Andy Jassy says Prime Video is on track to earn ‘tens of billions of dollars’
It’s been four years since Amazon bought MGM for $8.5 billion. But coming off the blockbuster success of this year’s hit movie Project Hail Mary, Hollywood has become a lucrative business for the e-commerce giant. Prime Video, Amazon’s streaming service, “has emerged as a significant business with a revenue run rate in the tens of billions of dollars and is now profitable in its own right,” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said on the quarterly earnings call on Thursday.
亚马逊收购米高梅（MGM）已过去四年，耗资 85 亿美元。但凭借今年热门电影《Project Hail Mary》的巨大成功，好莱坞已成为这家电子商务巨头的一项利润丰厚的业务。亚马逊首席执行官安迪·贾西（Andy Jassy）在周四的季度财报电话会议上表示，亚马逊的流媒体服务 Prime Video “已发展成为一项重要的业务，年化收入达到数百亿美元，并且目前已实现独立盈利。”
Jassy had previously told investors in May that Prime Video was profitable, but being on track to generate tens of billions is a new detail. Amazon said its movie studio, Amazon MGM Studios, has brought in more than $1.2 billion in global box office sales so far this year, helped by hits like Project Hail Mary and Verity. Project Hail Mary grossed an estimated $684 million worldwide, according to The Numbers.
贾西此前曾在五月份告诉投资者 Prime Video 已经盈利，但“有望产生数百亿美元收入”是一个新的细节。亚马逊表示，得益于《Project Hail Mary》和《Verity》等热门影片，其电影制片厂 Amazon MGM Studios 今年迄今已在全球获得了超过 12 亿美元的票房收入。据 The Numbers 数据显示，《Project Hail Mary》在全球的票房收入估计为 6.84 亿美元。
Starring Ryan Gosling and based on Andy Weir’s novel, the film opened in theaters in March and became Amazon MGM Studios’ highest-grossing release, according to entertainment reports. (It also had at least one notable flop this year: Melania.) Jassy also named a number of TV shows as hits including Carrie, The Summer I Turned Pretty, The Boys, Off Campus, Fallout, and Reacher.
据娱乐报道，该片由瑞恩·高斯林（Ryan Gosling）主演，改编自安迪·威尔（Andy Weir）的小说，于三月在影院上映，成为 Amazon MGM Studios 票房最高的作品。（今年该工作室也有一部明显的失败之作：《Melania》。）贾西还列举了一些热门电视节目，包括《Carrie》、《The Summer I Turned Pretty》、《The Boys》、《Off Campus》、《Fallout》和《Reacher》。
Season 4 of Reacher drew 66 million viewers globally in its first 28 days, the company says, with more to come. Season 5 is filming now and the show was picked up for a sixth season. (And if you don’t follow Alan Ritchson, the star of Reacher, on Threads, you are missing out on an actor who has turned a friendly-yet-witty reply into an art form.)
据该公司称，《Reacher》第四季在开播的前 28 天内吸引了全球 6600 万观众，且后续表现可期。第五季目前正在拍摄中，该剧也已续订第六季。（如果你还没有在 Threads 上关注《Reacher》的主演艾伦·里奇森（Alan Ritchson），那你错过了一位将友好而机智的回复变成一种艺术形式的演员。）
Sports have also been a significant driver. Prime Video broadcasts NASCAR, the Masters, and UEFA Champions League soccer, but Thursday Night Football appears to be its biggest success this year. The first six games of this season have averaged 17.7 million viewers, up 16% from last year, according to Nielsen figures Amazon shared. The streaming service also attracted over 2 million viewers for its second season of the NBA on Prime, Nielsen said.
体育赛事也是一个重要的推动力。Prime Video 转播纳斯卡（NASCAR）、美国大师赛和欧冠足球赛，但“周四橄榄球之夜”（Thursday Night Football）似乎是其今年最大的成功。根据亚马逊分享的尼尔森（Nielsen）数据，本赛季前六场比赛平均吸引了 1770 万观众，比去年增长了 16%。尼尔森表示，该流媒体服务在“NBA on Prime”第二季中也吸引了超过 200 万观众。