Chapter 272: end of summer

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As time passed, Disney's "Heavenly Tribulation" was released on July 1. In the first three days of the weekend, it earned a box office of 36.08 million US dollars, which completely kicked off the hot season of the summer.

On July 15, the comedy film "Mad About Mary" produced by 20th Century Fox was released. In the first three days of the weekend, it earned 13.74 million US dollars.

The box office of this film was not very good in the first weekend, but the subsequent box office trend was very stable.

However, the film that really ignited July was "Saving Private Ryan" jointly produced by DreamWorks and Paramount. In the first three days of the weekend, it earned 30.57 million US dollars at the box office. The film's overseas box office performance is also quite good.

Counting the "Clash of Heaven and Earth" released in May, DreamWorks has sold two consecutive films in the summer, and its production performance has already surpassed that of MGM and Sony Pictures.

As for Orion Pictures!

In the entire summer file, only one film "Ice Age" was released.

In terms of quantity, it is not too much, and it can even be said to be a little less.

But in terms of box office and revenue, Orion Pictures gave a perfect answer.

The box office of just one film "Ice Age" and the revenue it brings are comparable to DreamWorks, and even far surpassed DreamWorks in terms of revenue.

Until the end of the summer vacation, on September 5th, another film "Death is Coming" produced by Orion Films was released, and it opened in 2,500 movie theaters on the first day.

In the three days of the first weekend, the box office was 10.15 million US dollars, and the average income per movie theater was 3871 US dollars, while the entire film shooting cost was only 20 million US dollars.

With the box office trend of "Death Comes", Orion Films can fully recover the investment cost through the North American box office, and the final income is enough to make any Hollywood film company envious.

Meanwhile, Orion Pictures once again has a low-budget horror franchise.

For a time, Orion Films and DreamWorks became the two largest independent production companies in Hollywood.

For all practitioners in Hollywood, it is definitely exciting news.

With the rise of Orion Pictures and DreamWorks, the monopoly of traditional Hollywood giants has been faintly broken.

In addition, Lionsgate Pictures came into people's sight for the first time. It first acquired the International Film Group, and then the founder of the company, Frank Gusta, publicly declared that he was going to fully enter the production and distribution business in North America.

Ryan didn't pay much attention to the gradual emergence of Lionsgate Films. He stayed in the studio in Wellington, New Zealand for almost the entire summer, and only returned to Los Angeles occasionally.

According to the current shooting progress, it will take at most another week to finish shooting all the shots in the Wellington studio.

Next, the crew needs to go to London, England to make up some exterior shots.

"If you jump, can you survive?"

Nicole Kidman, wearing a stunning evening gown, looked out into the night downstairs and asked Leonardo DiCaprio as he approached with a glass of champagne.

Leonardo DiCaprio took a sip of champagne and glanced down. "If you fall into the sea, there may be hope."

He turned around and asked, "Li'er, what are you doing here!"

Facing Leonardo DiCaprio's inquiry, Nicole Kidman laughed, turned to look at Leonardo DiCaprio, "I thought you would miss me!"

"You know I'll miss you, but you make it impossible for me to continue trusting you." Leonardo DiCaprio showed a complicated look.

"OK!"

Ryan yelled to stop, stood up from behind the monitor, and waved to the two, "Leonardo, you have a very good expression, try to keep it."

"Nicole, it's better to be more elegant."

Seeing this, Nicole Kidman walked over wearing a black evening dress and high heels, "I was already very elegant just now."

"No, no, you don't understand what I mean. I mean you are not charming enough." Ryan looked Nicole Kidman up and down, and said very seriously: "You can be more charming."

"Well, I admit that I really like your compliment." Nicole Kidman leaned over and glanced at the shot just shot on the monitor, "A vase that is charming enough?"

Apparently she knew exactly what Ryan meant, a pretty enough vase.

Ryan nodded, "It can be understood in this way."

"Nicole, take a break and then we'll do it again."

"If there are no accidents, you can leave the crew tomorrow and go back to Los Angeles to rest for a few days."

Nicole Kidman doesn't have a lot of scenes, and there are only one or two scenes that have not been filmed. If it is fast, she can officially leave the crew early tomorrow morning.

"It's not bad news." Nicole Kidman didn't have a relaxed expression.

Next, she needs to join the filming of "Eyes Wide Shut" immediately, with almost no rest time.

