MTL - After Buying Marvel, I Became the King of Hollywood-Chapter 126

In the already publicized overwhelming situation, Kevin did not hold any more premieres.

The Matrix, at this time, is already everywhere in the United States, and it has reached a state of being too much. Kevin knows that continuing to promote it will only lead to boredom.

Now, just wait quietly for the box office on the first day.

...

"Ten movie tickets to The Matrix! I want the show in an hour!"

In a movie theater, a chubby-looking big boy said to the conductor with the dollar in his hand.

The conductor glanced at the ticket, shook his head and said:

"No, it's sold out. The nearest show is only at one o'clock in the evening, do you want it?"

The chubby big boy just hesitated.

Among the bunch of men and women on the side, a tall boy came over.

"Twenty, I want it, just one o'clock in the evening."

The conductor took the money, ordered twenty tickets, and handed them over to the boy.

"Roger, well done."

Several male classmates winked at Rogge.

Boys can have bad thoughts, but they just like the feeling of watching a movie with girls at 1 o'clock at night. As for doing something they love after watching a movie, it is a matter of smooth sailing.

The chubby big boy suddenly became anxious, waving the money in his hand and said:

"I want it too. Give me a movie ticket to The Matrix at ten o'clock."

The conductor said calmly:

"The one o'clock show is sold out, and the next one is at 3:20 in the morning, do you want it?"

The chubby big boy was speechless.

Unfortunately, this is the treatment of big productions, and it is hard to get a vote.

As the representative of the small and medium-sized group in the class, it is definitely impossible not to buy tickets, plus a bunch of girls, tickets for the night show, it seems that it is not impossible.

The big boy gritted his teeth:

"Three twenty, just three twenty, give me ten."

The conductor took the money for the ticket with an indifferent expression.

At the entrance of the cinema, the president of Fox watched this scene with a smile on his face.

"Steve Kevin, still Steve Kevin, not like that **** James Cameron."

At the thought of James Cameron, the president of Fox had a heart attack.

Steve Kevin is known for being a fast, high-quality shooter.

At most a year, two movies.

As for James Cameron, he started investing in filming in 1994. It has been filming for more than two years, and the filming has not been finished yet.

Not only that, but the production cost has exceeded expectations.

Let Fox and Paramount make additional investments many times, there is no way, they have already invested so much, not chasing the investment is equivalent to the previous investment wasted.

It's really hard to ride a tiger.

If the film fails, it can be expected that Cameron will be blocked by them together.

Chapter 189 The Matrix First Day Box Office

In Hollywood, even if a big director messes up a big production, the consequences are equally serious.

Lightly, you need to prove yourself through small productions again.

More importantly, it is possible to fall directly into the TV drama market or even have no drama to film.

After seeing the enthusiastic feedback from the audience, the president of Fox left with peace of mind.

On the other hand, other film companies concerned about the first day of The Matrix were not very happy.

Steve Kevin, to this day, has become a god-like existence among directors.

Even Spielberg has had a bad time at the box office.

But Steve Kevin, never failed.

Based on the feedback on the first day, if nothing else, the Matrix will once again create a legend.

And this also means that Steve Kevin has to occupy this few golden slots every year, at least one month.

For other big studios, this is undoubtedly a huge loss.

It's a pity that in the face of a hard-power player like Steve Kevin, there is really no good way for others.

.........

The day passed quickly.

The Matrix, under Kevin's direction, cuts down on some overly obscure information.

Become more straightforward.

It may not be as chunky as the Hollywood classic Citizen Kane or the grandfather of the movie Godfather, but it's more entertaining than them.

And that's exactly what Steve Kevin needed.

...

Inside Dawn Films.

Kevin is there to handle the company's business.

As president, Dawson has significant authority over the day-to-day management of the company and personnel.

Only, in terms of some large capital calls, Kevin's signature is required.

At present, Chenxi Film Company, apart from film investment, does not have much money to spend, and there is still a large amount of cash on its books.

It's not that Kevin doesn't want to get these funds moving, there really aren't many suitable projects.

