Chapter 254: no soul

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"The box office on the first day of Friday was 13.62 million US dollars, the next day on Saturday was 16.44 million US dollars at the box office, and Sunday was again 11.08 million US dollars at the box office."

"The opening weekend in North America earned $41.14 million at the box office."

Steven Spielberg looked at the box office data in his hand and heaved a sigh of relief. For DreamWorks, the investment of 75 million US dollars could not afford a little failure.

DreamWorks is not Orion Pictures, and does not have sufficient funds. The investment in "Clash of Heaven and Earth" comes from overseas financing.

Once the film fails to release at the box office, it is almost tantamount to ruining the hard-earned overseas financing channels.

A smile appeared on the corner of Steven Spielberg's mouth, "With a three-day weekend box office of 41.14 million US dollars."

"As long as the box office becomes stable in the future, it is only a matter of time before the film's North American box office exceeds 100 million. We can fully recover the investment cost through the North American box office."

Speaking of which, the development route of DreamWorks is very similar to that of Orion Films, they both chose to cooperate with one of the seven major Hollywood film companies.

Orion Pictures first chose 20th Century Fox and Paramount, while DreamWorks only chose Paramount alone.

The only difference is that DreamWorks is developing from multiple perspectives. In addition to live-action movies, there are also animated feature films and record releases, and the three are launched almost at the same time.

Orion Films is a little different. In the early days, it only had live-action movies. Blue Sky Studios was a private investment under Ryan's name. As for records, it just acquired a small record company.

Britney Spears' European tour and release of records are currently relying on the channels of overseas distribution companies.

Originally, the channels of overseas distribution companies were established based on the channels of Polygram Records, and many people had been in contact with record distribution.

"In May, only "Ice Age" produced by Orion Films and Disney's "The Horse Whisperer" will be released on a large scale."

Jeffrey Katzenberg also showed joy on his face, "The former is only an animated feature film, which has little influence on "Clash of Heaven and Earth", while the latter is a love movie."

"However, I care more about Orion Pictures' 3D animated feature film "Ice Age" than Disney's "Horse Whisperer."

Speaking of this, Jeffrey Katzenberg looked a little dignified. First, the first 3D animated feature film "Toy Story" produced by Pixar Animation Studios and John Lasseter was a great success.

The 3D animated feature film "Ice Age" produced by Blue Sky Studios and Chris Wedge will be released soon.

Jeffrey Katzenberg faintly sensed a sense of urgency. Dreamworks Animation Studio could not remain indifferent to the coming of the era of 3D animated feature films.

"Making a 3D animated feature film?"

Steven Spielberg knew what Jeffrey Katzenberg meant, he only hesitated for a moment, and was ready to agree.

"As long as "Ice Age" is released at a good box office, with the funds of DreamWorks, it is absolutely possible to produce a 3D animation feature film."

"Clash of Heaven" sold well at the box office in the first weekend, which can greatly relieve DreamWorks' financial constraints, as well as "Saving Private Ryan" and "Prince of Egypt" that have not yet been released.

It can be predicted that DreamWorks' funds will gradually become abundant in the future, enough to support the production of a 3D animation feature film.

A gleam of joy flashed in Jeffrey Katzenberg's eyes, "Disney will definitely be shocked when they get this news. I really want to see Eisner's face. It must be very exciting."

Jeffrey Katzenberg, who once served as the chairman of Disney's film department, has produced many blockbuster films.

Such as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", "The Little Mermaid", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin", "The Lion King" and so on.

However, in exchange, Jeffrey Katzenberg was forced to resign from Disney.

In the end, DreamWorks, which he founded with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen, wanted to break the monopoly of Hollywood giants.

Steven Spielberg smiled and didn't say much. He was very aware of the dispute between Jeffrey Katzenberg and Eisner.

In fact, whether it is John Lasseter, Chris Wedge, or even Jeffrey Katzenberg, all three have worked at Disney.

Among them, Chris Wedge once created at Disney for a while, John Lasseter was fired by Disney, and Jeffrey Katzenberg was forced to resign because of internal disputes at Disney.

It can be said that Disney created Pixar Animation Studios, DreamWorks Animation Studios, and Blue Sky Studios.

The three future Hollywood animation studios that are enough to make Disney vomit blood originated from Disney itself.

Of course, in the previous life, Disney eventually bought Pixar Animation Studios and Blue Sky Studios.

As for DreamWorks Animation Studios, it has always been on the opposite side of Disney's competition.

"3D animation has no soul?"

"The promotional short film of "Ice Age" is very good, and the 3D animation feature film "Toy Story" released by Pixar Animation Studios is also a very classic film."

On the campus of Columbia University, several college students were discussing the entertainment news in the newspaper today.

"I think hand-drawn animation is better." said a girl with long hair.