After resting for a while, the crew started filming again. The last few scenes need to be filmed at night, and they are still filmed on location, so there is no way to put them in the daytime.

For this reason, the crew specially rented a banquet hall with a large size, and there were at least dozens of extras dressed in fashion.

It wasn't until after three o'clock in the middle of the night that the filming was completely over.

Several main actors and a group of extras left one after another, while Ryan continued to sit behind the monitor and carefully watched the shot that was shot today from beginning to end, so as not to have to reshoot if there was a problem later.

"Everyone go back and rest."

"The rest of the work, wait until you get up in the afternoon." Ryan stood up and stretched, "Guys, it's time to call it a day."

Many crew members couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Finally, they didn't have to wait until dawn to rest. Immediately, they packed up their belongings and prepared to leave the shooting location.

With no Charlize Theron scene today, Ryan could only be back in the car with Sofia Coppola.

"Back to the apartment? Or the hotel!"

Ryan looked at the time, "Let's go back to the hotel."

It was almost four o'clock in the morning, and it was more convenient to go back to the hotel.

Sofia Coppola agreed, started the car and drove towards the hotel, "I heard that Marvel has made progress?"

"There has been some small progress." Ryan looked at the night outside the car window, "Most of the shareholders of Marvel Comics have agreed to the acquisition plan. The only difference is that some shareholders hope to exchange cash and shares. Mergers and acquisitions."

Most of the acquisitions of companies in the United States are carried out in the form of cash and stock exchange.

This is beneficial to both parties.

But with the revenue of Orion Pictures, it is a joke for Ryan to acquire Marvel Comics through a stock exchange.

All idiots know that with the revenue of Orion Pictures, once it plans to go public, the stock price will definitely skyrocket in the future, while the performance of Marvel Comics is getting worse and worse.

In this way, the method of stock exchange will bring very large losses to Ryan in the future.

Even if he gives up the acquisition of Marvel Comics, he will not agree to the acquisition by way of stock exchange.

Swap!

Sofia Coppola sneered, "It seems that those shareholders thought you had to buy Marvel Comics."

Marvel Comics, which has lost the copyright of a group of superheroes, is far less important to Orion Pictures than imagined, and it is just a supplement.

"So I let the other side talk slowly, don't worry." Ryan didn't understand what these people were thinking. In order to propose a merger of cash and shares!

At present, apart from Orion Films, a film company, I am afraid that there will not be any Hollywood film company that will be interested in Marvel Comics.

The reason why the past life Marvel comics were brought back to life was acquired by Disney.

That is due to the big sales of "Blade Warrior", "X-Men", and "Spider-Man", which made the remaining superhero copyrights in the hands of Marvel Comics suddenly double in value.

This is why investment institutions are willing to invest and support Marvel Pictures to carry out the Avengers plan.

At present, the copyright of these superhero characters has long been bought out by Ryan at one time, and Marvel Comics has lost the last straw.

For other Hollywood studios, there is no value at all.

If it weren't for avoiding something like "Fantastic Four" in the future, Ryan wouldn't bother to spend money to acquire Marvel Comics.

What's more, Ryan and Orion Pictures are not short of funds, and they have enough cash to acquire Marvel Comics.

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

Ryan looked at Sofia Coppola in the driver's seat ahead and asked, "What's up with Warner Bros."

"It is said that the casting of the crew of "Harry Potter" caused a lot of public opinion in the UK."

Not only is it not small, it simply messed up the whole of Britain, and even had to amend many laws for this.

"You should go and see it for yourself. Even the avenue downstairs is lined up, full of young actors and parents who come to audition."

Sofia Coppola described it very exaggeratedly, "I answer hundreds of calls every day, and someone even calls my father, just wanting his child to participate in an audition."

"Next time ~www.wuxiaspot.com~, you'll leave it to Jon or Nancy to deal with it. I don't want to go through it again."

Don't underestimate the appeal of "Harry Potter" to British parents. Once the film is successful in the future, their children will not only become Hollywood stars, but also have unbelievable wealth.

"It is estimated that it will be difficult to encounter such a scene next time." Ryan said.

Similar to going to the UK to audition for casting, it seems that there is only "Harry Potter" in the previous life.

Not long after, the car drove into the parking lot of the hotel, and the two got out of the car and went back to the hotel room.

When he came outside the room, Ryan took out the room card, opened the door, walked in, and turned on the light.

The next moment, an unexpected figure appeared in front of him.

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