This past weekend, "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" directed by Sam Raimi opened in 4,534 theaters in North America and finally earned $185 million, slightly less than the industry The previous forecast was around $200 million. 
However, as the 28th work of the Marvel Universe series, the North American opening score of "Doctor Strange 2" is already the best among the remaining 24 films after the "Avengers" series. Especially considering that it is only the second work of the independent character "Doctor Strange" as the protagonist after all, this is definitely worthy of rejoicing for Disney and the theater industry. In addition, the film's overseas box office is also very good, taking 265 million US dollars.
The streaming media money-burning war has come to an end
In the past week, the stock price of Netflix, which has suffered a huge decline due to the far worse-than-expected quarterly report, has continued to slump. And Tudum, an affiliated fan-interaction website that was only five months old, began laying off staff.
Compared with the new media Netflix, the traditional film media seems to have a difficult time. The newly restructured Warner Bros. Discovery Group, in order to achieve the cost reduction target of 3 billion US dollars, also extended its guillotine to its Turner TV network and TBS after the 180-degree emergency call on the CNN+ streaming news platform. For many non-fiction programs on TV channels, layoffs may be hard to avoid. Even the brokerage industry, which ordinary people don't pay much attention to but actually plays a pivotal role in Hollywood, is about to usher in large-scale layoffs due to the ongoing merger of the two giants, CAA and ICM.
Exploring the reasons behind this series of changes may also be attributed to the fact that the streaming money-burning war triggered by Netflix has unknowingly come to an end. Back then, it was precisely because the Wall Street stock market was generally optimistic about these streaming media upstarts, which directly pushed their stock prices soaring into the sky, and forced traditional media such as Disney to follow up quickly and fight the infinite streaming media war. But today, because Wall Street is no longer optimistic about such an endless money-burning war, they are worried that the billions of dollars Netflix invests in content production each year may not be able to reap the returns it deserves (that is, the ever-increasing global subscribers), which has directly led to the consideration of cost reduction in the upstream and downstream of the entire Hollywood film and television industry.
Just last week, Netflix announced the cancellation of its already-launched animated series Pearl. The play was executive produced by the former British princess Meghan, and was produced by her and the Archiewell Film and Television Production Company under the name of Prince Harry of the United Kingdom. It was quite a sensation when it was announced last year. is to save costs.
Of course, the money will still be spent. On Friday, the offices of Netflix's Italian branch were officially unveiled in a luxurious old building in a neoclassical style in the heart of Rome. Not long ago, "Hand of God" invested and produced by Netflix won several awards including best picture and best director at the Italian David Awards. At the unveiling ceremony, they also announced high-profile projects such as the series "Leopard" of the same name based on Visconti's classic film and the Italian version adapted from the British drama "The Gold Rush".
"Doctor Strange 2" stills
One of the most personal directorial works in Marvel moviesHowever, as the 28th work of the Marvel Universe series, the North American opening score of "Doctor Strange 2" is already the best among the remaining 24 films after the "Avengers" series. Especially considering that it is only the second work of the independent character "Doctor Strange" as the protagonist after all, this is definitely worthy of rejoicing for Disney and the theater industry. In addition, the film's overseas box office is also very good, taking 265 million US dollars.
Doctor Strange 2 has a 75% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
Males accounted for 62% of the North American audience of Doctor Strange 2, and 36% of the box office revenue for the IMAX and 3D versions. The film currently has a 75% favorable rating from professional film critics on the film review website "Rotten Tomatoes". Although some people criticized the film for "creating more than enough spectacles, but not enough to build humanity", on the whole, it still reached the upper-middle level of previous Marvel works, especially director Sam Raimi, who started out with horror films, this time also gave " Doctor Strange 2 brings a lot of thrilling, gothic, and dark elements, making this film one of the most personal directorial works in all Marvel movies.The streaming media money-burning war has come to an end
In the past week, the stock price of Netflix, which has suffered a huge decline due to the far worse-than-expected quarterly report, has continued to slump. And Tudum, an affiliated fan-interaction website that was only five months old, began laying off staff.
Compared with the new media Netflix, the traditional film media seems to have a difficult time. The newly restructured Warner Bros. Discovery Group, in order to achieve the cost reduction target of 3 billion US dollars, also extended its guillotine to its Turner TV network and TBS after the 180-degree emergency call on the CNN+ streaming news platform. For many non-fiction programs on TV channels, layoffs may be hard to avoid. Even the brokerage industry, which ordinary people don't pay much attention to but actually plays a pivotal role in Hollywood, is about to usher in large-scale layoffs due to the ongoing merger of the two giants, CAA and ICM.
Exploring the reasons behind this series of changes may also be attributed to the fact that the streaming money-burning war triggered by Netflix has unknowingly come to an end. Back then, it was precisely because the Wall Street stock market was generally optimistic about these streaming media upstarts, which directly pushed their stock prices soaring into the sky, and forced traditional media such as Disney to follow up quickly and fight the infinite streaming media war. But today, because Wall Street is no longer optimistic about such an endless money-burning war, they are worried that the billions of dollars Netflix invests in content production each year may not be able to reap the returns it deserves (that is, the ever-increasing global subscribers), which has directly led to the consideration of cost reduction in the upstream and downstream of the entire Hollywood film and television industry.
Just last week, Netflix announced the cancellation of its already-launched animated series Pearl. The play was executive produced by the former British princess Meghan, and was produced by her and the Archiewell Film and Television Production Company under the name of Prince Harry of the United Kingdom. It was quite a sensation when it was announced last year. is to save costs.
Of course, the money will still be spent. On Friday, the offices of Netflix's Italian branch were officially unveiled in a luxurious old building in a neoclassical style in the heart of Rome. Not long ago, "Hand of God" invested and produced by Netflix won several awards including best picture and best director at the Italian David Awards. At the unveiling ceremony, they also announced high-profile projects such as the series "Leopard" of the same name based on Visconti's classic film and the Italian version adapted from the British drama "The Gold Rush".
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