Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 828 - 599: Worth Thirty Billion

By the end of February, the American Film Institute Report successively published several articles analyzing the 2015 box office data, including the global film market situation, North American box office situation, ranking and profits of the top seven studios.

The global box office in 2015 was 38.3 billion US dollars, up 5% from 2014, of which the total North American box office was 11.14 billion US dollars, and the overseas market box office was 27.2 billion US dollars.

In terms of overseas film markets, the Asia-Pacific region saw the fastest growth in box office, reaching 13.6 billion US dollars, an increase of 13% from last year.

In particular, the box office in the Huaxia region grew by 49%, reaching 6.8 billion US dollars, making it the largest box office outside North America, and even surpassing the box office performance of the United States alone.

Also, due to the high box office performance in the Huaxia region and an important figure from Huaxia visiting the United States last year, the Motion Picture Association of America and the Huaxia Radio and Television Administration co-hosted the '2015 Huaxia Film Week' in Washington, preparing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation at the political level.

Under such circumstances, Hollywood film companies have been actively cooperating with Huaxia film companies, and many Sino-American co-productions are now underway.

Including director Zhang's "The Great Wall," which originally intended to invite Link to play the male lead, but Link declined as he is too busy and does not have the time.

There is also Fox Films' "Independence Day: Resurgence," which invited the popular Huaxia actress Angela Despicable to play the second female lead.

Commercial blockbusters such as "Pacific Rim," "Extreme Pursuit," "Mystery Nest," and "Warrior's Gate" have also invited Huaxia actors to participate.

Lionsgate Films also has two Sino-American cooperative films this year, the thriller "Megalodon," which has already been approved, starring Jason Statham and Bingbing Li as the leads, and "The Expendables 4," which will continue to increase the role of Huaxia actors.

The Hollywood Reporter states that the Huaxia and North American film industries have entered the closest period of cooperation, with the importance of the Huaxia region in the global film market continuing to increase, likely surpassing North America to become the world's largest box office market, making cooperation with Huaxia very necessary.

Regarding the North American box office,

The American Film Institute Report states that last year, the North American region released 845 films, sold 1.32 billion cinema tickets, with a total box office of 11.14 billion US dollars, an increase of 8% from 2014, also marking the first time in North American film history to break the 11 billion barrier, creating a new market record.

Last year, seven films in North America achieved box offices over 300 million US dollars: "Star Wars 7," "Inside Out," "Avengers: Age of Ultron," "Jurassic World," "Minions," "American Sniper," "The Hunger Games 4."

The first three were produced by Disney Pictures, the middle two by Universal Pictures, and the last two by Lionsgate Films.

Among them, "Star Wars 7" broke the box office record held by "Avatar," becoming the first film in North American history to reach 900 million dollars, with "Jurassic World" at 650 million, ranking fourth in North American film history, and "Avengers: Age of Ultron" also entering the top nine.

Looking at these record-breaking films, last year's North American film market was extremely competitive, described as the most competitive in nearly a decade.

In such conditions, Lionsgate Films was able to outperform the Big Six Studios and retain its position as the champion of total box office revenue in North America, surprising countless media and filmmakers.

In the 2015 report of the top seven film companies released by the American Film Institute, Lionsgate Films released 21 films.

Two films had North American box office exceeding 300 million, seven films exceeding 200 million, accounting for 7/12 of all films over 200 million, 13 films had North American box office over 100 million, making up 13/28 of all films over 100 million.

This data far surpasses its peers, and ultimately Lionsgate Films, with a total box office revenue of 2.87 billion US dollars, held a 25.6% share of the North American box office, retaining its position as the champion of annual total box office revenue.

In second place was Disney, which last year released 11 films, totaling 2.425 billion US dollars and holding 21% of the market share.

Universal Pictures released 20 films last year, ranking third with 1.88 billion US dollars, accounting for 16.9% of the box office share.

Warner Bros. Pictures, Fox Films, Paramount Pictures, and Sony Pictures ranked fourth to seventh, with North American total box offices below 1.3 billion, far behind Lionsgate Films and Disney.

However, in terms of overseas box office, Lionsgate Films ranked only third this year, approximately 2.08 billion US dollars, slightly lower than its North American box office.

The main reason is that several films were co-productions; "Sleeping Spell" was distributed overseas by Disney, accounting the box office to Disney's records, and "Terminator: Genesis," "End Day Collapse," and "The Martian" were distributed overseas by Paramount Pictures, with the box office credited to Paramount.

Disney Pictures ranked first globally with a box office of 6.2 billion US dollars, with "Star Wars 7" and "Avengers: Age of Ultron" both achieving over 1 billion US dollars in overseas box office.

Universal Pictures ranked second with 5.8 billion US dollars, with "Jurassic World" achieving over 1 billion in overseas box office.

Lionsgate Films ranked third, with a global box office of 4.95 billion US dollars, with films such as "The Hunger Games 4," "American Sniper," "The Expendables 3," "Now You See Me 2," "Lucy," and "The Revenant" all exceeding 200 million US dollars in overseas box office.

Paramount Pictures ranked fourth with 3.6 billion US dollars, while there is a certain gap with Disney and Universal Pictures, the data is much better than last year due to collaboration with Lionsgate Films.

In terms of film profitability, last year Lionsgate Films had a total revenue of 6.2 billion US dollars, including movies, TV shows, advertising, streaming rights, etc. Although total revenue could not match the large groups like Disney and Universal, the profit margin ranked first among its peers.

