How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 258 This club can no longer accommodate me
12 month 5 day.

[Ocean's Eleven] premiered, due to Julia Roberts' reasons, and Zhang Nan himself also had a cameo appearance, so we had to adjust the filming progress of [Rebirth at the End of the Day] again and find time to participate.

But it was just to attend the premiere, just like [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone], I rushed back overnight.

However, Zhang Nan's actions did not affect the box office of "Ocean's Eleven". After all, he is not the main character, but a supporting role.

Even saying that the cameo role is a bit of a misnomer, it's more like a friendship-less version that depends on money.

So Zhang Nan's overnight departure did not affect the box office of "Ocean's Eleven".

However, [Ocean's Eleven]'s North American box office of more than 3000 million U.S. dollars in the first week was a hindrance to the impact of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on its way to a billion-dollar box office, which made Warner quite uncomfortable.

Because the appearance of a movie with a global box office of one billion US dollars can bring another level of growth to Warner Pictures' company stock.

The appearance of [Ocean's Eleven] is obviously competing with [Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone] for a movie market with the same total amount, reducing the possibility of [Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone] hitting the world's billion dollars sex.

But Warner Pictures didn't want to deal with [Ocean's Eleven].

Because [Ocean's Eleven]...is also a project invested by Warner Pictures.

Setting its release date in December was already discussed within Warner Bros.

In addition, the early publicity expenses were all spent, so it had to be done on the ready, and it was not easy to change.

So this wave can be regarded as Warner's own self-inflicted attack with his left hand and his right hand.

But there is no way.

After all, no one could have imagined that the box office of this [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone] would reach the current level after its release. It had a box office of [-] million US dollars in one month after its release, and there was still room to try to break through [-] million US dollars. billion dollars.

Then, when [Ocean's Eleven] and [Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone] were playing very well in the global movie market.

On December 12, [Lord of the Rings 19] was released.

In order to shoot the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, New Line Pictures even threw in more than 3 million US dollars, and they will not be stingy in terms of publicity and distribution.

Moreover, New Line has always been vigilant and hostile towards Warner Pictures, a "compatriot" belonging to the same parent company.

I always feel that Warner is going to swallow himself-in fact, Warner has always had this idea.

Therefore, this wave of new lines is basically full of publicity for [Lord of the Rings 1].

The purpose is to forcibly seize the share of the global film market and prevent [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone] from breaking through the global box office threshold of one billion US dollars.

Facts have proved that the hard-working promotion of New Line Pictures, coupled with the high-quality finished film of "The Lord of the Rings 1", has indeed achieved the purpose of sniping "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".

[Lord of the Rings 1]'s North American opening reached 3359 theaters, and it earned a box office of 4721 million US dollars on the first day.

At the same time, the opening scale of "The Lord of the Rings 1" in the UK is not low, only slightly inferior to the 507 theaters of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", but the number has reached 470 theaters, and at the same time, it has cut 1106 million pounds box office on the first day.

The overall box office performance of "The Lord of the Rings 1" can be said to be almost as good as that of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

Originally, [Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone] was struggling against [Ocean's Eleven].

Now add another "Lord of the Rings 1" that has similar box office potential as its own, and it will be completely impossible to parry.
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It broke through to a global box office of 8.25 million U.S. dollars in the first month of its release, and after the entire December, the cumulative box office only managed to break through 9 million U.S. dollars.

The North American box office forecasting agency set the box office target for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" at between US$9.5 million and US$9.8 million.

When Zhang Nan saw this data, he felt that the box office forecasting agencies in North America were relatively reliable and accurate in predicting the box office of movies, as long as there were not too many fluctuations and accidents in the movie itself.

Because the final box office of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in the original time and space was 9.74 million US dollars.

Then Zhang Nan thought about the two opponents he encountered after the release of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".

【Ocean’s Eleven】——It can be regarded as a commercial film with a relatively good quality in Hollywood. The global box office of the original time and space reached 4.5 million US dollars. Looking at its box office trend now, it basically follows the trend of the original time and space. No surprises It is estimated that this data will remain.

[Lord of the Rings 1]——It can be regarded as an opponent of the same level as [Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]. However, in terms of the overall length of the series, [Lord of the Rings] is slightly inferior to [Harry Potter].

Because the [Lord of the Rings] series only took three movies, but the [Harry Potter] series took eight movies.

[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone] was able to compete with [Ocean's Eleven] and [Lord of the Rings 1], and it also made a box office of 9.74 million US dollars in the global film market.

It is enough to explain one point, that is, in terms of strength alone, [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone] is actually enough to hit the billion-dollar box office threshold.

Even if the water is removed, the real box office strength of [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone] is much higher than that of [Star Wars Episode 1] which broke through one billion US dollars.

Because "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is a new work without any previous work, and "Star Wars Episode 1", which has a wide fan base, is only barely able to break through the threshold of a billion-dollar box office worldwide.

"It's a pity, actually [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone] has the box office strength of breaking one billion US dollars, but luck is not very good." Zhang Nan turned his head and said to Old Luke beside him.

Old Luke shrugged his shoulders when he heard the words, and said indifferently, "Hollywood doesn't believe in strength but bad luck. Hollywood only believes in statistics."

Seeing Old Luke like this, Zhang Nan stopped feeling emotional, and instead asked, "What is the market price of my cameo pay now?"

As soon as Old Luke heard Zhang Nan's question, he immediately regained his energy. Originally, Zhang Nan's box office mascot and movie box office insurance were very famous.

Today, after "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" with a global box office of nearly 4 million U.S. dollars, "Ocean's Eleven" with a global box office of more than 1 million U.S. dollars, and "Lord of the Rings [-]" with a global box office of [-] to [-] million U.S. dollars Blessing again.

Zhang Nan's reputation became even more resounding, and the salary for guest appearances naturally soared.

"If you bring other supporting roles, and if you are not an acquaintance or a Hollywood tycoon, I can basically ask for 2100 million US dollars. If you don't bring a supporting role, 2500 million US dollars can basically be negotiated. For the projects of Hollywood giants, the price of corresponding conditions will drop by one to two million U.S. dollars."

Zhang Nan clicked his tongue when he heard this.

Tsk tsk, a guest appearance is worth 2500 million US dollars a day.

It's kind of scary.

You must know that there are not many members in Hollywood's 2000 million salary club.

Moreover, many members, such as Julia Roberts, are still living in it temporarily, and they will be kicked out of the club after two years of heat.

And what about him?
Since entering the club with a salary of 2000 million in Hollywood a few years ago, let alone going out, his salary has never dropped, and has been steadily increasing.

Around 2000, after he came up with the "Survival at the End of the World" trilogy, the unit of measurement for his starring roles even conflicted with the 2000 million salary club.

Because his starring role has already started to be in units of [-] million.

Now, even guest star remuneration has begun to catch up with most members in the club.

What is this concept?
It is equivalent to his daily income, which is higher than other people's monthly and annual income.

It's a bit out of character.

(End of this chapter)