Overage Transfer Student".

After all, it is a new film. The box office of this comedy starring Adam Sandra is $8.2 million in the first seven days of the first week. Based on the production cost of the film and the promotion and promotion of $5 million, it is expected that the box office of about $20 million in the local area is not good or bad. It can quickly achieve profitability through subsequent releases.

In addition to the top five, films such as "Evaporation Secret Order" and "Ace Spy" are completely worth mentioning.

Of course, there is no other trumpet dark horse "Black Man".

This action film from the other side of the ocean was released in the third week. After a sharp halving in the next week, the decline narrowed to 22%, and another $3.97 million was collected. The cumulative box office of the film has reached $19.38 million. The total cost of $5 million is about to exceed $20 million, which is enough to make many studios feel envious.

Los Angeles.

On Saturday morning at Dumei Point Manor, the restaurant seemed very lively as usual.

But there were only four little guys left who were dining together today, Seattle, Nick Jr., Greenwich and Snow.

Veronica came to North America last week and took Melbourne back to Australia when she left.

According to Janet, this is the old man's request. Melbourne is expected to stay in Australia throughout the summer vacation. The old man plans to take care of and educate his baby grandson himself, and also said that this is the rule if Nick is older.

As for the reason.

The old man bluntly said that there are too many women around Simon, and I don’t know where he saw some statements. Children who grew up in the crowd of women tend to become feminine in their personalities.

How can I bear this?!

All right.

To put it bluntly, it is also the old man's dissatisfaction with Simon's living conditions.

Simon has no objection to this.

Moreover, he can't spend much time educating his son on weekdays. Look at the elder brother and second brother who are now very good at supporting the business. Simon is quite willing to give up on the old man. In fact, Simon also hopes that his eldest son's personality can be like his grandfather, tough and tough, just like the first-generation old cowboy who traveled across the ocean to explore the Australian continent.

In fact, the personalities of the core members of the Johnston family are basically in line with each other. Even if they have not grown up in the corresponding environment, Simon obviously has corresponding traits in his bones.

In comparison, if Melbourne had been growing up at Dumei Point Manor, the personality in the future would be a bit hard to say.

"Anthony went to Brazil last week to make a trip to Vale's privatization project. Although we put some pressure on our relationship with Washington, Brazil is more inclined to cooperate with Japan. The Japanese have been operating in Latin America for a longer time," said Janet, speaking of Australia, and Janet talked about Johnston Holdings' layout in the iron ore industry: "However, Brazil did not reject us. Johnston Holdings can get about 10% of the shares and a certain voice."

In the restaurant, Simon heard Janet say this and smiled at Jennifer, who was taking care of the two youngest children opposite him: "What do you think?"

The female assistant shook her head gently and said, "I don't understand, but I think it's not realistic for Johnston Holdings to control the global iron ore industry. It's good to get 10% of the shares and a small amount of voice, which is enough to establish an alliance. Moreover, I think Johnston Holdings' main integration goal should be placed in Australia."

Janet said: "Everyone knows this family, but after the annexation of Billiton, it is not easy for us to go further in the country due to regulatory reasons. Now Johnston Holdings is also a member of the Westeros system. Governments are already alert to us."

As he said this, Janet looked at Simon again.

The merger between BHP and Billiton in memory was probably in 2001, and there are many reasons.

Now, facing a separate economy like the Westeros system that has surpassed the chaebol level, it is impossible for Western countries to be wary of this.

After all, the control power has not reached a certain level.

After all, mature capitalist countries naturally have a hostile mentality towards capital oligarchs, otherwise Morgan and Rockefeller would not have been dismantled back then. Therefore, compared with continuing mergers in mainstream Western countries, focusing on third-world countries, such as Latin America, or Eastern Europe, it is another way out.

However, this is also somewhat inappropriate for Johnston Holdings.

Thinking of this, Simon said to Janet: "If you cannot gain control, I actually don't recommend continuing this investment. Speaking of which, once the iron ore controlled by Johnston Holdings is too large, and large enough to control the price of iron ore, it may be subject to strict antitrust investigations."

Janet said: "You mean, you should wait for other businesses, like Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group in Hollywood?"

Simon nodded with a smile: "Yes."

Janet thought for a while and said, "But, our share of control is not large now, and it is less than a quarter."

"But it has surpassed Vale, Rio Tinto, BHP and other companies, right?"

Janet shrugged.

Simon still had a smile on his face and said, "Let's do this, we will go to Australia for a while, and then I will have a serious talk with Lei and the others."

When he heard about the vacation, Janet no longer paid attention to the family business, his eyes lit up: "When exactly?"

"In August, after Verizon Telecom is on the market, we will set off immediately."

"This is what you said, don't regret it."

"Of course not."

"Then I'll start making arrangements recently."

This way, the plan was finalized and breakfast continued, and Simon couldn't help but think about what had just happened.

Vale, Brazil's largest iron ore company, was once one of the world's three largest iron ore suppliers. If possible, Simon certainly hopes that Johnston Holdings can take over. Relying on the Westeros system, the Johnston family has also expanded quite rapidly in recent years.

However, many things are inevitable.

If one day in the future, Johnston Holdings Group owns considerable shares in major mainstream iron ore suppliers in the world, once there are signs of international iron ore prices being manipulated, the target will be too obvious.

It is easier to find trouble.

What's more, in order to solve their own resource worries, the Japanese have been operating all over the world for a long time. The former Vale, which seemed to be Brazil's largest iron ore company, was actually the Japanese chaebol. Even if the mainstream Western public opinion tends to suppress Japan, it is not easy to compete for the fat meat that the other party has been operating for a long time from the Japanese.

If you just get a small number of shares, it's better not to.

In addition, Simon still hopes that Johnston Holdings can focus on China and further diversify its development around its more familiar steel industry.

It just so happens that next year is also an opportunity.

In 1997, the Asian financial crisis further drove the entire world's economy to a trough and would also cause a new reshuffle of the global steel industry chain.

In short, the three-legged tripod was actually very good.

No one can take all the benefits.

Compared with expansion in separate fields, diversification is more able to resist potential risks.

In fact, it is like Hollywood. If you only get involved in film production, it will be difficult for a large studio to develop and prosper. Only by forming a huge diversified industrial cluster around the entire media and entertainment industry, just like Daenerys Entertainment at this time, can you stand out as the most powerful.

Simon did not think that Johnston Holdings would enter the electronics, video and other fields that he was not familiar with, but only focused on the relevant extensions of the steel industry, such as transportation, smelting, etc. If he worked hard, he could also form a huge industrial cluster, and it could also be like Daenerys Entertainment. As long as he controlled enough resources, other iron ore suppliers, even if he did not hold shares, still needed to bow to the Johnston Group.

After breakfast, I did not rest at home this Saturday.

A lot of work has been arranged today.

Simon arrived at Daenerys Cinema at nine o'clock, and the first thing he saw was the first-day box office data of "007's Ghost Party".

On the first day of the painting, including the midnight show, "007's Ghost Party" earned $18.63 million on the same day. According to this progress, this movie is also the opening work of the Agent's Cinema Universe. The box office will be between $50 and $60 million in the first weekend, and the first seven days are expected to be $80 and $90 million.

Even better than Mission: Impossible 2.

After all, the foundation is here.

Moreover, based on the production cost of $75 million, the promotion and promotion investment of "007's Ghost Party" reached $50 million, in order to open up the situation in one fell swoop.

Now, with a record of 80 million to 90 million in the first week, the total box office of this movie in North America is expected to hit US$300 million. 007 has always been the biggest overseas, and its global revenue may be around 700 million to 800 million.

A good start.
Chapter completed!