Heads Up Hollywood

"Spider-Man 2" swept the entire North American box office market.

In this May, there is only one voice in the entertainment media across the United States, and that is "Spider-Man 2"!

In the second week after its release, the box office in North America shrank by 48.2%, but it still topped the list with US$112 million!

The plot of "Spider-Man 2" is connected with "Spider-Man 1", and there is no need to explore the personal background of "Spider-Man". More emotional elements and action scenes have been added, which is better than "Spider-Man" in terms of viewing experience and fun. Hero 1"!

Although "Spider-Man 1" shot by Dunn Walker has higher scores and deeper meaning in the overall score of film critics, "Spider-Man 2" shot by Ridley Scott is obviously better than "Spider-Man 2" two years ago. "Xia 1", the momentum is stronger, more prosperous, and more popular!

After the perfect foreshadowing of "Spider-Man 1", "Spider-Man 2" began to focus on the entertainment and fun of the film, laying the style for the entire "Avengers" series.

The cheap and talkative style of "Spider-Man" is also vividly displayed in this film.

In 10 days of release, the box office in North America was 320 million US dollars!

"Spider-Man 2" became the fastest film to break through $300 million at the North American box office!

The record is still going on.

But in the next week, the big drama is coming.

"Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones", directed by George Lucas, is about to land in major theaters after a wave of high-profile publicity!

The two most anticipated films of this summer, in the May schedule, match up!

Neither Fox, Universal, Lucasfilm, nor Twain Films wanted to see such a situation.

Distributors 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures have had many discussions on the release time of the two films.

Tang En Pictures' "Spider-Man 2" will be released in May, "Pirate League: The Curse of the Black Pearl" will be released in July, and "Signs" will be released in August.

According to Universal, it is hoped that the schedule of "Star Wars Episode 2" will be changed to June, and the schedules of several blockbuster films will be staggered, so that both parties will be better off.

But Fox refused.

What are you kidding?

The "Spider-Man" series is fierce, but their movie is "Star Wars"!

The No. 1 IP in the United States!

It is simply impossible for "Star Wars Episode 2" to change its schedule.

Is Star Wars Scared of Spider-Man?

To change, it is also to let "Spider-Man 2" adjust the schedule and change it to June.

After several discussions to no avail, Universal communicated with Tang En as to whether to back down.

Tang En immediately stated that it is impossible to change the schedule!

"Spider-Man 2", not afraid of any movie!

Relying on "Star Wars Episode 2", 20th Century Fox has become more confident, and if it wants to challenge Tang En Pictures, then come on, Tang En is even more confident.

"Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones" is almost the worst movie in the series. In the previous life, it only got the North American box office of 300 million and the global box office of 650 million US dollars, which is surprising.

Twain also specifically asked Natalie, how was the filming?

Her statement was straightforward, "Director Lucas is old and should retire!"

Tang En became more confident.

In June, although there were no films from Twain Pictures released, Universal Pictures had a film that Twain was very concerned about——"The Bourne".

The investment in the film was not large, and Universal Pictures did not pin much hope.

But Twain is different. He knows the potential of the "Bourne Bourne" series, but if this action movie is in the same schedule as "Spider-Man 2", there is absolutely no room for survival. But competing with "Star Wars Episode 2", maybe there is a potential to break through.

But now it’s all right. The two high-profile sequels, “Spider-Man 2” and “Star Wars: Episode 2,” will be duel in May, and the June slot will be empty, allowing “Bourne” to develop safely. Maybe It is more in line with the overall interests of Tang En Pictures and Universal Pictures.

Vivendi is about to end, and the disputes between shareholders and management are getting bigger and bigger.

Tang En now regarded Universal Pictures as his own.

Chief Financial Officer Brandy Norris has already contacted a number of banks and can prepare a loan of 4 billion to 5 billion US dollars at any time.

All is ready except for the opportunity!

As long as Vivendi really messes up, Tang En Pictures can take advantage of the current situation and bring Hollywood things back to Hollywood!

Take Universal!

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Vivendi's chaos is gradually expanding, and Disney's chaos is also intensifying.

The "Save Disney" campaign, launched after the resignations of Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, has gained momentum.

They set up a website "SaveDisney.com", and want to use this as a base to overthrow the rule of Michael Eisner.

They tried to use the Internet to democratize the unresponsive corporate management mechanism, so as to win the approval of more "dissident shareholders" and voted no.

And on May 13, they blatantly published an open letter:

"Now is the time for all Disney shareholders to take the first step and push for necessary change at the company...Join us in voting against Michael Eisner, George Mitchell, Judith Esther Lin, John Bryson this director....by dissenting, you will send a message that the board cannot ignore...you will force the board to recognize a widespread belief that senior management, as well as management, must do A major change has been made..."

In addition to those criticisms of Michael Eisner, the letter also severely criticized the chairman of the management committee, George Mitchell, saying that he does not undertake any affairs in Disney, but charges more than 1 million US dollars a year.

Criticism of George Mitchell is even more powerful than criticism of Michael Eisner.

Because George Mitchell is so famous!

He was the leader of the Democratic Party, the leader of the majority party in the Senate, and a veritable statesman.

After resigning from the Senate, he went to Northern Ireland and ended the century-old civil strife in Northern Ireland with his perfect tongue and without firing a single shot!

As a result, he was personally awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and was rector and rector emeritus of several universities.

In the past two years, in the competition between Disney and Viacom, Disney has fallen behind everywhere.

Not only Viacom's business performance is beautiful, but also Redstone's strong political ability behind it.

Michael Eisner was deeply aware of this, and realized that political influence must be indispensable in order to compete with Viacom, so he hired George Mitchell at a high price and made him a director and management committee of Disney. chairman.

On the one hand, it is the internal forces that constrain Roy Disney and Stanley Gold; on the other hand, it is to counteract Redstone's external political and business relations.

Unexpectedly, this has also become Roy Disney's attack point.

For a character like George Mitchell, how much is an annual salary of 1 million US dollars?

Michael Eisner is pissed!

But George Mitchell couldn't take it anymore. He was a politician and planned to continue working for the federal government. Reputation was the most important thing to him. If Michael Eisner cannot solve the immediate crisis, he will choose to resign and leave Disney, the crater of public opinion.

Of course, Michael Eisner disagreed. In order to fight against Viacom, he had a big fight with Redstone, and he tried his best to lure him to Disney.

Originally, he wanted to be the co-chairman and president, but he had too many part-time jobs and had no time to participate in specific management.

How could Eisner let go so easily?

After thinking for a long time, he once again chose to ask Tang En for help.

Now, Disney has started the project preparation of "The Chronicles of Narnia 2", and the director is still Chinese-American director Ann Lee.

ABC Group also cooperated closely with Dick Clark Television Production Company to successfully produce "Wise and Brave" in a style that is more in line with Disney.

In order to gain more investor confidence, Disney must play all the cards in its hand as soon as possible.

When "Spider-Man 2" was sweeping North America, playing Dunn Walker's signboard was of course getting twice the result with half the effort.

It's time to launch the live-action double-up project of Disney animation.

This is not a question of more money and less money.

It is a matter of market effects.

Pull the tiger's skin and pull the banner!

Use Twain's fame and influence to endorse Disney and stand for Michael Eisner!

"Twain, you must help me this time!"

Michael Eisner's tone was urgent.

Tang En's reaction was very flat, with just one sentence, he almost choked up.

"Oh, help you... how about the reward?"