It is difficult to shoot a sequel, and it is even more difficult to shoot a sequel well. . The fastest updated "Space-Time Warrior"'s biggest selling point is the setting of six parallel space-time. When the truth of six parallel space-time is revealed, the shock to the audience is no less than that of Morpheus telling Neo the truth in the world. However, in the sequel, this biggest suspense is gone, and it becomes very difficult to attract the audience.

Zhang Ran also knew this very well. He discussed it with Neil Bromkamp for a long time and revised it many times before finally finalizing the script for the sequel.

On May 25, after the global premiere of "Space-Time Warrior 2" was held in Cannes, the media fully affirmed the movie. Rotten Tomatoes had a 74% freshness and an MT score of 65 points. As a sequel to a science fiction action movie, it is already quite good to get this score. It is almost a foregone conclusion that the movie is selling well.

Of course, if a movie wants to sell well, it is impossible to rely on reputation alone, and you have to spend money to promote it. Movie publicity cannot be separated from the support of funds, and it is impossible to obtain good publicity results without spending money. Many people may say that the viral marketing of "The Witch Blair", but the publicity fee of "The Witch Blair" is 20 million US dollars, of which online publicity costs 1.5 million US dollars. Therefore, if you want to rely on viral marketing alone to achieve box office success only exists in the novel.

"Space-Time Warrior 2" has prepared a $120 million publicity fee, of which the North American budget is 60 million.

With good publicity, coupled with the first good reputation, when "Space-Time Warrior" was officially released in North America on June 7, countless moviegoers flocked to the cinema. Among the 3,643 theaters released in "Space-Time Warrior 2", fans wearing "Maple Leaf-Leaf-Sabre" T-shirts can be seen everywhere, and some theaters and even all viewers wore "Maple Leaf-Leaf-Sabre" T-shirts.

The movie starts with Zhang Ziyi exploring a town where strange things happened. Zhang Ziyi and Reeves soon discovered that the six parallel spaces should have no effect on each other, but now this boundary is being broken, six worlds are merging, and the remaining five worlds are heading towards destruction.

Reeves and Zhang Ziyi's idea is to open the door to all living beings and bring back people from the other five worlds. However, their suggestion was rejected by the government. The population of the other five worlds was tens of billions. If so many people flocked to this world, what would they do to support them? Reeves struggled very much, but he could do nothing.

Not long after, Reeves witnessed the scene of an eruption of an underground volcano, causing a large number of people to die, which greatly impacted him. He decided to open the door of sentient beings and let people from other worlds come back. However, just as he was about to activate the door of sentient beings, he was suddenly attacked. A person with the same ability as him appeared, and this person was stronger than him.

Next is the classic Hollywood discussion, which was chased by the government department, started to flee, and encountered the rebels. At the end of the movie, Reeves defeated the superpowers, destroyed the entire government department with one force, and opened the door to all living beings.

After Neil graduated from Ula, he has served as visual special effects in many movies. For him, special effects are a good show, and "Time Warrior 2" costs up to 150 million, and there is enough room for him to use his strengths. He did not disappoint the audience, and the special effects of the movie were very good. In addition, the exciting fighting scenes made the people present excited.

During the movie screening, various surprises were heard one after another in the cinema.

Although the media's evaluations are average, the audience's reputation is quite good, with the imdb audience rating of 7.7 points.

On the first day of its release in North America, "Space and Space Warrior 2" achieved a box office of US$36.4 million, which is 14.6 million higher than "Space and Space Warrior"'s first day's 21.8 million.

In the next three days, "Time Warrior 2" continued to explode, achieving a box office of 30.3 million on Friday, a box office of 33.35 million on Saturday, and a box office of 23.5 million on Sunday, with a box office of 123 million on the first week, becoming the global movie box office champion this week!

This score is more than twice the 48.46 million yuan in the first week of "Time and Space Warrior", and this score shocked everyone's attention!

China Film CEO Han Shanping is very concerned about the performance of "Space and Space Warrior 2" in Peking, because this movie also has investments in China Film.

The last time China Film invested in "Time and Space Warriors", it did not participate in the share of the film, but only took away the domestic distribution rights of the film, and China Film finally made 100 million yuan. However, Han Shanping calculated the calculation afterwards. If China Film participated in the share of the film, the income would be greater than 60 to 70 million, and China Film would lose a lot.

This time when participating in "Space and Space Warriors 2", Han Shanping firmly demanded the share of the film. The share of the film is directly linked to the overseas box office, and North America is the largest ticket store. The quality of the box office in North America is related to the success or failure of the entire movie.

After seeing the first week of "Time Warrior 2" in North America, Han Shanpingle called Zhang Ran unstoppable: "Zhang Ran, did you see "Time Warrior 2" in North America have a box office of $120 million in the first week, which is so scary!"

Although Zhang Ran knew that the box office of "Time Warrior 2" would definitely explode, he didn't expect it to be so popular: "Yes, the prediction given by bo is 100 million. This is 23.35 million higher than their prediction, which is really amazing!"

Han Shanping smiled and said, "How much do you think you will have in the final box office?"

Zhang Ran thought for a while and said, "North America is estimated to be more than 250 million US dollars, and the world will definitely exceed 700 million, which is similar to "The Matrix 2".

