LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 107 Acquisition of MGM! Unlimited entertainment set sail!
"Mad Max: Fury Road" didn't come close to "Interstellar" in its first week.
The highway hit only grossed $80 million in its opening weekend.
"Interstellar" is simply a monster, still maintaining more than 100 million US dollars.
And director George Miller's appeal is still not as good as Chu Xuan.
The company's publicity resources are more focused on "Interstellar".
When the Internet publicity was fully rolled out, "Mad Max" finally ushered in an outbreak.
Movie promotional videos or concept clips have appeared on major short video platforms.
Just a 15-second clip can be addicting.
In the second week of its release, "Mad Max: Fury Road" exceeded $170 million at the weekly box office, surpassing "Interstellar" and won the box office championship.
After word of mouth among netizens, this violent film is also well known to more people.
Major media also reported on the film.
"The No. 1 Godly Movie in Spring! North American Word of Mouth Exploding"
"Mad Max: Fury Road, produced and written by Chu Xuan and directed by George Miller, ignited a national passion after its release!"
"The freshness on Rotten Tomatoes is as high as 97%; the IMDb website has a score of 9.1; the metacritic score is 87 points, and five media such as "Empire" magazine gave a perfect score of 100! 35
"Mad Max is like a really upbeat metal rock concert!"
"The cars in the film are not the common luxury cars in Hollywood racing films, but are more spliced from different models, with crazy bold shapes and full of imagination!"
"In addition to the cool vehicle styling, the film's action scenes are even more commendable. 99
"George Miller's cinematography may be old-school, but the action scenes give the audience an adrenaline rush! 28 This is something that no other commercial blockbuster does today.
"Compared with this film, the previous racing films have become "Driving for Miss Daisy."
"In addition to the performance of well-known actor Tom Hardy, North American sweetheart Elizabeth Olsen has dedicated a subversive performance."
‘The New York Times, Time, Los Santos Times, and many other media outlets used greatness to describe Elizabeth Olsen’s performance.
"She is the master of this film! She is the highlight of the whole film!
"She did not hesitate to shave her hair in order to appear in this movie, and the whole crew admired her."
"Films featuring strong female protagonists are not uncommon in Hollywood in recent years, but the appeal of Fury Road is that instead of focusing on a single savior heroine, it creates a brave, Group of tough women.
"The film conveys the idea that when the world is about to end, women are not waiting and seeking protection from men, but fighting alongside men for survival. Both genders have the same rights and responsibilities."
In addition to the comments from professional media, netizens worship the movie even more, even crazier than War Boys.
"I've watched countless movies, and I've never had such a refreshing experience!
"The visual effects and motion design are amazing! Go to the cinema, you won't regret it!"
"Chu Xuan produced, it must be a masterpiece! Even if it is not his director, you can see his shadow!"
"Elizabeth Olsen A blast! I was bent by her.
"Suffocated all the way! I don't know how many Holy_shit I have recited in my heart!
"Best action movie ever, best road movie ever!
"Baby, see, everyone is praising you."
"Hey, really? 95
In the past, when Chu Xuan's movies were released, Elizabeth Olsen would lie on the sofa with her feet up and watch everyone bragging about Chu Xuan.
This time, the film she starred in received rave reviews, but Aomei didn't read the film review herself.
It was Chu Xuan's turn to read her the film review.
However, Ao Mei was not happy for a long time, her face suddenly collapsed.
"Huh? What's the matter? Are you not happy when others praise you?
"No..." Elizabeth Olsen smiled wryly.
"It's another movie with someone else, and it wasn't even directed by you. I just wanted to work with you..."
Ao Mei pouted a little aggrieved, Chu Xuan suddenly felt ashamed.
Originally, after "Iron Man" last year, she promised to make a movie together.
As a result, dragging and dragging forgot about this crop.
Later, "Interstellar" was filmed, and "Mad Max" was supervised, and there were other film projects, but there was no place for Aomei.
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "Titanic" were originally planned, but were shelved because of other projects.
Speaking of "Titanic", James Cameron's progress is much faster than he thought.
The half-ship model of the Titanic has been built, and when the special effects are added, the real giant ship can be perfectly restored.
At the same time, during the filming of "Interstellar", James Cameron went to the site of the wreck of the Titanic and really found the wreckage of the ship at the bottom of the sea.
The preparatory work for the film has been completed, just waiting for Chu Xuan to start shooting.
Originally, Chu Xuan also planned to hand over the film directly to Cameron, but James Cameron still didn't have much confidence.
Chu Xuan can only play by himself.
At that time, you can consider yourself and Aomei to play the leading role...
Of course, Titanic won't start the project until at least next month.
Chu Xuan had to settle the MGM acquisition first.
