Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 292: There is still a long way to go to conquer the European market.
The next day, June 24, 1966, in the office of Warner Bros. Pictures headquarters, Jack frowned and looked at the documents in front of him with a dull expression.

The document talked about the box office revenue of Paramount Pictures' new film "The Jackal" on the first day of its release yesterday. The total revenue from all theaters across the United States was 12.8 million US dollars.

This data was like a bolt from the blue for Jack.

He never expected that Paramount Pictures could turn the tide under such circumstances. It was simply unbelievable.

It's absolutely impossible. To rake in 12.8 million US dollars in box office revenue in one day, that's fucking incredible, right?

The reason for this is that Hollywood movies have been slowly reviving since the year before last, and last year the three giants Paramount, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures emerged.

Each film company's box office revenue exceeds 500 million US dollars. How can it not make those movie theaters compete to curry favor with them?

Many small cinemas have joined in, all wanting to obtain the film screening rights of the three giants including Paramount.

You have to know that in the history of the original time and space, Sam's entire annual movie box office was less than 10 billion US dollars.

But last year it was nearly 2 billion US dollars, of which Paramount and the other three giants divided up 1.5 billion US dollars.

In the first half of this year, Paramount and other three giants released several movies in succession. The summer season, as a traditionally important box office period, was monopolized by several Hollywood giants.

"The Jackal" was released first and immediately broke last year's record. Newspapers across the United States also published the news.

For a time, the whole of America was in an uproar.

Jack from Warner Bros. Pictures was very dissatisfied and puzzled. Why?
It’s right that he doesn’t understand. If he did, then Warner Bros.’ movies might have achieved such high box office results.

Continuous innovation is Paramount Pictures' secret to success.

Inside Paramount Pictures, all employees were in high spirits.

Although the big boss fired the two producers, he did not treat his employees harshly. On the contrary, he was very generous.

What's more, now anyone with talent can prove themselves according to Paramount's promotion system and reach the top step by step.

The movie grossed over 12 million U.S. dollars on its first day of release. This is an unprecedented, very high, and very exciting achievement.

Almost all the new filmmakers who joined Paramount were looking forward to the future, and they had all forgotten the two major producers who were kicked out a few days ago.

The start of the summer season has set off a blast for this summer. The owners of major cinemas who were originally worried that no one would go to the cinema to watch movies are all smiling.

Managers of major cinemas now focus on one thing: opening the doors and welcoming customers.

The service in the cinema must be in place, especially in terms of hygiene, which must be done well, and smoking alone is not allowed. It must leave a good impression on all audiences. Only in this way will there be repeat customers.

Although the quality of the movie itself is what matters in a movie theater, the service provided by the theater itself is also of utmost importance. Even if the movie is good, if the service of the theater itself is rubbish, the audience will gradually choose to give up.

The release of "The Jackal" continues to be a hit.

Ordinary people don’t know much about professions like top killers, but there is no doubt that the movie "The Jackal" has revealed the tip of the iceberg of this mysterious profession of killer.

The protagonist is a retired sniper from the army, but this part is not stated in the movie. There will definitely be a prequel in the future, which will be another sequel that can continue to make money.

It was released on Thursday, and the box office revenue for the three days of Friday, Saturday and Sunday was 12.93 million, 14.65 million and 13.47 million respectively.

The total box office for the first four days of the weekend was 53.85 million US dollars.

When the new Monday arrived and newspapers all over the streets were reporting the news, film studios such as Warner Bros., Columbia, United Artists, Disney, and MGM were all in a daze.

why?
They couldn't understand why "The Jackal", a movie about a killer, was so unreasonable and had such a suffocatingly powerful box office.

This is the box office for the first four days of the weekend, which directly exceeded 50 million US dollars. The box office of many movies is not as good as the box office performance of "The Jackal" in one day.

How else to compare?
In the office of the chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures, Jack called Clint Richard and Rolf Curry into the office.

"Clin, Rolf, you've seen the news, right? Your former employer, Paramount, is going gangbusters right now. In just four days, they've made $50 million from the market. Do you know what that means?"