Han Shanping smiled even happier when he heard that the global box office could exceed 700 million US dollars.

With a box office of 700 million US dollars, combined with DVD revenue and various copyrights, the final revenue may be close to 300 million. In this movie, the movie accounts for 10% of the shares, so it can be divided into 30 million US dollars, that is, it can be divided into 240 million!

Not 24 million, but 240 million!

What a great achievement with so much money!

Han Shanping smiled and said with a smile: "The box office is so good, so is the third part going to be put on the agenda?"

Zhang Ran said slowly: "There will definitely be a sequel, but you can't be anxious about it. The key is the script. If the script is not good, it will be a sign that will be smashed after it is shot!"

Han Shanping laughed and said, "Don't worry, don't forget us Zhongying then!"

In this week, the North American market ushered in a powerful enemy, "Fantasy Four 2", which is also a sequel, an equally powerful lineup, and an equally investment. Although "Fantasy Four 2" media reviews are relatively bad, "Fantasy Four 2" is a comic adaptation movie with a large number of fans. Almost everyone thinks "Fantasy Four 2" will have a huge impact on "Time Warrior 2" and will divert a large number of box offices.

However, this judgment is obviously wrong. After the release of "Fantastic Four 2", the audience criticized the audience for being so bad that the plot was so stupid that it was so boring that it made people sleep. The imdb score was only possible 5.6 points, and it only achieved a box office of 52.5 million on the first four days of the week. However, "Time and Space Warrior 2" continued to sing and topped the charts with 71.65 million yuan, with a cumulative box office of 195 million yuan. According to this reputation, 250 million US dollars is almost the item, and the final box office may be close to 270 million yuan.

In this week, "Time Warrior 2" began to be released on a large scale worldwide. In all the regions released, "Time Warrior 2" won the championship without exception. Adding the box office in all regions, "Time Warrior 2" directly reached US$183 million in the global box office this week, winning the global movie box office championship again!

As the news came, all domestic fans who were following the movie were excited.

"The peak of the century is really awesome! The global box office champion for two consecutive weeks is really awesome! What does Huayi compare with others? Unfortunately, we can't see it now!"

"Yes, why can't it be released simultaneously? Why does it take until July in China to release?"

"That's right, it's obviously a co-production, why is it released one month later than the United States? I even went to Zhang Ran's Weibo to protest, but he seemed very busy and only updated his Weibo four or five days!"

"Zhang Jingchu is more diligent in updating her Weibo, and she will update four or five items a day. Let's go to her Weibo to protest!"

"Okay, let's go protest together!"

In fact, the reason why it is not released in June, but until July is mainly because students only have holidays in July. Students are the most important audience for science fiction action movies. If they cannot enter the movie, the box office losses will be huge.

Shortly after the movie was released, in the conference room of Netflix, Los Gados, California, Netflix's board of directors gathered together, and in addition to the investment bank Morgan Stanley, Goodridge Rosati Law Firm and LinkedIn PR.

Company eo Hastings's cold gaze slowly swept across everyone's faces, with a very solemn expression: "Gentlemen, we have been preparing for today for more than three months, and now we are fully prepared. It's time to start the war! Remember, this is a war, either life or death! We have no way out!"

For corporate acquisitions, the most important thing is funds. If there is not enough funds to support them, the so-called acquisition is just empty talk. Blockbuster's market value is 600 million. If it wants to complete the acquisition, it will require at least $1 billion. Netflix cannot pay out the money himself, so after making up his mind to acquire Blockbuster, Hastings found Morgan Stanley and hired them as financial advisors for the merger.

After Morgan Stanley joined, they developed a detailed leveraged acquisition plan, then began raising funds, and began to act in secret. Now that all the prepared wages are completed, it is time for the final battle.

Netflix's board members nodded: "That Chinese is very arrogant, but this time he will be beaten to the ground with teeth!"

"Do it, Hastings!"

"Do it, I've been waiting for this day!"

Hastings said coldly: "Tomorrow morning, we will do it!"

At the same time, Zhang Ran sneezed, and he was a little surprised. The weather was obviously very hot, so why did he feel cold all over his body? He took out his cell phone and called Zhang Jingchu: "Wife, do you miss me?"

Zhang Jingchu and Yu Feihong were in Yunnan for nearly half a month. When they heard Zhang Ran say this, they thought he was thinking of him, and the corners of their mouths raised slightly and said, "Sister Feihong and I are so busy that I almost forgot what my surname is. Where can I miss you? Do you miss me?"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "I miss you so much that I want to sleep!"

Zhang Jingchu laughed and scolded, "Rogue!" She immediately added, "Jing Kan is almost done, and she will be back soon!"

At 8 a.m. on June 21, 2007, Netflix issued a statement on its website and Nasdaq, saying that as of June 20, Netflix and its controlling shareholders held a total of 10.5% of Blockbuster's shares through transactions in the secondary market, and filed a beneficiary equity statement document with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with the provisions of the US Securities Act.

In this document, Netflix admitted that the purpose of the acquisition of shares was strategic investment and intended to gain control, and then gain a seat on the Board of Directors or affect the Board of Directors. The intention to acquire the merger was obvious.

The M&A battle between the Peak of the World and Netflix officially kicks off! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!