How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 394 Liberating the Hornet?

mid to late December.

The summer vacation of 2006 is coming to an end.

[Pirates of the Caribbean 2] has grossed US$4.23 million at the box office in North America, and has grossed more than US$6 million at the global box office.

so far.

The total global box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" has exceeded 10 billion US dollars, which also allowed Zhang Nan to complete the box office betting agreement signed with Disney Pictures.

The remuneration of 6.5 million US dollars was settled successfully.

However, the total global box office potential of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" has basically been exhausted, and it cannot compete with the global box office of "Jurassic World 1" of 16.5 billion US dollars.

Even compared with the US$1 billion global box office of "Lord of the Rings: Sauron 12.5", it's not even that interesting.

Because of the global box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", it is estimated that it will be difficult to exceed the global box office of 11 billion US dollars.

But Disney Pictures feels that it is already worth it.

After all, Disney Pictures made a lot of money just from the fluctuations in the stock price.

Therefore, Disney Pictures was extremely attentive to the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3". Even after Zhang Nan hid in the crew of "Harry Potter 5" for several days, Disney Pictures did not lose enthusiasm. .

Seeing how concerned Disney Pictures was, Zhang Nan had no choice but to personally help cool down Disney Pictures' enthusiasm.

The method is also very simple. The unpretentious lion opens his mouth: a fixed salary of 8 million US dollars, or a fixed salary of 3.2 million US dollars, plus 40.00% of the total box office dividend, and 50.00% of the peripheral income.

It works brilliantly.

Zhang Nan was the lion's talker in the morning, but in the afternoon the enthusiasm at Disney Studios dropped visibly.

However, Zhang Nan is not worried that Disney Pictures will be scared away by his big mouth.

Without it.

Disney Pictures, which is based on Disneyland, has no chance of letting go of Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney's most dazzling IP after the new millennium.

This has been personally tested by Johnny Depp in original time and space.

You must know that Johnny Depp's unique cult-like performance style made Johnny Depp basically have no film appointments after leaving the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.

It can be said that Johnny Depp is a superstar with a relatively narrow acting career.

Although Johnny Depp in the original time and space can threaten the filming of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, Disney Pictures can also control Johnny Depp through the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.

And in the follow-up filming of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, Disney is in a favorable position, because Johnny Depp's reputation has been greatly affected due to the domestic violence divorce case... and so on.

But even under such circumstances, Johnny Depp still relied on the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series to get more than [-] million US dollars in revenue from Disney from a single film.

Zhang Nan doesn't think he can't be compared to Johnny Depp, and even if he can't be compared, it doesn't matter. He is already unable to shoot some of his top projects.

For example, right now, Zhang Nan is busy with [Transformers] matters - advertising.

To be honest, as a viewer, Zhang Nan hated the placement of advertisements and felt that the placement of advertisements somewhat affected the movie-watching experience.

But when he reached the position of top director and starring role and could share the project revenue, Zhang Nan changed his mentality towards advertising placement in movies.

It’s just a little influence, it’s harmless!
But the money saved is real money that can be divided into profits!
Of course, Zhang Nan still has choices when it comes to placing advertisements in movies, and is very disciplined.

But the [Transformers] project was simply born for product placement, and the conditions were so good.If you don't make a fortune like crazy, it's just a waste of money.

After all, when placing advertisements in other movies, you have to consider the conflict between the advertising product and the movie itself.

But [Transformers] has no such concerns at all.

Because the core protagonist of [Transformers] can be said to be cars.

The most important thing is that other advertising production manufacturers may not have deep funds, and their prices will not be much higher no matter how high they are.

But automakers...

A trillion-dollar market share is not something you can just boast about.

……

Paramount headquarters building.

conference room.

Unlike usual, this time Zhang Nan, the director and starring actor in the film project, sat together with Dick Frank, who represented the producer.

On the other side were a group of vice presidents, general managers... and other senior executives of automobile companies.

Among them are Rolls-Royce, Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, Mercedes-Benz, BMW... and other top luxury car brands, as well as Buick, Volkswagen, Toyota, Honda..., and Zhang Nan even saw Chery, Geely, Great Wall... Wait for mainland car brands.

It's just that Zhang Nan only glanced at mainland car brands and stopped paying attention to them.

First of all, this wave, he wants to cut off the advertising side for [Transformers], but it would be a bit bad to cut off his own people.

Secondly, in terms of financial strength, the mainland automobile groups at this time are still weaker than the world's top automobile groups.

The third reason is for film quality considerations.

After all, if a Liberation Brand Bumblebee comes out, then the movie will be awesome...

It can't be said that it is a loss of status, it can only be said that it is a bit mismatched. It is like the address of the No. 1 Civil Hospital in New York, opposite the Old John Chinese Medicine Store on the south side of Jiefang Road, and there is a police station next to it.

"Cough cough!"

Seeing that almost everyone in the conference room had arrived, Zhang Nan clenched his fists and coughed, then said: "Everyone is here, let's get started. Let me first introduce to you the film project for this advertising placement. content."

After hearing Zhang Nan's words, the scene suddenly became quiet.

"[Transformers], this is a film project funded and produced by Paramount Pictures, one of the Hollywood giants, and starring and directed by me, Zhang Nan."

When the words came to this point, all the brand owners in the conference room seemed to understand, because many of them came here for Zhang Nan.

Zhang Nan discovered what this group of people were thinking, that is, he stopped talking nonsense and directly brought up the first important point.

"Paramount Pictures and I attach great importance to this movie project. I won't go into details about those fictitious scenes. Let me just say it briefly - for the [Transformers] project, Paramount and I are not just planning this one film, this is a series, and it is a super series, and the number of films in the series will not be less than 10."

Most of the current movie series are still stuck in the era of trilogies.

Even the top blockbusters, such as the "Star Wars" and "Harry Potter" series, only have six or seven films planned.

Zhang Nan announced a double-digit plan for 10 series, which really shocked the brand owners of many automobile groups.

(End of this chapter)