Chapter 293: box office on the first day

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On Saturday morning, in the conference room of Orion Pictures, Jon Felthammer, Nancy Utley, Michael Kuhn, Avi Allard and others sat quietly without saying a word, waiting The upcoming "Blade Runner" premiere box office figures.

A moment that is enough to change the future pattern of Hollywood may be coming soon.

Whether "Blade" is successful at the box office on the first day is not only related to the investment of tens of millions of dollars, but also the next "X-Men" shooting plan.

As long as "Blade Warrior" proves, the superhero characters of Marvel Comics can be recognized by North American audiences.

Then Hollywood in the future will belong to Orion Pictures.

Even a group of Hollywood giants can't stop the rise of Orion Pictures.

Not long after, Ryan walked into the meeting room with Sofia Coppola.

For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on the folder held by Sofia Coppola, as if it carried the future fate of Orion Pictures.

In fact, some of them already knew in advance that the box office data of "Blade Warrior" yesterday was not officially announced, but they waited for Ryan to come and announce it in person.

Ryan walked to his seat and sat down, and nodded slightly to Sofia Coppola beside him.

Seeing this, Sophia Coppola opened the folder in her hand, and said without any nonsense, "Blade Runner opened in 2,550 movie theaters in North America on Friday."

Having said that, Sofia Coppola paused for a moment.

The theater company is so cheating. On the day of the release, the originally scheduled 2,800 movie theaters were reduced to 2,550 movie theaters, and Orion Pictures couldn't say anything more.

The reason given by the theater company is very simple. Wesley Snipes, the star of the film, is facing accusations from the IRS and a lot of negative news.

"Sophia, can you hurry up." David Kobe, the head of the publicity department, couldn't help urging.

Sofia Coppola rolled his eyes at him, then continued, "$6.5 million in box office in a single day."

"According to the data obtained by a number of Hollywood evaluation agencies, the box office of "Blade Warrior" in North America will not be less than 60 million U.S. dollars, and the cost of filming can be fully recovered by relying on the North American box office."

$6.5 million box office on the first day!

Many people had a smile on their faces.

"The box office of US$6.5 million on the first day is enough." Avi-Allard seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, "The potential of this film is definitely more than US$60 million at the North American box office."

At this time, Avi-Allard was full of confidence in the prospect of Marvel superhero movies for a moment.

In fact, the first-day box office of 6.5 million US dollars is not too much; it is far inferior to the first-day box office results of "Rush Hour", "Ice Age", "American Pie 2" and other films.

But for the first Marvel superhero movie, and an R-rated one at that, a $6.5 million first-day gross, as Avi-Allard said, was more than enough.

Even, it is enough to show that Marvel superhero movies have been recognized by the North American market and audience.

As long as the box office of "Blade Runner" is stable, Orion Pictures will prove to Hollywood for the first time that the era of Marvel superhero movies has quietly arrived.

Sofia Coppola did not stop, but continued: "The ratings of the film's on-site audience reached 81%, and the average rating of "A-" was almost the same as that of the audience at the test screening."

"However, the professional scores given by the media and film critics are slightly worse, only 37 points."

All the people here are professionals, so it is clear that for a film, the ratings and word-of-mouth given by the audience are the key.

As for the comments of the media and film critics, they can almost be ignored.

With the current audience reputation of "Blade Warrior", even if it fails to achieve a dazzling result, it will not become a blockbuster movie.

If the box office can remain stable in the next two days, then "Blade Runner" has undoubtedly been a success, and Orion Pictures can rest assured to prepare for the shooting of "X-Men" and even a series of Marvel superhero film shooting plans.

"It's a pity that if there is no Wesley-Snipes, we can add a new series of films." Jon Fertimer felt a little pity.

According to the original plan, "Blade Warrior" will shoot three films to form a small series, and then it will be temporarily sealed for a few years, waiting for the right time to restart the shooting of "Blade Warrior".

However, everything was spoiled by Wesley Snipes.

"Take the long view."

"For Orion Pictures and Marvel Pictures, "Blade Warrior" is just the beginning, and "X-Men" is the next focus."

Ryan glanced at everyone's faces, and said very seriously: "I have decided to increase the budget of "X-Men", at least to reach an investment scale of 100 million US dollars."

The budget for the original X-Men was only $75 million.

So at the beginning, Ryan also planned to use a budget of 75 million US dollars.