Jack, panting, raised a finger and looked at the two producers in front of him and said:

"They're incredible. I really need producers who can make money like that, so I hope you guys polish your movies. I need high box office results. Warner Bros. needs a huge box office success to prove itself and boost its stock price. Do you understand?"

Klin Richard and Rolf Curry both nodded seriously.

They now have no way out except to move forward bravely.

Therefore, no matter whether there is a cliff or a deep abyss ahead, they must rush forward.

"Although 'The Jackal' is a strong film, it's actually nearing the end of its rope. The film's box office success won't last long, and it's not a family-friendly film."

The year was 1966, and Sam's films had not yet been rated, but even so, society had already called for film ratings.

Because when many movies are released, there is no need to cut any shots, and then there are a lot of very bloody shots.

As a result, many parents don’t know whether they should take their children to see such movies. There is no way to tell from the movie title or trailer, so they require a rating.

After hearing Clin Richard's analysis, Jack nodded.

But in the next few days, the box office performance of "The Jackal" was beyond everyone's expectations.

It was extremely strong, with the daily box office remaining above 8 million. Moreover, this result rose against the trend after entering Friday, returning to the super high box office of over 10 million US dollars in a single day.

This weekend, three giants including Warner Bros., MGM and Columbia also released new movies, but without exception, they were all suppressed by "The Jackal".

The runner-up in the single-day box office rankings is Universal Pictures' slasher film "The Wrong Man," a new movie.

This kind of bloody film, as you can tell from the name of the movie, is generally watched by movie fans.

A very thrilling horror film.

Horror movies have a huge market in countries like Sam, and their box office performance is very stable.

The key is that the production cost of plasma films is very low. Take the movie "The Ghost" as an example. The total investment did not exceed 800,000 US dollars, but the box office on the first day of its release exceeded 3 million.

It’s so profitable.

By the time "The Ghost" is released, the box office will definitely exceed 30 million US dollars, and even 50 million US dollars is not impossible.

Clint Richard's face twisted when he saw the newspaper report about the box office of the movie "The Jackal".

"Fuck, fuck, why? Why are so many people still watching your movies?"

He hated the big boss Zhao Mancang, so why did he kick him out of Paramount?
Everyone is playing by Hollywood's unique unspoken rules, so why is it so harsh and serious when it comes to Paramount's turn?

Isn’t it good for everyone to make money together?

After arriving at Warner Bros., Clint Richard had no idea what to do. In just over half a month, he had a lot more white hair.

In order to prevent Jack from finding out, he even went to the barber shop and dyed his hair black to avoid any accidents.

Rolf Curry also suffered.

Like Clint Richards, he is still in the middle of filming and is busy with new projects.

It’s the end of June, and they have to shoot the movie before the beginning of August, so they don’t have much time.

The summer season is a very good time period, and Warner Bros. needs such a time period. It needs a high-grossing movie to turn the tide and boost its stock price.

"I hope they won't let me down."

Standing in front of the French window, Jack looked at the scenery outside the window, took a sip of wine, and thought so.

Jack also had no way out, or rather, he had no other choice.

Zhao Mancang did not continue to pay attention to Hollywood and the Sam film market, although newspapers outside are now promoting the box office of the movie "Jackal" every day and even reporting comments from related interviews.

This can be said to be an alternative type of "online review". Many ordinary people are fooled into going to the cinema by such "reviews".

But I have to say that the movie "The Jackal" is indeed very good, and many people even watched it twice.

In addition, the price of movie tickets has also increased a lot, which is why its box office is so high.

The movie has a high price tag, but audiences still buy it. This is enough to show that it is a quality movie. External publicity alone is enough to attract audiences to spend money, and the plot and pictures of the movie itself did not disappoint everyone.

In the headquarters office of Wanjia Supermarket, Zhao Mancang is in a meeting.

"Dennis, you're in charge of the European market. Could you please tell me what the current situation is like in Europe?"

Upon hearing this, Denis Kaderon immediately began to report his work respectfully.

The European market is huge, and Wanjia Supermarket has stores in many countries and regions across the European continent, including Great Britain, Gaul, West Berlin, the Kingdom of Cork, Castile, etc.