Even if Kevin wants to build an ecological chain, it must be around the film-related industry.

Netflix is ​​the only giant of video websites in the future Internet era.

This, Kevin must start.

And next year is the time when Netflix is ​​officially established.

If you want to swallow Netflix in one bite, a lot of cash is essential, and at the same time, he also wants the shares of MGM.

If you think about it this way, in fact, the money in Kevin's hand is not enough.

As for financing with external money.

To be honest, not yet.

Once outside capital pours in, Kevin's control over the company will gradually weaken.

Don't you see, the eldest brother of a certain east, such a strong person.

In the end, it was not almost out of the capital.

For Kevin, the two companies, Chenxi Films and Marvel, will never go public.

This is Kevin's basic plan. As for the future Netflix, it is his best capital to absorb hot money.

As for why Netflix is ​​not afraid of overturning, Kevin also has his own ideas.

The root of Netflix is ​​actually a large number of movie DVD licenses.

As long as Kevin manages this, he will not be afraid of Netflix.

Kevin dealt with the accumulated things calmly, but Dawson was more eager than him.

From time to time, he wandered around in the office, and from time to time, he ran to the staff office area for inspection.

"What's the hurry, Dawson?"

Disgusting Dawson's dangling and affecting his mood, Kevin said directly.

Dawson smirked, touched the back of his head and said:

"I am also anxious to know the box office of The Matrix on the first day."

Kevin shook his head. After all, there is still a huge gap between the president of Dawson and those of big companies.

This concentration alone is far from enough.

Fortunately, Chenxi's development route is in his own hands, and Dawson is just a tool man.

"Don't worry, with our publicity efforts, The Matrix's first-day box office won't be bad..."

"Kevin!"

Before Kevin could finish speaking, Davis, the president of Fox, came to this office.

Davis had a look of joy on his face, holding a piece of data in his hand, which was the box office on the first day of The Matrix.

With Fox's relationship, it's not difficult to get the report sooner.

Fox was too eager to know the Matrix's first-day box office, so it was early to get it before the theaters delivered it.

As for why you are so anxious, it is naturally because of financial pressure.

Titanic, after several additional investments, the total investment has reached a production cost of more than 200 million US dollars.

According to the simplest principle of triple the box office, we can only look back at the original.

If the global box office of Titanic is less than $700 million, Fox and Paramount will lose a lot.

Even in terms of their size, this amount of investment is not a small amount.

In the eyes of Paramount and Fox, the loss of the Titanic is a high probability. After all, this is not a sci-fi blockbuster.

It's a love movie.

Their current thinking is, how much cost can be recovered, what is the cost.

The remaining losses will have to be recovered from elsewhere.

Paramount's choice was to shoot the sequel to Mission: Impossible. Under the huge financial pressure caused by the Titanic, Paramount paid a huge price for Tom Cruise to renew his contract.

Fox, on the other hand, paid the price of Marvel's copyright and got the opportunity to cooperate with Steve Kevin.

Today is their harvest time.

Looking at Davis' expression, Kevin also smiled.

The cooperation with Fox is quite pleasant. Except for the money, they have not interfered with the filming, which makes Kevin very happy.

Over at Warners, they would give opinions from time to time. Although Kevin didn't listen to them, Kevin didn't like the fact that they liked to give opinions.

It can only be said that this is the old tradition of Warner Bros.

In the future, the DC universe will be ruined by this group of executives who like to point fingers.

"The box office came out?"

Dawson came over and asked, staring at the information on the table.

Davis smiled and said:

"I didn't see it either. Didn't this come to you to share this joy together?"

"Anyway, the theater chain told me that it's a record, and the box office on the first day is definitely not low."

Kevin just nodded calmly.

"Then open it and take a look."

Compared with the Wachowski brothers, he is a famous Hollywood director, and the protagonist used is also the famous Nicolas Cage.

The production cost, publicity intensity, schedule, all aspects of the Wachowski Brothers filmed The Matrix at that time.

If the box office was not as good as the original, Kevin really felt that he should find a fierce woman and ram her head to death on her mountain.