Epix TV is a pay movie channel for North America and Canada. With its unique viewing positioning, it has achieved a good number of users. This is mainly due to the large number of subscribers from Lionsgate Pictures, Paramount Pictures and MGM Films.
Film resources, this share sale, Paramount's film library contract was also signed for another five years.
In other words, within the next five years, four film companies will provide resources for Epix, and occasionally some Chinese movies will be released for Americans to adjust their tastes.
Of course, this news did not cause a sensation. There are hundreds of TV stations in the United States, and Epix is just one of them that is not very outstanding. If Summit Entertainment wants to become a major studio, its own TV station is also indispensable. The acquisition plan will not
Exceeded everyone's expectations.
April is still the off-season for movies. "Weakness" continues to be released and has already grossed US$250 million worldwide. "Red Flame Battlefield 2" has performed generally and has also received US$40 million at the box office. The acquisition of DreamWorks is still under review, and "Avengers"
Shooting is in full swing.
At this time, a personnel change was also quietly taking place.
Jon Fellheimer, CEO of Lionsgate Pictures, resigned from Lionsgate Pictures to join Summit Entertainment and served as the deputy general manager of Summit Entertainment. The outside world did not know this, but in fact, Fellheimer was responsible for
With the important task of helping Summit Entertainment acquire Lionsgate Pictures.
May is approaching, and Carl Icahn is about to launch an attack on Sony. He has recently sold his shares to Shao Shuaijun personally. Regardless of whether Sony can be trapped in the end, this transaction will be paid to Summit Entertainment.
There should be a topic. Shao Shuaijun holds 29.7 shares, Summit Entertainment holds 22.4, which adds up to 52.1 shares, and 3.2 shares were successively acquired on the stock market. They can completely dominate the decision-making of Lionsgate Pictures.
Jon Fellheimer is the person who made the transition from Lionsgate to Summit Entertainment smoothly.
At the end of April, another news was announced.
Summit Entertainment acquired Netflix for $650 million.
Netflix is an online video rental provider. The company can provide a large number of DVDs, and allows customers to quickly and conveniently select movies with free delivery. It also provides Internet on-demand streaming in the United States and Canada. Netflix is not
A large company does not have much profit. The reason why Summit Entertainment acquired this company is to expand its sales channels.
As we all know, box office and DVD have always been the two pillars of movie income. Summit Entertainment's box office has always been good, but DVD has been lackluster. The acquisition of Lionsgate and Netflix are both for DVD sales channels. At the same time, Netflix will also supplement Summit Video
paid online videos, expanding Summit Entertainment’s business scope on the Internet.
Relying on genuine channels, Netflix will surpass Apple and become the number one online movie revenue company in the United States. If Time Video is added, it will be number one in the world. In the future, cinemas and the Internet will be the two trump channels for movie playback.
Dream Chaser Entertainment is laying out...
On April 28, 2011, "Thor", the fourth movie planned by the Marvel Cinematic Universe, began to be released in 7,250 regions in 56 countries outside North America. This was also an avoidance for the sake of schedule. After all, North America was released this week.
It's "Fast and Furious 5", and it's necessary to postpone it by one week in North America.
However, the results of the overseas preemptive release were very good. It was screened for 5 days in 500 theaters in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and earned a box office of 9 million US dollars; 579 theaters in France, a box office of 8.1 million US dollars; 513 theaters in South Korea, 5.7 million US dollars; and 455 US dollars in Italy.
5.5 million U.S. dollars in one theater; 5 million U.S. dollars in box office in 377 theaters in Spain, and European countries got off to a good start.
At the same time, "Thor" also grabbed the top box office in some smaller markets, such as Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam, etc. By May 1st, "Thor" had already received a perfect box office of US$83 million overseas in one weekend.
It will be released in North America from May 6th to 8th.
It was released in 3,955 theaters and grossed 66 million U.S. dollars in the three weekend days, successfully reaching the top of the box office. So far, the global box office has accumulated to 220 million U.S. dollars. Although it is not as strong as "Iron Man 2", it is still a good performance. And the box office
Under the cover, a silent battle is being waged.
The financial market capital, led by Carl Icahn's two major hedge funds, began to attack Sony Corporation and launched a crazy hostile takeover. The impact on Sony's already poor stock market was so severe that Sony Corporation held an emergency shareholders' meeting and informed the public
Summit Entertainment requested funds from MGM in response.
In response, Mitchell simply said: "No!"
"Corporate predator Carl Icahn, the lone wolf of Wall Street, has finally targeted Sony! Overseas hot money is madly attacking Sony's stock, which may trigger the biggest stock market shock since the subprime mortgage crisis!"
Carl Icahn, a name that scares Wall Street CEOs, became famous for his hostile takeover of Trans World Airlines. What he is best at is acquiring listed companies, then changing the leadership, stimulating performance, and then cashing out. There are rumors.
Icahn had already set his sights on Warner Bros., but suddenly made a comeback and rejoined MGM.
It has to be said that predators are predators, and they will cut their throats with blood as soon as they strike.
Sony's stock plummeted, and most of the funds were immediately wiped out.
