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In just two days after its release, the box office of "Terminator 3" has reached 36.71 million US dollars, which means that the film's final box office performance in North America can reach more than 200 million US dollars at the latest.

Twentieth Century Fox and Orion Films can fully recover the investment cost through the North American box office of the film. In other words, the final profit of the film will be a very scary figure.

At the same time that "Terminator 3" is selling well at the box office, the sales of peripheral products are also selling well, and North America alone can bring in a lot of income.

With the arrival of the first weekend of the film, the theater company decided to increase the screening scale again. Before Saturday, the number of theaters where "Terminator 3" will be screened will increase to more than 3,000.

The Christmas holiday has not yet come, and the reputation of the audience is not bad. Many theater companies believe that "Terminator 3" still has box office potential to be tapped.

In addition, 20th Century Fox will further increase publicity expenses on traditional media, while Orion Pictures will focus on Internet promotion.

Including the main creators of the film, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz, Edward Norton and other main actors of the crew went to various parts of North America to promote.

Ryan chose to stay in Los Angeles and did not follow the crew's promotion. For a director, what he needs is rest, not to continue to follow the crew's promotion.

In this regard, Twentieth Century Fox said it has no comment.

Meanwhile, in a private club in Beverly Hills, Ryan saw Prince Geoffrey again.

"Hello, Your Royal Highness, it's a pleasure to meet you." Ryan said very warmly.

Facing a God of Wealth, it was difficult for him not to be enthusiastic.

"Ryan, what you did is unbelievable."

Prince Geoffrey greeted him personally and invited Ryan to sit down, "A movie with a North American box office of more than 300 million US dollars."

Even for him, $300 million is not a small number.

"The US$300 million is only an estimate. The specific box office data has to wait for the film to be released from North American theaters." Ryan smiled and said, "However, the profitability of "Terminator 3" should not be a problem."

On this point, he didn't intend to hide it, at least he wouldn't go too far in the accounts before he turned against the prince.

"Excellent news."

Prince Geoffrey showed a satisfied smile on his face, "Brunei has decided to introduce this film and invites all members of the royal family to watch it."

For him, it was something to brag about.

Brunei!

Ryan almost twitched his lips, how many people can Brunei have? It is only about 400,000 to death, which is not as good as a slightly larger county in Los Angeles. For "Terminator 3", it can play a negligible role.

Ryan said very happily, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness!"

"By the way, my brother Sultan hopes that if you have the opportunity, you can come to Brunei to shoot a film, and the government can refund all the tax for the crew." Prince Jeffrey said to today's topic.

Otherwise, with the benefits brought by "Terminator 3", it is not worth his special trip to Los Angeles.

"Refund all taxes?" Ryan was somewhat surprised.

"Yes, even the government can provide certain subsidies."

Prince Geoffrey explained and said: "Brunei's main industries are concentrated in oil and natural gas, which can generate a lot of income in a short period of time, but it is not conducive to the long-term development of a country."

"So as early as the late 1980s, the government began to implement policy support for agriculture, fishery, tourism, etc."

After listening to Prince Geoffrey's explanation, Ryan nodded. He had heard a lot about Brunei's support for agriculture and fishery in his previous life.

Many Chinese who invest in Brunei can earn huge profits just by subsidizing an income.

For example, in fishery processing, the wealthy locals in Brunei simply look down on them. They know they can make money, but they don’t bother to invest.

Compared with oil, natural gas, real estate and other lucrative industries, the income from fishery processing cannot be compared at all.

Only, head to Brunei to shoot a video!

Ryan was a little hesitant, since Brunei is very rich, the local labor cost is probably not too low.

Second, Brunei does not have a mature filming system, and everything needs to be airlifted from the United States. Third, the skin color of Brunei people makes it difficult to act as extras and background cloth.

In this way, it is possible to increase the cost of filming.

Looking at the overseas shooting locations chosen by Hollywood film companies, they are all European and American countries without exception, and rarely choose a country in Southeast Asia.

"His Royal Highness, I am very sorry, at least in a short period of time, Orion Films will not choose a Southeast Asian country as a shooting location."

"Even if Brunei has a tax rebate and subsidy policy, the final calculation of the shooting cost will not save much." Ryan finally chose to refuse.

However, he did not say he was dead, and said that he needed to go back and perform an evaluation calculation.

For Ryan's refusal, Prince Geoffrey didn't look surprised. There are many overseas filming locations that Hollywood film companies can choose.

For example, Canada, New Zealand, Mexico and other countries are not only close to the mainland of the United States, but also have very cheap labor.

"And what about buying a movie company?"

"For example, one of the largest film companies in Hollywood." He added specifically.

Ryan immediately raised his vigilance, and asked casually: "Excuse me, Your Highness, do you have any targets to choose from?"

"How about 20th Century Fox!" Prince Jeffrey asked, staring at Ryan.

Twentieth Century Fox!

Ryan grinned, guessing that News Corp. and Rupert Murdoch would 100% reject the news without hesitation, or even talk to him.

Sell ​​20th Century Fox? What a joke!

"It's probably a bit difficult." Ryan said very gracefully.

During this period, it is impossible to acquire any one of the seven major Hollywood film companies.

Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, and Warner Bros. all have media conglomerates behind them, and they will hardly consider selling.

Disney is also transforming into a media group and will never sell it at this time.

Six film companies have almost monopolized the North American film market, and an idiot would sell a chicken that lays golden eggs.

Even some second-tier film companies, most of which have already been acquired by the above-mentioned giants, also have no chance.

The only thing left is MGM, which is a complete mess, and someone has already eliminated it from the ranks of the seven major film companies.

Since the 1970s, MGM has changed owners many times, and various departments and subsidiaries have been split and sold. Now it has almost become an independent film company, and even the last valuable thing of MGM has been sold—— - The world's largest video library.

Right now, MGM's only valuable property, other than the 007 film copyright, is its membership in the Motion Picture Association of America, which allows it to participate in the classification of all films released in North America.

As for MGM's global distribution channels, who knows if there are any.

A consortium led by Sony in the previous life formed MGM Holdings, with a purchase price of up to 4.8 billion U.S. dollars and a huge debt of up to 5 billion U.S. dollars.

Just in time for the financial crisis, MGM had to face bankruptcy in just five years.

"Your Highness, compared to 20th Century Fox, MGM may have a certain possibility of acquisition." Ryan mentioned MGM without hesitation.

Let alone whether the Brunei royal family is willing to spend billions of dollars, and at least the same amount of debt, to buy a mess.

Just because of the identity of the Brunei royal family and the fact that the acquisition target is one of the seven major Hollywood film companies, the Washington government may stop it.

So he doesn't have to shy away from anything.

There has never been a shortage of people who want to acquire the seven major Hollywood film companies.

But those who can succeed are very few.

What's more, MGM has just been acquired by an Italian consortium, and they may not agree to sell it.

It's not that it can't be bought, but that it needs to spend unlimited money, just like Sony's acquisition of Columbia, and it was severely cheated.

Or just wait until the release of "Wind Talker", the box office of the film hit the street, and MGM, which was already burdened with huge debts, was completely on the verge of bankruptcy.

A consortium led by Sony in the previous life acquired MGM at this time.

"MGM!" Prince Jeffrey wrote down the name.

Next, the two quickly talked about other things.

Ryan said that if there is a suitable opportunity, Orion Films is willing to go to Brunei to shoot.

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