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    August is the harvest season for Dream Chaser Entertainment and Shao Shuaijun, and it is also the season when "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" sweeps the world. Thanks to Shao Shuaijun's improvements, this version of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" has more refined details.  With six years of directing career, Shao Shuaijun has integrated commercial elements into his personal style. The connection between the two shots must be in line with the rhythm of the plot and appeal to people's hearts.  Therefore, the box office is also rising steadily. By the end of August, the global box office has received a super box office of 630 million US dollars.  This year, "Toy Story 3" and "Alice in Wonderland" both achieved a box office of more than 1 billion US dollars, occupying the top two in this year's global box office list.  "Shrek" has US$740 million, and "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 1)" currently has US$700 million, ranking third and fourth respectively.  The fifth place is "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", which was a complete hit.  Summit Entertainment immediately announced that "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" will be filming a sequel, and the script is already being written. As for whether Shao Shuaijun will continue to direct the sequel, neither Summit Entertainment nor Shao Shuaijun has given an answer.  From September 3rd to 5th, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" will have its fifth weekend. This weekend, another major production from Summit Entertainment will land in major theaters in North America.  Directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, the king of R-rated movies Jason Statham, the new Chinese kung fu king Li Lianjie, karate champion Dolph Lundgren, wrestling champion Randy Couture, and movie star Mickey Rourke  The nostalgic classic action blockbuster "The Suicide Squad" starring action superstar Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger as guest stars was screened in 3,270 theaters in North America.  From production to promotion, movies have almost never lacked attention. In today's Hollywood, action blockbusters have deteriorated. They are no longer about fist-to-blood passion, nor are they about explosions and fireworks.  It's the way you look cool when you're flying around in "The Matrix", or the way you look cool in fancy clothes in "Pirates of the Caribbean".  Therefore, "The Expendables" is claimed to be a return to the style of early action blockbusters, and it was immediately wildly welcomed by fans who love action movies. The pre-sale tickets for the movie were extremely popular.  Along with "Suicide Squad", there are three new films that will be released on a large scale, "The Americans", "Machete" and "Long Distance Love", all of which are low-budget films.  At the end of the weekend, the box office results were released. Unsurprisingly, "The Expendables" topped the box office with $36 million. This is already a very good result in this autumn season when the box office is sluggish.  Apart from "The Expendables", the only ones with a box office of over 10 million are "The Americans", last week's "Tampers" and "Machete", both of which are around 10 million.  "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", four weeks later, remains unabated, ranking fifth this week with $8 million.  The one-month release period in mainland China has also ended, with a perfect ending of 412 million yuan. Although it is far behind the 1.05 billion yuan of "Avatar", it is also the second highest box office of Hollywood in China this year.  The overseas performance was similar to last week, with a revenue of about 60 million U.S. dollars. So far, the total global box office of "War for the Planet of the Apes" has reached 710 million U.S. dollars, surpassing "Breaking Dawn (Part 1)" and climbing to the fourth position in the world.  From September 10th to 12th, ¡°Resident Evil: God of War Resurrection¡± grabbed the championship title with US$27.7 million, and ¡°Suicide Squad¡± US$18 million. Subsequently, ¡°Rise of the Planet of the Apes¡± unexpectedly climbed to third place with US$7.1 million.  The autumn season is the off-season for the box office. This week's total box office is only 68 million US dollars, which can be said to be the worst period of the whole year. ???????????? And there aren¡¯t any well-regarded literary films this year, so they¡¯re scheduled to be released in the fall.  On the other hand, competition for the box office in the Mainland is fierce. "The Wind Rises Again" shouldered the pressure of "Tangshan Earthquake" and grabbed 43 million at the box office in its first week, which is a good performance.  Basically, the box office trend in September is very stable, with no unexpected highlights and no disappointing gaps.  At this time, Shao Shuaijun, who was accompanying his wife, received a call from Mitchell Bruce: "Shao, there may be some problems with our acquisition of Lionsgate Pictures." "What's going on?" "Mark from Lionsgate.  Rachesky, who has been a good friend of mine for many years, told me that Carl Icahn, Lionsgate's major shareholder, has agreed to the merger plan between Lionsgate and MGM and is actively promoting it.  The merger of MGM and MGM may absorb capital injection from Warner Brothers, which is very detrimental to our copyright recovery. "Why is it related to MGM again? Wasn't MGM acquired by Sony?"  Asked doubtfully.  Soon, Mitchell gave an explanation.  MGM was one of the top eight companies in Hollywood at the time. In 2005, it was acquired by Sony because it faced bankruptcy.  However, after Sony's acquisition, it was discovered that MGM was a mess and could not be saved at all. So in 2008, it stopped injecting capital into MGM and no longer exercised its management rights, allowing MGM to self-destruct. Sony only acted as a  Shareholder role.  Now that MGM is facing bankruptcy again, the consortium behind MGM, in order to prevent MGM fromAfter going bankrupt, he actively planned a comeback.  Among them, Carl Icahn, the largest shareholder of Lionsgate Pictures, has many plans. Carl is a world-class rich man and one of the shareholders of MGM.  