However, as the preparations for the crew gradually began, he found that with a budget of 75 million US dollars, he could not achieve the effect he wanted at all, unless it was to increase investment in the film.

The only thing that made him hesitate was that it seemed a bit outweighed the gain.

It wasn't until the box office of "Blade Warrior" came out on the first day in the early morning that Ryan made up his mind to increase the investment in "X-Men", from the budget of 75 million US dollars to 100 million US dollars.

The newly increased budget of 25 million US dollars will be fully invested in film special effects, character modeling, and shooting.

Originally, only part of the digital shooting technology was intended to be used, but now it has simply become all digital shooting.

At the moment, Ryan personally arranged some work, except for the overseas release of "Blade Warrior", the rest are related to "X-Men".

A lot of prepared work needs to be overthrown and started again, especially for character modeling, the standard has been greatly improved at once.

The meeting didn't end until around noon.

"Jon, you stay here."

Just as Jon Fertimer was about to leave the conference room, Ryan called over and asked Sofia Coppola to close the door from the outside.

After a while, only Ryan and Jon Fertimer were left in the conference room.

Ryan pondered for a while, tapped his fingers on the table, and suddenly said something inexplicable, "What do you think about buying MGM?"

Jon Fertimer was taken aback, "Buying MGM in the name of Orion Pictures!"

"Ryan, listen to me first."

Jon Fertimer tried to calm himself down, "Although MGM has basically lost its overseas distribution channels, its performance in the production business is not very good."

"But the acquisition of MGM requires at least billions of dollars, and Orion Pictures will be burdened with heavy debts."

The acquisition of MGM can indeed bring a lot of benefits, and even make Orion Pictures a new Hollywood giant in one fell swoop.

But Jon Felthammer worried that Orion Pictures would be burdened with too much debt and fall into a financially tight situation.

The main reason why Orion Pictures sometimes makes the seven major Hollywood film companies feel helpless is that they have sufficient funds.

The United States is a commercial society, as long as you have money, you can change many things.

"I have no intention of taking a bank loan or financing from a financial institution."

Ryan stopped moving his fingers, and continued: "I have asked people to gradually sell their investments in Nasdaq, including the shares of Yahoo under my name, and they will all be sold before the end of the year."

"It is expected that a considerable amount of funds can be obtained, which is enough to acquire MGM."

Not counting other investments in Nasdaq, Yahoo shares alone can get a lot of money.

If it doesn't work, you can also sell part of the shares of Blue Sky Studio under your name.

Jon Fertimer, the boss with his mouth open, didn't come back to his senses for a long time, "MGM is not only a member of the Film Association, but also has the largest film library in Hollywood, including the film library of the predecessor of Orion Films. And a stake in a portion of the cable network."

"These are good high-quality assets, which Orion Pictures lacks."

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. It is true that MGM is down and out, but it still has many high-quality industries.

"My suggestion is that it can be acquired."

Jon Fertimer's tone seemed a little trembling, "However, it is impossible for Orion Films to accept all of MGM's properties. It is best to selectively accept a part, and the remaining assets can be packaged and sold."

To put it bluntly, it means dismembering MGM, merging high-quality assets into Orion Pictures, and selling non-performing assets or filing for bankruptcy.

Once the acquisition is completed, Orion Films will transform into one of the seven major Hollywood film companies and the largest independent production company.

Even though in terms of overall scale, it is not comparable to 20th Century Fox, Disney, Paramount, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros., it can still be regarded as one of the seven major Hollywood film companies.

Just thinking about it gets Jon Fertimer excited.

"Good suggestion." Ryan had the same idea as him. It is impossible for Orion Films to accept MGM's property as a whole~www.wuxiaspot.com~ You can first contact MGM shareholders in private. "

Jon Felthammer nodded vigorously, "It is best to acquire in the name of an overseas investment company, such as a company in Canada, Australia, or a certain European country."

This is also very particular, all of them are allies of the United States, so they will not encounter resistance when buying MGM.

"Okay." Ryan thought the idea was good.

Acquisition in his name or in the name of Orion Pictures will inevitably attract a lot of resistance.

Of course, there is only this plan at the moment, and it will take a long time before the actual negotiation of the acquisition begins.

The acquisition of a company with a market value of billions of dollars cannot be completed in a short period of time. It is normal to spend a year or two in preparation.

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