Among them, Castile has no resistance to top-quality mushroom ingredients such as truffles and matsutake.

Fifty percent of the truffles and matsutake mushrooms airlifted from Shangri-La in the southwest are consumed by Castile.

Even in stores in New York, most of the consumers of truffles and matsutake mushrooms are immigrants from Castile.

Therefore, when Wanjia Supermarket entered Castile, it was doing well at the beginning. Although the business was not bad, it was not as good as other countries such as Great Britain.

Until the emergence of truffles and matsutake mushrooms, the two top-quality ingredients, Agaricus solium and Agaricus rubrum, from a large country in the East, instantly conquered the people of Castile.

As a result, Wanjia Supermarket's business in this country quickly improved.

The harvest season for truffles is from November to March of the following year, while the harvest season for matsutake mushrooms is from the end of June to mid-October.

In other words, these two times of the year are when the business of supermarkets in Castile is the busiest.

Many people wanted to buy these mushrooms, and with the popularity of matsutake and truffles, Zhao Mancang had other mushrooms picked locally in Shangri-La, and then packed and airlifted them abroad for sale.

The result was quite surprising. Whether it was Hericium erinaceus or Acanthopanax albuminus, these foreign consumers were still willing to pay for it.

Of course, there is still a long way to go if we want to conquer the European market.

There is no need to say much about products such as home appliances. Even Sam's Club, the world's number one economic market, has been conquered, and the European market has no way to resist.

What's more, there are not many TV brands nowadays. Once Wanjia Supermarket takes action, the local TV market will become even more withered.

There’s no way, the cost is just so low, it doesn’t matter who comes.

As for the idea of ​​raising tariffs, haha, that doesn't exist, because these products are assembled directly locally and are considered their own products.

Even if this is not the case, they will choose to build factories in countries with low tariffs and then ship goods to neighboring countries.

In later generations, someone who liked to wear a red scarf raised tariffs on a certain big country, causing complaints from new energy vehicle companies.

But later, these companies were very smart and built factories directly in the neighboring Cactus Country, and then exported the assembled cars to the neighboring Sam's Club to avoid the high tariffs.

It was 1966, economic globalization had not yet fully taken off, and the transmission of many messages was extremely slow.

Therefore, Wanjia Supermarket can use many means to avoid these unnecessary high-cost expenditures in order to achieve the goal of profitability.

According to Denis Cardron's work report, the number of stores in the European market has now exceeded 200, and the development speed is still very fast.

After all, the number of Sam's Club stores has just exceeded 300.

"Also, Boss, we've discovered that a competitor has emerged in Gallic Chicken, and their business model is almost identical to ours."

After hearing Denis Kaderon's report, Zhao Mancang pondered for a moment and said:
"We don't need to acquire them or suppress them. We just focus on them and use normal business methods to bring them down. We open a new store next to their store and compete head-on with them to see their prices. We must lower our prices than theirs, and even offer discounts on top of discounts."

Things like filing a lawsuit are the worst option.

Using capital advantages to defeat the opponent in a fair and honest manner is the real way to do business.

If the other party dares to do anything weird, haha, Wanjia Supermarket, as a multinational company, will definitely have more means to kill the other party.

The situation now is also very simple, get it!

"Okay, Boss, I know what to do."

Deniscardron nodded solemnly, and Zhao Mancang asked the others to continue reporting on their work.

Wanjia Supermarket cannot afford to make any mistakes. The Target Supermarket, which Zhao Mancang had previously acquired under another name, also underwent major adjustments.

Target Supermarket is what Zhao Mancang uses to contain Wanjia Supermarket. The main purpose is to expand in multiple directions to prevent Wanjia Supermarket from being cut off by Sam's monopoly scissors.

From now on, there is no obvious effect of this move.

However, the development of Target supermarket is also very impressive.

After all, this supermarket is also copying and pasting the business model of Wanjia Supermarket, but it is different in many aspects.

For example, in terms of price, neither company will lower the price indefinitely. After all, if they want to open a business, they must make money, not fight to the death.