Several important leaders went on TV time and again to declare that the company's finances were healthy and that this capital would not succeed! As a large company that has been in turmoil for decades, shareholders immediately gained confidence with this appearance.
At this time, it was time for Summit Entertainment to appear.
After Mitchell said no, he continued to seize Sony's funds on the grounds of fear of risks, and then accelerated MGM's restructuring plan, making Sony unable to keep up. Sony President and President Nakahachi Ryoharu personally flew
Arriving in San Francisco, this is another filming location for "Avengers" and it is also the new home of Shao Shuaijun and Li Xiuxiu.
"President Zhongbo, unfortunately, Summit Entertainment has held a board meeting. We cannot delay or retreat the plan without authorization. This is not in the interest of our shareholders. We deeply regret what happened to Sony. Carl Icahn is a danger
We don’t want to offend him.” Li Xiuxiu declined Nakabachi Ryoji’s request with an embarrassed look on her face.
"Please help Mr. Li and Director Shao. Sony is willing to make concessions in the cooperation and let Summit Entertainment take the lead." Nakaba Ryoji said unhurriedly, very leisurely.
Li Xiuxiu still shook her head: "This is not in the interests of chasing dreams. We are an emerging company and our ability to resist risks is too low. The MGM plan has been aborted, which has a huge impact on us. I'm sorry."
"You have already acquired Lucasfilm and DreamWorks. Do you still care about the risk of MGM?" Ryoji Nakahachi said a little anxiously.
No matter what he said, Li Xiuxiu just shook her head, while Shao Shuaijun sat aside and revised his storyboard script without any intention of getting involved.
"Karl Icahn, the most unwilling person of Dream Chase Entertainment, is willing to offend our Sony company?" Seeing that the request had no effect, Ryoji Nakahachi's tone began to sound threatening.
Before Li Xiuxiu spoke, Shao Shuaijun suddenly raised his head: "I'm really not afraid. Dream Chaser Entertainment can earn 20 billion US dollars a year. If we raise funds, we can raise hundreds of billions of US dollars at least. There is really nothing to be afraid of!"
"But you are afraid of risks to the MGM project!" Ryoji Nakahachi knew that his tone just now was not good, so he softened his tone again.
"Because we are businessmen, we only make money and never lose money. We will not touch any business that may lose money!"
The words are not speculative.
In the end, Nakaba Ryoji could only stand up and say goodbye angrily: "Director Shao, Mr. Li, Sony can exist for hundreds of years and never fall, and it will be the same this time!"
Looking at Nakabo Ryoji's hurried away figure, Shao Shuaijun rolled his eyes and said, "You're still talking loudly to bolster the scene! It's none of your business, I just want MGM's film library and Spider-Man!"
"Ryoji Nakaba will come again to ask for help. The Japanese are the best at stalking and fighting. Just watch." Li Xiuxiu said.
"If he comes again from now on, he won't be allowed in! If he doesn't give Spider-Man back, he will have to get up. He hates Japanese people the most." Shao Shuaijun said in an angry tone.
Financial people focus on Icahn's attack on Sony, while ordinary people focus on the box office of "Thor" and go on as usual.
From May 13th to 15th, "Thor" continued to top the North American box office list with 34.5 million U.S. dollars. So far, it has accumulated 120 million U.S. dollars in North America and 290 million U.S. dollars in global box office. Another film, "Red Flame Battlefield 2", has quickly ended its release.
It has grossed US$50 million in North America and US$120 million globally, which is a very poor result. "Weakness" is still in theaters. As any literary and artistic film with such a high reputation has a particularly long release period, it currently has US$288 million worldwide.
From May 20th to 22nd, "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" was released, stealing the title of "Thor". From May 27th to 29th, "Kung Fu Panda 2" produced by DreamWorks Animation was handed over to Summit
Entertainment arranges distribution. Although the review of the DreamWorks acquisition has not yet been completed, cooperation has already begun.
"Kung Fu Panda 2" opened well, grossing US$53.6 million, beating "Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides" to win the weekly championship. Overseas results were even better, with US$69 million in one week, 1.3 globally.
billion US dollars.
As June is approaching, Summit Entertainment's "Magic Mike", which will succeed "Teddy Bear" and "The Hangover" and continue this year's comedy brand, will be released nationwide.
At this time, the review of the DreamWorks acquisition was finally passed. Summit Entertainment fully acquired DreamWorks Animation for US$2 billion. The positions of the company's original employees remained unchanged, and Jeffrey Katzenberg joined the ranks of top executives. This
A good brand animation film company that has been running for more than ten years has finally become a part of Dream Chase Entertainment.
On the other hand, with the behind-the-scenes push of Jon Fellheimer, Summit Entertainment successively acquired the shares of several shareholders and successfully merged Lionsgate Pictures into Summit Entertainment. The person who promoted this acquisition
Jon Fehrheimer also received the shares donated by Shao Shuaijun, became a major shareholder of Lionsgate Pictures, and joined the top management of Dream Entertainment Group.
In addition to MGM, Summit Entertainment's territory expansion tasks this year have been completed. The remaining time can be slowly digested and these companies can be organically and harmoniously integrated into the Dream Entertainment Group. (To be continued. Please Search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)