After giving some publicity to the crew, Shao Shuaijun retreated to the crew, gathered the cast and crew, held a mobilization meeting, and assigned tasks one by one. In the blink of an eye, a few days passed, and December 18th arrived. Summit Entertainment’s Christmas this year
The highlight of the show, "The Hangover", has its premiere.
The Hangover is a low-budget comedy, but with its funny content and creativity, the company has placed great expectations on it.
As an independent production company, in addition to participating in a small proportion of investment in some large-scale productions, Summit Entertainment only produces small-cost movies, hoping to make a turnaround at a small cost. It doesn't matter if you lose one or two movies, as long as one of them becomes popular, it will be
I can jump around for a while.
Like our old neighbor Lionsgate, they produce countless terrible horror movies every year, but there are often one or two that are successful, such as "SAW". This series can last for Lionsgate for several years.
Summit Entertainment cannot compare with Lionsgate Pictures in terms of production quantity. Fortunately, Summit Entertainment now has two major series: "The Twilight Saga" and "Dance My Life", plus a series directed by Shao Shuaijun, and the upcoming series
The "Sherlock Holmes" series that started filming was enough to sustain the company for several years, and even if the other films turned out to be bad, it wouldn't hurt.
However, in order to join the top eight in Hollywood, Summit Entertainment is still a little behind and needs more blockbuster series.
"The Hangover" is here to fill this gap.
To this end, Summit Entertainment held a grand premiere in Hollywood, inviting celebrities and celebrities from all walks of life. Even Shao Shuaijun, a big*OSS who rarely appears, came to the premiere in person. This year’s Christmas and summer shows
It's much inferior in comparison, with almost no blockbuster movies, so it's a good time to show off your talents.
The premiere was quite successful and the cinema was full of laughter.
Don't think about what kind of movie "The Hangover" is. The value of its existence is to make people laugh. As long as it brings laughter, it is a successful movie. Facts have also proved that "The Hangover" is successful.
On the first weekend before Christmas, "The Hangover" opened as a dark horse in 3,269 theaters and took in a box office of US$45.68 million, becoming the weekly champion.
"The Hangover is a hilarious family comedy with a lot of flavour." - Rolling Stone.
"Compared with the expectations before its release, "The Hangover" is really a surprising movie." - "Entertainment Weekly".
"Contributed a good trailer, that's all." - "Chicago Tribune".
The media's evaluation was so-so, but it did not damage the power of "The Hangover". In the second weekend, the theater chain increased to 3,355 theaters, and the box office received 33.54 million U.S. dollars. It achieved two consecutive championships and at the same time, the total box office accumulated to 118.95 million.
US dollars, exceeding 100 million US dollars in two weeks, Summit Entertainment can celebrate to the fullest.
"Shao, "The Hangover" is a hit. Our road to Summit Entertainment's listing is brighter than ever, haha." Mitchell laughed excitedly in the face of the soaring box office.
"Are you sure it will be launched in the New Year?"
"Of course, riding on this momentum, the stock price can be expected to exceed ten times or even twenty times! Who said we are the only company that is optimistic about breaking into the ranks of the eight major Hollywood companies as an independent film company. Oh,
Now it should be said that it is the sixth largest, MGM has collapsed long ago."
During the golden age of Hollywood, the eight most outstanding film companies almost dominated the annual movie box office, making it almost impossible for some independent small film companies to survive. These large companies include MGM, Paramount, Columbia, RKO, and 20
Century Fox, United Artists, Warner, Universal.
After several twists and turns, RKO switched to the television industry, United Artists merged with MGM, Columbia was acquired by Sony, and 20th Century Fox was acquired by News Corporation. The twists and turns are too numerous to count. Now MGM has collapsed, and the Big Eight of that year,
It has become the current unconfirmed six, Warner Bros., Walt Disney, Sony Pictures, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, and Universal Pictures.
Warner Bros. relied on "Harry Potter" and last year's and this year's "Batman" to firmly lock in its dominance. Its DC comics adaptation department began to work hard, trying to follow "Harry Potter" to North America.
The superheroes of DC, one of the two major comic overlords, are making waves again.