In addition, Sam's Club is big enough, and the two supermarkets are not in direct competition with each other. Therefore, although there is competition, it is not that fierce.

The current retail market is still a blue ocean with plenty of opportunities to make money. It just depends on whether you can seize them.

Zhao Mancang came to Mario Airlines after inspecting Wanjia Supermarket.

After such a long time, Mario Aviation finally developed the fighter jet technical data he had given him before.

A new fighter jet, which is upgraded and modified based on the Fish Nest Fighter and Farmer Fighter.

It originally had a strong Moscow style, but now it has become an extremely strong Sam style.

There is no way. This fighter was developed by the SAM people, so of course it became a SAM fighter.

This model, named Mario M66 Fighter, has achieved very impressive performance.

Starting in 1960, Zhao Mancang had already invested 200 million US dollars to allow Mario Aviation to conduct technical research and development on the Fish Wo and Farmer fighter jets.

Replicate their production process, etc.

These technologies and production equipment had already been taken out and brought back to Southeast University by Zhao Mancang.

It is now upgraded based on two fighter jets, and its performance in all aspects has been very good.

The Mario M66 fighter has only one person in the cockpit, a maximum combat radius of kilometers, a maximum range of kilometers, can carry six missiles or eight aerial bombs, and is also equipped with a powerful combat system.

The production process has also been completed. Zhao Mancang's main purpose of coming to Sam's Club this time is to inspect and accept this thing.

After acceptance, Zhao Mancang personally put all the packaged equipment into the system space and transported them himself.

Because this thing is very important and valuable, it cannot be lost.

In the blink of an eye, it was July and the box office of the movie "The Jackal" had dropped to five million on that day, which was far less crazy than the first week of its release.

But even so, its box office dominance is still terrifying.

A single-day box office of five million US dollars is still the dream achievement for many movies.

Just the day after entering July, the box office of the movie "The Jackal" exceeded 100 million yuan, ushering in a new era.

The third week hasn't even arrived yet, and the box office of "Jackal" has already exceeded 100 million yuan. It still has such a long time to be released, so it is conceivable that its box office will definitely not be lower than 150 million yuan. It is even possible that it will break 200 million yuan.

However, this week, 20th Century Fox's new movie "The Way of the Dragon" also hit the screens.

This movie stars Bruce Lee as the lead actor and is a classic representative of Kung Fu movies.

The movie "Way of the Dragon" was released on June 30th, which was a Thursday. On the first day of its release, the box office exploded.

Compared to the ticket price of the movie "The Jackal", the ticket price of "Way of the Dragon" is also higher because according to the publicity of 20th Century Fox, the movie cost more and also has many movie stars in it.

So it's normal that the price is a bit higher.

The name of the movie is "Way of the Dragon", and the real box office performance really demonstrated what "Way of the Dragon" means.

On July 1, major newspapers and magazines across the United States reported the box office performance of the movie "Enter the Dragon", which was 15.27 million.

Breaking Sam's box office record again.

Hollywood giants such as Warner Bros., Disney, MGM, Columbia, etc., are biting their teeth in frustration: Why?
Bruce Lee became famous in one battle and became a new kung fu superstar.

With such a high single-day box office, how much money did they make?

This is definitely not the most profitable. Although the movie box office is very profitable, the most profitable part is still the peripheral products.

A large number of Bruce Lee-related peripherals have appeared in supermarkets, at the entrances of movie theaters, etc., and there are also quite a few peripherals related to "Way of the Dragon".

For example, Bruce Lee pillows, Bruce Lee human-shaped wooden stakes, posters, etc. can only be the lowest-level peripherals.

It can be said that Zhao Mancang’s move caused an uproar in the entire Hollywood.

Giants like Warner Bros. have followed suit. After all, when it comes to making money, the means are not important; what matters is the ability to make a profit.

If Disney learns this, it is still possible to make money. If other giants want to learn this, unless the movie is really a big hit, it would be good if they don’t lose money.

The box office of the movie "Way of the Dragon" ended the single-day box office champion of "The Jackal", and there is a great possibility that it will surpass "The Jackal" and become the new summer box office champion.

Of course, the summer season has just begun, and the outcome remains uncertain.