After the box office contributions of the previous films, Chu Xuan has more than 2 billion dollars at his disposal!
Infinite Pictures can already start acquisitions!
The company has a professional team responsible for the negotiation of the entire acquisition, and Chu Xuan only needs to sit behind the scenes.
With the current strength of Infinite Pictures, it is simply not his turn to go out in person!
After just over a year of development, Infinite Pictures has changed from a small ant in Hollywood to a force that cannot be ignored now!
Chu Xuan vaguely remembers his previous life, when Amazon spent $8.5 billion to acquire MGM Entertainment.
MGM claims to have more than 4,000 movies, 17,000 TV series, more than 180 Oscars, 100 Emmys, and is one of Hollywood's "Big Eight".
In fact, MGM is not so glamorous. In their previous life in 2010, they had declared bankruptcy, and they were struggling to find a buyer but no one was interested.
Then there was no way, according to the reorganization plan, MGM was run by a private production company "Telescope Entertainment".
The founders of Telescope Entertainment, Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum, are also somewhat skilled.
They excavated the old theme of "007" from MGM's IP film library.
Films such as "007 War Sky Crisis" and "007 Spectre Party" have been launched one after another.
The box office of "007 World War Crisis" was as high as 1.108 billion US dollars, which instantly helped MGM get rid of the debt crisis.
They later caught up with The Hobbit trilogy, which grossed nearly $3 billion at the global box office.
MGM has come back to life.
At the time of Amazon's $8.5 billion acquisition, MGM was in a healthy state.
The main reason is that Amazon is preparing to enter the entertainment industry, and MGM also wants to rely on the backing of the sponsor. The two hit it off.
The situation Chu Xuan is facing now is somewhat similar to that in his previous life in 2010.
In the "007 Agent" series, the last movie was "007 Black Sun Crisis" starring Pierce Brosnan.
Everyone has long been tired of this kind of action movies of car chases, gun battles, and secret agent beauties.
The rhythm of the film is also a bit procrastinated, except for the beautiful Sophie Marceau, there is no bright spot at all.
So since "007: Black Sun Crisis", MGM has never touched the 007 series in the past 20 years.
At present, MGM has no resources at all. They have long spread the news that they will go bankrupt and "sell themselves", but no one cares.
Everyone is afraid that the acquisition of MGM will involve themselves in it.
In this way, when MGM received the negotiation request from Infinite Pictures, it was ecstatic.
They couldn't care less about the sky-high asking price, so they wanted to give it for nothing, for fear that the high price would scare Chu Xuan away.
Chu Xuan's team took the initiative, they were not in a hurry, and slowly lowered the price with MGM.
Finally, when negotiations were almost in place, Chu Xuan received a call from marketing director Mark Laurenson.
"Boss, $1.675 billion, this should be their bottom line."
Directly under Digao International Entertainment, it is one of the most extensive cinema chains in the world, with 6,306,930 cinemas.
MGM hotels are located in hundreds of cities around the world.
Comcast TV Network, Mandalay Resort, Dream Resort;
And industries like MGM Coffee…
Plus 4,000 movies, tens of thousands of TV episodes, "007", "Tom and Jerry" and other IP resources.
Taken together, $1.675 billion is already a conscientious price.
"Okay. You can do the rest."
"Okay boss, we will deal with it in place."
Chu Xuan nodded and hung up the phone.
The business negotiation team led by Mark Laurenson is an elite team, so Chu Xuan is of course very relieved.
Although 1.675 billion is almost emptying Chu Xuan's reserves last year, coupled with the production budget of movies such as Marvel movies and "Robot Wall-E", Chu Xuan has been unable to invest in more movies.
But wait for these movies to be released, and they will soon return to blood.
Chu Xuan can easily complete the acquisition of MGM without even needing a loan.
When MGM's film library is in hand, its own online streaming platform can be officially launched.
"Breaking Bad" will become a great tool for drainage!
If "Breaking Bad" is not enough, "Iron Man", "The Godfather", "La La Land", "Interstellar" and other films will be launched on their own streaming media platforms.
Before the acquisition of MGM began, Chu Xuan had arranged to establish the streaming company "Infinite Digital Entertainment".
The web page, PC client, and app client of the "Infinity+" streaming media platform have all been produced.
Just waiting for the successful acquisition of MGM, and directly announced the launch of the streaming media platform.
And the first episode of the first season of "Breaking Bad" was also launched on the same day.
All is ready except for the opportunity.
After Chu Xuan waited for a day, he got another call from Mark Laurenson.
"Boss, it's done. MGM...it's ours from now on.
"Very good. The plan prepared before, let's start it. The second stage of our unlimited entertainment is officially set sail!