Walt Disney started with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, and now, with the help of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and Pixar animation, it is sitting on both sides. After the success of Warner Bros.'s Batman, Walt Disney has begun to cooperate with Marvel Comics,
That is to say, in the future, Marvel Comics is negotiating for acquisitions to create another superhero series to compete with Warner Bros.
Sony Pictures had a good performance in the past few years, with one "Spider-Man" making a lot of money. Unfortunately, after "The Da Vinci Code", it fell into a slump. But there is no need to doubt that Sony already holds Michael Kors.
May's film rights, an immortal classic series 007, can save Sony Pictures at any time.
Paramount, which was originally in decline, has begun to look up in recent years. The two iron warriors of "Iron Man" and "Transformers", plus "Star Trek", will definitely protect Paramount for many years. However,
, there is also a crisis, that is, once Marvel Comics is acquired, the copyrights of Paramount’s Iron Man and other superheroes are likely to be withdrawn.
As for 20th Century Fox, which was acquired by News Corporation, after George Lucas, the father of Star Wars, took a "sabbatical", the Star Wars series was announced to have failed. Fortunately, "Night at the Museum" was developed and "Ice Age" was released.
Barely maintaining its status as one of the top six.
Universal Pictures, one of the six largest studios in the world, has also had blockbuster movies, such as "King Kong", "The Bourne Supremacy", and the "Fast and Furious" series. However, "Fast and Furious" has obviously gone downhill, and there are no other series to support it.
Universal's six identities are at stake.
After owning "The Twilight Saga: New Moon", "So You Think You Can Dance 2", "Inception", "500 Days of Summer", and the burning "The Hangover", Summit Entertainment's market this year
The share will definitely exceed that of Universal Pictures and even 20th Century Fox.
Whether it is Shao Shuaijun, Mitchell Bruce, or financial professionals who follow the Hollywood film industry, they are all waiting for Summit Entertainment to go public. Once it goes public to raise money and expand the scale of capital, Summit Entertainment will definitely challenge the six major companies.
One of them has joined the ranks of Hollywood movie giants.
This is not only a reshuffle in the entertainment industry, but also a feast in the financial industry. You can smell it in the air. Countless greedy capitalists are sharpening their knives, wearing scarves, picking up knives and forks, and opening their mouths.
They are ready to eat. Of course, when they start eating, it is also the beginning of Summit Entertainment’s gorgeous transformation with the help of this feast.
"The status of the top six is not achieved by one or two movies. Mitchell, even if we go public and the market value increases significantly, our most urgent thing is to find new supporting series. Whether it is "Dance My Life" or
"The Twilight Saga" or "The Hangover" has its own cyclical lifespan. We must try our best to maintain the continuity of this brand, and at the same time, we must look for alternative brands and brands that are not old." Shao Shuaijun's eyes flashed.
flash.
Mitchell calmed down his excitement a little: "New brands are not that easy to find. Shao, you are the boss and the discoverer of Twilight and Hangover. We need your guidance."
"There is always an end to a person's vision. Don't count on me for anything. My creativity has almost been squandered. However, I do have a big idea... I couldn't explain it clearly on the phone. I'm going to Santa Moni now.
Ka, you call the company executives and we have a meeting."
Because they were preparing to go public, almost all the senior executives of Dream Entertainment Group, Dream Golden Harvest and Summit Entertainment were in Santa Monica. When Shao Shuaijun arrived, the conference room was already full. Li Xiuxiu, Yi Jianmei, Wang Ziwen, David
Joe Cole, Mitchell Bruce, etc., a total of thirteen executives who enjoy real shares instead of options and dividends.
"This is not a formal meeting. Let's sit down casually. I just talked to Mitchell on the phone about going public. Mitchell has great ambitions and wants to hit the six major ranks. Do you have this idea?" Shao Shuaijun asked everyone to relax.
"I think with our current strength, it's time to hit the big six, the entire Hollywood, box office market share, maybe we don't have an advantage because of the small number of movies. But we are definitely the company with the highest profit ratio, the independent film department
It’s all a big hit.” David Joe Cole said first. He was the original general manager of Twilight Entertainment. After Twilight was merged into Summit Entertainment, he served as the company’s vice president.
"David is right. The Big Six is just a very vague title. Except for some good people, many people don't care about this status. But to put it bluntly, we are not fighting for the Big Six. We are ensuring that we have reached the level of a first-class Hollywood company.