But from now on, it seems that "Way of the Dragon" is really awesome.

There are countless movie-related products, and many people seem to be quite rich.

In just two days, the surrounding revenue has exceeded 50 million, and this is just the beginning.

In the next few days, after the four days of the first weekend, the total box office of "Enter the Dragon" had reached 62.4 million US dollars.

As soon as the news was announced, everyone in Sam who was paying attention to the movie "Way of the Dragon" was excited.

Many people from Wall Street came to contact the person in charge of 20th Century Fox in person, hoping to cooperate and operate the IPO.

But without exception, they were all rejected.

Zhao Mancang attaches great importance to 20th Century Fox, and going public is not a good option for this company.

First of all, Zhao Mancang is not short of money at all and does not need to raise funds through listing. Otherwise, he would not have given money and script after acquiring the company.

Moreover, from the acquisition to now, 20th Century Fox has made hundreds of millions of dollars, and all this money is still lying in the company's account, and Zhao Mancang has not touched it at all.

It’s not that I don’t want to move, but it’s not the time yet.

Because it won’t be long before Zhao Mancang will launch a Hollywood blockbuster plan, where he will acquire some technology companies and then innovate special effects technology.

Movie special effects are a very expensive project. 20th Century Fox cannot keep making kung fu movies. It must also carry out technological innovation to continue to bring good movies to the audience and continue to make money.

"Way of the Dragon" is indeed very exciting, but it's just a movie, and it can't always be so exciting.

"Well, not bad, keep it up."

Zhao Mancang finished watching the movie "Way of the Dragon", made a comment, and that was all.

He left Sam and did not continue to pay attention to the box office performance of the movies here.

Although the head of 20th Century Fox was a little disappointed, he was not too sad. His job was to keep an eye on the company and ensure it continued to make profits.

Because it concerns his year-end bonus.

All employees in the company are the same. Everyone wants to make money, so they must work hard.

No one forced them; on the contrary, it was their own initiative.

For example, Bruce Lee is extremely popular now.

During this period, he was flying all over Sam because he needed to promote the movie, visit box office locations, and attract audiences to watch the movie.

Wherever we go, local Chinese people will show up in large numbers and everyone is very enthusiastic.

Although Zhao Mancang has recruited thousands of stuntmen from Taiwan, Hong Kong and other places to come to Hollywood since the year before last, and other Hollywood giants such as Warner Bros. have subsequently recruited thousands more people, resulting in there being now 10,000 to 20,000 stuntmen in Hollywood.

But there is not a single real Chinese movie star.

The most awesome movie star is the very young Chinese actor in Home Alone. Such a star doesn't have much influence.

On the contrary, Bruce Lee is the real kung fu superstar.

If they want to succeed, those martial artists still need to overcome the language barrier.

Even though they are making a living at Sam's, and it seems that they are doing quite well now, you have to understand that their English is still very poor.

After all, they have only been here for less than two years.

On the contrary, Bruce Lee's English was very fluent, and he was a college student, which made him different from other martial artists.

Therefore, there is a reason why Bruce Lee became so popular.

Seeing the direction of their struggle, the martial artists were all very excited and started to practice hard, determined to speak fluent English.

For a time, Crazy English could be seen everywhere in rental houses near Hollywood.

Influenced by Zhao Mancang, Chinese people have finally taken root in Sam's Club and are now gradually showing a little influence.

The movie “Way of the Dragon” continues to be a hit, and Warner Bros. is getting excited about it.

MGM is promoting its new film "Charades," which cost it $20 million to invest, and has invited Hollywood's most beautiful actress, Audrey Hepburn, and other stars to join in the film's passionate performances.

As a result, when "Way of the Dragon" was released on the second Thursday of the week, the box office was instantly reduced to ashes.

The second week's Thursday was July 7th. The box office champion on that day was "Way of the Dragon", with a single-day box office of 10.8 million US dollars. The runner-up was "Charades", with a box office of 6 million US dollars. The third place was "The Jackal", with a box office of 4.92 million US dollars.

The movie "The Jackal" is already in its third week, and the box office on Thursday actually increased, almost reaching five million.