And Mark Racheski is the second largest shareholder of Lions Gate, and he is opposed to the merger with MGM.  Now Lionsgate's board of directors is arguing over whether to merge with MGM, putting negotiations on superhero rights between Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate Pictures on hold.  "Shao, there are two paths we are facing now. One is not to interfere with Carl's plan to merge with MGM. I think Carl has received our goodwill, and the superhero rights will be directly returned to us. The other is to cooperate with Mark and help Mark  Defeat Carl on the board, so that our cooperation with Lionsgate will continue, and it will not be difficult to acquire Lionsgate. Of course, Carl will definitely hold a grudge after helping Mark, and it does not seem wise to offend a rich man in the world.¡±  Carl Icahn is not only a world-class rich man. In the latest Forbes ranking in 2010, he ranked 47th with a net worth of US$14.5 billion, which is much higher than Shao Shuaijun. In terms of actual net worth, of course he is not as high as Shao Shuaijun.  However, this old man in his seventies has a nickname of "Corporate Predator". He is a lone wolf in the Wall Street investment community. He is very radical in his actions. The most famous one was his hostile acquisition of Trans World Airlines, which caused a stir in the world.  The world is in uproar.  "Mitchell, Summit Entertainment is on the list of the six major companies. How many companies have we offended?" Shao Shuaijun curled his lips lightly and asked after hearing Carl's name.  "Well, it should be quite a lot. Walt Disney must have offended, and the other six major companies are also in tension because we have seized too much market" "That's it. If we want to expand, we have to offend others. Disney is this  We dare to seize food from such a giant, but why are we afraid of Carl, an old man in his seventies who might burp in a few days? Lionsgate has been our coveted prey for several years.  I can't bear to give up!" Shao Shuaijun said carelessly. To be honest, he didn't know much about company buying and selling, but he was confident. Dream Chaser Entertainment is not an ordinary company. It now represents the image of China and has China.  The government is a backer, what a fright.  And Shao Shuaijun knows one thing. Although the company is listed, through various cross-shareholdings over the years, the equity of the companies under Dream Chasing Entertainment are all very complex and terrifying. They are firmly controlled by Li Xiuxiu and Shao Shuaijun, and they are not afraid of hostile takeovers by others at all.  .  He has no need to fear anyone.  Of course, since he doesn¡¯t understand finance, he only talks big words at the top of his lungs. The real decision needs to be discussed by the executives: ¡°Mitchell, in principle, I support cooperation with Mark on this issue.  I hope to acquire Lionsgate. However, I will not interfere in the company¡¯s decision-making. You, the management, can discuss it yourself.¡± In the end, after a few days of executive meetings, Summit Entertainment began to cooperate with Mark Lacheski.  Lions Gate's two board chairmen, Rob Friedman and Patrick Vosberg, are both old friends of Mitchell and have had pleasant cooperation with Shao Shuaijun.  Compared to Carl, who likes to squeeze management, they prefer to cooperate with Summit Entertainment.  Soon Lionsgate made a decision at a regular board meeting to accept financing from Summit Entertainment in order to dilute Carl Icahn¡¯s shares.  In a very short period of time, Lionsgate and Summit reached an agreement. Lionsgate accepted US$500 million in financing from Summit Entertainment and obtained 25 common shares. At the same time, Lionsgate issued 16.2 million new common shares to Mark Rachesky.  , bringing Mark¡¯s shareholding in Lionsgate to 31.5, while Carl Icahn¡¯s shares were diluted to 29.7, and Summit Entertainment¡¯s shares were diluted to 22.4.  As a result, Mark and Summit held more than half of the shares, directly activated the board of directors and rejected the merger plan for MGM.  The whole process went very smoothly. Carl¡¯s spokesperson at Lionsgate tried to persuade the board of directors to veto the cooperation with Summit Entertainment, but there were very few responders.  Originally, Summit Entertainment had already prepared for long-term back-and-forth negotiations to acquire Lionsgate. Who would have thought that because of MGM's intervention, Summit Entertainment would take advantage of the situation and quickly and directly obtain the shares.     Two dogs fight, play off.  Within a few days, Marvel Comics announced on its official website: "Good news. After friendly negotiations with Lionsgate Pictures, starting from September 15th, the three superheroes Punisher, Humanoid and Kick-Ass will be released."  All copyrights are officially back in the hands of Marvel comics! We will start creating movie plans for these three superheroes and strive to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe trio as soon as possible. "The return of these three superheroes has opened a good road for copyright.  It also makes Marvel comic fans look forward to the return of the next superhero even more.  September 20th, another weekend passed. Summit Entertainment struck while the iron was hot and started negotiations with Lionsgate Pictures on further acquisitions.  The company¡¯s official website also announced a new set of numbers.according to.  As of today, "The Hunger Games", "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 1)", and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" have all been officially finished.  "The Hunger Games" has a global box office of US$650 million, including US$410 million in North America, making it one of the highest-grossing movies in North America this year.  "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 1)" has a global box office of US$725 million, temporarily ranking fifth in the world this year.  "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" has a global box office of US$780 million, surpassing "Shrek" and temporarily ranking third in the world this year.  "Shao Shuaijun's era has come!" - "Times".  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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