Smith Media executives met to discuss the box office of "Spider-Man".

"Spider-Man" was released on January 1, 2002, and today, January 14, 2002, there is only 12 hours left in two weeks.

The box office results for the 13 days and 12 hours it was released have naturally been released.

This movie, for which Smith Media had high hopes, lived up to Smith Media's dedication to it.

The North American box office of Abel's version of "Spider-Man" on its first day of release was approximately US$53 million.

This figure is more than 2.5 million U.S. dollars higher than the 50.5 million U.S. dollars earned by "Harry Potter (Episode 1: And the Philosopher's Stone)," which topped last year's North American box office charts.

Since the film's release, the North American box office has exceeded US$456 million, and the global box office has exceeded US$790 million.

There is no doubt that this is an excellent result.

It has far exceeded the results of this film at the same time.

There are two reasons. One is that it was released earlier.

It was released on January 1, less than three months before September 11 last year.

Americans' fears in this regard have not yet been fully released, and many people long for superheroes to save themselves.

Spider-Man arrived at this time.

Another reason is that the MGM version of "Spider-Man" received more attention, and the shooting cost was close to US$200 million.

The conditions in all aspects, especially the computer special effects, are even better than the original version.

Its box office sales are better than the original version, which is considered normal.

For example, last year's box-office champion Harry Potter only exceeded US$600 million at the box office after two weeks of release.

According to the current trend of "Spider-Man", most entertainment media believe that its global box office will definitely exceed US$1 billion.

Because its release cycle has only gone through 1/4 at most.

Hollywood's big-budget films are released in first-class theaters for about a month.

It will not disappear immediately after a month, but will continue to be shown in second-class theaters.

Of course, even if it is a big production, if it is too bad and the box office is too bad, it will only be completed in two or three weeks.

The blockbusters like last year's "Harry Potter Part 1" were released in first-class theaters for almost 4 months.

But later on, film schedules and attendance rates became lower and lower, and the producer's revenue share became smaller and smaller.

The most powerful one is Titanic, which was shown in North American cinemas for more than a year the same year it was released.

These are the perks that only blockbusters can have.

If it is a low-cost film, such as an independent film, it is often difficult to even enter mainstream theaters.

If you enter, the cycle is generally very short.

This also leads to independent films that can be produced, which are generally of very good quality.

"...Spider-Man is clearly not over yet."

MGM Tower, in the conference room.

Abel talked eloquently in front of everyone:

"The publicity work cannot stop. The contracts for advertisements released in newspapers and subways will continue to be signed. Everyone, whether it is MGM or Smith Media, they need a good start now. We can even make a little less money for this, you understand me

What do you mean?"

All MGM film executives, led by Robert Iger, nodded.

More than a year has passed since Abel acquired MGM Film Group.

He successfully acquired MGM movies in September 2000.

MGM has released many movies over such a long period of time.

But those are all MGM film groups, and the films they accumulated previously were mainly small and medium-sized investment films.

"Spider-Man" is the first time Abel accepted MGM.

The first complete, large-scale film independently produced and released by MGM Films.

What's more, the IP and copyright of this movie were stolen from Sony by Abel's tricks.

If this fails, it will probably become a joke among the upper echelons of Hollywood...

Fortunately, it seems that Abel's robbery this time was very successful.

Just with the current results, "Spider-Man" has allowed Abel to recover all his costs.

What follows is all profit.

Not to mention the performance of "Spider-Man" is very good.

For the above reasons alone, "Spider-Man" will definitely be taken seriously.

Now, coupled with its excellent box office performance, MGM has made a lot of money for the first time since it came into Abel's hands.

Of course they will take Robert Egger seriously.

As for the movie promotion and marketing practice system, the industry has already had a set of standards.

Whether in the past or in the future, North America will mainly focus on television advertising and traditional print media.

This is the main propaganda front here in the United States.

In these two places, generally how much money is invested will produce the same results.

The bosses are now saying that they can make less money and make a better start.

The method used by MGM movies is also very simple.

It is nothing more than increasing publicity funds, and at the same time giving some profit to theaters, allowing them to increase the proportion of "Spider-Man" films in the schedule and gain higher exposure opportunities.

"Spider-Man" was the main focus of this brief meeting.

The meeting lasted only twenty minutes in total, and soon most of the film group executives dispersed.

Only Robert Iger, the rotating CEO of Smith Media, and the CEO of MGM Film Group are left.

"Has work started on Part 2 and Part 3 of Spider-Man?"

"It's ready. Shooting is expected to start on February 1st," Robert Iger replied:

"Because it is two consecutive filmings, the cycle this time will be longer. The filming cycle is more than 6 months. The post-production of the second part will be completed in half a year and will be released early next year."

Abel nodded and asked again: "In addition to the second and third parts of "Spider-Man", other movies in the superhero universe series should also start preparations. Dark Horse Comics has many good IPs."

Robert Iger nodded respectfully, "It's already started. The company will shoot four movies this year with an investment of more than 100 million US dollars. Dark Horse Comics' "Space Force 2", "Alien vs. Predator", and "Hellboy" have already begun projects.

"

"Right."

Abel suddenly remembered something, "I remember that the comic copyright of "Granny in Disguise" is also owned by Dark Horse Comics?"

"Yes."

"Is it possible to bring Jim Carrey back to film a new version of "The Man in Disguise"?"

Robert Egger frowned and thought for a moment, "It's difficult. But if you want, I'll give it a try."

In 1994, the movie "The Man in Disguise" made Jim Carrey, an unknown fourth- and fifth-tier starlet, suddenly become one of the kings of comedy in the United States.

But then "Transfiguration 2" did not appear, and only a poor imitator "Modern" appeared.

The reason is that after "The Shapeshifter", Jim Carrey's movie schedule is very full.

At the same time, Jim Carrey also began to get tired of filming the sequel because of the sequel to "Phantom 2".

New Line Films was filming "The Man in Disguise" and they couldn't handle Jim Carrey, so in the end they had no choice but to let it go.

In front of Robert Egger, if MGM Film Group wants to shoot "The Man in Disguise 2".

The first is the copyright issue - this is the best to solve, because even if it is adapted beyond recognition, the comic copyright of "Granny in Disguise" is still in the hands of Dark Horse Comics.

Just make some compromises and fight a lawsuit.

Getting the copyright back is not difficult.

The really difficult thing is to bring Jim Carrey back. Most people know that this movie is successful only because of two people - the director and the male lead.

It was the director who adapted the original work, which was full of ketchup, into this absurd comedy.

It's Jim Carrey's special acting ability that makes this movie so outstanding.

It's very easy to deal with the director's questions. Once you have a good style, it's easy to find a director.

If that doesn't work, just bring back the original director Russell.

Even Jim Carrey himself said that if there was to be a remake of "The Man in Disguise", he would only work with Russell, the original star.

The key lies in the lead actor Jim Carrey.

Fortunately, MGM Film Group is not a little guy like New Line.
To be continued...