The next day, Friday, the box office of "Charades" should have increased, but unfortunately, it didn't increase much at all, only by $200,000.

In contrast, "Way of the Dragon" grossed $12.39 million, and "The Jackal" grossed $6.07 million.

The latter's performance shocked a number of Hollywood giants. They could not have imagined that even in the third week, the performance of the movie "The Jackal" was still so amazing.

Isn’t the box office durability amazing?

If it continues like this, I'm afraid that by the end of the third week, the box office of "The Jackal" will exceed 150 million US dollars.

At this time, "Way of the Dragon" broke the 100 million yuan mark on the eighth day of its release, and now on the ninth day, the box office has reached 110 million yuan.

Wow, I guess we can catch up with "The Jackal" this weekend, right?

Saturday was a critical day, and MGM had to increase its publicity efforts for "Charades". Stars such as Audrey Hepburn were dragged around by their agents, appearing on TV stations and attending various events to increase exposure and attract audiences to buy tickets to see the movie.

It's a pity that it's useless.

Saturday's box office figures were freshly released on July 10th, and the newspapers had already listed the top ten movies.

It's no wonder that many newspapers are also smart. They found that newspapers such as the New York Times and Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Daily News listed the box office of Hollywood movies into a ranking list and updated it every day.

Determine the daily and total box office records for each of the top ten movies.

Other newspapers followed suit, and they even increased the difficulty, expanding the rankings to the top 20 or 30.

But it is obvious that apart from the top five movies, the rest are simply not worth watching.

The box office was low and the movie was rubbish.

On Saturday, July 9th, the box office champion for the day was "Way of the Dragon," with a box office of 14.77 million US dollars.

The runner-up was not MGM's "Charades", but "The Jackal", which had been released for half a month and had a box office of 10.1 million US dollars.

The third place winner, "Puzzle", earned US$8.08 million.

After seeing the box office results, the whole Hollywood was in an uproar.

The popularity of "The Jackal" was unexpected. No one had expected that a movie released on June 23 would have such an amazing box office dominance.

The popularity of the entire film market can be said to be brought about by "Way of the Dragon" and "The Jackal", and other films such as "Charades" have benefited from it.

But even so, film companies such as MGM, Warner Bros., Columbia, and United Artists were not only not grateful, but instead wanted to curse.

Perhaps in their opinion, it is movies like "Way of the Dragon", "The Jackal" and "Spartacus" that have raised the audience's expectations for movies.

After watching these excellent movies, many viewers go to watch other movies such as "The Mystery of the Soul" and find them tasteless and want to curse.

Even the "crudely made" blood film "The Wrath of the Witches" by Universal Pictures has a plot that is not worth mentioning, but the use of camera is definitely the pinnacle of horror films.

In short, the three giants, Universal Pictures, Paramount and 20th Century Fox, seemed to have suddenly become very powerful and full of talented people.

As a result, the five giants, Warner Bros., Disney, MGM, United Artists and Columbia, were completely reduced to second-rate companies and had a hard time surviving.

These days are so hard!

It’s right to be difficult!

If they have it too easy, then wouldn't Zhao Mancang's plan fail?

Inside the MGM executive meeting room, there was a gloomy atmosphere.

"Ladies and gentlemen, at the shareholders' meeting, the owners expressed strong dissatisfaction with us. They are ready to sell MGM to overcome the difficulties."

As soon as the person in charge spoke, the faces of the other executives turned pale and ugly.

But this is the decision of the shareholders. What can these senior employees do?

On the other side, the person in charge of 20th Century Fox received a call from the secretary of MGM shareholders, saying that there was something to discuss in detail.

What to talk about?
After the meeting, the person in charge of 20th Century Fox realized that the other party actually wanted to sell its shares in MGM.

"When is your boss free? Let's meet up to discuss this in detail."

"No need. The boss has already given me the authorization. If MGM wants to sell its shares, all shareholders must agree to sell. Only then will we consider acquiring it. Otherwise, we won't take it."

Does Zhao Mancang want MGM?
I don’t think so, and it’s not that urgent.

