Although he was extremely annoyed with Fox and his gang, Nanaya didn't have any better solution.
In the current situation, he himself cannot stand up and say anything. After all, as the person involved, anything he says will be misunderstood as a provocation.
Especially when Fox Media is sure to maliciously misinterpret the situation, the outcome is almost certain.
If Nanaya doesn't want to be the piece of mud that falls into his crotch, then the best thing to do is to play deaf and dumb and let Washimine solve the problem.
So even though Nanaya was at the center of the media storm, he actually left North America with his team and went to New Zealand.
After all, compared to competing with Old Spiel in a war of words, Nanaya is more concerned about the production progress of his new movie "Madoka Magica".
Washimine also tried to improve Nanaya's impression in traditional media, especially to change Nanaya's impression on George Lucas' side.
Shion even suspected that Fox might have known that George Lucas was going to retire.
That's why they deliberately did this kind of thing in order to lower their status in Lucas' mind.
Of course, it may also be caused by Fox's habits.
Confronting Washimine has long been a rule within Fox's internal office.
In fact, some time ago, because Fox Film Corporation wanted to keep a low profile, the relationship between Fox media and Washimine improved.
But with Murdoch Jr. joining Fox, the relationship between the two sides completely deteriorated.
More importantly, Fox is still very strong now.
Not only did he oppose Washimine everywhere, he also wanted to defeat Washimine as much as possible.
"That's good too. With this rebellious mentality, I have a better chance."
Shion looked at the news about Fox's new film project on TV and smiled slightly.
"You must complete these projects well, my senior..."
Shion talked to herself in front of the TV in a villain-like tone.
Iioka, who walked in from the office door, happened to hear his boss say this.
But he seemed not to have heard anything and just silently placed the materials in his hand on Shion's desk.
"Iioka, what are the current North American box office statistics?"
Iioka said calmly, "Boss, if you want to ask about Indiana Jones 4, you might be a little disappointed."
"Because of this public opinion storm, the other party's box office has actually shown an upward trend. Now it has earned 200 million US dollars."
"Oh~"
After hearing this, Shion was not depressed, but smiled: "But the reputation of the movie is declining, right? This is basically overdrawing the life of this series."
"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" has been dominating the box office in recent days thanks to the power of sentiment and public opinion.
But it is obviously not enough to just look at the box office for a project. As long as you have a little understanding of the reviews of the movie, you will find that this is definitely the worst-reviewed film in the "Indiana Jones" series.
Shion thinks this series will be shelved for a long time.
"But if that's the case, then it's a blow to the film franchise itself."
Iioka said calmly: "Don't forget, the copyright of this series is in the hands of Lucasfilm."
Iioka was one of the few people who knew about Washimine's plan to buy Lucasfilm.
In fact, even within Washimine, not many people knew that their company wanted to buy Lucasfilm.
After all, Lucasfilm is so famous that Washimine himself doesn't know whether he can succeed.
Giving out slogans ahead of time will make people feel like they are lying.
Besides, things like acquisitions have to be done secretly.
Lucasfilm is so famous that if word gets out, all of the Big Six will be interested in this company.
As of now, Washimine still has certain advantages.
Because no one would have thought that Lucas would retire in recent years, and no one would have thought that Lucas would actually sell his entire Lucasfilm.
This advantage of information asymmetry is enough for Washimine to make arrangements in advance.
When Iioka mentioned "Indiana Jones", he was naturally considering what would happen after Washimine took over Lucasfilm.
As for whether his boss could acquire Lucasfilm, Iioka never had any doubts.
Of course, Shion knew what Iioka meant, but she seemed indifferent.
Let's not talk about whether Lucasfilm can successfully acquire it.
Even if it succeeds, Lucasfilm's most valuable assets are the Star Wars copyright and Light & Magic Industries.
"Indiana Jones" and the like are at best just extras, like the little toys that come with Happy Meals at fast food restaurants.
Maybe children will like it, but as an adult, Shion pays more attention to the food in the set meal itself.
"How's the movie situation going at our house?"
"This week's results are not optimistic. Although there was a slight rebound on the weekends, the weekdays fell again to only $5.12 million."