, Winning a seat in the top six is recognition that we can impact." said Wang Ziwen, who now serves as the vice president of Dream Chase Jiahe.
Shao Shuaijun nodded and asked, "You all think so, Mr. Li?"
Li Xiuxiu said with a smile: "Everyone has this idea."
"We don't have the final say on the Big Six or anything like that. We can only try our best to expand the company and let others judge it. However, our company has reached a certain height. We have to maintain this height so that others will recognize us. How?
To maintain? We have a blockbuster movie series, but we don’t have our own studio, and we don’t have our own global channels. We need a complete system to ensure that the company can continuously make money by shooting movies, rather than relying on one or two blockbuster movies.
An unexpected rise.”
Shao Shuaijun waved his arms: "Our future efforts will be to improve our production pipeline. We must gather a group of excellent screenwriters, cultivate a group of excellent stars, cooperate with excellent directors, and build our own studio.
And channels. Of course, you must have thought of these issues before, I just strengthened them. What I really want to discuss today is that I have a new plan!"
Seeing everyone looking at him curiously, Shao Shuaijun cleared his throat: "This plan is to cut off Walt Disney! Summit Entertainment will acquire Marvel Comics, take back Marvel's superheroes, and we will make superhero movies
!”
"Buy Marvel Comics?"
"Yes, it's the acquisition of Marvel Comics!"
Mitchell was shocked: "Shao, the market value of Marvel Comics is at least four billion US dollars, and some of the superhero copyrights have been lost to the outside world. As far as I know, "Daredevil", "Soul Chariot", "Blade Runner"
", "The Punisher", "X-Men", "Spider-Man", "Fantastic Four", "Iron Man", and the rights to "Thor" have all been sold. Can we acquire it? And
Does the acquisition make sense?”
"Why not?" Shao Shuaijun asked, "Why did Walt Disney acquire Marvel Comics? It's not because they are also interested in the superheroes of Marvel Comics. Indeed, Marvel Comics, as one of the two major comic book giants in North America, has a market value of more than 40
Billions of dollars, or even more, a lot of superhero copyrights have been sold over the years. So what?"
"What does the chairman mean?"
Shao Shuaijun supported his hands on the table and scanned the audience: "What I mean is very simple. As the special effects technology becomes more and more sophisticated, the superhero style that could only be realized in comics in the past can now be realized on the movie screen. In the future,
In this era, superhero movies will continue to be popular. We should and must catch up with this opportunity. Marvel Comics' superhero copyrights can be negotiated and recovered one after another, whether it is recycling at a high price, compensating acquisitions, or filing lawsuits.
We are going to bring together the superheroes from Marvel Comics to create a super team that belongs to Summit Entertainment!"
"It will be a big risk to acquire Marvel Comics. With our current strength..." Yi Jianmei said unconfidently.
"We have all overlooked one point. Summit Entertainment is about to go public. Our market value will definitely exceed Marvel Comics. If we want to acquire this comic company, we don't have to pay much. We can exchange shares and acquire cash.
After completing a merger and acquisition, what I want is not to operate comics, what I want is its superheroes."
The income from comics cannot be compared with that of movies. Even if dozens of comics are sold, it cannot compare with the benefits generated by a movie and movie peripherals. And under Marvel Comics, whether it is Avengers or X-War
Police, the superheroes in these teams are a drama individually, and they are also a drama together, prequels, sequels, sequels, side stories, as long as you can think of it, and then package it with a good story, this is money
!
Warner Bros. has seen the future of superheroes and is fully committed to developing DC Comics superheroes. Walt Disney has also seen it, so it wants to acquire Marvel Comics.
This is a big investment. After all, the cost of acquiring a Big Mac is too high.
But Shao Shuaijun, who has the foresight of future generations, knows that in just a few years, after Marvel Comics changed its name to Marvel Comics, its superheroes will immediately rule the world. DC has Superman and Batman, Marvel has Iron Man and the Avengers, not only
You can only shoot by yourself, or you can team up with two heroes and have your heroes visit to shoot.
In short, this is a huge resource that urgently needs to be developed.
Summit Entertainment cannot be missed. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)