In March, the Oscars continue.
At this year's Oscars, Crete Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" was the biggest favorite.
Although Universal Pictures released many blockbuster movies last year, such as "Spider-Man", "X-Men 2", "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", etc., most of them are commercial films. No matter how good the production is, they can only get some technical awards.
However, due to face reasons, Xiang Nan still wanted to participate.
He invited Alessandra Ambrosio to walk the red carpet with him. This made Alessandra extremely happy. Although she was a supermodel, this was her first time to attend such a sacred and solemn occasion.
In order to compete with the other actresses on the red carpet, she specially borrowed Dior's haute couture. She wore a lace dress that was half-revealing and half-revealing, making it looming and particularly alluring.
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At the Oscars that followed, Universal Pictures really got nothing.
But Xiang Nan is not discouraged. Next year's Oscars will definitely be dominated by Universal Pictures. He's very confident about it.
In April, the filming of "Mission: Impossible 4" officially started.
The movie will be shot in Russia, Taiwan, India and other places, and the shooting is still somewhat difficult.
In April, May, and June, Universal Pictures successively released "Scream 4", "American Pie 2", "Red Eye Flight" and "Fast and Furious 2".
Among them, "Red Eye Flight" is a work by DreamWorks. It tells the story of a heroine who meets a handsome man on an airplane. She originally thought it was the beginning of a wonderful love. Unexpectedly, the man turned out to be a criminal and intended to hijack the plane...
The $45 million film stars Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy.
"Wedding Crashers," starring Rachel McAdams, Owen Wilson, and Vince Vaughn, just took in $280 million at the box office;
And Cillian Murphy also has masterpieces such as "28 Days Later", "Cold Mountain", and "Girl with a Pearl Earring". In addition, his future starring role in "Peaky Blinders" was highly praised by countless drama fans and was hailed as the most fashionable gang drama.
Director Wes Kraven also has many hit films such as "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "The Hills Have Eyes", "The Devil Under the Stairs", and "Scream".
So no matter from which point of view, this movie should be a blockbuster. But unexpectedly, in the end, the film only received more than 20 million U.S. dollars at the box office in North America, and only more than 58 million U.S. dollars at the global box office.
Compared with the cost of 45 million US dollars, DreamWorks Pictures lost about 20 million US dollars, which is really unexpected.
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In comparison, Universal Pictures' self-produced "Scream 4", "American Pie 2", and "Fast and Furious 2" have all achieved very good results.
Among them, "Fast and Furious 2" even received a box office of US$230 million, which is quite good. You must know that Paul Walker acted in that movie himself, and the cost was only 60 million US dollars, so it is quite good to have such results.
In July, "Rage Rescue" starring Xiang Nan was released.
The investment in this movie is only 60 million US dollars, which is Xiang Nan's smallest investment in recent years. It tells the story of a bodyguard who bravely fights kidnappers and saves a little girl.
The story is exciting and the plot is exciting. Although the investment is small, there is no shortage of big scenes. Explosions, chases, gun battles, fighting... it's very lively.
Therefore, after its release, the box office was very popular. In the end, the North American box office was US$210 million and the global box office was nearly US$500 million, which is really good.
This movie also confirmed Xiang Nan's box office appeal. No matter how the times change, he is still the top star with the most box office appeal in Hollywood.
At the same time, "Escape from Clone Island" produced by DreamWorks Pictures was also distributed by Paramount Pictures. As Xiang Nan expected, the North American box office only received 36 million US dollars.
Although the overseas box office grossed 120 million US dollars, it still failed to match the production cost of 120 million US dollars. It can be said that it was a huge failure.
Seeing this result, everyone in the industry was puzzled.
"Escape from Clone Island" has a pretty good reputation, and the stars it stars are also big enough.
Ewan McGregor is well-known for his role as Jedi Knight Obi-Wan in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy; "Tomb Raider" starring Scarlett Johansson also set a box office record for a female action film .
But it's really too bad that such a combination has achieved such box office results. To be honest, the North American box office is 36 million US dollars, which is barely enough to pay the two stars.
Only Spielberg knows why the film failed.
Xiang Nan had already reminded him that even "The Sixth Day" starring top box office star Schwarzenegger failed miserably at the box office, let alone Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. No matter how famous they are, they are still not as good as Schwarzenegger, and naturally they cannot surpass him at the box office.
It's a pity that he went his own way at the time and didn't listen to Xiang Nan's words, so he incurred such a big loss. This "Escape from Clone Island" directly caused more than 80 million US dollars in losses to DreamWorks.
Coupled with the recent "Red Eye Flight", DreamWorks lost more than 100 million US dollars. Adding all the previous losses together, DreamWorks is probably in debt of about US$400 million.
This amount of debt is already unaffordable for a medium-sized company like DreamWorks.
Coupled with the losses of many consecutive movies, shareholders lost confidence in DreamWorks and sold their stocks one after another, causing DreamWorks' stock price to plummet.
At this time, Spielberg, David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg no longer wanted to run the business.
At that time, DreamWorks Pictures had many branches, such as DreamWorks Records, DreamWorks Animation, DreamWorks Interactive Entertainment, DreamWorks Television, etc.
Among them, Spielberg is in charge of DreamWorks Pictures, and David Geffen is in charge of DreamWorks Records. He has opened a record company before, and has handed over records to Guns N' Roses, Elton John, the Eagles, and Bob Dylan. He distributes it; Jeffrey Katzenberg oversees DreamWorks Animation.
Among them, DreamWorks Animation has been independently listed in 2004 because it has produced blockbuster animated films such as "Shrek", "Chicken Run", "Madagascar" and "Shark Tale". In addition to the word "DreamWorks" in its name, it is actually an independent company.
In addition, DreamWorks Records has struggled in recent years due to rampant Internet piracy and has lost its previous success as Geffen Records.
Coupled with the fact that DreamWorks Pictures is heavily in debt and has unsatisfactory performance, Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg are naturally willing to get rid of their baggage.
Anyway, they can still make money by selling DreamWorks Pictures. And what a blessing it would be to not have to worry about $400 million in debt anymore.
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