"Please, it's not you who went to the theater with me to book tickets in advance!" Another short-haired girl joked.

The long-haired girl blushed, "That little squirrel is so cute."

Apparently she had booked the movie tickets for "Ice Age" in advance.

Discussions like this seem to have suddenly become more frequent. Several well-known newspapers in the United States have reported criticizing 3D animation feature films.

Moreover, the content is written very sophisticatedly. Instead of directly attacking Orion Films, Blue Sky Studios and "Ice Age", it chose to attack 3D animation itself, a soulless animated feature film that could not be recognized by the audience.

However, without waiting for Orion Films and Blue Sky Studios to stand up and refute, Jeffrey Katzenberg directly disclosed to the media that DreamWorks Animation Studio is planning to produce a 3D animation feature film, which is expected to be released in 2001 .

Pixar Animation Studio also publicly issued a statement that "Toy Story 2" will be released next year, and the studio will continue to study 3D animation feature film production technology.

DreamWorks Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios spoke out one after another, and the media's attention did not need to be specially directed, and all of them were immediately focused on Disney.

Compared with the topic of whether 3D animation has a soul, the words related to Disney are more eye-catching.

As we all know, Disney has almost monopolized Hollywood animated films and has produced many familiar films.

However, with the development of 3D animation technology, Pixar Animation Studios, DreamWorks Animation, and Blue Sky Studios all chose to make 3D animated feature films. Only Disney has always insisted on hand-painted animation.

Many media have begun to predict that if Disney does not make changes as soon as possible, the pattern of Hollywood animated feature films will be broken by the three emerging animation studios.

As a 3D animated feature film, "Ice Age" will be released this week, while Disney's hand-painted animation "Mulan" will be released in the middle of next month.

The media can't help but compare the two.

Even some Las Vegas casinos bet on the box office of the two films at the opening.

"Disney!"

Ryan shook his head and put the newspaper aside.

Needless to say, the newspaper reports about 3D animation having no soul must have something to do with Disney.

However, this time Disney opened the map gun, which attracted Pixar Animation Studios and DreamWorks Animation Studios to stand up and speak out.

3D animation film production technology is the foundation of Pixar Animation Studios' fame. In addition, Steve Jobs has long been dissatisfied with the distribution agreement signed with Disney, and the relationship between the two parties has always been very bad.

Jeffrey Katzenberg's grievances were purely personal, and he wished that Disney and Eisner would be in trouble all day long.

"The rise of any new power will be blocked by the original power, not to mention that there has been no new giant in Hollywood for a long time."

Helen pushed the frame on the bridge of her nose, "To a certain extent, the emergence of Orion Films and DreamWorks is almost equivalent to challenging traditional Hollywood forces such as Disney and 20th Century Fox."

"So as long as there is the right time, the traditional forces belonging to Hollywood will inevitably unite to suppress the living space of Orion Films and DreamWorks, such as this time."

"Even Warner Bros. will not sit back and watch Orion Pictures really grow, and Paramount will also suppress DreamWorks."

"It's an unsolvable situation."

Ryan shrugged, as if he didn't care too much, and said, "Hollywood giants with the support of media groups are not something that Orion Pictures or DreamWorks can easily resist. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com"

"But with the rise of emerging media, traditional media will face challenges, and this is also an opportunity for Orion Films."

Ryan has personally experienced the terror of emerging media in his previous life. In contrast, with the development and progress of the times, traditional media has repeatedly declined.

Investing in Google is just the beginning. Next, after the dot-com bubble burst, Orion Films will absorb a large number of shares in online publicity platforms and gradually build a publicity link based on the Internet.

In addition, he also has an ultimate move. When 9/11 occurs, he will invite the executives and shareholders of the seven major Hollywood film companies to the World Trade Center building for a party.

Next, there is a bang, and the whole of Hollywood will be in chaos for a long time.

It is estimated that there will be no intention to suppress Orion Films for the time being.

"Okay, let's not talk about this."

Ryan didn't continue talking about it. Without experience, it is difficult for ordinary people to understand the horror of emerging media.

"You called last night and said Scarlett wanted to attend the premiere of 'Ice Age'?"

"Even, I plan to refuse to attend the premiere of "The Horse Whisperer" for this reason!"

To be honest, last night Ryan was in a daze.

I don't understand what's going on.

Both "Ice Age" and "The Horse Whisperer" will be released on May 15.

Scarlett Johansson, as one of the leading actors in the film "The Horse Whisperer", plans to skip the premiere of the film and attend the premiere of "Ice Age".

After some operations, it makes people speechless. It is estimated that it can drive the film crew to death, and it is very likely that they will be blacklisted by Disney.

I'm afraid Scarlett Johansson is the only one in Hollywood who can do it alone, and even dares to do so.