Last year, Lionsgate Films invested less than 1.6 billion US dollars in movies and TV shows, yet earned 6.2 billion US dollars, making numerous media praise Lionsgate Films for its high earning efficiency, described as a goose that lays non-stop golden eggs.

Also, because Lionsgate Films had good box office performance last year and coupled with Netflix's market value breaking 50 billion US dollars by the end of the year, closing at 52.1 billion US dollars, Lionsgate Films' market value also rose to around 12.5 billion US dollars, with the film and TV industry valued at 7 billion US dollars.

In this situation, Lionsgate Films announced its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, publicly offering 32 million shares, priced at 65 US dollars per share, accounting for 16.5% of the total capital stock.

Due to Lionsgate Films' good financial standing and the flourishing global film market, the stock price rose from 65 US dollars to 78 US dollars in the first week of issuance. After the publication of the American Film Institute Report, it quickly broke through 100 US dollars per share, at one point making Lionsgate Films' market value surpass 20 billion, exceeding Paramount and close to challenging Sony Pictures.

After a period of cooling, the current stock price has slightly adjusted, maintaining around 85 US dollars per share.

When Liongate shares broke through $100, Link sold part of his holdings, securing nearly $1 billion in cash. He still holds 42.3% of Liongate's shares, valued at over $9 billion.

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By early March, the new edition of the "Forbes Billionaires List" was released.

Link ranked 13th with a net worth of $34 billion.

His assets are currently divided into three main parts.

The first part consists of the shares controlled by Golden Shell Investment Company based in New York.

This includes 16.6% of NVIDIA shares, 17.4% of Tesla shares, 3.2% of Amazon, 5.7% of SpaceX, 8.6% of Netflix shares, 5.05% of Lilly Company, 1.8% of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, and minor shares in other companies such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Apple.

Compared to the year before last, Golden Shell's portfolio has significant changes; last year, he gradually sold off his News Corporation shares, added some cash and loans, consequently increasing his Amazon shares to 3.2% and Lilly Company's shares to 5.05%, and also acquired 1.8% shares of Alphabet.

The current total market value of Golden Shell Asset Management Company in New York is approximately $18.5 billion.

Last year, NVIDIA's market value slowly increased to $16 billion; Link had bought into NVIDIA when its market value was $12.8 billion and it took over five years to recover to its 2011's valuation. Thus, Link shrugged off the label of lacking investment vision. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Tesla's stock has not changed significantly, it continues to fluctuate around $30 billion.

The current market value of Amazon is around $220 billion, increased by 13% since Link's purchase, which is also not a substantial change.

Lilly Company's shares are also slowly growing; Link acquired them in 2012 when the market value was around $60 billion, and after more than three years of development, it currently stands at about $85 billion.

Other stocks like Netflix, SpaceX, Alphabet have all experienced growth.

Additionally, Golden Shell holds 100,000 Bitcoins, currently valued at approximately $2.3 billion.

The second part of his assets mainly includes music companies, film companies, and sports shares, valued at approximately $13.3 billion.

Last year, Spotify grew rapidly with over 600 million users worldwide, nearly 80 million paying subscribers, and a current market value of around $12 billion.

Link and Ivanka jointly own 16.8% of Spotify shares, valued at approximately $2 billion, with about $1.5 billion under his name.

Link Music Company is currently experiencing stable growth with a current market value of about $2.5 billion, 45.8% of Link Music shares under his name, valued at approximately $1.2 billion.

He and Ivanka also own 2.2% of Universal Music shares, and shares of SB projects entertainment, valued at about $800 million.

In the music sector, his assets amount to approximately $3.2 billion.

In the film company sector, including Lionsgate Films and Palm Beach Films, valued at about $9.5 billion.

In sports, including 23.5% shares of Dynasty Promotion and Nike-Link sports brand, valued at about $600 million, with little change from last year.

The third part of his assets is overseas assets.

This includes shares managed by Goldbeck Investment Company on Hong Kong Island, 11.6% of Wanda Film Industry shares, 5.36% BYD Auto, 5.1% JD.com shares, Moutai shares increased to 0.45%, 0.22% Ali investment shares, 10.5% Meituan, 32% TikTok, 22% Kuaishou, as well as shares of Dolphin Bay Entertainment Company and Jia Tianxia real estate management company.

This portion of the assets is about $7 billion.

Additionally, he owns 41% of Big Hit Entertainment shares, Paris Rose Film Company, etc., about $100 million.

His current net worth is about $38 billion, but the Forbes magazine's cutoff time for data collection was the end of last year, not accounting for the changes after Liongate Films went public. Hence, on the Forbes publication, his net worth is around $34 billion.

Ranked 12th is Larry Page, also with a net worth of $34 billion; Sergey Brin sold part of his Google shares last year and his net worth of $33 billion ranks him in the 14th place.

Others like Bill Gates, Amancio Ortega, and Buffett have not seen major changes.

This year, Ivanka, with her Spotify and Lionsgate shares, has increased her net worth to $1.8 billion, ranking at 898th on the billionaires list.

Forbes magazine also published income rankings for athletes, actors, singers, and other professions. Link clinched the top spot in income for both athletes and actors categories.

In terms of singer's income, although Link did not release new works, he earned $18.5 million last year from royalties and streaming media revenue shares, ranking him 12th in the income list for singers.

Taylor ranked second with earnings of $36 million.

Last year, Katy Perry earned $135 million from a new album and world tour, ranking first by a wide margin.