It is natural that a movie cannot remain popular forever, and "Inferno" cannot escape the normal market laws.
After ending the rebound momentum last weekend, the box office immediately began to decline on Monday.
But even so, the North American box office of "Inferno" has accumulated 464.47 million US dollars, ranking first in the North American annual box office list, and is also third in the current North American film history box office list.
Of course, at this point it doesn't really matter which one it is.
After all, no matter how awesome "Inferno" is, it can never surpass the performance of "Titanic". With another $10 million, it will definitely be able to beat "Star Wars".
Since they are the second in any case, Washimine cares more about the specific numbers rather than the ranking.
According to current market statistics, "Inferno" has grossed a total of $630 million overseas in North America, and its global box office has reached nearly $1.1 billion.
It is only one step away from the current global box office runner-up "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King".
It can be said that "Inferno" is not only the most commercially successful film released this year.
It is also the runner-up in box office performance in film history, second only to the monster "Titanic".
Even before it was released, everyone knew that Inferno would be a success.
But no one expected the result of this explosion.
After all, before the movie was released, no one could have guessed that "Inferno" would be able to beat masterpieces like "Star Wars" and "The Lord of the Rings" to become the second best-selling movie in history.
If she wasn't being closely watched by the paparazzi, Shion would have wanted to fly to New Zealand to give Nanaya a shot.
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The competition for the North American summer movie season is known to be fierce every year.
Especially in the three months of May, June and July, big-budget commercial films are released almost every weekend.
The description of it as "You finish your song, and I take the stage" is the most appropriate.
With so many blockbusters being released so densely, competition is unavoidable.
Unless you are very confident in your movie and can achieve success in the off-season like "Inferno".
Otherwise, the competition can only take place during the summer vacation.
After the release of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" in early May, North American audiences welcomed two more films: "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Catherine" and "Sex and the City".
The former is a family-friendly children's fantasy film, while the latter is the film version of the well-known R-rated TV series "Sex and the City".
The two films target very specific audiences and have both achieved relatively satisfactory results.
After Memorial Day, the fighting in May came to a temporary end.
But the market, which is constantly being driven up by enthusiasm, will not stop competing, and there is no shortage of big productions scheduled every weekend in June.
Even though the movie "The Incredible Hulk" was moved to last year's Halloween schedule due to Seven Nights' intervention.
However, the North American market still had considerable strength in June.
The two animated films "Kung Fu Panda" and "Wall-E" occupied the beginning and end of June respectively.
It can be regarded as a summer gift from Hollywood to the children who are about to start their summer vacation.
"Assassins' Alliance" and "Get Smart" released in the middle of the month also reaped a lot of box office revenue.
Both are action movies, but in completely different styles.
"Assassin's League" follows the routine of underdog counterattack and cool action, while "The Confused Detective" focuses on comedy elements.
However, "Get Bludged" has another advantage. The actor who plays [Agent 23] in the movie is Dwayne Johnson, who played a popular role in "Inferno".
What's more, Johnson's Iskander is extremely popular in Inferno.
This made many fans who originally didn't pay much attention to this movie feel some anticipation for the film.
The film's producer, Warner Bros., did not miss this promotional opportunity. They directly put up a slogan, "Another masterpiece by Dwayne Johnson after Inferno," to attract attention.
And then this group of people actually succeeded.
Countless movie fans went to the cinema because of Johnson, making the movie a small hit.
Of course, the quality of "Get Bluff" is still acceptable. As a hilarious action comedy, the various shit and fart jokes in this movie are quite appealing to Americans.
It's not a loss for the audience who come to have a laugh as it's a joke.
As June comes to an end, July, the highlight of the 2008 summer season, has finally arrived.
Before the third weekend of July, Nanaya stopped filming in New Zealand and returned to North America.
On the one hand, he has been in New Zealand long enough, and the war of words between him and Spielberg has long ended.
On the other hand, because he had been away from the United States for two months, a lot of work had accumulated here that needed to be completed by him.
However, the first thing Nanaya did when he arrived in North America was not work, but to attend the premiere of a movie - "Batman: The Dark Knight".