The reason is very simple. He now owns three giants: Paramount, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures. To be honest, that is enough and he does not need too many film companies.

As long as these three giants are there, it is enough to let them form a healthy competitive situation.

It is impossible for Warner Bros. to be acquired. Even if Jack wants to sell his shares, Zhao Mancang will not take them because this listed company is still very troublesome.

Don’t even think about Disney, as it also has a very strong Sam atmosphere, and the image of Mickey Mouse has been deeply rooted in people’s hearts.

In the future, when Zhao Mancang has time, he will set up an animation company to compete with Disney.

Columbia and United Artists were left by Zhao Mancang to Kimura's capitalists. It depends on when those Kimura tycoons will come and buy the Hollywood giants.

MGM shareholders were stunned when they heard this.

Wow, do we have to pack it all up?
Depend on!
I want to sell MGM, but I have to be so frustrated?

Not for sale!
Some time later, MGM shareholders contacted Paramount and Universal Pictures again, but were either rejected or wanted to acquire them for one dollar. In short, they wanted to get them for free.

The angry MGM shareholders wanted to kill someone.

From late June to early July, Sam's movie summer season was successfully preheated, and it can even be said to be extremely popular.

The movie "Way of the Dragon" was very popular and the box office was indeed very high. On July 12, the total box office exceeded the 159 million US dollars of "The Jackal" and reached 162 million US dollars.

However, the peripheral products of "Way of the Dragon" have sold more than 400 million US dollars.

This is where the real profits lie!

Thousands of supermarkets, cinemas, etc. made a profit without making a sound. They quietly put the goods on the shelves and sold them happily.

It’s so damn profitable!

July 15th arrived as scheduled, and Universal Pictures' blockbuster officially arrived. The movie "Jaws" was promoted with great fanfare.

A poster of an enormous great shark is posted in major movie theaters, Wanjia supermarkets, Target supermarkets and other places with the largest traffic and the most conspicuous places.

It can be said that Wanjia Supermarket has many ways to make money, and selling advertising booths is also very profitable.

Although Wanjia Supermarket and Universal Pictures are both companies owned by Zhao Mancang, they are companies under different names and cannot be known to the outside world.

Therefore, these promotional methods were proposed by Zhao Mancang, and the specific negotiations were carried out by relevant staff.

After all, movie promotion also needs to consider the scale.

There is no doubt that "Jaws" meets the standards of a blockbuster, so when it was released, it was directly given $15 million in publicity funds.

Including production investment, the total investment of this film exceeds 40 million US dollars.

The 15th was Friday, and "Jaws" was released on that day. It grossed $17.26 million at the box office that day, shocking everyone.

"Farke, Farke, Farke."

Jack was in the office of the chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures. He stared at the numbers in the newspaper in amazement and then burst into curse words.

How the hell could this have such a high box office?

"Oh my God, why doesn't the goddess of luck favor me?"

Based on this box office result, the box office of "Jaws" tomorrow, Saturday, will probably be even more terrifying.

No one noticed that the ticket price of "Jaws" seemed to have increased a bit, and with more and more small cinemas joining in, its box office performance far exceeded "Way of the Dragon" and "The Jackal".

The 16th was a Saturday, and there were long queues outside the major cinemas that day. Everyone wanted to buy tickets to watch "Jaws" and see if the movie was really as great as the newspaper said.

However, cinemas did not have so many screenings scheduled for "Jaws", so many viewers did not end up seeing "Jaws", but instead bought tickets to watch "Way of the Dragon" and "The Jackal".

Because there are more screenings for the last two movies, on the contrary, there are really very few screenings for other movies like "Charades".

Especially in small cinemas, they only show "Jaws" and other movies are only shown in the early morning.

The cinema owner doesn't care about that as long as he makes money.

So, early one Saturday morning, major newspapers and magazines delivered the printed newspapers to prominent locations such as newsstands and small bookstores, and the top headline on the front page was the news about the movie "Jaws".

Hollywood giants such as Warner Bros., MGM, and Disney all want to know how much the box office of the movie "Jaws" was on Saturday, and whether it had exceeded 20 million?
(End of this chapter)