How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 127 Why Not Eat Minced Meat

first week.

【I'm Crazy About Mary】Presented Spielberg as the producer of the B-movie 【Zorro's Mask】, Li Lianlian's first Hollywood movie 【Lethal Weapon 4】, Michael Bay's "Peerless Heaven" which was released for three weeks Robbery], took 100 million, and won the North American single-week box office champion position.

The entire North American film and television companies and the media were stunned.

Because pick one out of the above at random.

Whether it's the cast or the investment cost, it's a slap in the face of [I'm Crazy for Mary].

But the fact is that he was hanged and beaten by [I'm Crazy for Mary].

But at this time, North American film and television companies and the media can still sit still.

Because there is only one [Zorro's Mask] that was released in the first week, [Lethal Weapon 4] was released in the second week, and the box office trend was normal; and [Peerless Hell] was released in the third week. Well, the box office has fallen sharply.

It's understandable that I couldn't do the first week of "I'm Crazy for Mary".

But when the next week comes.

"I'm Crazy About Mary" beat Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" which was released in the first week with US$700 million in the next Wednesday, and once again won the single-week box office No.1 crown.

And it's not that kind of narrow victory, it's a significant gap beyond the box office of nearly 700 million US dollars.

Relying on this wave, Cameron Diaz directly transformed the background of the past years into a celebrity, became famous, and squeezed into the Hollywood 2000 million salary club.

The entire North American film and television companies and the media were collectively shocked.

That's Spielberg!
Although the title of film history box office champion director has been taken by James Cameron.

But the reputation accumulated over the past ten years is still there.

And in terms of investment, "Saving Private Ryan" invested 7000 million US dollars, although it is not high enough to qualify as an A-level project, it can only be regarded as a B-level film.

But it is also a level higher than the 300 million US dollars in "I'm Crazy for Mary", which can basically be said to be a small and micro project.

In terms of the lineup, [Saving Private Ryan] is directed by the world-class director Spielberg, starring superstar Tom Hanks, plus Matt Damon, who is a traffic niche.

And "I'm Crazy About Mary".

The director is unknown, and the lead actor is Cameron Diaz, who can only be regarded as an ordinary actress in Hollywood.

The only one who can be mentioned on the stage is Zhang Nan.

But the result now is the opposite. This fact cannot be ignored by the Hollywood film and television companies and the media, because that is what they eat, especially the former.

Then when they explored, they were surprised to find out.

[I'm Mad for Mary] is not an isolated case.

Last year's "My Best Friend's Wedding" was also during the summer vacation, with a small cost of 600 million US dollars, and a large investment of 9000 to [-] million US dollars, such as "Face Changing" and "Men in Black". In the movie, a bloody road that sold well at the box office was blazed.

Let Julia Roberts, who has been acting as a vase for many years, directly rush into the Hollywood 2000 million salary club.

It's just that the opponents of last year's "My Best Friend's Wedding" were all Zhang Nan's own works.

Everyone just felt that Zhang Nan was a little busy on the big screen during that time.

In addition, it was also Zhang Nan's first time to act in a leading female lead movie, and the movie sold well at the box office. Everyone thought it was a coincidence.

But now [I'm Crazy for Mary] is coming again, so it can't be explained by chance.

And the similarities between "My Best Friend's Wedding" and "I'm Crazy About Mary" are a bit too prominent, which is particularly easy to summarize.

They were all low-budget, big heroine love movies, all of which were played by Zhang Nan as the leading actor, and then they all sold at the box office, and the heroine became popular.

then……

A formula like this was summed up: low cost + leading heroine + romance film + actor Zhang Nan = big hit at the box office + heroines all become roles.

The female stars who were looking forward to becoming popular in Hollywood, and the small and medium-sized film and television companies who wanted to make money, all went crazy after seeing it.
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Pengcheng Film and Television City.

"Zhang, if you really have the ability of the formula written in the newspaper!" Old Luke said while looking at the newspaper with some exclamation.

After standing on stage for "I'm Crazy About Mary" for a few days, Zhang Nan returned to the crew.

He didn't even attend the premiere of Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan.

However, Zhang Nan never thought that he was no longer in Hollywood, and the two mistakes he picked up by accident still caused a storm in Hollywood.

"So what if it's true, don't you always think that I'll lose my position as the vase male lead in such a heroine movie!" Zhang Nan said.

"If you can have a global box office of [-] to [-] million U.S. dollars, what's the point of being famous! You know that these small and medium-sized Hollywood film and television companies are paying you a lot of money in order to invite you to star in a small- and medium-budget heroine romance movie. How far is it?" Old Luke said with some regret.

Zhang Nan was taken aback when he heard the words, "How far?"

Old Luke directly stretched out four fingers and said, "40.00% of the global box office dividend."

"These small and medium-sized Hollywood film and television companies are crazy. They give me 40.00% of the global box office dividends. They invest in nothing?" Zhang Nan was a little shocked when he heard this number.

"Baigan? How is that possible."

Old Luke began to settle accounts with Zhang Nan, "They must want to copy the low-cost model of [My Best Friend's Wedding] and [I'm Crazy for Mary], so the total investment of the project is estimated to be around 3000 million US dollars.

If there is a box office of 3000 million, the theaters will get [-] million, you will get [-] million, and there will be [-] million box office profits left, which can recover the investment, and the profits around the movie are pure profits. up. "

"Isn't this for nothing? How much profit can be made from the peripherals of this kind of heroine romance, that is, DVDs and the like. At most, it is about one-tenth of the global box office." Zhang Nan Do the math.

Old Luke looked at Zhang Nan with the eyes of why not eat meat, and said, "Zhang, have you ever worked in a small or medium-sized film and television company in Hollywood?"

Zhang Nan was taken aback by the question, then nodded, "Luke, before I debuted, you were my manager, you should know my resume!
After graduating from the dubbing department of USC, I entered the Disney dubbing department after graduation, and then became famous all the way, we are all together!Don't talk about waiting, I just want to cooperate with small and medium-sized Hollywood film and television companies, but I don't have a chance! "

Old Luke was paralyzed by Zhang Nan's Versailles-style rhetorical question.

Think about it.

He found that Zhang Nan really didn't know anything about small and medium-sized Hollywood film and television companies, because he had no chance to get in touch with them.

(End of this chapter)